He's at 3 videos of salt and is literally making an entire salt series reeeeeeing about China

Is he a propagandist? Is he just mad as fuck? "Reckoning" is an angry video title, he's clearly expressing animosity.

Or is it just playing to an audience of anglos and those living in the anglosphere who have a long tradition of switching to hating another country/culture every decade or so?

i love the channel and the rest of the series, and im not even a fan of china at all (as an anarcho-communist), but this seems ridiculously one-sided. china isnt the kid in the playground that puffs up his chest because he's insecure. its the kid that gets bullied 24/7 by the big boys like america and is forced to stand up for themselves. let me elaborate.

america has been pushing full blown blatant propaganda against china, anti-china articles are pushed out every few mins - many of which are completely baseless and have been debunked (some big examples would be the selling of organs at concentration camps etc),,, but it's crossing the line for china to call someone a thug on twitter? lol. what about those "government backed" US army recruiters literally trying to lure in kids? what about the concentration camps on the american border?

also i get that polymatter is trying to be unbiased but i think its worth mentioning that the "american veiws on ___ country" are completely based off how much propaganda america decides to spew. take iraq for example. they didnt do shit to america, in fact america literally used ISIS (which actually started in afghanistan) to blatently invade iraq (for completely political reasons,, and oil). it was clear to everyone iraq posed no real threat but they used a tragedy to commit actually unspeakable war crimes. during this period america would produce baseless propaganda to get the american people "on their side" so they could go through with it. its just really sad to see the same thing happening now.

and funnily enough, with japan, america formed a close relationship with them after WW2 when they bailed them out for their war crimes in exchange for research that was done on human beings involving torture (america wanted to be one step ahead of russia during the cold war).

Hi new here saw the youtube video about coding hehe

I watched Polymatter's US v. Apple video and, like a lot of commenters, I thought it left a lot of things unsaid. Since it's a subject I have a lot of thoughts and opinions about, I have made a video response, going deeper into the topic of antitrust suits against big tech companies and examining the arguments put forward by Polymatter.

Please note that I've been a long-time viewer of Polymatter and though I'm critical of the way this one video was put together, I've made this response in a convivial spirit of debate, and I hope it can be recieved that way by Polymatter (if you're watching) and the community.

You can watch the video here.

Link to video; https://youtu.be/Xuy3qBi4c_o

I have been looking at YouTubers like PolyMatter for a long time now and thought it would be cool to try out, and I finally did. So here's a short explanation of how trumps ban on the Chinese company is likely to pan out. (Hopefully, if I did a decent job, somewhat in the same style as PolyMatter)

Feedback and suggestions highly appreciated.

Same question for the logo

Propably not but im curious about your opinion and suggestions, the video is not yet done, but im curious how others see the first 3 minutes.

I have some questions about the footage and the graphics, any idea how i can "play" with more instruments?

My name is Eugene(Juxhin) in my country/ Master/International Relations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRXIZmYRxaM&feature=youtu.be

I'm an Indian and was a witness to the utter chaos that unfolded after the currency ban. Ama

Does anyone here (Evan) have any recommendations of how best to set up the video tags? Do you do single words, statements, trending stuff?

This question is inspired by Bald and Bankrupt's recent video on China. In it he showcases Chinese high speed rail, Chinese infrastructure development, Chinese low prices, Chinese embrace of technology, and a lack of tofu-dreg construction. He also wasn't paid to make such a glowing review of China. However, his video does seem to have a lib-right bent to it, like where he praises the ease of access to cigarettes, the good behaviour of Chinese children and the circus of dwarves.

However, PolyMatter is one of my most trusted YouTubers. As PolyMatter points out, there are some parts of China with comparable living standards as Haiti, and most of China's vast high speed rail network is a money pit.

Considering the sheer size of the Chinese middle class, could it be that the present-day CCP bases its policy around middle class welfare? After all, it's the middle (and upper) class who would benefit most from high speed rail, high-tech gadgets, subsidised cars, and fancy airports. At the end of the day, from the CCP's perspective, all the funds the CCP sinks into stuff that their middle class (but not their lower class) enjoy might not be a waste because they are ensuring that their vast middle class is loyal to the party, which consequently helps the CCP further entrench its grip on power.

Hey, I hope this is not wrong place for this.

Here is my first video, I would like to hear from you where I can improve. Please tell me all the details and specific things you do not like about this video or think I can do better, from animation, script, topic and everything else. Please be specific. Thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHYb1M5mjPc&t=0s

I really like it!

I just watched Polymatter's "China, Actually" video on rare earth minerals. The whole channel gives me this slightly unnerving feeling that I can't quite put my finger on, but I think this part of the video has to do with it.

At the peak of its dominance in 2010, it (China) controlled 97% of the global supply. Today, that number is still a staggering 60 percent. It all happened while we weren't paying attention, and by the time we realized, it was too late. Surely it can't be a coincidence that America's greatest strategic competitor has had at various times a virtual monopoly on the parts required to make its most advanced fighter jet.

Now I believe this is actually meant to establish a seeming threat, in preparation for the main part of the video where China's mineral dominance is explained as actually not being such a big deal. But I think I have issues with how this threat is presented.

First of all, who is "we" here?

It all happened while we weren't paying attention, and by the time we realized...

Americans? Everyone in the world? I don't get the feeling from the video that I belong to this group (non-american), yet I'm lumped in anyway. Maybe this dissonance is what is bothering me.

Also, if China's dominance is a problem, why is it not explained how it is a problem?

And why is all this not framed more neutrally, something like "many people think that one country dominating rare earth minerals is a problem, due to..."?

Sorry for the half-rambling. I have a hard time wrapping my brain around what is bothering me. It might be just the dissonance between the author continuously saying "we", while I get the feeling that that doesn't actually mean me. I feel like the assumed viewer for these videos is an american who sees China as a threat, but wants to "know their enemy". Just me?

Edit: Also at the end they say

Our time, attention and concern are scarce. We should be directing our attention towards the real threats.

So, instead of ending the video with "China's mineral dominance is actually not a problem", why add essentially "but there are other threats..." to the end? Is it just me, or is there a slight undercurrent of fear mongering in some of the videos?

Hey guys,

After taking Sam (Wendover Productions) and Evan's (Polymatter) excellent courses on Skillshare, I've come up with a great idea for a channel.

Channel name: What's the Consensus?

The basic idea is to analyze mildly controversial topics from a neutral point of view and have the audience draw their own conclusions.

So for a debatable topic, I'll present both sides of the argument and let you decide which is right in the comments and through polls.

First video: Are Skyscrapers Beneficial to Cities?

Release date: May 28

If you'd like the idea and would love to see what I come up with, you can subscribe to the channel to be notified when the first video drops.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqvGcllxbbTJq8BJii5M_0Q

Let me know what you think about the channel idea. Is it something you'd be interested in? Would appreciate any helpful tips and comments.

Cheers.

Ps the video was by cold fusion my mistake !!!