Conan Talks About American Imperialism

Conan Talks About American Imperialism - Conan O'Brien Must Go

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@peteradaniel Ай бұрын

Imperialist past?! Imperialist present.

@user-tm8jt2py3d Ай бұрын

This isn't empire. Are you sad they have bases in Germany and Japan, where genocidal race empires were stopped? Which genocidal dictator that they eliminated did you love most? An Empire would make things much easier for them. I think you guys get confused because they definitely could do imperial stuff at any time, but they don't. He's in Argentina, and these people pretend they aren't the offspring of dictatorial governments since inception. Too much reddit for you people

@brucesnow7125 Ай бұрын

@user-tm8jt2py3d ah yes, Patrice Lumumba, Salvador Allende, Joao Goulart, Muhammad Mosaddegh, Nelson Mandela (US helped imprison him originally), Jacobo Arbenz and on and on and on - my favorite "dictators" that used replaced with...wait, oh LITERAL MILITARY DICTATORSHIPS. Also, what are you saying about Argentina bro? You do realize that US was the biggest supporter of their dictatorial regime, right? Check School of Americas - many were literally trained by US.

@The_FedEx_Pope Ай бұрын

@@user-tm8jt2py3dGet out of here with your simplistic view of the world. No one has time to teach you history, economics, politics, and philosophy. I'm sure you also believe in the tooth fairy if you believe the situation is as simple as you said. I assure you, it is not. The US is the most powerful empire the world has ever known. Even the Roman Empire would be jealous of the influence it exerts, directly and indirectly, over nearly every corner of the globe.

@jmiquelmb Ай бұрын

Conan's 20% of acknowledging current American imperialism and 80% of "what about the other guys before us" is the most American thing ever

@scholarssolutions6735 Ай бұрын

@@user-qx3uu7sq2r would you have that same attitude if it was your house destroyed by a drone strike and your family tortured and murdered? By your logic, we should be celebrating Hitler and other fascists because they were just “using power.”

@manbat4582 Ай бұрын

@@user-qx3uu7sq2ryou just said the most american thing ever

@richardf.8412 Ай бұрын

Great Britain has attacked a majority of countries that exist in the world.

@user-tm8jt2py3d Ай бұрын

Even the 20% is ridiculous because it's impossible to call what America does imperialism. America got its position of influence by strategizing a way to prevent Europe from creating yet another murderous dictatorship after WW2. They park in Germany and Japan, prevent them from establishing yet another racial/religious empire, provide protection, and watch them blossom. Europe ravaged the world for hundreds of years. Latin American culture is forged from that European ravaging. Removing budding dictators in Latin America who followed that tradition isn't evil. Who are your favorite leaders in the middle East and Europe that those dastardly Americans helped remove?

@ej28 Ай бұрын

@@user-qx3uu7sq2r psycho behaviour

@justin4911 Ай бұрын

"Conan, what is best in life?" "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

@Bluefalconspiracies Ай бұрын

He’s lost a lot of the fire and hate since those glories barbarian years. Sad to see.

@dr.badass702 Ай бұрын

@@Bluefalconspiracies Just another example of the WOKE MOB emasculating our best barbarian warlords. Heck, I bet if you tried to pillage and burn a village and carry off the women today, they’d call it “toxic masculinity”, smdh. But then guess who they’d come running to as soon as they need help fighting the cult of an evil snake goddess?

@hirvale Ай бұрын

- Nicole Watterson

@8bitchiptune420 Ай бұрын

"But again, this isn't going to make into the show" 😂

@user-nr9to4xw4c Ай бұрын

He should repeat this after every sentence))

@Anthony-nd6vk Ай бұрын

I like that these sorts of things are being discussed. These are really important topics when you travel and try to learn and experience other cultures.

@Anthony-nd6vk Ай бұрын

Maybe some people forget…Conan is also-wicked smaht, went to Havahd, on top of being a comedic genius. He has plenty of depth to have these serious conversations too.

@user-dnf83n0s8sg9u Ай бұрын

@@Anthony-nd6vk He left his drums there at Harvard and a band called Galaxie 500, who also went, ended up using those same drums. They later signed to Rough Trade, got pretty popular, and broke up. But their music is good if you like stuff like Sonic Youth or bands with that kind of guitar writing

@dddz961 Ай бұрын

There is no depth to this. Better read a book.

@Anthony-nd6vk Ай бұрын

@@dddz961 this is also a comedy travel show, but thanks wiseazz, I’m a professor of politics. I don’t only read them, I write them 😉 🤡

@transcendcapitalism 7 күн бұрын

it's not being discussed tho. he keeps sidestepping it and interrupting her

@GG-rj6pj Ай бұрын

I've done a fair bit of traveling. people suck everywhere. and they can also be lovely anywhere.

@lavatr8322 Ай бұрын

That's Absolutely True 💯

@mariaayala9415 Ай бұрын

Of course, the translator is being so rude 🙄

@MarCapa-ed5uv Ай бұрын

True

@drek7361 Ай бұрын

Except coeur d’alene Idaho. Absolutely nothing of value

@tsurutom Ай бұрын

People *are* lovely everywhere* and they can also suck anywhere*

@youknowmyname5695 Ай бұрын

" past " 😏

@texaswunderkind Ай бұрын

Those 50 years of supporting violent authoritarian leaders as long as they opposed communism in any form left a scar that will take generations to heal.

@MuitoDaora Ай бұрын

Lyndon Johnson is mainly responsible for it in L.A.

@ernestopadamendi Ай бұрын

Is not like communism is just an ideology, there was terrorist groups killing civilians and making big robberies trying to take over the government, that's why US helped to eliminate them, it was a risk for a democracy that today is still while where this communist succeeded we still have dictators. So the only scar here is not because of US or UK.

@connerclark3678 Ай бұрын

Opposing communism in any form ended up doing a lot more good than harm.

@curtisthomas2670 Ай бұрын

The US currently supports 70 percent of the world's dictators or undemocratic regimes 😅

@curtisthomas2670 Ай бұрын

US is only anti communist when it serves US interest

@paulciaro158 Ай бұрын

Well done Conan for being bravely honest in your position as a mainstream celebrity however America does not just have an "imperialist past". It is just as imperialist at the present point in time as it's ever been.

