Fun fact, well not fun, more like heartbreaking. The pilot that started dropping the candy...one day he was standing at the edge of the airfield and saw a group of children gathered nearby watching. He found a pack of gum in his pocket with 1 stick left and gave it to the kids. The children broke up the piece and shared it. The kids that didn't get a piece took turns sniffing the wrapper. That motivated the pilot to start bringing in candy for the kids.
If you are questioning the razor blades part...remember that general electric, the guys who made your toaster, made the gun that the rest of the a10 warthog jet was built around
This was so fun to learn inside and out of school for me, and I have done various jobs at a variety of festivals. When I worked at one artisan festival last year at an art booth (paintings, sculptures, ect.) I ended up finding a plaque for an award to one of the pilots being used as a base for a sculpture.
12:42 "This was a very high point of Capitalism and a very low point for Communism." Budy, Communism is nothing but low points. The only reason comies will never admit it is because dishonesty is an integral foundation of Communism.
So many people today are socialist it’s hilarious it’s like they just wanna dive into chaos😂 and not because it’s failed every time. But because getting rid of private property is the worst idea ever that’s not why the rich get richer it’s like trying to solve a problem with a problem 🤦♂️
The draw of communism is the idealism of communism. The main reason anybody ever wants it is because it theoretically breaks down class and race barriers, and everybody is treated fairly and equally, with money not standing in the way to separate them. The problem is that for communism to work, it relies on everyone involved, particularly the people "in charge" (which defeats the purpose of classless equality to begin with, but whatever), have to be selfless, caring and willing to give the people the same rights, liberties and necessities as they themselves get. But from the very beginning, and throughout its entire lifespan, every communist nation to date was controlled by egotistical, selfish, paranoid, and downright monstrous people. Started by warlords and tyrants from the very beginning, the so-called "communist utopia" was doomed from the start to be just another authoritarian nightmare of state security, secret police, human rights violations, and the absolute lack of freedom in general. In reality, there never really has been a communist nation in history. Just another brand of tyranny.
@@josefsieffen18 the problem with communism is it relies on the people in charge not being corrupt greedy or tyrannical. Which when you give someone power it corrupts when you give someone wealth they want more and absolute power corrupts absolutely
@@josefsieffen18 but in communism you’d still have to give certain jobs more Marx points or whatever the fuck because doctors make more for society then gas station employees. Which would just create the exact same classes
@@josefsieffen18 Cuba is communist Venezuela is communist. Capitalism works in a vacuum or as the entire global economic system it’s fully flexible to fit what we need
As for prison currencies, those also include tea, instant noodles and sweets. Cigs do seem to be the most popular though, even with very few smokers around.
The other items listed are on the commissary list meaning they are easy to get, people get them in bulk and have no scarcity meaning those items have no real value. Tobacco on the other hand isn't on the list so it has to be smuggled in. This makes it harder to get, this lack of it adds value to it making it the better choice for currency.
Im from germany. The berlin airlift cemented the friendship and connection we still have with the USA. and to the berlin Airlift. we made a movie about it. ANd another thing, there were over 20 types of aircraft used... guess who showqed up to maintain them... if your guess was former Luftwaffe technicians have a cookie because you are right. Men fighting one another some years ago came together and saved the city that was the heart of an evil empire not so long ago.
There are a number of things that have a static, almost ironclad, trade value. Water, food, medicine, tobacco (in general), any form of fuel, and weaponry are the most prominent.
The CANDY BOMBER 🍬 is my favorite part of this story. Just a random act of kindness that just spiraled into becoming one of the most memorable parts of the biggest humanitarian effort in history ... just ... legendary.
Great video Rave! I’ve seen very few reactors actually knowing some of the history behind his stories. My hat is off to you and your knowledge. Hope to see you dive deeper into TFE’s content. Until then keep up the great work bud!
That's kinda due to prohibition. When prohibition killed the salon as social hubs, the soda jerk selling ice cream took it spot in the community, and when prohibition ended it keep it position with teens, so ice cream was seen as important with young adults drafted as alcohol for keeping up morale
Truman followed the guy with the wheelchair (fdr). He also desegregated the armed forces while being the first Democrat president ever who wasn't either a slaveowner or KKK member.
