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Rare Earth But they must have had a homeland at one point in time...or I guess like many native people's the city dwellers built up a country around them?
Rare Earth ..except the rebellions that were successful. You never really make a good point. "Rebellions are a mixed bag" wot? Well cant argue with that. And your right they aren't like the adolescent fantasies you had in your 20s about killing terrorists.
“Kids giggle the same everywhere” I think that’s potentially my favourite sentence ever for how purely true it is, and the volumes it speaks towards unity
You'll like this one, too--facial expressions are UNIVERSAL. Babies' babbling all over the world is the same until they're about 9 months old and pick up on their language's accent. It's a beautiful sentiment, isn't it? 💖
This channel is so awesome. Just discovered this recently. I have a Hmong girlfriend, so it is very refreshing to hear someone talk about the history of Hmong people. Its so rarely discussed by people who aren't Hmong themselves. Awesome!
I am new to this site. Your views are refreshing and informative. I don't always agree with every detail, but good people out here are looking for a new path - to replace exploitation with something better. Thank you. Good Luck!
I’m Hmong, from Minnesota USA, thank you for making a beautiful video about my people. I actually have a relative who fought against the French during that war. Keep on making great videos.
@Trickbaby we have thousands of Hmong living here in California they are friendly independent people I like them very much, I wish we could have gotten more of them out during the war.
I can't get over the quality of this series. Meanwhile, I haven't watched the Discovery Channel since it got overtaken by motorcycles and alien conspiracy theories.
@@paulscottfilms Nice try, but wrong on all counts. Seems your assumptions about me and my life trajectory are about as accurate as those conspiracy theories. Fitting, since both are baseless and designed to make you feel better about your own shortcomings.
I'm Hmong and this hits home so hard. I remembering researching about PatChai for a class presentation, asking my dad about him. He told me terrible things about it as well as the sad history of Hmong. It's hard to be Hmong when you don't have a country of your own but it feels great to be proud and fortunate to be who I am, knowing the things that Hmong people went through.
just want to ask, but do Hmong really want independence? Like, yeah - having a place called home feel great and all, but at what cost? The mountain region where Hmong live is poor and isolated, with little infrastructure (road, electricity, clean water,..). They need lowland's money for development, for education, for poverty eradication program, even for food.. Then these aids disappear overnight, and all you have is some mountains, completely landlocked by two countries that you have rocky relationship with. Young Hmong can no longer find works in lowland's cities, school and medical center will have a hard time staying afloat, and if there's a cold winter that kills most of their herds and crops, Hmong will be truly alone now. It maybe weird coming from a Vietnamese, but nationalism is NOT the answer for everything; most of the time, it's the reason why you need these answer in the first place.
People only rebel when they feel they have no other choice. No one wants to take to the streets. History has proven that even mild forms of protest can turn very dangerous rather quickly. It's when people's lives are made so wretched that they no longer care for them, that things go south.
Yes you are very right, and in the Hmong's case they were being taxed very heavily, the tax was more than they could earn, some had to sell their children's to pay it.
Johnathan Williams - What then, when they turn their eyes toward you? In an authoritarian regime, it takes very little to become a target. Playing by the rules won't keep you safe, because they're changed on a whim.
Jonathan Williams - We've reached a point where grabbing a pitchfork and storming a Bastille or two will no longer serve as a course correction. Technology has turned atrocities that were once localized and relatively short-lived, into ones now global and permanent. Nowhere left to run. You'd be surprised what those trashcan beaters can do when their back are to the wall.
It is when nationalism and greed take over that the government turns to dictatorship only to remain to the illusion of power it has. Then when it's cornered [even in democratic elections], it can do horrible things. An example of this is the Republic of Macedonia [call it whatever, if You choose FYROM - thank You, I love Yugoslavia], when a government that only sought to fill it's own pocket turned to nationalism as a tool to do so... for 11 years. When they got beaten on democratic elections - they attacked the parliament [yes, they attacked as in entered it and started to attack the representatives of the new government [some of the attackers even had guns]. So, yeah... the conclusion is: a government should look at all of the citizens of it's country as equals and strive to do what is best for them - not itself. Sure, there will always be some that try to misuse the power that was leased to them by the people - they should be booted as soon as there is evidence of their crimes. Yugoslavia had Goli Otok, a prison island that was used to separate that kind of criminals and also those who had conspired to cause civil unrest [as well as people that claimed False Valor]. Now, I don't say that everyone on said Goli Otok deserved to be there - tho I claim that most of them did.
