3:40 this was actually a mistranslation, the translator should have said "we will live to see you buried" meaning that the USSR would outlast USA, I'm not defending communism just pointing this out
@@bothi00 Saying that we are better than you because we will last longer than you is saying that communism is better because it would last longer. Is a threat, not violently but asserting the fact that we will outlive you.
@@peterchung2262 Saying to someone you are going to outlive them is not a threat, but a matter of prediction. If I said to an elderly person that I was going to live to see them buried does mean I am going to cause or speed up the process of their death. Khrushchev was more saying that capitalism would collapse and fail before communism or the USSR would, by means of its own design flaws or implementation etc.
I believe you are just making a joke here. But the sad, pathetic and even scary reality is that many millenials believe that was the case, specially those who are embracing socialism.
Hi, I'm watching this video from Argentina, I would like to remember you that during the cold war US support the dictatorships governments at latin-american region, so we don't have freedom.
I imagine you would have preferred to be starving, tortured and alienated like the Cubans, Venezuelans or anyone else who has suffered the communist horror. However that has nothing to do with the United States protecting your Freedom, even if you didn't deserve it.
@@gabrielflaubert5881 how in the world does the US protect freedom by overthrowing democracies and installing dictatorships? And you say that when the US did that it had "nothing to do with protecting freedom". It has EVERYTHING to do with that, it demonstrates that the US does not fight for freedom; it is a complete LIE, just propaganda to make ignorants like you defend their attrocities.
Wait... Didnt US helped a dictator overthrow another Greek dictator because the second was putting Greece into a democratic path where also communist could get voted???
Βασίλης Λεβέντης You maybe right but at this stage the West wanted to avoid any other country in Eastern Europe becoming Communist. Several Eastern democracies were overthrown by Communist sympathisers and Socialist Revolutionaries.
@@alexanderthegreat445 91% of agriculture was lost,10% died,one in four villages was destroyed,90% of roads and railroads were dammaged, and around 20% of the jnfastructure was lost,then a civil war came destroying the remainings,usa and uk both had action at the civil war and usa wanted to rebuild europe as they were saying even though they just wanted puppets, they fixed nothing with their small amounts of money and just brought more devastation by killing communists, I am not a communist myself but lets be honest the cold war was like the ww2, both wars were not clearly the good and the bad.
America help overthrow the democratically elected governments of Chile, Iran and the Congo and left ruthless dictators in there places because they held socialist views. The us also helped the likes of Siad barre and Efrain montt who both literally committed genocide. The Cold War really isn’t as black and white as this video makes it seem.
"We will bury you!!!" was actually an incorrect translation. The real translation should have been "We will live to see you buried", referring to he thought Communism would outlive Capitalism. Someone at PragerU knew this but they kept it in the video anyway. Ridiculous.
More like American right propaganda. I consider myself right wing(i m form eastern Europe) but honestly it is propaganda. USA and UK made this happen by allowing SU to be biggest victor in WWII. They supported soviets unquestionably when it suited them and after that they painted them as empire of evil. Prageru has cartoonish way to look at things. If they honestly believe it they are stupid.
@@masterpainter78 Does "I will outrun you" imply a threat from one runner to another in a footrace, or is it just a show of confidence? I feel that this is the same situation. The USSR leader genuinely thought they were more stable and longer-term than the US. Not sure how he could think that given history and their own instability, but that's how I see him seeing it.
I know! It was MUCH more nuanced than that! This gentleman basically branded the Cold War as “freedom and democracy vs communism”, when in actuality, many western nations supported authoritarian capitalist dictators that were just as bad as most communist dictators (a great example would be Pinochet in Chile).
@@theparadigm8149also many of the soviet people, people and other countries aproved of communism after the fall of the government but of corce a successfull communist country would be to much of a risk to capitalism and dictatorship of the bourgeoizie so they had to rig the elections in russia.
@@theparadigm8149 also remember how dien in vietnam, a fascist put all communists in jail and created fortified vilages to keep the vietcong from recruting people.
@@alexleach4488 True! North Vietnam was more democratic (at least before NGO Dinh Diem got assassinated by the US, actually, because he was TOO MUCH for even us!). The western countries definitely cares more for capitalism than democracy… very sad…
"We will bury you" is actually a mistranslation. The phrase "My vas pokhoronim", which is a Russian idiom, actually means “We will be present at your funeral”. So what he's trying to say is that the Soviets would outlast America, rather than threatening to destroy the US directly.
"My vas pohoronim" is an idiom for someone putting someone else into the grave. It does not mean "we will be present at your funeral" but indeed "we will bury you" presumable into a grave. "Pohronit" or means to burry someone. Stop spreading misinformation chinese spy.
As a history major, I am taking a stand against the content in this video as it props the west up on a pedestal as the paragon of world peace when in actuality, we caused just as much harm as the Soviets. We overthrew democratically elected governments and installed dictatorships in their place, just like the soviets did. Yes, we were worried about the growing influence of the Russians, who along with the Cubans and the Chinese, tried to start Marxist-Socialist revolutions across the world and frequently ignored sovereign boundaries, but we did the same thing. In my opinion, the Cold War was just a case of horrible decisions that we knew would bite us in the ass, but we feared the alternatives would be so much worse.
@@JorgeSanchez-pt4we hey you know what, I bet that instead of just speculating, there might be a way to know if they lied or not… crazy to think about huh.
@@Xostensial You know how you call someone on their bull? You pose a question that causes them to have to substantiate their claims. I have looked into it and that’s why I’m asking him so as to point out that he’s full of it. I do this of course without care for what an anti- American autistic video game playing patronizing youngster without the common sense to figure out not only; 1) that my questioning comment is not based on the lack of research but rather the opposite, and 2) that in a game of wits that youngster had lost before even he knew it.
@@marseldagistani1989 i don't know what it did to your country... But in my country.. it empowers people. It makes everyone to be equal... It is the symbol of the workers here... And marxism goes well here
@Kevin You the strong anti foreigner sentiment which I and my black in particular endured, during our vacation in China is in stark contrast what you said. Comunism has just failed economically they aren't in a position of power but they adapt to the circumstances and gradually gain influence in Africa eastern Europe and Australia. There is still a strong us vs them sentiment and the Chinese government promotes that in the general population. You have to remember that China destroyed its history. China is quite a young country because it forgot its past and such a sentiment only shifts slowly. Academic circles may shift towards more liberal ideas but the party in China can undo all that with the blink of an eye. China is on the edge of the knife I'm genuinely positive about the future of China but it could go either way.
One of America's weaknesses is their lack of knowledge in geography. But it makes sense when the US mainstream media for decades portrayed America as the center of the world. All the important things happened here and only here. The worst and goofy things always happened in foreign countries.
In 1968 I visited West Berlin and spent hours and hours just looking at the wall. I thought, "If Communism is so great, why do they have to force people to live there?"
Maybe you already read that, but ethymologically speaking (dunno if this word exists in english) and communism being a self managed society with no social classes and no state, USSR has never been communist. But i think this concept's name will have to change, «communism» being so differently (not to say wrongly) used in the common language.
In 1973 I visited Chile and spent hours and hours just looking at the coup by Pinochet against Allende. I thought, "If Capitalism is so great, why does America overthrow almost every Democratically elected government which criticizes it?"
The 1945 occupation of South Korea where the United States ousted the People's Republic of Korea (a Social Democratic government who had fought against Japanese occupation in Korea). The American military set up a Junta in the south and executed thousands of PRK supporters until America appointed the dictator Sigman Rhee to lead South Korea in 1949. The 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état where America overthrew the Democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz on the behest of the United Fruit Company. The United States then set up a military Junta under the control of Guatemalan dictator/general Carlos Armas. The 1961-1964 Brazilian coup in which America supported general Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco against the Democratically elected government of João Belchior Marques Goulart. Castelo Branco then set up a Junta and arrested 50,000 political opponents within his first year. The 1973 Chilean coup in which America overthrew the Democratically elected government of Salvador Allende in favor of the military Junta lead by general Augusto Pinochet. And the 1981-1989 civil war in Nicaragua which the United States supported the Contras. The Contras were terrorists who gained a lot of their money through cocaine trafficking all across the Western Hemisphere.
OK, Stalin. I can see I'm not talking to an idiot. I appreciate your response. HOWEVER You asserted that "America overthrow(s) almost every Democratically elected government which criticizes it." There are over 200 countries in the world and every single one of them criticizes America and always has. Let's look at the examples you gave which you believe supports your assertion: 1. Korea. North Korea invaded South Korea, and the United Nations stepped in to stop the invasion. Please describe the criticism that the democratically elected government of Korea had of the United States that caused the United States to, as you say, overthrow it. 2. Guatemala. Please describe the criticism that the democratically elected government of Guatemala had of the United States that caused the United States to, as you say, overthrow it. 3. Brazil: Please describe the criticism that the democratically elected government of Brazil had of the United States that caused the United States to, as you say, overthrow it. 4. Chile: Please describe the criticism that the democratically elected government of Chile had of the United States that caused the United States to, as you say, overthrow it. 5. Nicaragua: Please describe the criticism that the democratically elected government of Nicaragua had of the United States that caused the United States to, as you say, overthrow it. 6. Mexico. The government of Mexico has recently been critical of the United States, yet to date, the United States has not overthrown Mexico. Explain. 6. Denmark. The government of Denmark has recently been critical of the United States, yet to date, the United States has not overthrown Denmark. Explain. 7. Russia: The government of Russia has recently been critical of the United States, yet to date, the United States has not overthrown Russia. Explain. 8. Canada: The government of Canada has recently been critical of the United States, yet to date, the United States has not overthrown Canada. Explain. Are you getting the idea, Stalin? You asserted that the United States overthrows "almost every Democratically elected government which criticizes it." Again I ask you: Cite some examples.
