It did end places like American Samoa and Puerto Rico had a choice to leave america but they wanted to stay not to mention they have there own governments and laws
Critique: Imperialism didn't end with WWI, the US invaded Russia right after to stop the communist revolution, in fact the US committed over 30 military actions in foreign nations between WWI and WWII After WWII the US has invaded, bombed, built bases on, overthrown, or assassinated leaders of some 70 countries. US imperialism exists to this day.
No arguments here. I just didn't feel like making a 9 hour video. I do think though 1915 marks the end of acquiring territories, neo-imperialism will look different but same breed of animal.
Keith Hughes I did just see that you do have a 20 minute series on the subject that I'll have to look into. I think imperialism like many "eras" in history often gives the impressions that they don't exist outside that "era".
***** setting aside, assassination, support of terrorism, etc. just looking at countries the US has bombed the list goes as follows: Korea and China 1950-53, Guatemala 1954, Indonesia 1958, Cuba 1959-61, Guatemala 1960, Congo 1964, Laos 1964-73, Vietnam 1961-73, Cambodia 1969-70, Guatemala 1967-69, Grenada 1983, Lebanon 1983, Libya 1986, El Salvador 1980, Nicaragua 1980, Iran 1987, Panama 1989, Iraq 1991, Kuwait 1991, Somalia 1993, Bosnia 1994, Sudan 1998, Afghanistan 1998, Yugoslavia 1999, Yemen 2002, Iraq 1991-2005, Afghanistan 2001-05, Pakistan 2004-15, Yemen 2004-15, Libya 2011, Somalia 2011-15, Iraq 2014-15, Syria 2014-15
@@hiphughes Lies, in 1940 USA traded some ships for english colonies. After WW2 USA took Japanese Pacific islands. South Korea and Taiwan are american occupied territories. Japan and Germany were under USA control for many years, not being able to own any military. Iraq and Afghanistan were american puppet regimes, which existed only while american army defended them. You are lying by omission.
Being predominately Libertarian, I would argue that United States imperialism has not ended, for example when we invaded Iraq because the Iraqi President decided to sell their oil in a different currency than the USD. We essentially destroyed an entire country for economic reasons. Also, look at how many bases we have around the world, it seems to me as if we are still imperialistic.
Great videos. However, I think U.S. Imperialism is still going on. I would argue that we are still funding coup style revolutions, large sanctions, and aggressive wars on false presences for the same goal.
@hip Hughes Why not go to that point, of contemporary American Imperialism, and help more inform the future (and current) electorate as to the reality of foreign policy, and covert foreign policy, of endless wars for corporate and political gain. And who continues these policies and why
the US is the most imperialistic country in the world. We have US military bases in over 90 countries around the world. For our economic benefit, we have funded militaristic groups on other continents that we knew were committing horrible human rights crimes. (Look up the Contras and CIA involvement under Reagan for one example.) We are drone-bombing people in the middle-east with near reckless abandon with no concern for international law. (Look up The Drone Papers, published on The Intercept.) In the last month, we have passed legislation in Puerto Rico that will essentially give a panel of American businessmen complete economic control over that country's budget, undermining the democratic process there. (Look up the PROMESA Bill). I can go on and on. One needs not look further than Gallup's recent international poll on which country poses the greatest threat to world peace to infer that the country at the top of the list is engaging in some seriously imperialistic and aggressive behavior towards the rest of the world. Unfortunately, the USA is that country.
FATCA is worth a mention. The entire planet strong-armed in to finding and reporting the presence of any "US person" in order that the USA can tax those persons and by default, those countries. That is fiscal imperialism plain and simple.
Dylan Sepasyar idk man, does any one country really deserve to push around, oppress, and take over other countries for their own peoples' benefit? Is human suffering justified if it means you get gas for 30 cents less? Or is there an ethical line America (and other 1st world governments) crossed long ago in their quests to empower themselves and their citizens?
Dylan Sepasyar The question is, Dylan, who will remain the fittest? The world has still yet to grasp the enormity of what the USA has done with FATCA. The best way to describe FATCA is as a financial hand grenade to be thrown at the world, one of many opening shots of financial warfare. The problem is, for reasons I don't have time to explain, is you pulled the pin and then threw the pin rather than the grenade. Warnings of the collapse of the US dollar are no longer restricted to some extreme conspiracy theory nutcases. FATCA makes the possibility very real.
Love your style of teaching and so do my students. Thank you for simplifying and being clear about the main point. You're interesting and fun to watch and you never forget to point out the aspect of self interest that drives history. Appreciate you!
Almost forgot about a book I found :it's an original 1899 copy of Republic or Empire ; The Philippine Question by William Jennings Bryan.It's a collection of essays about the Philippines by various states men of the day,including the author ,Adlai Stevenson,Henry Teller,Gen.James Weaver, and many more.Found it in an empty derelict house.
Keith Hughes A shame. There is something I have been wondering about it though, why did the US win the war in the Philippines and loose Vietnam? I would say that our military was much more prepared to Vietnam yet we still lost. Thoughts?
lonewolfTKD The Phillipines did not have a pipeline of weapons from the Soviet Union. I think their will was as strong but technology is not what it will be 60 years later.
