Garbage trucks, McDonald’s, assassination attempts, mugshots, they’re eating dogs and cats in Springfield, peanut the squirrel. There are so many memes that contributed to this election that a sequel is very warranted
@@NapalmDoritos bro nobody could write that shit. comedian makes a joke about an overflowing landfill in puerto rico at a rally, media says he was talking about puerto ricans (he wasn't), the sitting president says "the only garbage i see floating around are (trump's) supporters", literally a day later Trump comes out with a garbage truck with his logo on it and says "i can't believe he would say something like that, it's a disgrace" while sitting in it being interviewed, followed by "what do you think of my garbage truck? this is in honor of kamala and joe biden", then becomes literal orange man by riding in the garbage truck to his rally in a bright orange high vis safety vest and giving a speech wearing it. i've never seen a more perfect and comedic hit piece rebuttal 180 in my life. absolute cinema
"A lot of Americans get mad about politics, but very few Americans actually _understand politics_ ." - Never in my *life* have I heard a better summary on herd behavior.
Its happened with the anti sjw movement. From people who know about politics to merely normies calling people sjws for being "edgy" and following the popular thing, despite them not knowing why SJWs are so disliked. And its not only for their views...in fact that's about only 55% I would say... If Normie's continue joining, the movement will become nothing more than right wing sjws full of strawmanning...
The media chooses what we should interpret from what Donald Trump says. They say he says "racist" things, but you looking up to news anchors as teachers, who wouldn't lie to you. They have complete bias and want you to interpret what he says as they do. Sensitive people naturally don't like Donald trump. Mentally masculine or chill people see Donald Trump as confident and a troll; I love trolls and people who invoke sensitive liberals. If you disagree, then stop listening to news and friends and interpret things for yourself; you will always be the most knowledgeable out of all you're friends, whether you be conservative or liberal.
To be fair it is very difficult for the average person working 9 to 5 to understand polictics no one has time to read a 500 page law being passed in congress.
Mainstream media, over the past 5 years, has proven to be completely disconnected with their viewers. Aside from maybe a handful that have actually learned from the 2016 campaign what sticks in people's heads, most keep doing the same old shit they've done for the past 2 decades and wonder why all their viewers are moving to online/alternative sources. It's not even a single party thing. Both liberals and conservatives have moved away from mainstream media to the point where both hardliners of each side call it "fake news". Now with this virus going on and many different sources, people subscribe to a lot of different sources saying different things about how dangerous it could be and it's affect on the world's economy. Those massive news groups have all on their own created extreme distrust on who the average joe should get their news from. It's obfuscated to the point where it all seems untrustworthy and you should just listen along ideological lines. I could go on but it's not worth it. It'll come to light what small groups are on top of the media eventually and it will fracture the current global empires. 250 years is the average. Just know that.
@Fluffynator That's partly true but entirely irrelevant. Do you remember how John Kasich, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio turned around and licked Trump's ass after he became the nominee? That's because that relationship stuff didn't matter when you are the WINNER and all your opponents have been humiliated. They don't outwardly hate Trump, the Republicans who do still say Trump is a bad person are outliers.
Goddamn. This may actually be your best video ever. Also, THANK YOU for explaining that memes are so much more than silly Internet pictures. As a Comm Studies minor, I hate trying to explain to my friends how complex memetics are, only for them to not really take me seriously due to the overtly goofy nature our culture has associated with the word "meme".
*insert quote about the shiny meme or never eating lunch in this town again or rick and morty, thereby going against the entire point of this comment in the first place*
If they're dumb enough to take anything for their first impression, to not be skeptical and analytic, i'm calling them normies. Yes, as in the slur version of "normal person", much like "noob" is to "newbie"
I made a guess Trump would win when all I saw when I turned on the TV or heard people talking. It was always about Trump. Negative or Positive. Hillary supporters talked about how bad Trump was, instead of talking about how good their candidate was.
Zach it’s true, trump suuuucks, but I don’t think we know much about Hilary’s qualities. (I’m Canadian, the news was mostly Trump, Hilary was just in the background.)
I called it too, I saw how much media time the guy was getting and said “Brand recognition and free press, this guy is going to tear into whoever runs across him.” And he did, I wasn’t surprised by how badly the media reacted, but he let them prove his points (debatable if they were good or not but still) and then he used simple language to steamroll anyone else. Hillary by contrast was far too formal compared to Trump and her talking points were ok, but what really sank her was the “Deplorable’s” speech. That alone ensured her probably most of the possible swing state votes that occurred in places like Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida.
Now, he just survived an assassination attempt. EDIT: Holy shit. Who's here after the second attempt on him? EDIT 2: Looks like Trump's back on the menu, boys
The main problem I had with this video is that he kept emphasizing on how Trump is ignorant when it comes to history and politics. But that's simply not true. He was an international businessman. Somewhat similar to what a president is, that's about half the role of what one is.
@@buenogoodlivehe isn’t a very good buisnessman though. Don’t get me wrong he understands the rules; he just isn’t great at playing a corporate game. Lucky for him getting POTUS is a game with very similar rules, but a whole different way to play.
@@spicyshark Moore is celebrating the fact that the US is turning less white, essentially celebrating murders, suicides, overdoses and low birth rates of an entire ethnic group based on arbitrary features. I'd say he's a little more than just "biased" Fuck Moore.
@@spicyshark I hate Bush and his pointless wars, you have the establishment to thank for that however, not a single man or a single party. Everyone in government is either outright mischievous, an incompetent moron, or both.
@@spicyshark It's not like multi-party systems are any better, corruption is just ad rampant here in Europe, it's just not sensationalised as much on the media because they want to hide it as much as possible but it's no better than the US.
@@spicyshark Yeah because he founded a republic, not a democracy. Unfortunately all parties across all ideologies are vulnerable to corruption. The problem with -isms is the -ists.
Yeah. I felt him being so happy in that one moment. It’s hard to see how a meme can ruin one man’s whole career that it feels pretty unfair. But that’s how it is…
He's been doing it since he got inaugurated as well... All past Presidents we never heard about only on rare occasions... The media is literally talking about Trump 24/7 365 they have not taken a single day off
The fact that people think they are smart, and others are stupid make them easily manipulated. I mean he is trump, he has a whole team of expert to think about all his moves.
So heres the thing about air pods, I work in construction and I have a set of 3m wireless noise cancelling headphones that cost me about 50 bucks. They have better sound quality than airpods and the battery lasts a full week of daily use not just 6-8 hours. Airpods are just another trendy apple scam.
What about the video of those Hillary supporters where one of the organizers was trying to get everybody to chant, “I believe that she will win!” Over, and over but literally nobody joined in, and it was just the one organizer chanting over, and over again. That was really eye opening, it’s like even most of her supporters didn’t actually believe she would win. 😂
Trump also used memes to become the President for the second time. - The mugshot - The iconic fist pump assassination photo with the American flag in the background - The 50 Cent Many Men parody - The McDonald Trump fry cook - The "Garbage" man He didn't just let memes be dreams. He came, he memed, he conquered! Also justice for Peanut
Pokemon go fuck yourselves, you deplorable peasants. We are guaranteed to win anyways, just look at the polls taken by CNN and MSNBC. Looks like we will have a repeat with Biden. Pokemon go let the dogs out?
Yeah this might be a disservice that memes did to use more than anything. People have gotten so hung up on pwning the libs with Twitter memes that basically never talk about actual policy, and when they do, it's with idiotic and hyper-simplified "memey" concepts which might be good for getting your message around when you don't care about facts, but are actually terrible for discussing political ideas effectively. Probably Trump won BECAUSE of this. His strategy basically consisted of turning off people's brains through a saturation bombardment of simple, braindead meme-format ideas. As it turns out, people are quite vulnerable to that, which is not surprising since US elections are basically reality shows.
The_Blazer So you disagree with your political opponents because, in your mind, they're horribly wrong about everything and the only way someone could believe what they believe is if they're an idiot. It's condescending, elitist pricks like you that got Trump elected in the first place and it will be condescending, elitist pricks like you that will get him re-elected.
@@angel_of_rust I agree with it proving a point, but I want to hear EmpLemon talk about the Biden debate and him dropping out, the McDonalds meme, the garbage truck meme and Joe Rogan etc. Trumps final stretch in the election was one massive glorious meme. Can you believe it?
@@milanradisavljevic5692 I’d take a Downward Diary rant at this point, it would fall in line with the declining standard of living series he did a while ago. You know damn well the left lost again for not being able to tap into that.
I convinced my history teacher to watch this. She said that she would show it if there was no swearing, but it was really educational and entertaining.
@@sundress7300 She watched it during enhancement period with my class back in 11th grade so there was only a handful of people who were blessed with this video.
Well like I said, I don’t see myself on either side of the political spectrum, I feel like there are more important things for my mind to focus on, but it certainly made the 2016 election cycle much more entertaining than usual.
