China SAVED my Life!

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  • čas přidán 12. 07. 2018
  • This is a no BS truth, if I hadn't moved to China, I would most probably be dead and I'm going to tell you why...
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  • @maykolee
    @maykolee Před 6 lety +994

    The sad thing is, none of the western mainstream media are reporting what’s going on in South Africa 😪😪😪😪

    • @jugjivan
      @jugjivan Před 6 lety +30

      maykolee they are. It's been pretty big at least here in Canada. That clip Winston showed was trending in Canada.

    • @haruka6672
      @haruka6672 Před 6 lety +52

      maykolee because it doesn't fit their leftist idelogy

    • @mysticbazuso36
      @mysticbazuso36 Před 6 lety +75

      The Australian Government were seeking emergency asylum for the farmers but our stupid media called it racist.

    • @brerrrrrp95
      @brerrrrrp95 Před 6 lety +32

      I know people are being raided raped and killed because they're white and literally no one gives a fuck.

    • @haruka6672
      @haruka6672 Před 6 lety +5

      Troll Not Russia is worse than Western countries! Sorry but this is true"

  • @arturasp9738
    @arturasp9738 Před 6 lety +740

    Winston criticizes China because he cares, I think its pretty obvious. Good luck to him.

    • @Ottovonostbahnhof
      @Ottovonostbahnhof Před 6 lety +11

      Arturas P exactly, sometime he made wrong statements, but he has been always honest.

    • @jsmithepa
      @jsmithepa Před 6 lety +14

      China youths are ignorant. Often they have never travelled to another country, and what they know are government propaganda, so the become nationalists and thin -skinned to criticism.

    • @MrDonkeyslobber
      @MrDonkeyslobber Před 6 lety +4

      it's a good thing winston didn't move to cambodia.

    • @wisdomleader85
      @wisdomleader85 Před 6 lety

      Tao Lin
      Holy shit....are you pregnant?

    • @SharksEvil
      @SharksEvil Před 5 lety +4

      "Qui aime bien, châtit bien" as we say in french, meaning "Who loves well, chatises as well" I think it's pretty much self explonatory

  • @panapanic2615
    @panapanic2615 Před 5 lety +215

    “I’ve got friends murdered, it’s just not the place to be” ... mate... such an understatement

    • @MrWalker1000
      @MrWalker1000 Před 4 lety

      why understatement?

    • @slipperyseagoose919
      @slipperyseagoose919 Před 4 lety +7

      @@MrWalker1000 because his friends were murdered there and he's just like "yea, maybe not the best place."

    • @slipperyseagoose919
      @slipperyseagoose919 Před 3 lety

      @Path Finder Murdered for a reason??

    • @solarblitzch9055
      @solarblitzch9055 Před 3 lety

      ​@Path Finder There is never a reason to kill! The most even in ZA dont kill, so there is no reason to kill. Never. Think the opportunities today. You can learn nearly everything for example with youtube. How to build a house for free. Learning another language ... and so on. Today the only excuse is stupidness and laisyness because no idea, no brain and no education.

    • @solarblitzch9055
      @solarblitzch9055 Před 3 lety +2

      ​@Path FinderI can't see a point just an assertion. To me, it is naive to find reasons to excuse murders. Obvious the most criminals simply choose the easiest and laziest way to get what they want. If everyone acts like this, everyone will be dead in a very short time. You cant deny that.

  • @louisjwiese5515
    @louisjwiese5515 Před 5 lety +381

    Got alot worse since you left South Africa. Your timing was great. God bless you and your family. You did the right thing. And you were very truthful. Honourable man.

    • @gazlink1
      @gazlink1 Před 5 lety +7

      Die Antwoord will save SA.... :/

    • @waterkingdavid
      @waterkingdavid Před 5 lety +7

      What did you expect Louis? That after decades of utter bloodshed and horror all would be rosy? It'll take a century to heal.

    • @defcon2544
      @defcon2544 Před 4 lety +33

      @@waterkingdavid Well, I've been to India multiple times, and Indians were mistreated by the British, but there is no hostility towards whites, nothing even close to what you see in African countries. Blacks just hate whites with a passion, no matter where you find them, and that cannot be denied.