Insightful video, although the middle class in America is only considered by the capitalists insofar as they can remain the consumer of their products. Imperialism solves the problem of capitalism that is it's inherent instability within one state, that is being that it's consumers cannot be their producers. A business can only make money if they make a net gain off of their product, meaning the workers must be paid less than the value of their work and the item must be sold more than the raw materials that are put into it. Extreme financial inequality is inevitable of capitalism, and keeping the poor producers oversees solves that problem for them.
did US imperialism really end though? i think the Cold War era was more about ideology and security and not "rubbing the belly" so i can see that as "not imperialism." but the empire building hasn't really stopped, has it? empire is the base word for imperialism, kind of, right? nice video.
Keith Hughes I am actually in Chile right now on a study abroad and I had no idea about the tragedies committed here until I arrived here. I definitely feel some anti-US sentiment here. It's annoying actually, being judged by not what you have done or what kind of person you are but rather by the actions in the past of my idiotic government. I cannot blame the people here in Chile, they have been through a lot. The years of 1973-78 were the dictatorships worst years and many people were tortured or desaparacidos. I just hope that one day the world can look at people from the states and realize that we aren't all bad.
evan kurtz oh and one more very random thought... Chileans (South Americans in general you could say) HATE it when people from the states call themselves Americans. From their perspective, we supposedly think that they are not good enough to call themselves american (south america is also part of the americas). Food for thought.
evan kurtz Keith Hughes Thanks for learning about their history. Yes, Chile has been through a lot and the US government had to do with it. I love my Chilean friends like i love my friends from the US. Both are pretty proud people. It's ridiculous to hate people for the mistakes of their government in the past. It will take some time. I'm Dutch, my grandparents absolutely hated (and i mean hated) the Germans. I'm over it, the Germans are fine peops, the majority. I travelled South America with my friend from the US. Sometimes the South Americans were giving my friend a hard time lol. They treated him different than me, i could tell. Hey, my country was pretty badass back in the days. But everybody forgot about that i guess.
I use the cartoon at 4:30 in my classes, too. Kids always ask what's up with the shoes sticking out of the grass and the word "May" that someone is uttering (lower right). Any idea what they mean?
I was also curious so did a little digging. The cartoonist was almost certainly Thomas May and he was just signing his work. I'll put some links of other examples. The signature is the same and both examples have him writing for the Detroit Journal in the same period. dignitas.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341f704253ef017ee586f424970d-pi www.uncg.edu/~jwjones/world/visualtours/cubacartoons/cubacartoon3.html Some context for the first link: More than half a century ago a Detroit cartoonist sat down at his drawing board intending to "spoil Christmas for every man and woman in Detroit who had remembered only themselves." The artist was Thomas May. Whether his 1906 drawing of a little girl sobbing in a grimly furnished garret accomplished its purpose is not recorded. But since 1923, the cartoon had been the official emblem of the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund. The Old Newsboys take to the streets again this season to carry on their message: "No Child Without a Christmas." May's cartoon, simply titled Forgotten, was drawn for the old Detroit Journal. It's now in Detroit's Historical Museum, along with another similar message drawn eight years later."
Speaking of the white man’s burden, there is the movie “White Man’s Burden,” with actor Harry Belafonte, among other fine actors, was written & directed by Desmond Nakano. Is that where You coined the phrase? Just sayin’/asking?
It's really interesting to know how we got to where we are today, and that it began with shit like this. Rather than ignorant people spouting their hate and not knowing or caring to remember one ounce of this history they tried to teach us in high school. Self Interest, you started your lesson with that idea. I think that's something there, Self Interest pretty much sums up a lot of what is wrong with the world today. All this me first, gimme gimme selfishness, self centered mentality.
We don't have colonies. You have no freedom of religion no freedom of the press you can't criticize your government no freedom of assembly you can't own a gun etc
The Butler story is a great one and would allow for some frank discussions about FDR, capitalists and alarmists such as Butler (who accused FDR of being too cozy with big business). My problem is much of the story is under water, conflicting accounts, unsubstantiated claims, a flawed report..... I tend to believe Smedley and have a hard time questioning his integrity but never the less it makes it difficult to wrap a narrative around it. Great suggestion though!
