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Chiquita - The Controversial History
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4 жыл бұрынAfter this video, you'll never see Chiquita in the same way again. There's quite a shady history behind this innocent looking banana company and this video highlights some of the biggest parts of it.
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@avilesjuangaming 4 жыл бұрын
I'm Honduran, and there are so many corruption scandals involving Chiquita and Dole that you can make a Netflix series. Their cultural impact stand till this day.
@dopemusic6414 4 жыл бұрын
Is Honduras as bad as the media shows us?
@avilesjuangaming 4 жыл бұрын
@@dopemusic6414 It depends. Like violence is in some part of the cities while other parts of the city are totally normal. You see a lot of poverty in certain areas. And the government is an extremely corrupt US backed dictatorship. But a lot of people like me just live a normal life.
@OldProVidios 4 жыл бұрын
Are we doing better these days?
@OldProVidios 4 жыл бұрын
@@avilesjuangaming It is like that in the US now too. Our state governors never lose elections.
@klb12393 4 жыл бұрын
Someone high up in Netflix is gonna see this and get promoted for “having the idea” hahah
@richardbautista9825 4 жыл бұрын
You should look into Dole since the guy himself helped overthrow the queen of Hawaii for his business
@jerry321999 4 жыл бұрын
I had thought that was C & H sugar that was responsible for that
@syxepop 4 жыл бұрын
@@jerry321999 - I believe more of that because pineapple wasn't the thing that brought US into having Hawaii, it was CANE SUGAR. Pineapples came when cane sugar wasn't profitable to export from Hawaii (too far shipping by boat, closer to American wages...). Then Dole went into pineapples the way Chiquita / UF went into bananas.
@richardbautista9825 4 жыл бұрын
@@jerry321999 Dole and some of his business friends did the coup so probably
@stuartlee6622 4 жыл бұрын
I know many Queen's of Hawaii
@chewycenter7690 4 жыл бұрын
He should do Dole.
@lefthandslaps8722 4 жыл бұрын
“Supporting terrorism is a controversial move.” Hot takes only, guys.
@painevan2814 3 жыл бұрын
We only make bold statements.
@robhogate2312 3 жыл бұрын
The last president gave money to terrorists in the middle east and guns to the cartel,soooo yeah theres that....not to mention presidents 42,43 and 44 giving money to a dictator
@utterbullspit 3 жыл бұрын
This kid is very naive and ignorant.
@robhogate2312 3 жыл бұрын
Commies chiming in
@xanderunderwoods3363 3 жыл бұрын
We need to go back to government's ruled by Pharaohs.
@junipiro8387 3 жыл бұрын
It’s so strange to hear about this through a KZfaq channel I listen to regularly. I’m Guatemalan American and it’s heard to believe that the reason I’m here was because my parents were able to seek asylum in the US because of the Guatemalan Revolution. Also that I live in the country that basically caused it is even more ironic. I enjoy the privileges that my parents weren’t able to have when they were young. This was really eye opening; all because of a scummy banana company smh 🤦♀️
@uapeale6116 2 жыл бұрын
They say President Eisenhower was a great leader, he should be charged with crimes against humanity! Seems that if you mention anything that improves living condition is a Commie. Patrice Lumumba wanted the same thing in DRC he had to go. This was President Eisenhower.
@supermakermatic2111 4 жыл бұрын
PETA: The meat industry is corrupt! Fruit industry:
@randomnonsense2259 4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@Attmay 4 жыл бұрын
Carbs are slave foods. This is yet more proof of it. PETA has done nothing to stop the slavery and horrible conditions in the name of the growing of fruits and vegetables by migrant workers.
@davidcopeland5450 4 жыл бұрын
*Fruit Industry: "Hold my banana!" Fixed it for you :).
@umusuuk 4 жыл бұрын
How is PETA relevant here in any way?
@yes24__ 4 жыл бұрын
animals and human lives matter the same.
@cherryixing4372 4 жыл бұрын
I live in Guatemala, sadly it seems like in recent years, the whole situation with Chiquita was left in the past. Not many schools teach students about it, and not that many people talk or even know about it. There are still a lot of Chiquita trucks on the streets everyday and no one bats an eye, same with buying their bananas. Edit: People do know about the Civil War, but not about Chiquita's involvement.
@Escobar224 4 жыл бұрын
It's Chanyeol's Fault basically
@ninjareflex 4 жыл бұрын
Porque el puto gobierno todavia es gobernado por los mismos dueños de las empresas de bananas. Igual que los otros hermanos salvadoreños y Hondureños..
@HplusG 4 жыл бұрын
Its time to leave it in the past.
@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 4 жыл бұрын
I don't buy Chaquita bananas as they're usually a little more expensive but I do wonder what would happen to the economy there if they were boycotted.
@cherryixing4372 4 жыл бұрын
@@ninjareflex Cierto. Desgraciadamente creo que siempre sera así. El gobierno no controla el país, sino las familias más adineradas.
@Richard_K1630 4 жыл бұрын
Never forget the first 9/11: the CIA attack on Chile in 1973.
