Wizards in our non-magic world need not be distraught. Good Wizard (G-d for short) reveals in his Holy Text that Harry Potter's victory over Voldemort has opened enrollment to Hogwarts to those of us in the non-magic world. "For G-d saw this world and felt so bad for it that he gave us Harry Potter, the only begotten son of Lily and James, so those who read and bear witness of his sacrifice shall not perish, but receive His magic and be given scholarships to Hogwarts." Austin 1:16
I was listening in while doing dishes and initially confused at the references to Supermac's, because my American self heard "supermax" and was wondering why max-security prisons were being built all over Ireland. Obviously a coincidence. But oddly poignant, I think? Amazing job as always. Thank you for all you do!
Neil really leveled up their drip with this one. It's also really fun to listen for Sarah's accent becoming 1-2% more Irish in every subsequent video. Y'all are delightful. My only regret is that I have nothing insightful or interesting to add regarding the topic of the video (but I wanted to comment anyway lol).
At least you guys attempted to take a stand. Our politicians bent over backwards to try be the good boys of the EU and forced austerity on us straight away, zero solidarity shown so they could cosy up to big business
@@Orielparadise can't tell what your metrics for success are Ireland is a tax haven with a massive GDP where ordinary citizens can't afford to live. Ireland had a chance to stand up to the troika and show solidarity with Greece. Instead they were thrown under the bus so our politicians could show what good little boys we are, spending our taxpayers' money to bail out those who caused the crisis lest foreign investors see their investments wobble Our government fucked us over to try maintain a false image of the emerald isle. We've never recovered, but investments are good who cares. Homelessness for all, but exponential profits for the richest
I've never watched a video on this channel before but as a young Irish person the title peaked my interest, and while I did know a fair chunk of the information presented, I learned a lot more about the extent of the corruption and really appreciate the how you maintain a somewhat positive outlook on what is such a bleak reality. I don't expect you to read this but I just wanted to share my appreciation of how well made this video is, thanks!
Trains are actually free in Ireland. You just get on the train without buying a ticket then if you get asked if you have a ticket you so no, then you give a fake name and address.
Trains should be free. If they want to help with global warming, they need to incentivize not using personal vehicles so much and offering free transport would be effective.
Irish people in Ireland fawning over an American leader is such a repulsive thing - we saw the same thing when the Queen visited Ireland and that was just as bad
So this guy is a communist? It's my first time seeing his videos and I hit subscribe because its a great informative video. The government told me I'm far right so I shouldn't agree with anything a leftist says. I'm so confused. The only clue would have been mask wearing when it's not compulsory.
your videos are events. fuel for the soul, mixed with knowledge for the fight. those who don't think art can affect them haven't watched a leftist cooks video.
This is the kind of video I've been looking for on Ireland. Makes me feel truly distraught looking at Ireland these days but it helps to know I'm not the only one
Oh god… Well I feel like something different is happening up North though. Sure, we obviously have our multinationals and dumbcraps, but… at least in Bangor, there's a leaning towards events and tourism stuff now: Building a community where before all the money got ciphoned from the highstreet into the pockets of the big stores on Caernarfon Road. The latter is still happening, not gonna lie, but it's in tandem with these events where the small businesses come by and pop their heads out. If Bangor actually flies down that road, Bangor would be a great place again for the local community Additional point of interest: Bangor is the only city in this area. The closest one to us is St Asaph, which isn't close at all lol
Well yeah, of course it’s happening in wales, it’s happening everywhere, America has the best business model… for tge wealthy… no one extracts from the poor and funnels it to the top better than we do!
Filming at a train station while a IÉ 22000 Class DMU passed by was quite the way to activate my train autism 😅 so far loving this video 💚 I've heard of Obama plaza from family but oh god I didn't realise it was like THAT!!!
I really love your Ireland videos, because I like learning about your home, but also because you talk about issues that are quite similar to East Germany where I live.
@@isthisagoodyoutubehandle It did not. Gorbachev was just a bit nicer than the other Soviet leaders, which is kinda not the best thing when you're forcibly occupying your neighbours that were looking for a way out anyway.
This is my first video of yours, and honestly, im smitten with everything youve done. The research, presentation, the editing the structure. Absolutely perfect, i aspire to make something like this some day. All my love from Co.Antrim!
The way the interstate killed this small town is the same sad story in many towns here in the USA. The interstate system basically killed small towns and forced everyone into suburbs or cities
They harmed so much. I'm always in awe the more I learn about this. what was WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?! They literally said "TEAR IT ALL FUCKING DOWN AND GIVE ME A 5 TO 12 LANE FUCKING HIGHWAY!!" crazy
Yea. Plenty of people save up a long time for their yacht. Thats like debating whether people should be allowed a house. As thats what a yacht is to many.. @@ConQuixote
@@lmccourt7588 well, see, in US usage "yacht" means "extreme luxurious boat for the very wealthy" but I've been informed that in Europe the word is often used to simply mean "recreational boat" that anyone could own. So I could see not being sympathetic about the attacks on former, but yes about the latter.
This isn’t just a youtube video, this is a documentary. Neil and Sarah, you guys are documentary filmmakers doing the lords work, deconstructing hard concepts into engaging and captivating films. I hope your work grows and grows!
The Celtic Tiger changed the culture of the country and the people's mindset. From being a laid back country to one obsessed with having big mortgages, a new car on credit etc. People don't even socialise as much. It's become a little modern England with mad EU bureaucracy thrown in
The Celtic tiger changed Irish culture by giving people an option to stay in the country. Ireland was wasn’t a laid back country pre Celtic tiger it was a depressing country where almost everywhere was in constant decline for over a century.
