How to Monopolize Bread

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 พ.ค. 2019
  • Teff. It's the primary staple of the national diet of Ethiopia. It forms injera, the daily bread of an entire nation, and has been around since the very dawn of agriculture.
    But today, despite being more important to the nation's survival than ever before, Teff is facing its greatest threat: the Dutch.
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  • @RareEarthSeries
    @RareEarthSeries  5 ปีที่แล้ว +771

    Help Kata and Eric stop being uncomfortable on camera:
    www.patreon.com/rareearth

    • @RenayEmond
      @RenayEmond 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      👏✌🙏

    • @learnallican3627
      @learnallican3627 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      6:28 What gives you the right to go to the country and tell them that it's better for them to farm? Do you think they can travel to Canada with their income and tell you what to do?
      some facts
      Peru
      The poverty rate remained at 54% in 2001, with 24% of Peruvians living in extreme poverty. In 2005, 18% of Peruvians were living in extreme poverty and a poverty rate at 39%.[135] As of 2010, around 30% of its total population is poor
      Bolivia
      Between 2006 and 2014, GDP per capita doubled and the extreme poverty rate declined from 38 to 18%.[14]

    • @learnallican3627
      @learnallican3627 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      ​@@RareEarthSerieswhy didn't you mention the other side of the pattern? You know, the other side where people have better health care? better cost of living? and maybe they won't be stuck in their parent's farm and they can do TH-cam videos just like you. Perhaps they can travel the world?

    • @RareEarthSeries
      @RareEarthSeries  5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@learnallican3627 I sincerely hope life is better continuously, and don't wish to tell them what to farm. But the boom bust cycle is more than boom and the great patterns of the world don't come down to the individual level very well. This is about the danger Ethiopia currently feels. It is a hot topic in the government there, so I felt I'd tell the story as I saw it/it was told to me.
      nacla.org/news/2018/03/12/quinoa-boom-goes-bust-andes

    • @learnallican3627
      @learnallican3627 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@RareEarthSeriesI don't doubt your sincerity. But YES this is a boom that cant last for a long time. They now have money which is great, because they can use it to improve their life. They can send their kids to get an education (the farm life is not that fun). Its also up to the government to create incentive programs. Which they might be doing. www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/083115/quinoa-destroying-bolivias-economy.asp

  • @thomasroberts8088
    @thomasroberts8088 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2019

    I haven't seen two people that uncomfortable in front of a camera since the Johnny Depp and wife dog apology in Australia.

    • @RareEarthSeries
      @RareEarthSeries  5 ปีที่แล้ว +456

      Eric was mad at the waiter for demanding a bribe/politeness to film and then demanding a second right after he grabbed the first. Kata was concerned Eric was going to do something about it. It was our final day and a whole ordeal so we were all very heated.
      I figured they were there with me, and on our last day, uncomfortable or not I wanted to show their faces too. :)

    • @jjc5475
      @jjc5475 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@RareEarthSeries good to see the crew on film. yall produce outstanding video. and the audio. so consistent.. do you playback? or is it magic?

    • @ta192utube
      @ta192utube 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wondered what you meant, 'til I saw for myself. Think you nailed the description...

    • @SiriusZiriux
      @SiriusZiriux 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I just saw This. But I'll Keep muh Comment Oop.

    • @InDisskyS131
      @InDisskyS131 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RareEarthSeries Pretty common. Just pay it and film or find another place to film.

  • @hiqwertyhi
    @hiqwertyhi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +668

    0:59 "finish the damn take I'm hungry"

    • @Mohazz88
      @Mohazz88 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂

  • @TTTac
    @TTTac 5 ปีที่แล้ว +487

    Blink twice if you two are being held against your will jking good video

  • @nmat6183
    @nmat6183 5 ปีที่แล้ว +482

    I've heard this coined the demand dilemma:
    We are poor.
    But we have a thing.
    Rich foreigners are interrested in our thing. Yay we can export it.
    The thing goes up in value. And price.
    Wait, we also need the thing for ourselves.
    Can we now afford our own thing?
    Crap, this got complicated.