Many Mong fled the genocide occuring in their homelands in the 80s. A large percentage of them were relocated to communities around the U.S. Fresno, CA holds one of the largest refugee Mong communities in the country. I started hiring them at an irrigation company called Pepco for light manufacturing. Within a year they held every position in the plant. They were always early to work, never late, never called in sick. It was disturbing how many came in with bullet holes and burn marks. So sad you could tell these people have been through so much horror. I hold so much love and respect for them.
From elders I was told that the Hmong were winning battle after battle but lost the protection of the Gods because a general in Pa Chay's army ordered the massacre and rape of innocent Lao villagers. When Pa Chay heard about what his soldiers had done he lost the will to fight any longer stating that, "we are no different from the enemies who oppress us." Shortly after, the rebellion failed and Pa Chay was shot along with his baby whom he carried on his back.
Wang Yang that’s what my dad told me. He heard from the OG. The magic is kind of like the way some shaman act. Example: shaman can’t share food or eat “left over food”. So they have to take some food for them first before others start digging in. If the rules are broken, then they lose their shaman power. Pa Chay probably made a vow to the god to use the power for good, however there will always be those bad apples in the group. That ultimately lead to the down fall like you said.
Oh, America we don't learn even much about our own honest history but, we know our Hollywood movies- some of us. He mentions growing up in a country without war. There is always a war one just looks definitely than another. War on information on. But, there is most definitely war. Like Reagan and crack cocaine the Iran Contra scandal then making an anti-drug campaign in schools is one example (D.A.R.E) Drugs are really entertaining.... One example. There are many. Our revolutionary war declaring independence to War on Terror- War on Drugs. War is deception it's not actually profitable because it's unsustainable that ends only one way we all go. The species, human one isn't the best. Civil War still rages on in a rebranded way. The idea we live in a peaceful time is false. Old wounds reopen. Old feelings of inequality get sparked. I prefer the paxism reasoning. After all one person's religion is another person's hate crime. Cultural beliefs and narcissistic abuse as well as economic control seem to be at the core as well as sex. War means rape. Means sexual brutality with no boundaries now or honor. You have drones so, you don't have to directly face those you kill. It's counterproductive and cowardly. - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-z1UJS6f9BoM.html All the wars have been Insane.
@@robbiddlecombe8392 oops, sorry Rob I read your remark twisted. Hiding behind a screen or gun isn't brave. Sorry, guy I suddenly went on the defensive attack. The story we tell ourselves- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-en-zG40pTIc.html Like war is bravery.
Your remark is limited. When you face me physically, directly then we shall see. Your remark shows your ego. Your feelings about yourself you don't know me directly this speaks more of you than me. See narcissistic abuse and Shadow work for more details. War is insanity as is a war for profit mentality. Just because you hold a gun doesn't make you powerful. That's toxic masculinity war means rape. Being a Male you have a lopsided perspective as well. Your defensive remark shows your limitations. 20 yrs in customer service I'm well versed people are not the best species here. Go fight those wars on another Planet, NASA can help. Play with your guns there. Take the WMDs with you as well. One way ticket off the Planet.🚀🚀 Far from brave. It's truly a cowards war that mostly men start via over ego or breeding. There is another path. Play your war games elsewhere. You have options. I'll face you anytime, anywhere physically.
We all like to think of revolutions as some form of the American Revolution, but really, revolutions aren't all they're cracked up to be, they can end really poorly, and can put in place a government worse than before. I hope these guys find what they're looking for though, but it might be best if a foreign power doesn't support them, idk.
Very much so. The American revolution was an incredibly unique situation with a very unique set of people. It was more like a rebellion on mars would be against an earth who really doesn't care enough beyond pride to keep them under their rule. Basically we were the best case scenario to win and we almost lost several times. The civil war was much more like a normal revolution with a better more well equipped and more populous power overtaking the other. However I think what's overlooked is that even if the rebellion fails, change happens. You don't have to win to get the most important things to you dealt with. After the American civil war many of the biggest issues, slavery and such were made in favor of the north, however many of the other economic causes of northern oppression of the south were resolved as well. Laws that favored northern industry and quashed southern industrialization were eliminated and train routes were built through the south that previously had only been in northern states. In the modern era the best strategy isn't to win, it's to fight enough to force the oppressor to compromise with you. Winning is more or less a bronze medal unless you have some way to get the other side to stop fighting as well. In the American revolution it was a complete pardons, benefits and compensation that kept the 30% of the population that were loyalist and 40% that were neutral from preforming a counter revolution.