@@s1.m511 How was it a depressing country? It has a vibrant culture, on the weekends village pubs were packed and bands played. You couldn't get in. Hitching a lift was also normal. The murder rate was around 12 people a year, one of the lowest in the world. Yes, people went abroad to work but they could come back after a few years and afford buy their own home. In the late 80s in rural Ireland you could buy a farm with 2O acres for 25k. That was before the hyper property inflation of the Celtic Tiger helped ruin the country. It now has a far higher suicide rate then back then. You have been spun a yarn. The whole vibe of the place has changed.
@@JoeFarrell-e3f hitching was normal because no one could afford a car. There was a civil war going on in the north the murder rate was not 10 a year. Most of the people who emigrated didn’t return until the Celtic tiger. When things started to get better. There’s still plenty of places where the pubs are full every weekend. Unemployment was higher than at the peak of the financial crisis for most of the 80s. There was nothing in Ireland for most people. The population of most rural counties was in decline its rising now. The church were tyrannical. There was massive amounts of poverty far more than today. You could buy a house for 20k because people were poor to the point where that was a massive amount of money. Ireland was a depressing country. To pretend otherwise is pure rivisionism or just a nostalgia bias.
@@s1.m511 give me the troubles anyday compared to celtic tiger neo liberal capitalism we are living in the age of vanity and gluttony (selfies and constant eating food)
I'm at the tax part and I'm from The Netherlands. My friends and I used to make fun of U2 not paying their taxes because they owned a letterbox in our country. It's absurd that this is even possible! Btw, love the video as always. You two always know how to bring dystopian stuff in the most entertaining way. 💖
@@tuckerbugeater How can you help someone who is still walking around in a mask? People who believe that politicians can make a country good to live in are lost. Continue to vote yourselves into poverty and then blame the others, whoever you choose the others to be. The Vikings haven't existed for almost 1000 years, stop dreaming.
I've always wanted a good video essay deep-dive with this perspective on Irish politics - so much RUclips content that discusses this country always frustrates me (likely because I have more prior knowledge of the subject than similar videos on US or UK politics, which worries me slightly as to how much I've actually learned on those subjects) but this video is amazing, I'll definitely be recommending this to my friends
@@choppedghoti American here but I'll do my best :) the giants causeway is a scenic location in Northern Ireland, very cool hexagonal column hills on the coast. Unionists in NI are against a united Ireland and pro-NI being considered part of the UK, so the implication is they wouldn't like the causeway being considered a part of the Irish Republic
What a masterclass in knowing your vocation. This takes your incredibly specific context and location and dives into it deep enough to become universally relevant. Well. Done.
The whole depoliticisation comment about the democrat party in the USA seems to me to be the major project of the Labour party in the UK right now - sorry to pull the focus to the UK below a video about Ireland but as a British person, the parrallels seemed to be right there on the sufrace and I really wanted to share! Thanks for an excellent essay
"Nail in the Pale" is a new one for me, and well put. Also appreciate the breakdown of "Redemptive" vs "Pragmatic"; i was already using the latter as a pejorative, and didn't think "Revolutionary" was specific enough for the former (valid & important, but i think much broader). Anyway, sorry i missed the premiere. My fault, bad time management 😅
Man yeah in spite of everything I know that shit at the beginning is so charming. The asking to see inside the home, the slánte, interrupting your important First Lady work to yell cousin henry.... that is like. Masterclass of how to make people Feel Connected and Welcome
I know, right? Hearing Obama’s voice soothes me into a state of calm. Which is really disturbing since he is a literal war criminal. Our brains are so easily tricked into thinking, “this person makes me feel good, so he must be a good person.”
Brilliant video guys. Given the only mention of Ireland I got in my English education was that one substitute teacher who gave out a pack of cigarette trading cards to the first kid who could tell him what bloody sunday was, I'm endlessly fascinated and ashamed every time I learn more about our countries interactions. You've got my subscription, I look forward to binging your videos over the weekend.
So good guys! The editing and blocking was so delightful and was so cool to see a different look for Neil. But obviously most importantly, amazing history and political discussion
Incredible video essay, I have learned bits and pieces of the history and ideas presented here, but the way y’all tied everything together in such an entertaining way was fantastic.
This is the first video I’ve seen from you. It’s amazing, I found it fascinating, even though I thought I knew quite a bit about this. Here, in New Zealand, the there are some parallels that are astonishing. Replace Dublin with Auckland and you’ve got the same thing, even down to the meaningless spire in the middle of town. Fantastic stuff. The detail and analysis in this is absolutely incredible.
Y'all are such enjoyale film makers to watch. Every video is something unique and fresh and I love the passion and love that shines through every frame
I did once travel across Ireland by train, I went from Belfast to Cork, I did get stranded at Drogheda, when I stopped to visit Oliver Plunkett’s head and ended up having to get a taxi part of the way. I arrive, somewhat late for the conference in Cork
I'm helping canvass for the local elections in Ireland right now and you hit the nail exactly on the head; everyone is upset about the lack of public services, investment, and political integrity, and all of them don't see the point of voting or engaging in politics because they percieve that the system cannot change and therefore will never improve. Instead it seems like many people are searching for aspects of modern life that they can scapegoat -- refugees, transgender people, the EU -- to explain why their lives are worse than before. People are lighting fires in hotels they think might be used to shelter homeless refugees, but when the Housing Commission release a report directly identifying government to blame for the housing deficit, nobody says a word. It's "politics", therefore boring and pointless and not worth paying attention to. I don't know. I joined a political party because I believe in democracy, and if democracy can't fix this, at least I can say that I didn't give up until the end. I hope the spirit of redemptionism catches on, and that the change we're hoping for can be achieved peacefully.
People aren't scapegoating refugees despite what the msm says we're pointing out the country is unable to sustain this insane level of immigration legal as well as illegal
I really hope our local and EU elections aren't a sign that we're going to have another FF/FG government. A shakeup is much needed, we've spent all this time playing the capitalism game, let's actually use some of the money on the people now. And yeah, as a transgender person myself I do worry quite often about us importing the UK's transphobia. We're not nearly as bad right now, but equally our government style seems so often to be to copy what the UK does with a time lag.
