How Qatar Became the World's Most OP Country
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I worked really, really hard this past month on the latest episode in Modern Conflicts dealing with the terrible civil war in Yemen. It also marks the 20th episode I have published in this series, with more than 7 hours of additional combined content on other 21st-century conflicts. The best way to watch them is through the CuriosityStream/Nebula bundle deal, and they're currently running an amazing holiday sale that makes it just $11.59 for the entire year to both sites here: curiositystream.com/?coupon=reallifelore
wow thank you reallifelore for these epic videos
Great vid
To nitpick a little, Qatar is the most OP country for it's size. I can think of a lot of countries that are probably more powerful over all.
Your modern conflicts series is one of my favorite parts of Nebula.
How do i sign up?? Through curiosity or nebula??
The amount of work that went into putting this video together is truly impressive.
I enjoyed the video too but I am disappointed he mentioned the newspaper that said 6500 people died in construction. It has been confirmed, that number is the total number of worker deaths, which means due to the virus, health issues, etc. The actual number of work related deaths is around 450. Which is 450 too many. But I get angry seeing media lie about things like this and then everyone believes them straight away.
If what you're saying is true, that is indeed a shame. I'm guessing (hoping) any such errors were made because they themselves got bad information and there was nothing malicious or intentional behind it. I wonder what the possibilities are for correcting any such errors after the video has been published.
@@jevicci apparently whoever commented got deleted, probably censoring from the channel
@@jevicci Did you just reply to yourself?
@@tacosdecabeza No. Someone replied to me saying that some of the facts in this video were incorrect. They must have deleted their comment.
Love how the northern side of the Persian gas field is called south field and the southern is the north field 🗿
Edit: Thanks for all the likes ☺️
could be because of the placement of the screen
@@rusttytoasttz at 21:20 the map is basically lined up with north up. (checked with google maps) so they should either call it the southwest field for qatar and northeast field for iran, or just at least switch the names
Perspective
The field is north of qatar and south of Iran, two names from two perspectives
Because with respect to Qatar it's North and for Iran it's South
I’m qatari and honestly this is the first time I’ve ever seen anybody actually make a video about our country, let alone research and go out of their way to talk about it. most people didn’t even know we existed until the World Cup. thank you
world cup was mostly negative publicity though, at least in europe
@@davidesangiorgi955well we obviously know why 🤷♂️🤷♂️
Everyone knew of Qatar before the World Cup 😂
I lived in Qatar for about 18 months and loved it. Some good things and bad things as with any country. I noticed they catered more to the British versus the US. My title had Analyst in it and since I wasn't an engineer, I could not get a driver's license, which was old, since I had a Kuwaiti driver's license and could drive in Bahrain Dubai. The traffic was horrible, but then again, so was Bahrain, Kuwait, Dubai and most places I've been. They have been getting ready for the world cup for years and have been adding highways and a new (well not new now) airport, which I thought was state of the art. Dubai did the same, their airports make our airport look like a ghetto, just my opinion. Just another word, both Qatar and Dubai have a good Iranian and Russian population. I never had any issues but it is always good to know.
@@maddogbasilyeah they were crying for nothing and even with app hate , Qatar pulled off the best and the safest world cup , yet alone cheapest
Great job.! More real and detailed information I never realized. The options away from TH-cam are fantastic and so worth the small cost.
I love the companion animations you put in your videos, the maps tremendously help me understand the geopolitical aspect of those issues
I made a video on Qatar it’s quick as well would u mind giving me feedback
Thank you for also mentioning Yemen (and many other unpopular news like Uyghur, etc, in your Nebula channel). It is definitely the most overlooked situation just because it happens in the Middle East, in the Muslim world, and not related to any Western countries. You are one of the few creators who actually try to bring balance to the world.
