The Banana Republics
this was supposed to be like three minutes long
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Intro and outro song:
“Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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@jesusojeda7850
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Someday, someone will make a video similar to this about how the US used Ukraine as a stick to poke Russia, profiting from weapon and energy deals in the process.
And people will have fun watching that video, pointing out how in hindsight it was so obvious…
@Rick_j98
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
This part of history surely was…
Bananas
@HipsterBaby747
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
9 years ago
@njinlover
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Moral of the story; if you ever want to rule the world, start with bananas
@racheltaylor3125
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Anytime someone mentions growing/selling/importing bananas, I think of this video
@caseys8179
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
"Holy shit you actually did it"
"Hehe, WoRLdsTaR"
Had me dying 😂
@goktoproductions5475
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
This video aged well
@jeweledleaves4347
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
good boy
@JacobGreen-j9b
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Why is this giving me Star Wars and Star Trek flashbacks?
@therawwafexperiment
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
definitely reacting to this
@peternobody
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Comes from Farage’s banana republic of UK.😂
@RashtaEinthisB
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
4:40 LLLMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@thapliyalarnav
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
offer
@clueless4085
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
"Standard Fruit" absolutely has to be a reference to Standard Oil. Probably where they got the idea for a lot of their business practices.
They're literally doing Robber Barons 2: Banana Boogaloo.
@Turbulentspic
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
2:09 aged beautifully
@OkiTanaka-ch4fo
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Maybe western is always bad but at least try to be a good influence, example like getting rid of primitiv, slaves on how to be productive and infrastructure for functional society than nothing. The native are more worse in handle his own citizens like pol pot and Africa corrupt government despite black skin race but still lack of sympathy for his people ☕
@MicroVirus123
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
6:23 peak
@timmifransson
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Super like!
@Holy-Pizza
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Hey guys, does someone know why he says "world star"? i dont really catch the reference.
@do0myk
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
nowadays they just grow opium under the guidance of CIA, not corpo middleman needed anymore, progress
@Fishing4fun2
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
We were accidentally shown this today at school and it was the highlight of my day so funny
@funtanjan
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Not nearly as bad as what Blackrock is doing to most countries today.
@timmifransson
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
This should be shown at every school
@CEOofgoblins
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
COMMIEEEEE, COMMIEEEEEE, WREEEEEEEEE😭😭😭
@graysonsmaglinski7616
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Gonna try to incorporate this into an APUSH FRQ the best I possibly can
@wiseowl820
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
This video is wild
@FroomtyFroomt
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Holy shit. Im so glad I watched this as a kid. I never realized that this is the reason why I was able to protect myself from America’s brainwashing of the world.
@owenmcdonald5806
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
2:12 This type of moment is exactly why I respect Sam and tolerate EmpLemon. Emp can berate Biden and all of his pisspile but wont even sniff making fun of Trump because hes a coward. Sam pulls 0 punches on any homeboy who wants some
@Otto-b1z2y
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
This well elaborated upon in Dan Koeppel's book, "Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World."
@Ivve.SboiW0
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
They are one of the three major companies that the term “Banana Republic” comes from, the countries where they operated were practically entirely owned by these fruit companies.
United Fruit Co, Vaccaro Bros and Cuyamel Fruit Co.
Chiquita Banana used to be called United Fruit Co.
@CatDudePerson
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Could you possibly go into more detail but on their involvement in the bay of pigs invasion? Im trying to learn more!!! And you make learning fun
@zapcos80
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
All countries work this way, just different.
@dathaniel9403
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
1953 was a busy year for the U.S. overthrowing democratically-elected leaders who were trying to make their country's natural resources benefit the people instead of Western corporations — it's the same year we overthrew Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran via Operation Ajax and turned Iran from a secular democracy into an authoritarian monarchy (and eventually a theocratic dictatorship after the Shah was overthrown in the 1979 Iranian Revolution).
It was near the height of the Red Scare; we even added "Under God" between "one nation" and "indivisible" — ironically dividing the "indivisible" one nation — to the Pledge of Allegiance because we were so paranoid about communism and therefore atheism by proxy (because totalitarian dictatorships like Russia and China don't want their people to have any allegiance above their party and country). If a foreign country did anything even remotely left-wing such as worker rights, universal suffrage, racial equality, social welfare, etc., we'd use the CIA to overthrow their government and install one more friendly to U.S. interests, even if we had to replace democracy with a dictatorship to do it.
But surely, THIS time the regime change will work out for everyone, right? Imperial blowback isn't real, right?
Never forget: the U.S. fights wars solely for the benefit of the wealthy elite, sacrificing American soldiers and foreign civilians to increase the profit of like 100 people who are already so rich they couldn't spend their money in 10,000 lifetimes.
@Emerysealion
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Here again because of dole in Hawaii right now
@yasira.v
July 23, 2026 at 9:09 pm
To find out that the US and the freaking banana company is the sole reason why my parents had an extremely difficult childhood is so upsetting.