It's interesting to hear Neil talk about how Irish people identify with one or another political party, almost out of principle rather than strategy. In the 20th century in Flanders there was a similar phenomenon we now call Pillarification where you were either a catholic or a liberal (or later a socialist too) and you could not walk into the wrong neighborhood, bar, school or football club without risking getting beaten up or thrown out. Some people were loyal af to their parties cuz they symbolized things to them like freedom, equality or good morals, regardless of those parties fucking shit up for others.
I really enjoyed your video. It's hard not to like your presentation styles. Usually, seeing someone talking to a camera in a car park riles me up because they're in the way, but having seen what good can come from that lone person in the car park, my heart now feels only tenderness.
My hometown is on a main highway and houses a military base, im watching it being overbuilt and the environment being degraded. I wish it had been bypassed.
I need more of both hosts' excellent minds! More videos! As a retired urban high school English teacher, I recognize brilliant teaching when I listen to you both
After watching this video I cannot help but to think when I read "Ireland, Colonialism, and the Unfinished Revolution" by Robbie McVeigh and Bill Rolston, amazing book
I've been thinking a lot about this video since I watched - I'm a software developer working for a multi-national company who moved to Ireland from the US. I've always known on some level that I've been benefitting from UK/US imperialist history with Ireland, but this really threw it into stark relief. Making me think about a lot of stuff... how can I belong to this place that I've grown to love and call home? Anyway just want to tell you how targeted I feel watching your videos lol
Well prices are rised due to influx of corporation workers, arriving on shore. More corporations paying nothing, attracts more staff who have to pay bills. Again, rich has free cooke but workers are pays for it.
Educating yourself in this way is doing more than most of the foreign tech workers in Ireland. Get involved in your local community, register to vote if you haven’t already.
Hey, don’t fall for the propaganda telling you as an American to hate yourself. People in countries like Ireland and Canada who have directly benefited from U.S. investment will find any reason to blame American for their ongoing problems than themselves.
Absolutely love this video. I'll be re-watching and sharing around as it nails my current interests. As a Scottish socialist, the Irish experience is so informative particularly for discussions around Scotland leaving the UK. Also, the wit and the creativity to this video, providing education alongside entertainment, that's so hard to do. You're masters of your craft!
I've been feeling pretty miserable the last few days because I had my wisdom teeth taken out and I've been hiding in my room and avoiding socialising with my housemates, and finding out from this video that there's a town in Ireland called Cum cheered me up so much I ran out of my room to tell my housemates about this before one of them left the house.
@brookejones4889 yeah maybe best to go back to being miserable because the barstardisarion of Irish places by the English during centuries of invasion/colonisation/ethnic cleansing means many place names don't mean anything. Btw its a townland and not a town.
Holy shit I am blown away by how well-made this video is. Very interesting and informative and also super visually appealing and fun to watch. And made me laugh multiple times. Impressive work.
I'm from Germany and we have in parts the same problems. They were building Streets, cut out the smaller communities and one company has the monopoly to sale their stuff to you. Nobody else is allowed to sale at this places. Not even businesses that are older than that part of the "Autobahn" that were just newly build a few years ago. And that ladies and gentlemen is unbelievable f'ed up. This neoliberalism spreaded like cancer and everyone seemed to be cool with it. Margaret Thatcher was like a kickstarter for this whole privatization thing (at least in Europe) and a few years later we had Gerhard Schröder who imported it into Germany. The worst thing is, that he was a social-democrat and only a SPD (social-democrat) man could have done this because people were actually thinking "when even a SPD man sees need for this than it must be right!". Nowadays everything is privatized and belief you me, nothing changed for the better. A month ago I was in a hospital for three weeks and it was a f'ing nightmare. They even were sending me home without knowing what I had and they thought I was just faking it. but when they saw that my hand started to swelling and then my knee was swelling and my hand got normal again, and I was in pain almost all the time, they knew that there was a real infection going on (actually they knew it after they tested my blood and saw that i had an infection. But they didn't found bacteria or viruses in my blood wo I guess my blood made it all up as well?!?). Most of the nurses were lazy and the doctors were anything else than good. You could barely eat that shyte they gave you for breakfast, lunch and Dinner. I couldn't even find products of such a poor quality even in the cheapest supermarkets. Privatization made everything so much worse, it's just unbelievable that we brought us self in a situation like this.
So good to see the references to the imposition of cattle farming in Ireland by thr British state because i feel like often this isn't highlighted. There is an 8 part mini podcast series about animals in Ireland and the history of animism by corey lee wren that also highlights this (podcast series based on a large academic book) by same person.
@@shanebrock1748 Yes it's Corey Lee Wren Animals In Irish Society. Forewarned there's some very bad opening/closing music and graphics, but the history was so interesting I nipped my nose through that bit!
Not really a landmark, more of a thing you think of maybe once a year and think “bit strange we have a petrol station named after a president of the United States”, I didn’t even know it was in monegal till this video
lmao, the jump cuts in the section about Ireland becoming a techno colony and the HORRIFIC CONSEQUENCES slide kill me, the trumpet bump sells it. You're editing is only getting better with time. Keep it up.
Start watching because of the title, kept watching even after realising it was the length of a movie because "I'll give an Irish creator a go", but I have to say, I did not expect to be literally laughing out loud. Genuinely entertaining and informative 👏
I like the idea of Obama grimacing when he finds out that his shrine is actually a place where ppl go to clean their car windows or take a big s**te half way through a road trip.
thank you. for what it's worth, the messages of hope in other videos were a big deal for me at times when i was much closer to giving up on the world than to complacency.