I mean Yemen is as the Uk and the Us give the Saudis weapons all tho I do wish they had mentioned the ceasefire there right now
Am I the only one who thinks he could perfectly post the video about yemen on this channel? The excuse under why he exclusively posts that on Nebula is just weird
Am I the only one who thinks he could perfectly post the video about yemen on this channel? The excuse under why he exclusively posts that on Nebula is just weird
@@gothicgolem2947 you make it sound like it's a free for all in Yemen
the biggest population of Yemenis outside of Yemen is in Saudi, it baffles me how people are disingenuous on the situation
actually i feel like people are playing stupid on the situation
@@emiliorodriguez61 TH-cam can delist/demonetize war-related content. I also paid Nebula and it is extremely cheap for the vast content they provide. I even only watch occasionally but it is still worth it.
just wow! the amount of work that you people did. Hats off! amazing video.
I lived there during the 80s and early 90s (Until the first Gulf War), I was around 14yrs old. There were no skyscrapers then. The tallest building was the National Bank (4-6 stories, I honestly can't remember), the only Supermarket was aptly named "The Center" and it was pretty modern even then. The kiosk in the car park served the best lamb kebabs that I have ever had in my life, (I can still taste them if I close my eyes). The Falcon Club was just over the road from where I lived, and it's where I spent most of my time. It's all gone now, and replaced by sky scrapers and sports stadiums. Even as a Brit, they were some of the best times of my life. My friend (who had a wooden miniramp in his front garden) and I must have been the only skateboarders in the whole country, or so we thought until we bumped into a bunch of Norwegian kids one day who had built their own quarter pipe in their school yard. Good times.
The centre and the kiosk is still here :)
@@sari1036 Great news! does the Centre still have the same logo? green and white if I remember correctly.
that’s amazing!! what a great experience you have lived through
@@Aeronaut1975 Yes it does. Come back again you won’t recognize the Qatar you knew once
@Qatari 4 ever that's why I have no interest in coming back. I'm a very nostalgic person and I'd like to remember it the way it was in the good ol' days...
You strike an extraordinary balance between a clear and concise description of the events and personal opinion. Many in your place would simply settle to be the next regular upload-popular-repetitive-narrated Wikipedia article-channel.
I very much appreciate the risk you're taking by taking a firm stance on some of these issues, while not letting it overpower the videos. Well done and thank you.
100% agree
While true. This is hardly a brave stance. Especially in tech and the western world.
they still got crushed in the World Cup, 0-3
Wendover is pretty much Wikipedia read out.
As a UK resident, I knew about them owning Harrods but I had no idea how deeply invested the wealthy Qataris in London, especially Canary Wharf's buildings where most investment banks are situated, & Heathrow Airport. Love the presentation of the data, and the use of maps to help me understand the geopolitical aspect better!
Qatar owned almost the entire city of Paris also, since the GVT made a deal with them to reducr taxes in their investisments in France, France also played a huge role in the attribution of the WC 2022 bc of their influence.
They are propping up your economy. Say thank you. And stop the never ending racist diatribe against them.
This explains all those pesky Qatari cash payments the royal family keeps finding whenever somebody audits them. “Oh dear! Another hundred thousand pounds! Whereever did that come from?“
Qatar owns more british land than the Crown does
Bro Saudi Arab owns pretty much everything or has stakes in London.
I just signed up for curiosity stream/nebula with your code. What a genuinely great deal! Super excited to explore the kind of content not suitable for TH-cam.
Fantastic video as always. I did find it pretty funny though when you mentioned that the expansion of Qatar's gas operations would allow them to keep the #1 exporter title "indefinitely", as if that gas isn't very definitely finite.
Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes.
"You can accomplish anything with Vision, Determination, and an endless supply of expendable slave labor."
That explans a lot of things about China
@@anastasiaarvanitidou4179 and the USA
@@haplon33 Basically any superpower.
@@anastasiaarvanitidou4179 and Europe . Basically any superpower
^^^ whataboutism equating western countries that did bad shit 200 years ago to eastern countries doing bad shit today ^^^
These videos just keep getting better and better. Thank you for what you do! 👏
I just wonder how much time is spent to do research and actually make this video with the graphs with everything from start to finish
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Great comment ✌
You have one of the best content on TH-cam. Thank you for making these videos.
