Cathagianian built their army around mercenaries, Numidian cavalry was 1 of the best light horse at their time, hence the Roman paid them more to switch side.
A handful of families have always run this country. Nothing has changed since the start. We are actually freer today than back then because we can vote but obviously that’s not enough. Remove the influence of wealth from politics and we will finally get to be a people’s democracy instead of an oligarchy.
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Same with our media. just look at the family relations between CNN and the government
There may be demand, but there doesn't have to be supply. Mercenary companies all but disappeared in the modern age thanks to govts. appropriating for themselves the sole right to use force. And they're making a comeback now only cos govts. are letting them, indeed encouraging them.
@@ArawnOfAnnwn , The never went away. My Grand Father WWII era and my uncles Vietnam era were in on it after the wars. There have been a lot of other similar actions after many other conflicts and wars ended, or even while they were happening. Heck, look at the CIA and the men they hire/use to carry out certain things around the world. Even in the 1600's, 1700's and 1800's there have been a demand and supply of mercenaries all around the world.
@@campkira Uhm, no. Not at all. They would have either assimilated back into civilian life, or, gone off and performed one or two more missions, or performed private security for all sorts of people, all around the world.
There’s so much more money in being private than being in the military. I’ve had plenty of guys leave for private security. I was approached personally.
I agree. You will be amazed at how much people (foreign, celebrities, hand companies) pay for military, intelligence, government compliance, legal, and law enforcement. Great point is that you want battle tested (Russia and U.S.), not show dogs (sorry China). You want the best, you get and pay for the best.
xaifer I didn’t take it because I wanted to make money with the leverage of the internet and business rather than a higher salary (would’ve been about 60k for me, making much more now)
In the Macedonian army soldiers are trying their best one way or another to get to go to the NATO missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. WHY? To get a chance to present themselves in front of these PMC and start working for them for salary 10 times higher than what they get in the army.
@@NotShowingOff oh i forgot all the carpenters, plumbers, electricians, warehouse workers, kitchen personnel... Hired through Kellog Brown & Root then through Halliburton and etc...
A lot of my friends in the army are now considering PMC. My close friend went 88m and airborne and special forces just so he can be a better hire for a PMC and make BANK. Tbh, it's really tempting for me as well, lots of money and the jobs seems fun. We get to reap the benefits of our labor instead of the government who pays us minimum wage
If you won't let people who served have good jobs, they are gonna find good work somewhere. You tell them all their training is worthless when they come back home, and provide them with no means of retraining or help finding work, they are gonna go find somewhere they can use the skills they have.
Most countries in the world have armies, and all armies have retirees. So how come most countries don't give rise to such mercenary companies? Simple. Cos they can't. Or rather, they're not allowed to. Mercenary companies all but disappeared in the modern age thanks to govts. appropriating for themselves the sole right to use force. And they're making a comeback now only cos govts. are letting them, indeed encouraging them. It has nothing to do with having soldiers available to fight. These companies exist because there's money to be made, usually from govt.
Nobody guarantees you a future. Everybody makes choices in life. I don't see the root of this problem being the lack of middle-management jobs in regional sales offices for vets.
@@devin8362 No private militias can ever be more powerful than the combined firepower available to a federal government. You are taking about the combined army, Navy and Air force plus all the other defense and para military forces having an annual budget running up to 10% of the nation's GDP in some cases. A government can always squash an armed rebellion stirred up by a group of disgruntled private players like an ant being squashed by a boot.
@@devin8362 It is possible that one person secretly buys up and consolidates all the privatized defense companies through a gradual increase in stakes. This together will a gradual shrinking of actual national armies (through an outsourcing model) can happen over time till it reaches a tipping point. A lot of people would have to be sleeping at the wheel to not see this coming. Seeing how paranoid people already are about a Huawei monopolising even non-defense technologies, it is highly unlikely that they would just sit back and watch the defense establishment get concentrated in the hands of a wealthy few. You have to remember a 'purchase' that you speak about in your post is essentially a commercial contract that can be vetoed by the government of the end through laws and legislation. Therefore, it will finally come down to political will. Lobbying can only help to a certain extent to influence outcomes. But the greater good of any decision will strongly be debated in all circles before it is signed off by the collective.
alot of time they don't had choice since either risk dying in some other people war without getting good paid or just work in low wage industry for the rest of their life..
If you keep breaking promises to people who serve and refuse to pay them well, then you have NO right to criticize how they find work when they leave the armed services.
Soldiers are way overpaid. The military is basically a form of welfare. Name 1 other job where an 18 year old can get paid $30k (plus $20k bonus) and then get lifetime healthcare benefits after working for 4 years? Oh and before you start with the "if you didn't serve don't criticize" comeback, I was in when Bush was president. Our bases didn't have BK and Subway when we deployed.
@@koonteriskool Since you've served as well, you know damn well that: 1. Your "benefits" are entirely relative to whether or not Congress wants to give them, and they WILL withhold things like basic pay and TA for months at a time while they play their petty, little games in DC. 2. If you depend on your "lifetime healthcare" for anything, you'll die waiting for treatment at the VA hospital like thousands of other servicemen have before you. 3. The "bonuses" are NEVER what is promised by the time the tax system is done with them; whether it be 2K or 20K. 4. I can name a few careers where you risk getting shot for a living. They ALL pay more than the military at the starting level. (For reference; police in my own home state make almost 40k starting pay; no college required) Fundamentally, These people found a better deal, and they took it. Neither you nor I have the right to fault them for that. Even IF people joined the military for excellent pay/benefits, they still join for economic reasons. The same reasoning drove these people to find work elsewhere and make more money doing what they were already doing.
@@wargriffin5 Pretty funny that your "alternate military career" that "doesn't get shot at" is police officer. You sure put a lot of thought into that one.
@@koonteriskool Can you read? It says "where you risk getting shot for a living." Also can't help but notice you didn't address any of the actual points made.