@@localboi2023 Not yet. But it's getting there day by day. It might be within a few years time that we'll be embroiled in the new cold war. Let's hope that if it does happen again, that we don't go as far as using cancel culture against the innocent like McCarthy did.
@@reducedtoatoms327 You're as correct as can be. The US will always be the best at absolutely everything, until someone finally beats them, and then they get to write in the book of history for once.
I’m Vietnamese, and we’re still dealing with the fallout from the US losing the war. My grandfather in his 90s and just trying to eek out a living since he isn’t covered by Social Security, is trying to pull the rest of the family over to America after the government there started cracking down on protests of the 99 year treaty with China.
Daniel Nguyen Soldiers didn't "lose" Vietnam! The politician's and hippie protesting liberals back home "lost" Vietnam. But Vietnamese are damn fine regular and gorilla soldiers by all accounts. Chinese will loose millions there if they try. That countries a meat grinder.
Daniel Nguyen Well I have to say we didn't lose. According to the 1973 Paris Peace Accords an armistice was signed bringing peace to the North and South Vietnams as well as the USA. The war was a US victory in 1973. What people don't understand is that the communists broke that treaty in 1975 and the US congress made it impossible for the US to help the South again. So no the US didn't "lose".
Alright I love Prager U but the thing with Nikita Khrushchev saying “We will bury you” is just plain wrong. Russians, no surprise, speak Russian, not English. In Russian, he said that Communism would survive while capitalism would be buried into the ground with time, and there was a translation error
He isn't wrong because people still want communism. Less and less people like capatalism. We have to remember Soviet union was a first attempt who said others can reattempt
Max Eilliat so you are an apologist for the Soviet regime don’t even try justifying the soviets, socialism as you should know from history is destructive in nature so don’t tell claim “necessary good” because they knew what their were doing and it was power for themselves
This video downplays it a lot. Because its more statistic and lesson oriented. If Warsaw and Nato did meet in Germany, today would've been a VERY different time.
@@nitronixus9402 To be more precise; todays world would be a thermonuclearally irradiated, largely barren distopia. From the '50's onward, a shooting war between 1st wprld nations would've meant Extinction, and both sides knew it.
The cold war, for me, is not really "a conflict of good versus evil", but a conflict of two mighty countries for dominance, politically, economically, socially, and ideologically. In the end, the US and it's allies won. The Soviet Union and it's allies lost. Liberalism, despite it's flaws, proved to be better than communism in general. Humans are not just social creatures. We are also individual creatures. We deserve healthy freedom. Imagine a society where individuality is lacking. It's surely gloomy.
The idea that a geopolitical result shows the merits of any ideology (especially since neither Communist or Liberal ideals were even fully practised by the each respective side) is historically revisionist and shows a high level of prejudice and cognitive bias. A historical equvilent of your argument would be: "Napoleon was defeated by the Feudalist monarchies of Europe. Feudalism, despite it's flaws, proved to be better than Capitalism in general. Humans are not just individual creatures, we are incomplete beings who need to be led by royalty. We deserve a society where those with merit and those who were divinely appointed by God deserve to reign. Imagine a society without any order. It's surely gloomy." Your comment shows both a very flawed Randian world view, where Individuals and Societies are always at odds (the Idea of Collectivism vs. Individualism) paired with a complete lack of understanding on the subject in question. (Communist ideology) Overall, I'd say delete this comment or try again.
Michael Giovanni Mawikere Dude, look at what the USA did in South America They turned most democratic countries into dictatorships so they would be forced to be their allies In the end we lost freedom for over a decade
to be more precise the cold war wasn't won by stupid fat pig money eating fat man that eats slaves for breakfast of America. no actually the war wasn't won at all
@@bryanleal1475 well the Soviet union collapsed and the U.S became the most powerful nation on earth, and also love how your type can't say an argument without saying a stereotypical insult, but what would I expect from a soviet.
Алексей Николаев they won’t say it. Western propaganda cannot allow for soviet justification. They have to make up and cherry pick, because, oh well, USA good and free and flawlessly perfect, Russia bad, tyrannical, never anything good
If you search up Khrushchev's actual quote it is more like "we will attend your funeral", most likely if anything, referring to communist theory that the workers will be the ones who overthrow the west in the end, and that they will be there to watch, an aggressive statement, but completely different than "we will bury you"
Samuel Wares If you tell someone in the West, like you walk to someone and say I’ll will bury you, it sounds you’re threatening violence or murder. Why shouldn’t people have been concerned
@@fahoodie1852 because the conflict emerged out of communism and it was the Soviet union that dragged the conflict. They were the ones that got other countries involved, such as vietnam, Korea and Afghanistan.
I was stationed in Berlin right after the wall came down. I would venture into old East Berlin and came to realize that those folks were oppressed beyond belief. It was as if the modern world had not even touched parts of East Berlin or all of East Germany. I was proud to have been a part of the Berlin Brigade and see what they had accomplished during their nearly fifty years of standing guard. We were the great last hope for a free world.
@@guzmandelpuerto9550 clear signs that Prager U is a right wing organization with the sole intent of making Republican ideas sound better than their opposing views
@Kordell Swoffer every ideology wants more people to believe in itself. There are probably liberal organizations that brand themselves the same way Prager U do, but not the entire left side of the political spectrum. To my knowledge, there isn’t something like prager u for American liberals.
Stalin was a bloody dictator, and there is no question about it, but he can't be the only one who should be blamed for starting the Cold War. Moreover, the West has actually started this confrontation with (a) U.S. bombing Japan and demonstrating the power of nuclear weapon the Soviets didn't have at that time, and (b) "Operation Unthinkable" which assumed a surprise attack on the Soviet forces after WWII (just Google it). P.S. Not to mention that this "historian" is definitely biased which is a shame for a real scientist and that most of the maps in this video are totally wrong.
The bombing of Japan was necessary and Stalin already knew about the Manhattan Project before they were first tested. Operation Unthinkable is part of the problem when the enemy that united you is crushed and you soon realise you have very different ideas on what to do. The plan was also scrapped by Churchill due to a lot of risk.
@@alexanderthegreat445 US Documents also make clear that the Atom Bombs dropped on Japan where also meant to serve as a deterrent to Stalin. US Aggression at its clearest.
@@pmaki37 I love this American way of thinking If a man killed 2 persons is more guilty than a man who kill just 1 person Hitler would have killed more person if he could
Believing in historical facts? Hey Lenin what you doing? *Lenin conducting a mass execution* "communism..." Hey Stalin... what ya doing? *Stalin sending millions off to the Gulags while doing mass executions* "Communism..." Hey Mao.... what ya doing? *Is starving millions, sending millions to re-education camps, and mass executions* "Communism..." Sounds to me like there's something similar going on here🤔
LDS German shepherd boy Lenin didn’t order the executions but the rest did happen. They left out the part where Mikhail Gorbachev tried to democratise the Soviet Union and how he contributed to ending the cold war
@@fahoodie1852 Not necessarily.... you're right that Mikhael Gorbachev tried more liberal reforms within the Soviet Union with his domestic policy of Perestroika, and Glasnost to decentralize the economy, and to open up the press for freedom of thoughts and expression, he was a Communist through and through. He intended to keep Socialism and the Soviet state alive.
LDS German shepherd boy Yes’m he did try to reform it though. This video is extremely one-sided and should’ve at least mentioned Gorbachev’s attempt at trying to repair relationships with the west and ending the arms race
My mom was born in el Salvador she told me a story about thier civil war where she had barely had hours after given birth to my older brother and guerrilla soldiers came asking for "donations" and was forced at gun point to give up all the money and food she had.
This is as much a historical video as it is an apolitical one: that is, not at all. You can't make a historical video labeling a side as "the definitive good guys" and have it be factual as well. In history there is no such thing, and for sure, such a biased perspective could never hope to portray the facts in a truthful manner; after all, why not just skip the parts where *your* side was the one doing immoral things and amplify the ones where your enemy did the same? Remember who won the Cold War, and remember that history is always written by the victor. I'm saying this as an eastern European: the Soviet Union was an empire that forcefully spread its ideology in an effort to extend its sphere of Influence. HOWEVER, the US did the exact same thing. Both sides committed admirable and horrendous acts, and both communism and capitalism have their upsides and downsides. Completely favoring one side while not understanding the position of the other is disingenuous and clearly biased, ergo should not be taken as fact.
Your description missed out on the countless atrocities committed by us, the United States, as well. Be honest. This is needless propaganda over something which already favors us in a better light WITHOUT you omitting information.
I was born in 1971 and was only vaguely aware of the Cold War as a kid. However, after watching The Day After and Testament I was terrified. Honestly, after I saw those movies my innocence was lost, I was terrified and had numerous nightmares. My attitude as a teenager was "Why does anything we do matter? We're all going to die in a nuclear war anyway." 35 years later I have recently watched those movies again and they still give me the chills. I am so happy to be alive! I joined the Navy after High School believing that open ocean, and in my case as a submariner, was the safest place to be. For this teenager of the 1980's the cold war was very real and life altering.
@Solyndros it misrepresents quotes, misrepresents historical events, misrepresents the ideological struggle (which I'm not necessarily a communist, but saying that the moral struggle was that is continuing cold war propaganda, we know that now a days it isnt that easy), doesn't even touch the historical context before ww2, doesn't touch stalin's actual reasoning, it has way to much rhetoric for it not to be considered biased, and most of all, ignores completely the distrust the soviets had for the west, most of this stuff is essentially cold war propaganda and has no modern backing. If you want a less bias video, I would suggest gcse: who was to blame for the cold war. I approve of it because it lacks rhetoric on both sides due to it being strictly for standardized testing and that it goes deep into historical context
its not biased. Stalin was a lunatic.. way worse that hitler... Stalin killed 40 million people. concentration camps all the wealthy and successful. the same idiology in china through mao would bring a total to 100million killed by communism, and almost total destruction of chinese ancient culture. Stalin is an evil person. Hitler as bad as he was looked like a novice at 11million killed, compared to stalin let alone stalin and mao.