    • @peterisawesomeplease
      @peterisawesomeplease 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      This explanation is somewhat simplistic. The value of the commodity may go up see oil for example. Or it might got down take for example internationalization of corn markets. The bigger problem is control over the resource. Internationalization brings more efficient organizational structures. Modern large international companies will out complete almost anyone. Even in markets they have no experience in previously. This means regardless of the price changes over time their greater efficiency and access to capital will allow them to capture the market. Once the market is captured all of the profit that used to be spread over a large population will get concentrated in one place. The greater efficiency and larger markets international coorperations provide means the total amount of profit goes up. But if that profit now goes to only a few people you end up with worse economic situation overall. To make matters worse weak political systems allow for corruption, fraud, price fixing, labor fraud, .. which are much more prevalent when you have a few large actors rather than many small competing entities. This is the well known resource trap problem. The only way to get both the benefits of mega cooperation without the downsides are strong non corrupt governments that will stop excessive market centralization, provide protection for labour to organize and will tax and reinvest the new profits well enough to respread out the wealth. #rant

    • @NozomuYume
      @NozomuYume 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You can make injera with wheat too (almost all injera outside of Ethiopia/Eritrea is made at least partially with wheat because teff is so expensive -- if you go to an Ethiopian restaurant in the US you will get wheat injera unless you pay extra for 100% teff -- and they might not even *have* teff).
      So why not sell teff for high prices to the hippies who think it's magical and then buy cheap industrial vitamin-enriched wheat to replace it? You could even mandate that any teff exported must be matched with imported wheat. Ethiopian farmers will get more money to spend in the local market, while still having a product to sell domestically.

    • @benjaminishere
      @benjaminishere 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@peterisawesomeplease "The value of a commodity may go up see oil for example"
      but then the USA murders whoever ran the country before and sets up a puppet state that sells it to them for a fraction of the price? where do I get the money now?

    • @madscientistshusta
      @madscientistshusta 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *corn has entered the chat*

    • @flinko99
      @flinko99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Shit Kicker Then maybe we should stop incentivizing hypercapitalism.

  • @juslangley
    @juslangley 5 ปีที่แล้ว +768

    Something tells me that your two friends are camera shy.

    • @stankaus
      @stankaus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I get there feeling they're starving and what's on the plate doesn't match their pallet

    • @GrimRuler
      @GrimRuler 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Isn't that his wife?

    • @eggheadusa9900
      @eggheadusa9900 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well you try to eat while being filmed on a big channel, it’s a dumb shot

    • @olchat2012
      @olchat2012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      His wife you mean...

  • @thecharlemagnekid9997
    @thecharlemagnekid9997 5 ปีที่แล้ว +304

    the message that foreign teff demand could destroy ethiopia: *exists
    me watching this video: damn I wanna try teff

    • @fishslappa3673
      @fishslappa3673 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It's not that hard to find (in Australia) if you know where to look. Really, it just tastes like a slightly sour, sugarless pancake.

    • @denchua
      @denchua 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Just go to an Ethiopian restaurant.

    • @Phil-zx5yc
      @Phil-zx5yc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      FYI, Ethiopian restaurants outside Ethiopia do not have access to Teff due to availability and price issues, in most case the Injera bread is made by mixing different types non Teff of grains such as wheat flour, rice, sorghum...etc Totally

    • @Phil-zx5yc
      @Phil-zx5yc 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @alex carter well I think it's worth trying, first ask the restaurant if they serve 100% Teff Injera if they say yes then your in for a treat and if they say otherwise like 50% or 70% Teff it's still worth trying the food but if the Injera they serve is not based on Teff at all I would not bother...