@@wargriffin5 Fine. You complain about benefits being withheld. Okay...ever heard of layoffs or a company backing out of a retirement plan...oops, guess someone never had a civilian job. Then you complain about paying taxes. I mean that suggests civilian don't pay taxes? If anything civilian pay MORE taxes as often military members are exempt from state and local taxes. Also the VA is usually ranked similarly to civilian care in terms of quality (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215146/). I use it and never had a problem, most vets who complain about it seem to be the Keren types who complain about everything. Meanwhile Tricare is usually ranked as the best medical system in the US. You then go on this tangent about the military being "dangerous." You know well that most of your time in the military will be spend doing busy work like mopping floors or cutting grass. So unless you consider doing those tasks "dangerous" I guess you're right. Don't get me wrong. The military is basically the only way out of poverty for many people. I don't have a problem with some poor guy from Arkansas who wants to go to college and then joins, and goes on to make something of himself. But I do have a problem with guys who end up sitting in a motorpool in places like Fort Stewart their whole career, turning a wrench, and then talking about how that makes them a hero and how hard their service was.
There's a reason it's called the second oldest profession. And it'll be no easier to stamp out than the first oldest! The demand is just as strong for both. Where there's power, there's money and where there's money, there's power. The two go together; always have, always will. People who have money and power invariably want to keep it and acquire more of it. They will use whatever resources necessary to do so. This is the way the world works; always has, always will.
it is cheaper since they don't had to take care or taking reposiblity of them... since some would be a war crime or breaking treaty but in this case.. they don't had to do anything... just stop paying..
That depends on your definition of PMC. Are you including defense manufacturers that actually make US military gear? Then you are correct. If you are talking about battlefield contractors and private security forces, then you are wrong. The largest employer of security contractors in the USA are other corporations and the US state department. Neither of which is involved in the $600-700 Billion USD defense budget of the USA.
@@kurousagi8155 what do you mean by "gear manufacturers"? On 4:16 the video clearly and specifically tells that US Department of Defense spent $370 billion on contractors in 2019. "Gear manufacturers" would go into another category, which is not what this video is about.
@@amanchukin7085 gear manufacturers. Companies like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and General Dynamics are all considered defense contractor or PMCs in the case of the $370 Billion spent on contractors. The USA does not spend $370 Billion on security personnel.
@@jon-unicorn-doxxer ur right that it already existed however it was never a for profit company available in the open, having the same demands from share holders like Google or amazon. The shameless profiteering from institutions like Prisons and War is morally disgusting in the least and at best has the potential to ingrain war and injustice into acceptable behaviours in modern society.
@@L3L3Lee so you mean listed in public market? Most of modern day PMC are not even listed in stock market...also ancient mercenaries run like a group or a company same thing like modern PMC does but smaller and more regional...
@@devin8362 cant disagree with anything you said. Excellent points, the ironybis that most of us are too preoccupied with social media and entertainment to realise the sand is shifting from beneath our feet. By the time we wake up, we may already belong to lords and barrons instead of a government with acceptability to its people.
After Vietnam my dad went to work with a Green Beret out of Houston in the 70's working in Africa and South America. He said only ex special forces guys were doing this back in the day...now u can have a POG MOS and get a job as a PMC it's not the same.
An amazing amount of US intelligence work is done by contractors and PMCs, including military intelligence. Private contractors also provide military intelligence and whole new level of deniability for governments and private entities for covert operations and counterintelligence.
USA never invaded Afghanistan and Iraq to bring "freedom and democracy" to those countries. It was always about money & profits, and wars are always a profitable business.
Nah most of time it seems to be more like these PMCs hire grunts from poor third world countries because these are way cheaper then ex US soldiers and then let them guard some compound. These men then sit on their asses until they either end their service and return home or get blown to pieces by some militant. But that stuff is to boring for the public so the news networks go on a big circlejerk about ex special forces and how much money they make while the US public gets some shiver down their spine and feel validated in their Hollywood movie mentality.
@@Xfire209lmao you're right I just seen an interview of Eric prince talking casually about how their recruits are expendable and countries would rather stress over dead mercenaries than dead service men
Would you rather news sources _not_ report on this topic? Would you rather be ignorant than informed? Also, how is this advertising, and to whom? Are RUclips viewers hiring mercenaries? What parts of this video are unduly positive rather than neutrally informative? Obviously, you are the one with an agenda, not CNBC.
There are many things competing for the titles of world's first profession, like spying, prostitution etc. Considering the fact that prostitution has been observed in other primates as well, it could be the first unfortunate profession ever.
If they are talking about mercenaries, shouldn't they do a piece on politicians and federal agencies. There is a revolving door with the (captured) agencies and the industries they were suppose to regulate. Politicians just do the bidding of the oligarchs.
The reason the government's use private subcontractors is because of the freedom of information laws. Gov's would have to hand over the information if a private citizens were to request it. These private subbies stop this information from getting out and stays classified.
During the middle ages and Renaissance, all major lords, nobility, and princes used mercenaries. Even major kings, emperors, and popes used them as elite troops and guards.
Machivelli thought mercenaries were worthless and usually unskilled. Back then a mercenary could have been a band of criminals beholden to the highest bidder, in other words, not loyal.
Fun fact: The rioter who was disarmed by the ex-Marine had actually stolen the gun from a police car, which he & his ilk were vandalizing. Just so that people know that the gun wasn't the rioter's property and it was a good thing that the private security took the gun away from him before he killed someone.
That report lack anything about Mozambique,when Mozambique has recently has had a significant role to play,in the evolution of PMC in the foreseeable future
@@mwanikimwaniki6801 These reports often ignore other foreign mercenary companies in order to circlejerk over American ex special forces and their contract service and the american companies that employ them. Like they always start with 2001 pretending that it was some kind of american invention when the south Africans and British started this trend already in the early 90s with Sandline and Executive outcomes. And the large numbers of contractors from poorer countries like Uganda, Chile, Peru or as mentioned above Mozambique are mentioned for like three seconds before they ocne again phantasize about their ex green berets, etc. The reason is propably that a report of hundreds of ex Ugandan soldiers no protecting the US embassy in Iraq is less exciting for the average American viewer than seeing their own countrymen serving as mercenaries.
