Mao Zedong's infamous mango cult - Vivian Jiang

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Dig into the era of China’s Cultural Revolution, and how communist leader Mao Zedong used mangoes as a propaganda tool.
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In August 1968, factory workers overheard news of a mandatory meeting. Whispered rumors described shipments of a gift from the country’s Communist leader, Chairman Mao Zedong. And sure enough, managers soon distributed a gift to every factory worker- a glass box encasing a golden wax replica of a mango. What was the meaning behind this unusual offering? Vivian Jiang investigates.
Lesson by Vivian Jiang, directed by Kayu Leung.
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@yellowstarproductions6743 Год назад

Cool

@Hex-Mas Год назад

Cults are fun. Do the tRump one next.

@lovarreanne Год назад

The animation looks great! Suit the dark story.

@bobbydennis8333 Год назад

2024(G) “Respect and dignity.” Furthermore:

@xkm1948 Год назад

Disliked your propaganda and reported for misinformation.

@jibberwocky4054 Год назад

The animation style and audio goes VERY well with the bizarre seemingly harmless but horrifying nature of Mao’s Mangoes

@bestuan Год назад

True

@confued114 Год назад

It makes it look like a creepy fever dream

@jackwashburn9927 Год назад

this is easily one of the best and most thematically fitting ted ed animations.

@adatzotschew1625 Год назад

Music too

@AKei1412 Год назад

reminds me of Detention, easily one of my favorite games out there

@Andreamom001 Год назад

Imagine commenting that a fruit doesn’t impress you and losing your life for it.

@DegreesOfThree Год назад

All mangos matter.

@sketchyskies8531 Год назад

It’s so bizarre to me

@yellowstarproductions6743 Год назад

@@sketchyskies8531 me too

@yellowstarproductions6743 Год назад

That is history for you.

@Dekku Год назад

they should have let that man go

@butter-biscuit2248 Год назад

This style of animation works really well with the story. With the majority of the color scheme being a grayscale with the highlighting the red and mango’s colors really brings attention to the morbidity of Mao’s Mango’s

@mimosveta Год назад

You are very gullible if you believe any of this story. Apparently Pakistani pm did give a crate of mangoes to chairman, but he didn't like the fruit, so he gifted it to factories around the country. There was a large personality cult around Mao at the time, as it happens when you do good things, so, being unable to get close to Mao, workers transferred that reverence to mango instead. They moved mangoes on jets around so that everyone could bask in their glory, and shared them among themselves, to the point where every worker got to enjoy a single drop of mango juice, there just wasn't enough of mangoes in one crate, for entire China. When Mao was told about this, he found it amuzing. He definitely didn't have anyone killed for disliking mangoes, as he disliked them first

@Ragna_Boy Год назад

@@mimosveta 🔥

@enderguardian7443 Год назад

@@mimosveta “there was a large personality cult around mao at the time, as it happens when you do good things,” ah yes the dictator who was responsible for the deaths of 100 million people “do good things” if that’s the case then i ended global warming, world hunger, poverty, and established world peace

@pierrecurie Год назад

@@mimosveta He probably never ordered the death of anyone for disliking mangoes. The problem is caused by people going "we can prove our loyalty to Mao by whacking this dude who dared to question the mango". The reason they did that? To prevent somebody else going "you allowed that traitor to go unpunished, and therefore you're a traitor too". This is why personality cults + authoritarianism is bad.

@BambinaSaldana 9 месяцев назад

@@enderguardian7443 Wait a minute what do you mean with that last sentence

@elijahpark5344 Год назад

The piece played in the background is from Schubert’s Piano Trio in E flat Major, the second movement, in case anyone was curious. 😊 Fantastic piece of music, and fits the theme well here.

@ayushpratapsingh9976 Год назад

was really helpful thanks there

@sharon__a Год назад

Why does it fit the theme?