    • @kotenoklelu3471
      @kotenoklelu3471 Před 4 lety +5

      @@defcon2544 they destroyed Lybia in this century. Lybia had a dream of uniting Africa. It wasn't an ancient history. But racism is bad in every shape.

    • @defcon2544
      @defcon2544 Před 4 lety +17

      @@kotenoklelu3471 blacks don't even treat other blacks with respect. Blacks call each other racist terms. So there's no justification for blacks to be racists towards whites. I will say though, if the hostility between blacks and whites won't stop, the two groups should never socialize and completely segregate. Peace before integration.

  • @NotQuiteFirst
    @NotQuiteFirst Před 6 lety +266

    Well done Winston for speaking up about the discrimination of whites in SA, it's a subject most people want to avoid because it doesn't fit the narrative

    • @shar7469
      @shar7469 Před 6 lety

      but this Fuchs making all these bad videos about China. Fuchs him. he should go back to SA.

    • @TheJarlath9
      @TheJarlath9 Před 6 lety +10

      i realy like that he is telling his story goes to show that is doesn't matter whether your black or white discrimination can experienced by anyone and its your choice to be a victim

    • @Satakarnak
      @Satakarnak Před 6 lety

      Jarlath Leonard or it fits in perfektly Etnonationalists stinks all over the world.

    • @DanaTheInsane
      @DanaTheInsane Před 5 lety +3

      Don't forget the many long years where white south Africans treated the black population like servants and slaves. But I bet that just thrills you.

    • @hannibaladportashannibalad6934
      @hannibaladportashannibalad6934 Před 5 lety +11

      @@DanaTheInsane murdering people thrills you?

  • @morehendry
    @morehendry Před 6 lety +290

    White South African living in Singapore. Similar story.

    • @1337machoman
      @1337machoman Před 5 lety +27

      @@mabhodlelajj1195 I think he means that moving to Singapore saved his life, not that Singapore is dangerous.

    • @alexcarter8807
      @alexcarter8807 Před 5 lety +12

      @@mabhodlelajj1195 No no not in danger of being killed in Singapore, Singapore was his refuge.

    • @albertz5253
      @albertz5253 Před 4 lety +2

      Link Wang yes! 70%

    • @AA-ek5kz
      @AA-ek5kz Před 4 lety

      I hope you stay there

    • @keithteach5649
      @keithteach5649 Před 3 lety +1

      In Kenya we like the white guys and we even invite people from the UK and other European countries to come and live in Kenya cause they bring investments and foreign markets in, and unlike South Africa in Kenya we didnt have anything like a white African government but we were and to me still under Britain directly and now indirectly

  • @MrCageCat
    @MrCageCat Před rokem +40

    As a 42 year old white South African, also born in 1980, I can SO relate to this video. Really want to bugger off sometimes, feeling like a stranger in the country I've grown up in.

    • @DauthEldrvaria
      @DauthEldrvaria Před 11 měsíci +3

      I hope your alive and doing well the country is going to hell in a hand basket

    • @capt.bart.roberts4975
      @capt.bart.roberts4975 Před 10 měsíci +1

      People find it hard to be magnanimous in victory.

    • @DirtySanchez943
      @DirtySanchez943 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Born 🌷⭐ in 1980 as well. Love 💗 my generation

  • @dougwilliams8602
    @dougwilliams8602 Před 5 lety +84

    I understand. I was a missionary in Zambia 1981-86. Our son was born in Zimbabwe and we went on furlough in SA twice a year. You are blessed to be in China and truly blessed to have found a lovely wife and congratulations on your wife being pregnant. I’m widowed. I am Doug from Houston, Texas

  • @SnowyPe
    @SnowyPe Před 6 lety +154

    As a South African you hit the nail on the head. I go to work in fear. I live in my home in fear. There is no more freedom here.