@@mwanikimwaniki6801 there is a Mozambique LNG Project, in which foreign investors have committed about 20 billion dollars to the project, the problem is that a local Islamic insurgency is trying to stall that project. Russia Wagner went in, but failed to stop or contain the insurgency and were forced to leave.at the moment a south Africa mercenary outfit has being hire to deal with problem. this is how Executive Outcomes a south Africa PMC came to existence, ensuring Angolan government oilfields and diamond mines, were secured which prior were constantly attacked by rebels and even under their control
C'mon now name make a difference: mercenary is just a cheap hired gun, private military contractors are expensive profit making killers. Put some respect on PMCs.
@@freetheworld2671 It's hard to respect them after the Blackwater Incident, Where a rogue PMC just massacre an entire civilian without provocation in the middle of Baghdad.
When I started a private military with my friends and started giving protection to our neighbourhood in return for money police arrested us saying we were doing extortion. Doesn’t make any sense we were just doing business. Update-: A local politician saw this RUclips comment and is now interested in my business venture wants to come on board as an investor. What should I do?
@@hinducroat9838 PMC work might actually expand into fighting wars someday when national armies are no longer needed or when capitalism is no longer bound by the state.
As a contractor its really fun watching this stuff. The difference between a mercenary and a private security contractor is that mercenaries participate in offensive operations, which no one does, and the ones that try to like the two dummies in Venezuela or the idiots in sierra leonne end up where they are now....prison. I also like how the subject matter expert on "mercenaries" say they do it so they dont have to work at walmart. You literally get 4 years of free education after the military, no one is trying to escape minimum wage to be a contractor.
Many people object to us having private contractors doing the work for the military. But, at times it actually saves money, as well as lives. The key question: is this contract overseas a 'plum', an overpriced contract? Or, are we saving our resources and people by having a company do it and not the military?? If the subject intrigues you, look back at the 'East India' companies of Holland and England. There was a grand display of 'private' armies.
Law, legislation,legalese, etc etc are not based on morality, even though it seems like they are at first... they are based on what is harmful for society, and what is beneficial for society, there is no morality in that, because what is harmful to society isn’t necessarily an intention to harm it, but maybe to change it, and if that is illegal, then bringing about positive fair and equal change will never happen and that would be immoral... therefor making the law corrupted... and this philosophy can also be applied to PMC, child marriage, slavery, prostitution, and a whole lot of other morally deprived acts that are legal somewhere in the world...
Technically it might already be and definitely has been for eschewed for many periods in history and mercenaries were getting different treatment than 'traditional' armed forces.
Most well armed but not elite(apart the amount of elites u have, tens of thousands) uk trained literally every special forces including delta so where is your claim coming from?
They’re called contractors, a lot of guys go get these jobs after being discharged or leaving the military,these guys are the guys who defended the embassy in Banghazi
Its not oligarchs. Its regular marines using the free market. With your logic, Lockheed Martin profits from human life because they make missiles. I think it would be beneficial if the US had a PMC branch that would hand out contracts in a similar fashion to what Nasa does to Spacex.
I used to work *as armed security for several *personal clients of mine! I work for several different personal companies ^as a Security specialist and *PMC operative advisor.
The Chinese professional soldiers kept defeated by Japanese pirate army during Ming dynasty until General Qijiguan raised a mercenary army from hard-working miners. These mercenary soldiers without any experience fought first battle with victory of killing about thousand Japanese with only one casualty. The reward for soldiers is 60 ounce silver for each Japanese head harvested. Money works.
You should know it's easy and hard to make that much profit. I say EASY because it's very possible to make that much, and hard because you'll need professional assistance to do it,I'd advise you get assisted by a market advisor
I can't disclose too much, but yeah I've been using a coach called Mr Grey Tyler, and through his guidance, I've been able to make approximately $25,530 in dividends on a monthly basis, it's simply straightforward, not as complicated as it used to be
if you born in poor family.. you don't had a choose.. you wonder why they let people to just move in to usa on first place.. they need man power and discard them aftet thye don't need them...
I have read the colombian military special forces men who went to work for these companies... to help financially their families... some have died in foreing countries were the countries military will send these contractors for very dangerous missions These companies should provide life insurance as part of the employment package....the families need to survive if something goes wrong
Some companies do offer life insurance, some don’t. I did contracting for 3 years. My contribution for $500K insurance was $100 per month. The PMC picked up the rest. But answer this: if you had the skill set, would you turn down $15K a month?
Kojima took the mainstream obvious line of thought by the previous 20 years of PMCs. When he wrote that story line PMCs were huge in Africa and by time MGS4 came out they’d gotten huge in Iraq and Afghanistan. So...no. He read the news.
Stop saying that bs. You only get a few options in life. Did you take a dump today? Yesterday? Day before? What about tomorrow or day after? You think you will ever shower, eat. Or take a dump again? Yes? I guess history repeats itself.
I read about the Private Military Company in thriller books & saw them in the Hollywood movie, EXPENDABLES. I had no idea, it is the reality in today's world.
@@denny414 So you think, All of these big movements like the BLM and so are eyeballing decommissioned jet fighters for use. The FAA cannot police the world.
They also tried to warn us of giant robots, cyborg ninjas, and special forces operatives that could carry 20 different weapons and still hide under a box to avoid detection... Not exactly what I'd call a reliable source.
It's interesting though, that unlike in previous periods in history, mercenaries are not from the poorest countries, where the value of life is the lowest, but from relatively well-to-do countries like Russia and outright rich countries like the USA.
It depends on the skill sets they can bring in. Ex special forces are recruited from rich western nations and when those are not available from western trained special forces in Chile etc. For normal grunts they still go to places like Uganda or Nepal. Though in the latter case the Brits will insist that their goorhkas are not mercenaries (laughable argument). It's just like in the old days where mercenary knights were recruited among the second and third sons of nobility while the footsoldiers came from border regions or the bottom levels of city societies. The more time marches on the more things stay the same.