I've been getting it for the past month. I've click not interested like 3 times 😂 I've watched a few times over the years and it's aged well especially after the assassination attempt
This is possibly one of the greatest RUclips videos that I have ever seen. Who would've thought that using memes, you could literally become the president of the United fucking States.
>Trump talks smack about Obama >”If you hate our president so much, why don’t you run for president?!” >Trump runs for president > *shocked pikachu.jpeg*
Aflay don't you mean shocked Trump? Because Hillary Clinton had the popular vote. Trump won because he was a joke to the left and was zealous prophet for the right meaning that trump supporters would go ape shit in the elections while a lot of people on the left wouldn't even bother because of how pathetic he was, assuming he'd lose. And those trump supporters were radicalized by "memes", a lot of them being targeted by paid actors, and once those actors had their propaganda moving, the Internet did the rest. Electoral college can be exploited if you are guaranteed that a loyal voter population of 70,000 will be present. Even with all that deplorable tactics, Clinton won the popular vote but no the electoral as I just recently explained
@@ragemonster4277 yeah no, he was literally Hitler to the left... And they couldn't beat him. Mostly because of the overall stagnation of the Obama era malaise. He won because he focused on areas Clinton didn't care about, that's why nothing else. Not liberals screeching "worse then Hitler," not Russian collusion, just Clinton and her inept and shit campaign.
Its mostly because the former is pretty concise, foward, and clear about who it is talking about and the message it is trying to put out rather than the latter which is ambiguous and kinda just makes the person saying it look out of touch. I felt a bit of the 2016 magic this year, Trump definitely went back to the drawing board with this one and it was much more organized and calculated
@@ScholarHaru It helps that for as wrong as it is, there's still an issue there worth talking about. No city is going to be able to handle having an extra 1/4 of it's current population dropped there with no real naturalization. Whether they were eating the cats or not is irrelevant, you can't just dismiss that without talking about it, which got Trump's core message on immigration out there. A wise man once said: "Trump has fans because they take him seriously but not literally, and his critics have no idea how to approach him because they take him literally but not seriously."
@@Harley_Mitchelly Exactly, this just goes to show how much of a brilliant populist and politician Trump is by using an actual problem and spreading its message using simple words to appeal to everyone no matter class. There are probably many things he said just for the vote but it will be interesting to see what policies he goes through with in these next 4 years
It also helps him that the Democrats absolutely insisted on running Hillary as their candidate despite how much she was loathed, even by members of her own party.
Bernie would have mopped the floor with him, but Dems decided to throw away his caucus votes and the super delegates wouldn’t have picked him anyway if the DNC higher-ups demanded it
who then did absolutely everything she could/the DNC did everything they could to piss off, demean and alienate the second most popular candidate who a huge portion of the party really believed in, saying the supporters of the guy who has an incredible history of being tolerant and suppporting civil rights were bigoted and sexist as opposed to the candidate who wasn't 100% for, say, gay marriage until the mid 2000s it was really just a master class in how to blow an election
I can piece together some of it to understand why Trump won. 1. The was controversial yet confident with results 2. The meme of this man was peak 3. The after failures of Joe Biden and all Democrats on pleasing the public. 4. Kamala lack in campaign or confidence to really speak up rather than blaming Trump. 5. Trump story was an underdog story and in the end he triumph.
Also Kamala was already in tremendous disavantage because of how late it took for Biden to resign thus making her campaign far less effective than Trump's who already done that before and was in the public consciouness for more time and more popular too.
It doesn’t matter how much you disagree, how much you dislike the guy, how much you’re looking forward to any potential impeachment process, no one can deny that pulling this off was damn impressive
Not really. It's mostly circumstance. The type of person Donald Trump is, combined with the opponent he faced and her absolutely cringe worthy campaign and past, combined with the type of meme-y humor the younger demographic that would support him was into.
He shaped his experience as a business tycoon into the presidential world, and he blew the competition out of the water. He basically had 5B handed over to him for ads, Hillary couldn't handle that, let alone the fact that of the people that gave their opinion, it is highly likely that the Hillary posse slacktivised (refer to Kony 2012) their way into defeat.
Fr.. i dont even knoe how to feel, ive had zero respect for that man... but.. him spending his entire life building a name for himself and using rage and memes to win his seat in the office... i cant help but to have a bit of respect for that
@@rararasputin8608 uhg, his luck is impeccable, and how he is able to to twist anything into his favor is terrifying! Let's hope people wake up, especially with his poor choices involving quarantine and other issues relating to the pandemic. We can't let him fuck up this country and our world any more then he has
You know. they started to make fun of him. Media called it "Unpresidental", and yet the Brainless sheep public agreed with it. WHY? I dont know! He could be good politician and still he lost because of scream that EVERYONE can do.
This is literally one of my top 10 favorite RUclips videos of all time, I'm so glad you've never taken it down because it's just so good for so many reasons.
Emplemon This might possibly be the best, most comprehensive video dissecting how Donald Trump became POTUS. Superbly executed and informative while remaining laid back and entertaining.
This video was (and still kind of is) ahead of its time. Its no wonder this election was such a blowout; there were even more memes produced by Donald Trump this time than last time. The mugshot, the assassination attempts, the serving of McDonald's fries, and the garbage truck. It may be ridiculous and absurd that these things are what decide the outcome, but it nonetheless seems to hold true.
The euthanizing of Fred the Raccoon-who straight up SHARED FIRST NAMES with the Orange Man’s late father and late older brother-and Peanut the Squirrel, demonstrated the hypocrisy and double standards of a “safe blue” state’s immediate crackdown on exotic animals vs. taxpayer-funded freebies for legions of illegal aliens.
@@tomhill3248 Trump is gonna win the primaries no questions asked. The Republican Party has already unilaterally declared their support for him. The only shot the Dems have of beating Trump is Bernie.
it’s about taking the “she sells seashells by the seashore” tongue twister and turns her shell market into a global operation. plus it mentions “run the be the president of the united states”
She sells seashells on the seashore, but the value of these shells will fall Due to the laws of supply and demand everyone wants to buy shells This is loads on the sand Step one, you must create sense of scarcity, shells will sell much better if the people think they're rare you see, bear with me and take as many shells as you can find, hide them on an island, stockpile em high till they're rarer than a diamond Step two gotta make the people think that they want them, really want em, really f*cking want em, hit em like Bronson, influencers, product placement, featured prime time entertainment, If you haven't got a shell then you just a f*cking waste man Three, it's Monopoly, invest inside some property, start a corporation, make a logo, do it properly, "these shells must sell", that'll be your new philosophy, swallow all your morals, they're poor man's quality Four, expand, expand, expand, clear forests, make land, fresh blood on hands Five, why just shells? Why limit yourself, she sells seashells, sell oil as well! Six, guns, sell clocks, sell diamonds, sell rocks, sell the time to a fish, sell the time to a clock Seven, press on the gas, take your foot off the brakes, then run to be the president of the United States! Eight, big smile mate! Big wave, That's great, now the truth is overrated, Tell lies out the gate Nine, polarize the people, controversy is the game, it don't matter if they hate you if they all say your name! Ten, the world is yours. Step out on the stage to a round of applause. You're a liar, a cheat, a devil, a wh*re, and you sell seashells on the seashore.
Man, I am a politic science student from Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. This video is pure gold. So much information, so well done. Congratulations.
“It’s not what your country can do for you, it’s what you can do for your country.”- John F. Kennedy “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.”- Franklin Delano Roosevelt “When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.”- Thomas Jefferson “Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far.”- Theodore Roosevelt “We do a little trolling.”- Donald J. Trump
EmpLemon is like Santa Claus. He's never seen. He gives you great gifts. His upload schedule is getting close to one video a year. And he changes a lot for you as you get older.
The other massive thing that should be considered is that usually after that one blunder that turns a candidate's bid into a laughing stock, the big backers (read: the guys who shove that sweet sweet funding) go away, leaving the candidate to eat up the last of their cash before being forced to give up since they can't run a campaign without money. Trump was *his own funding* through the whole ordeal, meaning a blunder wouldn't end his run. It's more a sidenote about why his campaign didn't entirely crash and burn right at the very start.
Discounting /pol/ is a mistake. Their influence is overstated, but it really was essential during the early stages of the nominee process. They were the only ones on the internet who pushed for him at that time, and their early attempts at memeing him layed essential groundwork down the line as to how the internet viewed him. They played a major role in establishing a loyal cult centered around him that endures even today, and it was all for shits and giggles.
Maybe it's my bias of not wanting to give credit to /pol/ for anything important, but I'm skeptical they were all that important, even in the early stages. I fail to see how any memes /pol/ might have birthed influenced anyone besides young voters and people who browse 4chan or Reddit. Most political memes don't convince people, but reinforce their previously held beliefs. That isn't to discount /pol/'s undeniable influence, being a 4chan juggernaut, but my point is that I really think Trump would have won with or without /pol/'s meme making. As for their motive being shits and giggles, I sincerely doubt this. Nobody on 4chan does stuff for the lulz anymore.