    • @matildas3177
      @matildas3177 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Phil-zx5yc I didn't know that! I've tried to make my own in that way, and while it was still tasty it turned out completely different from the injera I've bought from expats in food markets. I just assumed that they had found a good place to buy teff, but it sounds reasonable that they just had a much better recipe than me.

  • @thomasdosborneii
    @thomasdosborneii 5 ปีที่แล้ว +300

    Fascinating to watch the women expertly pour the batter that makes the bread. I can't even make a coherent pancake! Also, the guy controlling about five cattle with a stick. These people may be poor, but they have mastered certain physical skills that can make me feel we're all klutzes. While your marvelous videos are brilliant eye-openers about serious issues, my favorite part is seeing all these people and opening not only my awareness, but my heart.

    • @AldanFerrox
      @AldanFerrox 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      She probably learned that skill from her mom when she still was a small child. She had enough time to practice it.

    • @ProductofSeebach
      @ProductofSeebach 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You would have those skills too if you didn't go to school, and sit at a desk for 12 years and learn to be politically and economically convenient.

    • @jonathansims525
      @jonathansims525 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If you poured pancake batter for hours a day, day after day, I believe that even you could make a beautiful pancake. ;-)

    • @End-Result
      @End-Result 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pretty sure she is a baker, but yeah.

    • @3BlueHaze
      @3BlueHaze 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      people at pizza hut do this with sauce wit every pizza. are they experts?

  • @krattlusker
    @krattlusker 5 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    I've never seen two people that uncomfortable in my life.

    • @alecnolastname4362
      @alecnolastname4362 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You should look up Asian Andy TTS

    • @ScamallDorcha
      @ScamallDorcha 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'll get on the elevator with you and make small talk and you'll be even more uncomfortable.

    • @alecnolastname4362
      @alecnolastname4362 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ScamallDorcha hey so... Did you see that episode of sienfield lastnight 30years ago? Oh Goerge...

  • @Apodeipnon
    @Apodeipnon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +639

    Why would they be able to patent a grain. What the hell..

    • @mescalinipomoea953
      @mescalinipomoea953 5 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      Synerrox capitalism

    • @Apodeipnon
      @Apodeipnon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      @@James-bl5gr yes, but with genetically modified seeds, not naturally occuring types

    • @2MeterLP
      @2MeterLP 5 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      @@James-bl5gr But monsanto actually creates the grains. The dutch didnt create Teff, they didnt discover it. Its not even in their country. If anyone should have a patent, it should be the ethiopians.

    • @xmlthegreat
      @xmlthegreat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @@James-bl5gr To patent something you need to show how you created it or discovered it. The Dutch can't logically have a patent to every variety of Teff. They either have a patent on their particular engineered variety, or they have a patent on the kind of processed products that can be made from it. Powders, shakes, extract, etc.

    • @gaslitworldf.melissab2897
      @gaslitworldf.melissab2897 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Learn about Monsanto. Even Nestle privatizes water. They feel they have a right to do so.

  • @GradyHouger
    @GradyHouger 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    As an American grain farmer trying to figure out all the global factors affecting local prices, I think having national agencies that provide accurate numbers and governments willing to be protectionist works the best. India for instance puts "go away" tariffs on beans imports when their farmers have a good crop, and takes them off when their people need more than they can locally produce.
    The downside is any miscalculation and the government feels obligated to subsidize their farmers, which has it's own host of economic problems.

  • @MohammedMuaawia
    @MohammedMuaawia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    We've got a version of this in Sudan as well. We call it Kisra. We eat the Ethiopian type too and we call it - you guessed it - Ethiopian kisra.
    In Sudan it's usually made at home or made locally in small shops and bakeries then sold as individual sheets, so it's really funny going abroad and seeing how it's been commoditized in Sudanese expat communities. As much as I am for the spread of my culture, I really hope it doesn't "catch on" and become a trendy food, at least outside of the realm of Sudanese owned businesses and restaurants.

