We Went To North Korea To Get A Haircut
The isolated, hermit kingdom of the DPRK is shrouded in secrecy, It's nearly impossible to get any reliable information from behind the bamboo curtain. Nonetheless, every week, on T.V. and online, we are bombarded by the bizarre media-spectacle of North Korea. From nuclear apocalypse and prison camps to banned sarcasm and compulsory identical haircuts - any shred of information regarding North Korea becomes a viral media hit, regardless of how dubious the story is.
But that's all about to change.
Two Aussie boys decided to take matters into their own hands and go to North Korea to find out the truth for themselves. Join us as we look past the click-bait and unpack the forces behind the way our media represents the "Democratic People's Republic of North Korea".
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North korea, the most dangerous country in the world, infamous for its bizarre and brutal regime, run by a crazy dictator who won't let anyone in or out but these guys they just want a haircut. So why would we go all the way to north korea just to get a haircut well to answer that question? We'Ve got to open our history books to page one korea. Korea spent the first half of the 20th century as a colony of the brutal japanese empire. As japan withdrew after world war ii, the koreans gained independence, elected a socialist government, and things were pretty sweet in korea for about two months. Cue, the big fellas, the guys who had just won world war ii, decided to move in so they randomly divided the country along the 38th, parallel with the south under u.s control and the north under the soviet union. In the communist north kim il-sung continued the land reform of the socialist government, forcing landlords and their sympathisers to flee south, but in the south, things were a little bit trickier. The americans expelled the socialist government and brought back the japanese guys that everyone loved so much and whoever didn't love them was forced to flee north fueled by the two competing superpowers. This division led to all-out war in 1950 and during the spread of communism, uncle sam and all his buddies, went to town on the north, and so what do you think pretty touching tugs at the older hearts? No, i told you not to put that in there. You can't just have dead babies in the first minute of the documentary no one's gon na watch it now, i would have said it's pretty eye-opening. No, it was stupid. So what do we know about north korea today? Well, we know for a fact that even saying kim jong-un's name will boost your ratings, no matter where you are in the world. This north korean guy never fails to impress one of the most dangerous countries in the world today can strike americans where they live. Even the school kids are ready for war. The rogue state, rogue state role state conducted its fourth nuclear test, threatening a preemptive nuclear attack. The u.s is increasingly being held nuclear hostage. You can see dead people everywhere in the street, with torture, rape, forced abortion and execution. Wow that place seems absolutely awful, but surely it's not all bad news. I mean they do normal stuff too right. No, nothing is normal, not even the boring stuff, not even haircuts new hairstyle. That'S getting a lot of attention. Men now have to wear their hair. Just like their leader under orders to get a kim jong-un haircut have to cut their hair allah, kim jong-un's, distinctive hairstyle and once again, edgy comedians tv, presenters and advertisers all band together to make exactly the same joke to ask pedestrians. Can we own you how many haircuts did you get today understand how unbelievably unbelievably weird uh north korea is we're just going to take a little off the top justin bieber and hathaway with a ridiculous haircut and nuclear arms? So the only problem here is that the haircut law never existed. If we dig through the sources back to the original article that started this viral story, we arrive in washington dc at a news company called radio free asia. The original article is based entirely on unnamed sources quotes plucked out of thin air, but regardless of its unverifiable origin, it gripped international media and everyone was ready to cash in. It seems an exciting news. Story comes out of north korea. Every month. The north korean government has announced that it found a unicorn north korean official was just executed for bad posture. Apparently after slouching at a public event, they have fallen asleep. At a meeting. The regime often uses grotesque methods. He was stripped naked, thrown into a cage. Before being eaten alive by 120 starving dogs kim and his brother observed the one-hour ordeal, did you hear that one that kim jong-un abducts scores of girls to pleasure him hand-picked based on good, looks and measurements holy [ __ ]? But did you hear about the time you tried to ban sarcasm? I want you to know that your ban on sarcasm is a great idea and by the way, that haircut amazing, what the haircut law and all these other amazing stories share in common is that at the very