The multi-location editing is does a great job of keeping it lively! Very well done. By the by, adding in video sections might help with the algorithm, I think the name of each section is considered as a search engine term
2011-12 were the eurocrisis, people were scared of money soon collapsing and here (Finland) we were being whipped to support actions that crippled Greece and would've crippled Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy and everyone else who stepped out of the narrow true path. Perhaps it was that extreme unfairness and the mean, almost dehumanizing way it was done in, that started to develop a class concsiousness in me and set me on a path to the left. Still, I remember the "Hope & Change" feeling too, perhaps the recession was just a shock, the wars will surely end now that Bush is gone. In the end What Is Politics summed it up the best IMO, Hope that you win the lottery and Change your underwear everyday. That's the extent that market liberals can deliver on their goals.
Went to a leather shop in Dublin and the absolutely lovely old bear behind the counter started to talk to me about this (American businesses overwhelming Ireland/Dublin because of the desire for European access in a country that’s largely fluent in English, more specifically). I probably made a total fool of myself but shout out to him (: and thank you for the great video!!
It's interesting, the process you've described with the Irish motorways is identical to the towns a lot of my family is from in the Midwest. They were small farming communities that were absolutely decimated by the construction of the interstate nearby, the town my grandparents are from has shrank to essentially a single street, with whole blocks of building that have been abandoned for 40 years at least. It's sad that this sort of infrastructure just inherently Does This, yet people in charge keep doing it
45:31 Fast Food Nation! I read that book when I was 12 years old because I was allowed to pick my own book for a summer book report. That book seriously changed everything about my understanding of food, America, and capitalism. I became vegetarian after that, vegan now. I didn't remember the name of the book til now, thank you Sarah!
listening to Sarah's accent progressively intensify is one of my private joys when a new Cooks video comes out
Was about to comment this exactly, have a thumbs up
Yes! The first time she said “money” I gave a little squee 😂
That's an extremely weird thing to say.
I love how Neil just keeps giving distraught wizard
I like when they take us places
Distraught wizard for supreme galactic overlord!
Non-binary spellcaster Oscar Isaac
Wizards in our non-magic world need not be distraught. Good Wizard (G-d for short) reveals in his Holy Text that Harry Potter's victory over Voldemort has opened enrollment to Hogwarts to those of us in the non-magic world.
"For G-d saw this world and felt so bad for it that he gave us Harry Potter, the only begotten son of Lily and James, so those who read and bear witness of his sacrifice shall not perish, but receive His magic and be given scholarships to Hogwarts." Austin 1:16
Distraught Wizard is what happens when a non binary person grows a longer beard.
_What do you mean, _*_why_*_ has it got to be built? It's a bypass! You've gotta build bypasses!_ Hitchhiker's Guild to the Galaxy
I was listening in while doing dishes and initially confused at the references to Supermac's, because my American self heard "supermax" and was wondering why max-security prisons were being built all over Ireland.
Obviously a coincidence. But oddly poignant, I think?
Amazing job as always. Thank you for all you do!
A death row meal from Supermac's would be good in the Supermax
Neil really leveled up their drip with this one. It's also really fun to listen for Sarah's accent becoming 1-2% more Irish in every subsequent video. Y'all are delightful. My only regret is that I have nothing insightful or interesting to add regarding the topic of the video (but I wanted to comment anyway lol).
Whenever I read or listen about Ireland, as a Greek, I feel so close to your circumstance
At least you guys attempted to take a stand. Our politicians bent over backwards to try be the good boys of the EU and forced austerity on us straight away, zero solidarity shown so they could cosy up to big business
@@tarkovsky3875 Can't tell if this is a joke, look at the outcomes....Ireland succeeded, Greece failed.
@@Orielparadise can't tell what your metrics for success are
Ireland is a tax haven with a massive GDP where ordinary citizens can't afford to live. Ireland had a chance to stand up to the troika and show solidarity with Greece. Instead they were thrown under the bus so our politicians could show what good little boys we are, spending our taxpayers' money to bail out those who caused the crisis lest foreign investors see their investments wobble
Our government fucked us over to try maintain a false image of the emerald isle. We've never recovered, but investments are good who cares. Homelessness for all, but exponential profits for the richest
@@Orielparadise COMMENT REMOVED. Obviously contained too much factual information.
MY SECOND COMMENT, edited, WAS ALSO REMOVED. YooToob sucks.
I've never watched a video on this channel before but as a young Irish person the title peaked my interest, and while I did know a fair chunk of the information presented, I learned a lot more about the extent of the corruption and really appreciate the how you maintain a somewhat positive outlook on what is such a bleak reality. I don't expect you to read this but I just wanted to share my appreciation of how well made this video is, thanks!
Piqued
Trains are actually free in Ireland. You just get on the train without buying a ticket then if you get asked if you have a ticket you so no, then you give a fake name and address.
Based
Trains should be free. If they want to help with global warming, they need to incentivize not using personal vehicles so much and offering free transport would be effective.
@@tigerwoods373 real
Or you give the name and address of someone you don't like
@@roberthenahan7885 nah man thats got Risks
I thoroughly enjoyed Neil dancing around in the football stands
Thank you - N
@@TheLeftistCooks giving a little Willy Wonka
@@manlymanmann7592The “quirky social disruptor” Wonka, as opposed to the “slave owning reclusive billionaire industrialist” Wonka 😅
Stuff barrack 🤬🤬🤬
@@Skyhigh91100 yeah, there's some valid critique for sure, but we love the aesthetic
one of the characters in this story is so litigious, you can just say [REDACTED] and everyone in Ireland knows who you’re talking about
Greedy mcdonagh 🤣🤣🤣
@@TheCiller10 o'brien
Your local gay communist tells the story of how a young, handsome Barack Obama swept them off their feet and broke their heart is my favorite genre.
Yeah, music for my ears.
liberals are not socialists
Irish people in Ireland fawning over an American leader is such a repulsive thing - we saw the same thing when the Queen visited Ireland and that was just as bad
So this guy is a communist? It's my first time seeing his videos and I hit subscribe because its a great informative video. The government told me I'm far right so I shouldn't agree with anything a leftist says. I'm so confused. The only clue would have been mask wearing when it's not compulsory.