True, the people who got the ball rolling were a 'small clique' in /pol/ that had more detailed motivations and reasons to shill for him, but most of /pol/ and especially 4chan initially supported him because they: 1. Expected him to disrupt the modern political order that they hate so much (he of course did this, though not in the way that some expected (no wall, no race war, etc.)). 2. Found it fucking hilarious that Trump was genuinely bullying some of the most powerful men in America, not to mention how much fun they had with the debates and rallies he held. 3. Wanted to spite all the people who told them he was a Nazi and other such garbage claims (if anything this made them like him even more, though; to the point they started hoping this rhetoric was true (see point 1)). As you can see it is more complicated than 'shits and giggles', but it was still a very large part, and definitely the biggest reason for why his popularity shot off on 4chan so well. As for how /pol/ played such a large role, even you have admitted that the majority of his young supporters have at least been unknowingly influenced by /pol/. This alone merely proves my point, as it is these younger voters who lay the bedrock of his loyal movement, who are most passionate about Trump and what he represents, and who spread their ideas amongst their family and friends. On top of this /pol/ users were oftentimes the only sizeable group on the internet that supported Trump, against a mountain of hate and contempt. This proved decisive during the early nomination, when Trump faced republicans whose voters had scarcely used the internet outside of business and normie entertainment, and allowed his movement to swell and dominate the online debate and spotlight over the nomination, especially since democrats were distracted and refused to take Trump seriously at the time. At this stage, what Trump did for mainstream media, 4chan did for social media.
4grammaton Well one could also argue that /pol/‘s stunts around that time that were swelling in pitch helped to spread the memes across the web. I mean for crying out loud they got a News outlet to take Pepe seriously enough to make him a Hate symbol. No shit they sent the lady racist pepe memes and other stuff for laughs. They also probably shared the memes to several sub reddit’s and on facebook, twitter, and through other online pipelines (ones that weren’t too edgy mind you). You can almost treat them like political cartoons in a sense, and I also find the age assumption to be a bit off. True it tends to be the younger crowd that surfs the web, but I know tons of these memes made it into the hands of much older citizens. Some of the memes he used even helped fuel controversy and secure even more Air time. So in a way, like it or not /pol/ did something. Do we all have to agree with their positions, nah, but their method was extremely effective. Whether or not their effects on the current political climate are any good, are completely up to everyone else. But it must be said that perhaps they have more power than many wish to give them credit for, simply because they unabashedly play with edgy ideas.
Wait, a video about politics changed your opinion and caused you to like Trump? But that...that... I need to go lay down. This is too much for my liberal brain to handle.
@@ryandavid4570 Yall are taking what he said out of context. He never said he wanted to be trump. He was calling trump the American dream, and he didn't mean that was a good thing.
know I am years late to this one but worth mentioning that those watching the Nixon and JFK debate said JFK won,however those who heard it on the radio said Nixon won.
Yay, someone finally gets it! I can't believe that the guy who did all those famous YTPs back in the day decided to make an actually factual video. Not realizing the power of controversy and "memes" is yet another fallacy that will change the political landscape.
I am glad that you used the correct definition for the term "meme". Most people think that memes are merely images transmitted on the internet associated with a humorous caption.
More like the word took a new definition. Words are like that. Taking a new meaning. Mouse, keyboard, tablet, computer, desktop, and screen are some of the examples. Languages evolve. It's called semantic narrowing in the case of meme.
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@@ronathanwan1269 because as long as there are 2 parties america will be divided. the problem is neither party can agree enough for them to merge without one trying to take over the other.
@@bojarckhoosemanschnarf5851 yes, exactly this. People think it's the end of the world when their party loses, bro elections have been happening every 4 years, yet America is still around
Remember when Trump said that thing about "shit hole countrys." What was the media's response? To obsessively push that Trump was being tough on immigration and to some people that is a god damn selling point. At first I just thought that Trump was an idiot for saying that. But upon retrospect I think the guy might be a mad genius.
not really. he's changed his tune it looks like. a lot of those shit hole countries are places the United States has interfered with, if you actually read a history book. the US constantly interfered with Latin American countries in the 20th century, currently wages a shadow war in Africa, and has been interfering in the Middle East forever. Trump used to claim he was against the Iraq War, now he's kept us involved in Iraq and is nearly doing the same stupid shit and getting us into conflict with Iran. the US illegally supported a coup in 1953 to overthrow the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran, Mohammad Mossedegh. Trump used to say Bush made a mistake when he went to war with Iraq and he let 9/11 happen. meanwhile Trump has cozied up to Saudi Arabia, 15 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia and funded by Saudi Arabian government officials. not to mention half the country is poor or near poverty and the "economic success" the media is lying about, is not real
Yes he did, and it’s exactly what we all wanted. He didn’t act political and that’s what drew so many to him, many Americans accurately identified the festering waste that is Washington and decided “yea, let’s push the red button” and I’m so glad they did. Donald Trump will go down as the best and worst president of our lifetime and no narrative or pharmaceutical paid talking point will convince %50 of the country otherwise.
@J D facts about trump: won the election fair and square, has brought more women into positions of power than any other US president, has the lowest unemployment of blacks in 40 years, should I go on? You say hes not a mastermind but even with the last speech he gave he got the women who refused to acknowledge anything he did to stand up and cheer and celebrate again and again. He is full of charisma and charm and brains apparently Also you shouldn't be taking about grammar if you can't form grammatically proper sentences, dumbass.
He will be remembered for his tweets AND the way the MSM and Democrat Party UNDERESTIMATED him. His haters believe he's just a 'simpleton' that somehow made it to the White House. He's NOT. He has more IQ in his little finger than ANY "journalist" that tries to smear him or any politician that thinks they're smarter than him. Being underestimated is ONE of his greatest strengths.
no im pretty sure he won't have another term and he will be remembered as people want him to be remembered. teachers are the first to let people's children know of this worlds history and as of right now I have a 100% certainty that they WILL make him look like an àsshat in context.
RUclips is exactly what you get when you combine a radically liberal agenda with corporate mismanagement and profit motives. At this point, RUclips is a publisher, not a platform.
@@natedash11 "At this point, RUclips is a publisher, not a platform." this is the simplest but most accurate representation of modern day youtube i've seen
I've watched this video about 5 times now and it's incredible. It makes so much sense of Trumps success. I really appreciate the time and effort that has gone into this and I wish more people would take the time to watch it, especially those that still in 2019 struggle with reality of the President that they have and how he got there.
@BlackButterCrunch people sometimes just want cookie cutter video of "documentary videos" but short lenght. just like you did said "my theory is that if it was a video about something that they were actually interested in they would more inclined to waste 35 minutes watching it" is pretty accurate.
It's actually piss easy to understand. Trump got all the media attention, had a memorable slogan, and appealed to the anti-system alt-right crowd. You guys must be really thick not to get that.
@@adnel3173 what an incredibly useless comment. Basically just repeat what we all know and then insult people because you can't deal with a president you don't like. Well done snow flake. Kisses
Yup, and the cities way too often forget that those sparsely-populated rural areas are where all the food comes from. Never, ever screw with the people who grow your food. The founding fathers spent much of _The Federalist Papers_ pondering over the dilemma for which the electoral college was their solution. On the other hand, Bill Gates being the owner of the most farmland in the USA has been a troubling development. D=
Alas, he also contradicts himself or says completely idiotic things at times, further rendering him less palatable as the President of the US. He has stated the following: "The other thing with the terrorists is you have to take out their families, when you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families." ^Trump promoting terrorism.^ "(Obama) doesn't have a birth certificate. He may have one, but there's something on that, maybe religion, maybe it says he is a Muslim. I don't know. Maybe he doesn't want that." ^Trump implying that Obama is a Muslim.^ "I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down. And I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. Thousands of people were cheering." ^Trump overestimates the number of people cheering after 911 by thousands and stuck with it even though he knew what he said wasn't true.^
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Garbage trucks, McDonald’s, assassination attempts, mugshots, they’re eating dogs and cats in Springfield, peanut the squirrel. There are so many memes that contributed to this election that a sequel is very warranted
Please don’t forget that raccoon that shared first names with Pres. Donald J. Trump’s late father and late older brother.
@@Wired4Life2hmm
And now he's appointed Vince McMahon's ex-wife as the Secretary of Education
Masterful.
Internet Historian how did the fyre festival go?
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This documentary is going to be played in schools in 50 years
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@@sofakingonmynuts1438 WTF ARE YOU?
Sorry, let me translate that.
You think the world is trying to get smarter, its cute.
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this video is actually very intresting and educational to watch, it also has great soundtrack.
- mugshot
- fist up after getting shot at
- waving out of a McDonald's drive thru window
Another brilliantly run meme-based campaign.
You forgot the garbage truck
@@NapalmDoritos Shout-out to Puerto Rico’s incompetent waste management.