centre of this media, whirlwind they're based on absolutely nothing. Nothing starts to feel a little bit peculiar that every month, we're bombarded by hundreds of identical copies of a lie telling us that somewhere out there there's a regime that enforces conformity and lies to its people, but just because these stories can viciously and frantically world around And multiply in popular media doesn't mean everyone believes it. We decide to go test it out in newtown, located in sydney's inner west newtown is a cultural hub. The alternative, progressive and free thinking, free spirits of the city, the exact opposite of north korea. This place is the cutting edge of edgy fashion. It'S seriously cool, i mean coldplay filmed a music video. Here we decide to see what the average newtonian thinks. Have you heard the news that um every man in north korea is required to get the same haircut as kim jong-un have heard the news yeah something like that? It doesn't surprise me anyway, haircuts yeah, like the same haircut, that kim jong-un has you know that? That'S that's all very, very old news. I mean north korea is renowned for a lot of bizarre puritanical concepts coming out of there yeah yeah. I have heard that yeah, that's correct, read that somewhere, wouldn't they all look like, i don't think you'd get mistaken for him everywhere in north korea, yeah, yeah or just want to grow along like mimi. Like you know, it's the way of life, it's like everyone. Does it and it's i think the law is probably like almost blurred between what the actual ideology is, because they're so sort of brainwashed. I guess, do you think anything like this could ever be imposed in australia? I reckon they'd have a hard time getting it to work in new town. Definitely like look at where we are now yeah, that is new town. Everyone is so different and unique. Like newtown, for instance, you know where two, you know everyone dresses to their own. You know no yeah um, do you know, do you know why, like uh just the nature of our political system and the level of freedom we have as individuals, there is no real form of self-expression. Exactly you know, take away individuality really. You know i would not get the same haircut just because someone else is doing it, not in australia. It'S too developed. No, it's impossible for me. How did you decide to grow your beautiful long, luscious, hair thanks, uh yeah? I just i don't know um just actually. Yeah people should have the right to just look the way they want to look yeah hey. How did you decide to grow such a long, lashes hair, your long luscious hair, such long luscious, hair, long and luscious right now? Beautiful, thank you. Oh i've. I mean, i grew up. You know on the beach pretty much where everybody just had long hair. So it's been like this. For years yeah i saw his hair. I live in utah. What do you think it turns out the worldwide north korean click bait epidemic is worse than we thought we have to find out the truth for ourselves. We decided we had to get to the bottom of this once and for all. We have to go to north korea. Can you just pretend you're running what yeah yeah i'll put a green screen up? It'Ll, look sick, you sure, yeah! It'Ll, look! Brilliant trust me all right! We have to go to north korea to get a haircut and there he was alexa a dirty disgusting hillbilly. He had a large amount of hair, the majority of which he didn't want and when he showed the hairdresser a picture of the exact amount of hair. He wanted they got rid of the unwanted hair, just like hair versus do all over the world, and you know what i think the north koreans did a great job, so it turns out the north koreans. Get haircuts just like everyone else in the world. Does what an exciting adventure right so, where does that leave us now? Well, the nukes are still a problem. North korea has tested four of them and that's very scary, but imagine how scary it is for them to think that the us alone has tested 1032 nukes. Even then, we don't really need to test ours, because we know ours work, we've used ours against real people, and you know what we're not even sorry what about the news stories about slavery? Yes, it is very confronting to hear stories about slavery in north korea, but for some reason, it's not quite as confronting to watch these stories on your television or your smartphone, which we know are made by slaves. If you want to talk about the biggest slave drivers in the world, the only reason you're watching me right now is because you purchased a device which is made for you by your own personal slave, and you don't even know his name. Excuse me, you know where the laundry detergent is. Oh yeah, mate owl7 next to the sponges. Thank you very much. What about the prison camps? I mean it is pretty disgusting when someone does that to their own people, but at the same time it's a little bit confusing. I mean what is a prison camp like we have prisons, sure, but the bad guys the bad guys always seem to have prison camps. It'S as if our prisons are just great places, you serious alex it's as if our prisons are just great places to