Barak assassin Obama
your videos are events. fuel for the soul, mixed with knowledge for the fight. those who don't think art can affect them haven't watched a leftist cooks video.
Kimchi: The Cooks are in inspiration.
Me in chat: why don't you say the word "dick" more in your videos, that'd be funny. - N
What would illegal kimchi be?
This is the kind of video I've been looking for on Ireland. Makes me feel truly distraught looking at Ireland these days but it helps to know I'm not the only one
If the "Giant Bull's Arse" doesn't use that exact jingle if I ever drive by, it's going to be disappointing....
This is happening to Wales too, it's ground zero for a bunch of American cheap fast food chains entering the British Market
Oh no, is that why Cardiff has a lot of funky North American fast food chains and coffee places relatively recently?
Oh god…
Well I feel like something different is happening up North though. Sure, we obviously have our multinationals and dumbcraps, but… at least in Bangor, there's a leaning towards events and tourism stuff now: Building a community where before all the money got ciphoned from the highstreet into the pockets of the big stores on Caernarfon Road. The latter is still happening, not gonna lie, but it's in tandem with these events where the small businesses come by and pop their heads out. If Bangor actually flies down that road, Bangor would be a great place again for the local community
Additional point of interest:
Bangor is the only city in this area. The closest one to us is St Asaph, which isn't close at all lol
@Badgers0710 pretty much, yeah - south west Wales (one of the poorest parts) are usually the focus though, to get in that food desert economic setup
Wowwwwwwwwwww😢
Well yeah, of course it’s happening in wales, it’s happening everywhere, America has the best business model… for tge wealthy… no one extracts from the poor and funnels it to the top better than we do!
Filming at a train station while a IÉ 22000 Class DMU passed by was quite the way to activate my train autism 😅 so far loving this video 💚 I've heard of Obama plaza from family but oh god I didn't realise it was like THAT!!!
Ha! Great train knowledge
The historical re-enactment was top notch. You really make history come alive, Neil.
The O'hio gag was excellent.
I really love your Ireland videos, because I like learning about your home, but also because you talk about issues that are quite similar to East Germany where I live.
As an American, I would like to apologize to everyone for Papa John's.
Why is it always the pizza chains? Remember how Pizza Hut played a not-insignificant role in the collapse of the Soviet Union? Lmao
Eh, I like pizza, you're all good.
I would like to apologize to everyone for especially, Chuckie Cheeze
@@isthisagoodyoutubehandle It did not. Gorbachev was just a bit nicer than the other Soviet leaders, which is kinda not the best thing when you're forcibly occupying your neighbours that were looking for a way out anyway.
As an American, I would like to also apologize for Papa John the man
This is my first video of yours, and honestly, im smitten with everything youve done.
The research, presentation, the editing the structure.
Absolutely perfect, i aspire to make something like this some day.
All my love from Co.Antrim!
I thought it's gonna be a goofy video about a petrol station named after Obama. I was not prepend to have an existential crisis at 2 am
Thanks for the shoutout and the chance to voice Yanis Varoufakis! (Even if you didn't use my attempt at the Greek accent). Absolutely ADORED this one!
The way the interstate killed this small town is the same sad story in many towns here in the USA. The interstate system basically killed small towns and forced everyone into suburbs or cities
They harmed so much. I'm always in awe the more I learn about this. what was WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?! They literally said "TEAR IT ALL FUCKING DOWN AND GIVE ME A 5 TO 12 LANE FUCKING HIGHWAY!!"
crazy
Motorway, not interstate.
@@theclumsyprepper erm ahkshally 🤓☝️ in the US interstate is correct
@@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999 But in Ireland is not, and the OP wrote that the interstate killed that Irish town.
Btw, it's actually.
Part of the intent or incidental?
Is there some way to inform the orcas about specific yachts...? Asking for a friend...
Does anyone who has a yacht should have a yacht? Asking in general.
I’m sure there’s one person somewhere
Yea. Plenty of people save up a long time for their yacht. Thats like debating whether people should be allowed a house. As thats what a yacht is to many.. @@ConQuixote
Ironically, the Celtic Mist is now used by a whale and dolphin charity...
@@lmccourt7588 well, see, in US usage "yacht" means "extreme luxurious boat for the very wealthy" but I've been informed that in Europe the word is often used to simply mean "recreational boat" that anyone could own.
So I could see not being sympathetic about the attacks on former, but yes about the latter.
This isn’t just a youtube video, this is a documentary. Neil and Sarah, you guys are documentary filmmakers doing the lords work, deconstructing hard concepts into engaging and captivating films. I hope your work grows and grows!
Jacksepticeye recently mentioned he wants to learn more about his country of origin.
I wonder if he'd consider watching this?
Well that would certainly be good advertising for us
The Celtic Tiger changed the culture of the country and the people's mindset. From being a laid back country to one obsessed with having big mortgages, a new car on credit etc. People don't even socialise as much. It's become a little modern England with mad EU bureaucracy thrown in
The Celtic tiger changed Irish culture by giving people an option to stay in the country. Ireland was wasn’t a laid back country pre Celtic tiger it was a depressing country where almost everywhere was in constant decline for over a century.
@@s1.m511 How was it a depressing country? It has a vibrant culture, on the weekends village pubs were packed and bands played. You couldn't get in. Hitching a lift was also normal. The murder rate was around 12 people a year, one of the lowest in the world. Yes, people went abroad to work but they could come back after a few years and afford buy their own home. In the late 80s in rural Ireland you could buy a farm with 2O acres for 25k. That was before the hyper property inflation of the Celtic Tiger helped ruin the country. It now has a far higher suicide rate then back then. You have been spun a yarn. The whole vibe of the place has changed.
@@JoeFarrell-e3f hitching was normal because no one could afford a car.
There was a civil war going on in the north the murder rate was not 10 a year.