@@NapalmDoritos bro nobody could write that shit. comedian makes a joke about an overflowing landfill in puerto rico at a rally, media says he was talking about puerto ricans (he wasn't), the sitting president says "the only garbage i see floating around are (trump's) supporters", literally a day later Trump comes out with a garbage truck with his logo on it and says "i can't believe he would say something like that, it's a disgrace" while sitting in it being interviewed, followed by "what do you think of my garbage truck? this is in honor of kamala and joe biden", then becomes literal orange man by riding in the garbage truck to his rally in a bright orange high vis safety vest and giving a speech wearing it. i've never seen a more perfect and comedic hit piece rebuttal 180 in my life. absolute cinema
And dont forget "dark brandon" by micheal bay
Your editing is superb. I can't even edit a four minute video without getting tired and putting a still image up for half of the video.
Solar Sands I never expected for you to be a fan of emplemon
Solar Sands took of my like cause I saw 69 lol
-. .. --. --. . .-.
"Oh wow ."
At least you're honest
"A lot of Americans get mad about politics, but very few Americans actually _understand politics_ ." - Never in my *life* have I heard a better summary on herd behavior.
Its happened with the anti sjw movement. From people who know about politics to merely normies calling people sjws for being "edgy" and following the popular thing, despite them not knowing why SJWs are so disliked. And its not only for their views...in fact that's about only 55% I would say...
If Normie's continue joining, the movement will become nothing more than right wing sjws full of strawmanning...
Its straight true.
What American people don't know why sjws are hated? not many I would imagine.
The media chooses what we should interpret from what Donald Trump says. They say he says "racist" things, but you looking up to news anchors as teachers, who wouldn't lie to you. They have complete bias and want you to interpret what he says as they do. Sensitive people naturally don't like Donald trump. Mentally masculine or chill people see Donald Trump as confident and a troll; I love trolls and people who invoke sensitive liberals. If you disagree, then stop listening to news and friends and interpret things for yourself; you will always be the most knowledgeable out of all you're friends, whether you be conservative or liberal.
To be fair it is very difficult for the average person working 9 to 5 to understand polictics no one has time to read a 500 page law being passed in congress.
So. One man sumed up the winning of trump better than most of the mainsstream media. Congrats.
Mainstream media, over the past 5 years, has proven to be completely disconnected with their viewers. Aside from maybe a handful that have actually learned from the 2016 campaign what sticks in people's heads, most keep doing the same old shit they've done for the past 2 decades and wonder why all their viewers are moving to online/alternative sources. It's not even a single party thing. Both liberals and conservatives have moved away from mainstream media to the point where both hardliners of each side call it "fake news".
Now with this virus going on and many different sources, people subscribe to a lot of different sources saying different things about how dangerous it could be and it's affect on the world's economy. Those massive news groups have all on their own created extreme distrust on who the average joe should get their news from. It's obfuscated to the point where it all seems untrustworthy and you should just listen along ideological lines.
I could go on but it's not worth it. It'll come to light what small groups are on top of the media eventually and it will fracture the current global empires. 250 years is the average. Just know that.
Attacknun thanks for the essay 👉🏼😎👉🏼
@@keyboardwarrior6413 LOL in 2020
@@Attacknun THIS
@Fluffynator That's partly true but entirely irrelevant. Do you remember how John Kasich, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio turned around and licked Trump's ass after he became the nominee? That's because that relationship stuff didn't matter when you are the WINNER and all your opponents have been humiliated. They don't outwardly hate Trump, the Republicans who do still say Trump is a bad person are outliers.
“We’re doing a sequel,
We’re back by popular demand…
Come on, everybody strike up the band!”
mf did it again without 4chan
@@A-10goBRRRThe had fellow patriots 😊
Joker = 2016
Joker 2 = 2024
JD Vance is the guy at the end of Joker 2 and Trump is Arthur.
Hell Yeah! EMP needs to get a pulse on this one
"You're not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency." -Jeb Bush, 2016
Aged Iike a milk
We'll put that on his grave.
@Eric Lee still is*
Yeah but he kinda did though
“Watch me”
Goddamn. This may actually be your best video ever.
Also, THANK YOU for explaining that memes are so much more than silly Internet pictures. As a Comm Studies minor, I hate trying to explain to my friends how complex memetics are, only for them to not really take me seriously due to the overtly goofy nature our culture has associated with the word "meme".
*NEVER EATING LUNCH IN THIS TOWN AGAIN MEME*
*insert quote about the shiny meme or never eating lunch in this town again or rick and morty, thereby going against the entire point of this comment in the first place*
If they're dumb enough to take anything for their first impression, to not be skeptical and analytic, i'm calling them normies. Yes, as in the slur version of "normal person", much like "noob" is to "newbie"
GarketMardener
People still use that term? Wow.
"noob" ? Yeah, and it has more "instatagged as low tier memester" value now
I made a guess Trump would win when all I saw when I turned on the TV or heard people talking. It was always about Trump. Negative or Positive. Hillary supporters talked about how bad Trump was, instead of talking about how good their candidate was.
Zach it’s true, trump suuuucks, but I don’t think we know much about Hilary’s qualities. (I’m Canadian, the news was mostly Trump, Hilary was just in the background.)
You'veBeenPoisoned ! Freemasons run our country and who knows what else. We dont elect all our officials. Its a joke
yup.
Zach, you should've made bets man...
I called it too, I saw how much media time the guy was getting and said “Brand recognition and free press, this guy is going to tear into whoever runs across him.” And he did, I wasn’t surprised by how badly the media reacted, but he let them prove his points (debatable if they were good or not but still) and then he used simple language to steamroll anyone else. Hillary by contrast was far too formal compared to Trump and her talking points were ok, but what really sank her was the “Deplorable’s” speech. That alone ensured her probably most of the possible swing state votes that occurred in places like Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida.
Recent events have brought me back here. Your videos are the best thing here on this platform.
Time for part two baby 😂
Part 2!!!!
He did it again, he is genius!
Now, he just survived an assassination attempt.
EDIT: Holy shit. Who's here after the second attempt on him?
EDIT 2: Looks like Trump's back on the menu, boys
Emp might end up with enough material to compose two video essay sequels on the Orange Man/Outlaw President.
and memes about it are being spread everywhere
HERE WE GO AGAIN. BUY PEPE COIN MEME MAGICK BABY
Trump rolling 6 somehow
@@Wired4Life2 outlaw president is an awesome nickname
Hes a businessman
He doesnt have to be likable, just successful
The main problem I had with this video is that he kept emphasizing on how Trump is ignorant when it comes to history and politics. But that's simply not true. He was an international businessman. Somewhat similar to what a president is, that's about half the role of what one is.
Yeah and Kylie Jenner is a self made billionaire
@@buenogoodlivehe isn’t a very good buisnessman though. Don’t get me wrong he understands the rules; he just isn’t great at playing a corporate game. Lucky for him getting POTUS is a game with very similar rules, but a whole different way to play.
This is literally the only analysis of Trump's win that matters
I like the one made by Learn Something. I like his timeline too.
@@spicyshark Moore is celebrating the fact that the US is turning less white, essentially celebrating murders, suicides, overdoses and low birth rates of an entire ethnic group based on arbitrary features.
I'd say he's a little more than just "biased"
Fuck Moore.
@@spicyshark I hate Bush and his pointless wars, you have the establishment to thank for that however, not a single man or a single party. Everyone in government is either outright mischievous, an incompetent moron, or both.
@@spicyshark It's not like multi-party systems are any better, corruption is just ad rampant here in Europe, it's just not sensationalised as much on the media because they want to hide it as much as possible but it's no better than the US.
@@spicyshark Yeah because he founded a republic, not a democracy. Unfortunately all parties across all ideologies are vulnerable to corruption.
The problem with -isms is the -ists.
I feel so bad for Howard Dean. He looked so happy with that scream and then the internet took it and ruined him.
Yeah. I felt him being so happy in that one moment. It’s hard to see how a meme can ruin one man’s whole career that it feels pretty unfair. But that’s how it is…
Hey, at least we got to hear his scream again at Breaking Bad lol
@@nabilbudiman271 Heh.
Stupid american voters at it again. Just stupid voters in general.
Ngl, if he originally did that back in 2016, chances are he would had been a real competior to Trump.
Trump knows how to win a reality show. And he won the biggest reality shot ever: America!
America would not at all be a reality show. I don't know if anything here is real
AndyDoesAnAnimateYT nowadays shit be feeling like a long drawn out cartoon episode
Yeah, but it's gone too whacky. I mean, all of 2020 so far has just been too out there. It's no longer believable.
Holy shit bro
@@rowanmurphy5239 perhaps
I feel like whether u love him or hate him he has outsmarted us all in terms of publicity
He's been doing it since he got inaugurated as well... All past Presidents we never heard about only on rare occasions... The media is literally talking about Trump 24/7 365 they have not taken a single day off
@@The_yeffy1All this time we thought we were playing him....but in reality we were playing ourselves
The fact that people think they are smart, and others are stupid make them easily manipulated. I mean he is trump, he has a whole team of expert to think about all his moves.