A very good presentation, thank you for the graphics, it helps give an idea of the geography of the potential bottle necks. Also the explanation of the war in Yemen and the difference between Sunni and Shia perspectives. Your hard work is much appreciated.
Great video! I feel so much smarter after I watch your channel. It’s like I’ve heard of things in a general sense, but then I watch a video from you, and it all suddenly starts fitting together in a big picture way. Thank you!
Watch out this channel is biased.
@@skp8748 in what area would you say the bias is worst? Being neutral in the absolute sense is extremely tough in this day and age, considering how the internet is out phasing authoritative news sources rapidly.
@@megalonoobiacinc4863 I watch and consume information from a variety of sources but being aware of their biases is important.
Real Life Lore NEVER criticises American exceptionalism, the EU or generally any supranational organisations like IMF, UN, WTO, NATO or world bank or even highlights their role in issues that it discusses.
It would be too reductive to call it sinophobic or anti russian... But I would certainly say it is ADAMANTLY anti multi polarity.
It's not the only channel that I've noticed this from... Johnny harris who's videos I enjoy also had the same slant but I chalked it up to his previous employment at NATO but it turns out the WEF was funding his videos.
Most news sources usually have a political or national bias (BBC, AL JAZEERA, CNN, FOX ECT) but these TH-cam channels operate across borders and different political realities so what slant could be present? A global one.
Just write China on TH-cam, or Turkey... And you'll see several videos denigrating those govts, foreign policy ect all uploaded within weeks of eachother nothing by these channels on Moldova, Bolivia or other diplomatically inert nations.
I'm not saying theyre given scripts ect but wendover, real-life lore, Simon's whistler ect have several channels which they upload twice a week on each... That's like 2 TV shows a week... Editing, script writing, research and filming across multiple topics for a global audience... That requires funding and funders expect a certain standard.
Just watch out! Even TLDR which is a channel I really love held an EU line of not criticising Frances Africa policy.... They instead focused on the Italian prime minister being a racist.
We know the Italian pm is a facist but she broke EU protocol and publicly stated Frances neocolonial practises in Africa were enriching France but causing misery in Africa and nations like Italy to take on thousands of economic migrants.
@@skp8748 i think i get the jist of it
IMO its not necessary for him to focus too much on the supranational actors in the world because #1 there's already a TON of channels that do this, and people in general are fairly suspicious of organizations like the WTO and IMF, and #2 it quickly devolves into guesswork and witch hunting because of the many unknowns, and strong feelings many have for these institutions. The UN, WHO and the likes have also been shown to be either ineffective or corrupted in its mission by ill meaning members (think China during the covid outbreak, or Russia during most conflicts happening near its border, like Syria or now Ukraine). My point being this isn't necessarily the most productive target for RLL (and the team) to place their crosshair on.
These guys are also producing an entire series on Nebula, so without explaining away the economic question entirely you could see this youtube channel as a part of a larger whole, which in turn allows them polish and research topics a lot more effectively than if it was just a small, one-man channel on youtube.
You actually see these nebula commercials on a lot of tubers, so there might be some common resources they all pull on as a part of the deal.
Considering RLL always finish of with his 'nebula bait' in the end, I'd this makes little sense for propaganda reasons, the more who watches it, the more will buy our narrative! However it makes more sense from a money perspective.
@@lilliancollier6409 bot + fake + ratio
The amount of effort you put into these videos is amazing - keep up the good work!
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if you think he is not working with a team you are delutional
you have taught me so much about geopolitics, thank you for your contribution to society and my life.
i initially thought "this is all about the world cup" man was i surprised and impressed by this video. you did a wonderful job covering the realities of what was otherwise a blind spot in so many peoples eyes.
they are op not in futbol tho 🤣🤣🤣
Good timing to upload it seems.