    • @adenlanzoni8553
      @adenlanzoni8553 Před 5 lety +12

      Thats what you get when for years your governments planted hate and heavy discrimination to non-whites. Not blaming you obviously. Social problems take time and peace needs time. It doesn't come overnight. Whites like you should do more to bridge the gaps. And remember we are all Gods Children.

    • @behemoth6141
      @behemoth6141 Před 5 lety +20

      Aden Lanzoni Yeah excusing what is happening to white people in South Africa as karma is just fucked. Looks like nothing that Nelson Mandela said ever sunk into the minds of black South Africans. Time isn't going to repair South Africa, good leadership will, but no one in South Africa possesses that skill, especially not the ANC. Unfortunately the country will and is descending into a 3rd world shit hole like many of Africa's countries, and no one else is to blame apart from their governments.

    • @muchomusiclibre
      @muchomusiclibre Před 5 lety +5

      I wonder who controls Western media, and why they see Mandela as a hero? (Not really, just phrasing that as a question in order to avoid the accusations!)

    • @Carhuclough
      @Carhuclough Před 5 lety +5

      Was there 'freedom' for all South Africans in the past?

    • @JohnSmith-yl9en
      @JohnSmith-yl9en Před 5 lety +1

      gx240 He changed his views in prison though, when he got to know his enemies.

  • @Liynkx
    @Liynkx Před 5 lety +146

    I like how you are honest and unapologetic about the truth, something that is becoming increasingly problematic in the US as identity politics and political correctness are tightening their grip. Best of luck!

    • @painmagnet1
      @painmagnet1 Před 5 lety +1

      Actually, in the U.S. the grip is loosening after eight years of Obama. I am convinced that every stride ANY country takes to the left is a bad thing.

    • @CuongNguyen-le5ic
      @CuongNguyen-le5ic Před 5 lety +3

      @
      painmagnet1
      Grip loosing? You mean from Republicans control House and Senate? You think Obama is the problem with Republicans to have the HIGHEST FILIBUSTER records of all past president combined.
      You are the problem, just like South Africa blamed the White Man, you here along with the rest of others Republican blamed a Black Man for the problem which yours party has full control the whole time.
      Just look at Republicans and Trump now, do you see Republicans hold Trump in the same standards as they did with Obama? Despite Trump did everything he ACCUSED Obama of 10 times over.

  • @anjkovo2138
    @anjkovo2138 Před 5 lety +156

    You're a good role model of an intelligent, well mannered, talented civilised Man

    • @tooyoungtobeold8756
      @tooyoungtobeold8756 Před 4 lety +4

      You forgot handsome. Do you want to marry him?

    • @69Phuket
      @69Phuket Před 4 lety

      Is he? I don't believe anything anymore except Love.

    • @tamaracoba
      @tamaracoba Před 3 lety

      Too young to be old
      He’s already married with a daughter.

  • @brisgay
    @brisgay Před 5 lety +207

    I now understand why so many white South Africans have moved, or are moving to Australia Winston.

    • @AA-ek5kz
      @AA-ek5kz Před 4 lety +3

      Do you understand why the aborigines were almost wiped out, seeing how you so compassionate to this parasite?

    • @warlordqueekheadtaker7960
      @warlordqueekheadtaker7960 Před 4 lety +10

      @@AA-ek5kz your a parasite...🙄

    • @uwu_senpai
      @uwu_senpai Před 4 lety +3

      @@AA-ek5kz You realise this was a long time ago and nowardays aborigines have a lot of free money and positive discrimination?
      The difference between Australians and SA is that Aus understood what they have done 100 years ago was shit. Meanwhile in SA it's still common practice. SA is litteraly decades behind and in a few years it will be centuries behind.

    • @AA-ek5kz
      @AA-ek5kz Před 4 lety

      @@uwu_senpai Yes, wiped them out and the few aborigenes remaining get them addicted on alcohol and chuck them in prison as you do. In South Africa, in case you have not notice white people have kept their loot and ill gained money on the back of black people and still have the audacity to complain.