@@gappergob6169 we weren't playing ourselves we we're helping the country.
I wouldn't cal it outsmarting, so much as out-dumbing. Be as completely imbecilic as possible, and the other imbeciles will lap it up.
If Kanye finds this he gonna become both Kanye East and West
LMAO
Fucking prophet
Bipolar joke
?
we need a kanye east. the imbalance is what causes California to just fucking explode every couple months
>Wanna see me do it again?
It’s not just a theory it’s a fact just look at Apple they use Memes to sell the AirPods
Woah
Peoplw realy be paying top dollar for that meme
I like DROIDS BECAUSE THEIR CHEAPER THO
So heres the thing about air pods, I work in construction and I have a set of 3m wireless noise cancelling headphones that cost me about 50 bucks. They have better sound quality than airpods and the battery lasts a full week of daily use not just 6-8 hours. Airpods are just another trendy apple scam.
@@autodidacticartisan What's the name of those? I've been looking for a good quality pair of earbuds on a budget
@@winfieldk6692 3m worktunes. And theyre not earbuds theyre headphones
tbh the whole Hillary campaign was pure cringe. "Po ke mon go to the polls"
"Love trumps hate" explains it all
But she dabbed, on television... Isn't that a hip thing to do to connect with "the youth?"
What about the video of those Hillary supporters where one of the organizers was trying to get everybody to chant, “I believe that she will win!” Over, and over but literally nobody joined in, and it was just the one organizer chanting over, and over again. That was really eye opening, it’s like even most of her supporters didn’t actually believe she would win. 😂
pOkEmOn Go! to tHe POllS! Trump and Sanders supporters are just sexist (and that totally justifies the DNC's dirty tricks).
They really gave him the fuckin win by giving hilary their nomination lmao
Who is Trump? He is the guy who helped Kevin in Home Alone 2
Hell yeah
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssss
T3d bundy
Seems about right
Down the hall, grab'em by the pu$$y.
Trump also used memes to become the President for the second time.
- The mugshot
- The iconic fist pump assassination photo with the American flag in the background
- The 50 Cent Many Men parody
- The McDonald Trump fry cook
- The "Garbage" man
He didn't just let memes be dreams. He came, he memed, he conquered!
Also justice for Peanut
His Trump 2024 campaign was mind blowing
Gotta say, this one was really entertaining to watch
Certainly.
Hillary during her entire campaign:
“How do you do, fellow kids?”
"I'm just chilling".
Pokemon go fuck yourselves, you deplorable peasants. We are guaranteed to win anyways, just look at the polls taken by CNN and MSNBC.
Looks like we will have a repeat with Biden. Pokemon go let the dogs out?
She also didn't really do anything besides presume she was gonna win the election by a blowout simply by showing up.
It's true!
Mike Bloomberg is another example
Yup and that's why the EU fears memes
black market memes
Uganda Knuckles Christ you meane a meme market
@@JCardo2502 yes
Grab helium, get biodegradabe balloons, print meme, tie to balloon, walk out side, shitpost the sky
Huh, it makes sense now
This aged well with Trump's mugshot and him getting sjot and holding his fist in the air.
Even well now that he won
Disappointed, this video has no mention of the biggest grand slam uppercut in politics:
"Because you'd be in jail"
I’m pretty sure her email server was found along with all of the emails
Clayj27 you are fake news. *Very* fake news.
Psychlops 924 I never said it was certain
Even though I didn't like either Candidate, when he said that I literally said "Welp, he's won. I'm fucked."
WWE background
"legend has it that they talked about legit political issues, but historians dispute this"
best line
I literally spit out my coffee laughing at this line
Yeah this might be a disservice that memes did to use more than anything. People have gotten so hung up on pwning the libs with Twitter memes that basically never talk about actual policy, and when they do, it's with idiotic and hyper-simplified "memey" concepts which might be good for getting your message around when you don't care about facts, but are actually terrible for discussing political ideas effectively.
Probably Trump won BECAUSE of this. His strategy basically consisted of turning off people's brains through a saturation bombardment of simple, braindead meme-format ideas. As it turns out, people are quite vulnerable to that, which is not surprising since US elections are basically reality shows.
The_Blazer
So you disagree with your political opponents because, in your mind, they're horribly wrong about everything and the only way someone could believe what they believe is if they're an idiot.
It's condescending, elitist pricks like you that got Trump elected in the first place and it will be condescending, elitist pricks like you that will get him re-elected.
@@combativeThinker so then what policies did you vote on?
Haha he just said this in the vid just when i got to this comment. How weird!
i hope that by the day that i die the whole world is a meme
2016 already did that just to let you know.
legend 28 History of the entire world, I guess
Soon...
Cyranek me too
I dunno, pretty sure the world isn’t an idea...if you’re talking about stuff IN the world, then it pretty much is.
This needs a sequel now. Please.
Damn right. This whole weekend im celebrating. murica
@@Sataka23clips To be fair, let’s remember: Emp put out this video essay a year after Election 2016.
it's gonna be more of the same, but what this video did right that will last forever is proving a point, and reality proved it for him.
@@angel_of_rust I agree with it proving a point, but I want to hear EmpLemon talk about the Biden debate and him dropping out, the McDonalds meme, the garbage truck meme and Joe Rogan etc.
Trumps final stretch in the election was one massive glorious meme. Can you believe it?
@@milanradisavljevic5692 I’d take a Downward Diary rant at this point, it would fall in line with the declining standard of living series he did a while ago. You know damn well the left lost again for not being able to tap into that.
"The Coca-Cola Company is not happy with me-- That's ok, I still keep drinking that garbage"
Boy that's a quality tweet from trump
It's pretty strong.
Missed opportunity for him to build a badass marketing campaign for pepsi. Just sayian....
LMFAO
Pepsi better
@wantafanta01 true
I convinced my history teacher to watch this. She said that she would show it if there was no swearing, but it was really educational and entertaining.
Legendary
Did she show it?
@@sundress7300 She watched it during enhancement period with my class back in 11th grade so there was only a handful of people who were blessed with this video.
Fredward nice 👌
Sounds like your history teacher is an idiot. Basing decisions on word choice and not content.
I don’t always agree with Trump, but man, no matter your political alignment you have to admit that this campaign was nothing short of genius!
Yeah, it was genius, and it must never happen again.
Well like I said, I don’t see myself on either side of the political spectrum, I feel like there are more important things for my mind to focus on, but it certainly made the 2016 election cycle much more entertaining than usual.
But- THE RUSSIANS HACKED THE ELECTION!!!
I believe it's also how the left demonizes everyone who isn't on their side.
@@chepemasacuata1 so true
Who’s getting this in their recommended after the assassination attempt?
I've been getting it for the past month. I've click not interested like 3 times 😂 I've watched a few times over the years and it's aged well especially after the assassination attempt
Nah I searched for this cos I like this video
Me
I searched for this video myself lol
Unfortunately Trump is trying to appeal to gays, women, and Israel now.
This is possibly one of the greatest RUclips videos that I have ever seen. Who would've thought that using memes, you could literally become the president of the United fucking States.
Culture changes, so does the people.
It took a lot more then memes, the political stuff the emplemon skiped over is the main contributer to his victory.
Ian billgates I know, but it definitely helped him win.
John Spade true true
What a time to be alive
And boy is it a weird fucking time
>Trump talks smack about Obama
>”If you hate our president so much, why don’t you run for president?!”
>Trump runs for president
> *shocked pikachu.jpeg*
@@theragingplatypus4743 After all odds were against him
Aflay don't you mean shocked Trump? Because Hillary Clinton had the popular vote. Trump won because he was a joke to the left and was zealous prophet for the right meaning that trump supporters would go ape shit in the elections while a lot of people on the left wouldn't even bother because of how pathetic he was, assuming he'd lose. And those trump supporters were radicalized by "memes", a lot of them being targeted by paid actors, and once those actors had their propaganda moving, the Internet did the rest. Electoral college can be exploited if you are guaranteed that a loyal voter population of 70,000 will be present. Even with all that deplorable tactics, Clinton won the popular vote but no the electoral as I just recently explained
Rage Monster I’m pretty sure a lot of Hillary’s votes were from illegal immigrants. Doesn’t that count as cheating?
@@ragemonster4277 yeah no, he was literally Hitler to the left... And they couldn't beat him. Mostly because of the overall stagnation of the Obama era malaise. He won because he focused on areas Clinton didn't care about, that's why nothing else. Not liberals screeching "worse then Hitler," not Russian collusion, just Clinton and her inept and shit campaign.
do I look like I know what a Jpeg is?