You are aware the american revolution was a french ploy in there war with the british. The revolutionarys weren't that much diffrent than the soviet back Vietnamese or the various american backed revolutions and proxy wars. It ended better than most long term but its origin was just as a proxy in a battle between super powers
Von Faustien The American Revolution started independently. The French chipped in later, after the Americans had set their mind on it, because they saw an opportunity for a proxy war.
"Kids giggle the same everywhere" is exactly what I have experienced in my travels. Possibly the best proof I've seen we're all the same is kids are the same everywhere. As for the War of the Insane, I'm French and wasn't familiar with it. Either we never mentioned it at school or so briefly I had forgotten everything about it...
If you love this guys videos so much then why do you cling onto the prospect that it will go on forever? The whole theme of this channel kind of contradicts that possibility.
Me too! I wonder though, how it exists as a business. This content must be very costly to produce, it's all top notch quality. I sure hope it can continue indefinitely. They're beautiful stories.
"Revolution is a bit of a mixed bag", now that's an understatement if i've ever heard one. xD What many dont consider is that reality is not star wars, you dont just blow up the deathstar and the evil empire disappears and freedom and democracy rises to take it's place within a year. That's almost never the case. What you have instead are decades of civil war and unrest, with great amounts of suffering for the average person.
That's why I stick to Tactics Ogre (one mission include massacring an entire village as false flag operation), LoGH (the revolutionary government....turned out to have shitty officers and corrupt politicians in their new democracy who only survived due to same shitty officers and cruel aristocrats on other side...at least until some competant officer staged a coup), and maybe Game of Thrones (Brothers without Banners are basically bandits, Starks soldiers to raid and pillage, and Faith Militant are basically 40k Frateris Militia mixed with Talibans).
Great video! I am Hmong and I can tell you that we have a very strong distrust of outsiders. My mother always told me growing up that outsiders will slit my throat and leave me in a ditch. Hmong are still looking for a country of our own and may never fully assimilate. The difference is now there is support on an international level as displaced families wire money back to the remaining members. It is our curse, the never-ending fight for a homeland.
"Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions. People die, and nothing changes." -- (Terry Pratchett, Night Watch)
Also, I often feel the need to remind would-be revolutionaries that if their "revolution" is not supported by the majority of the populace, that's not exactly a revolution, it's more a coup d'état.
He's very right about the stupidity of the replies on RU-vid, some of these people who leave comments don't have a clue about what they're talking about. This is an eye opening series.
Welcome to the Internet, where every Tom Dick & Monica blurt out every vague half-formed thought that spawns in their minds. Its hard to get used to...much easier if you ignore it.
I don't get it. The Hmong are self-sufficient, conservative, and not interested in changing the surrounding cultures, so why does everyone hate them? They seem pretty sane compared to other separatist groups.
Pretty much because they are rebellious, honest and easy to persuade, if you ask a Hmong person to do something and you promise something in return chances are he/she is gonna do it right away without thinking of the consequences, it is a well known fact that although the Hmong have a strong sense of justice when it come to their own community but when it comes to something that doesn't relate to them they are incredibly ignorant about it, i lived in Vietnam and where i lived we have a large community of Hmong people and in the 2005-2007 if you ever goes outside for any kind of business you have to be extremely careful because you can be rob, beaten and killed at anytime by the Hmong people, the Hmong were persuaded and brided by some sort of rebellion group that said that the communist party is evil and they should kill them all to take back the Hmong land, back then the place where i lived is a very remote place that's surrounded by the forest, that's only beginning to be notice by the government and the only people there is usually border patrol officers watching the border of Vietnam and Cambodia, my family moved to there because my dad is a architectural engineer and he want to start his business at a place where it's starting to getting attention from the government and getting more money to work on the infrastructure of the provinces, however it is proven to be very difficult to do work there because you're afraid to even walk out of the house, one wrong step and the next thing you know all of your belongings is gone, and that's when you're a normal vietnamese person, the soldiers got it even worse, the Hmong will just casually throw a grenade under the soldiers table when they're having a meeting or something like that, many people have died because the Hmong people were easy to fools. They are strong, honest and friendly but too ignorant about the consequences of their actions and their unwillingness to learn a new way of life, and that is why many people don't like them and considered them fools.