@12yearssober 3 жыл бұрын
We like to ignore things like that
@apollocreed2089 3 жыл бұрын
One of the few times a coup actually helped. It's why Chile is the strongest economy in Central/South America. Communism is a disease and Pinochet was the cure.
@tentringer4065 3 жыл бұрын
@@apollocreed2089 how many of the thousands of murders and tortures Pinochet ordered would you like to have witnessed?
@luiseduardofontes33 3 жыл бұрын
@@apollocreed2089 this post was made by the central inteligence agency
@impieman10 4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate how you revisited the topic, and it's very interesting seeing an explanation of history with a somewhat "neutral" tone. Though as a South American seeing a North American talk about United States intervention in our politics with such complacency is a bit upsetting. The fact that the united states had such a strong arm in the politics of these countries is far worst than the terrorist bit... which may be why the topic is so hard to cover without other people getting passionately upset against the company. Still, I appreciated the video very much.
@MasterAdam100 3 жыл бұрын
Dude's a Capitalist. Do you expect him to place other issues ahead of profit?
@jc.1191 3 жыл бұрын
Which country do you live in down there? How are things going after covid? Hope y'all are well.
@kittykittybangbang9367 3 жыл бұрын
@@MasterAdam100 do you know basic economic though?
@kevinaguilar7541 3 жыл бұрын
@@kittykittybangbang9367 I guess he doesn't
@simrdownmon6431 2 жыл бұрын
This channel isn't run by investigative journalists, It's run by corporate shills.
@dracorex426 4 жыл бұрын
"Controversy" is an interesting way to spell "crimes against humanity".
@Jayjordancomedy 4 жыл бұрын
Capitalists really like white washing pro-capital crimes
@calebelliott147 4 жыл бұрын
@@Jayjordancomedy "Capitalists" is an interesting way to spell "Crony Capitalists". Don't ya think?
@tezbob 4 жыл бұрын
Have you heard of Football Wars
@aaronjsolomon 4 жыл бұрын
Another interesting way to spell "crimes against humanity" is "Communism".
@ababababaababbba 4 жыл бұрын
@@calebelliott147 no
@alexanderduron5078 4 жыл бұрын
As a Honduran, I recommend everyone to read the book "Prisión verde" by Ramón Amaya Amador. It's a brillant novel that illustrates pretty well how my country was run and shaped by the bananas companies.
@tripleemce5003 4 жыл бұрын
Jajaja
@oldmanglitch66 4 жыл бұрын
does there happen to be an english translation of the novel?
@-KillaWatt- 4 жыл бұрын
@@oldmanglitch66 I have that same question. I would certainly read it but onoy if it's in English.
@bozozium 4 жыл бұрын
@oldmanglitch I’m pretty sure the title translated means “Green Prison” Which can tell you a bit of the story
@carloscamejo391 4 жыл бұрын
Hermano, hay un traducción en inglés?
@mechasentai 4 жыл бұрын
I'm at a loss for words. I had no idea such a harmless looking product had such a history behind it. I'm just shocked. Absolutely shocked.
@Valhallan 4 жыл бұрын
Damn... I'm from Honduras, Central America, and Chiquita Banana is a sad chapter in the history of this region. "Las Bananeras" is usually the title of this chapter; taught in every school. The inhuman working conditions these companies offered were just brutal and took a lot of human lives.
@alexandergilles8583 4 жыл бұрын
This isn’t it with the government stuff though. Another banana company was called Cuyamel. This story takes place in Honduras. Cuyamel was owned by a guy named Samuel Zemurray and in 1910, he wasn’t happy with the current president because he gave land grants to another rival banana company. So he hired a mercenary army and gave it to his buddy, former Honduran president Manuel Bonilla and together they overthrew the president and Bonilla became the new president. This company has a connection to Chiquita, because in 1929, Cuyamel was bought by United Fruit
@justsomeguy5470 4 жыл бұрын
Well, birds of a feather truly do flock together
@timurtheterrible4062 4 жыл бұрын
A fellow Sam O Nella viewer?
@terryderry_ 4 жыл бұрын
@@timurtheterrible4062 ahh a man of culture
@alexandergilles8583 4 жыл бұрын
Timur The Terrible yep 👍
@galactic-hamster7043 4 жыл бұрын
Oh hey, this guy named Sam O Nella made a video covering the scandals of the 'banana republics'
@tylermeade81 4 жыл бұрын
“Supporting terrorism is a controversial move” -Company Man 2020
@jcmendezify 4 жыл бұрын
Ouch lolol
@NuclearTopSpot 4 жыл бұрын
For real? I thought it was socially accepted. ... like smoking.
@jerry321999 4 жыл бұрын
A great understatement I would say!
@hotwax9376 4 жыл бұрын
Not if you're a Democrat.
@trunkage 4 жыл бұрын
@@hotwax9376 Wait... who backed Pinochet? Or Osama? Contra? Ford and Reagan The Dems don't do a good job either, with the likes of Brazil. Pretending both sides of government dont love overthrowing governments and paying terrorists is ridiculous
@yaboidilan218 4 жыл бұрын
Sam o nella viewers: "Hey! I've seen this one before!"