I'm an American who has lived in the Philippines for 7 years now and I have to say that there is less anti-American sentiment here than in the USA! Yes, I mean that more Americans hate other Americans than Filipinos. They treat us as their big brothers here, sometimes to a fault! They would often favor an American over their own countrymen and give us the benefit of the doubt in many situations. We help them financially in times of calamity, we have troops based in a few places throughout the country and routinely do training operations with Filipino troops, we brought over the English language which elevated their abilities to work abroad as nurses, domestic helpers and a host of other professions; something most other Asian countries don't have an easy time with. (The Philippines is the 3rd largest English speaking nation on the planet now). America also brought over the call center industry which has allowed the Philippines to take over India as the leading business process outsourcing region. I know we brought some bad things too, but they focus on the good. I have never once been talked down upon for being American, actually I get way too much positive attention and people believe me way too much and put me on a pedestal sometimes in my work because they think Americans are all noble truthful people. I can get hired at any call center or English school just by showing up at the door (without a working VISA) because they are so interested to have an American working amongst them. They don't even see us Americans that live here as coming over here and stealing their jobs like we say about Mexicans (for example), even if in some cases we do. They just love having us, and its got to be up there for one of the most hospitable places on earth. Anyway, you said alot in your video and I know that you didn't really push the idea too hard, but I wanted to point out that perhaps if there was anti-American sentiment after 1898 when the war ended, it certainly is not there today in any significant way. Even after a US Marine recently killed a transgendered sex-worker and our military won't release him into Philippine custody...there were small protests for a few weeks by the pro-China communisty party here (NPA) and other than that everything is fine again. I drove past the US embassy a week later and the only thing I saw were christmas decorations being put up. This is a friendly place, and no matter what we do, I think they would still love us!
Exactly! US imperialism doesn't exist which is why if you ask a South Korean or Vietnamese or many Iraqi/afghani people they're thankful for the help we've given, saving millions of lives in our history.
Jacob Sawyer I've been to Europe and have never really been looked down on there for being America, but I think you're kind of overlooking the thrust of this video. In the case of the Phillipines, the US declared it was going to war to help "liberate" the people, but really it was just to conquer territory. Classic imperialism.
The Philippines is such a shithole. When you have lived there you realize Filipinos cannot rule themselves. The Philippines would be a better country if America ran the country. That country is such a mess. If I had the money I have my family move to America. That country has a pollution problem. The people just throw their tash on the ground. One region can be for picking up their trash the region next to it doesn't it. The corruption is quite evident. Filipino society isn't nice. The Filipinos treat foreigners terrible. They view foreigners like a walking talking piggy banks. Things cost more for a foreigner. The Philippines is such a homogeneous country they don't view foreigners as humans. The Filipinos are very insercular they aren't open like Westerners. If you aren't like them they freeze up and are very shy. I took my family to Angeles City at Clarkton Hotel and a lot foreigners would try to talk to them they just clam up, because they don't view foreigners as human, they aren't use to them. You're like this exotic thing that they need to stare at 24/7. If you are like the only foreigner in the area and no matter how long you been there they just stare at you for hours. Not joking There's a lot racism, bigotry and prejudice over there. They treat their handicaps very badly. You don't see a lot people with handicaps, because they are not allow in public, if you do bring a disable person out in public they shame you, they hide their handicaps. During Christmas time on the buses parents will use their disable child to beg for money. Filipinos are super judgmental towards other people especially other Filipinos. I am half Filipino, don't speak the language, never raised in the Philippines, I am true blue American, and my father is Caucasian. Every time I go out with my Caucasian father I was always label as a whore, a Filipino Muslim called me a whore out in public my dad embarrassed her, just because my dad is Caucasian I am a whore in a lot Filipinos eyes. In America this isn't a thing. Also Filipinos class you in their head by who you hang out with, by your skintone, where your from. For example if you're Filipino American you are automatically better than everyone doesn't matter how dark or fair your skin is. Fair skin means you're rich, dark means your poor. I got Black, because I was proud of my dark skin, but if you have dark skin you deal with a lot crap. People are always in your bussiness. No, seriously. When I was out in public with my dad. They would always wonder why a Caucasian guy is doing with a poor girl, what my relationship was with my dad, and etc they just can't mind their own bussiness. Filipinos are rude if they think your fat, ugly, whatever they call you fat in your face. The crab mentality is annoying. The jealous is something else in the Philippines. If they think you have it better than them they believe you shouldn't have it at all, but it's ok for them to have it, just not you. If you're Filipino they expect you to act like one. If you are Westernized they think you're just selfish. The Philippines lack public bathrooms. It's not handicap accessible place. BDO is the only safe bank. There's too much hope that Durrte is going to fix *everything* Sorry, but their president can't, what's going to fix things in the Philippines is education. Not everyone is educated. Because a lot people don't have the money to afford an education so they drop out of school at 5th or 6th grade. The Filipino mentality has to change. The traffic is a mess, it's not ordeal. People drive on the left and right side, and everywhere in between. There's a lot problems in the Philippines. All the problems would be solved if it was ran and ruled by Americans. The Philippines could be like Gaum, that place is very nice.
One Child policy: approximately 300 million unborn babies aborted/KILLED compare with Nanjing massacre 500,000 killed, Holocaust 6 million killed, Word War II 75 million, World War I 50 million.
I just hope the US enjoys it's imperial power while it can. Because imperial history has taught me that imperialism is like a balloon. You can only pump so much air into it and when you pump too much it bursts and falls to the ground in pieces. Never to regain it's true form ever again. Unless your balloon is german made [trollface]. Those who know imperial their imperial history will get that joke.
White Man's Burden is also a somewhat rare John Travolta film from the mid 90's. When I saw it, I was much younger and far less schooled in my country's history and felt some sort of epiphany (and probably typical white guilt) I bet it never was that successful because it hit way too close to home, and made white folks real uncomfortable and cumbersome to contemplate.