@brainchild2197 Ай бұрын

Yup. Last time I checked they still had military bases in 45 countries around the world.

@BobLoblaw23 Ай бұрын

Trying to deflect so bad with the Spaniards lol

@SKay79 Ай бұрын

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@eshfaqurkhan9760 Ай бұрын

he forgot to mention the Arabs, Turks, Mongols, Persians, Italian, French, Germans, Belgians, Portuguese ...

@Isntthisalreadytaken Ай бұрын

"I mean what country that achieved power didn't then misuse it and cause a lot of misery around the world?" yeah, i mean he pretty much got at that. the ones that came to his mind are the ones that fucked the americas SPECIFICALLY, you know, like where he's from?

@victormelendez1074 Ай бұрын

No one is immune. These are the issues of the human condition. See Sir John Glubb, The Fate of Empires.

@diogenes. Ай бұрын

Why do i get Italian vibe whenever something Argentinian comes up

@Anthony-nd6vk Ай бұрын

a tonnnn of Italians immigrated to Argentina around the same time that Italians also started immigrating to the US. There are a lot of Italian-y things in Argentina, including a lot of the food

@papamurrth1 Ай бұрын

Most Argentinians (and yes I really do mean most) are of Italian descendant

@erttttt21 Ай бұрын

even national football teams have the similar playing styles. especially in the past

@shobarsch Ай бұрын

I'm Italian and they definitely sound Italian when speaking the Argentinian variety of Spanish

@BLACULA-Skeewoah Ай бұрын

Argentina were incredibly welcoming to Irish and Italians escaping poverty and famine especially those practising Catholicism.

@sommmeguy Ай бұрын

Yes Conan is right about powerful nations, but forgets about France. Algeria is just the tip of the iceberg in their colonial atrocities. Dig into the New Caledonia story. It is astounding that even today, French colonies don't the global map.

@LordVader1094 Ай бұрын

He didn't mention France because he's talking to a French person who'd likely get very offended to be reminded of the sins of their country, lol.

@never_give_up944 Ай бұрын

And forgets about Israel, humans always be colonising, SAD!

@horationelson1840 Ай бұрын

He didn’t “forget” about France. He didn’t have enough time to list 200+ countries.

@Adson_von_Melk Ай бұрын

@@LordVader1094she's not French, she's Argentine.

@user-tm8jt2py3d Ай бұрын

Vietnam. Their threat to the US that they would go full USSR unless the US helped them regain their colony there is the entire reason for the political collapse and US involvement there.

@thewatcher3698 Ай бұрын

1 million filipinos died during the american colonization of the philippines in 1899.

@chumblesthecheese8580 Ай бұрын

Yeah lol, good times.

@Gonzalo_Lalo Ай бұрын

Thanks god

@mzf11125 Ай бұрын

The reply💀

@MatauReviews Ай бұрын

@@mzf11125yeah, cartoon evil

@whathell6t Ай бұрын

@@MatauReviews Nope! Regular evil. Even President Theodore Roosevelt thought the American occupation of the Philippines was too much and heinous.

@transcendcapitalism 7 күн бұрын

where is this?

@gabealle Ай бұрын

Not all colonial powers are bad... Just look at how Belgium was able to treat the civilians under their colonial rule in Africa :)

@stefan1924 Ай бұрын

Wait, wasn't Belgium especially infamous for treating Africans under their rule terribly?

@servornon Ай бұрын

@@stefan1924 Hence the joke, maimings and the like

@jkvz7184 Ай бұрын

Leopold the bold 😂

@DGol2015 Ай бұрын

Let's all give them a hand

@user-bs6fs4eq2p Ай бұрын

All of Belgium did that lol clowns

@grawakendream8980 Ай бұрын

Conan innovating the game

@jonirischx8925 Ай бұрын

A westerner is told about his country's imperialism. Proceeds to list other western countries that did the same. I think there is a pattern here...

@ewwitsantonio Ай бұрын

Exactly my thoughts.

@ronk2307 Ай бұрын

Imperialism is cool, the only reason people are anti imperialism is because they lack the power and means to be an empire so stay jealous

@nachoolo Ай бұрын

It ain't limited to Western Imperialism. All imperial powers do the same no matter their origin. Case in point: The Mongol Empire or Imperial Japan. Imperialism is the problem.

@jonirischx8925 Ай бұрын

@@nachoolo Ridiculous statement. Settler-colonialism is unique to the west. Scientific racism is unique to the west (where do you think the Japanese got it from?). Enforcing global neoliberal capitalism is west's birthright. Have you ever heard of Mongolia overthrowing a foreign government 3000km away, because they're trying to elect a socialist president? Yeah, ain't nobody pulling off ish like this except the west. Always love it when westerners cope with 'everyone else would do the same, they're just like us', and they don't realize how much they're telling on themselves.

@cruzgomes5660 Ай бұрын

What did you want him to do here, get on his knees and beg for forgiveness??

@CatatonicImperfect Ай бұрын

past?

@demoncanondllyf Ай бұрын

Where was he in this episode?

@luigiwoo4469 Ай бұрын

Argentina. America propped up a terrible military dictatorship in the 20th century.

@campeador94 Ай бұрын

"imperialist past"

@michelangelo2979 Ай бұрын

“Past” funny way of saying the last 600 years, present and future

@shalomamigos Ай бұрын

@@michelangelo2979 America wasn't imperialist at all 600 years ago.

@blackearl7891 Ай бұрын

@@shalomamigos we were. We were just called the British back then.

@shalomamigos Ай бұрын

@@blackearl7891 Yeah, I was trying to make a joke like we weren't imperialist because we didn't exist, but then realized what he was saying. Kinda odd to think that we usually consider America to have started in 1776, when really it can be traced back to the British Empire, and even further back all the way to ancient times with the Romans and Greeks. The land I'm on wasn't ever governed by the British, but the country that governs it now used to be British, and London used to be Roman.