@trainman5371 3 жыл бұрын
I miss Sam o Nella
@passtheapplejuice2619 3 жыл бұрын
COMMIE COMMIE REE
@barateza16 4 жыл бұрын
I can't believe that when I started following you, you had like 10k subs or something, I remember you have created two other channels and stuff, now you're on your way to a million followers! That is proof of you content quality, and I'm thankful for being a part of your success.
@hayzmation5354 4 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, Chiquita... _The Banana Bad Bois_
@gentuxable 4 жыл бұрын
That sounds like a po*n movie.
@sawyerdalawyer2254 4 жыл бұрын
I ate a banana from Chiquita while watching this video
@businessstories8496 4 жыл бұрын
hayZmation 😂😂😂
@anthonyf2301 4 жыл бұрын
@@gentuxable 😂😂😂😂
@mandarinsandclementines2997 4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of "The Bikini Bottom Bad Bois"
@RoundupResistance 4 жыл бұрын
I still think Chiquita deserves a place on the Netflix series "Dirty Money" for its payments to the AUC.
@SlapstickGenius23 4 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@MAM-pd9mx 3 жыл бұрын
PLEASE IT WOULD BE SO AMAZING....
@MAM-pd9mx 3 жыл бұрын
It's literally so fcking sad when you enter their Instagram/Facebook page and only see Banana figures smiling, shinny yellow colors, "Buy a Banana to be happy"... what an *ssholes
@tugboatsstuff2810 3 жыл бұрын
@@MAM-pd9mx it does not cener
@MAM-pd9mx 3 жыл бұрын
@@tugboatsstuff2810 what?
@medic048 3 жыл бұрын
Your videos kick ass! I appreciate all the work you do to bring these awesome informative videos to us! They open our eyes to what really happens behind the scenes in these companies. Thank you
@alejandroortega705 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! For making all this awesome interesting videos, I really enjoy learning human history in all its forms and your work on the history of companies and the way you create and develop your videos in such a professional way, it is a great contribution for history and common knowledge , Keep up the good work that you do. and I wish you Health and fortune to you Company Man.
@ChaddRussell 4 жыл бұрын
You definitely need to do a video on Luxottica. They own Ray Ban, Oakley and pretty much every sunglasses company you can think of... it's scary how much they own and control.
@pilotgrrl1 4 жыл бұрын
They merged with Essilor, the world's largest lens manufacturer, a couple years ago. Seems like a monopoly to me.
@OtakuUnitedStudio 4 жыл бұрын
And the CEO is quoted as saying "We can charge whatever we want, because people NEED glasses and they'll buy whether they like it or not," or something to that effect. Bare corrupt price gouging with no shame at all.
@maiastephanie2986 4 жыл бұрын
they also own vision insurance (eyemed is their largest example), plus they buy up any companies that try to compete with them (including online companies) Just google luxottica subsidiaries and you can clearly tell that it is a monopoly
@ccrozz99 4 жыл бұрын
As an optician, I was surprised how much we order through them and how many brands they control. I aways thought Versace, Rayban, etc were their own thing.
@thenoicemango1827 4 жыл бұрын
OtakuUnitedStudio Sounds like what cable and internet companies do. They own a monopoly so they can charge whatever they want because in most cases their is only 1 provider in your area.
@andrewwojtas8486 4 жыл бұрын
I did an entire paper on this for my writing class
@djdeadbeat4380 4 жыл бұрын
Did you get a good grade?
@andrewwojtas8486 4 жыл бұрын
@@djdeadbeat4380 I got an 88 out of 100 but it came in a bit late.
@thenintendogamer1542 4 жыл бұрын
Andrew Wojtas thats good!
@hitwolf3749 4 жыл бұрын
No way me too
@businessstories8496 4 жыл бұрын
Andrew Wojtas Awesome bro!
@rp4619 4 жыл бұрын
I’m hoping by “sketchy” treatment of the workers you mean “horrid and completely unjust.”
@kgsniper4850 2 жыл бұрын
I thought it was literal slavery.
@richardtherichard26 2 жыл бұрын
No he means sketchy. If you’d like to use your own words, by all means, make your own video. Otherwise no one cares. Shut up and move on
@Patricia-dj5qn 3 жыл бұрын
I think the huge thing you missed out about the land redistribution from Guatemala is that those poor farmers were INDIGENOUS people. This was their land and that’s why Jacob Arbenz decree was just. The Mayan population of Guatemala suffered under the civil war and they were the ones impacted the most.
@Demagora 4 жыл бұрын
There was also controversy in pesticides used on banana farms. Basically pesticides that were no longer legally allowed to be used in America ended up used on banana farms, and the workers were not told about it and suffered pretty extreme side effects as a result.
@UkraineJames2000 4 жыл бұрын
Before: Banana controversy, how bad could it be? After: I'll never eat or even look at a banana ever again.
@kaitlyn__L 4 жыл бұрын
fwiw if the packaging says fairtrade it's probably fine.. fairtrade was set up specifically to try and counter such working condition issues. it can still lead to issues like a whole community relying on one best paying crop, but at least avoids human rights abuses.
@jamespooh2 4 жыл бұрын
I don't really bananas and dont feel the need to ever again
@markovalntobresci5714 4 жыл бұрын
So you really think that bananas are only produced by two companies?? You only give them a victory with that.