    • @AA-ek5kz
      @AA-ek5kz Před 4 lety

      @stefan matvei swietoniowski No one asking you to change the past dimwit, just stop glorifying evil

  • @thehousehusband9340
    @thehousehusband9340 Před 5 lety +132

    I'm so glad you made this video. South Africans who have the opportunity to leave always feel scared to openly talk about life in SA for fear of reprisal by their countrymen. I left 11 years ago and moved to the UK. It shames me that the South Africans who haven't been further than the borders of their own province will demonise me for saying that SA isn't safe and I can't help but feel negatively towards it. These are the people who will drive under the influence at 110kmh in a 60 zone and justify their actions actions by saying, "well, at least I'm not raping or murdering someone". There's the fundamental problem with SA. The balance is so offset that know one truly knows what's right or wrong. I wish I still felt safe in SA. I wish I could save myself £200 going home by flying through Jo'Burg without my baggage being ransacked, instead of flying direct to Cape Town to minimise "collateral damage". I wish I could feel safe dropping my friend off at home at 11PM after dinner in Sea Point. I wish I didn't have to triple check every doors and windows every night before I go to bed. I wish I still had those mates who weren't plucked from this earth for a wristwatch or a DVD player.

    • @rajvinder89
      @rajvinder89 Před 5 lety +11

      That sounds terrible dude, well at least you're in a better place now.

    • @Lue1337
      @Lue1337 Před 5 lety +8

      Thats really bad dude, i wish you the best.
      Here in Brazil we have pretty much the same going on, deaths happing on a war scale and one seems to give a shit, all they do is point fingers, as if someone else did something, not them.
      Just to inform you, what is happening in your country and in many africa's ones was being supported directly by Brazil's older presidents, by supported i mean they were sending money to africa's corrupt country's to help them subjudge people and help the political party in many ways.
      I just wish we could all live in peace, but there's always someone trying to do bad stuff, when its an individual is easy to correct the behaviour, but what can we as individuals do when whole armies come for us?
      That's why anarcho-capitalism is becoming more and more popular, thats the only way we could live in peace.
      Have a nice day, hope everything works out for you in UK.

    • @stephaniefogelvik4756
      @stephaniefogelvik4756 Před rokem +1

      God bless you.

  • @AkubraBromptonGirl
    @AkubraBromptonGirl Před 5 lety +135

    Thank you. Most of my friends are South African, but moved to Germany. I get it now thanks

    • @ludy41
      @ludy41 Před 5 lety +1

      You believe his rubbish?

    • @bgill7475
      @bgill7475 Před 5 lety +31

      @@ludy41 It's not rubbish, it's actually happening.

  • @xiaor4585
    @xiaor4585 Před 4 lety +34

    "not calling for the killing of white people... At least for now" omg, i had no idea about this in south africa. I think we dont realy hear about that stuff here. (Im in UK) so sorry you went through that, glad you got out of there.

  • @korikori116
    @korikori116 Před 5 lety +236

    I'm a Chinese living in US. a lot of aspects I feel the same way. For many Chinese, they were raised with a very black and white prospective. You are either good or bad. So they could only accept positive feedback and react very poorly to criticism even its truth and its constructive. Keep making good videos. BTW I was actually introduced by one of your haters. She posted a video of yours saying you were being insulting. But many people watched and end up a fan :)

    • @maxhope7691
      @maxhope7691 Před 5 lety

      So...since local Chinese can't take criticism, do you have problems talking to them regarding some deep serious topic?

    • @korikori116
      @korikori116 Před 5 lety +24

      @@maxhope7691 I'm not sure what do you mean by deep serious topics.. For me, I dont usually share opinions on politics. It is usually heated conversation and no one can be convinced. And its uncomfortable and unnecessary.

    • @lazycatgreentea6085
      @lazycatgreentea6085 Před 5 lety +7

      I used to like his video because he says both good and bad about china. until one day I realized he is aiming at bad things too often and using words to exaggerate. But keep your free mind, I am not trying to convince you. I am just saying what I feel.

    • @user-mc6zk8tc8c
      @user-mc6zk8tc8c Před 5 lety +13

      @@lazycatgreentea6085 He's addressing the issues that are not addressed by usual tourists or people living in China for work. Everybody makes videos on beautiful places, amazing foods etc.
      But what he does is focus on deeper issues in the society there. I've actually seen these things, but kept my mouth shut. Bcz it's not like I was gonna live there forever. This is why I love his videos, he talks about those uncomfortable truth which others like me prefer to avoid.