This isn’t really talking about what the Cold War was it’s just anti communist propaganda. Now, I’m not a communist by any means but I’m just saying 90% of this video is just talking about why communism is bad.
@@napoleonbonaparteempereurd4676But the 70's were before the rise of Islamo-fascism. Women through the entire Middle East were more westernized at the time. I saw photos of Iranian women, for instance, who had Western clothes at that time. So it wasn't really Communism per se that did that. Also, Communism can be generally bad even if isolated good things happened, just like some of the building projects Hitler did in Germany.
@@joanl.7543 I never said Communism was good, to be sure. I said its feminism and lack of homelessness and joblessness is impressive. We could learn from that. In Afghanistan, under Comminism more women were able to get into politics then in the USA...
@@napoleonbonaparteempereurd4676There is nothing impressive. Communism has led to actual starvation in multiple countries. They are known for lying, so I wouldn't trust their allegations about a lack of homelessness. If you have an inadequate share in a poor apartment, how is that different from life in a homeless shelter anyway? It may be that everyone works; so do slaves in general. As for feminism, I am against it.
I'm glad we won the cold war, but I'd argue the military point as the Soviet Armed Forces were no pushover, with WarPac leapfrogging NATO and vice versa. With the addition of new T-80 tanks (I can't remember which variant) Soviet wargames/exercises led to it being nicknamed the English-Channel-Tank. And I would ask that you refer to Soviets, not Russians, as you yourself say that there was more than 1 nation in the USSR - Russians being oppressed by the Georgian Stalin, not just the Kazakhs or Armenians etc.
boffinboy100 I think what you are referring to is T-80U or any variant with Kontakt-5 ERA. NATO findings post-1989 found that it was impervious to all HEAT-FS and APFSDS munitions used by NATO forces, which spurred the development of the now-renowned ‘Silver Bullet’ DU shell used by the M1A1. And yes, the Red Army was not only not a pushover, but also would have steamrolled NATO all the way down to Spain. As a matter of fact, the Soviet Union could have very well kicked NATO off of mainland Europe in 1981 and 1973. PragerU is imperialist propaganda, many people in the third world speak kindly and hold considerate, moderate opinions of the Soviet Union (atleast this is the case amongst Iraqis). Contrary to what you might see on the MSM, Many MENA peoples hate and resent the USA and NATO for being the primary cause of their pain and suffering (and rightfully so). Stalin was right to expand the revolution, since he knew very well that the USA would want to get its hands on the USSR anyway and will be seeking to tighten its grip on the Ex-British Empire. He was a very intelligent leader and did the right thing, and as an Iraqi, though we have succumbed to the imperialists, am ever so grateful for the assistance of the Soviet Union to my motherland and consider the USSR with high standing. They say that it is the USSR who lost the Cold War, when it’s really the Third World and the aspiring peoples of modest nations who lost the Cold War. They lost a mighty friend who enabled them to overthrow their colonial and imperialist overlords, a friend who bought them women’s rights and workers rights, a friend who sponsored their industrial development, a friend who stood for their right to self determination diplomatically in the UN.
boffinboy100 Why is that lol? Do you really believe that PragerU is an objective news source and not a blatant source for pro-west propaganda? Lol, there is no mention of the numerous dictators, fascists and terrorists armed and sponsored by the USA. There is no mention, or rather there is a complete disregard for what ‘freedom’ and ‘liberty’ really means in countries like Iraq, Colombia, Panama, Nicaragua etc. :). Come on, be real here, ignore that I am a communist and let’s stay objective when discussing who is doing what and why :)
@VitalStatistiX - you need to get out of indoctrination. The U.S. infuriated Churchill by not supporting efforts to back their colonies as the WWII spun down, they only backed the French in Vietnam due to Soviet and Chinese interference. It was Soviet backed forces that meant to murder their way to power in both Korea and Vietnam - it was not the free countries doing this, although rhetoric was heated on both sides at times it was the totalitarians that always took it beyond. I can understand how being in the middle east you would feel caught in the middle of all this and I can respect your viewpoint but it is just that a localized view point when the entire world fell under this struggle and there is an abundance of evidence (and dead bodies) which more than make up for any regional mistakes even if some were tragic and it' a shame many just dismiss the death toll communism has left in it's wake as if it does not count, the 2 systems are simply night and day as to which is better. There are plenty of examples if your old enough - I can remember defections from the Soviet Union, The non stop people of Eastern Germany trying to get out and away from the atrocities many underwent so people risked death to get out just as some have done in North Korea.
@@estland2768 Your country has been a third world US puppet since leaving the USSR, but why does that matter as long as you have Mcdonalds and starbucks right?
Thank you for this. My school kind of just brushed over this in order to get the curriculum completed in time. I'm embarrassed to say i didn't know much about it
I will gladly put my life on the line for my neighbors (in the biblical sense of the word) fighting with guns against the evil leftist brown- and redshirts should they try anything extremely stupid in my country (the USA). And no, I'm never serving in the stupid woke-ass military. 2A all the way!
This isn't a video about Cold War, it's just an anti-communist essay on why communism is bad and how millions died under communism. Completely disregards the violations of human rights in capitalist countries making this video right-wing biased.
It wasn’t good vs evil. it was a conflict between two major superpowers with completely different ideology’s and ideas. And both sides did terrible things. The Americans had Anti-communist purges that put thousands of innocent people in jail. The Americans also assisted co attempts in foreign countries that led to the rise of dictatorships in places like South America and Africa all for the fight against communism. Neither side can really be considered evil or good because both sides did awful things just to make sure that there enemy didn’t gain the upper hand.
I actually disagree with PragerU when they say Communism fails. It does work, exactly as intended. Gun confiscation, poverty, famine, pandemics is Communism and Socialism working as designed
To the people talking about the inaccuracies when explaning the Soviet activity in Eastern Europe - yes there are such, but not because "they showed Belarus instead of Lithuania" or "they showed Czechoslovakia bordering Russia". The problem is instead as to how the countries are grouped. The Baltic sisters were incorporated into the Soviet Union during 1940, unlike the other Soviet republics which were part of the union before WW2. It's wrong to list them alongside Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia because they became part of the Soviet Union itself, rather than the Eastern Block which is an entirely different thing.
I don’t know. While now we see the obvious, more favorable side (the west), it wasn’t necessarily a clear cut freedom vs tyranny. Mostly because while the Soviet was always a tyrannical regime, the west often failed to be freedom fighters. Nations such as Vietnam and Cuba turned communist because the previous regimes were tyrannical, and the west was at best indifferent, or at worst supportive of the regimes. Plus, while it’s good that people such as Reagan took a hard stance against the Soviet, it could be argued that their position did little compared to all of the economic and social issues the U.S.S.R faced.
This video almost makes me want to defend the USSR. He makes it sound like people in NATO nations never suffered unfair treatment or misinformation. Communist nations were also destabilized by capitalist nations, how do you think they lost the cold war.
yes, he did, he and the rest of the Western powers. He refused the Soviet proposal to leave Germany as a blockfree state (outside of NATO)....So Germany remained divided until 1990.
This video is blatant American propaganda :D Notice how he blames the Soviets of the Vietnam war, how the Soviets came and destroyed freedom in these poor little countries and how the 🇺🇸HEROIC USA🇺🇸 saves the day lmao
@@aurin_komak if you look at the facts when North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam the Vietcong killed a lot of Christians which are living in The villages. As a result the president of the United States of America decided to fund and help South Vietnam but in a decree of a limited war so the war wouldn't go full blown.
@@yosafatyeo4605 brooo, you’re way off. America funded South Vietnam because they didn’t want more communism. They also did it to prevent the North taking over because the communists were extremely popular in all of Vietnam because of their liberation of the country from Japanese rule. The Americans backstopped Ho Chi Minh after helping them in World War 2 and even wanting to join arms as comrades. America will always put money over real freedom. The reason America is so “rich” is not from capitalism but from stealing and abusing others’ shit to enrich themselves while the exploited countries of US Imperialism have to deal with their shitloads and its people have to go through hardship on a dollar a day.
@Kordell Swoffer Poor capitalist countries exist, capitalism doesn’t automatically make a country rich. Europe only got better after WW2 because America gave them free money and ended German Reparations. The Soviets had to rebuild the Eastern Bloc while destroyed themselves. 80% of all German casualties in WW2 were on the Eastern Front, that isn’t a coincidence. Throughout all of America’s history it has been surrounded by weak neighbours and two massive oceans not to mention great amounts of fertile land. Europe, China, and the Russian Empire were neighbours with equally powerful nations thus forcing military spending. America before WW2 had an army smaller than Romania’s. All countries were devastated by the war, all America lost during WW2 was manpower and found an opportunity to become a world power. It’s incredible that the Soviets and the Eastern Bloc managed to catch up somewhat in their situation. When under Marxism-Leninism, the future isn’t determined by the market which just follows what makes more money, but the party which sets goals. That’s why industrialisation is so easy under Marxism-Leninism socialism (state socialism, communism is what they are trying to achieve which has no state and is most likely worldwide).
Insightful video. I do, however, think it would have been a more academically sound video if there was less of subjective language and more of fact-based discussion instead - highlighting what happened and why instead of ideas surrounding 'good' and 'bad'.
Yes because all of the former colonies that still support Britain and stand by it's side are complet dictatorships Vs the ones who have mostly/completely abandoned the British commonwealth.
@Sebastian Volland I'm not spitting socialist propaganda, I oppose it. They are not complete and unique republics: look at freedom in the world map 2019; most former colonies are authoritarian.