@UkraineJames2000 4 жыл бұрын
@@markovalntobresci5714 I'm being hyperbolic.
@keiishine 4 жыл бұрын
I never liked bananas anyway lol
@MXALOVE 2 жыл бұрын
Never in my 20 years of life would I ever think the banana company did scandals
@AFrogInTheStars 4 жыл бұрын
Congrats on three years! Your vids have helped me a lot for academic and recreational purposes. Seriously, keep doing what you’re doing.
@pabloqp 4 жыл бұрын
And Chiquita started a path of corruption that still remains nowadays in almost all Central America (Except from Costa Rica, pretty much) that moves much of us in our countries to consider migration. Like an undesired effect of sow and harvest.
@depresseddude12 4 жыл бұрын
Dude, Costa Rica runs in corruption. I couldn't even begin to tell you how the harvesting of pineapple is killing people, the environment and the land, all while the government turns a blind eye.
@pabloqp 4 жыл бұрын
@@depresseddude12 Gonna read on it, although, not as much corruption compared to El Salvador, as example.
@DoveLady 4 жыл бұрын
this is why i love your channel, mike. youre eager to deliver facts as unbiased as possible and without getting too deep, asking your viewers for feedback. theres not many like you with your subscriber count willing to even touch this topic so its quite laudable. great video as always!
@downriver_death 4 жыл бұрын
You should do the controversial history of Dole. Now THAT would be a hell of a video to do
@simrdownmon6431 2 жыл бұрын
Nah... This channel isn't run by investigative journalists, It's run by corporate shills.
@hughjass2640 4 жыл бұрын
5:40 We will not let American Soldiers massacre our people! We'll do it ourselves.
@TEKITOcreations 4 жыл бұрын
This is the darkest episode of Company Man.
@catharticreverie 4 жыл бұрын
and I doubt this will be the last, there are plenty of terribly horrifying companies just in the supermarket alone
@flaglag7672 3 жыл бұрын
2ns darkest was the one about the moving company Uhaul.
@Dennisaj 4 жыл бұрын
*”Do a video on why “De Beers” diamond 💎 company is so corrupt.”*
@buckyheeler8098 4 жыл бұрын
A diamond is "not always" Forever.
@SpeedVS 4 жыл бұрын
Is it corrupt? I just know that they have a monopoly on diamonds and can basically charge whatever they want for them, which is exactly what they did after they ran a ton of commercials about just how "great" and "cool" and "rare" diamonds are.
@timewave02012 4 жыл бұрын
Is effective marketing the same as corruption?
@rexsexson5349 4 жыл бұрын
See: Sierra Leone
@OtakuUnitedStudio 4 жыл бұрын
The corruption, for anyone asking, is more to do with the fact that they have repeatedly failed to identify corrupt sources for their diamonds when buying from other suppliers. Terrorists in that area will steal shipments and conscript innocent people into slavery to mine diamonds for them, and when those groups get exposed and/or arrested, DeBeer's always seems surprised about it. Call me cynical, but I don't think you buy blood diamonds for 60 years without some idea about what's going on unless you're the most naive person alive.
@catos3045 Жыл бұрын
I love howe he goes "Well, we don't have proofs of the bad work conditions" and then goes on to tell how they had to massacre 2,000 people that were demanding human working conditions.
@mindgarden381 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. Would love to see more content like this from this channel, unearthing the corrupt and unethical tactics and history behind many popular brands. It's an important counterbalance to the more business/economics side of things you usually cover.
@Dennisaj 4 жыл бұрын
*Please do “why EA is hated” next?*
@MrBreastGiveMeMoney 4 жыл бұрын
We all know why, loot boxes
@sephondranzer 4 жыл бұрын
Asaad Dennis How did I not think of this??? So this!!!
@seto007 4 жыл бұрын
I remember actually recommending this on a much older video. Almost every analysis of companies like EA and Activision focus on them from a gaming and entertainment perspective, so it would be really interesting to see those companies from a more business-oriented perspective.
@andrewwojtas8486 4 жыл бұрын
I feel like not everything they touch is evil but I see why they are hated.
@shyadeny 4 жыл бұрын
Everyone already knows why, that video would be so overdone and redundant
@alias5305 4 жыл бұрын
Good job covering the stories! I was worried that you would gloss over Árbenz, but you covered it! History is full of companies and the US destabilizing other countries for profit, and it’s important to learn about
@JV-ub7ev 4 жыл бұрын
I love your videos and have from the beginning, and I'm glad you made this one. The reason people get upset is not because you dare to talk solely about business, but a lot of people are just sick of being sold this sterile, pretty picture of companies (totally not) committing literal crimes and atrocities, especially when in a foreign country. Every company has its scandals, but the actions of this company has impacted entire countries politically, socially, and economically. As much as I love your content, it's disappointing when people gloss over things like this and avoid taking a position just because they don't feel personally affected. I'm happy people are able to vocalize that these are topics worth discussing today, as long as they're not personally attacking you. Again, I love your light-hearted videos and I don't expect this to be a new sociopolitical history channel, but not addressing the actions of this company is almost a statement in itself. If you talked about a cotton plantation and said "they had some controversies, but they succeeded!" I don't think it should be shocking to see people upset. These things at least deserve addressing. I'm sad you didn't take even a minor standpoint beyond "wow that's controversial" too. Again I don't turn to this channel for political takedowns, but I don't feel it's so controversial to acknowledge murder and terrorism is bad at least. I don't know, it's just so hands-off. I understand why you'd wanna operate that way but to tiptoe around "terrorism... is controversial!" is pretty surprising. Either way I thank you for addressing it. People should know about this.