  • @Paethgoat
    @Paethgoat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    Great video, as always, but your dinner companions look uncomfortable ;)

    • @RareEarthSeries
      @RareEarthSeries  5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      They love being on camera

    • @ShadabGhafar
      @ShadabGhafar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Daniel check full reply on post by Thomas.

    • @chaosdweller
      @chaosdweller 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm also being monopolized,... like the bread.

    • @headecas
      @headecas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Can u imagine how many takes they did with that food in front of them

    • @RareEarthSeries
      @RareEarthSeries  5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@headecas it was the last day, I wasn't up for more than one take

  • @GrabYourPopCorn80
    @GrabYourPopCorn80 5 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    This guy just interrupted a dinner date to film.

  • @funny-video-YouTube-channel
    @funny-video-YouTube-channel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    *The solution is simple !* The Ethiopians must invest into storage facilities that can store Teff to reduce the price fluctuations that force people to sell at the market rate during harvest. Sell Teff in monthly amounts till the next harvest.
    This is how the farmers in developed nations survive price fluctuations.

    • @gabrielmaffei7623
      @gabrielmaffei7623 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      if big productors are free to buy the farmers land , they will speculate and hoard the grain , they dont care if the local market get emptyed and destroyed, because they act for profit. i am from a third world country, the huge landowners do this all the time, the huge amounts of money they get, they stock it in tax havens or invest it in the financial market, it doesnt distribute (unless the govnerment says so)

  • @YoungFlyMexicanNetwork
    @YoungFlyMexicanNetwork 5 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Yo that guy and chick look so relaxed eating 😂🤣😂🤣😂

  • @TheGamerThatKills
    @TheGamerThatKills 5 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    "This is not meant as a takedown on those who follow altermative medicine fads."
    Please let it be. These people really need a dose of reality

    • @Apodeipnon
      @Apodeipnon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Leave our superfoods alone. There are enough antivaxxers for you to go after.

    • @mescellaneous
      @mescellaneous 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @Drunk Pharaoh it is alternative when you make the claim that a food can fix some ailment, without research and industrial testing to back it up.

    • @RareEarthSeries
      @RareEarthSeries  5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Smashing your head against the wall seems like it's breaking down the wall but really you're just getting a headache.

    • @TheGamerThatKills
      @TheGamerThatKills 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RareEarthSeries true

    • @lassehauerwaas3078
      @lassehauerwaas3078 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Eating food as a healthy habit has just been debunked!

  • @fejknamn6853
    @fejknamn6853 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Wasn't the dutch patent on Teff finally determined to be invalid, due to them not actually "inventing" anything? Like, in February?

  • @fableagain
    @fableagain 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As a Dutch person, this video makes me even more embarrassed than those people on camera. I'm glad that Ethiopia won that battle.

  • @sirzorg5728
    @sirzorg5728 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "gave control to a single company"
    That's the problem. If you're going to do a free market, doing it half way will only cause suffering.

    • @purple-flowers
      @purple-flowers 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Doing full free market will have the same effect. What local farmer can compete with the immense resources of a massive corporation?

    • @LowestofheDead
      @LowestofheDead 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@purple-flowers Massive corporations are supported by legislation and the government, not the free market.
      Consider this Dutch company that controls the global Tef market because they have a piece of paper (the patent) from the government.
      Or consider any lobbying group that gets a law passed that puts artificial barriers on new firms entering the market, which _just happens_ to save the big firms from market competition.
      We live in a world dominated by govt-supported monopolies, not the free market.

  • @cheater00
    @cheater00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    the facial expression of the guy on the left says everything

    • @scpatl4now
      @scpatl4now 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like...I think I'm about to throw up

    • @cheater00
      @cheater00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@scpatl4now the food looks tasty, so it must be the company

    • @gabegabriel9288
      @gabegabriel9288 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cheater00 jus camera shy

    • @deus_ex_machina_
      @deus_ex_machina_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@cheater00 Ben (the host) mentioned that the guy on the left was pissed off at the waiter for demanding a bribe to shoot. And the girl on the right was afraid he would create a scene.
      Meanwhile Ben just powered through.

