United Nations | The Expanse 

Good books as well

Connor, You saw the Templin video on naming your Interstellar government, didn't you?

Another video they should do is one on the Nauvoo/Behemoth/Medina Station. A lot of interesting history on that one station.

I watched the Expanse & enjoy the show. But I've always the world depicted to spectacularly stupid. How did Mars pull ahead Earth technologically? How can Mars build a military that could challenge the manpower & industrial capacity Earth possesses?

@@ConnorLonergan I understand the books explain thw world building. I'm saying the world building doesn't make sense. Did all the school & universities just stop functioning.

It is

You’re not wrong

I'd say For All Mankind is slightly better The Epstein drive is still magic woo-ha, after all

@@mihailazar2487 To be fair it’s sort of an apples to oranges comparison though. _The Expanse_ takes place just over 300 years in the future where our technology and capacity for interplanetary travel/colonization is likely to be significantly more advanced than it is right now with what we’ve got. On the other hand _For all mankind_ is an alternate history which basically takes place in a fictionalized version of the space race and Cold War era during the 1960s and 1970s (I think) where the farthest they get is the moon, so I guess it’s not really a futuristic type deal?

@@mihailazar2487 there are nuclear fission and fusion powered propulsion concepts which may be able to make something like that possible though. :)

Jesse Ward Heck yeah!!!

Agreed

Except when its about that lesbian pastor

It called the like button

Travis Scott 212 shutup normie

Travis Scott 212 Are you old enough to be on RU-vid?

@Travis Scott 212 well ya don't know what a simp is.

Travis Scott 212 Seems like your answer is 'no'..

Travis Scott 212 Ok, kid..

I was sad about that shortcoming as well. Though for sure there is corruption and greed in the ranks of the UN, in a post Earth society, the UN is by far the best prospect for a government. Chrisjen Avasarala is a prototype model of politician that, in this situation like in the Expanse, balances morals, peace and the needs to achieve them. If I was in the Expanse Uniserve, I would want live under the flag of the UN.

I prefer the MCRN, I like the idea of a culture united by one goal, also they seem more individualistic and I kinda like that

@@alexradke7597 Sadly as we see in later seasons just as prone to corruption.

@@alexradke7597 maybe the MCRN at the start of the show, at the end it's just a mess, Mars died as soon as the gates to other worlds opened

@@thomasb.5643 Yeah, really sad

Mike !!

Darkness is an aspect of the human condition.

Because we're human. No matter how technologically advanced we become our weakness will always be, being human.

@@nathanielbables8652 we live in a society ig

"Holduh, put your dick away Holduh."

Who is going feast on Earth's skies and drink their rivers dry?! MCC!

Ugh. Dusters.

@@dragoninthewest1 Who is going to grind Earth's mountains into fine Martian dust? MMC!

I can't hear you! MMC!

EARTH COMES FIRST, SPACIES.

haha

Lol gotcha love that stratified living conditions and billions unemployed

@@itstriplem2069 Yeah you dont even get research from the unemployed pops that way!

@@itstriplem2069 they'd be on welfare, not stratified.

@@atransarcticfox I'd say similar to chemical bliss

it would just look like the western united states but if it was the entire world. all the borders would be like squares other then maybe Europe

I believe that UN does not unite the nations of Earth in traditional sense. Each nation have their own system, security forces, and independence. They only give UN mandates to govern outer space, fixing global scale crisis such as climate change, and coordinate international cooperation between nations or blocks.

Maestro Monstro True. LOL

Like the west is any better. They just manage to hide it.

@@davidulanovsky8943 says the guy probably living in complete peace and freedom in the west.

@@davidulanovsky8943 don't judge the whole west by the US.

@@karlfranzemperorofmandefil5547 Bold of you to assume they're talking about the United States hiding tyranny.

punished not punched

And severely, not servely.

@@TK-hr7lk you're right

@@TK-hr7lk this mistake enraged oversimplified and punished Carlos serverly

@@carvocarlos3594 kinky

starship troopers... really? so fucking boring.

Hell yeah, gimme Innsmouth

Project Freelancer seems like it could be really good

If you want a good Starship Troopers one, look up Sargon of Akkad's.

@@TheRockhound119 Seen it. Very good indeed.

Yep so we watched the same episode. What is your point?

@@dynestis2875, his point is its a good quote.

@@Jaydee-wd7wr he didn't say that.

@@dynestis2875 why put it there if they thought it was bad quote

I thought the Vesta Blockade was more akin to the Cuban missile crisis, where that part of the cold war nearly went hot.

@@raiderone-zero1267 I believe it did go hot, wasnt there a short battle?