Most of the people who emigrated didn’t return until the Celtic tiger. When things started to get better.
There’s still plenty of places where the pubs are full every weekend.
Unemployment was higher than at the peak of the financial crisis for most of the 80s. There was nothing in Ireland for most people. The population of most rural counties was in decline its rising now. The church were tyrannical. There was massive amounts of poverty far more than today. You could buy a house for 20k because people were poor to the point where that was a massive amount of money.
Ireland was a depressing country. To pretend otherwise is pure rivisionism or just a nostalgia bias.
@@s1.m511 give me the troubles anyday compared to celtic tiger neo liberal capitalism we are living in the age of vanity and gluttony (selfies and constant eating food)
that was fucking great, genuinely one of the clearest, best presented, most engaging video essays ive ever watched.
hbomberguy call-out made me legit LOL and annoy the people around me. 100% worth it, 10/10.
Time stamp 👀
Me too but fortunately I was alone lol
I'm at the very least speechless at how solidly interesting this video is, how good you all sound, and at how we've lived through all this. Gosh.
I'm at the tax part and I'm from The Netherlands. My friends and I used to make fun of U2 not paying their taxes because they owned a letterbox in our country. It's absurd that this is even possible!
Btw, love the video as always. You two always know how to bring dystopian stuff in the most entertaining way. 💖
God. Ireland deserves better.
Time to let the Vikings back in
@@tuckerbugeater How can you help someone who is still walking around in a mask? People who believe that politicians can make a country good to live in are lost.
Continue to vote yourselves into poverty and then blame the others, whoever you choose the others to be. The Vikings haven't existed for almost 1000 years, stop dreaming.
maybe Franciscus can pray for the irish
How about Irish get off their knees and use their heads?
Fantastic work here. You guys are head and shoulders above much of what passes for left analysis on RUclips
Thank you for continuing to be and share yourselves.
the petrol station at the end of history is metal af
I've always wanted a good video essay deep-dive with this perspective on Irish politics - so much RUclips content that discusses this country always frustrates me (likely because I have more prior knowledge of the subject than similar videos on US or UK politics, which worries me slightly as to how much I've actually learned on those subjects) but this video is amazing, I'll definitely be recommending this to my friends
commenting to hopefully give this video a boost. your talk about hope versus complacency is so important
You're one of the best channels on youtube, you put so much heart into your videos
I love how vapid and soulless the Spire is - perfectly epitomizes the "line go up" mentality we've been at for the last 50yrs
Neil could pull off a great Harrier Du Bois cosplay with that beard.
and that drip
That's Rafael Ambrosius Costeau to you.
@@badethics7542 of course detective, my apologies.
I'm feeling young Alan Moore
lmao "third irish place"
the giants causeway would like a word
The Ulster Unionists would like a word!
can someone please explain this joke 😭
@@choppedghotiits the place with the cool rocks in the north
@@choppedghoti American here but I'll do my best :) the giants causeway is a scenic location in Northern Ireland, very cool hexagonal column hills on the coast. Unionists in NI are against a united Ireland and pro-NI being considered part of the UK, so the implication is they wouldn't like the causeway being considered a part of the Irish Republic
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Ideal, if Biblical literalists want a Word they might start a new universe and they can fuck off there
What a masterclass in knowing your vocation. This takes your incredibly specific context and location and dives into it deep enough to become universally relevant. Well. Done.
The whole depoliticisation comment about the democrat party in the USA seems to me to be the major project of the Labour party in the UK right now - sorry to pull the focus to the UK below a video about Ireland but as a British person, the parrallels seemed to be right there on the sufrace and I really wanted to share! Thanks for an excellent essay
"Nail in the Pale" is a new one for me, and well put. Also appreciate the breakdown of "Redemptive" vs "Pragmatic"; i was already using the latter as a pejorative, and didn't think "Revolutionary" was specific enough for the former (valid & important, but i think much broader).
Anyway, sorry i missed the premiere. My fault, bad time management 😅
Man yeah in spite of everything I know that shit at the beginning is so charming. The asking to see inside the home, the slánte, interrupting your important First Lady work to yell cousin henry.... that is like. Masterclass of how to make people Feel Connected and Welcome
I know, right? Hearing Obama’s voice soothes me into a state of calm. Which is really disturbing since he is a literal war criminal. Our brains are so easily tricked into thinking, “this person makes me feel good, so he must be a good person.”
This is one of the very few things I appreciate about having moderate paranoia. I hear that familiar tone and it sets of the Kill Bill sirens.
A little cynicism is a very healthy thing I find.
Brilliant video guys. Given the only mention of Ireland I got in my English education was that one substitute teacher who gave out a pack of cigarette trading cards to the first kid who could tell him what bloody sunday was, I'm endlessly fascinated and ashamed every time I learn more about our countries interactions.
You've got my subscription, I look forward to binging your videos over the weekend.
Thanks you guys, that was an education in itself. You. did a brilliant job. Lets hope things CAN somehow change for the better. Good luck Ireland !
never seen you guys´ channel before, this video was amazing had me captivatet all the way threw it, love from sweden
So good guys! The editing and blocking was so delightful and was so cool to see a different look for Neil. But obviously most importantly, amazing history and political discussion
Incredible video essay, I have learned bits and pieces of the history and ideas presented here, but the way y’all tied everything together in such an entertaining way was fantastic.
This is the first video I’ve seen from you. It’s amazing, I found it fascinating, even though I thought I knew quite a bit about this. Here, in New Zealand, the there are some parallels that are astonishing. Replace Dublin with Auckland and you’ve got the same thing, even down to the meaningless spire in the middle of town. Fantastic stuff. The detail and analysis in this is absolutely incredible.
Thanks From italy ! A realy good window inside Ireland!
Good job!
Y'all are such enjoyale film makers to watch. Every video is something unique and fresh and I love the passion and love that shines through every frame
As a New Zealander, a lot of this story of the selling-out of a country of ~5 million sounds far too familiar. Slàinte my friends.