"And that once their society achieves a moral and spiritual perfection they will be able to lead them to a homeland of their own" oh man that part made me tear up a bit. Sometimes you forget how lucky you are some people dont even have their own country.
@@Linckel this is so true. i never got that desire to own a land, to be a nation. As if being a people is not enough, once you are not put down and mistreated. This desire to build nations has caused so much misery and bloodshed everywhere, throughout history. Couldn´t we see countries as some kind of convenience product? A joint effort to make everyone in them a little less miserable, no matter who it is, as long as peoples inside leave each other to their ways as long as there is no harm done?
@@paavobergmann4920 I think its a desire not have your existence controlled by another. Its not wanting to wake up and realise that the nation you belong to has decided to purge itself of minorities or blame your group for societies problems. this isnt a defence of the nation state model but the nearest i have to an answer for a question that also kinda confused me.
@@jamesdoody7615 Yeah. You´re probably right. I mean, rationally, If you are opressed, that is a problem to complain about and fight against, no matter how, where, when and why it happens. Often, it is the opressor who also defines the victims. It could, and should maybe, be dealt with within the existing structure to prevent further harm. But then again, experience tells, that this rarely happens, hence the desire to get to run things "by your own people". Of course, that doesn´t guarantee personal freedom at all, but somehow it seems to be easier to bear being oppressed by "your own kind". Maybe the human mind, soul and gutfeeling is really not a rational place.
I really enjoyed the concise narration in this one, don't know why everyone's suddenly so critical of the pacing. Thanks for piquing my interest in world history again
The last video was 3 weeks ago, released on Dec 16,2017, so it was last year, so these people took time off for Christmas. The good stuff is worth the wait.
Evan, Francesco. These videos are amazing! You guys have taught me so many interesting and important little bits of history, I would have never learned otherwise. You guys are great, keep it up x
If you thought about the possibility, and spent time thinking about what you might do about it if necessary, then you were ahead of 90+ percent of people who almost never consider the likelihood that they might encounter violence and therefore fail to have even a poor plan to deal with it.
Rohingya are in the path of China’s development efforts for roads, pipelines and a port. “Nothing personal, it’s just bUsiness”” as they say in the movies.
They were all around. They were the prompt for the kids, but culturally aren't the ones who will approach the strange foreign men entering their village.
Hey Evan, I liked the slower pace of your previous narrations more. To me it suited your stories a little better, but that is just my opinion. I simply slowed the Playback Speed and it was fine. Appart from that you produce some of the most interesting and visually pleasing content on this platform. Thank you and everybody involved for your amazing work!
This was, hands down, the single most amazing video I have seen in a very long time. This channel is incredible. My brain is too awe struck right now to properly convey how incredible this was for me
When you wach a Rare earth video, and you realize, you're not knowing your own country enough. I am not Lao, I am not live in this aera either, but I want to know my own country and the people this much, like you guys know Laos. Thanks!
I've grown up in Fresno CA, and here we have a large population of refugee Hmong people. It's very interesting to see the history behind those who I grew up with.
Damnnnn this is the first time I came across the Mongs but wow.. Mongs and my own people (nagas from nagaland) have so many similarities Making own guns, shawls, huts, guerilla warfare, fighting for independence! Etc. . Ahh Wow thank you so much Rare Earth
I am a Hmong person and I respect this video on what was true and real that lies in our culture , and history that is still being talked about but we have found homes and Museum in Minnesota about our people. We are know f om West to East to North in America because we are widespread across the states!
the thing about burying and cleaning the blood of the shot soldiers is really clever. maybe when the numbers are different by not a huge amount it would've worked. really cool video with a bit of philosophy (?) in there, a great watch!
I dont disagree with you being a southerner who knows full well that we lost the second american revolution. Can you explain to me how the first one did work?