@ayushpratapsingh9976 Год назад

it was used in the movie barry lindon by kubrick

@elijahpark5344 Год назад

@@sharon__a Just the rhythmic consistency of the piano, the reptition of the main theme throughout, as if repeating history. It's just a great piece, and the sort of incomplete, fast forward pushing theme just works well witht he idea of communism and mangoes ^^

@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369 Год назад

thanks, now my comment is useless lol. Thx

@meab5300 Год назад

i really appreciate the criticism of china and propaganda without xenophobia or disrespect towards traditional chinese culture. the animations are gorgeous too, just a really well made video.

@MooImABunny Год назад

There is one small gesture of disrespect (and a well earned one) Near the end when she speaks about the aftermath, they put a picture of pooh bear bear mao. Pooh is used to mock Xi Jinping, china's current president. It's really funny, because even though pooh doesn't really look like Xi, the govt. decided to censor pooh, meaning he's offended by it for some strange reason

@MooImABunny Год назад

@@thunderbird1921 let's hope you'll achieve freedom. The same goes for Iran. Things are hearing up there right now. The only fear I have is that they'll have a repeat of the Arab spring. Big revolts lead to the government falling, but once the old tyrant falls, a new one takes his place. It's really depressing. But you have to try :')

@professionallyboring745 Год назад

China as a whole deserves disrespect. Just not the citizens

@larshofler8298 Год назад

No this is literally YELLOW PERIL propaganda. Also, who cares about traditional Chinese culture? Are you Chinese? Cuz Chinese people absolutely hate their traditional culture. It's like slavery and foot binding isn't exactly something anyone should be proud of. Traditional Chinese culture literally advocates total slavery and stupidity, too bad Mao didn't do a good job eradicating it. May God liberate China from traditional Chinese culture.

@universe1879 Год назад

@@MooImABunny iirc some chinese netizens commented that xi looked like pooh for whatever reason, and somehow offended xi

@whatevershizz Год назад

It is so important to address that actually most of the history is painful, buried and it's saddening that this particularly is not allowed to be discussed in China when it is so important especially for the youth to know about their past and how far they've come along.

@charlemagne111027 Год назад

Chinese citizens are not allowed to know history. They are suppressed and propagandized.

@spiderplant Год назад

It's not just China, many countries have this. America is trying to start as hard as they can.

@whatevershizz Год назад

@@spiderplant not even many but I'd rather say all the countries. I wrote China because the topic of the video is related to it.

@Ash-gk8jp Год назад

@@spiderplant Nah I think it's just China

@eastern_xing5541 Год назад

I think its not only important to know how far they've come along since then, but also equally or more important to know where they are headed to, since Xi is actively dismantling every safeguards enacted by the party to prevent the rise of another Mao.

@thenewongoam2486 Год назад

This is the most weirdest story that I ever heard from China during the Mao Regime.

@starmaker75 Год назад

And given how nuts the Mao Regime was , that saying something.

@nawa2396 Год назад

and now someone will comment here with a even weirder story

@nawa2396 Год назад

@ me when that happens

@mariasirona1622 Год назад

Same

@mogts Год назад

Another story that come to my mind is the extermination of sparrows which lead to a plague of insects.

@wahajali9997 Год назад

In Pakistan, The mango holds status as the 'King of fruits' and is actually rather common even now to gift people entire slates of it especially during summer season, usually when you visit their house as a guest. Very intriguing how what seemed like an attempt to forward a cultural practice just blazed into birthing a completely different cultural recognition somewhere else.

@alikhanmoazzam Год назад

This Mango was given by President Ayub to China

@worldcatloversheavenwatcht2927 Год назад

In America the bean holds the status of the 'magical fruit'

@mycollegeshirt Год назад

@@worldcatloversheavenwatcht2927 ...jeez.

@sylviamontaez3889 Год назад

The thought of what was lost to the cultural revolution will always bring tears to my eyes

@Stars4Hearts Год назад

Mine too. It’s one of the worst crimes in human history.