@castelodeossos3947 Ай бұрын

The difference, sweetheart, is that the others are history. American imperialism is current affairs.

@pinkalshah128 Ай бұрын

Which episode is this from?

@aaqibjavedz2569 Ай бұрын

Conan o brien must go on max episode of argentina 🇦🇷

@ethanmcneilly1032 Ай бұрын

He literally said it wasn't going to make it into the show

@SirConnoisseur Ай бұрын

@@ethanmcneilly1032 But it was in the show.

@ethanmcneilly1032 Ай бұрын

@@SirConnoisseur but that's not what he said!

@dissonantpulse Ай бұрын

Argentina

@malaakalabri978 Ай бұрын

Imperialist past?

@bartelgrant Ай бұрын

imperialist present he should say.

@bartelgrant Ай бұрын

@trendybistro then why did they conquer Cuba and the Philippines from Imperial Spain? (Which was a war started under false pretenses like the Iraq war).

@trendybistro Ай бұрын

@@bartelgrant Cuba is it's own country and so is the Philippines, so tell me genius, how is America imperialist?

@travistolsma7074 Ай бұрын

@@trendybistro im·pe·ri·al·ism /imˈpirēəˌlizəm/ noun a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. Sounds alot like when they tried to invade Cuba... And Vietnam... And Iraq.

@trendybistro Ай бұрын

@@travistolsma7074 You are forgetting the whole territorial acquisition part, which is the main basis of Imperialism lol.

@urban7514 Ай бұрын

Never seen Conan detaching into whataboutisms before. At least he left it in. Seen him going into evasive manouvers when the topics get too heavy.

@gregoriancatmonk6904 Ай бұрын

I don't think he was making excuses, just pointing out the fact that when one country or another rises to be a power they all seem to abuse it. He's not wrong about England they pretty much abused power and so did Spain. I mean they didn't come to play nice here in the Americas when they "found" the new world. No they conquered, raped ad pillaged. The US just started doing it later than most.

@CharlieQuartz Ай бұрын

I don’t think it’s fair to call what Conan’s saying whataboutism. He’s not excusing America’s devastating colonialist policies by calling on supposedly worse examples that would make the US not look so bad, but maligning and bemoaning the horrifying reality that global powers consistently take advantage of relatively powerless nations. America isn’t exclusive or distinctive as a historical imperial power and comparing its actions to British or Spanish empire makes the scope of its impact feel even more brutal and destabilizing.

@urban7514 Ай бұрын

@@CharlieQuartz But isn’t what you just said almost the very definition of whataboutism: responding to a difficult question by making counter accusations or raising a different issue?

@andyhzzz Ай бұрын

He's going into a bit where he lists off all of these historical injustices and then looks into the camera and asks for an award for doing it. I wouldn't take as seriously as the comments inevitably will.

@CharlieQuartz Ай бұрын

@@urban7514 It’s not a counter accusation when directly relating the significance of someone’s own crimes to a famously depraved example. Whataboutism would seek to diminish the relative crimes of the US by citing examples that are worse and putting them in their own superior category. Conan was explicitly setting the US’ imperialism on the same level as the historical crimes of Spain and Britain, elevating the perception of America’s effects to the nearly cartoonish awfulness frequently referenced for the other powers. Edit: For example, citing various ruthless dictators of history and bemoaning how they destroyed their peoples in direct comparison to Putin isn’t a whataboutism. It doesn’t raise a different issue to say he acts like Stalin, but elevates our contempt for him based on what we know about the other man.

@tayrowell Ай бұрын

Conan is right on.

@jannguerrero Ай бұрын

You know the least colonially oppressive country around? Ireland.

@LibertyDino Ай бұрын

And Iceland

@jannguerrero Ай бұрын

@@LibertyDino nah. Vikings and stuff. Literally colonized Russia, Normandy, etc.

@Ahmed-og2jm Ай бұрын

Actually true...probably because they were victims of it themselves

@slash196 Ай бұрын

Fake Irish pubs are exported around the world in shipping containers to exterminate indigenous drinking establishments.

@ludviglidstrom6924 Ай бұрын

They are still colonized by Britain

@scparker6893 Ай бұрын

I wonder when Conan is going to return to Haiti his favorite place on earth

@ufva8029 Ай бұрын

is this a racist comment against Haiti?

@suyashjoshi8 Ай бұрын

Damn, she's gorgeous 😍 Would love to go on a date with her and talk about imperialism and colonialism ❤

@milinvisibles5184 Ай бұрын

jajajajaajjajaja

@juliankraus1011 Ай бұрын

🙄🙄🙄

@HelioWakasugui Ай бұрын

BTW, Asterix fans didn't like to hear that, yes, the gauls sacked Roma first

@jmiquelmb Ай бұрын

Not the same Gauls though. Astèrix lived in Armorica (North Atlantic France) in the 1st BCE while the Gauls that sacked Rome were probably North Italian Gauls in the 4th cent BCE. Back then Gaul was larger than France and spread across Belgium, the Netherlands and North Italy. And in reality the Romans were far more ruthless than it shows in the comics. The Gallic Wars of Cesar had a demographic impact where some historians estimate the Gauls population might have declined by a 10-20%. That's more of a toll than WW2.

@HelioWakasugui Ай бұрын

@@jmiquelmb So the romans were specially evil imperialists. So the romans in 390 BC were the same romans in 58 BC, even when many of them came from very different parts of the italian peninsula, iberia, balkans, etc. But Brennus and his folks were gauls, but different gauls. Ok then.

@HelioWakasugui Ай бұрын

But I get what your saying about "body count". A few years ago a dude on Quora wrote a long article explaining why Winston Churchill was indeed a war criminal, a historical monster, a imperialist who killed millions of bangladeshis and only ignoran people could admire such a monster that was even worse than Hitler. The same dude two weeks later wrote an even longer article telling the story of the most important historical figure of his country, a wonderful and powerful leader who lead his people to great conquests and whom he idolized: Genghis Khan. History of "evil vs good" is indeed taught in brazilian social sciences college courses. Evil meaning "oppressors" and good meaning "oppressed".