@@charoimile
They don't have to be OP in football to host the WC, they only have to know how to organise the event, which they did greatly.
That being said, they F'ed in the WC, but they aren't that bad usually, they're one of the best teams in Asia, they are on bar with S.K, Saudi, Australia and Iran, and just behind Japan.
Didn't expect Qatar to be the next video, keep up the good work!
Everyone is making videos on Qatar for some very strange reason... RLL is just one more. 😄
@@soundscape26 Strange reason because you're not a creator.
Its a pretty mundane reason called gaming the algorithm AKA making money.
@@soundscape26 The World Cup is being held in Qatar this year
@@heidirabenau511 Of course, I know. 😄
@@RobertLeclercq It's more to keep with current events than anything. Either I had my dose of Qatar videos already.
Good, unbiased coverage, and covering sufficient details.
Wow. I just found your channel, absolutely incredible stuff!
Reallifelore is really knocking out of the park with these geopolitical videos lately. Keep them coming!
what does knocking out of the park mean? Just curious
@@arsenalfan798 Basically it's slang for doing something really well.
@@Valdaur oh ok thanks just never heard of it before
@@arsenalfan798 It comes from Baseball, where “knocking it out of the park” means that a baseball player hit the ball so hard it went out of the park and they get an automatic home run.
they are general information mixed with good edits and good graphic overlay. But the information is super basic, and you can just read Qatar's Wikipedia page and basically get all this information
A lot of these types of channels literally just do that, with the script coming directly from a Wikipedia page
Great video. I lived in Qatar as a contractor working at Al Udeid. It's amazing to think it was a seasonally inhabited backwater where people would make a living diving for pearls off coast, compared to what it is now. There's a museum in Doha that shows the growth of that city, and even as recently as 1960, it was just a village.
I was deployed to Al Udeid for a year while in the army back in 2014-2015. I remember seeing the football stadium being built next to the mall. It was such a surreal feeling, going from straight deserted areas to downtown Doha where they had all these expensive buildings with little to no tenants. Even back then I remember hearing about all of the heat casualties dying from being overworked outside. The temperatures out there were no joke, 115-120 degrees wasn't uncommon during the summer months. I could go on about my experiences there forever.
@@Agownsrs2 I’m a Qatari and you wouldn’t believe how much I despise your condescending demeanor but not uncommon among people like you
I remember rectally penetrating women there
@@NSR95 slavery is bad you know right?
@@Agownsrs2 -- Sounds fascinating. You should write more about your experiences and observations, maybe make a YT video.
Your maps and animations are always so amazing and informative. Thank you for the effort that you put into your videos.
*I recently had a layover at Hamad International Airport and was really impressed by the technological advancements, infrastructure, and diversity. Loved this video!*
Hamad's farts also r LNG
Would be cool to explore this concept with genuinely tiny countries - those having only a few thousand inhabitants, rather than a few million. Monaco and the Cayman Islands for instance have only around 30,000 people and yet both have a huge impact on the world by being semi-legal banks for the powerful.
Tokelau, a tiny nation of only hundreds of people in the Pacific that literally no one has heard of, manages to own more internet domain names than the ENTIRE country of China.
Gibraltar has even less but is the only 'country' that can fit its entire population in underground cave networks to survive years of siege, and nowhere in the world has endured even half as many sieges as Gibraltar - especially considering that not a single siege actually managed to take it since it was properly founded by the UK.
While Caymans and Gibraltar are technically colonies, they are self-governing and have unique cultural identities and so it is not much of a stretch. In fact doing a series on colonies would be awesome to see too!
Its Tuvalu not Tokelau, Tokelau is a new zealand territory
In either case, what’s the story behind the internet domain names?
@@teen0rz Tuvalu’s domain name is .tv and many websites pay them to use it
It’s Tuvalu not Tokelau
@@teen0rz .TV as in television.
