United Fruit Co. literally has a gun in their logo, not exactly subtle guys..

Me every time I watch this video: "Oh Eisenhower!" *Set volume to 50%*

Fun fact: the Chiquita Banana company tried to assassinate my Abuelo when he advocated for worker's unionization and rights in Honduras during the 20th century! So not only did they kill leaders, they didn't hesitate to kill anyone who even considered talking back! My Abuelo eventually immigrated to the US for asylum, and continued to advocate for unionization where they couldn't kill him as easily, haha.

one of the wildest parts of my childhood was going to the children's museum and playing in the part where you could pretend to be a labourer in a banana plantation only for my grandpa to start spouting war stories his father told him about the actual banana plantations

Step 1: Grow Banana Step 2: Sell Banana Step 3: Kick out the entire governement using an army of hired mercenaries

My mom and grandma grew up in Guatemala and i remember my grandma telling me their president died over bananas i was very confused

Colombian here! Because of the United fruit company, a lot of people here died just because they wanted basic human rights, in our History classes we called it "La masacre de las bananeras" the translation is something like "Banana Massacre"

I get that this is supposed to be humorous but hearing about the Banana Republics is just sad and anger-inducing no matter how it was retold.

Fun fact: Dole was also partly responsible for the coup the overthrew the Hawai'ian monarchy and annexing into America. This time for pineapples

TRADE OFFER! I receive: Banana. You receive: Military dictatorship

Nothing on KZfaq really summarizes the Red Scare era of American history better than 4:33

"The nanners must flow" is an incredibly apt reference. Well done.

I can just a imagine Sam screaming into his mic “COMIEEEEE REEEEEEEEEEEEEE”

Imagine being Sam’s neighbor and you just hear him screaming “COMMIEEEE” at 2 in the morning

Dwight D. Eisenhower losing it at the word 'Commie' is actually historically accurate

In Colombia, there's a similar story. In 1928, workers of the banana plantations were protesting against the terrible working conditions. After weeks with no agreement due to the United Fruit Company refusing to negotiate, the conservative Colombian government sent the army to kill the protesting workers. They were compelled to work in the company's interests because they didn't want them to cut off the Colombian banana trade from major powers. This is now known as "La masacre de las bananeras" or the Banana Massacre. This is even referenced in One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. Just like during the Cold War, US officials in Colombia and United Fruit Co. representatives portrayed them as communist in telegrams sent to then Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg

"Dirty" *turns down volume* "stinkin" *turns down volume* "commie" *still didnt turn down volume enough*

"He's a dirty..." "No.." "...collectivizing..." "No!" "...Commie." "COMMIIIIIIIIIIIEE"

2 comments: 1: That eisenhower scene was about as hilarious as the time the Garfield Show did a spoof of "who let the dogs out". In other words, 10/10. 2. This sort of stuff is why megacorporations are actually really horrifying, and also why I reckon that the seperation between corporation and state should be about as important as the seperation of church and state... oh wait, i forgot; the latter is simply a broader version of the former lol

“Red fear and yellow love” is the most clever thing ever and I hate you for it

Nations are temporary, Potassium is forever. -Sun Tzu, The Art of War

'that's not very freedom of you young man' needs to be on a shirt

i love that scene where Eisenhower just screams "COMMIE!!!." at the top of his lungs.

4:22 "Oh Eisenhower" Me: *Immediately decreases volume*

Guatemalan president: Introduces basic human rights Banana industry: "So you have chosen death"

Rich people call in the army and decide to overthrow the government? Replace the word Banana with Sugar Cane, and you have the history of Hawaii.

Capitalism is fucking scary, but don't tell Eisenhower I said that

The comi part never fails to make me laugh

COMMIE!!!!!! COMMIE!!!!!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! -Dwight D. Eisenhower

Fun fact: the founder of dole actually took part in overthrowing the monarchy of Hawaii

This is one of the greatest videos to ever be uploaded to KZfaq! I’m serious. Everything about this video is perfect - especially Dwight Eisenhower!

Okay, when people say that, throughout history, America has been a serious fucking bastard to people, I'm starting to see what they're talking about.

Then they ask such things like "Why is Central America such a disaster"...

Imagine owning so much land that you baisically own a country just as a corparation.

6 years later and this video still makes me laugh and I remember certain parts word for word lol

Is it just me or does Sam's drawing of Eisenhower just look adorable?

Take a shot every time USA starts policing governments of other nations.

Sam O’Nella: **Screaming Commie into his mic** Neighbors: “Yeah, hey 911?”

i love this video, and it answers the question of “does capitalism work?” because it does, but the real question is, “for whom does capitalism work?”

Had to come back to this video after Chiquita banana tweeted 'We havent overthrown a government since 1954' lmao at least theyre being honest

*looks at the sticker on my recent banana bunch * "dear god, its CHIQUITA"

“Oh also also... *NANNERS* ” “Alright I’m sold do what you want”

Salmonella never fails to deliver masterpieces

I want more poorly drawn educational videos godammit

**overtakes country over banana** America : *that wasn't very freedom of you*

This wasn't just bananas in central-america, it was oil in Iran, copper in Chile, and don't get me started on Africa.

4:44 Teenagers when left alone at home for 15 minutes:

Abt to show this in my US-Latin American Relations college class

"But if my workers have rights, then how can I profit off of their suffering?"