be. Our prisoners are known to burst into song and dance because well the amenities are so great and they get to go home when it gets dark, but the prison camps. Oh boy, the prisoners are stuck there, they've got walls and guards, and the prisoners get physically and sexually abused. No prison camp is a useless word. It means nothing and before you say no alexa the north koreans, they put their people in prison for no reason, and we don't do that in a democracy. Well, if that's the case, you might need to have a conversation with the australian, indigenous community or refugees in detention or the black lives matter movement in the states. I mean these are just examples of people. They can tell you quite a bit about large groups being imprisoned for no reason. So what do we do with this word? Well, we could either start saying that we have prison camps or just that north korea has prisons, which isn't much of a news story. Is it? I think it would be much more interesting to focus on the country that has the highest prison population per capita, which is america, [, __ ]? What about the bizarre military parades? That'S some pretty confronting stuff, but imagine how confronting it is for them that the largest military exercise in the world happens twice a year on their border, where the big scary, guys that invaded them in the past practice invading them all over again. But for an organization like the military, a parade is the cutest thing they can ever do, because when an army isn't busy parading they're busy, killing people in actual wars - and yes, north korea was in the korean war and that sucks. But since then the us has invaded guatemala, egypt, lebanon, panama, vietnam, dominican republic, cambodia, laos, angola, iran, libya, el salvador, nicaragua, granada, bolivia, virgin islands, alex alex running out of space. What do you mean i have? I haven't got to the 90s, yet no, you literally can't fit in any more countries. What if i move my head like this? No look just you've made your point just finished it, but for some reason north korea is a dangerous, unpredictable. Rogue state and america is just a normal country. They tend to use these words like rogue state prisoner camps, death squad instead of just country, prison, the military and suddenly all the brutal stuff that we do doesn't seem quite as bad before you know it. We'Re trapped in this giant never-ending nutribullet commercial juicers, make juice blenders make smoothies, but the nutribullet makes supercharged superfood nutriblast death squads. They have death squads over there so glad our army has nothing to do with death. This supercharged superfood neutral blast is delicious [, __, ], regular juice. It seems like all the scary stuff, north korea does. We do on a much larger scale, but then again, we've got pretty good excuses for our violence. We did not want it to come to this, but we have got to bomb those guys it's about defending democracy. It'S a question of basic human rights. I call them slaves, those workers in the third world they're just more competitive. They just want it more. I don't know i feel, like i've heard these excuses before come on buddy, i'm the last guy that wants to throw you in a prison camp. It'S just what i meant to do. It'S the supreme leader's word look mate. I know i know this doesn't look good, but the sun god he just. He really wants your heart. We all have a unique way of justifying exploitation and violence. The main difference between north korea and us is that we're winning our violence is the strongest, but in order for this media spectacle of north korea to work, we've got to see the country as this bizarre violent, rogue state. As this thing, that's so different and such a threat to our peaceful and secure international system, but what this process does is it tries to make you forget that our international system has abused mankind far worse than anything, this dictator of that tiny country could ever dream Of so what we need to do is we need to agitate and organize to take down capitalist imperialism once and for all. You know, vladimir lenin. Thank you. Thank you. I had more thank you alex. You proved your point. It was very enlightening. You can take a seat, [ __ ]. That was depressing. That'S um, let's get some happy music or something here we go here. We go. Here'S something you don't see every day, people having a great time in north korea. Take it away. Girls! Foreign me! Oh me, just filming yeah so before you say we're unpatriotic traders for making a film like this. Here'S, a video of alexa singing the beautiful national anthem on a north korean bus. You
Comments
TheReportOfTheWeek: Great video!!
InfernoPlus: I had to go read about the Korean War in the middle of this video. Was completely unaware of that. Very interesting video man.
James Coyne: It’s kinda crazy to see two dudes who just wanted a haircut being able to tell more truths about North Korea than most of the media
Rasmus Tagu: Absolute legends, can't believe this has been here, hiding in the shadows while I've been only enjoying "I did a thing" like some normie.