The cigarettes being used remind me of lockdown in South Africa. There are two things you don't take away from South Africans, and that's alcohol and cigarettes. We smuggled so much alcohol and cigarettes in the country, the police and military sorta gave up. And people who didn't want to buy alcohol just produced their own. If I remember the prices correctly, it was like 50 ZAR for a packet of cigarettes and 300 ZAR to 450 ZAR for a bottle of brandy or wyn.
I would imagine that making the Mars Rover was a one and done thing or a two and done thing, so after you get your money from NASA you still want to stay in business past that year. So I guess they used the machines to mass produce razors.
12:40 I mean, my entire job is loading up cargo planes with containers chalk full of stuff, and it's actually easier to do so than you would think, that being said, I'd be dead at the end of the work day if that many planes are constantly going in and out.
Depressing fun fact: the Treaty of Versailles at the end of WWI was, in large part, a response to the Treay of Versailles at the end of the Franco-Prussian war which was the war that lead to the founding of the German Empire, IE the Second Reich, which would collapse at the end of WWI. So while the treaty was a disaster and directly led to WWII, it is somewhat understandable since Prussia did it to France first.
@@ilovejettrooper5922 social security has been an utter disaster he made a multitude of financial regulations. Ww2 was the true reason the Great Depression ended not the new deal he put forth. I’d argue the new deal has lead our government to outrageous spending today
The thing I funnily took note when I watched the video is the method and talking points the Soviets did oddly sound familiar. As in very recent events familiar. The pilots playing chicken with US aircraft, the last them out till winter. The lyrics ring true, "The more things change the more they stay the same".
tobacco(and thus cigarettes) have a lot of medicinal properties that would make life in a collapsed country a lot easier to bare. offers short term pain relief, helps deal with upset stomach(say from substandard food prep), can help with alleviating the effects of minor colds, etc. There's a reason it's been popular for so long.
a safety razor is effectively 3 parts at minimum, the top and stem which makes the curve, the base which is what you hold, and the bottom which is a captive screw, if you have the tools to make it you can essentially mass produce something and get 50-100$ from about 10$ of material and time, they charge 70 for the razor, 10$ for 100 blades, not a horrible price but you are in merkur futur price range for a fixed length razor, so its value is questionable, and given I never heard of their razors, i'm assuming they are not as good as persona labs or feather.
I don't know about the black market value of cigarettes but cigarettes are still fairly popular from what I've seen at least to those in their late twenties early thirties.
Another thing about the Berlin airlift, the Russians really wanted to punish the Germans as this was the 2nd time in 30 years that Germany invaded Russia and they wanted to make sure that it couldn't happen a third time
Germany complaining about the Treaty of Versailles is a bit rich considering the territory and reparations they demanded from France after the Franco-Prussian war. Honking great double standard.
Propaganda doesn't need to lie. In fact, good propaganda doesn't lie. But propaganda is still propaganda. Whether it's good or bad depends on who's using it.
if you take a long hard look at Marxist Communism and it's nothing like Stalinist/Maoist Communism those only Co-opted what portions of Karl Marx's Communist Manafesto that suited their ideals
Do you want corn, nuts, or little bits of plastic embedded in your communism? Any way you get it, it stinks just as bad. It does help fertilize minds into creative means of escape, for a whole.
Communism could work if every single human on the planet was completely virtuous and altruistic and no one was ever selfish, manipulative or violent. The problem is there will always be people who are those things and communism makes it super easy for those people to seize power, hence why when communist governments are put in place, it usually ends up with a dictatorship or oligarchy that oppresses and controls everyone else.
“Razor blades” the blades are standard Double Edge Safety Razors. Price of blades range from 5 cents to $1 Look up traditional wet shaving. The younger you start the more money you save. I use 10 cent Gillette DE blades, my lady legs aren’t as sensitive as dude faces, whichever brand works with your skin… still going to be much cheaper long term than cartridge scam prices.
You can sort of save even more money with a traditional straight razor; the initial investment is very high, but as long as you care for it properly, a good quality straight razor can become a generational item. I don't have the patience for that anymore, though, so I picked up a "shavette," which is basically a straight razor that uses disposable blades. Friends, wet shaving with a good quality straight or safety razor is the way to go, trust me: Man and Woman both agree on this.