Well for the southern colonies, it ensconced slavery in the constitution with the 3/5 clause. Britain abolished slavery in 1833, so without the revolution the south may have rebelled then instead.
Maybe it’s because I’m mentally ill but when I hear “the war of the insane” I think about how hard it is to find quality mental health care so I didn’t know what to expect at all.
This is very true for all revolutions. The Kurds have been fighting for their own nation since the Ottoman Empire, and still have no place to call their own. Even our own ancestors took their time and planned the revolution carefully. Everyone thinks that the American revolution was a response to british action. And this is true in a way, the british used brutality in many circumstances and this whipped the people of the colonies into a frenzy. But you need more than an angry population to win a war against a major power. The men who would lead the revolution had been planning it for years. Most already had standing as business and political leaders and thus had connections to stock pile supplies and establish diplomatic connections. The first battle was Lexington where the british were off to capture an arsenal holding weapons for the colonial militias. But why were they doing this? Because for days prior, the leaders of the revolution spread word tha tf there was to be war. Now not all founders approved of independence, but they did want to show force so as to be taken seriously. And they all knew they couldnt act first. Britain had to be seen as the aggressor. Now, why did they choose this particular time period? Because, in 1775, the memories of the Boston Massacre were still fresh in everyone's minds. The stamp act, quartering act, etc. All were still fresh. So they had the people and the material for a short conflict, and the diplomatic support of France if the war went well. So what else? An independence movement in India. Fact is, in 1775, india was a far more important colony than America, and when an uprising happened in India, Britain sent the majority of her troops to squash it. At the time, when word of that reached Philadelphia, they knew that the crown had just sent a huge portion of its army to india, which means the ones in America weren't going to get reinforcements should there be a revolt there. And they also knew that even if the rebellion was crushed quickly in india, it would take a year to get those same troops to America. So with Britain divided between multiple goals, the people angry at the british, and the regulars in America falling behind in British Army standards. The time was right for the revolution. But you have to remember, America is an exception. No nation did what we had done before and succeeded. And very few followed us. And those that did were all in the new world, with Geography giving them the advantage they needed to win.
Why was I born into such a brutal world? Almost all life lives by killing other life. And my species has taken killing to monstrous levels. How can anyone believe that this is a beautiful and just world? I hope I die soon and stay dead, or incarnate in a better world.
@0:47 watch a few seconds ... what fell onto the table? Was the phantom of the opera eating bread up there? Sorry, just a random observation. Great channel, still binge watching.
There is a large Hmong population here in Sacramento, CA. I know a few of them and have worked for them doing some radio ads promoting diabetes awareness among the local Hmong community. A very nice people with a strong culture despite them being displaced.
I'm sorry I just got to know what was that little white thing that fell from the ceiling onto the table, on the left side facing him close to the camera at 0:50sec's in the very beginning? #CuriosityKilledTheCat
This story would make the most bad-ass animation: Oppressed people; a mysterious leader with ambiguous background ,seemingly magical powers, and innate knowledge of modern warfare and technology. I love dis channel.
I want to start by saying I love your videos. But you start the audio as soon as the video starts and sometimes I miss what was said. Is there any way to put a 5s intro? thanks and keep up the good work, these videos are fantastic!
You have excellent videos and subjects but I always cringe when I hear bits and pieces of shady wisdom. Rebellion is a necessary part, blind submission to an oppresser is not a solution. Revolution if not the best of solutions, is an honorable one.
Najib Zaoui I never said any of those things. Merely that rebellion is a mixed bag, and most people imagine themselves more heroic than they truly would be. Beyond that, you're cringing at your own misreading.
Ayyyy this is where the Asian from King of The Hill is from! Anytime the notion is ever brought up that he return to his country it is usually to fight in some war and he gets visibly nervous.
Years ago working on a water reservoir on top of a small mountain 4 of us were stripping forms on the lid when suddenly a helicopter climbed up and over us and was gone. Looking around there now was only 3 of us. We found Tun below in the bushes the tank was 30 feet high. We called break and went down to him all he said was,"helicopter very bad" a few times. He was vietnamese.
I need to know more about their weapon production! How fascinating. Actually I just wnat to know more in general. Beautiful video. I'm really interested in messianic figures throughout other cultures and how they rise up in a society. Also "Kids giggle the same everywhere" is perfect.