Ghaith Mbarki: I've never thought about it this way, I'm truly ignorant about this type of stuff, it's insane how media dehumanizes people, I hate to admit it but honestly we should do better to understand the world instead of alienating each other
xXTheGhostOfSpartaXx: Beautiful documentary. You're ability to humanize people and remind us that the media dehumanizes people is beautiful.
Kai P: All the people in Newtown talking about how it could never happen there, and then struggling to explain why they all had long hair while basing it on things such as "culture" "tradition" or the instructions of others was satire so great you couldn't write it if you tried.
Nelson Duel: Wow watching this video as an American I just wanna say it’s scary I haven’t been taught a single thing about the Korean War and I’m willing to bet most of us haven’t
Rodrigo: That shot of people just *existing* on the Pyongyang metro was incredibly eye opening. They're people just like you or me, not this monolith the media has fed us
RevenantPoet: Honestly, this video was so incredibly thought-provoking, it's one of the few times I scrolled down to the comment section to read more discussion and work my thoughts out rather than looking for comedy gold. I've seen some articles/videos on what little we do know of the horrors going on in North Korea, and it IS abysmal, but this was absolutely a necessary and effective perspective shifter for me. I'm in the US, and I know the US is horrible in so many ways, but I'm human, my family is human, and we're trying our best--and it's important to remember that about people everywhere. North Koreans aren't senseless puppets, they aren't a mass of brainless zombies. They have generational trauma to an excessive degree, and the country they live in is scary, but they laugh and they dream and it's so important to remember they aren't just clowns and faceless victims to sell and sensationalize. The government? Screw that shit. The same goes for way too many others as well, though. And now I'm really just rambling out my thoughts, I don't think I had much of a point to begin with, but tl;dr: thank you so much for this perspective. It's something that I needed, and I'm sure many others have benefitted from the "you are not immune to propaganda" check as well. Now to check out the rest of your videos!
Hlamogolo Phasha: Great video, honestly didn't realize how brainwashed I was about North Korea
Dr Jay: As a fellow Australian, I really appreciate you guys making these videos. Going through high school, I realise how biased the education we receive really is. For example, within history, when learning about WW2, we focus only on the Western Front, and the US defeating the Japanese, when much more brutal fronts are right next door (Sino-Japanese and Eastern Front.) It's especially more evident through learning about the Cold War. We get taught about North Vietnamese's "unprovoked" invasion of South Vietnam, and when the Soviets moved nucleur weapons into Cuba, even though the US moved similar weapons into Turkey, Japan and Eastern Europe earlier. I'm not saying anything the Soviets, or other countries did were justified, nor that the Western and Pacific Fronts were insignificant, but just that the education system is flawed. Thus, I am extremely grateful for what you guys are doing on this channel, as many simply choose to ignore the truth. I hope this information will become more known, alongside your channel ;)
Popputan: Nearly 5 years later and this video still holds up as one of the best intros to learning about the real DPRK I've seen yet. I remember avoiding this video when seeing the title and thumbnail for the first time, thinking it was another one of those western journalists about to make up possibly the worst claims ever to fuel the Asian socialist hate machine, but watching it midway through I realized *that was the point.* You both aren't trying to preach to the choir and already confirm the information to people who are already aware, it was made to bring light to the situation to people completely unaware. With a million views on this now, this video has done wonders. More people looking to teach the truth about the DPRK should follow in this example. Many thanks to you!
Ben: Man I can't describe how much I love your guys content. Subscribed to I did a thing for a while and then found this channel only to learn that you guys are overwhelmingly based too. Much much much much love. And dear god never stop being this brave
Cookies LaRue: As an American I have to watch this video every few months just to keep things in perspective. Possibly one of the most brilliant and well thought out videos on this entire cursed platform.
Peter Kim: I love what you guys are doing, more people need to be like you guys, to show the world from all perspectives and speak based on observation. Thank you for creating these videos, I really appreciate the amount of work that you guys put into your projects, on top of having another channel besides this. 너무 너무 정말 감사합니다, 계속 보면서 응원합니다. Great work m8!