@28ebdh3udnav 4 жыл бұрын
Its not bribing if you relabel it as "lobbying". Also, if controlled a whole country, imagine how much power they have here...
@JosephDR 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's called "lobbying" these days. Come on, folks. Get with the times!
@matthewroberts3125 4 жыл бұрын
I guess you could say you drove people *bananas* for not mentioning the controversies in your previous video? I'll see myself out...
@HalfwayHouseProductions08 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah...GO
@xanderunderwoods3363 3 жыл бұрын
Noice
@XxXShevampXxX 2 жыл бұрын
👈😁👈 Bruh
@deby5983 2 жыл бұрын
I will never look at Chiquita the same. Sadly, it's about the only brand most of my neighborhood markets carry.. uh, guess I'll Google a replacement fruit for potassium...Thanks Company Man for listening and responding to a viewers concerns, doing the research and uploading this video.
@cody7812 Жыл бұрын
Another thing on the marketing of bananas, oranges have more potassium than bananas, but most people think bananas are the best source because of old marketing.
@johncronin5311 4 ай бұрын
You got it rite
@FingeringThings 4 жыл бұрын
I thought they were just exploiting employees, didn’t know they massacred poor workers as well. Thanks for covering this.
@Escobar224 4 жыл бұрын
MITLOML for money
@TiberianFiend 4 жыл бұрын
They didn't. Weren't you paying attention?
@baronvonlimbourgh1716 4 жыл бұрын
Happened in the usa as well on multiple occasions. Lovely robberbarons with their private armies.
@prime_optimus 4 жыл бұрын
@paula Almost every rich company is evil.
@alexandrub8786 4 жыл бұрын
@MITLOML last time when america came there they made panama a state and take the land that would become the panama channal. Qmerican would have done the same thing but after they would wanted "monetary conpensation" for doing Columbia's job.
@dmscholl4 4 жыл бұрын
You undersold the issue in Guatemala. The Director of the CIA and the Secretary of State were Allen Dulles and John FosterDulles. Allen was on the board of directors for United Fruit.
@thejmc4074 3 жыл бұрын
In a KZfaq video that isn’t excessively long, it’s almost impossible to not gloss over some parts.
@anomitas 3 жыл бұрын
Make a video yourself if it bothers you
@simrdownmon6431 2 жыл бұрын
This channel isn't run by investigative journalists lol. It's run by corporate shills.
@luispena2014 2 жыл бұрын
Check out "Alma: A Tale of Violence" for more on Guatemala.
@teamakando1633 4 жыл бұрын
Your comment on the “Great White Fleet” was understandable given the context of your video. However, virtually every school history textbook in America has a different understanding of the Great White Fleet. It was President Roosevelt’s fleet of battleships that made a world voyage. Excellent channel and excellent videos. Your work is much appreciated.
@superquinntendo8916 4 жыл бұрын
Love your videos, Iook forward to them every Wednesday! I even go back and watch the old videos often, they're so great. I'm hoping one day you can do a video on Oakley, it's a very nice story but with sort-of a sad ending depending on your POV of their parent company Luxottica. Maybe Luxottica themselves could be the subject of a video.
@CAPAE 4 жыл бұрын
So, I am just not buying bananas, then? Cannot trust Dole, cannot trust Chiquita...
@depresseddude12 4 жыл бұрын
Or you can try growing them yourself
@Kobra7049 4 жыл бұрын
@@depresseddude12 not in the US. Climate is completely wrong for bananas. You could grow them in southern Florida. That's about it.
@SkywarsLobby 4 жыл бұрын
@@depresseddude12 hahah
@OochieTheClown 4 жыл бұрын
@@Kobra7049 I lived in Florida in my childhood and we had some banana trees at my house.
@OtakuUnitedStudio 4 жыл бұрын
@@Kobra7049 I live in Virginia and we grow banana plants. That said, getting them to fruit is another thing entirely. They CAN, but there has to be an especially warm and long summer.
@SuperDevolution 4 жыл бұрын
Today in "Human history is a never-ending parade of awful."
@HayTatsuko 4 жыл бұрын
Rightly stated, and eternally sad.
@Team-fj5xg 3 жыл бұрын
J.R. Caldoon r/Iam14andthisisdeep
@xanderunderwoods3363 3 жыл бұрын
Where's an asteroid when you need one lol
@kittykittybangbang9367 3 жыл бұрын
@@Team-fj5xg r/lostredditors
@shinyprisma6085 3 жыл бұрын
reject human, return to monke
@kurthellis 4 жыл бұрын
keep it up. this was remarkable journalism. please do more things like this. it was great
@jcwasheregt 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for trying to bring this side of their company up to the light. As a Guatemalan, I can tell you those 36 years of civil war soon after the president was removed has had long lasting damage that continues today, and it's worsened by Canadian mining operations (who are kinda trying to do the same thing as chiquita), and the drug trafficking. So thank you.