That Eisenhower thing was the best shit I've seen in months

If I had a nickel for how many times I’ve been woken up after falling asleep to KZfaq by Sam playing Dwight Eisenhower and screaming “COMMIE!”…well I’d only have two nickels but it’s strange it’s happened twice

"world star" - Sam O'Nella

My history teacher played this in class. Truly legendary.

"Hey, that's not very freedom of you young man"

In Honduras, all of these companies still exist. Some women who work there even become sterile after a year working due to the strong chemicals they use. Average wage in those companies is about $820 a month for about 80 hours a week, i.e. 400 hours a week. You can't use your phone, you have 20 minutes a day to eat and use the bathroom. You can't eat the bananas. And if you're a women, you're pretty much obligated to have sex with your boss if you want to keep your job. Unfortunately those are the places with the highest wages in those zones

I don’t think anyone should trust a fruit company that has a shotgun in in their logo.

"Holy shit, you actually did it." "WORLDSTAR"

So Honduras had its government overthrown. Because of fruit? Thats bananas

"You should never stick bananas in the refrigerator because they grow in a certain way"

fun fact: zemurray overworked his workers so severely that they quite literally turned blue from the medicine they had to put on the banana leaves.

*COMMIE, COMMIE* "yeah go get em' Dwight." *REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE* **random gunshots**

And he doesn't question why United Fruit's logo had a fucking rifle on it

Bro im trying to watch it on the bus with no headphones and bro starts screaming COMMMMIEE COMMMIEEE

4:40 I had earbuds in and now I’m deaf

4:50 I just noticed, you can hear 7 gun shots, and when the corpse is shown, Sam actually drew 7 bullet holes. That's some raw dedication.

Eisenhower:"COMIEEEEEEE" also Eisenhower: *uses a soviet gun*

Fun fact, I’m from Costa Rica and sell eggs to the Chiquita and Dole owned restaurants for their own workers, where it’s extremely uncomfortable to take your own food, yet conveniently they have restaurants in every plant, which they in the end end up taking half their salary, to the same company.

Dwight reacting to “comie” like mermaid man reacted to “evil”

Imagine waking up at 2AM to the sounds of your neighbour aggressively screaming: COMMIE COMMIEEEEEEE WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Costarrican here, the UFC was (and probably still is) owner of at least 8% of the land of our country, and mostly for bananas, pineapple and sugar cane, but the other day I learned that in Puntarenas there are at least 190 thousand acres dedicated to African Palm production (mostly for palm oil) and guess what, a big part of the production goes to the USA.

Yeah, because all the weapons and trained infantrymen that Zemurray purchased were, famously, just kind of lying around in Honduras, and were totally not supplied to him by a certain global superpower

4:44 Eisenhower went *bananas*

"I conquered Nicaragua for United Fruit." - Smedley Butler, most decorated American soldier at the time of that quote. War is a racket.

Men i live in Guatemala 🇬🇹 and it's sad that happen to my country but i think we are getting better? Maybe 🤔 no actually the country is so corrupt 😕

4:43 most horrifying Sam o nella frame

In December 6th of 1928, the United Fruit Company slaughtered near 3000 workers that were on a strike near Santa Marta, Colombia. The massacre is known as the "banana massacre".

*CCOMMMIIEEESS!!!!!!!!*

COMMMIEEEEE COMMMIEEEE WEEEEEE That whole sequence never fails to make me lose my shit

6:05 History's greatest villain: Bananito Mussolini.

This HAS to be my favorite video just because of the line of "COMMMIIIEEEEEEEEE COMMMIIEEEEEEEE REEEeEEEEEeeeE"

I fell asleep watching Sam O'Nella's videos on autoplay, and I cannot tell you how terrifying it is to wake up at 5 am to "COMMIEEEEE COMMMIEEE REEEE" (4:44)

*"I'm Chiquita banana and I've come to say, let us overthrow your country or you will pay!"* And people say we should've given up our weapons to the US...we remember what happened to Libya when they did that. We're not standing down. Thank you, Comrade Sam, for doing God's work

half "hehe funy episode" half "thats fucking atrocious i cannot believe they did that"

*COMMIEEEEEEEE* *COMMIEEEEEEEE* *REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeee*

I just looked at my bananas. God damn Chiquita

Thanks Salmonella, very entertaining while being educational.

"Holy shit, you actually did it.""WORLDSTAR". 4:43 is hands down my favorite moment from any Sam O'Nella video.

Country: *democratically elects socialist leader* America: REEEEEEEEEEEEE

“Hey! That’s not very freedom of you!” -insert U.S anthem-

Being Sams neighbours must be an experience. "Wow I cant wait to settle dow-" "COMIEEEE, COMIEEEEE REEEEEEEEEEEEEE-"

2:53 Sam was already doing Dune references way back before the new movies goddamn

As a Honduran I can tell... *things have not improved, get me out of Honduras NOW*

Sam is the only person Ive ever heard use the term “nanners” who wasn’t my 62 year old dad

Two types of intellectuals in the world Johnny Harris : How America stole central America with bananas Sam : Banana republics

Most ironic thing was Eisenhower using an AK-47 to fight Communists

Central Americans: “Can we please have a living wage?” 1950s America: 4:44

“Eventually the only competition was each other” Teddy Roosevelt: breaks down the door, Eyes glowing “DID SOMEONE SAY MONOPOLY???”

Sam isn't back yet because he's systemically taking over an agricultural region in South America.

if you play this video at .75x speed sam sounds like a depressed fruit obsessed 78 year old unretired 8th grade history teacher

I'm legitimately setting Sam yelling *COMMIEEEEE* as my wake up alarm