@obsidianstatue Год назад

What was lost? If you can't even name some intrinsic value lost to the Chinese culture, then your entire argument is invalid.

@sylviamontaez3889 Год назад

I cannot even begin to Fathom what was lost. The video states the red guard destroyed statues and burned books

@sylviamontaez3889 Год назад

@@obsidianstatue if you had educated yourself on the events, you would know.

@obsidianstatue Год назад

@@sylviamontaez3889 You can't name anything 🤭🤭 Anyway, as a Chinese with family members at the heart of the Cultural Revolution Let me tell you this, the claimed "destruction" of culture is vastly overblown. CR was more about factional struggle within the party, things about culture was secondary For instance, traditional philosophies like Legalism was preferred over Confucianism, both are just as influential on Chinese culture Yet one was praise, the other denounced, so it was way more complex than what you may have heard

@georgianamotco7839 Год назад

I feel like the words 'mango' and 'cult' shouldn't be together in a sentence.

@rightwhereyouleftme12 Год назад

That was funny... with some reasons I can't explain.

@Ash-gk8jp Год назад

I'd love to form a cult around a fruit :D

@georgianamotco7839 Год назад

@@Ash-gk8jp What is your favourite fruit? Mine is banana.

@rightwhereyouleftme12 Год назад

@@georgianamotco7839 I love melon, it's great. Without it... I can't dream a summer.

@georgianamotco7839 Год назад

@@rightwhereyouleftme12 Wow, cool, i personally dont like watermelon cos it just has too much water in it though ik that is the point lol

@KanLuxiang Год назад

I noticed your Winnie the Pooh reference at 5:30, Ted Ed. Great job!

@tomhoney5112 Год назад

Amazing 😂

@duck1ente Год назад

Based TED ED 🫡🫡

@amankharb2401 Год назад

Respect🫡

@neiled_it9431 Год назад

Good eye

@littlejunior8883 Год назад

-15 social credit

@Channel7331 Год назад

Wow Ted Ed! What a work! This art style is a triumph and I expect to see it mimicked widely. This type of progress is even more valuable when it is within education and bringing attention to how malicious powers can turn people against each other is extremely relevant today

@noneofyourbuisness1679 Год назад

The animation fits the story like a shoe. It's shaky, flickering style helps highlight the dark and bloody history - and perhaps future - being told in a very chilling manner. Never have I been more scared of a mango until now

@christopherboose345 Год назад

Absolutely stunning visual style

@ramanrendersrandomly Год назад

There's a certain kind of dissonance in the animation which matches the music and topic really well. Great lesson as always!

@jellyboy00 Год назад

I am a 26 year-old Hong Konger. This video is so true and depressing. History of cultural revolution was something mandatory in history lesson when I am still a high school student. Not sure whether this will still be the case in near future.

@andro7862 Год назад

Why wouldn't it be? Xi Jinping and his family were victims of the Cultural Revolution.

@jellyboy00 Год назад

@@andro7862 1. Everyone was a victim of cultural revolution. 2. As the video has already mentioned, discussion of the cultural revolution is still restricted across China like in 5:45. Why are you trying so hard to be like an internet troll under under comment section of Chinese's painful history? Are you a tankie?

@Nahoko_Satomi Год назад

@@jellyboy00 the first part is completely true for me, a Vietnamese person. I’m never allowed to follow my belief

@wheresmyeyebrow1608 Год назад

@@Nahoko_Satomi Schooling across Asia focuses primarily on memorisation and leaves the fun out! My friend teaches English in Vietnam and he’s never allowed to include engaging and creative activities in his lessons because otherwise the school would complain about him ‘wasting their time’ : (

@Ostralucia Год назад

Hi fellow Hong konger.

@no1ycxie Год назад

We learned the culture revolution from our history book for Middle school students. But I have to admit that it is not in detail. There is a novel named 牛棚杂记 written by a famous Chinese scholar about his miserable life during that period of time, still available in China. Learn China from foreigners who lived in China for sometime not from foreign media.