    • @lazycatgreentea6085
      @lazycatgreentea6085 Před 5 lety +6

      @@user-mc6zk8tc8c Doesn't matter anymore. I don't want to argue. You won't feel it because you are not Chinese. I remember once he said something about Chinese now only care about money, not education, not their children, which is so wrong. It is like the Western world thinks Chinese eating dogs. The truth is only a very very small part of China eating dogs. So why the world thinks we all eat dogs, because of some tourists/ tubers saw someone eating dogs and tell the rest of world Chinese people eat dogs, "forgot' to mention only happens in a very small part of China. You will never understand until you are true with us.

  • @Zimbotraveler
    @Zimbotraveler Před 6 lety +162

    i'm from Zimbabwe. i always tell my fellow africans to let bygones be bygones but seems we as africans don't want to take responsibility for our economical downfall. we always look for someone to blame. This is why i had to leave my country.

    • @shaggyman5811
      @shaggyman5811 Před 6 lety +3

      My grandparents lived in zimbabwe when it was rhodesia . they left because of apartheid.
      I think*

    • @robertjusic9097
      @robertjusic9097 Před 6 lety +4

      justin mtema where did you go?

    • @saintejeannedarc9460
      @saintejeannedarc9460 Před 6 lety +18

      +justin mtema It's my observation that Africans as a whole aren't too good at that. They seem to prefer to hold onto tribal grudges for generations at times. It's happening in America and other places too. It does nothing but hold them back. White colonialism has happened many places and the pragmatic fact is, if it wasn't us, it would have been someone else. From what I can tell the Arabs and muslims were a hell of a lot worse and unlike white colonialism which has went so soft everyone suffers as a result, they don't ever let up or change their ways. Peoples that do shrug off resentments and work well w/ other countries advance though, like India and China. Mindset is half the battle.

    • @wisdomleader85
      @wisdomleader85 Před 6 lety +14

      Sainte Jeanne d'Arc
      India and China haven't really shrugged off resentments either. Some of my Indian friends blame the British for stealing their wealth (the Indian subcontinent was the largest economic entity in the world before British colonization). As for China, there's the national resentment against Japan, then there's also the resentment against the British for "the opium war". The differences are the resentment in India is much less severe, the resentments in China are mostly controlled by the authoritarian government, and both countries have traditional social ethics to favor hardworking as two long lasting civilizations.

    • @alanbannister1874
      @alanbannister1874 Před 6 lety +2

      justin mtema you’re awesome.

  • @123sch5
    @123sch5 Před 6 lety +30

    I've just known many Chinese groceries robbed by angry mob in Kimberley South Africa,and some innocent honest Chinese storekeeper killed during the riot .As a Chinese ,I have to say that economic development needs a stable environment which is your homeland lacks.

    • @alwynnel6467
      @alwynnel6467 Před 6 lety +4

      Unfortunately yes, the sad thing is that the idiots who are rioting in Kimberley, against the government, are the same ones who keep them in power.

  • @lmvcnn
    @lmvcnn Před 5 lety +82

    I can see Winston is in good position to write international BEST SELLING book about how his early years live in south Africa, providing background of SA history and political context. Maybe a book about China, A book about USA. I WILL BUY IT.

    • @Ronbo1948
      @Ronbo1948 Před 3 lety +2

      I agree! Winston could write an excellent book on South Africa, another best seller on China and a third one on the USA - as I understand he's currently based in America - which seems to be sliding into civil war.

    • @warrenpuckett4203
      @warrenpuckett4203 Před 3 lety

      @@Ronbo1948 You may be right. I do actually think there are those elites that think that individual freedoms get in they way of establishing the best way of implementing plans wrought by their narrow minds. I been aware of it for years
      . But I also am the crazy uncle that wasted his talents and youth in the US military.
      YES I do know about the Clowns In Action think tanks.