@@timkaine5098 Oh yes thats right! The one admiral Nguyen survived. Yeah, Blockade deserved a mention, since backstory wise, the U.N learns how vastly superior Martian ships are.

Raider One-Zero vesta was before epstein

*Flat eart

Calm down, inquisitor.

For the preservation of our blue and pure world!

Calm down Chrissie.

@@darwinxavier3516 your world is weak. EARTH SHALL FALL, MARS WILL STAND!!!!

In other words their wasting time effort and resources trying to bring life to a geological corpse that's never going to support life on it's own.

inyalowda sellout.

The URM? Venusian Republic, Jupiter Union, Earth Orbital Union (LADDER) Mars Kingdom Parliament... could it be one of the factions from the Terraforming wars? If so, it's even less likely they will be covered, besides them being from a manga series, a medium I don't think Templin has covered even once.

@z man Anything from Battle Angel Alitta would be fine by me. @Terenin Being a Templin fan who watches anime is suffering ;_; Hopefully they'll get around to covering an anime faction one day.

Cobris, Have to disagree, I'am thinking " Babylon 5 " is still king so far. Set in 2258 ? they've meet aliens.

Well, its not just in africa that they are failing to prevent any conflicts lol

The day the UN started giving orders not suggestion to countries is the day Africa will get in line amd shut up

Never heard of that series before but I approve of this suggestion. More content for this channel is good in my book.

How good is _AC_ compared to _The Expanse_ ? Keep passing by it on Netflix and just can't pull the trigger.

@@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e They are different in some ways and similar in others. I've only recently started watching the expanse so I have yet to see the full picture, but the societal issues addressed on both shows seem comparable, though they are more of a focus for AC. AC also focus a lot more on the concept of the individual and the meaning of life itself, with less emphasis placed on the greater geopolitical scene of humanity. I'd say AC is more contained, as in more focused on people, whereas the Expanse seems more broad in its scope. They are both excellent shows imo.

The series is good. I've only read the first book the series that the netflix original series is based on, but it's very close.

@@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e Really, it's comparing apple to oranges (Bear in mind, I'm comparing the two shows, as I have yet to read either novel series). The Expanse is a narrative driven story which focuses on the geopolitical (or inter-solar political, I suppose) landscape. Where as Altered Carbon is a more character-driven story set in a more distant futuristic setting that explores the potential social and moral changes that new technologies could/would create in society. After all, the thing that serves as the impetus behind the events of the entire latter series is the effects that "Stacks" ( the technology that makes mental uploading a very real possibility in the setting of Altered Carbon) have on human society, especially since it is ubiquitous with humanity by the start of the series. I still highly recommend that you watch Altered Carbon, if you haven't already. But, don't go into it assuming that it's going to be remotely similar to The Expanse.

In the show, they do have an apartment that's in the "Anchorage Archipelago"

@Aggro Traveler’s Bucket List mfw wehrbs want to criticize the UN for being useless.

@心静渊智 but would they still call themselves the UN?

SCP Foundation would be glorious, but the 4th wall would not resist.

I wouldn't mind seeing them do a video on the White Council, GLA, Sith and Soul Society.

I concured, especially the FPA.

Well... we dont see that in the real world. Not really. Sometimes there are breakthroughs but other areas have huge stagnations. Take tank guns. The abrams has gone from a 105 to a 120 in like.. 30-40 years. If there isnt a need for it we most likely wont see it. 25teraton mac gun? You want to blow up suns or something? With no need for it, its unlikely we'll see it.

@@TheIfifi 25 Teratons as in contained explosive rounds in a certain area like penetrating armor and damaging hulls. The Forerunner's technology is like a thousand years ahead of the UNSC's.

@@thorshammer7883 Your numbers are off by a huge margin. As calculated the UNSC's ODP's only have a force of 1.3 gigatons of energy. This is goes consistent with both the books and games. Since Covenant shields could be dropped by a 50 megaton nuke. While super carriers shields could be dropped by multiple nukes. Hence why the Covenant used PDCs and why the UNSC had to use sustained mac barrages to kill them.

@@Predator42ID I don't see how I'm wrong about it being 48 gigatons many other statistics put it around that level. Just look at the Halowaypoint website and they calculate it at the same thing.

@@Predator42ID tbh with how fast the odps rounds go hey should be higher

yes

What they said is still technically correct.

@@TemplinInstitute not yet

@@mosalah8551 It's treason then

No

I wouldn't mind seeing a video on Gilead.

This is EXACTLY where we're heading.

@William Cui "Each according to their needs" is the saying.

Equality of poverty, except the "elites" just like the UN in the expanse.

hurr durr i hate the antichrist in a science fiction story

lol

I've asked them, it's on their list.