@@PhycoKrusk i use a shavette but for tiny touch ups on eyebrows if Im in a sudden rush with no time to pluck. But I do most of my leg shaving in the shower. Taking the shavette to the shower is a bit too daunting for me. But yup, same blades which is very much appreciated
@@TheGelatinousSnake Would not recommend a shavette in the shower; if you drop a safety razor, it's not _good,_ but it's not that likely to injure you or break something. If you drop a shavette, about all you can do is pray.
Unless I'm mistaken, China is distancing themselves from North Korea. The attitude of North Korean leadership is making it so their a liability to associate with. Only other pariah states (like Iran or Russia) are really willing to work with them. Also, American capitalism does indeed suck as it's just a free-for-all shitshow. The original concept of it, having the government implementing laws and regulations that keep things in check, is far better. I also like democratic socialism as it's a good hybrid of systems so long as it has a competent government. Which the current Canadian government is not unlike when the current PMs dad was in the same position.
you democratic socialism is a good thing and don't like american capitalism? you are aware government bailout are against the american capitalist ideal and infact much like socialism breed a group at the top wh prioritizes holding there industry down. in short my point is we're mixed and honestly pulling away government aid to top level companies and banks would do us some good
@@marley7868 I know that socialism has problems with people at the top. However, a democratic version can mitigate those problems through checks and balances if the government is competent. The current type of capitalism in the US is highly corrupt and therefore causes lots of problems. The ideal is long gone and it would take a lot of work to undo the effects of corruption. Even if the damage was undone and checks and balances were in place and enforced corruption would still exist as it's just part of human greed. I will always prefer the idea of my own countries government over the American style. I like the idea of it being hard to get a gun and anything that isn't for hunting requiring extra thorough checks and a special license.
@@marley7868 I'm talking about rooting out the corruption through implementing new laws. Things that prevent bribes and such, like that election campaigns can only have a set amount of money. When it comes to handouts, I would say things like universal basic income so everybody gets at least the bare minimum needed to get by with a set cutoff point. Also, have the government be required to help solve unemployment through employment programs. Add in housing programs meant to make extremely cheap yet safe housing to get people off the street. The cherry on top would be massive tax hikes for the rich people. The rich and powerful would be the ones paying for it all.
@@irystocrattakodachithatmooms what you described is a bribe from the government correction several bribes and you want them on all factors possible for living should add another one for better healthcare cause like you tend to forget that breeds one thing automatically a worse product if the government garentees healthcare doctors get worse at there jobs more government programs that take money from citizens at best waste peoples cash and since it's not opt in it's theft and all so we can less or at best the same but after the goverment op costs get taken out oh and I'm not rich I am basicaly who they made alot of there financial aid systems for and I've never used them and never will cause I know an immoral idea when I see it also tax hiking the rich means rich people run like hell noone likes getting taxxes and rich people can totally just bail to a country willing to acomodate them at any time so toss in your bad gun takes and your just standard socialist stupid
Fuck Communism am I right?
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Fun fact, well not fun, more like heartbreaking. The pilot that started dropping the candy...one day he was standing at the edge of the airfield and saw a group of children gathered nearby watching. He found a pack of gum in his pocket with 1 stick left and gave it to the kids. The children broke up the piece and shared it. The kids that didn't get a piece took turns sniffing the wrapper. That motivated the pilot to start bringing in candy for the kids.
If you are questioning the razor blades part...remember that general electric, the guys who made your toaster, made the gun that the rest of the a10 warthog jet was built around
And with literally ONE less of those made we could actually have decent funding for schools.
This was so fun to learn inside and out of school for me, and I have done various jobs at a variety of festivals. When I worked at one artisan festival last year at an art booth (paintings, sculptures, ect.) I ended up finding a plaque for an award to one of the pilots being used as a base for a sculpture.
That's amazing and I agree this was fun to learn about!
12:42 "This was a very high point of Capitalism and a very low point for Communism."
Budy, Communism is nothing but low points. The only reason comies will never admit it is because dishonesty is an integral foundation of Communism.