Yeah, Australia is much the same including a military base staffed entirely by Americans, and overthrowing our government
I did once travel across Ireland by train, I went from Belfast to Cork, I did get stranded at Drogheda, when I stopped to visit Oliver Plunkett’s head and ended up having to get a taxi part of the way. I arrive, somewhat late for the conference in Cork
"they may bring out the choppy chop"... yes, yes we might.....
I'm helping canvass for the local elections in Ireland right now and you hit the nail exactly on the head; everyone is upset about the lack of public services, investment, and political integrity, and all of them don't see the point of voting or engaging in politics because they percieve that the system cannot change and therefore will never improve.
Instead it seems like many people are searching for aspects of modern life that they can scapegoat -- refugees, transgender people, the EU -- to explain why their lives are worse than before. People are lighting fires in hotels they think might be used to shelter homeless refugees, but when the Housing Commission release a report directly identifying government to blame for the housing deficit, nobody says a word. It's "politics", therefore boring and pointless and not worth paying attention to.
I don't know. I joined a political party because I believe in democracy, and if democracy can't fix this, at least I can say that I didn't give up until the end. I hope the spirit of redemptionism catches on, and that the change we're hoping for can be achieved peacefully.
People aren't scapegoating refugees despite what the msm says we're pointing out the country is unable to sustain this insane level of immigration legal as well as illegal
They aren’t refugees. They are economic migrants. And your tax dollars are paying their way. You can expect another million.
I really hope our local and EU elections aren't a sign that we're going to have another FF/FG government. A shakeup is much needed, we've spent all this time playing the capitalism game, let's actually use some of the money on the people now.
And yeah, as a transgender person myself I do worry quite often about us importing the UK's transphobia. We're not nearly as bad right now, but equally our government style seems so often to be to copy what the UK does with a time lag.
@@docopoper I saw in the news how two gay men were targeted and murdered. I worry about my friends.
Hearing Sarah's accent become more and more Irish the longer Sarah lives in Ireland is so funny. "Mooney"... hehehe
It's interesting to hear Neil talk about how Irish people identify with one or another political party, almost out of principle rather than strategy. In the 20th century in Flanders there was a similar phenomenon we now call Pillarification where you were either a catholic or a liberal (or later a socialist too) and you could not walk into the wrong neighborhood, bar, school or football club without risking getting beaten up or thrown out. Some people were loyal af to their parties cuz they symbolized things to them like freedom, equality or good morals, regardless of those parties fucking shit up for others.
Same thing still happens in England Scotland and Wales and it is totally irrational and idiotic.
I really enjoyed your video. It's hard not to like your presentation styles. Usually, seeing someone talking to a camera in a car park riles me up because they're in the way, but having seen what good can come from that lone person in the car park, my heart now feels only tenderness.
Amazing video. Really articulated what ive struggled to articulate despite growing up here
Moneygal is basically just the irish version of the “Cars” town…
That’s what I’m sayin’
Or radiator springs is just the “Cars” version of a very real and widespread phenomenon
My hometown is on a main highway and houses a military base, im watching it being overbuilt and the environment being degraded. I wish it had been bypassed.
I need more of both hosts' excellent minds! More videos! As a retired urban high school English teacher, I recognize brilliant teaching when I listen to you both
After watching this video I cannot help but to think when I read "Ireland, Colonialism, and the Unfinished Revolution" by Robbie McVeigh and Bill Rolston, amazing book
Im so glad I was recommended this fantastic video. Ye are legends and I'm going to keep an eye out for your videos from now on.
Love from Galway ❤
I was afraid I'd be homesick, being an American moving to Ireland, but you've alleviated all of my concerns.
I've been thinking a lot about this video since I watched - I'm a software developer working for a multi-national company who moved to Ireland from the US. I've always known on some level that I've been benefitting from UK/US imperialist history with Ireland, but this really threw it into stark relief. Making me think about a lot of stuff... how can I belong to this place that I've grown to love and call home?
Anyway just want to tell you how targeted I feel watching your videos lol
Uh oh.
Okay but you are an individual. And borders are silly. So, welcome. You are valid. - N
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Well prices are rised due to influx of corporation workers, arriving on shore. More corporations paying nothing, attracts more staff who have to pay bills. Again, rich has free cooke but workers are pays for it.
Educating yourself in this way is doing more than most of the foreign tech workers in Ireland. Get involved in your local community, register to vote if you haven’t already.
Hey, don’t fall for the propaganda telling you as an American to hate yourself. People in countries like Ireland and Canada who have directly benefited from U.S. investment will find any reason to blame American for their ongoing problems than themselves.
Excellent video as always Sarah and Neil, thank you for doing what you do and sharing what you feel
Neil keeps reminding me more and more of a sane, sober Hunter S. Thompson. That beard is A level. Chefs kiss.
Absolutely love this video. I'll be re-watching and sharing around as it nails my current interests. As a Scottish socialist, the Irish experience is so informative particularly for discussions around Scotland leaving the UK. Also, the wit and the creativity to this video, providing education alongside entertainment, that's so hard to do. You're masters of your craft!
American here. I really needed this today. Thank you both 💜
I've been feeling pretty miserable the last few days because I had my wisdom teeth taken out and I've been hiding in my room and avoiding socialising with my housemates, and finding out from this video that there's a town in Ireland called Cum cheered me up so much I ran out of my room to tell my housemates about this before one of them left the house.
@brookejones4889 yeah maybe best to go back to being miserable because the barstardisarion of Irish places by the English during centuries of invasion/colonisation/ethnic cleansing means many place names don't mean anything.
Btw its a townland and not a town.
Holy shit I am blown away by how well-made this video is. Very interesting and informative and also super visually appealing and fun to watch. And made me laugh multiple times. Impressive work.
I got a good chuckle every time you awkwardly swung the camán about.
Subscribed.
Awkwardly?!