Shark Falcon: This is literally the most profound and hilarious and just extremely informative and powerful video ever mates. Wow! Hats off.
Calvin Schubert: It's actually kinda surprising how little we actually learn about post-ww2 (in the US), and just sorta skip the korean and vietnam war era in history classes.
Wet Salad: Great video Lads. I'm Australian and had a great uncle who served in the Korean War and I always forget most people don't know about the war and how horrible it was.
Paradox: The fact that the creators of this video still look at comments and people's opinions genuinely amazes me. Asides from that amazing video, as an EU resident i had no idea about the korean war, truly goes to show how history is written by the winners.
Guilherme Peron: Caro brasileiro que legendou este vídeo: obrigado! dei altas risadas com os detalhes que inseriu na legenda kkkkkkk
Callan Caustic: Bruh I full laughed at her saying "everyone is so different and unique" as 6 of the same person walked past
Kamrat: Y'all are great, thank you so much for this video. A much needed perspective on this insanity.
Atlas: It's aweinspiring how you told all of this while keeping the comedy show format with strong sarcasm and punchlines. The narrative was super effective. All the revisions and planning really show themselves.
Dumb Ass: Okay, I agree with everything said in this video, but North Korea is still one of the greatest human rights disasters in recent history, and probably shouldn’t be downplayed
Rohan Saxena: This was such an amazing documentary! This is the kind of perspective more people need to have.
Barely Noticeable: Omfg the unspoken comedy of him interviewing a bunch of brown/blonde haired tall men about North Koreans having the same haircut was fucking hilarious. I started laughing even before he started to point it out fuckin amazing.
Toonz MG: Holy moly, this is like actual journalism right here. This was such a great video to watch. Keep up the stellar work y'all!
RoguishOwl: This was an eye opening piece. Really got me thinking about this topic. Great work lads.
Dolan Dumpf: I love you guys… I mean… the way you‘re doing it just is subtle and genius.
Rational Viking: I love you for making this content, because this is how I actually feel, but I'm afraid of being labeled as an edgy communist.
[ D X M X G E D ]: I assumed this was about hair cuts, I was wrong. I turned out to be way more interesting than just hair cuts, and those jokes you dropped between sensitive subjects without making them offensive needs boldness and knowledge to understand the limits. Great job guys, well made video. Ps. There's is artist called: Haircuts for men. Genre: Vaporwave, Downtempo, Instrumental Hip-Hop.
MajkiSHcze: I always try to stay away from stuff like this, where I can't get reliable information, but this was something else. Definitely keep going!
Quentin Janssen: Truly enlightening, I hope you enjoyed your trip and thank you for sharing everything you’ve learned with us!!
Marc Daddy: I already binged your content, such amazing delivery of information, I love your perspective.
NotAHuman: This video is amazing. I genuinely cannot tell whether its ironic or not, well played boys.
The sixth Generation: Well done guys. I graduated with a degree in Korean and history and it's so refreshing to hear what you had to say. I've been trying to tell people this for years, but to no avail. Keep up the good work.
pie eater: This is unironically the best video I've ever seen. Great job guys. It's extremely funny but also very informative.
Adam Merrill: The specifics of what life is like in North Korea are often sensationalized or inaccurate, but the base idea of North Korea being a brutal, hungry, and scary place to live is accurate. The main misconception that’s really harmful is that North Koreans are all loyal to their leader and completely brainwashed. They’re not brainwashed. Defectors escape all the time. South Korean media abounds despite being harshly banned. They put on the facade of believing in the ideology because they need to in order to be safe, but most North Koreans don’t actually believe in it.
Mark Davies: the segment where you point out everyone has long hair (i.e the same haircut) in Newtown was brilliant. Especially the part where the girl basically admits to essentially ordering her partner to grow his hair long.