I agree the Soviet Union was a brutal regime that needed to be opposed, but let’s not pretend the west was perfect. I don’t think the people of Chile, Argentina, South Korea etc. experienced much freedom during their respective western back juntas. The west utilised totalitarianism when it was deemed necessary.
"We will bury you" was a wrong translation, the true meaning of what he was trying to say was, "We will live to see you buried" which meant communism would outlast capitalism. so don't hold that against the soviets
yeah, study 12 years in Vietnam, brainwashed by those communists teacher, damn all 12 years full of shitty propaganda and lie, thanks pragerU for saying the truth
Cold war can be defined as the ideological difference between two big powers USA and USSR. Though these two countries fought together in world war 2,postwar period ideological differences started between USA and USSR , which led to the formation of two power blocks. The two blocks completed with each other for bringing all intermediate countries in their blocks.
They didn't really "fight together" in WWII. They had a common enemy. If Germany hadn't invaded Russia, Russia would have sat on its thumbs during WWII. Likewise, had that boat of American tourists not been accidentally sunk by a German U-boat, the US would have sat on its thumbs during WWII as well. The US likes to take all the credit for WWII but WWII was Germany vs Canada, Britain, France, and various other European countries. The US was the LAST country to get directly involved.
@@taekwondotime just because we were late in the fight doesn't mean that we didn't fight at all and we gave millions and trillions of aid to countries that needed it including Russia
@@taekwondotime I'm not saying that we ended the fight that was 100% on Russia and they did a good job at ending the fight but they would have not been able to end the fight without us in our aid
In 1981 the group ABBA released The Visitors album. In 1982, the USSR banned ABBA's album. Two songs, The Visitors & Soldiers highlighted the Cold War. The Visitors song was written from the perspective of a Russian dissident.
Those dictatorships were unfortunate but they were successful where the communism was just about to take over and in the end the result was freer countries and societies. During the dictatorship, Chile was still freer than Cuba and now, a democratic country again, it's the freest country of all Latin America. Definitely unfortunate, but in the end, it was a successful strategy. Today, all the countries where the communism won are in a worst position than those where dictatorships backed by America were established.
@@napoleonbonaparteempereurd4676 Of course not. I didn't say that AT ALL. I value liberty over everything else. Every dictatorship is a scandal and something disgusting. But still, the people in Pinochet's Chile had economic freedom (which is a big part of overall freedom) and in Castro's Cuba, for example, they didn't even had that. Now, the people in Chile (and other US stablished dictatorships) are living in democracy and in a way more prosperous country than those where communism had stablished. So, overall, it was an unfortunate but definitely successful move in order to stop communism to spread. Incredibly unfortunate. Every death at hands of Pinochet is despicable.
@@lisandroCT I'm glad we agree that dictatorship is an undesirable state of bieng. However, I dont think the US acted morally at all. Those nations would have turned out fine. I've read a lot on this period, trust me, the Soviets were focused elsewhere. Nicaragua and Gutamala still suck today, even though the US set up its regimes. The Congo sucks too despite US involvement.
@@napoleonbonaparteempereurd4676 I don't think they acted morally. I haven't judge them morally. I'm just saying that as a war strategy, it turned out successful. I don't agree, however, that those countries would have turned out just fine. Communism destroys society and I agree with US that it had to be stopped.
3:40 this was actually a mistranslation, the translator should have said "we will live to see you buried" meaning that the USSR would outlast USA, I'm not defending communism just pointing this out
Yes, I also thought of that when I saw the quote!
A threat is still a threat
Wasn't a threat still. Just more saying 'our system will last longer than yours'
@@bothi00 Saying that we are better than you because we will last longer than you is saying that communism is better because it would last longer. Is a threat, not violently but asserting the fact that we will outlive you.
@@peterchung2262 Saying to someone you are going to outlive them is not a threat, but a matter of prediction. If I said to an elderly person that I was going to live to see them buried does mean I am going to cause or speed up the process of their death. Khrushchev was more saying that capitalism would collapse and fail before communism or the USSR would, by means of its own design flaws or implementation etc.
I use to think Cold War was about polar bears vs Eskimos.
if only it was
Then we should rename the Emu War as the hot war.
Hahaha!
it's bears and eagles
I believe you are just making a joke here. But the sad, pathetic and even scary reality is that many millenials believe that was the case, specially those who are embracing socialism.
Hi, I'm watching this video from Argentina, I would like to remember you that during the cold war US support the dictatorships governments at latin-american region, so we don't have freedom.
I imagine you would have preferred to be starving, tortured and alienated like the Cubans, Venezuelans or anyone else who has suffered the communist horror. However that has nothing to do with the United States protecting your Freedom, even if you didn't deserve it.
Tony Fran que te pasa con videla?
Gabriel Flaubert
Countries like Iran, Iraq, and Argentina were not under threat of communism.
Vlavitir glutginskiya
Unfortunately those decisions destroyed many countries
@@gabrielflaubert5881 how in the world does the US protect freedom by overthrowing democracies and installing dictatorships?
And you say that when the US did that it had "nothing to do with protecting freedom". It has EVERYTHING to do with that, it demonstrates that the US does not fight for freedom; it is a complete LIE, just propaganda to make ignorants like you defend their attrocities.
Wait... Didnt US helped a dictator overthrow another Greek dictator because the second was putting Greece into a democratic path where also communist could get voted???
Βασίλης Λεβέντης You maybe right but at this stage the West wanted to avoid any other country in Eastern Europe becoming Communist. Several Eastern democracies were overthrown by Communist sympathisers and Socialist Revolutionaries.
@@alexanderthegreat445 91% of agriculture was lost,10% died,one in four villages was destroyed,90% of roads and railroads were dammaged, and around 20% of the jnfastructure was lost,then a civil war came destroying the remainings,usa and uk both had action at the civil war and usa wanted to rebuild europe as they were saying even though they just wanted puppets, they fixed nothing with their small amounts of money and just brought more devastation by killing communists, I am not a communist myself but lets be honest the cold war was like the ww2, both wars were not clearly the good and the bad.
The british... so that the russia wouldnt control greece. this was during ww2.
yes
America help overthrow the democratically elected governments of Chile, Iran and the Congo and left ruthless dictators in there places because they held socialist views. The us also helped the likes of Siad barre and Efrain montt who both literally committed genocide. The Cold War really isn’t as black and white as this video makes it seem.
"We will bury you!!!" was actually an incorrect translation.
The real translation should have been "We will live to see you buried", referring to he thought Communism would outlive Capitalism.
Someone at PragerU knew this but they kept it in the video anyway. Ridiculous.
More like American right propaganda. I consider myself right wing(i m form eastern Europe) but honestly it is propaganda. USA and UK made this happen by allowing SU to be biggest victor in WWII. They supported soviets unquestionably when it suited them and after that they painted them as empire of evil. Prageru has cartoonish way to look at things. If they honestly believe it they are stupid.
I'm a russian speaker and I want to say, that your translate is right. There is no serious negative connotation of Khrushchev's words
I was literally thinking “didn’t TedEd say that was a mistranslation?”
In my mind, this does nothing to help the Soviet’s case.
Its still a threat from a competitor, your point is noted, and its also pointless.
@@masterpainter78 Does "I will outrun you" imply a threat from one runner to another in a footrace, or is it just a show of confidence? I feel that this is the same situation. The USSR leader genuinely thought they were more stable and longer-term than the US. Not sure how he could think that given history and their own instability, but that's how I see him seeing it.
This is the most traditionalist approach explaining the Cold War that I have found on RUclips
I know! It was MUCH more nuanced than that! This gentleman basically branded the Cold War as “freedom and democracy vs communism”, when in actuality, many western nations supported authoritarian capitalist dictators that were just as bad as most communist dictators (a great example would be Pinochet in Chile).
@@theparadigm8149also many of the soviet people, people and other countries aproved of communism after the fall of the government but of corce a successfull communist country would be to much of a risk to capitalism and dictatorship of the bourgeoizie so they had to rig the elections in russia.
@@theparadigm8149 also remember how dien in vietnam, a fascist put all communists in jail and created fortified vilages to keep the vietcong from recruting people.
@@alexleach4488 True! North Vietnam was more democratic (at least before NGO Dinh Diem got assassinated by the US, actually, because he was TOO MUCH for even us!). The western countries definitely cares more for capitalism than democracy… very sad…
@@alexleach4488 soviet collapsed by itself. not america's problem.
"We will bury you" is actually a mistranslation. The phrase "My vas pokhoronim", which is a Russian idiom, actually means “We will be present at your funeral”. So what he's trying to say is that the Soviets would outlast America, rather than threatening to destroy the US directly.
"My vas pohoronim" is an idiom for someone putting someone else into the grave. It does not mean "we will be present at your funeral" but indeed "we will bury you" presumable into a grave. "Pohronit" or means to burry someone. Stop spreading misinformation chinese spy.
I'm here to see what the new black ops is based on 🤣
Facts lol
Same
Same 😅
SAME! But also refreshing my memory 😂 been a minute.
Actually
As a history major, I am taking a stand against the content in this video as it props the west up on a pedestal as the paragon of world peace when in actuality, we caused just as much harm as the Soviets. We overthrew democratically elected governments and installed dictatorships in their place, just like the soviets did. Yes, we were worried about the growing influence of the Russians, who along with the Cubans and the Chinese, tried to start Marxist-Socialist revolutions across the world and frequently ignored sovereign boundaries, but we did the same thing. In my opinion, the Cold War was just a case of horrible decisions that we knew would bite us in the ass, but we feared the alternatives would be so much worse.
What democratically elected governments did we overthrow and then proceed to install dictatorships?
@@JorgeSanchez-pt4we i am also curious but too lazy to do research
@@Xostensial I’m not sure any amount of research will turn out results..I think this guy made a statement without evidence.