This is Documentary-tier Level of editing and research, Keep it up Proud of you ~
W O W E T H A N
G R E A T *M O V E S*
Downward spiral
When youtubers make better, more informative videos than the media
Looks like "they're eating the dogs, eating the cat" is a way better meme than "I grew up in a middle class family " 😂
Its mostly because the former is pretty concise, foward, and clear about who it is talking about and the message it is trying to put out rather than the latter which is ambiguous and kinda just makes the person saying it look out of touch. I felt a bit of the 2016 magic this year, Trump definitely went back to the drawing board with this one and it was much more organized and calculated
@@ScholarHaru It helps that for as wrong as it is, there's still an issue there worth talking about. No city is going to be able to handle having an extra 1/4 of it's current population dropped there with no real naturalization. Whether they were eating the cats or not is irrelevant, you can't just dismiss that without talking about it, which got Trump's core message on immigration out there.
A wise man once said: "Trump has fans because they take him seriously but not literally, and his critics have no idea how to approach him because they take him literally but not seriously."
@@Harley_Mitchelly Exactly, this just goes to show how much of a brilliant populist and politician Trump is by using an actual problem and spreading its message using simple words to appeal to everyone no matter class. There are probably many things he said just for the vote but it will be interesting to see what policies he goes through with in these next 4 years
4:54 talks about a virus, then shows a clip with a huge box of toilet paper. Emp lemon was ahead of his time
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He also talked about how Ted Cruz held up a Bible and lied
Toilet paper predicts the future
A true Vissionary.
Ah yes, a covid-er
It also helps him that the Democrats absolutely insisted on running Hillary as their candidate despite how much she was loathed, even by members of her own party.
69 likes confirmed
Also GOD WHY
And then pushing an idiot like Joe Biden for primary in 2020, and now a country in shambles which is probably gonna get the meme cheeto back in office
Bernie would have mopped the floor with him, but Dems decided to throw away his caucus votes and the super delegates wouldn’t have picked him anyway if the DNC higher-ups demanded it
it was burnys turn
who then did absolutely everything she could/the DNC did everything they could to piss off, demean and alienate the second most popular candidate who a huge portion of the party really believed in, saying the supporters of the guy who has an incredible history of being tolerant and suppporting civil rights were bigoted and sexist as opposed to the candidate who wasn't 100% for, say, gay marriage until the mid 2000s
it was really just a master class in how to blow an election
"This is not a political video"
Ben Shapiro: "That's literally impossible"
Owned lemtards
Ducky Man it be like that sometimes
St_UPP_ id li*beraaal*
no its thatsliterallyimpossible
I do not remember commenting this
I can piece together some of it to understand why Trump won.
1. The was controversial yet confident with results
2. The meme of this man was peak
3. The after failures of Joe Biden and all Democrats on pleasing the public.
4. Kamala lack in campaign or confidence to really speak up rather than blaming Trump.
5. Trump story was an underdog story and in the end he triumph.
Also Kamala was already in tremendous disavantage because of how late it took for Biden to resign thus making her campaign far less effective than Trump's who already done that before and was in the public consciouness for more time and more popular too.
An absolute master peice.
More educational than my algebra class.
SoggyBreadMan everything’s more educational than that
It was clearly more educational than your English class.
*piece.
XD
A Chivalrous Knight Fuckin' torched
A Chivalrous Knight
Treu, Englesh fucing suckid
This man literally explained the 2016 election better than anyone ever could
There's also bryce edward brown's explanation on the Waldo moment
this video is more relevant to reality than 99% of the "political" videos major networks make
It doesn’t matter how much you disagree, how much you dislike the guy, how much you’re looking forward to any potential impeachment process, no one can deny that pulling this off was damn impressive
Not really. It's mostly circumstance. The type of person Donald Trump is, combined with the opponent he faced and her absolutely cringe worthy campaign and past, combined with the type of meme-y humor the younger demographic that would support him was into.
He shaped his experience as a business tycoon into the presidential world, and he blew the competition out of the water. He basically had 5B handed over to him for ads, Hillary couldn't handle that, let alone the fact that of the people that gave their opinion, it is highly likely that the Hillary posse slacktivised (refer to Kony 2012) their way into defeat.
Fr.. i dont even knoe how to feel, ive had zero respect for that man... but.. him spending his entire life building a name for himself and using rage and memes to win his seat in the office... i cant help but to have a bit of respect for that
@@loeandbehold4808 He played us all, it's quite scary. For all we know COVID might just work in his favor as well.
@@rararasputin8608 uhg, his luck is impeccable, and how he is able to to twist anything into his favor is terrifying! Let's hope people wake up, especially with his poor choices involving quarantine and other issues relating to the pandemic. We can't let him fuck up this country and our world any more then he has
inb4 lettuce pencil becomes a meme
Probably on iFunny
Caleb Foster yep.
Is this the new "Durr plant"? A meaningless, flora-based inside joke with no punchline? Yes please.
+Kevin Hanson
*[Durr plant cringe flashbacks]*
Burg Bass 🅱encil Lettuce*
Amazing how Howard Dean lost everything, just because he was passionate about doing the literal thing people were backing him to do.
You know. they started to make fun of him.
Media called it "Unpresidental", and yet the Brainless sheep public agreed with it. WHY? I dont know! He could be good politician and still he lost because of scream that EVERYONE can do.
The scream that killed howard dean.
A death by a controversial meme.
It may be because he wasn't trying to meme and thus got sucker punched by when he ended as one.
@@weridplusho Or its because of Secret politics that destroyed him, and they hide it with this scream
@@AxenfonKlatismrek Possibly. I heard of the meme before but never the dude, haha.
This is literally one of my top 10 favorite RUclips videos of all time, I'm so glad you've never taken it down because it's just so good for so many reasons.
I've probably watched it 100 times ngl
Emplemon This might possibly be the best, most comprehensive video dissecting how Donald Trump became POTUS.
Superbly executed and informative while remaining laid back and entertaining.
Chris G Snake?....is that you?
As someone who has followed politics very closely for over 20 years, this is one of the best breakdowns of the 2016 election I have ever seen.
Memes are powerless and insignificant.
EmpLemon 💋💋💋
lemon senpai notice me
EmpLemon are you going to make a top 10 memes of 2017?? Good video btw
EmpLemon Trump is god
EmpLemon is your Spiral over?
This video was (and still kind of is) ahead of its time. Its no wonder this election was such a blowout; there were even more memes produced by Donald Trump this time than last time. The mugshot, the assassination attempts, the serving of McDonald's fries, and the garbage truck. It may be ridiculous and absurd that these things are what decide the outcome, but it nonetheless seems to hold true.
The euthanizing of Fred the Raccoon-who straight up SHARED FIRST NAMES with the Orange Man’s late father and late older brother-and Peanut the Squirrel, demonstrated the hypocrisy and double standards of a “safe blue” state’s immediate crackdown on exotic animals vs. taxpayer-funded freebies for legions of illegal aliens.
I guess you could say memes were his "Trump" card.
I cant believe I got 1000 likes off of a bad pun xD
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaahhh...
Skooter Gaming goddam it
2007
Will you be here all week?
Other people's meme level: Beginner, amature.
Trump's meme level: President of the United States
Small brain: create memes for fame and status.
Galaxy brain: uses memes to become the president of the most poweful nation on earth.
@@quocvietophu1627 But Trump is not the leader of Russia...
169 likes: *P E R F E C T I O N*
@@hunorfarkas6531 Eh, the Chairman of the PRC is a lot stronger.
no, my name is tyler We’re too lazy.
"I have a meme"
- Donald J. Trump
"I have an usus"
-Hillary Clinton, on socialism
“I have the best memes”
"This is not a real quote." - Obama
@big_shaq LOL
Very good dev57
Black guy: *holding Confederate flag*
White guy: *holding BLM flag*
*“Somethings wrong, I can feel it.”*
That is quite an odd picture
No it isn't.
@fck peace No that was the last president, Today's president is a grandad who looks good in shades
Kanye West~
Look the bad guy's have the coolest uniform and flags
“Wanna see me do it again”
Depends on who wins the primaries.
Deja vu
@@tomhill3248 Trump is gonna win the primaries no questions asked. The Republican Party has already unilaterally declared their support for him.
The only shot the Dems have of beating Trump is Bernie.
All political science teachers on my uni says theres no chance in hell Trump doesnt get a second term. He has the system by the balls
"Wanna see me destroy the 22nd amendment?"
It doesn’t matter that they hate you if they all say your name. - Money Game
it’s about taking the “she sells seashells by the seashore” tongue twister and turns her shell market into a global operation. plus it mentions “run the be the president of the united states”
Great song
There's no such thing as bad publicity
10. The world is yours
She sells seashells on the seashore, but the value of these shells will fall
Due to the laws of supply and demand everyone wants to buy shells This is loads on the sand
Step one, you must create sense of scarcity, shells will sell much better if the people think they're rare you see, bear with me and take as many shells as you can find, hide them on an island, stockpile em high till they're rarer than a diamond
Step two gotta make the people think that they want them, really want em, really f*cking want em, hit em like Bronson, influencers, product placement, featured prime time entertainment, If you haven't got a shell then you just a f*cking waste man
Three, it's Monopoly, invest inside some property, start a corporation, make a logo, do it properly, "these shells must sell", that'll be your new philosophy, swallow all your morals, they're poor man's quality
Four, expand, expand, expand, clear forests, make land, fresh blood on hands
Five, why just shells? Why limit yourself, she sells seashells, sell oil as well!