@HelioWakasugui Ай бұрын

@@jmiquelmb BTW as far as I could discover, Brennus and his tribe came from central France, not north Italy.

@jmiquelmb Ай бұрын

@@HelioWakasugui Yeah of course they weren't the same Romans. I don't know why but you clearly seem to have a pro Roman agenda lol. The empire ended centuries ago get over it. I'm a big fan of Roman history but fanboys like you are cringe. Why would you be invested like that

@hakanake Ай бұрын

She looks like Maggie Lawson from Psych 😍

@maeranni Ай бұрын

Portugal.

@wewatchmovies4446 Ай бұрын

AMERICA'S imperial past?!

@CannyValley-bi8nq Ай бұрын

Just adding this comment, so that this video blows up.. on youtube i mean

@gradualdecay Ай бұрын

I've seen a lot of Americans say "We're not all like that" when it comes to being loud. I don't think they understand that the ordinary volume of speaking in the US is a lot louder than in many other countries. Nothing wrong with that, it's just how it is.

@AT-AT-AT-AT Ай бұрын

the Dutch tho..

@maxjiro25 Ай бұрын

when ur life is so easy and you're iner-self needs challenge for your life.

@yasminc7827 Ай бұрын

Conan bringing up other historical examples of imperialism, when discussing USA imperialism, and blaming power, is a form of deflection, mitigation, and justification.

@FivePointsData-jn5qn Ай бұрын

Or it's an example of giving perspective to the keyboard warrior wannabes of the world... he should have went farther and pointed out that she is a product if european imperialism and then listed of the trillions of dollars in numerous things that countries like America are doing for countries like hers. But go off.

@yasminc7827 Ай бұрын

@@FivePointsData-jn5qn The USA giving some aid out, like all developed countries do, does not justify the USA destroying other countries, committing war crimes, and funding military coups and dictatorships.

@asdfsdfsdf5114 Ай бұрын

enough about our imperialist past. let’s discuss our imperialist future.

@DavianSinner Ай бұрын

He tried a little Johnny Carson at the end, it sounded like.

@victormelendez1074 Ай бұрын

Correct.

@Biodyn3758 Ай бұрын

Ottomans!

@michaelstrong4956 Ай бұрын

It's a good thing the description doesn't tell us what country he's visiting, so we have no context whatsoever.

@semzip8558 Ай бұрын

Honestly it’s kind of fitting that the list is so long we have to ask this question

@andgainingspeed Ай бұрын

In France they have a law to guarantee their movie theatres have screens set aside for French films to guard against "US cultural imperialism". Unfortunately that the problem is that domestic film industries in many countries are mostly making that movies that follow old US film tropes.

@shurngirdleh3936 Ай бұрын

Can we talk about their refusal to respect any culture too? Like I was running a guesthouse in India and the only western toilets were in the more expensive rooms and an American came into guesthouse at 5 in the morning and woke every single person there up shouting that he was sick of Indian squat toilets, he didn’t stay here he just arrived at 5 in the morning and let himself in and so was forced to use the squat toilets we had for customers of the cafe and made it everyone’s problem

@slash196 Ай бұрын

Squat toilets isn't culture, it's poverty. Indians who get out of india don't keep using squat toilets anyway, but they do keep eating Indian food because that shit is good. Squat toilets are not good.

@chh9182 Ай бұрын

Conan need only look at his producer Kissinger's son.

@dqarqeer8603 12 күн бұрын

Holy shit you’re right. What the fuck.

@sv-bd5em Ай бұрын

yeah colonial Spain which was forever ago, America is recent and still doing it

@skyworkeralan Ай бұрын

Others have done it does not make it right, Conan

@cowmoo5596 Ай бұрын

He never said it did, he explicitly said it was just as bad

@ewwitsantonio Ай бұрын

@@cowmoo5596 True but it was certainly a bit of a deflection, even if that was that intent.

@brainchild2197 Ай бұрын

He also makes it sound like it's inevitably. But there have always been big empires in Africa, America and Asia that have never been imperialist. Also right now there is a second superpower in China which MIGHT be imperialist, but DEFINITELY not to the degree that the US is.

@cowmoo5596 Ай бұрын

@@brainchild2197 Name some

@ronk2307 Ай бұрын

@@brainchild2197wtf do you mean they “might”? Look what they’re doing in Africa and the rest of Asia, they are absolutely doing they’re best to be an empire they’re just using slightly different means, of all the people to bootlick you bootlick the ccp? What’s wrong with you?

@renshiwu305 Ай бұрын

What dictators is she talking about? Perón was a home-grown dictator. And the military junta. So...?

@mateowag Ай бұрын

I'm not a Peronist, but Perón was democratically elected every time he governed. She talking about the 70s-80s dictatorships like the Videla one, financed and orchestrated by the CIA.

@manuelka15 Ай бұрын

Google "plan condor"

@hermanubis96 Ай бұрын

do you know about this thing called the cold war? “home-grown” is a narrative

@buddyalbert5808 Ай бұрын

Conan, getting out of his area of expertise is hilarious. Wait a minute….

@heythisisminenotyours Ай бұрын

"England" the Scottish and Welsh even get ignored for previous crimes

@JaneNayes Ай бұрын

That's great but in the context of imperalism, the are barely significant when compared to England.

@rhyswilliams-vd4ni Ай бұрын

@@JaneNayes Well at minimum, the Scottish were disproportionately high in government, the armed forces, colonial administration, etc.

@tonightsbiggestgamer7078 Ай бұрын

@@rhyswilliams-vd4niyou've all got outrageously bad teeth ! 🤢

@CLARKE176 Ай бұрын

They’re all Britons. How many foreigners from former colonies still hate people from the British Isles?

@CLARKE176 Ай бұрын

And vice versa.

@minervaselysium137 Ай бұрын

I feel conan needs to actually change a little. He is used to having fast laughs because the tv shows did not allow him to broadcast stuff like this, they need multiple laughs and lightharded. but the reason people like JOe Rogan kinda got good is actually having conversations with people. I do feel conan IS SUITED to do this. My god the fucker went to harvard. I love conan but not being in broadcast TV is an actual oportunity.