@@JorgeSanchez-pt4we hey you know what, I bet that instead of just speculating, there might be a way to know if they lied or not… crazy to think about huh.
@@Xostensial You know how you call someone on their bull? You pose a question that causes them to have to substantiate their claims. I have looked into it and that’s why I’m asking him so as to point out that he’s full of it. I do this of course without care for what an anti- American autistic video game playing patronizing youngster without the common sense to figure out not only; 1) that my questioning comment is not based on the lack of research but rather the opposite, and 2) that in a game of wits that youngster had lost before even he knew it.
Well according to my professor everything was the US's fault. Everything. Lmao
It's Woodrow Willson's fault for the mess that is the 21st century
@@hepe_astus what good Communism has done
@@captainu.s.america3239 we need a 2nd Mccarthy trial
@@hepe_astus do I look like I care
About capitalism, Communism.
Because I'll be fair when was the last time Communism ACTUALLY worked?
@@marseldagistani1989 i don't know what it did to your country...
But in my country.. it empowers people.
It makes everyone to be equal...
It is the symbol of the workers here...
And marxism goes well here
From what I know, China today seems to have succeeded the USSR's position as Anti-West
Yet a superbug will bring the house of cards to come down!
@Kevin You the strong anti foreigner sentiment which I and my black in particular endured, during our vacation in China is in stark contrast what you said. Comunism has just failed economically they aren't in a position of power but they adapt to the circumstances and gradually gain influence in Africa eastern Europe and Australia.
There is still a strong us vs them sentiment and the Chinese government promotes that in the general population. You have to remember that China destroyed its history. China is quite a young country because it forgot its past and such a sentiment only shifts slowly. Academic circles may shift towards more liberal ideas but the party in China can undo all that with the blink of an eye. China is on the edge of the knife I'm genuinely positive about the future of China but it could go either way.
Just read your comments, look like its happening in the Usa... Communist Joseph China Biden vs the great Donald Trump
@@gilgabro420 their economy is about to overtake our's by 2028
@@terryrodbourn2793 that didnt age well
1:37 I think you'll find that's Belarus, not Lithuania
Nah that was fully annexed by the Soviet Union. Plus when the troops are animated in they are put in the yellow spots.
Map is really weird now that I’m looking at it.
Lol just saw that too. Can't expect much from prager U
One of America's weaknesses is their lack of knowledge in geography. But it makes sense when the US mainstream media for decades portrayed America as the center of the world. All the important things happened here and only here. The worst and goofy things always happened in foreign countries.
In 1968 I visited West Berlin and spent hours and hours just looking at the wall. I thought, "If Communism is so great, why do they have to force people to live there?"
Maybe you already read that, but ethymologically speaking (dunno if this word exists in english) and communism being a self managed society with no social classes and no state, USSR has never been communist.
But i think this concept's name will have to change, «communism» being so differently (not to say wrongly) used in the common language.
In 1973 I visited Chile and spent hours and hours just looking at the coup by Pinochet against Allende. I thought, "If Capitalism is so great, why does America overthrow almost every Democratically elected government which criticizes it?"
Give some examples.
The 1945 occupation of South Korea where the United States ousted the People's Republic of Korea (a Social Democratic government who had fought against Japanese occupation in Korea). The American military set up a Junta in the south and executed thousands of PRK supporters until America appointed the dictator Sigman Rhee to lead South Korea in 1949.
The 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état where America overthrew the Democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz on the behest of the United Fruit Company. The United States then set up a military Junta under the control of Guatemalan dictator/general Carlos Armas.
The 1961-1964 Brazilian coup in which America supported general Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco against the Democratically elected government of João Belchior Marques Goulart. Castelo Branco then set up a Junta and arrested 50,000 political opponents within his first year.
The 1973 Chilean coup in which America overthrew the Democratically elected government of Salvador Allende in favor of the military Junta lead by general Augusto Pinochet.
And the 1981-1989 civil war in Nicaragua which the United States supported the Contras. The Contras were terrorists who gained a lot of their money through cocaine trafficking all across the Western Hemisphere.
OK, Stalin. I can see I'm not talking to an idiot. I appreciate your response.
HOWEVER
You asserted that "America overthrow(s) almost every Democratically elected government which criticizes it." There are over 200 countries in the world and every single one of them criticizes America and always has. Let's look at the examples you gave which you believe supports your assertion:
1. Korea. North Korea invaded South Korea, and the United Nations stepped in to stop the invasion. Please describe the criticism that the democratically elected government of Korea had of the United States that caused the United States to, as you say, overthrow it.
2. Guatemala. Please describe the criticism that the democratically elected government of Guatemala had of the United States that caused the United States to, as you say, overthrow it.
3. Brazil: Please describe the criticism that the democratically elected government of Brazil had of the United States that caused the United States to, as you say, overthrow it.
4. Chile: Please describe the criticism that the democratically elected government of Chile had of the United States that caused the United States to, as you say, overthrow it.
5. Nicaragua: Please describe the criticism that the democratically elected government of Nicaragua had of the United States that caused the United States to, as you say, overthrow it.
6. Mexico. The government of Mexico has recently been critical of the United States, yet to date, the United States has not overthrown Mexico. Explain.
6. Denmark. The government of Denmark has recently been critical of the United States, yet to date, the United States has not overthrown Denmark. Explain.
7. Russia: The government of Russia has recently been critical of the United States, yet to date, the United States has not overthrown Russia. Explain.
8. Canada: The government of Canada has recently been critical of the United States, yet to date, the United States has not overthrown Canada. Explain.
Are you getting the idea, Stalin? You asserted that the United States overthrows "almost every Democratically elected government which criticizes it." Again I ask you: Cite some examples.
The most "objective" video I've seen. Another proof that history is written by the winners.
Are you joking?!? That is the most, most rightist, subjective video in the world.
@@plankalkulcompiler9468 It was clearly sarcasm.
true but are you dening that the u.s was mortally superior to the soviet union because that is WRONG
@@JamesSmith-hq4mx the USA was morally superior
toby waffle lol they weren’t you don’t know about what the us did with nobody knowinh
The maps in this video are pure pain to watch.
Please take some help from historically correct maps next time you doing videos. Cheers!
From historically litterate sources in general..
Fr
Now we’re facing the 2nd Cold War, US vs China
@@localboi2023 Not yet. But it's getting there day by day. It might be within a few years time that we'll be embroiled in the new cold war. Let's hope that if it does happen again, that we don't go as far as using cancel culture against the innocent like McCarthy did.
@r e d h u n t e r Im not a native English speaker, but my mind is at least as literate as yours i promise
I just love how most people can see the clear flaws in this video. But look who it came from, so honestly we can’t be surprised
it's full of lies but the history is written by the victorious right ?
@@reducedtoatoms327 You're as correct as can be. The US will always be the best at absolutely everything, until someone finally beats them, and then they get to write in the book of history for once.
I’m Vietnamese, and we’re still dealing with the fallout from the US losing the war. My grandfather in his 90s and just trying to eek out a living since he isn’t covered by Social Security, is trying to pull the rest of the family over to America after the government there started cracking down on protests of the 99 year treaty with China.
Daniel Nguyen
Soldiers didn't "lose" Vietnam!
The politician's and hippie protesting liberals back home "lost" Vietnam.
But Vietnamese are damn fine regular and gorilla soldiers by all accounts. Chinese will loose millions there if they try.
That countries a meat grinder.
John Smith true: we’ve spent quite a while occupied by invading powers
Daniel Nguyen Well I have to say we didn't lose. According to the 1973 Paris Peace Accords an armistice was signed bringing peace to the North and South Vietnams as well as the USA. The war was a US victory in 1973. What people don't understand is that the communists broke that treaty in 1975 and the US congress made it impossible for the US to help the South again. So no the US didn't "lose".
John Smith
Guerrilla
Daniel Nguyen the south lost
Alright I love Prager U but the thing with Nikita Khrushchev saying “We will bury you” is just plain wrong. Russians, no surprise, speak Russian, not English. In Russian, he said that Communism would survive while capitalism would be buried into the ground with time, and there was a translation error
SirGoomy that was an intentional translation error.
Maybe Prager is a Sting fan, lol!
Communist apologist... We will destroy you without shooting one bullet.
Sounds like it is still working.
@John Smith Why?
He isn't wrong because people still want communism. Less and less people like capatalism. We have to remember Soviet union was a first attempt who said others can reattempt
This is very one-sided
Well no shit, communism sucks, now we might be facing a 2nd Cold War, US vs China
Are you kidding me...how brainwashed you have to be
@@localboi2023 that's capitalism vs capitalism
Chzeckoslovakia doesn't border Russia, also you drew the focus to Belarus when mentioning Lithuania
GABLE SHLANE But it didn't border Russian SSR, only Ukrainian SSR.
Natalia NN
Russian SFSR*
Y’all ain’t even trying to be objective anymore, huh?
jesus christ this guy clearly doesn't have a bias.
Yeah it's not like stalin didn't starve 40 million people
Max Eilliat
so you are an apologist for the Soviet regime
don’t even try justifying the soviets, socialism as you should know from history is destructive in nature so don’t tell claim “necessary good” because they knew what their were doing and it was power for themselves
savagerobuxanddiamond playz the british crown starved 1.8 billion in their lazzis faire capitalist regime
Richard
oops meant to tag the other dude
lucky 22
back that up
Who’s also here after seeing the cod Cold War trailer 😂
Me lol
Yeah its bad I dident listen about this in history class
This video downplays it a lot. Because its more statistic and lesson oriented.
If Warsaw and Nato did meet in Germany, today would've been a VERY different time.
@@nitronixus9402 To be more precise; todays world would be a thermonuclearally irradiated, largely barren distopia.
From the '50's onward, a shooting war between 1st wprld nations would've meant Extinction, and both sides knew it.
