People feel that somethings with a common distinctive feature, is all the same That's how the cross-race effect happens

Capitalist countries were always at war with each other.

@@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 , it's always about the profit No matter the ideology

I mean Argentina and the UK fought each other and they were on the same side of the spectrum

1,000 years war with China?

Mutually assured sunshine

Which sunshine? The one you eat or throw?

I was about to make the same comment :) Brilliant piece of writing indeed

Buckets of Sunshine. Don't worry Comrades. There's enough lemonade to go around.

@@Matteo_Licata I'd love to know how many takes it took to deliver that line without chuckling. This guy's deadpan delivery of lines like that is great.

Not really. Pure, evil communism, just like China, with a western style economy (in some parts) to help feed their people to save themselves from uprisings.

@@tomsommer8372 Tom is absolutely right and I say this as someone who was born in raised in that wretched country.

@NilatS Same as any other communist bureaucrat.

@NilatS LOLzzxx...My grandfather was a communist revolutionary and I live in West Bengal with 35 years of communist rule.....LOLzzzxxx....Is that a good enough source, bootlicker?

@NilatS '"communism" never existed there,' Stateless Classless Uropia is never achievable......It is just a ruse to gain gain power. Also, it was never communism vs Capitalism, it is about centralization vs Decentralization, Individual vs the collective, Control at what scale is the question........ LOLzzxx.....There are communists here too,,....People are delusional..

It was

Maoism?

The phrase is being reused by the CCP for today's policies.

Arrow 1 For continuity, they’re trying to add new stuff (e.g. Jiang Ze Min’s “Three Representing’s” but they never deny Deng Xiaoping’s founding efforts.

It was

One of the first whose name we still remember today. Back then all of the western intelligence agencies through themselves on that topic to weaken and divide the socialist block and the international communist movements. Covert operations, "Maoist" groups, parties and newspapers established directly by the CIA or West German intelligence. Many "Maoist" parties had more professional spies than actual members from 1960 onward. Until Maoism became popular after 1968 and new parties and groups were established. This time by actual communists, but still loaded with infiltrators and spies.

I was going to say. That underestimates Washington. They knew damn right well there was a split. How to exploit it was a bigger question.

@@michaelra275 Well, often bureacratic latency prevents good decisions from being taken everywhere in the world.

Took Nixon to see it although USA paid a heavy price for it.

@@meilinchan7314 Yes but the US has the luxury of wasting resources that we others don't have. The USSR wasted itself to death. Moreover we here in Tunisia had a socialist period and we found the biggest problem with these systems is that since everybody is state employed and cannot be licensed they do not give a shit about productivity and also squander the resources since it is not theirs.

I hope there is video a of Communist Vietnam's conflict (including war) with Communist Cambodia and China. Edit: I originally said Laos instead of Cambodia

@@badluck5647 You mean Vietnam and Cambodia, right? Laos was generally aligned with Vietnam and the USSR, though it didn't directly participate in the war against Khmer Rouge Cambodia. For a number of years in the 1980s, China did support Hmong rebels against Laos The defeat of the Khmer Rouge led to the establishment of the People's Republic of Kampuchea, aligned with Vietnam, Laos, and the Soviets, and a curious "Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea" composed of the Khmer Rouge, Sihanouk royalists, and Khmer nationalist/pro-US KPNLF which was supported by Thailand, China, and the US

Vietnam was Russia's proxy, it was sino-russian war.

We realised early on that Communism was just as nationalistic as any other system.

@@trojanthedog Maybe more so. Most capitalist are willing to do unpatriotic things to make money. Just look at Disney's and other western corporations' willingness to do anything the Chinese Communist Party wants in exchange for market access.

I always found it ironic that Mao, a Communist, preferred peasants over industrial proletarians, let alone proceeded to call _other_ Communists "revisionist".

Largely because Mao saw his own creed as vehemently superior to Moscow and look where it went. Today Putins just as wary of Chinese clout on his eastern borders as Brezhnev was in the 60s and Gorby in the 80s.

One thing common between Mao and Kissinger was how brutally realistic both of them were. Mao was in many ways just like Kissinger, except he got more and more batshit crazy and megalomanic as he aged badly.

@@blueberrypirate3601 it doesn't help that Chinese diplomats recently "reminded Russia about Haishenwai" Yeah there's still bitterness about Vladivostok being russian of all things on China's side. So China's continuing to give russia reasons to be wary.

@@Newbmann sooner or later they will fight. It's all a matter of timing.

@lati long interestingly ROC troops actually stayed in Indochina and neighboring countries for decades afterwards, they got involved in the drug trade with the US and their agencies. But the ROC troops in Vietnam really have nothing to do with the PRC. The US tries to get Vietnam on their side by empathizing and exploring this supposed rivalry between China and Vietnam, they even have illusions of putting a military base in Vietnam.

@lati long A Vietnamese couple that I know personally had stayed in Vietnam after South Vietnam collapsed in 1975 but when China invaded in 1979, they left via a small boat because they didn't want him drafted into the war. They became "boat people" and wound up in Canada where I got to know them.