Another great educational video. Thank you. But it does not adequately point out that the "belly rubbing" euphemism you use, is in effect 👉🏼greed for power, and access and control of profitable resources in foreign countries - by US multinationals (which stash their profits in tax havens to avoid or significantly minimize taxes)👈🏼 This is what drives US imperialism (and a lot of its foreign policy) The wars the US has been involved in over the decades, and the political regimes it has overtly and covertly toppled, have been mainly driven in the interest of an insatiably greedy elite; and enabled by governments that serve the interests of US elites, not the 99% (and certainly not the public in the countries over which the US has hegemonic control) Democracy and human rights have hypocritically been used as excuses for the "Corporate" States of America's imperialistic hegemonic expansion. But it's really been driven in the interest of US corporate profit, and supremacist notions of "manifest destiny" and "American exceptionalism."
Rudyard Kipling, but excellent otherwise.You should do a video on the "silent"imperialism of the 50's and 60's clothed under the banner of anti-communist activity.
okay power projection and trade projection isn't bad look at the mejj restoration of Japan also prevented china from being splitting up. Also white man burden was not racist yes there was some racial deviations the first two story building in africa was a church. Second there are still tribal humans in 2017 with spears and shields kid you not.
THUMBS DOWN! because.. 1. He is assuming that every country's foreign policy is based on self interest, (maybe to justify american imperialism.) this is a lie since many countries for example Venezuela have a foreign policy that includes a ton of solidarity with other countries. 2. The US has always been an imperialist country, from the time it gained independence and committed mass genocide against the indigenous nations in America to today with obama and Hilary's hypocritical foreign policies under the pretext of human rights. 3. The USA is an imperialist country with a shrinking middle class, which means this nation doesnt even serve the interest of its own people. In fact puppets like obama and Hilary are financed by 1% of the population which are the wall st and other big business. 4. USA isnt unpopular around the world because of something they did over 100 years ago..but because of the actions their government continues to carry out.. 5. USA is still an Imperialist country, he described things they did in the past that they still do till this day. Like invasions, military bases, corporate and free trade deals imposed on third world nations. This dummie is either ignorant as hell or trying to mislead and misinform people. Too late buddy.
You mention Obama and Hillary, are you leaving Trump out of that? Do you support Trump? You think Trump, that fucking retarded orangutan, doesn't have anything to do with wall st and big business? You think Trump gives one fucking shit about the middle class? If that's what you believe, your ignorance is fucking mindblowing.
I believe I talked about the rise in the middle class and GDP. Certainly I could of spent some time talking about the modernizing of societies with medicine and schools. But I didn't.
stanhry Tell that to Guatemala. USA tried to overthrow the democratically elected government because they wanted to improve the standard of living for the people there.
Great video! Thanks for the efforts. I've got a damn whole dissertation about American imperialism. Guys if you've got any resources, articles, videos... Please lemme know!
United States imperialism never ended. continues today.
nah; it ended..... sort of.
we dont have that much control
@@ryanburch3725 see: middle east
see: presidents lying about womd in the middle east.
imperialism follows after capitalism
Truth be told.
Crony capitalism really bribery has nothing to do with capitalism
It did end places like American Samoa and Puerto Rico had a choice to leave america but they wanted to stay not to mention they have there own governments and laws
You have no idea how helpful your videos have been. Thank you !
Critique:
Imperialism didn't end with WWI, the US invaded Russia right after to stop the communist revolution, in fact the US committed over 30 military actions in foreign nations between WWI and WWII
After WWII the US has invaded, bombed, built bases on, overthrown, or assassinated leaders of some 70 countries. US imperialism exists to this day.
No arguments here. I just didn't feel like making a 9 hour video. I do think though 1915 marks the end of acquiring territories, neo-imperialism will look different but same breed of animal.
Keith Hughes
I did just see that you do have a 20 minute series on the subject that I'll have to look into.
I think imperialism like many "eras" in history often gives the impressions that they don't exist outside that "era".
***** setting aside, assassination, support of terrorism, etc.
just looking at countries the US has bombed the list goes as follows:
Korea and China 1950-53, Guatemala 1954, Indonesia 1958, Cuba 1959-61,
Guatemala 1960, Congo 1964, Laos 1964-73, Vietnam 1961-73, Cambodia
1969-70, Guatemala 1967-69, Grenada 1983, Lebanon 1983, Libya 1986, El
Salvador 1980, Nicaragua 1980, Iran 1987, Panama 1989, Iraq 1991, Kuwait
1991, Somalia 1993, Bosnia 1994, Sudan 1998, Afghanistan 1998,
Yugoslavia 1999, Yemen 2002, Iraq 1991-2005, Afghanistan 2001-05,
Pakistan 2004-15, Yemen 2004-15, Libya 2011, Somalia 2011-15, Iraq
2014-15, Syria 2014-15
@@FwaterO end years of the latter part of those def do not have end dates as of yet
@@hiphughes Lies, in 1940 USA traded some ships for english colonies. After WW2 USA took Japanese Pacific islands.