Melu: I was just thinking - it's great that your main argument on the way our media depicts North Korea wasn't diluted by getting into the specifics of what's known about life in NK but I do feel that maybe some people might take away a conclusion that doesn't best represent the situation? I completely agree on all of the points made. The way that the media normalizes the othering of North Koreans is extremely problematic, and only perpetuates this myth that countries can be good or bad. And it really made me think about what indoctrination looks like in a democratic society, which is not something I've ever thought of. I guess I just worry that some people may take this at face value to think "oh, I guess the North Korean government isn't so bad after all". While there are many ways that our governments are similar as was pointed out, some of the differences really oppose Western ideas of citizenship and liberty. Not having the freedom of movement, suppression of dissent and mass surveillance are all things that I understand to negatively impact North Koreans. Not that these aren't relevant in the West, but I'm able to talk about and work towards building a country that doesn't have those issues, and that isn't so in North Korea. Overall I really enjoyed your doc - I'm just thinking about what's been left unsaid! Thanks for putting it together, it was really interesting!!
mastorione: "Death squads? I'm so glad our army has nothing to do with death" LOL
Elixir: It’s great to see such an unbiased perspective on North Korea, especially since it is from someone who actually went there.
Mitchell Pawlak: Man it’s hard to make a documentary on a country where most of our sources lie about life and culture within the boundaries. But this is an absolutely amazing job.
Mistariel: Thanks for this. I live in the ass-end of the world, and while I have thought of the stupidity of some of the "news" never really got to the awesome perspective you guys present in this awesome video. Just leaving this here in hopes that more people will watch this and... think.
Tripp Profant: Damn honestly never really thought about the whole North Korea situation that way honestly amazing video. Love your content, absolutely hilarious defiantly love the duo with u two going on its a format I haven't seen done that many times before but defiantly added a comedic flair.
Eret: I wish I'd found this channel sooner! These are incredible videos! Honestly a really interesting take on the whole situation!
Lisa Hoshowsky: I like how everyone’s like, “everyone in newtown is unique” as he interviews the 10th guy with a man bun like himself Ope, he just started asking everyone about their, “long, luscious hair”
Organic OD: That ending was awesome! Loved just seeing all the normal people. Fuck we dehumanise people so easily when it's pumped into us daily.
Tactical Wizard: “Everyone is so unique here” meanwhile almost every single guy they interviewed had a man bun
Naxafa: This video is one of the best videos about North Korea I've ever seen, and I have seen a lot. Thank you. I am not a pro NK but definitely also not an against it guy. Thank you again.
Tordsworld: "Everyone's such an individual here" - 5 guys with identical man buns
abxrynx: Wow, great video. It got me to see how much we really dehumanize North Korea and exclaim that we are better than them without realizing how hypocritical that is. Don't get me wrong, North Korea is still a bad place, but emphasizing that modernized countries are so holy and exceptional is moronic. It goes to show how society ignores its own problems and focuses on other countries to feel better about themselves.
Walter Nordgren: First off I think you guys did a great job in humanizing a country that's otherwise constantly bashed on and dehuminized by media. I myself earlier hadn't even began to consider that there were even some good aspects of North Korea. I by all means am not claiming that North Korea would be an absolute paradise of a country without real and heavy flaws since it's still a dictatorship. But still it's nice to see someone having a more sophisticated outlook on the matter instead having a constant barrage of "ohhh North Korea bad >:(" At the end of the day life, politics, war... all of those are very complicated things that never truly fit a black and white kind of separation. Very rarely someone is purely evil or purely good. The same applies to countries as well. And the same applies to wars: there are no "bad guys" or "good guys" in war because every side has good and bad people and every side does good and bad things.
Sonny F: This has been eye opening and inspired me to do my own research. I remembered a story about a boy who was sentenced to death for distributing copies of Squid Game. I looked up the story and saw that it originated from none other than RadioFreeAsia who in that whole article mention ‘the source’ and ‘a man’ with no credible information whatsoever. Thanks for this amazing video which has definitely altered the way I look at stories from the media now.
Bender: Kind of fun to see the Aussis saying that there is no chance of falling in a dictatorship like political system. Especially with the two past years in mind
Trevor Harrington: "I told him to grow it, people should look how they want to look" " I agree with her on how I should look"
Louis McG: Jokes aside, this is a great video. Very interesting to see a critique of the west from an Australian point of view.
