IC–042 | "Mao is One of the Great Leaders of This World"
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[0:00] the
[0:15] the merger that needed a more
[0:18] a law he iran is going to save hollywood martial law yes yes brother
[0:23] the one may get lina conjo quickly I'm not gonna I'm not gonna involve if you
[0:29] notice I also shy away from making Zoron a Shia jokes as well because I want
[0:35] fucking racist assholes to like, sincerely do this
[0:39] I wonder why husband is who say that thing to you think this does came very
[0:56] spent the entire monk debate with me in Canada unable to make any cogent
[0:58] argument except you work for cut
[0:58] and not even cut her your funded by cutter and now doug wasn't very wise both
[1:10] work for cutter to their literally funded by cutter law
[1:20] I'm not sure if I'm going to get
[1:27] out of here.
[1:29] So also heavily fucking up the Saudi
[1:30] live golf league a ton of their
[1:31] players right now are stuck in
[1:33] countries and no fly zones law.
[1:35] I know.
[1:36] We ask the people around the world
[1:39] to rate the morality and ethics
[1:41] of others in country in their
[1:42] country.
[1:43] The U.S. is the only place we
[1:44] surveyed where more adults
[1:45] describe the morality and
[1:46] ethics of others living in the
[1:47] country is bad then good.
[1:48] In many countries people see
[1:50] their fellow citizens and
[1:51] morally good who rate the
[1:52] morality and ethics and other
[1:53] people.
[1:54] Percentage of people who rate
[1:56] the morality and ethics of
[1:57] people in their country as very
[2:00] good or somewhat good 47%.
[2:03] Somewhat bad and very bad 53%.
[2:10] Wait, where's Israel on this list?
[2:11] I got to see Israel.
[2:12] Where the fuck is Israel?
[2:16] Even Israel 68% rate the morality
[2:22] and ethics of people in their
[2:23] country as very good or
[2:25] somewhat good.
[2:27] Bro, Turks are so funny.
[2:29] Oh my God.
[2:31] Turkey is the only other country.
[2:34] Turkey.
[2:35] Turkey is like 50 50.
[2:37] It's like bro, we have to live
[2:39] with the fucking out of the
[2:40] want supporters.
[2:41] Okay.
[2:42] I'm sick and tired of it.
[2:43] And then the out of the
[2:44] want supporters are like bro,
[2:45] we have to live with these
[2:46] disgusting godless liberals.
[2:49] Oh, that's so sick.
[2:56] That is fucking funny, man.
[2:58] That's funny.
[3:05] Look at this reply.
[3:06] It's so self evident.
[3:07] Hot tape.
[3:08] You think people are generally
[3:09] morally good than you are
[3:10] morally blind.
[3:11] A good society can only be
[3:12] built on the belief that
[3:13] there's a lot of shit.
[3:14] The inverse of recipe to be
[3:15] fucked over.
[3:16] This guy is so mind-cucked.
[3:18] It's not even funny.
[3:19] You know what I mean?
[3:21] Like this guy is capitalism
[3:23] cucked if that makes sense.
[3:24] Like his brain doesn't work
[3:25] in a normal fashion where
[3:26] he's just like, it's a game
[3:28] of war all the time.
[3:30] And everyone's out to get me.
[3:32] Great, man.
[3:33] What a wonderful person you
[3:35] are just operating with this
[3:36] like sociopathic tendency.
[3:40] The Chinese are the ones
[3:41] releasing the sat images of
[3:43] the damages, and some people
[3:44] are a bit mad at that.
[3:45] Oh, I know.
[3:46] China has once again made
[3:47] public satellite images of
[3:48] the damage to the U.S.
[3:49] al-Dafra base in the UAE.
[3:51] Chinese continue to expose
[3:52] damaged Western military
[3:53] base throughout the Middle
[3:54] East with the clear
[3:56] censorship regime in place.
[3:57] China is making information
[3:58] available that otherwise
[3:59] would remain hidden from
[4:00] public view.
[4:11] It's a snowy day in
[4:12] Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
[4:13] As U.S. strikes Iran,
[4:14] China has a message
[4:15] in the world.
[4:16] A message it wants the
[4:17] world to hear.
[4:18] We're here early.
[4:19] And we're going to take you
[4:20] for a rare glimpse into the
[4:21] secretive world of Chinese
[4:23] political power.
[4:24] I've reported from Beijing
[4:26] for nearly three and a half
[4:27] years now.
[4:28] And there is still something
[4:29] of a buzz every time we're
[4:30] allowed here because it is
[4:31] quite rare that journalists
[4:32] are allowed to film in
[4:33] Tiananmen Square.
[4:34] It's infamous.
[4:35] Hey!
[4:36] Hey!
[4:37] I know somebody who's
[4:38] did that shit though.
[4:43] They're not wrong.
[4:44] It is actually, come on,
[4:45] guys.
[4:46] Tiananmen Square is
[4:48] literally incredibly
[4:50] secure.
[4:51] Please.
[4:52] Be for real.
[4:55] Like, I was there.
[4:57] You literally watched me go
[4:59] through the security
[5:00] checkpoints.
[5:01] I livestreamed the entire
[5:02] process.
[5:03] I got stopped by a cop who
[5:04] thought I was like making
[5:05] fun of Mao Zedong,
[5:06] which I never would and never
[5:08] will.
[5:09] Mao Zedong is a one of the
[5:12] great leaders of this world.
[5:15] A man who changed the
[5:19] entire universe, the
[5:21] entire planet.
[5:22] Okay.
[5:30] But the reality of the
[5:33] matter is, I was able to,
[5:37] for real, for real, yes.