    • @cheater00
      @cheater00 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@deus_ex_machina_ lol

  • @Inssssomniac
    @Inssssomniac 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Your videos are so well made and fascinating. Great stuff as always!

  • @TurtTulStudios
    @TurtTulStudios 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's always interesting to consider the negative effects of globalization. Been so great to see this channel grow! When I first subbed it was criminally underwatched, but you've kept up the quality, kept up the pace, and people are catching on! Love it!

  • @joevinski1
    @joevinski1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Under a 1000 views great video as always!!!! Thank you for making my world a bigger place !!!!

  • @lexdelaney2805
    @lexdelaney2805 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Recently became a patreon, your work is wonderful, keep it up.

  • @PrecariousMutiny
    @PrecariousMutiny 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the good news, I am so glad that they won, and thank you for bringing attention to this serious issue.

  • @classycompositions932
    @classycompositions932 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    *Hears his country mentioned in a Rare Earth video: "Woohoo!"
    *Realises its super negative: "woo... hoo?"

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's only negative about what economic globalization would do to it.
      (Not to be confused with political globalization, which is even worse.)

    • @fy1727
      @fy1727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I felt exactly the same, it went from "yeah! Netherlands" to "yeah....? Netherlands?"

  • @MrEazyE357
    @MrEazyE357 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How in the actual hell is this not one of the top-rated TH-cam channels? Awesome content as usual!

  • @firetamer
    @firetamer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Oh, I feel you with the opening. 'Superfoods' became a fad when I was working in a nursery and the people growing the plants sold at the nursery took the opportunity to change the tags of particular plants for marketing purposes. They essentially just stuck updated labels on the plants designated as a 'superfood' to help sell them to those buying into the fad and it made those plants easier to sell for a while. The only thing about 'superfoods' I ended up learning is that it was just a marketing gimmick.

  • @macbuff81
    @macbuff81 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for shining a light on this very important and critical topic!

  • @ottodidakt3069
    @ottodidakt3069 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude, you are brilliant. I really dig every bit of your videos. thanks for all of it !

  • @joshuaoha
    @joshuaoha 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video as always.

  • @oznews1
    @oznews1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great start mate

  • @Zany4God
    @Zany4God 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Outstanding report. Thank you...

  • @nidilap5638
    @nidilap5638 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love your videos, keep on going!

  • @gilliqbal13
    @gilliqbal13 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video dude 👍

  • @eliassjogreen5817
    @eliassjogreen5817 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video comrade!

  • @andgainingspeed
    @andgainingspeed 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Clearly patents being awarded on food is a problem. The markets get rigged. But unrigged markets (completely free) presents their own problems. Once markets make the food cheaper than locals can grow it, price fluctuations put them at risk. Fair trade can blunt some of the impact.

    • @Sewblon
      @Sewblon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So can futures contracts.

    • @whcolours9995
      @whcolours9995 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fair trade or Free Trade?

    • @Sewblon
      @Sewblon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @YesWouldn't eradicating commodity production put us back at only being able to consume what we can create ourselves? Edit: Wouldn't it be easier to just abolish patents?

    • @forcanisso1639
      @forcanisso1639 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Sewblon it wouldnt.

    • @ThePrinceofParthia
      @ThePrinceofParthia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@whcolours9995 Fair trade. Paying above market price to make sure that the primary producers earn enough.

  • @Valivali94
    @Valivali94 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Tried it on a street food market in London. The consistency is a bit odd but once you are 2-3 bites in, its really delicious.

  • @user-dh7qu1yj4h
    @user-dh7qu1yj4h 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the video!

  • @kurozanovski
    @kurozanovski 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is no doubt your best video.