@olgabarysheva4386 Ай бұрын

You're right, but on the other hand, id like Conan to keep this light humorous vibe and don't get drowned in the serious and controversial stuff

@kylezo Ай бұрын

People don't like Joe Rogan, he's art bell 2.0 with a roid problem

@MarmaladeINFP Ай бұрын

As an American, I find all of that amusing, if darkly so.

@BlackDoveNYC Ай бұрын

As an American (presumably white and male) you can afford to do so.

@trendybistro Ай бұрын

The Mesopotamian (Iraq), Mongols and Japanese always seem to get left out of these conversations, yet committed worse atrocities than anyone.

@leplus1 Ай бұрын

They were talking about Americans and their impression of them, of course they would bring up *American* atrocities.

@JaneNayes Ай бұрын

And they've stopped doing it. America has not.

@mashn8328 Ай бұрын

@@JaneNayesthey didn’t stop dumbass they were forced to. Also what kinda imperialism America is doing rn ? You just want to blame someone for all the bad things in the world maybe grow up and take responsibility. Maybe these people in 3rd world countries just suck ? Also the point still stands they did so much worse. America can continue for 300 and they won’t reach half of what these people did

@timmccarthy9917 Ай бұрын

Whataboutism is the last refuge of someone with nothing to say.

@trendybistro Ай бұрын

@@timmccarthy9917 Making comparisons based on how bad nations can me saying "what about this!", it's pointing out the White guilt and fear of being deemed a racist that these two clearly have.

@godssss42 Ай бұрын

In America you’re considered a jerk if you make negative generalizations about any group that comes here to visit, and then we also ask foreigners to tell us how awful we are, and then we are told that we are full of ourselves and xenophobic lol…I recall an essay by Anthony Burgess where he talked about how Americans would basically ask him to tell them about how much Europeans hated them, and he felt he couldn’t honestly tell them what they wanted to hear (Preempting moron replies: I’m aware the video was shot in Latin America ofc; Anthony Burgess was European, though)

@CrabFiles Ай бұрын

Maybe in your woke marxist commie America that isn't really America...

@kavvg3805 Ай бұрын

100%

@ernestopadamendi Ай бұрын

Maybe because the people hating over US are full of crap and indoctrination telling stories half way through, like the amount of terrorist groups trying to take over in Latin America when later US financially supported an armed opposition.

@starofdabloc Ай бұрын

Yet the same people move over here in the hundreds of thousands and a lot are also descendants of the very same people like her.

@kifacorea Ай бұрын

If youre THE superpower. Youre fair game. And im american.

@ximauri Ай бұрын

Imperialism seems pretty evil doesn't it? Now, if I could just remember which economic system imperialism is the highest stage of...

@anonymousinfinido2540 Ай бұрын

Capitalismmmmmmmmmm

@shogaal14 Ай бұрын

Mercantilism, not capitalism as you seem to be implying. Imperialism is also found in Communism - the Soviet Union clearly qualified as an Imperialist state.

@anonymousinfinido2540 Ай бұрын

@@shogaal14 I am sorry, but OP is referring to a book by V I Lenin about capitalism being last stage of imperialism.

@ronk2307 Ай бұрын

Evil according to whom? The losers?

@anonymousinfinido2540 Ай бұрын

@@ronk2307 wow, so edgy gusano.

@transcendcapitalism 7 күн бұрын

the way he handles this is so disappointing

@ashwinbhat712 Ай бұрын

"America's imperialist past has ruined countless huge continents" I love that he says "past" as if America is not the largest imperialist power today actively ruining many more countries!! 😂

@PhoenixFires Ай бұрын

Ruining by spending trillions to protect and aid nations, guarantee them freedom of the seas, and subsidize their industries and research? If the USA has consistently built up nations and one of its biggest faults is NOT interfering enough on the global stage to protect nations under siege by dictatorships and terrorists or holding their allies more accountable for crimes, then how the hell is it imperialist? Because it has troops around the world? But all of a sudden the USA stops feeding and guarding everyone and then everyone complains that America is too selfish.

@ernestopadamendi Ай бұрын

Argentina specifically went broke in democracy with expanding their state, Cuba and Venezuela are communist dictatorships, Colombia and México have narco wars that probably some are supporting local politicians, Brazil has millions in poverty and organized crime and have been in all kind of government ideas with none change on that. I think the easy path for everyone is to blame US when most countries are just corrupted and full of brainwashed generations.

@dannytallmage2971 Ай бұрын

You are brown. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 lmaooooooooo

@PD05666 Ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly 😂

@captainobvious9188 Ай бұрын

Myself, like most Americans, want everyone in the world to be free and live under their own form of a democratic government. We are sold going into other countries under the guise that we are doing that, but in actuality our government is acting for certain interests for the 0.01% It took the invasion of Iraq after 9/11 for me to a accept that, and I’m sorry.

@geisaune793 Ай бұрын

Immigrants to America tend to be most proud to live in America

@curtisthomas2670 Ай бұрын

Immigrants to America are sometimes clueless about American history

@MarmaladeINFP Ай бұрын

Because once you're in America, you're safe from horrific interventions by the American Empire. The safest place from an empire is always within it.

@dylanrodrigues Ай бұрын

You’re telling me people in the metropole are happy to not be in the imperial periphery? Shaking and crying rn

@Ahmed-og2jm Ай бұрын

We'll take your word for it boy

@Bubbleshful Ай бұрын

Y'all don't know what whataboutism means. Nothing would make you happy lol.

@SubMeISubYouu Ай бұрын

Omg thats terrible but they started it

@urban7514 Ай бұрын

Not all you, but some of you, maybe most of you… it’s like you know… America, but there are the occasional exceptions.

@SuperAnimeking100 Ай бұрын

Did Imperial China commit any atrocities or just kept to themselves?

@NXDL25 Ай бұрын

Yeah, the brits, americans, spanish and who else conan? Why did he stop there?