South Korea and Taiwan are american occupied territories. Japan and Germany were under USA control for many years, not being able to own any military.
Iraq and Afghanistan were american puppet regimes, which existed only while american army defended them.
You are lying by omission.
Being predominately Libertarian, I would argue that United States imperialism has not ended, for example when we invaded Iraq because the Iraqi President decided to sell their oil in a different currency than the USD. We essentially destroyed an entire country for economic reasons. Also, look at how many bases we have around the world, it seems to me as if we are still imperialistic.
Would not argue with that.
Great videos. However, I think U.S. Imperialism is still going on. I would argue that we are still funding coup style revolutions, large sanctions, and aggressive wars on false presences for the same goal.
Wouldn't disagree.........
@hip Hughes Why not go to that point, of contemporary American Imperialism, and help more inform the future (and current) electorate as to the reality of foreign policy, and covert foreign policy, of endless wars for corporate and political gain. And who continues these policies and why
the US is the most imperialistic country in the world. We have US military bases in over 90 countries around the world. For our economic benefit, we have funded militaristic groups on other continents that we knew were committing horrible human rights crimes. (Look up the Contras and CIA involvement under Reagan for one example.) We are drone-bombing people in the middle-east with near reckless abandon with no concern for international law. (Look up The Drone Papers, published on The Intercept.) In the last month, we have passed legislation in Puerto Rico that will essentially give a panel of American businessmen complete economic control over that country's budget, undermining the democratic process there. (Look up the PROMESA Bill). I can go on and on. One needs not look further than Gallup's recent international poll on which country poses the greatest threat to world peace to infer that the country at the top of the list is engaging in some seriously imperialistic and aggressive behavior towards the rest of the world. Unfortunately, the USA is that country.
FATCA is worth a mention. The entire planet strong-armed in to finding and reporting the presence of any "US person" in order that the USA can tax those persons and by default, those countries. That is fiscal imperialism plain and simple.
Survival of the fittest ;)
Dylan Sepasyar idk man, does any one country really deserve to push around, oppress, and take over other countries for their own peoples' benefit? Is human suffering justified if it means you get gas for 30 cents less? Or is there an ethical line America (and other 1st world governments) crossed long ago in their quests to empower themselves and their citizens?
Michael Don't forget the Pentagon papers
Dylan Sepasyar The question is, Dylan, who will remain the fittest? The world has still yet to grasp the enormity of what the USA has done with FATCA. The best way to describe FATCA is as a financial hand grenade to be thrown at the world, one of many opening shots of financial warfare. The problem is, for reasons I don't have time to explain, is you pulled the pin and then threw the pin rather than the grenade. Warnings of the collapse of the US dollar are no longer restricted to some extreme conspiracy theory nutcases. FATCA makes the possibility very real.
I always enjoy your videos. I had a pretty badass history teacher in high school myself. I think I would have enjoyed your class, too.
I'm a student teacher and starting my first unit and it happens to be this one. THANKS DUDE!!!!
Love your style of teaching and so do my students. Thank you for simplifying and being clear about the main point. You're interesting and fun to watch and you never forget to point out the aspect of self interest that drives history. Appreciate you!
Almost forgot about a book I found :it's an original 1899 copy of Republic or Empire ; The Philippine Question by William Jennings Bryan.It's a collection of essays about the Philippines by various states men of the day,including the author ,Adlai Stevenson,Henry Teller,Gen.James Weaver, and many more.Found it in an empty derelict house.
I know this video is super old and has nothing to do with the video but whats the song at 11:28
When will the US stop being the World Police?!
Next Monday. If all goes well.
On a scale of 1-10 how high were you for this video?
I really appreciate what you do. You make this stuff interesting and that's a nice thing.
Is the Philippine-American War taught nowadays? I graduated in 2011 and I don't think it was ever discussed.
Its in the curriculum but I think many teachers skim past it. Which is unfortunate indeed.
Keith Hughes A shame. There is something I have been wondering about it though, why did the US win the war in the Philippines and loose Vietnam? I would say that our military was much more prepared to Vietnam yet we still lost. Thoughts?
lonewolfTKD The Phillipines did not have a pipeline of weapons from the Soviet Union. I think their will was as strong but technology is not what it will be 60 years later.
Great video man thanks a bunch
Insightful video, although the middle class in America is only considered by the capitalists insofar as they can remain the consumer of their products. Imperialism solves the problem of capitalism that is it's inherent instability within one state, that is being that it's consumers cannot be their producers. A business can only make money if they make a net gain off of their product, meaning the workers must be paid less than the value of their work and the item must be sold more than the raw materials that are put into it. Extreme financial inequality is inevitable of capitalism, and keeping the poor producers oversees solves that problem for them.
This video helped me write a five page essay ! thank you for this
did US imperialism really end though? i think the Cold War era was more about ideology and security and not "rubbing the belly" so i can see that as "not imperialism." but the empire building hasn't really stopped, has it? empire is the base word for imperialism, kind of, right? nice video.
ur like one of the funnest and funniest teachers ever
I did some digging in Chile's history and the US. Salvador Allende.