^ Rhetorical question much?
Although this was a decent video, there is several things wrong with it:
-Everything
No u
Your comment describes my sentiment exactly
Freedom is like air, you can't feel it unless you are suffocating
It's great that you are balanced and unbiased in your views.
**Sarcasm**
This is not at all balanced or unbiased. This is blatant propaganda
@@vladimirlenin9120 Is it?
@@ApartmentKing66 you must be a complete lobotomite to not think this video is biased
This is the most biased channel on RUclips.
duhh its a conservative channel, its supost to be biased.
But it’s the most true
@@sh4rk535 When talking facts you must be objective not biased
The cold war, for me, is not really "a conflict of good versus evil", but a conflict of two mighty countries for dominance, politically, economically, socially, and ideologically. In the end, the US and it's allies won. The Soviet Union and it's allies lost.
Liberalism, despite it's flaws, proved to be better than communism in general. Humans are not just social creatures. We are also individual creatures. We deserve healthy freedom. Imagine a society where individuality is lacking. It's surely gloomy.
The idea that a geopolitical result shows the merits of any ideology (especially since neither Communist or Liberal ideals were even fully practised by the each respective side)
is historically revisionist and shows a high level of prejudice and cognitive bias.
A historical equvilent of your argument would be:
"Napoleon was defeated by the Feudalist monarchies of Europe. Feudalism, despite it's flaws, proved to be better than Capitalism in general.
Humans are not just individual creatures, we are incomplete beings who need to be led by royalty. We deserve a society where those with merit and those who were divinely appointed by God deserve to reign. Imagine a society without any order. It's surely gloomy."
Your comment shows both a very flawed Randian world view, where Individuals and Societies are always at odds (the Idea of Collectivism vs. Individualism) paired with a complete lack of understanding on the subject in question. (Communist ideology)
Overall, I'd say delete this comment or try again.
Michael Giovanni Mawikere
Dude, look at what the USA did in South America
They turned most democratic countries into dictatorships so they would be forced to be their allies
In the end we lost freedom for over a decade
to be more precise the cold war wasn't won by stupid fat pig money eating fat man that eats slaves for breakfast of America. no actually the war wasn't won at all
@@bryanleal1475 well the Soviet union collapsed and the U.S became the most powerful nation on earth, and also love how your type can't say an argument without saying a stereotypical insult, but what would I expect from a soviet.
Who knows Khrushchev criticized the ideology of Stalin!
Алексей Николаев they won’t say it. Western propaganda cannot allow for soviet justification. They have to make up and cherry pick, because, oh well, USA good and free and flawlessly perfect, Russia bad, tyrannical, never anything good
Алексей Николаев Nikita Khrushchev got nothing to do with Stalin he just realized that the dictator was purging the Communist party for nothing
If you search up Khrushchev's actual quote it is more like "we will attend your funeral", most likely if anything, referring to communist theory that the workers will be the ones who overthrow the west in the end, and that they will be there to watch, an aggressive statement, but completely different than "we will bury you"
Samuel Wares If you tell someone in the West, like you walk to someone and say I’ll will bury you, it sounds you’re threatening violence or murder. Why shouldn’t people have been concerned
CanadianPrince
He actually said “we’ll live to see you buried” and not “we will bury you”
Capitalism is great.
And hell for the rest of the world. You'll end up in that same hell too, soon
Angelo DiMeo Communism has been proven to equalize people..... through poverty.
Proclivity to Destroy Leftists yeah, no it hasn't. But keep believing your imbecile western Propaganda, it makes it easier for us to bring your end
The best that we can think of for now.
Angelo DiMeo commies should have all been killed lmao
Good vs evil, bias vs unbias, misinformation vs credible information, news vs propaganda. People spend a lot of time screwing our heads up.
These maps are very badly made. So Belarus is Lithuania and Alaska doesn't belong to America anymore?
DarkrarLetsPlay Also Poland is cut in half, and there's no East Germany...
What are you talking about? In 2:56 They didn't even include Russian part of Russia and Moscow.
Just remember it was a Soviet who ended the cold war
Don’t like your own comments
Bruh that's just like saying it was a german who ended ww2
KeyStream
What makes you think that?
YES HE WAS VASILI ARKHIPOV
@@fahoodie1852 because the conflict emerged out of communism and it was the Soviet union that dragged the conflict.
They were the ones that got other countries involved, such as vietnam, Korea and Afghanistan.
I was stationed in Berlin right after the wall came down. I would venture into old East Berlin and came to realize that those folks were oppressed beyond belief. It was as if the modern world had not even touched parts of East Berlin or all of East Germany. I was proud to have been a part of the Berlin Brigade and see what they had accomplished during their nearly fifty years of standing guard. We were the great last hope for a free world.
What about the military dictatorships America sponsored!? "morally complex moments??" This is more
philosophy than fact...
Philosophy is also about facts, not saying you are wrong, just saying they did not use eny philosophy that would have stop thous crimes
@Sari Çizmeli Mehmet Ağa What about the Taliban? Were those good men back in the 80s?
@Sari Çizmeli Mehmet Ağa they killed thousands
@@guzmandelpuerto9550 clear signs that Prager U is a right wing organization with the sole intent of making Republican ideas sound better than their opposing views
@Kordell Swoffer every ideology wants more people to believe in itself. There are probably liberal organizations that brand themselves the same way Prager U do, but not the entire left side of the political spectrum. To my knowledge, there isn’t something like prager u for American liberals.
2:52
When you forget to put the capital of the Soviet Union in the map of the Soviet Union
I don't support support communism but this is ridiculously biased.
Stalin was a bloody dictator, and there is no question about it, but he can't be the only one who should be blamed for starting the Cold War. Moreover, the West has actually started this confrontation with (a) U.S. bombing Japan and demonstrating the power of nuclear weapon the Soviets didn't have at that time, and (b) "Operation Unthinkable" which assumed a surprise attack on the Soviet forces after WWII (just Google it). P.S. Not to mention that this "historian" is definitely biased which is a shame for a real scientist and that most of the maps in this video are totally wrong.
The bombing of Japan was necessary and Stalin already knew about the Manhattan Project before they were first tested. Operation Unthinkable is part of the problem when the enemy that united you is crushed and you soon realise you have very different ideas on what to do. The plan was also scrapped by Churchill due to a lot of risk.
@@alexanderthegreat445 US Documents also make clear that the Atom Bombs dropped on Japan where also meant to serve as a deterrent to Stalin.
US Aggression at its clearest.
Wow, two Emperors in the comment section.
Anyways, the USA is clearly morally superior to USSR's totalitarianism.
It was necessary you dog
It ended ww2
Ussr started cold War after they started to spread communism
How I see cold war: two countries trying to push their agendas on each other.
@@pmaki37 I love this American way of thinking
If a man killed 2 persons is more guilty than a man who kill just 1 person
Hitler would have killed more person if he could
And you're right!
As a kid who admired my grandfather for fighting in the Cold War and then got told as a kid the Cold War wasn’t even real I appreciate this
How did he fight in a war that wasn’t direct?
probably in korea or nam or something
You will never get true story about soviets, cold war or smth else from USA.
I know the comment is old but you should watch Viki 1999’s video “the Cold War from the Soviets POV”
1:37 dat map though
Tursiops truncatus it kinda looks like a sideways bird
The Cold War.....
Nothing like waking up in the morning to fears of a Nuclear War
"Free, democratic, capitalist world" lmao
Best joke of the century.
I had to check the upload date in hopes that this was an April fools prank
It wasn't
Aurinkomakkara It was, changing the date was part of the joke :)
@@danoctavian8184 ah, right. Phew
At least the countries were freer and more democratic compared to the communist states😂
my school literally showed this as if it was a factual thing, thank god i fell asleep during it lol
my name thor my teacher showed a prageru video and proceeded to roast it
My teacher straight up defended this guy when our class pointed out how disgustingly biased he is
1. Building a paradise on Earth-is the supreme goal of secular humanism.
2. Liberalism, marxism, nazism-are variations of it.
I’m sorry did you just lump together marxism and liberalism? Do you know what either of those are?
@@mythicfolfi4652 , false verbal consciousness, collective self-delusion.
Could you imagine seriously believing this...
@Sebastian Volland: There's a lot of opinionating in here, wouldn't you say? I agree with a good deal of it, but other parts are pure propaganda.
Believing in historical facts?
Hey Lenin what you doing?
*Lenin conducting a mass execution* "communism..."
Hey Stalin... what ya doing?
*Stalin sending millions off to the Gulags while doing mass executions* "Communism..."
Hey Mao.... what ya doing?
*Is starving millions, sending millions to re-education camps, and mass executions* "Communism..." Sounds to me like there's something similar going on here🤔
LDS German shepherd boy
Lenin didn’t order the executions but the rest did happen. They left out the part where Mikhail Gorbachev tried to democratise the Soviet Union and how he contributed to ending the cold war
@@fahoodie1852 Not necessarily.... you're right that Mikhael Gorbachev tried more liberal reforms within the Soviet Union with his domestic policy of Perestroika, and Glasnost to decentralize the economy, and to open up the press for freedom of thoughts and expression, he was a Communist through and through. He intended to keep Socialism and the Soviet state alive.
LDS German shepherd boy
Yes’m he did try to reform it though. This video is extremely one-sided and should’ve at least mentioned Gorbachev’s attempt at trying to repair relationships with the west and ending the arms race
(After watching oversimplified)
"Dude..... So uncool"
True
indeed
My mom was born in el Salvador she told me a story about thier civil war where she had barely had hours after given birth to my older brother and guerrilla soldiers came asking for "donations" and was forced at gun point to give up all the money and food she had.