@noname-hf9ty Ай бұрын

Comedy comes in threes 🤷🏼‍♂️

@Craig332 Ай бұрын

I wish I could openly complain about our ‘guests’ in America, what a luxury

@globalizacionliquida Ай бұрын

If your ironic comment is about the number of immigrants going to the United States... well... somehow we have to balance all the invasions you have made throughout history... as Conan says... it’s not exclusive to the United States... but when it comes to the 20th century... you are by far the winners of having committed all kinds of injustices around the world... and I don't hate the United States... or anything like that... I've been there on vacation and even my last partner was from there... but as the saying goes... "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's" now endure the waves of immigration a little... which perhaps... in some way were caused by you yourselves... or rather... your governments... anyway, I don't understand why they keep going to the United States... but well... that’s another topic...

@globalizacionliquida Ай бұрын

Sorry?

@nothanks8368 Ай бұрын

No one will get offended if you want to shit on tourists. Everyone does it everywhere. This fake woke shit is baffling

@Adson_von_Melk Ай бұрын

"What Spain did" Americans really believe Spain did something comparable or even worse than they did but if you look at the ethnic map, Spanish America is still full of indigenous peoples while in the US there only few enclaves remained. Horrendous ignorance and hipocrisy.

@fernandofernandezhinojal145 Ай бұрын

Excuse me, colonial Spain? They were Virreinatos where people were not judged by their color of skin, for example. Anti Hispanic black legend.

@knut Ай бұрын

I'm going to reply to this in the native language of my ancestors. Oh wait, I can't because the Spanish stole it from us.

@mateowag Ай бұрын

Spain had virreinatos and at the same time had African slave trade. How do you think Africans got to South America?

@Golan_Vivaldi Ай бұрын

Encomienda system?

@TheFlameover Ай бұрын

@@knut We also stole the mass ritual murders of men, women and children, cannibalism, torture, barbarism, illiteracy, lawless chaos... in general, the continuous crimes against humanity that were perpetrated. Slavery was very common among the tribes, the Spanish abolished it, and yes, some tyrannical Spanish lords broke the law and abused the people, but that was punishable by law. By the way, you can also learn Mayan or other languages from that time because the Spanish took note and made dictionaries of them, some are even still spoken by indigenous people today.

@knut Ай бұрын

@@TheFlameover good things the "civilized" Europeans never did any of that, right? No genocides in recent history to be found...

@jeslootan Ай бұрын

Multi millionaires tv personalities talking about imperium is like the Muppets holding a press conference on Chicago crime.

@sanatsrivastava2814 Ай бұрын

Here's the thing about colonialism. Just admit it you've done it and move on. Whatabouttery makes you sound stupid.

@spenser9908 Ай бұрын

Nah good for him for not pathetically allowing someone to just shit all over his country. This anti-American thing is so played out. You can't expect people to cow-tow endlessly and say "soowwwyyy". Every country has done bad shit.

@sanatsrivastava2814 Ай бұрын

@@spenser9908 read a book, you sound very illiterate, my friend. All due respect.

@spenser9908 Ай бұрын

@@sanatsrivastava2814 Lol what book should I read that makes me think it's ok to endlessly cow-tow and submit to people shitting on my country?

@sanatsrivastava2814 Ай бұрын

@@spenser9908 read history books on colonialism, neo-liberalisation and some on neo-colonialism.

@spenser9908 Ай бұрын

@@sanatsrivastava2814 Shithead, you're not listening. All countries have done bad shit. Americans and westerners are sick of having to bow their heads and say "so sorry, you're right, we suck" over and over again. We're done. Find someone else to cry about, coz we ain't playing anymore.

@ivydark9741 Ай бұрын

Russia. The country you are looking for is Russia.

@SuperMyacc Ай бұрын

Tankies in the comments "iMpeRialiSt PaSt??"

@Dolphins_are_our_Overlords Ай бұрын

Imperialist Past ??? Lol Murica is in god knows how many thirld world countries right now to make sure a USA favored control is in power. I love conan but from all the years of seeing & listening him in pod, i've learned that he constantly takes jab at communism & socialism of the stalin era(rightfully so) but never ever criticizes america for the world destroying capitalism that it has brought to all over the world. I'm not saying that he should sing praises about socialism but rather he should accurately point out/ make fun of American capitalism & its Imperialist nature too since it is whats going on right now. Every unknowledgeable, red scare brainwashed American disregars socialism because of it's wrong implementation in the past by a dictator but fails to potray the accurate picture of current socialist democratic countries focusing in europe with people bring more happy, wide Train network & Bus network to not need a car at all, 15 min cities, walkable cities, better healthcare, better regulations, better privacy rights for citizens & million more things better than what American Late stage capitalism has to offer.

@mashn8328 Ай бұрын

I like how you think having more trains is a pro of being socialist lol You’re so simple minded but I know you’re young one day you’ll grow up

@Dolphins_are_our_Overlords Ай бұрын

@@mashn8328 oh boy we have an Internet Genius Gentleman over here. I maybe old but what do i know right. Already know 100% its a butt hurt Murican from that arrogance lol. Go on 'Genius' & live in your small bubble & stay uneducated on outside world & literally everything like a Murican should. 😙

@ernestopadamendi Ай бұрын

You need to open your mind more about the consequences of communism and the imperialism of Asia. Never forget that in America we have dictatorships still in where those succeeded to overthrown.

@FrankoB469 Ай бұрын

thank god America exists. if someone is doing badly, they can always blame America for it.

@ximono Ай бұрын

Yes, let's not complain about imperialistic atrocities

@zeusmultirotor8479 Ай бұрын

With Europe’s history of imperialism they’re the last ones who should get an apology for American behavior

@DLZ2000 Ай бұрын

Wait, did you think Argentina was in Europe? She's talking about all the coups by the CIA of Latin American countries that democratically elected socialist leaders.

@roush3421 Ай бұрын

This took place in Argentina? They deserve an apology lol

@ximono Ай бұрын

I didn't know Argentina is in Europe

@marciocouto3543 Ай бұрын

"We had the worst dictatorships because of american government." "You're right, but what about Spain?" I mean, seriously?