US “support” of the Khmer Rouge is yet another myth. In reality the "support" simply means the US fought its enemy Vietnam. There was no verbal, moral or physical support. China was the biggest backer of the Khmer Rouge and US wasn't hostile to the Khmer Rouge specifically because of China(because it want china on its side against the USSR). China invaded Vietnam by large to counter Vietnam's invasion in Cambodia which were to topple the Khmer Rouge. In the whole fiasco Vietnam is the only good guy.

@A Velsen its true

@@terrorgaming459 *bro, just trust me bro.* Basically you right now

@A Velsen How about the USA voting for like 20 years, even after the Khmer Rouge totally lost control of Cambodia, for the Rouge to retain Cambodia UN seat, effectively making it the legitimate govt in it's eyes? Or the US publicly giving money and weapons to groups that fought Vietnam and the Vietnam friendly govt, while openly being in coalition with the Rouge? Oh, the US assures us that no aid actually went to the Rouge, just to the coalition lead by them, but trust them bro. That's what in the open, nothing covert. Then we go on to the covert stuff allegations, which go from directly arming the Rouge, to pressuring China to arm the Rouge so they wouldn't have to do it themselves, to blocking an effort from the ASEAN to hold elections bc they wanted a Rouge and allies puppet govt to counter Vietnam. And all this comes from either american journalist and a Singaporean diplomat, not exactly you're typical communist propaganda outlet. Even the US DOD admitted to some aid accidentally going to the Rouge, but trust them, just a little. There's 0 doubt the US supported the Rouge. The only question is how much, and it ranges from some, if you somehow believe the US DOD version, to a lot, if you believe literally anyone else.

The United States just hate Vietnam. If aliens fight with Vietnamese, the United States also supports aliens.

Yugoslavia was also the most successful socialist nation economically; despite being a dictatorship, it was the least repressive out of all the European ones; and they were one of the least ideological, most pragmatic countries of the time. Ultimately, Yugoslavia collapsed more because of ethnic tensions and an economic recession that would’ve happened any way. I’m actually surprised how there aren’t more socialists advocating for a more Yugoslav system

Yeah, Mao saw Khrushchev as a weakling and Khrushchev saw Mao as an embarrassment to legitimizing Communism a modern true ideology and he also saw China as a glorified banana republic.

@@StalinTheMan0fSteel Krushchev was right tho unlike mao

Mao doesn't like Stalinism, but he likes personal worship. In fact, Mao likes Japan's way of economic construction.

Both are weakpeewsies

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@@TheColdWarTV You made my sucky day a little less sucky :)

Haha. Great stuff indeed. As a child of the cold war era, so much to learn. Keep up the good work!

Agreed.

Most people in the US maybe. That is completely diffrent in most of Europe and the Third World. But it is also very important to perceive and know about the diffrent streams of Marxist/Communist theory and practice. For all kinds of progressive forces and the working class at least. This is what is severely lacking in many european countries too. While our comrades in India or Colombia know these diffrences. But they also lead a much more severe class struggle and are generally more class concious.

@@maxmeggeneder8935 Wrong! Most Europeans, especially in the North and West are as ignorant about Bolshevism or Stalinism as people in the US. Remember Baader-Meinhoff?

@@cruchot555 Sure I remember the RAF. Read every book out there about them and their history. What do you want to say? I don't get your comment in context with "Baader-Meinhof". How do you mean that exactly?

@@maxmeggeneder8935 There are many people in the German academic and political establishment with a significant electorate following who have a favorable view of the Baader-Meinhoff group as "freedom fighters". That's probably why every German movie about them portrays them as merely "misunderstood youth". Anyway, all of the above mentioned players come from middle or upper class families, including most of the RAF terrorists. Most of them had/have college degrees, some even doctor's degrees. They should know what Communism and Marxism is all about. And yet they suck Marxist-Communist ideology like mother's milk and a lot of people, especially clueless millenials, support them like crazy.

Personally I think that's a very interesting question. I think that a clash would almost certainly cause civilians in Eastern Bloc to take advantage of most military personnel being deployed to or near combat zones. Though depends on the individual country... i.e. I don't think the Stasi in East Germany wouldn't shy away from using lethal force though Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary would perhaps have the internal descent not be dealt with as heavy handedly so to say. Also the time period would play a big part with IMO if the clash was in the early 50s or late 80s there'd be more likely than not to have more dissent than if the clash was in the 60s, 70s, or early 80s.

East German Army was very loyal generally the polish Army during the Stalin era also was decently loyal. The East German army was spacificly noted to be very brutal against the uprisings in Hungary and czechoslovakia.

@@command_unit7792 exactly why I think the DDR would have internal dissent not effect their military capabilities substantially, being a minor inconvenience at the most. Plus the DDR after the USSR had the most capable soldiers.

@@savagedarksider5934 Now that's a scenario with so many variables and possibilities of outcome that it would take at least a few hours for me to even think over. Though I'll say this... the world would be VERY different from where we're at presently.