[5:39] I mean, there was a lot of
[5:40] fucking excesses.
[5:41] Let's be real.
[5:42] But the People's Republic
[5:44] of China would not exist
[5:46] without Mao Zedong.
[5:49] And before people say, oh,
[5:50] well, what about Deng?
[5:51] What about Deng Xiaoping?
[5:53] Okay.
[5:54] Great.
[5:55] He advanced China as well.
[5:57] And so does Xi Jinping.
[6:01] Don't make me retell the
[6:07] dumpling story.
[6:09] Okay.
[6:10] You eat four dumplings and you
[6:13] finally feel like you're full
[6:16] on the fifth one.
[6:18] You don't think to yourself, oh,
[6:20] I should have just eaten the
[6:21] fifth dumpling.
[6:22] It's not the fifth dumpling that
[6:25] filled your stomach.
[6:27] The first four dumplings were
[6:29] also important.
[6:31] Brutal history means we're only
[6:33] given access on pretty
[6:34] special occasions.
[6:35] And today is a special
[6:37] occasion of sorts.
[6:38] It's an event called Liang Hui,
[6:40] or the Two Sessions in English.
[6:41] It's sort of Chinese equivalent
[6:43] of the state opening of Parliament,
[6:45] a day for pomp and ceremony.
[6:47] But it's also a day where the
[6:49] curtain is raised just a little
[6:51] on what China's leaders think
[6:53] and what they might want.
[6:55] And we're going to take you
[6:56] inside.
[6:57] Am I crazy?
[6:58] No, it's not.
[6:59] No, China definitely has
[7:01] very different cultural
[7:03] attitudes about criticisms or
[7:06] even fucking outright praise.
[7:08] Well, not our praise, but
[7:09] criticisms of historical
[7:10] leadership, the party in
[7:12] general, that's a major
[7:14] difference.
[7:15] There's a fundamental
[7:17] difference in how China
[7:18] operates as opposed to other
[7:20] countries.
[7:21] Nearly 3,000 delegates have
[7:22] traveled from what?
[7:23] At least from western
[7:24] liberal countries.
[7:25] Corners of this country to be
[7:26] here.
[7:27] In this country, they'll
[7:28] discuss policy and vote on
[7:29] legislation.
[7:30] In reality, they'll rub a
[7:31] stamped decisions pre-made
[7:33] behind closed doors.
[7:35] But this event is as much
[7:37] about precision and the
[7:39] projection of power as it is
[7:42] about policy.
[7:43] This place is absolutely
[7:46] colossal.
[7:47] Fun fact, it was built in just
[7:49] 10 months.
[7:50] Getting our passes checked and
[7:52] going in.
[7:53] Few members of the public
[7:55] will ever step foot in the
[7:57] Great Hall of the People.
[7:58] It's closely guarded, tightly
[8:00] controlled.
[8:01] And inside, it's absolutely
[8:03] cavernous.
[8:04] Final security check.
[8:06] But this is where it all
[8:08] happens.
[8:09] This is the Great Auditorium.
[8:10] Thank you, Sisia.
[8:12] Sisia.
[8:14] That's sick.
[8:15] Oh, that's so sick.
[8:17] Fuck.
[8:19] And on China's grandest
[8:22] political stage, it's quite
[8:24] clear who is the grandest.
[8:26] Wait, did they let?
[8:28] Did they always let in foreign
[8:31] reporters to the five-year plan
[8:37] announcement?
[8:38] That's new, right?
[8:40] I'm pretty sure they let you
[8:42] outside of the square.
[8:53] No, it's not new.
[8:56] She mocked you with her passes.
[8:58] Yeah, she did.
[9:00] Bailstee and paralyzed
[9:04] pendant plug.
[9:06] Thank you for the 25 gifted
[9:08] subs.
[9:09] What the fuck is paralyzed pendant
[9:11] plug?
[9:12] Paralyzed pendant plug with the
[9:13] 50, actually.
[9:14] And derelict.
[9:16] And claudy days, I think,
[9:18] are the five gifted.
[9:20] There must be so much drama in
[9:27] this that we don't get to know.
[9:29] Maybe in the next five years,
[9:31] little bro.
[9:32] Yeah, I'll wait.
[9:33] No, it's new that they let anyone
[9:34] outside the party there.
[9:35] Yeah, I thought it was a party
[9:36] officials only.
[9:37] This is ultimately cheating
[9:39] pink show.
[9:40] Hot off a year about maneuvering
[9:41] Trump and...
[9:42] Why did you glaze China if you
[9:43] liked them so much?
[9:44] Then get out of my country and go
[9:45] live there, bro.
[9:46] Stop threatening me with a
[9:47] fucking good time.
[9:48] Okay, stop it.
[9:49] Urging his military.
[9:51] This is all his pitch, his plan,
[9:54] his power.
[9:56] Today's session is very much
[9:58] about the economy.
[9:59] What's going on and what are the
[10:01] challenges?
[10:02] His biggest problem, perhaps, is
[10:04] slowing growth.
[10:06] This year's target's been set at
[10:08] its lowest rate in 30 years.
[10:10] But just listen to how they
[10:12] explain it.
[10:13] And crucially, who they blame.
[10:16] The evolving Eastern environment
[10:21] is exerting greater impact on
[10:23] China.
[10:24] Multilateralism and free trade
[10:25] have been under severe strain.
[10:27] By the way, by the way, it's real.
[10:45] Like, this is correct.
[10:48] It's got to be so funny to sit
[10:50] there as a Western reporter who,
[10:52] for your Western news report at
[10:55] Sky News has said the exact same
[10:58] things about America's terrorist