@MarCapa-ed5uv Ай бұрын

When you tell this to Spanish, they say: “yeah but what about the sacrifices?” And so on and so on

@Wubzy66 Ай бұрын

You’re aware the only reason Latin America almost entirely speaks Spanish is because of the Conquistadors right? Lol

@ernestopadamendi Ай бұрын

Spain took over because there was already empires enslaving other tribes and groups and they allied to take over. In fact, most american countries killed more "indians" after the independence.

@NXDL25 Ай бұрын

@@Wubzy66 The only reason the whole of north africa and syria, iraq, lebanon, gaza/west bank speak arabic is because of the- oh wait, nevermind.

@tapia148 Ай бұрын

Spain, unlike other empires, built entire cities, universities, churches, etc, in its Viceroyalties that were not colonies but actually part of the kingdom of Spain. They were treated and had the same rights as any other province of the Empire. American lands under Spanish rule were actually rich, they became poor after they became independent. BTW the USA started calling themselves "America" after they became the world superpower (after WW2). They unilaterally changed the established concept of a single continent called America and split it in two, so the country America belongs to the "North American" continent. The country was born without an actual name but a description of what it was, hence "these United states." The USA became an actual country after the Civil War.

@sabalos Ай бұрын

America isn't just one in a long line though; it's pretty definitively the worst in that line

@spenser9908 Ай бұрын

Lol yeah we get it, you've watched the Daily Show and you don't like America. Your outlook is so original and fascinating.

@victormelendez1074 Ай бұрын

We found the dumbest comment here...

@y_0_1_0 Ай бұрын

How nice that the world has America as their boogeyman for all their problems.

@Golan_Vivaldi Ай бұрын

Our problems are directly caused by the US government caring more about the profits of US corporations than human lives.

@dlugi4198 Ай бұрын

US is one of the least bad imperial histories. They did occasionally accomplish some good in the world. The most empires did mostly bad stuff or mostly horrific stuf.

@felixucoff Ай бұрын

lol i see you really enjoy sipping on that kool aid

@mashn8328 Ай бұрын

Exactly but everyone wanna be a victim now. Also it’s the age of the Internet so it’s easy for everyone to find one target for all their troubles

@buck_swope Ай бұрын

Tell that to the Native Americans.

@sextonhardcastle1940 Ай бұрын

America has had its hands on so many countries. Effecting millions on millions.

@cheloxmv Ай бұрын

@@mashn8328Like you right now? "Ohh poor USA, their past victims are still being mean to them :("

@aldohernandez106 Ай бұрын

he is my favorite, love him to death, and I understand his "evergreen" approach to comedy, but his unwillingness to touch with a 10 foot pole anything remotely controversial or anti american really gets on my nerves. The only time i've seen him speaking truth to power in any way in 30 years was with a very mild comment regarding banning assault weapons after a mass shooting, that's it.

@geopadilla1455 Ай бұрын

He is a comedian that is good in silliness. Besides, he still allows his "guests" to say their opinions even if he didnt open up the topic. Just dont expect a debate or an in depth conversation on these topics. I remember he was on the Israel-Palestine border when he was approached by Palestinians who did not know who he was but demanded they be heard since he had a camera crew. He let them talk and he aired a bit of the discussion. That was it. What I dont understand is why people expect him to be a journalist or a serious commentator during these trips. People can always invite Triumph the insult dog if they want an argument and get roasted.

@Lazyboy5298 Ай бұрын

Get the rod out of your ass, not everything needs to be about delusional politics.

@scparker6893 Ай бұрын

Stop demanding that every single figure in the media relentlessly spout your political dogma. It's very obnoxious. It's refreshing to see a comedian just try to be funny rather than try to appeal to some political philosophy.

@agustinamoyanoalmaraz1908 Ай бұрын

The thing is Conan inserts himself in political discussions and debate by inviting Obama and Biden, among other figures in politics, to his podcast. But then he doesn't want to engage in a political argument. Make it may sense Coco!

@agustinamoyanoalmaraz1908 Ай бұрын

@@geopadilla1455 regarding the trip to the Israel-Palestine border, again, he himself went there to record scenes as the host of a travel show. Who does go to that specific border if not to talk about what is happening there?

@TheRockkickass Ай бұрын

This just makes me love America more! If we say you need a dictator, then you need a dictator. Simple as that. This broad needs to know her place

@MatauReviews Ай бұрын

Woof

@trjb1767 Ай бұрын

america has ruined Canada as well

@rxw5520 Ай бұрын

Repeat after me: “I am not a victim”.

@JaneNayes Ай бұрын

We try to resist as best we can lol. I live in the west and were pretty socialist so we're thankful for that.

@JPD2587 Ай бұрын

Justin Trudeau isn’t necessarily the USA’s fault.

@kavvg3805 Ай бұрын

usa didnt make jordan peterson or steven crowder or invite 5 million indians bro

@TKinfinity01 Ай бұрын

As a Canadian, I can say with 100% confidence that America did NOT ruin Canada. Our Idiot Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saw to that.

@Decoy1138 Ай бұрын

He left out Russia, the Mongols, Persia, France, China, the Ottomans, the Mughals, the Timurids, the Arabs, the Dutch, etc. Also perpetuates the fallacy that imperialism has exclusively negative effects on countries when they can unite them against a common enemy (as the Ottomans did to Europe), lead to the importation of superior infrastructure, technology and political and economic institutions from the conquering country (as happened in many Arab, South and Southeast Asian countries from Europe, also northern Vietnam under the Chinese empire), and that many countries’ problems predated and contributed to their falling under imperial influence (e.g., the entire 19th century Muslim world, some African countries). It also ignores all of the countries that are better off today because US intervention saved them from communist dictatorships, such as South Korea. Not a nuanced conversation.

@Chiayiklin Ай бұрын

Dude you forgot about Japan and Germany

@Decoy1138 Ай бұрын

@@Chiayiklin You are correct! Thanks!

@brucew5919 Ай бұрын

well, china as an ancient superpower doesnt colonialize any foreign nations. it's just different than western superpowers. they are just minding their own business. and when they deal with other nations, they simply want them to acknowledge the fact that china is the best. they don't want profit from other nations.