While G.W.Bush and Obama were bragging they were decreasing numbers of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan they were increasing the numbers of contractors. I was a contractor in Afghanistan 2005-2006. We were not allowed to go to any USO shows or eat holiday meals if there was a VIP like Hilary Clinton visiting. They did not want photos showing there was as many of more contractors than uniformed soldiers.
Meanwhile I'm watching this at 1.5x speed because it's too slow for my liking. Do agree that the phase differs a lot between narrator and interviews tho 😅
Those agencies must be very popular also and continuing the work they did while in the military. Most probably have ex-marines and army personnel and they are used in countries in the Middle East, and Africa.
So the mercenaries profession is as old as prostitution
seven henson Ah, essentials of human civilizations
Along with the truly oldest profession shamans
Cathagianian built their army around mercenaries, Numidian cavalry was 1 of the best light horse at their time, hence the Roman paid them more to switch side.
They both sell their bodies for money lol
Why not combine the two?
don't forget blackwater is owned by our director of education Betsy Devos brother. a handful of family runs our country
Wow, I didn't even know that until now. Those demons need to be hanged!
A handful of families have always run this country. Nothing has changed since the start. We are actually freer today than back then because we can vote but obviously that’s not enough. Remove the influence of wealth from politics and we will finally get to be a people’s democracy instead of an oligarchy.
Same with our media. just look at the family relations between CNN and the government
She was also behind the ponzi scheme that was Amway, if I remember correctly.
The video said it's owned by a private equity firm
PMC or mercenaries are as old as war itself, there will always be a demand for them as long as mankind continues it’s warring behaviors.
There may be demand, but there doesn't have to be supply. Mercenary companies all but disappeared in the modern age thanks to govts. appropriating for themselves the sole right to use force. And they're making a comeback now only cos govts. are letting them, indeed encouraging them.
@@ArawnOfAnnwn , The never went away. My Grand Father WWII era and my uncles Vietnam era were in on it after the wars. There have been a lot of other similar actions after many other conflicts and wars ended, or even while they were happening. Heck, look at the CIA and the men they hire/use to carry out certain things around the world. Even in the 1600's, 1700's and 1800's there have been a demand and supply of mercenaries all around the world.
more like we had to gave those people something to do so the crime rate don't go up...
@@campkira Uhm, no. Not at all. They would have either assimilated back into civilian life, or, gone off and performed one or two more missions, or performed private security for all sorts of people, all around the world.
So forever. There can be no peace without war... Freedom is not free! Unfortunately
There’s so much more money in being private than being in the military. I’ve had plenty of guys leave for private security. I was approached personally.
So im guessing you didnt take the offer if so why not
I wanna know why too..
I agree. You will be amazed at how much people (foreign, celebrities, hand companies) pay for military, intelligence, government compliance, legal, and law enforcement.
Great point is that you want battle tested (Russia and U.S.), not show dogs (sorry China). You want the best, you get and pay for the best.
xaifer
I didn’t take it because I wanted to make money with the leverage of the internet and business rather than a higher salary (would’ve been about 60k for me, making much more now)
Dechawat Arsanam ^
We called them contractors in the military. This isnt a secret, most former military strive to get these jobs.
In the Macedonian army soldiers are trying their best one way or another to get to go to the NATO missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.
WHY?
To get a chance to present themselves in front of these PMC and start working for them for salary 10 times higher than what they get in the army.
But it’s not just combat forces. If you can repair us planes, you can work with the Saudis and Uae.
@@NotShowingOff oh i forgot all the carpenters, plumbers, electricians, warehouse workers, kitchen personnel... Hired through Kellog Brown & Root then through Halliburton and etc...
@@tonchie23 lots of admin contractors too
Some of them do it because of the thrill.
The best PMC is Merryweather
And the Atlas Corporation.
They get robbed and killed by everyone so NO
PMC sounds like a weed hybrid.
@@lockheedmartin2112 Atlas is the Best
No, it's Diamond Dogs.
A lot of my friends in the army are now considering PMC. My close friend went 88m and airborne and special forces just so he can be a better hire for a PMC and make BANK. Tbh, it's really tempting for me as well, lots of money and the jobs seems fun. We get to reap the benefits of our labor instead of the government who pays us minimum wage
tell them good luck. its not 2004 anymore. Source: I am a contractor.
If you won't let people who served have good jobs, they are gonna find good work somewhere. You tell them all their training is worthless when they come back home, and provide them with no means of retraining or help finding work, they are gonna go find somewhere they can use the skills they have.
True enough.
Yea but their skills arent all that useful. Nobody is telling them. The problem is the lack of good options for retraining.
Most countries in the world have armies, and all armies have retirees. So how come most countries don't give rise to such mercenary companies? Simple. Cos they can't. Or rather, they're not allowed to. Mercenary companies all but disappeared in the modern age thanks to govts. appropriating for themselves the sole right to use force. And they're making a comeback now only cos govts. are letting them, indeed encouraging them. It has nothing to do with having soldiers available to fight. These companies exist because there's money to be made, usually from govt.
no your reasoning is wrong . try paying them respectable wages . that will solve the problem
Nobody guarantees you a future. Everybody makes choices in life. I don't see the root of this problem being the lack of middle-management jobs in regional sales offices for vets.
So we are back to imperialism. Kings(high net worth individuals) having their private armies.
Have you people not heard of Bodyguards? That's legal you know.
we wuz kangz and shiet
Just like Indian democracy is broken democracy with one man with limited resources behind the helm rather than a functioning cabinet .
@@devin8362 No private militias can ever be more powerful than the combined firepower available to a federal government. You are taking about the combined army, Navy and Air force plus all the other defense and para military forces having an annual budget running up to 10% of the nation's GDP in some cases. A government can always squash an armed rebellion stirred up by a group of disgruntled private players like an ant being squashed by a boot.
@@devin8362 It is possible that one person secretly buys up and consolidates all the privatized defense companies through a gradual increase in stakes. This together will a gradual shrinking of actual national armies (through an outsourcing model) can happen over time till it reaches a tipping point. A lot of people would have to be sleeping at the wheel to not see this coming.