  • @MrO0Z
    @MrO0Z 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is beautifully done, thank you.

  • @maureenj.odonnell4438
    @maureenj.odonnell4438 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video!

  • @NiamhAllStar21
    @NiamhAllStar21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Great video but please never do a shot like 01:00 ever again okay thanks

  • @wellrose17
    @wellrose17 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    1st your content is far & above all else on this platform. Educational, compassionate & realistic. 2nd being raised in the US my propagandized brain thought, "make some of that Teff" "!" Search the method & try it out"! Then I realized how I despise the repression & poverty Capitalism perpetuates. So, I thought "no this Teff belongs to Ethiopia & it's people". Thanks again @RareEarth
    TeffTube!
    ThIsIsNoTThEaLgOrItHiM

  • @wistals3deniks
    @wistals3deniks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    This is what we call the VOC mentality!

    • @lehanjones242
      @lehanjones242 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ?

    • @LordofLifeable
      @LordofLifeable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@lehanjones242 The VOC, better known as the Dutch East India Company in English. It tried to (and largely succeeded in) monopolizing the European spice trade in the seventeenth century. This would be it's neo-colonialist equal.

    • @irvalfirestar6265
      @irvalfirestar6265 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Dutch at it again.

    • @tadanarilee6003
      @tadanarilee6003 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fuck! VOC

    • @aragonnetje
      @aragonnetje 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Jan pieterszoon koen heeft niks verkeerd gedaan

  • @graham1034
    @graham1034 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    To some degree, this parallels any other industry moving into the modern age of high output and high efficiency production. Of course the growing pains can be much more difficult when that industry is a staple food crop.

    • @adpegman
      @adpegman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It has a name.
      It's called "primitive accumulation."
      Soon all those farmers will be factory workers. A large company will own the land they used to own. That company will sell the crop they used to grow back to them for more than they can afford.

  • @bmwatrin
    @bmwatrin 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow this series is amazing!
    ...explaining the economics of the boom/bust cycle of international markets by providing present real-world examples that predict the future, while using great cinematography to foster a sentimental attachment to the communities that will be devastated... communities that most citizens of such imperialist powers are blind to.
    I love Rare Earth

  • @597das
    @597das 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    dayum this one was a heavy hitter. great explaination!

  • @Niaaal
    @Niaaal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for this video
    Long live and prosper, Ethiopia

  • @mukkaar
    @mukkaar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    So... Who was the person holding gun off screen in the dinner table scene?

    • @NSluiter
      @NSluiter 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Couldn't you hear subtely in the background "Hey Vsauce, Micheal here. What if you could eat, or could you?"

  • @billiondollardan
    @billiondollardan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice intro. SUPERFOOD! I liked it quite a bit

  • @tomasmatous8342
    @tomasmatous8342 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love it when Gonzalo Higuaín teaches me something new about our world.

    • @nader50752
      @nader50752 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Too bad he cant score a goddamn winning goal to save his life.

  • @earnl
    @earnl 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just had an Ad playing Curiosity Stream by Colonel Chris Hadfield right before this video! That is really awesome!

  • @Axemantitan
    @Axemantitan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:17 I've heard of "separating the wheat from the chaff" but this is the first time that I have seen it in action.

  • @malikanuur4298
    @malikanuur4298 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video

  • @aidanwansbrough7495
    @aidanwansbrough7495 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was really interesting, thanks.

  • @JasonLooseArrowAlso
    @JasonLooseArrowAlso 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done.

  • @midnite22767
    @midnite22767 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for bringing topics like this to a broader audience. Now that "news" is owned by corporate interests, I doubt many will know about this important issue from their local news source, that is unless of course, it benefits that corporate interest for them to explain it. What a complex and frightening time we live in.

  • @vmwindustries
    @vmwindustries 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yup, I want to try it right now!

  • @RyanBile
    @RyanBile 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Eric was hecka awkward XP likeable though. Great video guys! Go Ethiopia!!!