@jimsykes6843 Ай бұрын

Lol have you heard of the Belt and Road and all the debt traps they've gotten countries in, like Sri Lanka and the Maldives? And the debates about the South China sea? Minding their own business? lol!

@jacobf1416 Ай бұрын

Tibet, Mongolia, Vietnam

@Sabbathtage Ай бұрын

Have you heard of Tibet or the Uyghurs?

@simonyoung6815 Ай бұрын

Can't tell if you're trolling.....

@corruptsociety9146 Ай бұрын

Tianneman square

@Mailrobot Ай бұрын

lol “past”

@ihx7 Ай бұрын

wtf that’s just not true i see the Russian and Chinese propaganda has gotten to them

@ximono Ай бұрын

What? Did nobody teach you history?

@Golan_Vivaldi Ай бұрын

“Anything that threatens my comfy little ignorant American social bubble is Russian propaganda”

@miguelvidalmartinez9456 Ай бұрын

Spain didn’t have colonies.

@danghoangluong2942 Ай бұрын

America is the best empire

@ximono Ай бұрын

Empire and good are oxymorons

@MP-db9sw Ай бұрын

I like Conan but this was a lotta whataboutism

@greyfells2829 Ай бұрын

Argentinian colonizer complains about imperialism. Also, those dictatorships would have existed without the US. It's just so easy to blame someone else for your own problems.

@kylezo Ай бұрын

God you're dumb lol

@LisandroLorea Ай бұрын

How are Argentinians colonizers? Colonize what? The hearts of Uruguayans with our telenovelas?

@iippo06 Ай бұрын

If imperialism is wrong, then what's wrong with Trump's isolationist message? Cognitive dissonance much?

@NXDL25 Ай бұрын

"Stop interfering" "Noooooo not like that"

@PlayNiceFolks Ай бұрын

Trump doesn't have integrity on that issue. He only says whatever makes him feel good or look good in the moment. Weapon sales to countries like Saudi Arabia continued under Trump as they do with every US President. He had four years to get us out of Afghanistan, he never did. Regardless of the fact that the withdrawal was disastrous, the fact that there was a withdrawal under Biden is closer to "isolationism" than Trump ever was. The only real "isolationist" policy that Trump had was a counter productive trade war with China that did nothing but drive up prices while China continuing its unfair trade practices.

@noname-hf9ty Ай бұрын

Different countries take issue with both sides; Western Europe would grieve at an isolationist America, but the middle east and south America would LOVE an isolationist America

@christopherdeangelis2954 Ай бұрын

The answer is in your question. It was a message … and in four years … that was all it was. More to say, but if you start from there, the other problems become apparent

@crancrowncrayon Ай бұрын

It's false isolationism. Trump shooting missiles at Iran and arming Israel was not especially isolationist. Even if he made vague overtures about leaving the UN and NATO, none of it was consequential.

@andysanchez7714 Ай бұрын

She comes off kind of complain-y

@sextonhardcastle1940 Ай бұрын

She ain’t lying

@jimbarino2 Ай бұрын

She's latin American. That kind of what they do.

@kylezo Ай бұрын

How American

@seanthegod4585 Ай бұрын

Another lefty. 👎 God bless Milei!

@Mr.Ditkovich. Ай бұрын

Milei is a Zionist puppet

@bartelgrant Ай бұрын

This seems like a needlessly oversimplifying comment on a political debate that was barely touched in this video. It is one thing to be critical about Imperialism, and another to be a libertarian or proud of your country. You can be all of these things at the same time.

@leplus1 Ай бұрын

Lol, he will do nothing for you. Just empty words, Argentina is well and fucked for the time being.

@seanthegod4585 Ай бұрын

@@bartelgrant go annoy your parents.

@seanthegod4585 Ай бұрын

@@leplus1 he has inspired me. I need nothing else.

@seanthegod4585 Ай бұрын

Trump 2024 🇺🇸

@hnnsy Ай бұрын

It is interesting you bring him up in a discussion about loud, rude fat Americans 😂

@bamfordsteele555 Ай бұрын

Nope. Not gonna happen. 😂 VOTE BLUE 🇺🇸 🗳

@mishikokenkebashvili879 Ай бұрын

@@bamfordsteele555 yeah vote for imperialists you are such a morally right and virtuous person 😊

@seanthegod4585 Ай бұрын

@@bamfordsteele555 FJB and all his supporters!

@seanthegod4585 Ай бұрын

@@bamfordsteele555 go annoy your parents.

@adampica9815 Ай бұрын

it's really annoying how people like to focus on just constantly shitting on the Americans, to me it seems to regularly cross the line of constructive criticism to it being done just because it's fashionable and cool to shit on the most powerful guy around because they are the most powerful guy around whether it is merited or not, ironically americans seem to do this more than most, like a teenager getting rebellious and mad at their parents, which is terrifying considering their vote is the most powerful in the world, it's just lazy and the foreign encouragement and pilling on to it isn't helping anyone, especially not the ones who have suffered because of American actions.

@jmhorange Ай бұрын

Eh please speak out against America for what we are doing wrong. The British and Spanish empire did a lot of bad things, they also collapsed under the weight of their injustices. The only way to keep America strong is that we are just, that we are trusted that we abide by international law just like we expect everyone else to do. Rules for thee not for me can keep you at the top for a while but it usually end in destruction. It's very expensive to operate that way. People can start by calling out America's stance on Israel. It's destroying our country for us to back Israel.

@skullcrusher9873 Ай бұрын

Conan did this a lot even in the '00, what the fuck did you think Artie The Ghost was about

@user-vv9lr2rw5d Ай бұрын

Yeah and his stupid hati trip beciase of what the president accurately said. Never forget Conan comes from one of the most liberal/progressive places in the country. Brookline is a world away from Boston politically.

@retro2103 Ай бұрын

@@user-vv9lr2rw5d You know that Simpsons meme? "It's true, but he shouldn't say it", it was like that. Especially when he said it in the least delicate possible way. It's just bad diplomacy, and Haiti gained as much of it as America did, fuck all.

@DretFosria Ай бұрын

People will stop constantly shitting on America when America stops giving them a reason.