Seeing how paranoid people already are about a Huawei monopolising even non-defense technologies, it is highly unlikely that they would just sit back and watch the defense establishment get concentrated in the hands of a wealthy few.
You have to remember a 'purchase' that you speak about in your post is essentially a commercial contract that can be vetoed by the government of the end through laws and legislation. Therefore, it will finally come down to political will. Lobbying can only help to a certain extent to influence outcomes. But the greater good of any decision will strongly be debated in all circles before it is signed off by the collective.
Kojima san has been warning us about PMCs since the 90s.
war economy
Welcome to the Military-Industrial Complex
I'm sure their is evidence of Outer Heaven owning 5 of the largest PMCs in the world.
80s*
Kojima, and the writers at Konami, already got it from things that happened decades before.
Still confused how someone got their hands on "abandoned police weapons". Lmao.
Protestors destroyed a parked cruiser and stole the weapons
Yea sounds like a fantasy! Forget the lotto I'd rather win that prize waaaay better
It's a great story - go find it.
After he reclaims guns (2) he goes and brings them back to police without getting shot by the police
1033 program
That's like saying you got your hands on a abanded revolver lying around in an alley.
*_Kazuhira Miller_*
You've only got two options. Heaven, or Hell.
*_Punished Snake_*
No, there's another.
Outer haven
poor snake,instead of recarnation or afterlife
he just wanted get isekai end enjoy some rpg harem
The rise of mercs.
And thus, the world in which Riddick exists is born.
They've been around, but maybe we're heading to the days of Butcher Bay. Unlikely, however.
The love of money is the root of all evil - 1 Timothy 6:10
Well man is evil
alot of time they don't had choice since either risk dying in some other people war without getting good paid or just work in low wage industry for the rest of their life..
No it's not only a idiot would think that humans are the root of all evil because we are smart enough to be purposely evil
god hates coward
So its okay when the us does it, but when others do it its bad? Really?
Double standards is nothing new for US
If you keep breaking promises to people who serve and refuse to pay them well, then you have NO right to criticize how they find work when they leave the armed services.
Soldiers are way overpaid. The military is basically a form of welfare. Name 1 other job where an 18 year old can get paid $30k (plus $20k bonus) and then get lifetime healthcare benefits after working for 4 years?
Oh and before you start with the "if you didn't serve don't criticize" comeback, I was in when Bush was president. Our bases didn't have BK and Subway when we deployed.
@@koonteriskool Since you've served as well, you know damn well that:
1. Your "benefits" are entirely relative to whether or not Congress wants to give them, and they WILL withhold things like basic pay and TA for months at a time while they play their petty, little games in DC.
2. If you depend on your "lifetime healthcare" for anything, you'll die waiting for treatment at the VA hospital like thousands of other servicemen have before you.
3. The "bonuses" are NEVER what is promised by the time the tax system is done with them; whether it be 2K or 20K.
4. I can name a few careers where you risk getting shot for a living. They ALL pay more than the military at the starting level. (For reference; police in my own home state make almost 40k starting pay; no college required)
Fundamentally, These people found a better deal, and they took it. Neither you nor I have the right to fault them for that. Even IF people joined the military for excellent pay/benefits, they still join for economic reasons. The same reasoning drove these people to find work elsewhere and make more money doing what they were already doing.
@@wargriffin5 Pretty funny that your "alternate military career" that "doesn't get shot at" is police officer. You sure put a lot of thought into that one.
@@koonteriskool Can you read? It says "where you risk getting shot for a living." Also can't help but notice you didn't address any of the actual points made.
@@wargriffin5 Fine. You complain about benefits being withheld. Okay...ever heard of layoffs or a company backing out of a retirement plan...oops, guess someone never had a civilian job. Then you complain about paying taxes. I mean that suggests civilian don't pay taxes? If anything civilian pay MORE taxes as often military members are exempt from state and local taxes. Also the VA is usually ranked similarly to civilian care in terms of quality (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215146/). I use it and never had a problem, most vets who complain about it seem to be the Keren types who complain about everything. Meanwhile Tricare is usually ranked as the best medical system in the US. You then go on this tangent about the military being "dangerous." You know well that most of your time in the military will be spend doing busy work like mopping floors or cutting grass. So unless you consider doing those tasks "dangerous" I guess you're right.
Don't get me wrong. The military is basically the only way out of poverty for many people. I don't have a problem with some poor guy from Arkansas who wants to go to college and then joins, and goes on to make something of himself. But I do have a problem with guys who end up sitting in a motorpool in places like Fort Stewart their whole career, turning a wrench, and then talking about how that makes them a hero and how hard their service was.
There's a reason it's called the second oldest profession. And it'll be no easier to stamp out than the first oldest! The demand is just as strong for both.
Where there's power, there's money and where there's money, there's power. The two go together; always have, always will. People who have money and power invariably want to keep it and acquire more of it. They will use whatever resources necessary to do so.
This is the way the world works; always has, always will.
So you're basically saying half of the US defense budget of $600 billion is paid to PMC's?!
Welkome to Amerika!
Would you like some overpriced health care? Rigged 2 party system? Or just casually exploiting the new generation of immigrants?
it is cheaper since they don't had to take care or taking reposiblity of them... since some would be a war crime or breaking treaty but in this case.. they don't had to do anything... just stop paying..
That depends on your definition of PMC. Are you including defense manufacturers that actually make US military gear? Then you are correct.
If you are talking about battlefield contractors and private security forces, then you are wrong. The largest employer of security contractors in the USA are other corporations and the US state department. Neither of which is involved in the $600-700 Billion USD defense budget of the USA.
@@kurousagi8155 what do you mean by "gear manufacturers"? On 4:16 the video clearly and specifically tells that US Department of Defense spent $370 billion on contractors in 2019. "Gear manufacturers" would go into another category, which is not what this video is about.
@@amanchukin7085 gear manufacturers. Companies like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and General Dynamics are all considered defense contractor or PMCs in the case of the $370 Billion spent on contractors.
The USA does not spend $370 Billion on security personnel.
Yuk. This industry is dependent on wars happening to make a profit. How is this not alarming to everyone.
because this kind of thing is already exist since ancient times Greek mercenries on Carthagnian Empires etc,,, How old are you?