Interesting.
Once again a great video. Thanks Teach !
What a terrible story..... ugh humans. And you are more than welcome, thanks for being one of my most loyal subbers. :)
Keith Hughes I am actually in Chile right now on a study abroad and I had no idea about the tragedies committed here until I arrived here. I definitely feel some anti-US sentiment here. It's annoying actually, being judged by not what you have done or what kind of person you are but rather by the actions in the past of my idiotic government. I cannot blame the people here in Chile, they have been through a lot. The years of 1973-78 were the dictatorships worst years and many people were tortured or desaparacidos. I just hope that one day the world can look at people from the states and realize that we aren't all bad.
evan kurtz oh and one more very random thought... Chileans (South Americans in general you could say) HATE it when people from the states call themselves Americans. From their perspective, we supposedly think that they are not good enough to call themselves american (south america is also part of the americas). Food for thought.
evan kurtz Keith Hughes Thanks for learning about their history.
Yes, Chile has been through a lot and the US government had to do with it.
I love my Chilean friends like i love my friends from the US. Both are pretty proud people.
It's ridiculous to hate people for the mistakes of their government in the past.
It will take some time. I'm Dutch, my grandparents absolutely hated (and i mean hated) the Germans. I'm over it, the Germans are fine peops, the majority.
I travelled South America with my friend from the US. Sometimes the South Americans were giving my friend a hard time lol. They treated him different than me, i could tell. Hey, my country was pretty badass back in the days. But everybody forgot about that i guess.
I use the cartoon at 4:30 in my classes, too. Kids always ask what's up with the shoes sticking out of the grass and the word "May" that someone is uttering (lower right). Any idea what they mean?
Thanks for consuming my brain with this. I can't figure it out or find the answer. grrrr.
Keith Hughes
Sorry. It's like a history earworm. It bugs me every year I do imperialism.
I was also curious so did a little digging. The cartoonist was almost certainly Thomas May and he was just signing his work. I'll put some links of other examples. The signature is the same and both examples have him writing for the Detroit Journal in the same period.
dignitas.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341f704253ef017ee586f424970d-pi
www.uncg.edu/~jwjones/world/visualtours/cubacartoons/cubacartoon3.html
Some context for the first link: More than half a century ago a Detroit cartoonist sat down at his drawing board intending to "spoil Christmas for every man and woman in Detroit who had remembered only themselves."
The artist was Thomas May. Whether his 1906 drawing of a little girl sobbing in a grimly furnished garret accomplished its purpose is not recorded.
But since 1923, the cartoon had been the official emblem of the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund. The Old Newsboys take to the streets again this season to carry on their message: "No Child Without a Christmas."
May's cartoon, simply titled Forgotten, was drawn for the old Detroit Journal. It's now in Detroit's Historical Museum, along with another similar message drawn eight years later."
Is there worksheets available for these video's?
music at 11:28?
That was awesome thank you !
Speaking of the white man’s burden, there is the movie “White Man’s Burden,” with actor Harry Belafonte, among other fine actors, was written & directed by Desmond Nakano.
Is that where You coined the phrase? Just sayin’/asking?
It's really interesting to know how we got to where we are today, and that it began with shit like this. Rather than ignorant people spouting their hate and not knowing or caring to remember one ounce of this history they tried to teach us in high school. Self Interest, you started your lesson with that idea. I think that's something there, Self Interest pretty much sums up a lot of what is wrong with the world today. All this me first, gimme gimme selfishness, self centered mentality.
I am a Chinese, down with the imperialist countries led by the United States and the establishment of a democratic socialist country
First of all no second China is literally colonizing Africa today and today america don't have have no more colonies
We don't have colonies. You have no freedom of religion no freedom of the press you can't criticize your government no freedom of assembly you can't own a gun etc
Mr Hughes, you should do a video on Smedley Butler and the Business Plot of 1933. Now that is some crazy stuff.
The Butler story is a great one and would allow for some frank discussions about FDR, capitalists and alarmists such as Butler (who accused FDR of being too cozy with big business). My problem is much of the story is under water, conflicting accounts, unsubstantiated claims, a flawed report..... I tend to believe Smedley and have a hard time questioning his integrity but never the less it makes it difficult to wrap a narrative around it. Great suggestion though!
I'm an American who has lived in the Philippines for 7 years now and I have to say that there is less anti-American sentiment here than in the USA! Yes, I mean that more Americans hate other Americans than Filipinos.
They treat us as their big brothers here, sometimes to a fault! They would often favor an American over their own countrymen and give us the benefit of the doubt in many situations.
We help them financially in times of calamity, we have troops based in a few places throughout the country and routinely do training operations with Filipino troops, we brought over the English language which elevated their abilities to work abroad as nurses, domestic helpers and a host of other professions; something most other Asian countries don't have an easy time with. (The Philippines is the 3rd largest English speaking nation on the planet now).
America also brought over the call center industry which has allowed the Philippines to take over India as the leading business process outsourcing region.