@SirFaceFone Год назад

Is it painted negatively/positively?

@kazx008 Год назад

@@SirFaceFone it is described as a "negative" and "false" action by Mao in middle school history books. However, it is true if you do not dig in by yourself, schools won't teach anything else about this specific revolution. But on the other hand, like what the comment said, there are many novels based on this revolution people can read and learn about themselves.

@GreenFoxLuama Год назад

@@kazx008 that is called "sweeping under the rug", which means they know they did something very wrong and everybody else knows it, but they pretend it didn't matter and ignore it as much as possible.

@no1ycxie Год назад

@@SirFaceFone negatively

@desuretard8654 Год назад

What's the English translation?

@october7672 Год назад

everything in this video is beautifully done, from the art and animation, the music and the narration on telling this story. History is heartbreaking.

@sagnikghosh25 2 месяца назад

Human beings are depressing.

@sketchyskies8531 Год назад

Well, a mango cult is probably the strangest thing I’ve learned existed today

@badbandit790 Год назад

this is the most dark ted ed video hands down. everything looks real, yet so strange. and with so much realistic blood and such good music to pair

@ivanelmajestuoso Год назад

Wait, I don't get it, he sent wax mango replicas to factories all over China, and later it's told that people ate the fresh mangoes. Something doesn't add up.

@TheIcecreamGeek Год назад

The order is a bit weird. He sent fresh mangos and wax replicas were created and distributed further.

@justamoteofdust Год назад

this is nothing but Western anti communist propaganda pulled out of thin air.

@callofgears91 Год назад

The animation, the music, everything here was masterfully done. Congrats!

@charliestein9350 Год назад

Easily one of the best videos I've ever seen. Thanks Ted ed!!

@Surtfield Год назад

Absolutely brilliant storytelling and animation. I think the style successfully conveyed strong and oftentimes mixed emotions of the people and of Chinese society at the time. It brought to life the historical events discussed much more than, say, a more ‘corporate’ or ‘playful’ style would have. Brilliant work!

@mayanksingh0044 Год назад

this is perfection, the animation to music to story and narration, has there been something called a perfect yt video, I think this would be it. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING work by ted team.

@AdityaMehendale Год назад

The art on the wall at 5:28 .. I see what you did there :) Damn good animation, to boot!

@MatthewMin Год назад

Bravo to the Audio-Visual team! You did such a great job!

@KienNguyen-qf7kw Год назад

Best visual so far. Thank you Ted-ed.

@spoopypoods7485 Год назад

Love the animation style as always. the narrator brought a lot to the storytelling as well! fantastic work :)

@1.4142 Год назад

4:01 Oversimplified?!

@charleslampman6971 Год назад

Beautiful animation, story telling, music. As always, I'm enamoured. Thanks again Ted ed

@wktan1219 Год назад

I like how the chinese names are being pronounced correctly in the video. Great job TED-Ed!!

@ough. 4 месяца назад

shes a native chinese and a voice actor for teded animations for years too

@leocremonezi Год назад

This animation was really creepy! It makes us feel oppressed by the regime... Nice job, as usual!

@earthling_parth Год назад

Thank you for making such a well researched, beautiful video TED-ED ❤️

@dreuvasdevil9395 Год назад

0:10 Schubert Piano Trio in E flat major 2nd movement

@Quackleb Год назад

I love the subtle nod to Pooh Pear and Xi at 5:30

@baidantikamandal403 Год назад

What an animation, what a style, what a narration and what a background music, loving the entire design of this video

@dontcallmeapeck Год назад

Interesting detail but the carpet at 5:52 is the carpet from the Overlook Hotel in the Shining! I just noticed this, amazing symbolism.

@shreyamitragotri9750 7 месяцев назад

This is so fascinating!! And the animation is absolutely breathtaking paired with the music and the narration. Kudos!! and thank you TedEd

@chocolatemoose7761 Год назад

Amazing everything; tale, narration, animation, music choice. Thanks for another top notch video.