Probably US funded
This is as much a historical video as it is an apolitical one: that is, not at all. You can't make a historical video labeling a side as "the definitive good guys" and have it be factual as well. In history there is no such thing, and for sure, such a biased perspective could never hope to portray the facts in a truthful manner; after all, why not just skip the parts where *your* side was the one doing immoral things and amplify the ones where your enemy did the same? Remember who won the Cold War, and remember that history is always written by the victor.
I'm saying this as an eastern European: the Soviet Union was an empire that forcefully spread its ideology in an effort to extend its sphere of Influence. HOWEVER, the US did the exact same thing. Both sides committed admirable and horrendous acts, and both communism and capitalism have their upsides and downsides. Completely favoring one side while not understanding the position of the other is disingenuous and clearly biased, ergo should not be taken as fact.
I agree 100%
Wait a second at 1:38 he says that Lithuania is apparently Belarus who would have told me this
The government is trying to hide us something!
Your description missed out on the countless atrocities committed by us, the United States, as well. Be honest. This is needless propaganda over something which already favors us in a better light WITHOUT you omitting information.
It was US who helped military dictator and was frightened of global
socialism
Discus the US and CIA backed Coups and funding of the Khmer Rouge terrorist group then we’ll talk
this video needs to be much longer to fully do this topic justice.
I was born in 1971 and was only vaguely aware of the Cold War as a kid. However, after watching The Day After and Testament I was terrified. Honestly, after I saw those movies my innocence was lost, I was terrified and had numerous nightmares. My attitude as a teenager was "Why does anything we do matter? We're all going to die in a nuclear war anyway." 35 years later I have recently watched those movies again and they still give me the chills. I am so happy to be alive! I joined the Navy after High School believing that open ocean, and in my case as a submariner, was the safest place to be.
For this teenager of the 1980's the cold war was very real and life altering.
This is not a very good explanation of what the Cold War was.
1:37 The red one isn't Lithuania but Belarus
Lol
1:22 HK MP5 is not a Soviet gun. It is in fact made by HK for NATO armies.
Heckler and Koche is German lmao
The most biased video I have ever seen couldn’t even continue it
@Solyndros it misrepresents quotes, misrepresents historical events, misrepresents the ideological struggle (which I'm not necessarily a communist, but saying that the moral struggle was that is continuing cold war propaganda, we know that now a days it isnt that easy), doesn't even touch the historical context before ww2, doesn't touch stalin's actual reasoning, it has way to much rhetoric for it not to be considered biased, and most of all, ignores completely the distrust the soviets had for the west, most of this stuff is essentially cold war propaganda and has no modern backing. If you want a less bias video, I would suggest gcse: who was to blame for the cold war. I approve of it because it lacks rhetoric on both sides due to it being strictly for standardized testing and that it goes deep into historical context
its not biased. Stalin was a lunatic.. way worse that hitler... Stalin killed 40 million people. concentration camps all the wealthy and successful. the same idiology in china through mao would bring a total to 100million killed by communism, and almost total destruction of chinese ancient culture. Stalin is an evil person. Hitler as bad as he was looked like a novice at 11million killed, compared to stalin let alone stalin and mao.
I felt my iq slipping away as the attempted brainwashing progressed
@@mufalmewww Winston Churchill murdered a few million people as well
bit allergic to the truth are we? gddmn commie trash
This isn’t really talking about what the Cold War was it’s just anti communist propaganda. Now, I’m not a communist by any means but I’m just saying 90% of this video is just talking about why communism is bad.
Because it is bad.
@@joanl.7543 Not all of it. Its social mobility provided to women in Afghanistan during the 70s is much missed now.
@@napoleonbonaparteempereurd4676But the 70's were before the rise of Islamo-fascism. Women through the entire Middle East were more westernized at the time. I saw photos of Iranian women, for instance, who had Western clothes at that time. So it wasn't really Communism per se that did that.
Also, Communism can be generally bad even if isolated good things happened, just like some of the building projects Hitler did in Germany.
@@joanl.7543 I never said Communism was good, to be sure. I said its feminism and lack of homelessness and joblessness is impressive.
We could learn from that.
In Afghanistan, under Comminism more women were able to get into politics then in the USA...
@@napoleonbonaparteempereurd4676There is nothing impressive. Communism has led to actual starvation in multiple countries. They are known for lying, so I wouldn't trust their allegations about a lack of homelessness. If you have an inadequate share in a poor apartment, how is that different from life in a homeless shelter anyway? It may be that everyone works; so do slaves in general. As for feminism, I am against it.
I'm glad we won the cold war, but I'd argue the military point as the Soviet Armed Forces were no pushover, with WarPac leapfrogging NATO and vice versa. With the addition of new T-80 tanks (I can't remember which variant) Soviet wargames/exercises led to it being nicknamed the English-Channel-Tank. And I would ask that you refer to Soviets, not Russians, as you yourself say that there was more than 1 nation in the USSR - Russians being oppressed by the Georgian Stalin, not just the Kazakhs or Armenians etc.
boffinboy100 I think what you are referring to is T-80U or any variant with Kontakt-5 ERA. NATO findings post-1989 found that it was impervious to all HEAT-FS and APFSDS munitions used by NATO forces, which spurred the development of the now-renowned ‘Silver Bullet’ DU shell used by the M1A1. And yes, the Red Army was not only not a pushover, but also would have steamrolled NATO all the way down to Spain. As a matter of fact, the Soviet Union could have very well kicked NATO off of mainland Europe in 1981 and 1973. PragerU is imperialist propaganda, many people in the third world speak kindly and hold considerate, moderate opinions of the Soviet Union (atleast this is the case amongst Iraqis). Contrary to what you might see on the MSM, Many MENA peoples hate and resent the USA and NATO for being the primary cause of their pain and suffering (and rightfully so). Stalin was right to expand the revolution, since he knew very well that the USA would want to get its hands on the USSR anyway and will be seeking to tighten its grip on the Ex-British Empire. He was a very intelligent leader and did the right thing, and as an Iraqi, though we have succumbed to the imperialists, am ever so grateful for the assistance of the Soviet Union to my motherland and consider the USSR with high standing. They say that it is the USSR who lost the Cold War, when it’s really the Third World and the aspiring peoples of modest nations who lost the Cold War. They lost a mighty friend who enabled them to overthrow their colonial and imperialist overlords, a friend who bought them women’s rights and workers rights, a friend who sponsored their industrial development, a friend who stood for their right to self determination diplomatically in the UN.
I was with you until you switched from Military to saying PragerU was imperialist etc - you lost me from there on out lol
boffinboy100 Why is that lol? Do you really believe that PragerU is an objective news source and not a blatant source for pro-west propaganda? Lol, there is no mention of the numerous dictators, fascists and terrorists armed and sponsored by the USA. There is no mention, or rather there is a complete disregard for what ‘freedom’ and ‘liberty’ really means in countries like Iraq, Colombia, Panama, Nicaragua etc. :). Come on, be real here, ignore that I am a communist and let’s stay objective when discussing who is doing what and why :)
VitalStatistiX maybe I would take you more seriously if you stopped acting like the USSR was anything but a great evil in this world.
@VitalStatistiX - you need to get out of indoctrination. The U.S. infuriated Churchill by not supporting efforts to back their colonies as the WWII spun down, they only backed the French in Vietnam due to Soviet and Chinese interference. It was Soviet backed forces that meant to murder their way to power in both Korea and Vietnam - it was not the free countries doing this, although rhetoric was heated on both sides at times it was the totalitarians that always took it beyond. I can understand how being in the middle east you would feel caught in the middle of all this and I can respect your viewpoint but it is just that a localized view point when the entire world fell under this struggle and there is an abundance of evidence (and dead bodies) which more than make up for any regional mistakes even if some were tragic and it' a shame many just dismiss the death toll communism has left in it's wake as if it does not count, the 2 systems are simply night and day as to which is better. There are plenty of examples if your old enough - I can remember defections from the Soviet Union, The non stop people of Eastern Germany trying to get out and away from the atrocities many underwent so people risked death to get out just as some have done in North Korea.
Well done.
Greetings from Estonia ☉
@Melissa VanNiekerk
Thanks. ☉
@@estland2768 Your country has been a third world US puppet since leaving the USSR, but why does that matter as long as you have Mcdonalds and starbucks right?
1:30 quite ironic you are saying that on this video, dont you think?
Top level irony.
they both did the difference was freedom of speech
Thank you for this. My school kind of just brushed over this in order to get the curriculum completed in time. I'm embarrassed to say i didn't know much about it
Please, look elsewhere. As a history guy, this video is possibly the worst place to learn about it. Read Wikipedia if you can't find any videos.
0:23 you neglect to point out how many nations and governments the United States destabilised as well as the soviets
Robbie Coombes
Even after the cold war
Hmmm... it's almost as if Prager U is biased
@@phillipjohn4800 what?!? No! That could never be!
"that wasn't real communism!" - blue haired college student with a degree in gender studies
"that wasn't real capitalism" - Neckbeard incel without a degree in any study.
@@notyousuf4982 112 i'd like to report a murder
1:39 Now I know you didn't just show Belarus on the map and called it Lithuania...
Bota Tobias this is lithuania. Belarus is not colorised seperatly like ukraine
@@MI-dl4rk Wrong it iis belarus
America: hey russia you wanna play a staring contest the loser gets dissolved
Soviet union: ye sure
this is the worst explanation of the cold war i’ve ever seen
John cena
Bro my history teacher linked my whole class this video when we started learning about the Cold War 💀💀
We’re cooked
Good vs evil bulshit
Usa and ussr fought for tha same reason. Domination
Очередная однобокая позиция американской пропаганды. 👎
"США за всё хорошее" , а "СССР за всё плохое".
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Anyone elses teacher use this video to teach us about severe bias
They’re not wrong but they probably have a severe bias himself
and the sad part is people want to try communisim again
I will gladly put my life on the line for my neighbors (in the biblical sense of the word) fighting with guns against the evil leftist brown- and redshirts should they try anything extremely stupid in my country (the USA). And no, I'm never serving in the stupid woke-ass military. 2A all the way!