I know we brought some bad things too, but they focus on the good. I have never once been talked down upon for being American, actually I get way too much positive attention and people believe me way too much and put me on a pedestal sometimes in my work because they think Americans are all noble truthful people.
I can get hired at any call center or English school just by showing up at the door (without a working VISA) because they are so interested to have an American working amongst them.
They don't even see us Americans that live here as coming over here and stealing their jobs like we say about Mexicans (for example), even if in some cases we do. They just love having us, and its got to be up there for one of the most hospitable places on earth.
Anyway, you said alot in your video and I know that you didn't really push the idea too hard, but I wanted to point out that perhaps if there was anti-American sentiment after 1898 when the war ended, it certainly is not there today in any significant way.
Even after a US Marine recently killed a transgendered sex-worker and our military won't release him into Philippine custody...there were small protests for a few weeks by the pro-China communisty party here (NPA) and other than that everything is fine again. I drove past the US embassy a week later and the only thing I saw were christmas decorations being put up.
This is a friendly place, and no matter what we do, I think they would still love us!
Exactly! US imperialism doesn't exist which is why if you ask a South Korean or Vietnamese or many Iraqi/afghani people they're thankful for the help we've given, saving millions of lives in our history.
Jacob Sawyer I've been to Europe and have never really been looked down on there for being America, but I think you're kind of overlooking the thrust of this video. In the case of the Phillipines, the US declared it was going to war to help "liberate" the people, but really it was just to conquer territory. Classic imperialism.
Jeremiah Brand Thats funny
The Philippines is such a shithole. When you have lived there you realize Filipinos cannot rule themselves. The Philippines would be a better country if America ran the country.
That country is such a mess. If I had the money I have my family move to America.
That country has a pollution problem. The people just throw their tash on the ground. One region can be for picking up their trash the region next to it doesn't it.
The corruption is quite evident. Filipino society isn't nice. The Filipinos treat foreigners terrible. They view foreigners like a walking talking piggy banks. Things cost more for a foreigner. The Philippines is such a homogeneous country they don't view foreigners as humans. The Filipinos are very insercular they aren't open like Westerners. If you aren't like them they freeze up and are very shy. I took my family to Angeles City at Clarkton Hotel and a lot foreigners would try to talk to them they just clam up, because they don't view foreigners as human, they aren't use to them. You're like this exotic thing that they need to stare at 24/7. If you are like the only foreigner in the area and no matter how long you been there they just stare at you for hours. Not joking
There's a lot racism, bigotry and prejudice over there. They treat their handicaps very badly. You don't see a lot people with handicaps, because they are not allow in public, if you do bring a disable person out in public they shame you, they hide their handicaps. During Christmas time on the buses parents will use their disable child to beg for money.
Filipinos are super judgmental towards other people especially other Filipinos. I am half Filipino, don't speak the language, never raised in the Philippines, I am true blue American, and my father is Caucasian. Every time I go out with my Caucasian father I was always label as a whore, a Filipino Muslim called me a whore out in public my dad embarrassed her, just because my dad is Caucasian I am a whore in a lot Filipinos eyes. In America this isn't a thing. Also Filipinos class you in their head by who you hang out with, by your skintone, where your from. For example if you're Filipino American you are automatically better than everyone doesn't matter how dark or fair your skin is. Fair skin means you're rich, dark means your poor. I got Black, because I was proud of my dark skin, but if you have dark skin you deal with a lot crap. People are always in your bussiness.
No, seriously. When I was out in public with my dad. They would always wonder why a Caucasian guy is doing with a poor girl, what my relationship was with my dad, and etc they just can't mind their own bussiness.
Filipinos are rude if they think your fat, ugly, whatever they call you fat in your face.
The crab mentality is annoying. The jealous is something else in the Philippines. If they think you have it better than them they believe you shouldn't have it at all, but it's ok for them to have it, just not you.
If you're Filipino they expect you to act like one. If you are Westernized they think you're just selfish.
The Philippines lack public bathrooms. It's not handicap accessible place.
BDO is the only safe bank.
There's too much hope that Durrte is going to fix *everything* Sorry, but their president can't, what's going to fix things in the Philippines is education. Not everyone is educated. Because a lot people don't have the money to afford an education so they drop out of school at 5th or 6th grade. The Filipino mentality has to change.
The traffic is a mess, it's not ordeal. People drive on the left and right side, and everywhere in between. There's a lot problems in the Philippines.
All the problems would be solved if it was ran and ruled by Americans. The Philippines could be like Gaum, that place is very nice.
not used to having nice speakers i heard the gunshot sound effect, shut my computer and almost got up to turn the lights off 😂
American Imperialism: Crash Course US History #28
“When does US imperialism end?” Dawg that shit is STILL happening
Us is a cancer (not the people)
One Child policy: approximately 300 million unborn babies aborted/KILLED compare with Nanjing massacre 500,000 killed, Holocaust 6 million killed, Word War II 75 million, World War I 50 million.
America ceased to be an imperialist nation since world war 1 ? HAHAHAHAH if this guy is a teacher, i feel bad for his students. How irresponsible.