@@jon-unicorn-doxxer ur right that it already existed however it was never a for profit company available in the open, having the same demands from share holders like Google or amazon.
The shameless profiteering from institutions like Prisons and War is morally disgusting in the least and at best has the potential to ingrain war and injustice into acceptable behaviours in modern society.
@@L3L3Lee so you mean listed in public market? Most of modern day PMC are not even listed in stock market...also ancient mercenaries run like a group or a company same thing like modern PMC does but smaller and more regional...
@@devin8362 cant disagree with anything you said. Excellent points, the ironybis that most of us are too preoccupied with social media and entertainment to realise the sand is shifting from beneath our feet.
By the time we wake up, we may already belong to lords and barrons instead of a government with acceptability to its people.
Yemi Fatoki USA is owned by the Saudi Arabian royal family... they own the federal reserve....
After Vietnam my dad went to work with a Green Beret out of Houston in the 70's working in Africa and South America. He said only ex special forces guys were doing this back in the day...now u can have a POG MOS and get a job as a PMC it's not the same.
An amazing amount of US intelligence work is done by contractors and PMCs, including military intelligence. Private contractors also provide military intelligence and whole new level of deniability for governments and private entities for covert operations and counterintelligence.
USA never invaded Afghanistan and Iraq to bring "freedom and democracy" to those countries. It was always about money & profits, and wars are always a profitable business.
They are basically talking about 'expendables series'
Nah most of time it seems to be more like these PMCs hire grunts from poor third world countries because these are way cheaper then ex US soldiers and then let them guard some compound. These men then sit on their asses until they either end their service and return home or get blown to pieces by some militant. But that stuff is to boring for the public so the news networks go on a big circlejerk about ex special forces and how much money they make while the US public gets some shiver down their spine and feel validated in their Hollywood movie mentality.
@@Xfire209lmao you're right I just seen an interview of Eric prince talking casually about how their recruits are expendable and countries would rather stress over dead mercenaries than dead service men
Why does this feel like an advertisement for these mercenaries... oh right CNBC, corporate news.
Would you rather news sources _not_ report on this topic? Would you rather be ignorant than informed? Also, how is this advertising, and to whom? Are RUclips viewers hiring mercenaries? What parts of this video are unduly positive rather than neutrally informative? Obviously, you are the one with an agenda, not CNBC.
cnbc must be an invester
I think I saw a documentary like this when Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was coming out. Very intriguing to consider.
I guess you talk about "Shadow Company". A true good documentary tbh
Boredom comebacks are a real issue since decades within the soldier realms..
Edit: yes, also the paying bond issue
2:21 The world's oldest profession: cooking
There are many things competing for the titles of world's first profession, like spying, prostitution etc. Considering the fact that prostitution has been observed in other primates as well, it could be the first unfortunate profession ever.
I laughed! Did you mean that to be funny?
Oldest profession:
1- cook
2- prostitute
3- mercenary
???
@@Redmenace96 Prostitute surely comes before cooking.
Wrong. World oldest profession: hunting.
What would happen if a British firm bought or started a joint venture with a American or Russian one?
Watch MAN from UNCLE
If they are talking about mercenaries, shouldn't they do a piece on politicians and federal agencies. There is a revolving door with the (captured) agencies and the industries they were suppose to regulate. Politicians just do the bidding of the oligarchs.
Politicians ARE the oligarchs. Those elected are just there for formality.
The reason the government's use private subcontractors is because of the freedom of information laws. Gov's would have to hand over the information if a private citizens were to request it. These private subbies stop this information from getting out and stays classified.
Snake? Snake???? Snaaaaaake!
solid seth
*ARRRGGGHHHHHHH* ARGHHhhhhhh aarghhhhhhh......
2:08 The hell? Maquiavelli actually argues against using mercenaries.
During the middle ages and Renaissance, all major lords, nobility, and princes used mercenaries. Even major kings, emperors, and popes used them as elite troops and guards.
Machivelli thought mercenaries were worthless and usually unskilled. Back then a mercenary could have been a band of criminals beholden to the highest bidder, in other words, not loyal.
@@suzanneschmidt3755 they are loyalty is bought so they're with highest bidder
COD player:Can't imagine iam going to see the future Atlas
It's not like going to delta , but more like hop on a plane and going to active military zone to pilot Mi35s
RUSSIA:WAGNER
USA:ACADEMI
PAK:Al Queda*-*
Osama was from Saudi Arabia
3:34 Nice a Black Rifle Coffee ad
Fun fact: The rioter who was disarmed by the ex-Marine had actually stolen the gun from a police car, which he & his ilk were vandalizing.
Just so that people know that the gun wasn't the rioter's property and it was a good thing that the private security took the gun away from him before he killed someone.
That report lack anything about Mozambique,when Mozambique has recently has had a significant role to play,in the evolution of PMC in the foreseeable future
For real??? Tell me more.
@@mwanikimwaniki6801 These reports often ignore other foreign mercenary companies in order to circlejerk over American ex special forces and their contract service and the american companies that employ them. Like they always start with 2001 pretending that it was some kind of american invention when the south Africans and British started this trend already in the early 90s with Sandline and Executive outcomes. And the large numbers of contractors from poorer countries like Uganda, Chile, Peru or as mentioned above Mozambique are mentioned for like three seconds before they ocne again phantasize about their ex green berets, etc.
The reason is propably that a report of hundreds of ex Ugandan soldiers no protecting the US embassy in Iraq is less exciting for the average American viewer than seeing their own countrymen serving as mercenaries.
@@mwanikimwaniki6801 there is a Mozambique LNG Project, in which foreign investors have committed about 20 billion dollars to the project, the problem is that a local Islamic insurgency is trying to stall that project. Russia Wagner went in, but failed to stop or contain the insurgency and were forced to leave.at the moment a south Africa mercenary outfit has being hire to deal with problem. this is how Executive Outcomes
a south Africa PMC came to existence, ensuring Angolan government oilfields and diamond mines, were secured which prior were constantly attacked by rebels and even under their control
One more step for a Cyberpunk Future.