@lobitome 3 жыл бұрын
It's sad to see how the country still is having problems 25 years after the end of the civil war. Even sadder to me, is seeing how the Zeta Cartel is taking over areas of the country that I once felt safe enough in.
@andrewmurray9391 4 жыл бұрын
I'd love to here about Starter. How did they go from being the hot shit brand selling $400 jackets to 11 year olds in the 90s to making discount socks for Walmart?
@KeikoKeepSmiling 4 жыл бұрын
This.
@kmena05 4 жыл бұрын
"And here's an autograph For your brother, I wrote it on a Starter cap."
@LonghornsLegend 4 жыл бұрын
That's a great recc
@MrThatnativeguy 3 жыл бұрын
Easy, they increase supply to keep up with demand and the rest is history
@jonnybmk6212 2 жыл бұрын
I agree! When I was growing up poor I wanted a Starter Jacket so bad, like the winter parka style. I'd stand in Foot Locker dreaming of owning one.
@twelveparsex 4 жыл бұрын
"Supporting terrorism is a controversial move" - Company Man
@xanderunderwoods3363 3 жыл бұрын
Think I'm going to have this turned into a bumper sticker
@ChildOfTheFlower 3 жыл бұрын
It works for Disney
@simrdownmon6431 2 жыл бұрын
This channel isn't run by investigative journalists lol. It's run by corporate shills.
@sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope 2 жыл бұрын
@@simrdownmon6431 it’s a single dude 🙄
@ayecaptin 4 жыл бұрын
Anyone else love it when Company man drops down an active octave and makes a side comment like he's whispering something to a friend in a meeting?
@DoctorTruth45 4 жыл бұрын
In Colombia the story of what UFC did there is taught in schools as a very tragic episode in Colombian history. Then followed by the theft of Panama by the US a few years later.
@DCMarvelMultiverse 4 жыл бұрын
So, if you were the democratically elected leader whose poor country was owned by an abusive corporation that hailed from a foreign nation that used its poorer allies as cannon fodder. What would you do?
@Dim.g0v 4 жыл бұрын
Get usurped in a violent coup d'etat that devolves into a civil war. 😊
@APink176 3 жыл бұрын
I agree that Americans need to learn all aspects of their history, including where we were wrong. I disagree that this history should condone a societal move to socialism. Democracy and capitalism are not perfect, but socialism and communism has caused much more death and suffering throughout history and around the world. Socialism looks great on paper but it has never worked in a positive way that didn’t cause immense suffering in reality. I’ll take regulated, lawful capitalism over socialism any day.
@jayscott2769 3 жыл бұрын
@@APink176 Capitalism is literally killing people right now though. Not being guaranteed the basic right to life is murdering americans this very moment as a pandemic rages through a country in which a large portion of the population is uninsured or underinsured. How are people supposed to isolate when they're their family's only source of income? Having this many people unable to socially distance because of the greed of capitalist oligarchs in this country is why so many of us are dead. Not to mention, even before this pandemic, people were dying each year of preventable diseases that they simply couldn't afford treatment for. Insurance companies can literally dictate if you're allowed to have life-saving treatement. What kind of equitable society allows people to die for the crime of being poor? I am sure this comment is well-meaning and I empathize with you. I would encourage you to do some research on ~why~ socialism seems to be a failing strategy and in Central and South America and elsewhere it is largely tied to U.S. interventionism as outlined partly in this video. Corporate ownership of our government is at the root of capitalism and is the opposite of democratic.
@jc.1191 3 жыл бұрын
@@APink176 You may want to actually find out what socialism is. We've had it for years here, and every other developed nation has a few more policies. Capitalism is great, I appreciate it. Some things are run better as social programs. The problem is, we have too much crony capitalism. That's basically the corrupt and authoritarian part we despise in communism. The man preferring socialist policy has a valid opinion. He wants his country to improve from corruption.
@johnlawful2272 3 жыл бұрын
@@jayscott2769 we have socialism it's called the military
@rizuzechocolate 4 жыл бұрын
Is this where the saying "it's bananas!" comes from?
@arijitmondal9814 4 жыл бұрын
Want my banana????
@kushluk777 4 жыл бұрын
A good question. Maybe?
@TS_Mind_Swept 4 жыл бұрын
12:30 “I know this is a topic that people feel strongly about..” I can’t believe people actually go bananas over this 😂😂
@GameyCat 3 жыл бұрын
please tell me this is sarcasm
@dazc 4 жыл бұрын
SOUPLANTATION - The Rise and fall 😔 WE NEED IT COMPANY MAN!
@MrShadow42 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for coming back to his topic! I think you did a great job covering the major points. For anyone who wants to know more, I'd suggest reading Bitter Fruit, which details the coup in Guatemala.
@Omar-em7rl 4 жыл бұрын
Company Man, the type of guy to announce to the teacher about the homework she promised.
@squawkthepenguin9492 4 жыл бұрын
Damn, and I just wanted to have some bananas...
