I’ve watched this video a bunch of times, and it utterly baffles me. I genuinely cannot understand how BadEmpanada came to this conclusion.
To start off this video, he immediately does the most annoying YouTube loser thing ever. He does the whole, “I’m gonna piss off some people with this heh heh heh” thing. That’s annoying to begin with. He appears to believe that anti Americanism is “contrarianism” when it isn’t. The vast majority of internet contrarians are not Intersectional Third Worldists. He then defines the “socialism” that he follows as “trying to do the best possible for the majority of people” which is incredibly anti materialistic and anti scientific marxist. Then, he breaks into the contrarian bullshit of the “but” principle, where he pretends to be against America (he really isn’t). It’s very clear that he’s lying about how much he doesn’t like America. He then says that he opposes America for political reasons and not just “because it’s america.” You know, a lot of people in the Middle East, who live in constant fear for clear skies because they could be vaporized by missile blasts, hate America because it’s America. To say that this is wrong is to delegitimize the third world who is oppressed primarily by the white western country of America.
Then, he does the EPIC contrarian thing where he brings up China. I’m gonna just say it outright here. Fuck critical support. China isn’t doing anything wrong. It is following correct Dengist principles. Criticism of China is entirely rooted in Americanism, White Supremacy, Western Imperialism, and Sinophobia. China is not “state capitalist.” It is Leninist-Dengist. China has lifted millions out of poverty. China has developed the most advanced rail system in the world. China is bringing benefit to non western nations across the world. If you have problems with that, go fuck yourself.
Then he brings up Iran. Iran is in the same boat. Iran is a good anti American country that strives to destroy imperialism from the white westerners. Iran deserves uncritical support. Calling Iran “far right” is a false flag, and is the most western thing ever.
I’m gonna read a quote here where he’s being sarcastic, but it’s entirely true.
US aligned is bad, US opposed is good.
This is entirely true.
This whole video is a CIA Black Ops Gladio hit piece against some of the only good western journalists. The Grayzone is a great news source. To attack it is to promote white supremacy and western imperialism.
He then defends the US by saying it has been on the right side of history (it hasn’t) occasionally (never)
You know what I can’t even go two minutes into the video without screaming. BadEmpanada is a white westerner from Australia who is promoting the colonization of non western Argentina. Fuck him and fuck anyone who defends him.
they got attacked? no argument that the US had racist conduct but characterizing them as aggressors is a bit
Yeah I think the takeaway from US involvement in the war is that they didn't really give a shit until it was right at their doorstep and directly threatened them (like usual)
They aggressed by cutting them off from natural resources, and Pearl harbor was known in advance
This is your brain on anti-Americanism.
They cut them off because they didn't like the damage they were causing with their imperialist war. Acting like poor little Japan was pushed into war by the US is hilarious revisionism when all Japan had done for years before was attempt to take as much as they could from the surrounding area.
Not selling oil to an imperial war machine is literally one of the few good things the US ever did and even then it was more just because the did imperialism to the wrong countries but don't talk about Japan like it wasn't a horrific genocidal bully.
Lmao what the fuck is wrong with you, you're literally defending an Axis power by saying they were "aggressed" because they were cut off from natural resources while they were genociding everyone around them and aiding Hitler.
Natural resources being used in the bloodiest war in Chinese history. Unironically good the US and West did that. Not altruistically, very much pulling up an imperial ladder behind them "we get to beat around Asia, you don't" but fucking hell, I don't wanna know what the Japanese empire might've done if everyone looked the other way.
And then the US immediately supported the KMT which was assisting the genocide in China.
The CCP was aiding the KMT too by that point, Jesus fucking Christ.
??? Chinese United Front ???
The KMT murdered the Reds before the Japanese began the war. Both the KMT & CCP fought against Japanese imperialism and genocide.
And then what happened once the Japanese surrendered, Alex?
Who did the KMT genocide? They resumed the fucking civil war. Almost everyone involved was Chinese?
Half of Shanghai back in 1928, just for starters.
so in 1937, when the CCP had put that aside to oppose a foreign invader, the KMT are assisting genocide? The IJA was genociding the whole Chinese people, but I guess right wingers with a vested interest in not dying can't be worked with
War makes strange bedfellows.
But the theory that the KMT was good because the IJA was winning is thin. Mao played his hand masterfully, and his only mistake was letting Kai-shek escape the mainland. But the KMT was not good because it was backed into the same corner it had forced the CCP into a decade earlier.
the KMT was good when their soldiers were fighting and dying by the tens thousands to defend Chinese cities from Japanese slaughter. no ands ifs or buts. the men between Nanjing and the Nanjing massacre were fucking good, right-wing or not.
Simply fighting for survival in the face of a better armed and organized invader does not make you "good".
They were murdering their fellow chinese compatriots
Yeah and the CCP was murdering their fellow citizens, that's kinda what civil war is. Look. they're obviously the bad side in the Civil War, but they weren't on the bad side when it was China v. Japan. There's a reason even the CCP fought alongside them, dude.
That is what we call a civil war.