One of the Qatar'i prince's used to go to a private school near me in the UK. he owned the worlds largest variant of the 747 jumbojet and used to just fly to a small airport and back very often.
What was he like?
Which school was it
Hopefully you took every opportunity to plaster that loser with spitballs
@@gothicgolem2947 Didnt actually go to the school but i live under the flight path for the airport and it doesn't ever deal with aircraft of that size so my house would shake from it.
@@truthhurts5564 Canford School
I really like your channel, keep up the good work guys!!
Thanks for keeping us informed
Thanks for all the hard work you put into this. It’s so heartbreaking to hear about the Yemeni civil war, but I appreciate that you still decided to cover it. Great work!
Your content is amazing! So much analysis and data! Thank you so much!
Wow... thanks for covering Yemen
Thank you for this video. Very interesting. I have learned a lot.
Thank you for explaining the situation in a way that is easy to follow, I appreciate all the hard work that goes into producing these videos.
This is what's so good about reallifelore. He explains things fairly and objectively. I Never knew Qatar fought for Democracy.
not you
👍👍👍
Don't know how you do it, but ALWAYS superb documentaries‼️
This is a TH-cam version of 'Encyclopaedia Britannica'! Very impressive potted history of a country I knew next to nothing about. Thanks!
The amount of time and research on making this video should be appreciated. Keep up the great work guys.
each video u guys say that ...are you a bot ?
dont believe everything
what an amazing video, have been a fan for i can't even count how many years, and living in the uae myself and living through all this geopolitical drama from the safe haven of dubai has allowed me to gain a greater appreciation for this video
Amazing video. Learned so much.
Incredibly informative.
I cant thank you enough for putting vids like this on nebula. My school blocks youtube but I can access it on Nebula ou have saved me quite a few boring lunch times by doing that
So many people comment on how they learn more from TH-cam than school. I guess it pissed them off.
@@LonelyCinderella123 probably
That was a very informative video, beautifully constructed and scripted. I constantly watch a lot of videos regarding Qatar, but your was filled with an ocean of information in my opinion. Kudos to that! Thank you.
I made a vid on Qatar as well would u mind watching and giving me feedback?
@@Go_40subscribers. sure, send me the link or youtube title and I'll watch and review
Of course qatar wants to alugn with usa they have iran iraq and arabia on all sides and technically its their and irans oil feild. Who wouldnt be a little suspicious. They got this super exploitation of workers. Its all men, workers. Most go home after a hard day work, no woman to tend to their wounds. Its a rough situation
Thank you for an educational program around the world .
Awesome video! Thank you!
Thanks for this one. It was very informative. I had no idea how it happened that Qatar became what it is today. Thanks again for the excellent review.
There are also good podcasts, but in French, on how they plan to be sort of the middlemen for all sort of things, to avoid being isolated militarily or economically. A very good strategy
Jealous
This video truly opened my eyes to the political moves being made the details are amazing in this vid!
Man, I never really was interested in buying like Patreon or something, but this channel deserves it, might actually think about it soon.
This was an incredible video. Thank you for providing such great education
Small correction: At 22:46 not all the countries you mentioned completely severed ties. Many severed but countries like Jordan and Djibouti only downgraded their relations, yet maintained diplomatic ties.
Mr.say
After 25 years U r pulling Bill Clinton He 'Didn't Inhale'
If they downgrade their relationship in times of need u should drop them first then before the clean cut severed relationship because they r not backstabbing u
Amazing content as always.
Another awesome video!
Very Inforamative and SUPER WELL PUT TOGETHER ! Awesome Narration!
Love stuff like this!
Oh man!!! Who could imagine that watching a 30 minute video would give you so much knowledge!!! You’re the man!!! Thank you so much and keep up the great work.
Exactly. I am thinking exactly the same thing.
I completely agree with you on this.
my mind is exploding with all these information!!
Great education. Thank you.
Bravo!! This was an absolutely fantastic video. Well done.