Six, guns, sell clocks, sell diamonds, sell rocks, sell the time to a fish, sell the time to a clock
Seven, press on the gas, take your foot off the brakes, then run to be the president of the United States!
Eight, big smile mate! Big wave, That's great, now the truth is overrated, Tell lies out the gate
Nine, polarize the people, controversy is the game, it don't matter if they hate you if they all say your name!
Ten, the world is yours. Step out on the stage to a round of applause. You're a liar, a cheat, a devil, a wh*re, and you sell seashells on the seashore.
Man, I am a politic science student from Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. This video is pure gold. So much information, so well done. Congratulations.
ayyy southern hemisphere bro :D australian here. CHRISTMAS IS SUNNY, DAMNIT!
@@ferret4072 That's fucking true, bro! :)
@@TheChiacch
ferret rip
@@ferret4072 Lucky bastards, fuck now, honestly.
This video is once again peak commentary as it applies perfectly today as well.
can i say how much i love your videos? they are soo well structured and edited, its amazing to watch!
bocodamondo I love your channel senpai
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Imagine having your entire career and life image destroyed because of a soundbyte.
Feel bad for Howard Dean
but the memes tho
@@SHITSWEEEK No
Byahhh!
I did not mind Dean until he became head of the DNC and started propagating the same horse$hit lies that the media and the dems are always doing.
BBBYYYAAAAAAAAHHHHHH YAAAHHHHH
Edit: Thank you Mr. Chapelle
*Beginning*: "This should be interesting..."
*End*: "Holy. Shit."
“It’s not what your country can do for you, it’s what you can do for your country.”- John F. Kennedy
“We have nothing to fear but fear itself.”- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.”- Thomas Jefferson
“Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far.”- Theodore Roosevelt
“We do a little trolling.”- Donald J. Trump
Hell yeah! Words I personally live by >:3
"My butt's been wiped!" - Joe Biden
based
@@commandervile394 Cornpop was a bad dude
EmpLemon is like Santa Claus.
He's never seen.
He gives you great gifts.
His upload schedule is getting close to one video a year.
And he changes a lot for you as you get older.
Also he only works for one social class.
only santa is not on a downward spiral
So EmpLemon is fake?
The other massive thing that should be considered is that usually after that one blunder that turns a candidate's bid into a laughing stock, the big backers (read: the guys who shove that sweet sweet funding) go away, leaving the candidate to eat up the last of their cash before being forced to give up since they can't run a campaign without money. Trump was *his own funding* through the whole ordeal, meaning a blunder wouldn't end his run. It's more a sidenote about why his campaign didn't entirely crash and burn right at the very start.
Aaron Nagy Small loan of a million Dollars?
This is just incredible. The research, the backup, the presentation, just incredible. All of it.
Here after Trump was on Rogan. Amazing interview.
*that moment when a boomer can use the internet to become the strongest leader in the world*
Maybe boomers aren't as bad as we think
That boomer learned how to become an effective millennial...respect...👍
Gen Z is gonna be so crazy if people can utilize the internet this purposefully in this way.
Boomers: *are the bad guys*
Trump: Maybe I don't want to be the bad guy anymore
@@-hello6177 duuh
Discounting /pol/ is a mistake. Their influence is overstated, but it really was essential during the early stages of the nominee process. They were the only ones on the internet who pushed for him at that time, and their early attempts at memeing him layed essential groundwork down the line as to how the internet viewed him. They played a major role in establishing a loyal cult centered around him that endures even today, and it was all for shits and giggles.
Maybe it's my bias of not wanting to give credit to /pol/ for anything important, but I'm skeptical they were all that important, even in the early stages. I fail to see how any memes /pol/ might have birthed influenced anyone besides young voters and people who browse 4chan or Reddit. Most political memes don't convince people, but reinforce their previously held beliefs. That isn't to discount /pol/'s undeniable influence, being a 4chan juggernaut, but my point is that I really think Trump would have won with or without /pol/'s meme making. As for their motive being shits and giggles, I sincerely doubt this. Nobody on 4chan does stuff for the lulz anymore.
True, the people who got the ball rolling were a 'small clique' in /pol/ that had more detailed motivations and reasons to shill for him, but most of /pol/ and especially 4chan initially supported him because they:
1. Expected him to disrupt the modern political order that they hate so much (he of course did this, though not in the way that some expected (no wall, no race war, etc.)).
2. Found it fucking hilarious that Trump was genuinely bullying some of the most powerful men in America, not to mention how much fun they had with the debates and rallies he held.
3. Wanted to spite all the people who told them he was a Nazi and other such garbage claims (if anything this made them like him even more, though; to the point they started hoping this rhetoric was true (see point 1)).
As you can see it is more complicated than 'shits and giggles', but it was still a very large part, and definitely the biggest reason for why his popularity shot off on 4chan so well.
As for how /pol/ played such a large role, even you have admitted that the majority of his young supporters have at least been unknowingly influenced by /pol/. This alone merely proves my point, as it is these younger voters who lay the bedrock of his loyal movement, who are most passionate about Trump and what he represents, and who spread their ideas amongst their family and friends. On top of this /pol/ users were oftentimes the only sizeable group on the internet that supported Trump, against a mountain of hate and contempt. This proved decisive during the early nomination, when Trump faced republicans whose voters had scarcely used the internet outside of business and normie entertainment, and allowed his movement to swell and dominate the online debate and spotlight over the nomination, especially since democrats were distracted and refused to take Trump seriously at the time. At this stage, what Trump did for mainstream media, 4chan did for social media.
If anything, it was more likely that it was a few savvy people in Trump's media campaign that decided to set up an early base of psy-ops in /pol/.
4grammaton Well one could also argue that /pol/‘s stunts around that time that were swelling in pitch helped to spread the memes across the web. I mean for crying out loud they got a News outlet to take Pepe seriously enough to make him a Hate symbol. No shit they sent the lady racist pepe memes and other stuff for laughs. They also probably shared the memes to several sub reddit’s and on facebook, twitter, and through other online pipelines (ones that weren’t too edgy mind you). You can almost treat them like political cartoons in a sense, and I also find the age assumption to be a bit off. True it tends to be the younger crowd that surfs the web, but I know tons of these memes made it into the hands of much older citizens. Some of the memes he used even helped fuel controversy and secure even more Air time.
So in a way, like it or not /pol/ did something. Do we all have to agree with their positions, nah, but their method was extremely effective. Whether or not their effects on the current political climate are any good, are completely up to everyone else. But it must be said that perhaps they have more power than many wish to give them credit for, simply because they unabashedly play with edgy ideas.
I only know of cults in California and what is /pol/ (ex. Is Scientology, which is fucking weird as shitttt!!!)
I don't know if this was your intention, but this video made me go from not really caring about Trump to frickin' loving the guy.
Same
Wait, a video about politics changed your opinion and caused you to like Trump? But that...that...
I need to go lay down. This is too much for my liberal brain to handle.
INSTANT CONVERSION.
NPCarlsson
Same
Seeing all of this track strategy and insane fucking play together definitely gives him some fuckin props
Gonna need an update on this one buddy
no, the vindication is enough
I remember everyone wanted to be Donald Trump in the 80’s and 90’s when I was younger. Even Obama wrote an essay he wanted to be Trump.
Trump should bring that up and say, "Thanks for the endorsement Obama!
Wait seriously? Whoa dude is Obama's essay online somewhere? I want to read it.
They all wanted to be like Trump until they realized that he was running against them and going to ruin their plans. Hahahaha
ruclips.net/video/uU4q415Rkb0/видео.html i still love you Dad.
@@ryandavid4570 Yall are taking what he said out of context. He never said he wanted to be trump. He was calling trump the American dream, and he didn't mean that was a good thing.
I showed my parents this video. They really liked it. But one question they asked hurt me. “Who’s 4Chan???” I lost half my lifespan when I heard that.
@Radspakr Wolfbane LMAO
why?
4Chan is weaponized autism, obviously.
the brave soldiers of kekistan
4Chan
Full name: H4ckerChan - the most powerful hacker of all time
know I am years late to this one but worth mentioning that those watching the Nixon and JFK debate said JFK won,however those who heard it on the radio said Nixon won.
Being good looking while debating someone who looks like an ogre goes a long way for people’s perception
"Wanna see me win this 2016 election?"
"Wanna see me do it again?"
This is the best take on the 2016 election I have seen yet. Great job
Dukemaen, I totally agree. This should be shown in schools and colleges and students would be actually learning something useful.