Kasper Troelsen: Can't describe how incredible this content is.
Karin M.: best video i have seen in a long time. clear concept being clearly spoken. thank u for leading ppl to see things individually but not through the filters of controlled news. so important nowadays. thank u.
Scott H.: Man, YouTube really tried to bury this one. Never knew there was a second channel. Very interesting commentary.
Serbian Hammer: Wow. I love your channel even more now lmao. I don't believe the North Korean government is filled perfect angels, but I know for damn sure Western governments aren't filled with them either. I appreciate you two calling out corruption and hypocrisy!
accesscodex: "we couldnt make everyone have the same haircut here we're all unique" * every person being interviewed literally has the same haircut already*
Benjamin Stevens: The most unbelievable part of all of this is that I can rewatch this video, years later.
Aaron Miranda: have you considered the fact that the footage you utilized only shows what the 1% of the North Korean population gets to experience? If a population of people have to suffer somewhere else to make existence in our country more tolerable then so be it. It only matters that a majority of our nation gets to exist in the middle class and that we increase social mobility by any means necessary, and that our people are not starving, unlike the sad reality of a majority of most North Koreans. do we have a perfect system? no. can we improve it, yes, but saying labour abritrage= bad is a very naive idea. It lowers costs for all individuals, including the ones who need it most in our country. Inflation already is not making it easy for lower-income individuals to get by, and paying a going rate in our country to a place where our currency is significantly stronger is not a very smart idea. a possible solution would be hermit policies which would increase dependence on domestic labour, and introduce some form of tax incentivization for hiring in low-income communities. Of course, this may slow down the innovation of new technologies, as American manufacturing capabilities are quite limited by the amount of the population willing to work such jobs, as well as slowing population growth, we would have to have immigration policies that make such labour accessible and with sustainable innovation. There is no such thing as free lunch, however, as the economic development of manufacturing countries will slow down significantly, making it all the more likely for those people to starve. At least we aren't underpaying them right? (Also keep in mind that pollution will increase significantly in nearby since we are taking on the domestic environmental risks instead of only the global ones)
Yasin Achekzai: It always amazed me how people will believe absolutely everything any media tells them about North Korea. Like, if anyone tells you that a country banned sarcasm, shouldn't common sense dictate that you identify this as a hoax immediately? It's kind of scary how powerful western propaganda is. As an Afghan, I learned that the hard way, when my people became the bad guys over night. Anyway, that was an amazing and brave video, guys. You are righteous men.
James Dulak: Very good video when it comes to pointing out how evil America can be. As an American I often try to give my country the benefit of the doubt, it's very hard to shake off the feeling of "we're the good guys" that's been so ingrained into my mind growing up, but look at that massive list of other nations we've invaded. Even if some of those were for righteous reasons that's so fucking much. How can we be considered heroes when all we've been doing for decades is roll into poorer nations and blow the fuck out of civilians so we can get cheaper prices on oil and bananas? But on the North Korean side of things I don't know if this is supposed to mean everything's just fine over there. A shitload of the propaganda is bullshit to justify the west but I still think there's enough true information out there concerning how it's not a very good place to live. Something that has very much stuck in my mind is the comment about how even if NK is acting in a belligerent militaristic way and is aggressive towards America because America fucked them up horribly in the past. This is something that applies to a lot of America's enemies, even Islamic terrorists who are one of our most iconic foes because of 9/11. But they didn't just attack the Twin Towers because they're evil terrorist assholes who hate innocent American civilians and puppies it's because America had been fucking with them beforehand. And I'm not defending terrorists but just acknowledging usually there's a reason, valid or not, that America's enemies hate and attack them. So yeah good video, and pretty funny too.
SLOTHBOI: this is so well done, great job
MoonLight Blue: Wow, this video makes me evaluate my views on North Korea. Makes me want to learn more about their history. Thank you!