@@savagedarksider5934 I don't know if I'd say that. But who knows, that's one big can of worms.

I am from ex-Yugoslavia Yugoslav economy was pretty advanced when compared to other Eastern Bloc countries With higher standards of living and much more freedom But it still greatly suffered from classical socialist drawbacks That were greatly exaggerated by negative effects of capitalism that was creeping in And also massive wealth and development inequality that later destroyed the country For example Slovenia had pretty high standards of living comparable to Austria while Kosovo was comparable to Africa

Its was because they preferred a western goods instead of home technology, which was also very good. Its called fashion :)

@@xowurb no, it was a show off. "look, neighbor, i am working in france (germany, austria...) and i have my mercedes, bosch washing machine, house on 4 floors with the cement lions/gargoyles on the porch roaring, and you, pathetic piece of shit?"

Peronism is indeed interesting especially in the context of the Cold War

You can also find a very similar figure in Brazil in Vargas. They are Very similar, but the major diference is that in Argentina peronism branched and is still somewhat relevant, while varguism became a footnote even by those that still use the name of his party

@@luisfernandosantosn Well, could Vargas' influence be considered to have lasted at least a short while during the Cold War, as an influence on Kubitschek and Goulart? (Before said influence was totally snuffed out by the 1964 Brazilian coup and subsequent military dictatorship for 20 years)

That would be interesting! Maybe also the CIA installation of Pinochet in Chile, or how about an entire video on South America through the Cold war.

Correct very bad mistake from this channel

He doesn't say Mao said that, he says the system "would come to be called socialism with chinese characteristics", meaning in the future

Absolutely. Mao was pure Stalinism, complete with atrocities and purges. Now, they shifted - for now - to economic warfare against the West while engaging in an arms race to conquer the free world.

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bro goofed hard

You are right

If you're talking about a merger of Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, I've seen videos that said it was indeed proposed and discussed between the two countries. I don't recall why it failed to take place though.

Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well

It is also uncontested ballots during elections.

@@Marinealver Sound like US

The main reason is territorial disputes and ethnic contradictions, not communism.

@@user-cx1ki8li4t You can say the same about the examples in the video. You could say the devides were between pro-Soviet and pro-Chinese Asian countries.

Really? Where are you from cause I'm from india we are not surprised by this as we fought China even though both were socialist

Economy growth was immense from 1950 to 1964 but still it wasn't enough to employ population. Prior WW2 Yugoslavia was one of the most poorest country in Europe. Although some regions (ex AU monarchy) were fairly good industrialized , the rest of Yugoslavia was mostly agrarian, poor, backwards, with high illiteracy rate among general population. Add the wartime devastation and it's clear that Yu haven't exactly best starting position in 1945.

And Albanian capitalism proved that Albania has a human problem

@@___-cp6or Albania because of the communist policies today has 90% homeownership so I don’t know what you’re talking about

In addition, hoxah's academic thought has influenced many people, especially in Muslim areas.

That would be called France.

@@Marinealver lol this pretty much

I believe David, the host to which you seem to be referring, is Canadian, not American.

And you won’t find it in any near future

While in the long term he might’ve wanted to expand communism, he knew he couldn’t just blitz into Western Europe, so he had to make buffer states. It’s the exact same geopolitical goal the Russian Empire had before the USSR, and it’s the exact same the Russian Federation has now.

Google, Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch cemented that fact.

You ware there? Your perspective is from the"first hand"?

That's not what he said. The icy relationship was between other people.

Believe it or not both the ussr and us knew what geopolitics were.

Ideology is very much a real force in geopolitics

But how is the owner supposed to maximize his income if workers can afford to live semi comfortably with that job. This takes away the right of the owner to tank the business of labor, healthcare or import/export conditions change

@@GAndreC a worker-collective would be owned by the workers, instead of a single employer or (in large scale business) by the shareholders. The workers become the shareholders, at least for 51 procent, ofc. In fact there are hundreds of these worker co-ops in the US today

@A Velsen What you just said is an oxymoron. You essentially said that "maximising profit is reducing the profit". It is always about maximising profit, it just shows that happy worker is a more productive worker.

@A Velsen if capitalist production would not be about maximizing profit, then you can't explain why American companies would move their entire production to low-wage countries like China. Or why they would have nightshifts so machines can continue operating round the clock, or why they would search for new technologies or marketing strategies to beat their rivals

@A Velsen That's very naive, ofc big business is trying to please the consumer, but one has to take into account all the lenghts the capitalists go through to cut costs, ie. to enlarge the rate of their profits. That's why our phones are produced in China, our clothes in Bangladesh etc

Nope

just be sure to watch the video too!

It was not named by historians but the Chinese leader deng Xiaoping himself.

@@kaavi1391 yeah that's why it's also called dengism

@@thatonedudebutwho9919 dengism is the best thing that ever happened to china.

@@kaavi1391 SPY!

@@kaavi1391 ok revisionist

They didn’t have the industrial, population, agricultural or military base to be equals though. Never in our current recorded history have larger nations treated the small ones as equal just gone from unequal to not interested to somewhere in that ballpark