  • @perrinfan
    @perrinfan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am glad to know this. Thanks.

  • @joenichols3901
    @joenichols3901 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The industrialization of Ethiopia sounds like the best thing for Ethiopia

  • @oneofmanyjames-es1643
    @oneofmanyjames-es1643 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A fascinating story and another great video, how do you even find these things to talk about?

    • @namewarvergeben
      @namewarvergeben 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      They made a video about it:
      th-cam.com/video/pMvjOcea80s/w-d-xo.html
      (if you don't trust links from random strangers, just search "The Boat that Didn't Change the World" here on TH-cam)

  • @AfroVersity
    @AfroVersity 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That's exactly what happened in Kenya with pyrethrum and coffee. It was ruined by the international market. People hate these crops now

  • @vegas9648
    @vegas9648 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great how to video, defenitly giving me ideas on my how to do art page for 2 talented ink. great work 👍👊👊

  • @spiralpython1989
    @spiralpython1989 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you.

  • @adhiantos
    @adhiantos 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great video as usual! Yes this reminds me of the quinoa and avocado supply problems in South America :/

  • @thinkabout288
    @thinkabout288 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done thank you for the education 🌾

  • @richi5355
    @richi5355 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good video very interesting

  • @md-eq9sj
    @md-eq9sj 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello Rare Earth. The restaurant you were narrating from looks familiar. Were you staying in Addis Ababa? I visited almost 12 years ago and think I may have dined at that same location. Interesting video. Thanks for refreshing my memories of the beautiful Ethiopian people and country side.

  • @carlramirez6339
    @carlramirez6339 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This guy has foresight, considering that 2 years later, Ethiopia has fallen into civil war.

  • @jalapenohiway
    @jalapenohiway 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn!.....now I reallyyy want to try some Teff! And visit Ethiopia to experience their culture. I always & I mean ALWAYS enjoy these videos! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @somebody3143
    @somebody3143 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s almost as though, by knowing history, our host here is able to tell what will come for the Ethiopians due to teff production!

  • @kreechrr
    @kreechrr 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Saw the way Evan introduced the video and knew it was going to be an outro too... I just expected a chuckle at the name's silliness he alluded to.

  • @pielover267
    @pielover267 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Fascinating video! Have you ever considered providing sources/further reading with your videos? I'm very interested in exploring this issue, but surface level googling has only revealed a few very surface level, often outdated, and often unreliable sources of further information. Keep up the good work!

    • @nedisahonkey
      @nedisahonkey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As a long time fan I'd really appreciate that but fear he's too bust as it is.

  • @neronampo5200
    @neronampo5200 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Honestly, this guy is a gift to earth. His voice is the most interesting to listen too, i would listen to him talk about concrete blocks for hours. He brings untold interesting stories from around the world to your ears. This is one of my favorite channels and he deserves more TH-cam fame

  • @NathamelCamel
    @NathamelCamel 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes comrade Evan

  • @IronBridge1781
    @IronBridge1781 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It sounds similar to what happened to Ireland on the run up to the famine, over reliance on one single food/resource. Just one disaster away from the entire country collapsing.

  • @rosswebster7877
    @rosswebster7877 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic series on Ethiopia! I hope there’s a video on the well meaning but misguided Live Aid concert and how charity became blood money.

  • @johnrutledge8181
    @johnrutledge8181 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    you are awesome. like Andy Rooney only stuff that actually matters. kick ass ! Outstanding !

  • @US395Official
    @US395Official 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Bagel bites diet" ayyy, a real man of culture

  • @AI-tc8fv
    @AI-tc8fv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I just have a weird natural love for Ethiopians, such an intriguing nation and people. Cradle of humankind

  • @leodi4169
    @leodi4169 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your videos!
    Tho I must admit they tend to remind me of Bart's People, the Bart Simpson news segment

  • @seandepoppe6716
    @seandepoppe6716 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is it me? Or are the people around the table REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE

  • @prettylilhedpoppyseed
    @prettylilhedpoppyseed 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Faith in humanity -40%...
    I love the channel, but you can smile or you can cry.. Though tears do run dry.

