The Maldives: The Hidden Dark Side of a Tropical Paradise 

I’m so sorry your home has become hostile and corrupted.

How religious is the population? Is their faith more for show or are they genuine in their religion?

@@faziefallelfarhan1333 well then your struggles don't mean anything because look what's happening in Palestine, Syria, ....

Are there things that regular people can do to help raise awareness, or do you believe that may make things worse? Do you see a way for a tourist to be able to visit your country and do better to support the locals (and not the resorts)?

Are foreigners allowed to visit the capitol city/island, or are they prevented from travel beyond resort boundaries?

Yes 😢

Yeah....Do you know what happened to Simon?

​@@samwilson3437the person that owned some of the channels that Simon voiced died. To cut a long story short the new management and Simon agreed to part ways. It was quite a while ago.

I'm in complete agreement with this sentiment Cheers mate!

​@@bunyipdragon9499 thanks for the info. Is there a video talking about this or something?

@@ahulaga8466 yes but I have to be honest it was released months ago. I think it was on Today I Found Out but I'm not positive. If you come across a video with a woman presenter then that's the one. She is the daughter who took over from the owner who died.

BOOOO! Booo! BOO! You're not Simon Whistler!! BOOOO!

Karl is funny and irreverent where Simon...

I worked with a Richard Head !!

Exactly what I was going to type. I like your presentation, mannerisms style. Been surprised you're still 'interim' on my basically most liked channels :)

Indeed. If it takes more than 3 skips, it’s too long.

sponsorships can be down to the actual sponsor. Some require scripts to be read, or for the ad to be of a certain length

Welcome to most British below the age of 35. Sorry for a history they know nothing about with no regard for what was there before or after. And no real regard for what it entailed at the time. Which in the case of the Maldives, was virtually identical to the modern Japanese/USA relationship except they werent completely wiped out first and noone would describe as tyrannical. A lot of people dont know what the term "protectorate" means, and the fact it is usually a voluntary association. One we can expect to see revived should the US ever lose interest in patrolling the worlds seas for free. Because funnily enough nations on sand bars typically arent capable of existing independently without aid nor deter aggressors and so typically are rapidly annexed. What protected the Maldives in the 1500s was they were a pain in the arse to get to. Something that stopped being true by the 1800s when they were "en route". The final irony of being "guilty for history" is that half the people trying to reform the country and make it liveable for the actual citizens fled to the UK for refuge.

@@Talshere88 Yeah, I've been getting that impression over the last few years, British people apologizing for shit they don't understand, just because their peers tell them they should, or because they fear backlash from woke idiots who know even less. It's really annoying. Better they just not address the issue than to get it completely wrong. Karl could easily have just said it as it was without the apologies. WITH the apologies, he came off sounding like a complete tosser, and this isn't the first time he's done that. @Karl - lose the white guilt, and, again, no one is weirded out about your name but you, and MAYBE the odd 12-year-old: "Hi, I'm Greg Zeigler...and yes, that is my real name." What IS that?? Also, by the way, Talshere88, I'm starting to worry about the U.S. pussing out. I was shocked that they didn't come to Ukraine's defense when they were attacked. They had promised to, in the 90s, when Ukraine gave up their nukes. And now, here we are, close to three years into a war that the U.S. could have put an end to in days, as promised, and an increasingly emboldened Putin (not to mention Xi). This is actually starting to scare me.

Product of white guilt propaganda pushed by a captured institution looking to replace them.

Exxon Valdez

You're right. He's Karl Smallwood.

Karl Smallwood. Previously a writer for Simon, and owner/host of factfiend

He left about 6 months ago

He’s on his other channels. Go watch him there.

Nope.

No chance

He never existed.

he left months away

They disappeared him.

Hes fine, he just left the channel

@@littleshep5502 so i always thought this was simons empire... did he sell the channel? is he merely employed on all the chans he reads for? is this the only one he left?

@@bmofano this channel, biographics, and top tens were all owned by someone else, with Simon being the host. The original owner passed away, and their daughter took over. The daughter eventually broke down, causing things to strain, and Simon left due to that