Prepare for Corporate wars!
The word is "mercenary." Stop with the f-ing euphemisms.
Mercenary when it's a Russian. Private military contractor when it's an American. Get with the propaganda or get out!
@@onehope6448 is there anymore propaganda
@@yukisnalda2268
I'm guessing they avoid using the term of mercenary's because that would subject them to follow the Geneva Convention
C'mon now name make a difference: mercenary is just a cheap hired gun, private military contractors are expensive profit making killers.
Put some respect on PMCs.
@@freetheworld2671
It's hard to respect them after the Blackwater Incident, Where a rogue PMC just massacre an entire civilian without provocation in the middle of Baghdad.
When I started a private military with my friends and started giving protection to our neighbourhood in return for money police arrested us saying we were doing extortion.
Doesn’t make any sense we were just doing business.
Update-: A local politician saw this RUclips comment and is now interested in my business venture wants to come on board as an investor.
What should I do?
you need lawyer first before company...
Someone should hire you, not force it to ur neighborhood lol
Makes no sense
campkira update
spock update
Nobody:
My mind : *Call Of duty, ATLAS Facility flashbacks*
I loved that campaign!
Merryweather is still the daddy of all these mercenary groups.
How about Atlas?
Blacwater
@@jbarral6509 how about your mom
I love these short documentary style video ,very informative
Making money through these type of jobs is as addictive as being a cartel. Both lots of money and killings involved. Which job would you choose?
depend how much money they needed...
PMC is far better because at least you don't have entire government looking for your head or trying to own you on a daily basis.
Ill choose pmc however the golden age of mercenary work is over nowadays its not killing or fighting war its security work
I mean, if you're good at it and your only alternative back home is to work at Walmart or be a school teacher, the choice is easy.
@@hinducroat9838
PMC work might actually expand into fighting wars someday when national armies are no longer needed or when capitalism is no longer bound by the state.
As a contractor its really fun watching this stuff. The difference between a mercenary and a private security contractor is that mercenaries participate in offensive operations, which no one does, and the ones that try to like the two dummies in Venezuela or the idiots in sierra leonne end up where they are now....prison. I also like how the subject matter expert on "mercenaries" say they do it so they dont have to work at walmart. You literally get 4 years of free education after the military, no one is trying to escape minimum wage to be a contractor.
Looks like a movie type of thing
well the movie of this type of thing is based on real thing
Many people object to us having private contractors doing the work for the military. But, at times it actually saves money, as well as lives. The key question: is this contract overseas a 'plum', an overpriced contract? Or, are we saving our resources and people by having a company do it and not the military?? If the subject intrigues you, look back at the 'East India' companies of Holland and England. There was a grand display of 'private' armies.
Something about PMCs makes me feel like it should be illegal...
Law, legislation,legalese, etc etc are not based on morality, even though it seems like they are at first... they are based on what is harmful for society, and what is beneficial for society, there is no morality in that, because what is harmful to society isn’t necessarily an intention to harm it, but maybe to change it, and if that is illegal, then bringing about positive fair and equal change will never happen and that would be immoral... therefor making the law corrupted... and this philosophy can also be applied to PMC, child marriage, slavery, prostitution, and a whole lot of other morally deprived acts that are legal somewhere in the world...
Technically it might already be and definitely has been for eschewed for many periods in history and mercenaries were getting different treatment than 'traditional' armed forces.
CNBC made a very excellent video on this topic. It is facts presented unbiased.
Don't forget when the Wagner group a PMC tried to attack the U.S. army
Well let's say it ended almost like call of duty......No Russian
U.S Military is most well funded, best trained most elite military in the world.
Most well armed but not elite(apart the amount of elites u have, tens of thousands) uk trained literally every special forces including delta so where is your claim coming from?
They’re called contractors, a lot of guys go get these jobs after being discharged or leaving the military,these guys are the guys who defended the embassy in Banghazi
Oligarchs always find its way to profit, even from human's life
in video i see people, who have a job. It's good for all, that army's are more professional
Its not oligarchs. Its regular marines using the free market. With your logic, Lockheed Martin profits from human life because they make missiles.
I think it would be beneficial if the US had a PMC branch that would hand out contracts in a similar fashion to what Nasa does to Spacex.
0:37 that guy who disarmed the goonie with the rifle has a youtube channel 'Weapon Snatcher' the dude is a down to earth guy, real nice
damn this Netflix adventure genre is becoming a reality now
No one's talking about it. Call of duty Advanced Warfare beat you by a decade.
Paramilitary, CIA contractors, dirty work
Best security business in the U.S.
An economic "lean period" can always be supplemented by illegal drugs, arms or prostitution trafficking
GTA players already know this...
Merryweather
I used to work *as armed security for several *personal clients of mine! I work for several different personal companies ^as a Security specialist and *PMC operative advisor.
In war, one fights with his armies.
In peace, one fights with his mercenaries.
In the past, many battles were fought using mercenaries. Especially the middle ages as lords had no standard armies.
@@marrqi7wini54 all loyal to the mighty dollar
You're trying to sound cool but end up sounding dumb because mercenaries have fought in most if not all wars
@@marrqi7wini54 "In the past" is an important detail.
The Chinese professional soldiers kept defeated by Japanese pirate army during Ming dynasty until General Qijiguan raised a mercenary army from hard-working miners. These mercenary soldiers without any experience fought first battle with victory of killing about thousand Japanese with only one casualty. The reward for soldiers is 60 ounce silver for each Japanese head harvested. Money works.
If you have a skull Emblem sewn to your shirt, you should really start asking yourself if you're still on the right side.
Are we the baddies?
Pirate use Skull too
I think Brazilian spec ops have skull on their emblems
I guess Sylvester Stallone has the most smallest and most skilled private military.''Expandables''.
Kojima predicted this MGS4
This was the main plot for COD Advance Warfare. Remember Atlus?
Ex Navy SEALs get upto $300K a year working private security for rich folks. The ones who don’t get those gigs, join companies like these.