So many people today are socialist it’s hilarious it’s like they just wanna dive into chaos😂 and not because it’s failed every time. But because getting rid of private property is the worst idea ever that’s not why the rich get richer it’s like trying to solve a problem with a problem 🤦♂️
The draw of communism is the idealism of communism. The main reason anybody ever wants it is because it theoretically breaks down class and race barriers, and everybody is treated fairly and equally, with money not standing in the way to separate them. The problem is that for communism to work, it relies on everyone involved, particularly the people "in charge" (which defeats the purpose of classless equality to begin with, but whatever), have to be selfless, caring and willing to give the people the same rights, liberties and necessities as they themselves get. But from the very beginning, and throughout its entire lifespan, every communist nation to date was controlled by egotistical, selfish, paranoid, and downright monstrous people. Started by warlords and tyrants from the very beginning, the so-called "communist utopia" was doomed from the start to be just another authoritarian nightmare of state security, secret police, human rights violations, and the absolute lack of freedom in general. In reality, there never really has been a communist nation in history. Just another brand of tyranny.
@@josefsieffen18 the problem with communism is it relies on the people in charge not being corrupt greedy or tyrannical. Which when you give someone power it corrupts when you give someone wealth they want more and absolute power corrupts absolutely
@@josefsieffen18 but in communism you’d still have to give certain jobs more Marx points or whatever the fuck because doctors make more for society then gas station employees. Which would just create the exact same classes
@@josefsieffen18 Cuba is communist Venezuela is communist. Capitalism works in a vacuum or as the entire global economic system it’s fully flexible to fit what we need
As for prison currencies, those also include tea, instant noodles and sweets. Cigs do seem to be the most popular though, even with very few smokers around.
now tea I can get behind as a prison currency!
The other items listed are on the commissary list meaning they are easy to get, people get them in bulk and have no scarcity meaning those items have no real value. Tobacco on the other hand isn't on the list so it has to be smuggled in. This makes it harder to get, this lack of it adds value to it making it the better choice for currency.
Im from germany. The berlin airlift cemented the friendship and connection we still have with the USA. and to the berlin Airlift. we made a movie about it. ANd another thing, there were over 20 types of aircraft used... guess who showqed up to maintain them... if your guess was former Luftwaffe technicians have a cookie because you are right. Men fighting one another some years ago came together and saved the city that was the heart of an evil empire not so long ago.
I heard that Templehof airport was originally a propaganda project by the Nazis. The fact that it became a site of such hope and good is inspiring.
There are a number of things that have a static, almost ironclad, trade value. Water, food, medicine, tobacco (in general), any form of fuel, and weaponry are the most prominent.
For the razor company question. Experience with materials. Contracts come and go but you can make a quality product between government contracts.
makes sense, they found a great way to leverage their experience
The CANDY BOMBER 🍬 is my favorite part of this story. Just a random act of kindness that just spiraled into becoming one of the most memorable parts of the biggest humanitarian effort in history ... just ... legendary.
@13:39 to answer your question. it's a cargo plane, it's already stripped of all non-essentials. meaning it's a flying empty shell.
Great video Rave! I’ve seen very few reactors actually knowing some of the history behind his stories. My hat is off to you and your knowledge. Hope to see you dive deeper into TFE’s content. Until then keep up the great work bud!
Thank ya! I do love history, glad ya liked it!
The candy airdrop is kind of like one the Japanese Admiral found out America had a one ship dedicated to making ice cream
That's kinda due to prohibition. When prohibition killed the salon as social hubs, the soda jerk selling ice cream took it spot in the community, and when prohibition ended it keep it position with teens, so ice cream was seen as important with young adults drafted as alcohol for keeping up morale
Truman followed the guy with the wheelchair (fdr). He also desegregated the armed forces while being the first Democrat president ever who wasn't either a slaveowner or KKK member.
The cigarettes being used remind me of lockdown in South Africa. There are two things you don't take away from South Africans, and that's alcohol and cigarettes. We smuggled so much alcohol and cigarettes in the country, the police and military sorta gave up. And people who didn't want to buy alcohol just produced their own.