I'm from Germany and we have in parts the same problems. They were building Streets, cut out the smaller communities and one company has the monopoly to sale their stuff to you. Nobody else is allowed to sale at this places. Not even businesses that are older than that part of the "Autobahn" that were just newly build a few years ago.
And that ladies and gentlemen is unbelievable f'ed up.
This neoliberalism spreaded like cancer and everyone seemed to be cool with it.
Margaret Thatcher was like a kickstarter for this whole privatization thing (at least in Europe) and a few years later we had Gerhard Schröder who imported it into Germany. The worst thing is, that he was a social-democrat and only a SPD (social-democrat) man could have done this because people were actually thinking "when even a SPD man sees need for this than it must be right!".
Nowadays everything is privatized and belief you me, nothing changed for the better. A month ago I was in a hospital for three weeks and it was a f'ing nightmare.
They even were sending me home without knowing what I had and they thought I was just faking it. but when they saw that my hand started to swelling and then my knee was swelling and my hand got normal again, and I was in pain almost all the time, they knew that there was a real infection going on (actually they knew it after they tested my blood and saw that i had an infection. But they didn't found bacteria or viruses in my blood wo I guess my blood made it all up as well?!?).
Most of the nurses were lazy and the doctors were anything else than good. You could barely eat that shyte they gave you for breakfast, lunch and Dinner. I couldn't even find products of such a poor quality even in the cheapest supermarkets.
Privatization made everything so much worse, it's just unbelievable that we brought us self in a situation like this.
But hey thanks to Gerhard Schröder the economy began to grow again, yay😇
Try spending time in an English hospital where most of the nurses can hardly speak English!!
So good to see the references to the imposition of cattle farming in Ireland by thr British state because i feel like often this isn't highlighted. There is an 8 part mini podcast series about animals in Ireland and the history of animism by corey lee wren that also highlights this (podcast series based on a large academic book) by same person.
Conor McCabe? Do you know the name of the podcast?
@@shanebrock1748 Yes it's Corey Lee Wren Animals In Irish Society. Forewarned there's some very bad opening/closing music and graphics, but the history was so interesting I nipped my nose through that bit!
I love how ireland is so small that this is a known landmark
The Obama plaza? Fucking cringe and embarrassing so it is
Not really a landmark, more of a thing you think of maybe once a year and think “bit strange we have a petrol station named after a president of the United States”, I didn’t even know it was in monegal till this video
lmao, the jump cuts in the section about Ireland becoming a techno colony and the HORRIFIC CONSEQUENCES slide kill me, the trumpet bump sells it. You're editing is only getting better with time. Keep it up.
Amazingly put together video with incredible points said so clearly and passionately, big up :)
Start watching because of the title, kept watching even after realising it was the length of a movie because "I'll give an Irish creator a go", but I have to say, I did not expect to be literally laughing out loud. Genuinely entertaining and informative 👏
This is the strangest music video I've ever seen for Fontaines D.C - I Love You
your video got recommended to me by youtube and it's the best video essay I've seen this year
subbed and liked
Just found this channel and I subscribed immediately, I'll definitely be using some points from this videos for inspo in my politics and econ lc exams
Appreciate the resources cited and concise summary presented therein.
I love me some irish history before bed
I'm so glad you popped up in the timeline. I've been looking for an Ireland focused, leftie channel. Love it.
love you guys 💓 thank you for this!
It's ya boi!
@@TheLeftistCooks hahaha happy to be here 🤙
You guys are amazing! Can’t believe I’ve only found your channel now! Class
I like the idea of Obama grimacing when he finds out that his shrine is actually a place where ppl go to clean their car windows or take a big s**te half way through a road trip.
thank you. for what it's worth, the messages of hope in other videos were a big deal for me at times when i was much closer to giving up on the world than to complacency.
The multi-location editing is does a great job of keeping it lively! Very well done. By the by, adding in video sections might help with the algorithm, I think the name of each section is considered as a search engine term
Ok, I'm at 1:42 and I'm hooked. Good job. Also, "the agony of old hopes" is a magnificent phrase
Such great production ! Also, great analysis. You guys know how to built hope from distress.
2011-12 were the eurocrisis, people were scared of money soon collapsing and here (Finland) we were being whipped to support actions that crippled Greece and would've crippled Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy and everyone else who stepped out of the narrow true path. Perhaps it was that extreme unfairness and the mean, almost dehumanizing way it was done in, that started to develop a class concsiousness in me and set me on a path to the left.
Still, I remember the "Hope & Change" feeling too, perhaps the recession was just a shock, the wars will surely end now that Bush is gone. In the end What Is Politics summed it up the best IMO, Hope that you win the lottery and Change your underwear everyday. That's the extent that market liberals can deliver on their goals.
Went to a leather shop in Dublin and the absolutely lovely old bear behind the counter started to talk to me about this (American businesses overwhelming Ireland/Dublin because of the desire for European access in a country that’s largely fluent in English, more specifically). I probably made a total fool of myself but shout out to him (: and thank you for the great video!!
It's interesting, the process you've described with the Irish motorways is identical to the towns a lot of my family is from in the Midwest. They were small farming communities that were absolutely decimated by the construction of the interstate nearby, the town my grandparents are from has shrank to essentially a single street, with whole blocks of building that have been abandoned for 40 years at least. It's sad that this sort of infrastructure just inherently Does This, yet people in charge keep doing it
The research done for this is phenomenal. Well done
No research necessary,most of this is common knowledge unless you live with your head in the sand.
I'm really flatulent this evening
Same
Been at the McDonald's?
did my dad write this
45:31 Fast Food Nation! I read that book when I was 12 years old because I was allowed to pick my own book for a summer book report. That book seriously changed everything about my understanding of food, America, and capitalism. I became vegetarian after that, vegan now. I didn't remember the name of the book til now, thank you Sarah!
The book changed your life so much you couldn`t even remember the name of it.Very educational.