@Oneflyingmonkey Год назад

Animation is so strong. It reflects the pain, the confusion, the horror, the nationalist pride all at the same time. Its just brilliant.

@rosenmarille Год назад

wow the animation style this episode is incredibly cool. so eerie and unsettling, very fitting.

@kokomalt Год назад

Really love the animation! It gives an eerie feel but it's also very beautiful!

@julesoxana3630 Год назад

Thank you so much for educating us on these topics

@jannahmiers7056 Год назад

If I could like this twice, I would. That gorgeous emotive music, those perfectly on-theme visuals, the clear intent towards the most informative content.. man, I’m impressed. Well done guys.

@sadinej.1847 Год назад

This is so well written

@akshanshjha81 Год назад

the visuals are getting better and better

@juanestebanacostagutierrez8950 Год назад

the animation was just something else, superb!

@someonethatexists46 Год назад

The animation style is incredible.

@dmitryklochenok1099 Год назад

This is the best animation, music and story I've ever seen. This is a true work of art

@nerinavshrestha3338 Год назад

Mesmerising visual effects to narrate a bizzare story . ☆☆☆☆☆ But ...regarding Mao legacy and cultural revolution we cannot ignore these facts too: #China's humiliating defeat and colonialism was effectively ended by Mao . #Women's status was uplifted nationwide. #Heavy industries were established. China relinquished occupied #Arunanchal territory to India after the war as a gesture of goodwill. #Millions of ethnic Chinese expelled from Malaysia and Indonesia were given refuge in people's Republic. #China blasted its nuclear bomb and hydrogen bomb in thd 1960s, just fifteen years after the great October revolution. #China was admitted to UN in 1971 due to widespread support from developing countries of Africa and Asia, for whom China built numerous infrastructure projects as gifts. #Hybrid rice was introduced to the developing world. #First satellite and rocket launched into space orbit in 1970. #Nixon visited China when Chairman Mao was still in power.

@ethanomcbride Год назад

One of the best videos y’all have ever made

@prinnana7933 Год назад

wow I didnt know about this. Amazing storytelling and animation!

@tsiah-tshaili688 Год назад

Thank you TED-Ed for making this video; history tend to repeat itself if it's forgotten, it is crucial that we record even the darkest part of human history.

@em6010 Год назад

History repeats itself everyday, everywhere. It's not only about memory. If that was the case we would definitely live in a better society, but here we are.

@MyLilNicole Год назад

The animation style is sublime. I look forward to seeing this style again in other videos. To say nothing of the topic. I have honestly never heard/read about this (and I thought I was well-read regarding everything related to Mao). Another fantastic video Ted Ed.

@SomeGuy-qd3li Год назад

these visuals are awesome!

@tudorioan5104 Год назад

Fantastic animation & music !! A work of art in itself!

@arielleung3917 Год назад

I've never heard of this mango story, although my grandparents told me a lot of what happened in the Cultural Revolution. Maybe it happened mostly in the north. Also, even though people are not allowed to talk about it openly, it's more of a soft, implicit rule. It's taught in history classes, so at least everyone knows it happened. Novels and memoirs of that topic still get to be published, and movies released. However, this mango story seems to become abruptly hot online in the last two years 🤔🤔🤔The real taboo in China is the Tian'an'men Square Protests. Everyone is acting like that never happened while waiting for certain people to die.

@rizmid Год назад

A superb presentation! With superb artistic expression! A fan and an admirer from Pakistan.

@dinos_catsoulis Год назад

Amazing work !

@savannaholder8208 Год назад

This is so beautifully made.