He's probably referring to gaining territories in the strictest sense of imperialism. Everything post ww1 becomes neoimperialism
I just hope the US enjoys it's imperial power while it can. Because imperial history has taught me that imperialism is like a balloon. You can only pump so much air into it and when you pump too much it bursts and falls to the ground in pieces. Never to regain it's true form ever again. Unless your balloon is german made [trollface]. Those who know imperial their imperial history will get that joke.
White Man's Burden is also a somewhat rare John Travolta film from the mid 90's.
When I saw it, I was much younger and far less schooled in my country's history and felt some sort of epiphany (and probably typical white guilt)
I bet it never was that successful because it hit way too close to home, and made white folks real uncomfortable and cumbersome to contemplate.
Or it could of been the fact John Travolta was in it.
Keith Hughes
touche
Latin America see that is a white phrase!! English speaking countries are Anglo America and Anglo europe??
It's a necessity.
History lessons i actually enjoy
Another great educational video. Thank you.
But it does not adequately point out that the "belly rubbing" euphemism you use, is in effect 👉🏼greed for power, and access and control of profitable resources in foreign countries - by US multinationals (which stash their profits in tax havens to avoid or significantly minimize taxes)👈🏼 This is what drives US imperialism (and a lot of its foreign policy)
The wars the US has been involved in over the decades, and the political regimes it has overtly and covertly toppled, have been mainly driven in the interest of an insatiably greedy elite; and enabled by governments that serve the interests of US elites, not the 99% (and certainly not the public in the countries over which the US has hegemonic control)
Democracy and human rights have hypocritically been used as excuses for the "Corporate" States of America's imperialistic hegemonic expansion. But it's really been driven in the interest of US corporate profit, and supremacist notions of "manifest destiny" and "American exceptionalism."
Rudyard Kipling, but excellent otherwise.You should do a video on the "silent"imperialism of the 50's and 60's clothed under the banner of anti-communist activity.
he was an ass, so I am comfortable butchering his name. lol :)
okay power projection and trade projection isn't bad look at the mejj restoration of Japan also prevented china from being splitting up. Also white man burden was not racist yes there was some racial deviations the first two story building in africa was a church. Second there are still tribal humans in 2017 with spears and shields kid you not.
Spears, shields, and cell phones.
12:53
Korean veterans, Vietnam veterans, Iraq veterans, etc.: **Laugh nervously**
You tried way too hard to pimp that "Belly Rubbing" thing.
To be fair I had some bad broccoli the day before so it literally hurt.
Rosa sin explained perfectly
I didn't get him at all
no puede ser yo no hablo ingles y el profe me puso aser esto no entiendo
translate
Thanks.
dose not exist
I can presume you're fundamentally a neorealist Keith! Love the videos man :)
lets talk about latin america immediately uses as an example of Hawaii dude Hawaii in the Pacific not Latin America
Tom Arnold?
Excellent video. Why do we need to repeat "racist" 100 times? 😒
you look like patton oswalt
Thank you, very helpful!!
THUMBS DOWN! because..
1. He is assuming that every country's foreign policy is based on self interest, (maybe to justify american imperialism.) this is a lie since many countries for example Venezuela have a foreign policy that includes a ton of solidarity with other countries.
2. The US has always been an imperialist country, from the time it gained independence and committed mass genocide against the indigenous nations in America to today with obama and Hilary's hypocritical foreign policies under the pretext of human rights.
3. The USA is an imperialist country with a shrinking middle class, which means this nation doesnt even serve the interest of its own people. In fact puppets like obama and Hilary are financed by 1% of the population which are the wall st and other big business.
4. USA isnt unpopular around the world because of something they did over 100 years ago..but because of the actions their government continues to carry out..
5. USA is still an Imperialist country, he described things they did in the past that they still do till this day. Like invasions, military bases, corporate and free trade deals imposed on third world nations.
This dummie is either ignorant as hell or trying to mislead and misinform people. Too late buddy.
Stfu
You mention Obama and Hillary, are you leaving Trump out of that? Do you support Trump? You think Trump, that fucking retarded orangutan, doesn't have anything to do with wall st and big business? You think Trump gives one fucking shit about the middle class? If that's what you believe, your ignorance is fucking mindblowing.
*Growing Middle Class
Venezuela... Okay
US doesn’t conquer anymore
Ms.redmans class? whos here?
+Erick Bermudez i'm not in your class, but I am here!
+Keith Hughes (HipHughes) Ayy thats crazy!
WW1?? Surely you jest......
Effects of imperialism are not all ways negative.
I believe I talked about the rise in the middle class and GDP. Certainly I could of spent some time talking about the modernizing of societies with medicine and schools. But I didn't.
stanhry
Tell that to Guatemala. USA tried to overthrow the democratically elected government because they wanted to improve the standard of living for the people there.
Great video! Thanks for the efforts. I've got a damn whole dissertation about American imperialism. Guys if you've got any resources, articles, videos... Please lemme know!
Could i see your dissertation
Weird flex but ok
i gotta do some reading fo real... you're fucking killing me. please stop with the whole "mad economic growth" and the like. please?
cray cray haha!!