If I remember the prices correctly, it was like 50 ZAR for a packet of cigarettes and 300 ZAR to 450 ZAR for a bottle of brandy or wyn.
the message sound around 11:03 made me check all my applications like 3 times haha. good vid tho :D
Glad you liked it! hahahaha
I would imagine that making the Mars Rover was a one and done thing or a two and done thing, so after you get your money from NASA you still want to stay in business past that year. So I guess they used the machines to mass produce razors.
12:40 I mean, my entire job is loading up cargo planes with containers chalk full of stuff, and it's actually easier to do so than you would think, that being said, I'd be dead at the end of the work day if that many planes are constantly going in and out.
for a bit of context on that last whale figure; thats roughly half the total weight of the entire Hawaiian island chain. it's absurd
Depressing fun fact: the Treaty of Versailles at the end of WWI was, in large part, a response to the Treay of Versailles at the end of the Franco-Prussian war which was the war that lead to the founding of the German Empire, IE the Second Reich, which would collapse at the end of WWI. So while the treaty was a disaster and directly led to WWII, it is somewhat understandable since Prussia did it to France first.
FDR was our wheelchair bound president. But he has some big ones too he lead us through ww2 .
Also looked at a torpedo as it tore through the water at him before barley missing😂
The one and only President to get elected 4 times.
@@crowravencorvenrow and kept us in the Great Depression years longer than we needed to👍
@@matthewhawthorne8411 Can you expand on that at all??
@@ilovejettrooper5922 social security has been an utter disaster he made a multitude of financial regulations. Ww2 was the true reason the Great Depression ended not the new deal he put forth. I’d argue the new deal has lead our government to outrageous spending today
The thing I funnily took note when I watched the video is the method and talking points the Soviets did oddly sound familiar. As in very recent events familiar.
The pilots playing chicken with US aircraft, the last them out till winter.
The lyrics ring true, "The more things change the more they stay the same".
The sun zu clip was from battleship
tobacco(and thus cigarettes) have a lot of medicinal properties that would make life in a collapsed country a lot easier to bare. offers short term pain relief, helps deal with upset stomach(say from substandard food prep), can help with alleviating the effects of minor colds, etc. There's a reason it's been popular for so long.
Back when I was in high school sometime around 2002-2003 I ate lunch with Colonel Gail Halvorsen one time. It was a great experience.
2.3 million tons is about the same as 23 Nimitz class aircraft carriers.
a safety razor is effectively 3 parts at minimum, the top and stem which makes the curve, the base which is what you hold, and the bottom which is a captive screw, if you have the tools to make it you can essentially mass produce something and get 50-100$ from about 10$ of material and time, they charge 70 for the razor, 10$ for 100 blades, not a horrible price but you are in merkur futur price range for a fixed length razor, so its value is questionable, and given I never heard of their razors, i'm assuming they are not as good as persona labs or feather.
I don't know about the black market value of cigarettes but cigarettes are still fairly popular from what I've seen at least to those in their late twenties early thirties.
cigarettes last long, a pack is easely divisble and portable. and can be consumed as a bonus.
but mostly it has some of the same qualities as money
Another thing about the Berlin airlift, the Russians really wanted to punish the Germans as this was the 2nd time in 30 years that Germany invaded Russia and they wanted to make sure that it couldn't happen a third time
Communism sells a rising tide and delivers a reaper's scythe.
They flew in the weight of 23 aircraft carriers in to Berlin
Ammo, weed, and booze would be the big black market items in America today if shit hit the fan.
Today I would say coffee and ammo instead of cigarettes. At least in America where we have guns.
Germany complaining about the Treaty of Versailles is a bit rich considering the territory and reparations they demanded from France after the Franco-Prussian war. Honking great double standard.
America goes brrr
Propaganda doesn't need to lie. In fact, good propaganda doesn't lie. But propaganda is still propaganda. Whether it's good or bad depends on who's using it.
Man I'd say today's black market store of value would probably be California, great weed....
I noticed that the video it slightly behind the words being said does anyone see this?
I didn't notice it when watching the recording, but I'll double check future videos to be safe!
TFE's video is lagging compared to the audio.
You have my follow on twitch. See you soon.
aw thank ya!
if you take a long hard look at Marxist Communism and it's nothing like Stalinist/Maoist Communism those only Co-opted what portions of Karl Marx's Communist Manafesto that suited their ideals
Do you want corn, nuts, or little bits of plastic embedded in your communism? Any way you get it, it stinks just as bad. It does help fertilize minds into creative means of escape, for a whole.