Hugo Henker: Absolutely best part:“we need to organize and destroy the capitalist system.“ keep it up, you are doing great work
Peter Smythe: "The US is increasingly being held nuclear hostage." Isn't that true of every country in a world where any country has nuclear weapons and the will to use them?
kyle martz: I spent 2 weeks in North Korea in 2011 when Kim Jong I'll was alive, it was my first solo trip as an adult. It's a strange place but I'd recommend it to anyone who likes different travel experience, I had a good time.
Takeshi Mizuho: How can this be so funny yet so controversial, love it!
Rutendo Kim Mk: I'm so happy to have discovered you guys subscribed! Thank you for the awesome video, too funny
Nobushi: Honestly love this kind of video that educates people there is a saying that goes like this Preoccupied with a single leaf... you won't see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree... you'll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in it's entirety... effortlessly. That is what it means to truly "see.
Raff: ~"Cant believe living in a place where every man has the same haircut" ~Literally every male interviewed had long/manbun hair
Lonick: You know I've never actually heard of the forgotten war. Its scary how something that big can get covered up
Morgan Meehan: You guys are awesome. Keep up the crazy work
Katroptis YT: Love how everyone in Newtown is wearing the same haircut to impress their lord and savior Jesus christ, but mock the North Koreans for wanting to do the same
Jordan Casanova: This was so much better than I was expecting. You did a thing!
PaingPaingPP: The most insane “I did a thing”.
Guilherme Smethurst: Just a side note here: the main idea of Korean libertation war was the Juche idea, which means "autodetermination". You say, in the first minute of the video that USSR was in charge of the north of Korea, as if the leader was Stalin himself (you didn't say with words, but that's the impression that remains), but the leader was all that time Kim-Il Sung. So, USSR at that time actually played a role of helping Korea to get itself free of the Japanese imperialism, the same way it did to Maoist revolution (although the context was different here). So that Juche ideia was respected by USSR, because the motivation behind that help wasn't imperialist. The same cannot be said with respect to US motivations
The Space Banana: Getting trapped in a neverending infomercial is my own personal hell
Nobody: I still wouldn't want to live there but you're absolutely right to point out how much "news" we get about things happening in North Korea is untrue.
Marina Davies: This was an amazing videos, I appreciate the merciless mocking of North Korea and America despite living in America myself.
Matt Florence: I am so happy this video is getting the views it deserves
che rocha: It feels a bit like you swung too hard into painting North Korea as this isolated victim of a proxy war. In reality it's a brutal and murderous regime guilty of a host of human rights abuses including forced labour and interments camps, public executions and many other egregious examples. All the stuff about the US is pretty much platitudes to anybody born before 1990 with a rudimentary understanding of US foreign policy for the last 70 years. I see a lot of people making the same points about Ukraine and Russia, justifying genocide and war crimes simply because of opposition to western intervention.
sojuicy: the ending made me legit cry a bit. thank you for this amazing video.
Jesse Mueller: Glad you guys had a nice visit to North Korea, hopefully some of your new friends will be able to come visit you in Australia sometime...
Taylor Sutherland: Been watching Ididathing for a long time, but found this channel through Hasan's stream. This video is a masterpiece
s cromly: This was a masterpiece lmfao, well done lads
vloqy: A very informative and well made video, thank you
Jarred Deaker: This is one of the best videos I've ever seen on north korea, good job boys
Anatexis: This is downright brilliant. Thanks for this video!
Poadiup: That segment at the end really helps humanize the people ive only heard scary propaganda about. Even understanding this it really helps to understand this by just seeing people living their daily lives. That is what bonds us all.
Rhiannn :3: For an old video, this is so eye opening and very very relevant! I am so glad I did a thing promoted this channel in his recent video, never would have found this otherwise
MrSnafu 1973: Could you imagine how authoritarian the Australian government would become
Bruce Vial: I always thought a prison camp sounded like a fun version of detention.
Josh Failing: Crazy how you guys did all this work and I’m just now finding you, great stuff tho
Paper Hat Lad: This is... Unexpectedly wholesome at times? You know besides the history parts