  • @scottmactavish9716
    @scottmactavish9716 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To get an idea of the lengths the Dutch will go to protect their financial interests, read "Nathaniel's Nutmeg" by Giles Milton. It's a fantastic story, and factually accurate.

    • @heatherhill6051
      @heatherhill6051 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I put it on hold at the library. thanks

  • @diepssuarez2676
    @diepssuarez2676 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This reminds me of a story. In the times of Ancient Egypt, Kush was a smaller neighboring kingdom to Egypt. They had lush Jungles and fertile land to grow. Naturally, they based there economies on Wood, Crops, and Cows. But eventually they grew their economy so much to trade with their neighbors and get richer. Without trees the soil blew away, without the soil the crops died. Without the crops the cows starved. Slowly because of the booming trade, the economy of Kush was destroyed. They were left poor, and then were conquered by Egypt. This is one of the earliest examples of things like this happening! Because of trade, the economy will die off and then they will be left poor.

  • @rangergxi
    @rangergxi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    The Dutch being slimy merchants? Some things never change.

    • @m.streicher8286
      @m.streicher8286 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Says someone who's sad they didn't start first.
      Edit oh wait the Dutch aren't even doing anything wrong, nothing wrong with controlling the sale of a foreign good in your country, Japan comes to mind.

    • @bigbirb340
      @bigbirb340 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The dutch are? Oh, wait till you hear about the...

    • @m.streicher8286
      @m.streicher8286 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bigbirb340 haha this guy made my point better😂

    • @rangergxi
      @rangergxi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@bigbirb340 Well a certain group immigrated to Amsterdam after the fall of Cordoba... then they went to New Amsterdam.

    • @ilovelimpfries
      @ilovelimpfries 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The dutch, veiled imperialism since the 1600.

  • @davidjohnson-pz2df
    @davidjohnson-pz2df 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brillant!!!!

  • @sk3tchimdg3t33
    @sk3tchimdg3t33 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That couple were just like
    "Why is there a random man in my house"

  • @seneca983
    @seneca983 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never heard of teff before but maybe I should try it now.

  • @7rich79
    @7rich79 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had not heard about teff before this clip, and perhaps counter to the message presented here, now I would like to try it...

  • @nowave1465
    @nowave1465 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is like when you go over to your friends house and their mom starts yelling at them

  • @TheKohada
    @TheKohada 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A broad patent on many aspects of the use and processing of teff and teff flour was granted in 2007 by the European Patent Office (EPO) to a Dutch company.[30] This patent has been contested since 2014 or earlier.[31][32][33] In November 2018, the Dutch government ruled the patent invalid.[34]
    Source: wiki

  • @jirrenno
    @jirrenno 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    7:22 Straight facts: According to the EN wikipedia the Dutch government ruled this controversial 2007 EU patent invalid. That is earlier than 2019, and the scenario is a little different.

    • @LiosProsum
      @LiosProsum 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's not different at all: allafrica.com/stories/201902060613.html

    • @RareEarthSeries
      @RareEarthSeries  5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Please research beyond wikipedia if you are aiming to provide 'straight facts'.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    _Bread_
    Let's get this bread

    • @bigbirb340
      @bigbirb340 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      have a jolly time in the line mi companero

  • @mzple
    @mzple 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    They farm Teff in Idaho and you can get in most places with an Ethiopian population in the US. Here in Northern Virginia it is very accessible and I think it's basically all domestically produced teff.

  • @waxwingvain
    @waxwingvain 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    could you please put references of your research in your description? I would be interested to look at it more in-depth, thanks for the content!!

  • @sihars7214
    @sihars7214 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is like watching a good happy ending movie.. so glad they win😊