@SawedOffClown 4 жыл бұрын
“Supporting terrorism is a controversial move” Understatement of the centry
@amm6112 4 жыл бұрын
I’m very tempted to make a banana pun but I feel like I might slip up....
@DoveLady 4 жыл бұрын
you can just peel out if it doesnt take
@businessstories8496 4 жыл бұрын
Amm611 😂😂
@dreadhead5719 4 жыл бұрын
these puns are so apeeling!
@amm6112 4 жыл бұрын
What have I started
@lionelsenga3752 4 жыл бұрын
Now that is a potassiumly good one!
@erikboydston4476 4 жыл бұрын
I find their history to really be quite interesting considering they’re just a banana company
@KalodexD 4 жыл бұрын
It's not about the bananas, it's the people who control the banans.
@Marscotheman Жыл бұрын
true
@ciello___8307 Жыл бұрын
they are a cartel
@LpsPinkPetalPaws 4 жыл бұрын
Can’t I just enjoy my bananas in peace without worrying about whether I’m supporting a corrupt company or not :(
@lobitome 3 жыл бұрын
If you breath, wear clothes, eat, etc. In order to survive, you probably have to support some corrupt business, to stay alive.
@danielsellers8707 26 күн бұрын
Buy Fairtrade bananas; the Co-op & Sainsbury's ones in UK are Fairtrade. Helps the poor & working people in their countries by paying them a fair price.
@LorneGrimmer 4 жыл бұрын
I'm learning so much about these companies since you are doing these videos. Acknowledgments from other big name channels should be in order because i see them doing some similar videos now. You do them so well it is a shame they are felt (Just a little bit) like ripping you off.
@antidevgodot 4 жыл бұрын
As a Central American, I appreciate this video. 😜
@marlene97280 3 жыл бұрын
Saludos desde Martinica !kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j614Y9d30qrenmw.html Tenemos el mismo scandallllllll
@tawon1984 4 жыл бұрын
Little known fact: Banana flavored candy tastes so different from the actual fruit because that kind of Banana went extinct 🤯
@jerry321999 4 жыл бұрын
What?!?!?!?
@tania5265 4 жыл бұрын
no.. because it’s artificial flavoring
@arijitmondal9814 4 жыл бұрын
GAYyyyyy
@Kobra7049 4 жыл бұрын
@@jerry321999 it's true. A blight killed off all of the banana trees of that variety. Also, almost all banana trees farmed today are genetically identical. They are all grafted from one surviving tree, during the blight.
@kaitlyn__L 4 жыл бұрын
@@tania5265 the artificial flavouring didn't taste exactly like the old breed of banana, but it tasted much more similar. They based the artificial flavouring on the old type of banana. The gap between artificial strawberry and real strawberry flavour is much smaller and more recognisable as the fruit it's imitating, than between artificial banana and current real banana - but the gap used to be about the same for both. The old species isn't totally extinct, but it is very rare. It purportedly has a much less complex and much sweeter flavour, apparently tasting somewhat similar to an over-ripe modern banana all the time.
@wonka2671 4 жыл бұрын
“Supporting terrorism is a controversial move” . Yea I would say so lol
@carter898 4 жыл бұрын
I love the welcoming voice. Makes me feel at home. It’s cool to watch a video learning about my favorite brands
@LeahSunKyu 4 жыл бұрын
I'm Colombian. I heard about the banana massacre when I was in 5th grade (last grade of elementary school), and that's the single event in history to give me anxiety. Just thinking about it makes me so anxious... and I really had to lower the volume and wait for you to stop talking about it. Thank you for talking abou this.
@LeahSunKyu 4 жыл бұрын
@Carl West ??? your point??? Also, I'm blaming both. Just as scummy.
@theworldwidehistoryofhisto2868 4 жыл бұрын
The history of this company, while horrible, still is pretty interesting. I glad you made this video because it looked more in-depth about Chiquita's controversial history.
@killermon117 4 жыл бұрын
Yup... these banana companies basically started a war between Honduras and El Salvador which lasted only 100 hours but led to both economy collapsing and a civil war in El Salvador.
@Harbinger28567 4 жыл бұрын
Peanut butter protein shake - 2 - 3 cups milk 2 scoops chocolate whey protein powder 2 bananas 2 - 3 tablespoons peanut butter Chocolate syrup to taste Add all ingredients in a blender and mix until well blended. Pour into a large glass and enjoy.
@iranalot6526 4 жыл бұрын
If y'all want to know more about the situation There's a guy named Sam o Nella. He talked more about the political side of things
@deathkorpswatchmaster2414 3 жыл бұрын
PLEASE SAM FINISH SCHOOL
@maxgast8818 4 жыл бұрын
This is what Oversimplified meant by the "American banana companies"
@snowy1214 4 жыл бұрын
when did he mention that?
@dilisarcop1573 4 жыл бұрын
Snowy121 in the football mini-war episode, I believe.
@lazymansload520 4 жыл бұрын
To be fair there were some smaller companies assisting United fruit with their oppression
@ahmedcastro9866 4 жыл бұрын
Didn't know about all these others controversies, thanks for putting this together. Here in Honduras they are very infamous, and now we even have the strike against United in 1954 as part of our history text books
@TheGbelcher 4 жыл бұрын
I love these videos. You’re underrated my friend.