Be honest, you just want to see Larissa fail to pronounce Nugoeihuvi

Same!

Is it weird that this future is all too probable?

@@despinoza6205 I mean Venus might also be a colony with floating city's.

@@despinoza6205 and overpopulation might be a myth.

Overpopulation like we see in The Expanse is almost improbable because demograthic transition.

@@vincegalila7211 I think in the book they mention that the corporation Tycho tried to colonise Venus with floating city but it didn't work

Just remember: Kiith Gaalsien did nothing wrong

@@marcustulliuscicero5443 And that´s kinda a sad thing IMO. The Gaalsien must have known that death was propably the only option, even for them. It´s either the boiling deserts or Sajuuk/the Taiidan. But their belief in penance was so strong that they gave everything to prevent what had at least a small chance of saving their race.

Never heard of the Homeworld Series, but they should definitely get some Templin videos.

Great picks. Thanos is a popular Dossier pick today.

Agreed on the Mann Co. Mercs suggestion.

Controlling your oxygen supply is an excellent bit of leverage for annexation.

Is not that it happened from one day to another, it was a very slow and gradual process that took about a century. Althought the books dont give many details it is mentioned that earth world powers started coming together to handle the demands of space exploration efforts while the UN was the body that coordinated those multinational efforts, when they established colonies on the moon, mars etc those were also managed by the world powers but through the UN. By the end of the 21st century the UN held significant power, but earth countries still remained independent and sovereign. Natianal goverments did pretty much a shit job at cooperating to counter their impact on the environment, in the 22nd century the damage to earths ecosystem was getting to a point of no return and overpopulation got to ridiculous levels, basically shit hit the fan and national goverments turned to the UN for solutions, and ended up giving their sovereignty in exchange. However not all countries gave up their independence, even on the 24th century, it is mentioned in the books that among other regions, Afghanistan is still indepedent, at least partially.

@@85cadian ahh though I doubt that the state will explore space I think it will probably be private companies like spaceX but your explanation makes sense

@@85cadian based Afghanistan XD

The expense in a politics nutshell, mars and the belt talk a lot o shit until the UN count punch these 2 afther some heavy losses or doing something fucked up.

TheArklyte Just wait - after the gate Nexus opens up, earth gets the last laugh. Who needs to terraform when you've got access to potentially thousands of garden worlds? Mars, the belt, and the outer planets are probably going to become ghost towns.

@@Pyreleaf The problem with the belters is that they cant go back to settle in any planet due to their phisiology. they'll be spaceborn for the rest of their days.

@@85cadian Well they can, but it takes tremendous effort, like taking meds, basically modifying your genes and all... Don't know if you've read the books but the whole thing is a vital plot point later on.

@@Vitalis94 I've only read the first two books, didnt know about that but it'll be interestin to see.

@@85cadian I've read the 5th book recently and oh boy, those two upcoming seasons will be great! Hell, some moments would rival GoT's Red Wedding if done right :P

Biel Peñalver Revilla They already did the Tau Empire a while back.

I agree with the Jedi Order suggestion. They should do the Sith as well.

@@libertariandragon9142 Wasn't that more of a Dossier on Commander Farsight though?

K9theXV Now that I look yes.

Love these suggestions.

Bestiary: Pretty much any of the kaiju created by Toho

@The Ghost of Winterfell They haven't done a High Command in a long, long time. Which kind of makes me wish we had an "all of the above" option for when those contests came up. Especially since it seemed like they had their hearts truly set on Bestiary. @kertaspaper94 I agree with you there buddy. They should do _all_ of the kaiju.

They already did 😉

Cos its not utopian nonsense? Good sci fi is always morally grey or utopianism tinged by a kafkaesque flavour

false, the league of nations was more incompetent

I wouldn’t call it incompetent per say. I’d say it’s restrained by it’s Charter and it’s member states.

Exactly. EU is democracy only on paper.

I am from EU and is true The poor oanes will suffer til the end Hard work is The power of the nation

What are you talking about, they obviously have (Plz dont kill me, its a joke)

Yes GDI!

Let's just assume that this UN is more like Halo's UNSC and less like our impotent real world counterpart.

Who knows? 300 years ago, the idea of a democratic superpower was laughable. So was the existance of Germany. Or people on the moon. A lot can happen in ca. 300 years, even if the overall speed of change would stay the same.

@@gimzod76 As said above, this organization has barely anything to do with current organization. It is the governing body of half the solar system with massive armed forces. It seems to rule rather autoritarian, and seems more like the lovechild of modern-day china and the USA (though, compared with the books, the nastiness of both UN and MCRN was upplayed significantly).

Yes. Also the JSF and SGB. There should be a video on European Federation too.

Unrealistic because of the population?