@OfficialRSTV Год назад

In August 1968, Mao Zedong received a delegation from Pakistan, headed by the foreign minister. At that occasion, he was presented with a basket of mangoes. According to some stories, Mao actually disliked mangoes, but the fruits were given an important and symbolic role in the complex political situation of the Cultural Revolution. For Mao did not eat the mangoes himself, but presented all seven of them to a corresponding number of Worker-Peasant Mao Zedong Thought Propaganda Teams that were active in the capital. These Teams had been sent to universities and factories to restore order and bring an end to the intense and bloody factional struggles between various groups of Red Guards. The media at the time reported that the gift was intended to mark the second anniversay of Mao’s own big-character-poster Bombard all Headquarters. In reality, the mangoes served to indicate that Mao had become dissatisfied with the Red Guards, and henceforth would support the Teams. The Red Guards subsequently were sent to the countryside to learn from the Poor and Lower-Middle Peasants in the Up to the mountains, down to the villages-campaign.

@JubulusPrime Год назад

Damn, So Mao Zedong did nothing wrong?

@OfficialRSTV Год назад

@@JubulusPrime not necessarily. Mao made mistakes but wasn't some genocidal maniac. Furthermore, my point here is that the Reg Guards were not monolithic. They fell into factions based on party heads. Something Mao wasn't trying to engineer as this video intended.

@abbytrandel4284 Год назад

I would like to see Tiananmen Square Massacre on Ted-Ed because it’s hidden from outside world for very long time and was recently talked about. I feel like current and future generations should learn this dark history. It’s very important that people need to learn the massacre. I’m Chinese and I want to learn the Chinese history that’s often hidden of me. Thank you so much for this video and bring up mango as Chinese propaganda.

@Channel7331 Год назад

Its literally in this video

@jamesbrendan5170 Год назад

@@Channel7331 did you not watch the whole damn video? there *is* no major mention/more explanation about that in the video, you're a spam bot

@Channel7331 Год назад

@@jamesbrendan5170 Agreed, it should get it's own video/videos. I did watch the whole video. Did you? Do you remember what the mangoes were for? I was primarily responding to Abby 's point that it's hidden from the outside world, because...it's very well known by the outside world. As for the "Chinese bot" insult, I'd ask you to not use that so flippantly, you'll cause it to lose all weight.

@stratospheric37 Год назад

Tianenmen Square protests happened under the Dengist government, not the Maoist one, so I don't understand what you mean.

@abbytrandel4284 Год назад

@@stratospheric37 What I’m trying to say is that because China is a Communist country. The government hide its history from citizens and us. This is meant to prevent revolt against the Communist government.

@elizabethabaya4435 Год назад

Gorgeous animations!!!

@cgt3704 Год назад

The animation is well-done and fitting for the bizzare topic

@FleurLavie Год назад

This is extremely interesting information on the cultural revolution! Thank you!

@ndrk993 Год назад

Ted ed is the best teacher ever! Please don't stop posting videos

@rayy5576 Год назад

beautiful and informative video as usual

@PKXDShadowgirl Год назад

Love the art style!

@mikhailtaufiq1583 Год назад

Such beautifully disturbing animation. Would love to see more of this.

@samcox8874 Год назад

That was quite odd.

@drbulbul Год назад

So interesting and so beautifully done!

@MrBallofa Год назад

Beautiful animation and very intersting story

@yumnaamjad2637 Год назад

Animation is exquisite

@CompletelyNormalHuman Год назад

Imagine dying because you insulted a bloody mango

@esteb6544 Год назад

Gorgeous animation!

@PatosdeGuadalupe Год назад

The animation the music the charecter designs every this about this one is just so Erie a perfect way to show the nature of this cult. Beautiful work!!

@ChenJing-xq5sw Год назад

It is a coincidence that I watch this when I begin reading the novel "The Three-Body Problem (三体)" by Liu Cixin which began on the Cultural Revolution, and had recently adapted to a live-action series in WeTV. (I never imagine how brutal the Cultural Revolution is as a dark decade-long history of China).

@donnguyen3795 Год назад

just saw the review of that novel, I would love to see it. Terrific setting

@Benni777 Год назад

The animation is gorgeous, despite depicting such a brutal piece of history

@_sahildahat_ Год назад

The animations were one of the best I have ever seen

@hermannthefisherman2960 Год назад

Beautiful animation, really fits the theme of this video!