Yay, someone finally gets it! I can't believe that the guy who did all those famous YTPs back in the day decided to make an actually factual video. Not realizing the power of controversy and "memes" is yet another fallacy that will change the political landscape.
I am glad that you used the correct definition for the term "meme". Most people think that memes are merely images transmitted on the internet associated with a humorous caption.
Who?
So true! I learned about memes in Marketing class in College in the 1990s when the internet was just AOL and there was no social media
More like the word took a new definition. Words are like that. Taking a new meaning. Mouse, keyboard, tablet, computer, desktop, and screen are some of the examples. Languages evolve. It's called semantic narrowing in the case of meme.
trump quickly watching emplemon to get inspired before the election
You could say that memes was his *trump* card.
What have you done, you just created another potential meme.
OH COME ON!
*were his trump card. IM TRIGGERED AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Were*
I don't get it?😕
The ability to lead a country is insignificant next to the power of the Memes.
I find your lack of patriotism disturbing.
Very funny Joke.
funi mem
UNLIMITED POWER! (of memes)
....but think of the LULZ!!!!
This is not a political video
Comments: oh no
Comments: Anyway
Don't we have enough of "my party good, everyone else big bad"? Why does every comment section quickly turns into a political flame war?
*turn
@@ronathanwan1269 because as long as there are 2 parties america will be divided. the problem is neither party can agree enough for them to merge without one trying to take over the other.
Democrats survived with trump and most are fine now we should be fine with a term of biden
@@bojarckhoosemanschnarf5851 yes, exactly this. People think it's the end of the world when their party loses, bro elections have been happening every 4 years, yet America is still around
Trump now has the MOST powerful Meme in history.
It was all leading up to this 😂
Religion: *Are you **_sure_** about that?*
How has EmpLemon made the most accurate political analysis of the election?
Emplemon has done that by using memes. *PLOT TWIST*
EmpLemon is a shitposter, not a shittalker. He may use shitpost but his words are in essence the truth.
His level of understanding and editing is far greater than your average shit poster.
The most accurate meme analysis*
Lmao. No it's just that no one liked hillary
Most admired man
11. *_B I L L C O S B Y_*
Count Mustard Still is today
Hilary's Bill is worst than Cosby
12. Michael Jackson
@@RomantikongGinoo That's genius.
Virgins that desperately want sex: *"hey, pussy is pussy"*
Remember when Trump said that thing about "shit hole countrys." What was the media's response? To obsessively push that Trump was being tough on immigration and to some people that is a god damn selling point. At first I just thought that Trump was an idiot for saying that. But upon retrospect I think the guy might be a mad genius.
He dared to say what many thought. When someone makes your thoughts public, it's natural to support them.
Still no proof he said "shit hole country." Just he said, she said b.s.
@@jackmayor3574 I'm pretty he did say that actually.
@@twinzzlers Nope, no proof, other than he said she said
not really. he's changed his tune it looks like. a lot of those shit hole countries are places the United States has interfered with, if you actually read a history book. the US constantly interfered with Latin American countries in the 20th century, currently wages a shadow war in Africa, and has been interfering in the Middle East forever. Trump used to claim he was against the Iraq War, now he's kept us involved in Iraq and is nearly doing the same stupid shit and getting us into conflict with Iran. the US illegally supported a coup in 1953 to overthrow the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran, Mohammad Mossedegh. Trump used to say Bush made a mistake when he went to war with Iraq and he let 9/11 happen. meanwhile Trump has cozied up to Saudi Arabia, 15 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia and funded by Saudi Arabian government officials. not to mention half the country is poor or near poverty and the "economic success" the media is lying about, is not real
I think there's one thing that we can all agree on, regardless of our "political affiliation", is that he certainly did a little trolling.
*_ye-ye-ye-ye-ye, ye-ye-ye, ye-ye-ye, o-ho-ho-ho-ho!_*
Yes he did, and it’s exactly what we all wanted. He didn’t act political and that’s what drew so many to him, many Americans accurately identified the festering waste that is Washington and decided “yea, let’s push the red button” and I’m so glad they did.
Donald Trump will go down as the best and worst president of our lifetime and no narrative or pharmaceutical paid talking point will convince %50 of the country otherwise.
"They Pokemon went to the poll to vote for Trump".
Booooooooo
Trumpémon ! I choose you !
Lol best comment😂😂😂🍺😂😂😂😂
@@Ryderman2000 Best😂😂😂😂😂🍺🍺🍺🍺😂😂😂😂😂😂
Trump has been playing 5D underwater pick up sticks while the rest of us are only playing 3D chess
@J D thankyou for proving the videos theory even more.
Duuuude XD underwater puck up sticks in the 5th dimension...
@J D facts about trump: won the election fair and square, has brought more women into positions of power than any other US president, has the lowest unemployment of blacks in 40 years, should I go on?
You say hes not a mastermind but even with the last speech he gave he got the women who refused to acknowledge anything he did to stand up and cheer and celebrate again and again. He is full of charisma and charm and brains apparently
Also you shouldn't be taking about grammar if you can't form grammatically proper sentences, dumbass.
J D
>thin skinned
>won the most powerful seat on planet Earth
Most absurd thing I’ve read
@J D if you think trump is bad my president need to know your location
Google
Muhammad buhari for more information
P.s. I wish trump was my president
Memes can change a person, for better or for worst
StickMaster500 Hi how are you
destroyer2998 ancle dan is a very good Santa man
StickMaster500 it saved me from suicide
StickMaster500 it saved Robbie Rotten
Oh, good to see you on these videos too.
Trump: "Hey America, wanna see me get elected President?"
"Wanna see me do it again?"
truly trump will go down as one of the world's best memelords
Or memes
He will be remembered for his tweets AND the way the MSM and Democrat Party
UNDERESTIMATED him. His haters believe he's just a 'simpleton' that somehow made
it to the White House. He's NOT. He has more IQ in his little finger than ANY "journalist" that tries to smear him or any politician that thinks they're smarter than him. Being underestimated is ONE of his greatest strengths.
Timothy Ng seriously he kekd the hell outta everyone.
no im pretty sure he won't have another term and he will be remembered as people want him to be remembered. teachers are the first to let people's children know of this worlds history and as of right now I have a 100% certainty that they WILL make him look like an àsshat in context.
Or Presidents
This used to pop up at the top when you searched for it, now it's not. Good ole youtube.
You-tube does not want us to learn....
RUclips is malding
RUclips is exactly what you get when you combine a radically liberal agenda with corporate mismanagement and profit motives. At this point, RUclips is a publisher, not a platform.
@@natedash11 "At this point, RUclips is a publisher, not a platform." this is the simplest but most accurate representation of modern day youtube i've seen
They still recommend it to me
I've watched this video about 5 times now and it's incredible. It makes so much sense of Trumps success. I really appreciate the time and effort that has gone into this and I wish more people would take the time to watch it, especially those that still in 2019 struggle with reality of the President that they have and how he got there.
This is the perfect comment
@BlackButterCrunch people sometimes just want cookie cutter video of "documentary videos" but short lenght. just like you did said "my theory is that if it was a video about something that they were actually interested in they would more inclined to waste 35 minutes watching it" is pretty accurate.
It's actually piss easy to understand. Trump got all the media attention, had a memorable slogan, and appealed to the anti-system alt-right crowd.
You guys must be really thick not to get that.
@@adnel3173 what an incredibly useless comment. Basically just repeat what we all know and then insult people because you can't deal with a president you don't like. Well done snow flake. Kisses
@@adnel3173 you don't even know what your saying. You called me thick. Do you know where you are right now? Are you Joe Biden?
idk how people think that the electoral college is bad, it protects rural America from having to submit to the will of the cities
Yup, and the cities way too often forget that those sparsely-populated rural areas are where all the food comes from. Never, ever screw with the people who grow your food. The founding fathers spent much of _The Federalist Papers_ pondering over the dilemma for which the electoral college was their solution.
On the other hand, Bill Gates being the owner of the most farmland in the USA has been a troubling development. D=
You know what? I'm convinced. Humans are no complex creatures, only memes. The whole universe is a dank meme
Ld Alexandrite I'm convinced
Alas, he also contradicts himself or says completely idiotic things at times, further rendering him less palatable as the President of the US. He has stated the following:
"The other thing with the terrorists is you have to take out their families, when you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families."
^Trump promoting terrorism.^
"(Obama) doesn't have a birth certificate. He may have one, but there's something on that, maybe religion, maybe it says he is a Muslim. I don't know. Maybe he doesn't want that."
^Trump implying that Obama is a Muslim.^
"I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down. And I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. Thousands of people were cheering."
^Trump overestimates the number of people cheering after 911 by thousands and stuck with it even though he knew what he said wasn't true.^
And humanity is the joke of it
As humans we inherently simpifly things to our advantage , one of these said things is politics , rhetoric and Proganda
chemical reaction is basically just atoms memeing through electrons