How so??
Communism could work if every single human on the planet was completely virtuous and altruistic and no one was ever selfish, manipulative or violent. The problem is there will always be people who are those things and communism makes it super easy for those people to seize power, hence why when communist governments are put in place, it usually ends up with a dictatorship or oligarchy that oppresses and controls everyone else.
“Razor blades” the blades are standard Double Edge Safety Razors. Price of blades range from 5 cents to $1
Look up traditional wet shaving. The younger you start the more money you save. I use 10 cent Gillette DE blades, my lady legs aren’t as sensitive as dude faces, whichever brand works with your skin… still going to be much cheaper long term than cartridge scam prices.
You can sort of save even more money with a traditional straight razor; the initial investment is very high, but as long as you care for it properly, a good quality straight razor can become a generational item.
I don't have the patience for that anymore, though, so I picked up a "shavette," which is basically a straight razor that uses disposable blades.
Friends, wet shaving with a good quality straight or safety razor is the way to go, trust me: Man and Woman both agree on this.
@@PhycoKrusk i use a shavette but for tiny touch ups on eyebrows if Im in a sudden rush with no time to pluck. But I do most of my leg shaving in the shower. Taking the shavette to the shower is a bit too daunting for me. But yup, same blades which is very much appreciated
@@TheGelatinousSnake Would not recommend a shavette in the shower; if you drop a safety razor, it's not _good,_ but it's not that likely to injure you or break something. If you drop a shavette, about all you can do is pray.
Unless I'm mistaken, China is distancing themselves from North Korea. The attitude of North Korean leadership is making it so their a liability to associate with. Only other pariah states (like Iran or Russia) are really willing to work with them. Also, American capitalism does indeed suck as it's just a free-for-all shitshow. The original concept of it, having the government implementing laws and regulations that keep things in check, is far better. I also like democratic socialism as it's a good hybrid of systems so long as it has a competent government. Which the current Canadian government is not unlike when the current PMs dad was in the same position.
you democratic socialism is a good thing and don't like american capitalism? you are aware government bailout are against the american capitalist ideal and infact much like socialism breed a group at the top wh prioritizes holding there industry down.
in short my point is we're mixed and honestly pulling away government aid to top level companies and banks would do us some good
@@marley7868 I know that socialism has problems with people at the top. However, a democratic version can mitigate those problems through checks and balances if the government is competent. The current type of capitalism in the US is highly corrupt and therefore causes lots of problems. The ideal is long gone and it would take a lot of work to undo the effects of corruption. Even if the damage was undone and checks and balances were in place and enforced corruption would still exist as it's just part of human greed.
I will always prefer the idea of my own countries government over the American style. I like the idea of it being hard to get a gun and anything that isn't for hunting requiring extra thorough checks and a special license.
@@irystocrattakodachithatmooms and you think centralized or federal handouts will decrease corruption? historically bribes tend to do the opposite
@@marley7868 I'm talking about rooting out the corruption through implementing new laws. Things that prevent bribes and such, like that election campaigns can only have a set amount of money. When it comes to handouts, I would say things like universal basic income so everybody gets at least the bare minimum needed to get by with a set cutoff point. Also, have the government be required to help solve unemployment through employment programs. Add in housing programs meant to make extremely cheap yet safe housing to get people off the street. The cherry on top would be massive tax hikes for the rich people. The rich and powerful would be the ones paying for it all.
@@irystocrattakodachithatmooms what you described is a bribe from the government correction several bribes and you want them on all factors possible for living should add another one for better healthcare cause like you tend to forget that breeds one thing automatically a worse product if the government garentees healthcare doctors get worse at there jobs
more government programs that take money from citizens at best waste peoples cash and since it's not opt in it's theft and all so we can less or at best the same but after the goverment op costs get taken out
oh and I'm not rich I am basicaly who they made alot of there financial aid systems for and I've never used them and never will cause I know an immoral idea when I see it
also tax hiking the rich means rich people run like hell noone likes getting taxxes and rich people can totally just bail to a country willing to acomodate them at any time so toss in your bad gun takes and your just standard socialist stupid