@DZ477 Год назад

Colossal respect to Ted-Ed for risking demonetization(and probably getting banned in China if it wasn't already) just to educate us on brutal but important recent history.

@larshofler8298 Год назад

RU-vid has always been banned in China, completely. No youtube video is ever allowed in the first place. No, you are not brave at all to sh*t on China in America, that is literally the safest and most politically correct thing to do. You are not a freaking rebel. You are a bootlicker. Thanks for coming in and fulfill your daily propaganda consumption quota.

@DZ477 Год назад

@@larshofler8298 You think you are a smart and critical thinker for "defying the western narrative", and yet you eat right into the propaganda of an authoritarian regime where dissenting voices are silenced by means of force. Whatever you may think about the west, at least dissenting opinions are allowed and you could even criticize or insult your own leadership. As someone born in totalitarian communism, I can tell you that it is a privilege that I can hear disagreement voices like yours and yet none of us will be in danger.

@larshofler8298 Год назад

@@DZ477 Pleaee, pray tell, where exactly did I say anything that is "propaganda of an authoritarian regime"? I literally didn't say anything, other than responding to your absurd comment. It's bizarre that you would even accuse me of such thing. Yep, keep coping, go fight your "authoritarian regime", go on, Mr. "I'm so woke so rebellious", I don't care.

@larshofler8298 Год назад

@@DZ477 Oh, trust me, I lived in Vietnam and China for almost a decade, I've seen enough of "totalitarian communism". Do you expect me to believe that there was no different views, and that different views would immediately entail death or something like that? I'm sorry honey, that's just not how it is over there. Chinese and Vietnamese people literally sh*t on their governments all the time, it's their national past-time.

@purplebeast8536 Год назад

@@larshofler8298 how many cents do you get paid a day to post these comments?

@deadlock7946 Год назад

The art is amazing, great work

@berns7ein Год назад

beautiful artwork in this!! I could see someone getting a part of it tattooed !

@hugolagos9269 Год назад

lets take a moment to appreciate the animation though

@yellowstarproductions6743 Год назад

Agreed

@ramenninjaproductions9086 Год назад

@rp-hr1qs Год назад

It needlessly exaggerated some parts of the video but it was different

@lampoilsalesman Год назад

history is bizarre and sad sometimes, mostly sad.

@dillagi20 Год назад

The symbolism and creativity are amazing

@tooketsuenshi8121 Год назад

The visuals are just so overwhelming and pressuring. Great. And it shows how illogical and brutally cruel all of what happend and still happening there really is. Sad.

@khyateeatolia9904 Год назад

The animators knew what they were doing at 4:03 💀

@limkailuen3022 Год назад

Indeed they did

@nerdlingeeksly5192 Год назад

When feeble minds are tainted by wicked men, when they hold a person, an item, or an idea above everything; the innocent suffer. We all want to believe something is right so much, that we ignore logic and will stoop to violence to make it so. 🙈🙉🙊

@saanaetic Год назад

love the style and music so much

@omairana Год назад

Brilliant graphics. Brilliant.

@limkailuen3022 Год назад

Workers : helps defeat crazy cretins going on a rampage Mao : a mango would surely be the best thing to give to show them my thanks 😜

@AshtonHaggart9674 Год назад

This really does just show how much power and authority Mao really over the people, almost like a 'cult' leader stringing along his followers to perform questionable and even immoral acts.

@Marcella_Parker Год назад

5:28 Ted being sneaky with whinnie the pooh in the top right. Nice one.

@Jstnbkim2947 Год назад

Noir animations + Schubert music = A TED-ED CLASSIC W

@ghostderazgriz Год назад

The comments make less and less sense these days. Between the bots and people spouting memes with no context, the entire internet is sharing one brain cell at this point.

@DegreesOfThree Год назад

All mangos matter.