I love your channel thanks
I have recently come across this wonderful channel, but now every time I start a video I challenge my information to guess how will he segway to the nebula channel 😂
Hands down one of the best YT channels in the plataform, thanks for all the work/info you provide
Legend. Making a well detailed and researched about a super power rise into the world stage while also letting us know the darker side as well instead of the roses and peach side only. 10/10
Man I'm so mad this comment got 4 likes while the sex bot who literally copied your comment got 313 just because they liked their comment with their other bots so it got noticed faster than yours did. Hopefully yt does smth about these bots soon.
Very great explanation
Brilliant piece.
YOU ARE SUCH AN AMAZING CREATOR. You make the best videos, I always learn so much and have my mind blown when some things come into perspective.
I've been watching you for years now. You are the reason I have Nebula
Excellent video. Explains so much about current Middle East situation.
I love your videos!..❤
Im loving binging these videos back to back and how it’s basically a real life game of risk of people just allying themselves with whomever they can benefit from or can screw them over if they go against them.
Lol
Thanks for spending the time to create and share this content
One of the most interesting and informative videos Ive seen recently
Amazing video
Excellent video
So much appreciation for covering the crisis of Yemen!
That was a really good video, was surprised how it changed in the end regarding the war in yemen. Liked and subbed
I watched your video through thoroughly and when it came to the final seconds at the end i was enlightened at how that figet spinner spurred
Very truthful video 📹
I'm so proud of you guys!!! =D keep up the good work guys!!
Thank you for shedding light on yemens situation a lot of people like to stray from the truth or only talk about stuff that’s trending
I was captivated by this video. Great job.
I’ve been there, they have beautiful lights that are different colors that line the highway… it’s beautiful
I live in Qatar for almost 5 years. And it is one if the safest countries i've been to. I really love Qatar, sadly i'll be leaving in 2 months. It pains me knowing that I will leave Qatar with a very stable job with a good pay. I hope 1 day I can go back here in Qatar
Love this channel. Thanks for uploading!
I had no idea that a war was going on in Yemen and that millions are starving.. and I watch and read alot of news. Says alot that media coverage has basically ignored this tragedy
In Ethiopia tigray region 400k to 600k died in famine
becouse thats a US colation tragedy, we cant have that remenber :
russia man bad- US man good
Then you're not reasing news, I can't think of a single news outlet that hasn't extensively covered the Yemen civil war. "Says a lot that media coverage has basicly ignored this tragedy". No it just means you're either lying orcnot paying attention.
@@ShubhamMishrabro I am tigrayan. 1 out of every 10 Tigrayan died in the last 3 years. Basically an african holocaust
You should also question what the media does decide to show you. Most of it isn't even true, and what is true is used to divide society and cause people to 'fight' amongst ourselves rather than focusing our attention on the world elite that run this show
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thank you for making such amazing videos
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how can you gather all that information
I mean what sources do you use
Thank you very much for using the correct name for the Persian Golf.
Fantastic news, great show keep up the good work 💪
I love these videos so much- a very nice general overview
This video made me appreciate the power of determination and strategic planning.
This is really amazing story.
Theses videos are just too good. I find myself binge watching them in meal breaks quite often 😯
I love your videos!
0:17 Nice! Thumbs Up for calling thumb like country an Exception to the rule of thumb. Qatar seemed very rich. Yet to watch the video completely but cudn't resist the temptation to comment on a video on Qatar.
amazing video thanks for educating us! hope you can create a video about Iranian resources too, especially in Persian Gulf and Caspian Sea! Looking forward to see that one day
Love the videos! I was jus thinking, when you say things like "ninth largest fleet of aircraft", a little chart would be great to visualise how many aircraft different companies have (approx) and where Qatar ranks
I love this channel
Ty for showing love to my country 🥰
Very interesting...your videos shows how the geography is the most important thing!
Thank you for shedding light on the ongoing wat in Yemen.
Very informative video🟣