This isn't a video about Cold War, it's just an anti-communist essay on why communism is bad and how millions died under communism.
Completely disregards the violations of human rights in capitalist countries making this video right-wing biased.
It wasn’t good vs evil. it was a conflict between two major superpowers with completely different ideology’s and ideas. And both sides did terrible things. The Americans had Anti-communist purges that put thousands of innocent people in jail. The Americans also assisted co attempts in foreign countries that led to the rise of dictatorships in places like South America and Africa all for the fight against communism. Neither side can really be considered evil or good because both sides did awful things just to make sure that there enemy didn’t gain the upper hand.
my science teacher is making we watch this bs
Why would you need this information for science class?
@@Otterstone to further indoctrinate people into bootlicking
I actually disagree with PragerU when they say Communism fails. It does work, exactly as intended. Gun confiscation, poverty, famine, pandemics is Communism and Socialism working as designed
To the people talking about the inaccuracies when explaning the Soviet activity in Eastern Europe - yes there are such, but not because "they showed Belarus instead of Lithuania" or "they showed Czechoslovakia bordering Russia". The problem is instead as to how the countries are grouped. The Baltic sisters were incorporated into the Soviet Union during 1940, unlike the other Soviet republics which were part of the union before WW2. It's wrong to list them alongside Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia because they became part of the Soviet Union itself, rather than the Eastern Block which is an entirely different thing.
I don’t know. While now we see the obvious, more favorable side (the west), it wasn’t necessarily a clear cut freedom vs tyranny. Mostly because while the Soviet was always a tyrannical regime, the west often failed to be freedom fighters. Nations such as Vietnam and Cuba turned communist because the previous regimes were tyrannical, and the west was at best indifferent, or at worst supportive of the regimes. Plus, while it’s good that people such as Reagan took a hard stance against the Soviet, it could be argued that their position did little compared to all of the economic and social issues the U.S.S.R faced.
This video almost makes me want to defend the USSR. He makes it sound like people in NATO nations never suffered unfair treatment or misinformation. Communist nations were also destabilized by capitalist nations, how do you think they lost the cold war.
I’m Russian and I hate the fact that we have always had such a horrible government.
What was the cold war?
PragerU : the good guys vs the bad guys
Lol in russian history Churchill started cold war. Fulton speech
yes, he did, he and the rest of the Western powers. He refused the Soviet proposal to leave Germany as a blockfree state (outside of NATO)....So Germany remained divided until 1990.
This video is blatant American propaganda :D
Notice how he blames the Soviets of the Vietnam war, how the Soviets came and destroyed freedom in these poor little countries and how the 🇺🇸HEROIC USA🇺🇸 saves the day lmao
@@aurin_komak if you look at the facts when North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam the Vietcong killed a lot of Christians which are living in The villages. As a result the president of the United States of America decided to fund and help South Vietnam but in a decree of a limited war so the war wouldn't go full blown.
@@yosafatyeo4605 brooo, you’re way off. America funded South Vietnam because they didn’t want more communism. They also did it to prevent the North taking over because the communists were extremely popular in all of Vietnam because of their liberation of the country from Japanese rule. The Americans backstopped Ho Chi Minh after helping them in World War 2 and even wanting to join arms as comrades. America will always put money over real freedom. The reason America is so “rich” is not from capitalism but from stealing and abusing others’ shit to enrich themselves while the exploited countries of US Imperialism have to deal with their shitloads and its people have to go through hardship on a dollar a day.
@Kordell Swoffer Poor capitalist countries exist, capitalism doesn’t automatically make a country rich. Europe only got better after WW2 because America gave them free money and ended German Reparations. The Soviets had to rebuild the Eastern Bloc while destroyed themselves. 80% of all German casualties in WW2 were on the Eastern Front, that isn’t a coincidence. Throughout all of America’s history it has been surrounded by weak neighbours and two massive oceans not to mention great amounts of fertile land. Europe, China, and the Russian Empire were neighbours with equally powerful nations thus forcing military spending. America before WW2 had an army smaller than Romania’s. All countries were devastated by the war, all America lost during WW2 was manpower and found an opportunity to become a world power. It’s incredible that the Soviets and the Eastern Bloc managed to catch up somewhat in their situation. When under Marxism-Leninism, the future isn’t determined by the market which just follows what makes more money, but the party which sets goals. That’s why industrialisation is so easy under Marxism-Leninism socialism (state socialism, communism is what they are trying to achieve which has no state and is most likely worldwide).
Insightful video. I do, however, think it would have been a more academically sound video if there was less of subjective language and more of fact-based discussion instead - highlighting what happened and why instead of ideas surrounding 'good' and 'bad'.
Romania was the only country that did not have Soviet troops on national territory
The bear wasn't defeated in cold war, it was just tired and went to sleep.it is now back.
That's not Lithuania, that's Belarus
Funny how colonial powers (UK, France, etc.) Call themselves "free world" lolol!!!
Yes because all of the former colonies that still support Britain and stand by it's side are complet dictatorships Vs the ones who have mostly/completely abandoned the British commonwealth.
I mean, the countries themselves were free, but not their colonies lol
@Sebastian Volland keep your cool. You did not give freedom to your former colonies, they were mostly authoritarian states.
@Sebastian Volland I'm not spitting socialist propaganda, I oppose it. They are not complete and unique republics: look at freedom in the world map 2019; most former colonies are authoritarian.
Yeah the "Free west" apparently black people were free 🤣
I agree the Soviet Union was a brutal regime that needed to be opposed, but let’s not pretend the west was perfect. I don’t think the people of Chile, Argentina, South Korea etc. experienced much freedom during their respective western back juntas. The west utilised totalitarianism when it was deemed necessary.
"We will bury you" was a wrong translation, the true meaning of what he was trying to say was, "We will live to see you buried" which meant communism would outlast capitalism. so don't hold that against the soviets
Eh same old same old
In other words, he wanted to bury the west. We will bury you and we will live to see you burried mean the same thing
AmericanRailfan 2005 No, one means you will do the burying the other means you will be there to see it
This channel is one of the best thing that has ever happened to me.
yeah, study 12 years in Vietnam, brainwashed by those communists teacher, damn all 12 years full of shitty propaganda and lie, thanks pragerU for saying the truth
People demonize their enemy so they can live in a world of self-indulgent righteousness, which makes they feel good, but not necessarily true.
WOAH!.
nicw
The worst representation of the Cold War
well, after this video overly biased video, im definitely not applying to Prager university.
@Vlavitir glutginskiya the fact he's against American propaganda doesn't make him a commie
@Vlavitir glutginskiya By your logic = Everything who disagree with America/Prager is Commie
So what about Taliban, ISIS?
2:45 What happened to the Soviet Union?
Cold war can be defined as the ideological difference between two big powers USA and USSR. Though these two countries fought together in world war 2,postwar period ideological differences started between USA and USSR , which led to the formation of two power blocks. The two blocks completed with each other for bringing all intermediate countries in their blocks.
They didn't really "fight together" in WWII. They had a common enemy. If Germany hadn't invaded Russia, Russia would have sat on its thumbs during WWII. Likewise, had that boat of American tourists not been accidentally sunk by a German U-boat, the US would have sat on its thumbs during WWII as well.
The US likes to take all the credit for WWII but WWII was Germany vs Canada, Britain, France, and various other European countries. The US was the LAST country to get directly involved.
@@taekwondotime just because we were late in the fight doesn't mean that we didn't fight at all and we gave millions and trillions of aid to countries that needed it including Russia
@@cartrellsplunge1525 🙂👍
@@taekwondotime I'm not saying that we ended the fight that was 100% on Russia and they did a good job at ending the fight but they would have not been able to end the fight without us in our aid
@@taekwondotime 😁👍
In 1981 the group ABBA released The Visitors album. In 1982, the USSR banned ABBA's album.
Two songs, The Visitors & Soldiers highlighted the Cold War. The Visitors song was written from the perspective of a Russian dissident.
If this was between freedom and tyrany, how do you explain all the brutal dictarships established by the USA
Those dictatorships were unfortunate but they were successful where the communism was just about to take over and in the end the result was freer countries and societies. During the dictatorship, Chile was still freer than Cuba and now, a democratic country again, it's the freest country of all Latin America.
Definitely unfortunate, but in the end, it was a successful strategy. Today, all the countries where the communism won are in a worst position than those where dictatorships backed by America were established.
@@lisandroCT So its OK if it's a US dictator? Jesus. Chile was "free" as long as you never criticized Pinochet.
@@napoleonbonaparteempereurd4676 Of course not. I didn't say that AT ALL. I value liberty over everything else.
Every dictatorship is a scandal and something disgusting. But still, the people in Pinochet's Chile had economic freedom (which is a big part of overall freedom) and in Castro's Cuba, for example, they didn't even had that. Now, the people in Chile (and other US stablished dictatorships) are living in democracy and in a way more prosperous country than those where communism had stablished. So, overall, it was an unfortunate but definitely successful move in order to stop communism to spread.
Incredibly unfortunate. Every death at hands of Pinochet is despicable.
@@lisandroCT I'm glad we agree that dictatorship is an undesirable state of bieng. However, I dont think the US acted morally at all.
Those nations would have turned out fine. I've read a lot on this period, trust me, the Soviets were focused elsewhere.
Nicaragua and Gutamala still suck today, even though the US set up its regimes. The Congo sucks too despite US involvement.
@@napoleonbonaparteempereurd4676 I don't think they acted morally. I haven't judge them morally. I'm just saying that as a war strategy, it turned out successful.
I don't agree, however, that those countries would have turned out just fine. Communism destroys society and I agree with US that it had to be stopped.