So basically Merryweather find a way to go global,thought l.s was good enough,lol.
This was informative. Glad it popped up on my recommended list
This guys talks waaaayyy too fast.
news background...
The voice is most likely sped up in post to make the video crisper.
What's the difference in working covertly for the DO or being a private military contractor? Same skill sets. Same jobs.
I have about 5% of my portfolio in uranium stock, any advice on any other stock that I can grow my $300k capital to a million dollars
I have about 5% of my portfolio in uranium stock, any advice on any other stock that I can grow my $300k capital to a million dollars
I don't think anybody should be left out when going for digital assets
You should know it's easy and hard to make that much profit. I say EASY because it's very possible to make that much, and hard because you'll need professional assistance to do it,I'd advise you get assisted by a market advisor
I can't disclose too much, but yeah I've been using a coach called Mr Grey Tyler, and through his guidance, I've been able to make approximately $25,530 in dividends on a monthly basis, it's simply straightforward, not as complicated as it used to be
This is impressive, how could someone go about getting investment guidance from a coach like that, do you mind sharing your coach Info?
HARDER, BOSS!
Nobody:
Me: so which companies are publicly traded?
I believe you're looking for public military companies haha jk
*an old man smoking a cigarette*
"war has changed"
but seriously this reminds me of MGS4 and the war economy.
Millitary sucks, except private owned military? Non sense!
Huh?
if you born in poor family.. you don't had a choose.. you wonder why they let people to just move in to usa on first place.. they need man power and discard them aftet thye don't need them...
@@campkira im surprised only the two of you understood each other lol
@@gabrielpalmones3980 😂😂😂
I have read the colombian military special forces men who went to work for these companies... to help financially their families... some have died in foreing countries were the countries military will send these contractors for very dangerous missions
These companies should provide life insurance as part of the employment package....the families need to survive if something goes wrong
Given the line of work it sounds like a really expensive insurance premium
Some companies do offer life insurance, some don’t. I did contracting for 3 years. My contribution for $500K insurance was $100 per month. The PMC picked up the rest. But answer this: if you had the skill set, would you turn down $15K a month?
Kojima predicted this.
Kojima took the mainstream obvious line of thought by the previous 20 years of PMCs. When he wrote that story line PMCs were huge in Africa and by time MGS4 came out they’d gotten huge in Iraq and Afghanistan. So...no. He read the news.
Free markets, free people!
History repeats itself
Do you remember East India Company
Stop saying that bs.
You only get a few options in life. Did you take a dump today? Yesterday? Day before? What about tomorrow or day after? You think you will ever shower, eat. Or take a dump again? Yes?
I guess history repeats itself.
I read about the Private Military Company in thriller books & saw them in the Hollywood movie, EXPENDABLES. I had no idea, it is the reality in today's world.
The guy in the beginning took guns from protesters which looted them from a police car without harming anyone .
Lets hope, they bring their slightly darker black Tacktileneck!
I can't wait to see the rise of Private Air Forces
No country will allow their airspace to be threatened by a mercenary air force
@@denny414 So you think, All of these big movements like the BLM and so are eyeballing decommissioned jet fighters for use. The FAA cannot police the world.
@@VF1Skullangel what does BLM have anything to do with me trumpy
@@VF1Skullangel or my comment
@@denny414 they are one of the few private organizations who has tbe funding to do it.
I wanted to start an American PMC myself.
Haven’t done it yet tho. Probably won’t even tho I want to.
I wanna be a private military contractor but I I’d only have infantry experience.
You probably have a pretty good chance then. Better than most.
It is a business, simple as that!
Old Snake and Meryl tried to warn us about PMC’s many years ago lol.
They also tried to warn us of giant robots, cyborg ninjas, and special forces operatives that could carry 20 different weapons and still hide under a box to avoid detection...
Not exactly what I'd call a reliable source.
@@burtonl7239 Kojima also predicted internet media, AI and a MAGA president. He's legit.
It's interesting though, that unlike in previous periods in history, mercenaries are not from the poorest countries, where the value of life is the lowest, but from relatively well-to-do countries like Russia and outright rich countries like the USA.
Nah, it's just that only those govts allow PMCs to exist. This whole thing is depends upon Govt policy.
It depends on the skill sets they can bring in. Ex special forces are recruited from rich western nations and when those are not available from western trained special forces in Chile etc.
For normal grunts they still go to places like Uganda or Nepal. Though in the latter case the Brits will insist that their goorhkas are not mercenaries (laughable argument). It's just like in the old days where mercenary knights were recruited among the second and third sons of nobility while the footsoldiers came from border regions or the bottom levels of city societies. The more time marches on the more things stay the same.
U.S. military is the largest employer in the world. Enough said
While G.W.Bush and Obama were bragging they were decreasing numbers of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan they were increasing the numbers of contractors. I was a contractor in Afghanistan 2005-2006. We were not allowed to go to any USO shows or eat holiday meals if there was a VIP like Hilary Clinton visiting. They did not want photos showing there was as many of more contractors than uniformed soldiers.
$40k of that money spent on PMCs in 2019 went to me. Tax free, with free food and housing! Best job ever!
@@M16A1-nw4jy if you're being serious about that, military for 4 years then go to a PMC. As the video said that's how people get into it.
@@Razor-gx2dq not all military
Nothing wrong being a PMC it's a legit job.
Thats scary movie crap wow we need more talk about this
"Tolerance is not a Sapiens trademark." - Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind
Only place I would love to watch PMCs in action are movies...but that's it!!
Great video! Really informative!
The host/narrator is using way too fast and makes this piece poorly paced
No it's not, otherwise the video would be 20mins long
Definitely talking too fast
@@GamerbyDesign im not an english native speaker, so my only advice for you would be to put the playback speed of the video to 0,75
Meanwhile I'm watching this at 1.5x speed because it's too slow for my liking. Do agree that the phase differs a lot between narrator and interviews tho 😅
You can slow vid
Those agencies must be very popular also and continuing the work they did while in the military. Most probably have ex-marines and army personnel and they are used in countries in the Middle East, and Africa.