@brianfong5711 4 жыл бұрын
Palpatine: Your stock footage is strong Skywalker.
@BugsyFoga 4 жыл бұрын
A Banana Company had a scandal , now this will be interesting.
@randomnonsense2259 4 жыл бұрын
Well I never knew a banana company could cause so much controversy
@medes5597 4 жыл бұрын
Did you know that Coca Cola had a controversial period in which they were accused of hiring mercenaries to murder trade union leaders in Columbia? Oh except that was between 1990 and 2003, not decades ago. www.killercoke.org/crimes_colombia.php
@jwproductions5070 4 жыл бұрын
69th like!
@kaitlyn__L 4 жыл бұрын
@@randomnonsense2259 most agricultural companies have similar human rights issues in their history.. not just bananas but any fruit that needs a tropical environment to grow. Also coffee and tobacco and stuff. The Dutch and British East India Companies spring to mind as well... it's a grim as fuck history but I would recommend looking up at least an overview of what those companies did, to the growers, to maintain their market positions at all costs. People are still concerned about child labour and unsafe working conditions in palm and soy plantations too...
@darkfoxfurre 4 жыл бұрын
Psst.. 1990 and 2003 *was* decades ago
@TheRusherHD 4 жыл бұрын
As a Guatemalan I will make sure no one in my family will ever buy from this company again. I advise all other Chapins to do the same. I've heard about the Civil War but never heard that they were the reason families fought and killed.
@insertnamehere5146 4 жыл бұрын
congrats on making this video on Chiquita. I did not know any of this. I have seen most of your video's, but this is possibly the most important one yet. As others have said I hope this is picked up as a subject for a full documentary This company is not inept or has a bad product like your normal video subects. This company is a criminal organisation
@Melanie-Shea 4 жыл бұрын
Everyone: Hey this seems pretty bad. CompanyMan: So... it might be, maybe considered, controversial?
@jdinnen1 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for keeping the vids coming in the midst of this current crisis. It is a nice break from the lockdown. Well done. Love the channel.
@mikemarks6136 4 жыл бұрын
Who knew bananas had such a dark and horrible history
@lydiabeeler3539 4 жыл бұрын
I was so confused until I started the video because I thought for sure you already did a video about Chiquita 😂
@olaf421 4 жыл бұрын
When I hear Chiquita and Bananas I immediatly think about the SamONella Video with the communism joke Idk why but I think it is one of the greatest suprises I've ever had in a video
@joeschmoe9657 3 жыл бұрын
Comee commee! Yeah go get him Dwight. Reeeeeeeee! *bang bang bang*. Holy shit you actually killed him. Worldstar!
@thedukeofchutney468 4 жыл бұрын
Before watching video: I like bananas. After watching video: EEEEVIL! (Said in Mermaid-man voice.)
@shinyprisma6085 3 жыл бұрын
i read evil before the voice caption and i still read it in the mermaid-man voice lol
@harry5326 3 жыл бұрын
"Surely their clan o banana shenanigans are over now, well you'd be wrong"
@julianbaquero193 4 жыл бұрын
This was taught to me by my 4th grade teacher here in Colombia. The horrid thing, is even today, there are people that doubt the massacre even happened, when its one of the most horrid acts in my country (And that's saying a lot)
@DarDarBinks1986 4 жыл бұрын
No mention of the Panama disease nearly wiping out the Gros Michel cultivar of banana? Blasphemy!
@lexfacitregem 4 жыл бұрын
I know!!! The Cavendish are utterly bland crap! That's why I don't eat bananas!!!!
@TakeWalker 4 жыл бұрын
It would be amazing that a company like this would be allowed to continue existing, but I live in the US and am not shocked by anything we let corporations get away with. :|
@IkeOkerekeNews 4 жыл бұрын
Corporations don't get away with many things.
@magicfroggi 4 жыл бұрын
@@IkeOkerekeNews I beg to differ. They get away with quite a bit that normal small town business could not, epecially older corporations like these.
@kthemaster1999 4 жыл бұрын
@@IkeOkerekeNews no
@Aaron-tk7vc 4 жыл бұрын
Holy crap lol. I’m starting to wonder if you’ll have to do multiple episode coverage one day on companies.
@H1nted 4 жыл бұрын
Someone tell me the name of the song in the outro ?
@conorwhitehead1823 4 жыл бұрын
When I saw the title, I somehow knew it would be about *that* banana company. And I didn't even know that the name was changed lol
@M3D1C2121 4 жыл бұрын
Wait, somewhere between 50 and 2000? That is a huge margin. I knew some of this banana stuff was messed up but damn.
@harentonearnshaw7628 4 жыл бұрын
You are very balanced and provide facts without your own opinion and bias. I appreciate that, this is clear in this video where it would be easy to have a lot of emotions.
@TheRealBizWiz 4 жыл бұрын
*Thank you so much for all this amazing content! Will you please do BIMBO Breads?*
@RyanJardina 4 жыл бұрын
Take a shot every time he says "banana".