  • @ztian2506
    @ztian2506 Před 5 lety +25

    I left China to live in Canada 20 years ago. Really appeciated to see very decent high educated people like you are helping China.

  • @bobsamurai
    @bobsamurai Před 6 lety +738

    You have a great story, even the stuff in China where you lost everything in the beginning. You worked hard to get where you are. You could probably write a great motivational book.

    • @TheAkeh
      @TheAkeh Před 6 lety +3

      Echoing your words

    • @jrcat2258
      @jrcat2258 Před 6 lety +28

      It's true, Winston could do a TED

    • @jeffk464
      @jeffk464 Před 6 lety +20

      I think Australia is taking in all white South Africans now, basically refugee status. I've been there a few times, pretty damn nice place to live. Also I think because of your familiarity with China and language skills you would be pretty valuable to a lot of companies over there.

    • @jeffk464
      @jeffk464 Před 6 lety +8

      Ironically while your talking about discrimination in the form of affirmative action while living in China, here in the US asians are heavily penalized by affirmative action, its gone so far I guess a lot of them say they are Pacific Islanders on their college applications. Of course we also of a white Congress member who claims to be native American. :)

    • @judyholiday653
      @judyholiday653 Před 6 lety +9

      I was thinking the same thing that Winston would be a very interesting TED speaker.

  • @mcloedmcloed6811
    @mcloedmcloed6811 Před 6 lety +293

    you speak the truth about south Africa.

    • @richardxr-huang
      @richardxr-huang Před 6 lety +3

      Mcloed Mcloed partially

    • @wakeup5641
      @wakeup5641 Před 6 lety +5

      Mcloed Mcloed but it's not the truth about China. This guy lives in Shenzhen which is the biggest special economic city in china. It's almost like a divided country, he got a lot of opportunities by policymakers the fucking CCP.

    • @dr0dr0cooper
      @dr0dr0cooper Před 6 lety

      Well it was really heartbraking to see how mankind can develop such structures of insecurity and life endangerment. I hope there will always be a growing amount of mankind which actively works against this mechanisms of hating and killing each other. But how he said, ones behavior inside the system alone does not make a difference. I think is politics on all levels of all possible social system formations. There need to be more Jane Addams persona and institutions.

    • @Freeedy
      @Freeedy Před 6 lety +9

      Mcloed Mcloed so true not only about SA but the whole of Africa. This continent could be awesome with so many opportunities yet so far behind because of corruption and greed amongst any of its leaders.

    • @jeffk464
      @jeffk464 Před 6 lety +6

      Yup, I'm guessing in 40 years it will resemble the thriving success story that is Somalia.

  • @mainaccount5990
    @mainaccount5990 Před 4 lety +64

    Serpentza: China SAVED my Life!
    Also Serpentza: The public Plot in China to assassinate me!

    • @serpentza
      @serpentza  Před 4 lety +82

      It's a complicated relationship

    • @mainaccount5990
      @mainaccount5990 Před 4 lety +6

      @@serpentza 😂

    • @AthenaCannon
      @AthenaCannon Před 4 lety +7

      It’s like Mao:
      Mao: founded PRC
      Also Mao: almost destroyed China

  • @augustineo.6990
    @augustineo.6990 Před 5 lety +292

    I'm Nigerian and i have to agree that there isn't even one black nation that is a beacon of proper civilization. The rate at which people are fleeing Africa is disturbing but all the leaders can do is brush it off as just jobless youths. The Africa brain drain didn't start with you Winston and sadly it won't end anytime soon.
    The fact that you are willing to start a new life under communist collective China people says alot about the conditions you are leaving behind. I used to think there was nothing worst than living under a communist authoritarian regime but you clearly have changed my opinion on things.

    • @plipogamez3173
      @plipogamez3173 Před 5 lety +10

      Your claim about not one Black nation being a proper civilization is rubbish! If you want to live in an African authoritarian state which is prosperous, check out Rwanda.

    • @YevOnegin
      @YevOnegin Před 5 lety +26

      @@plipogamez3173 Wakanda*

    • @alastairbarkley6572
      @alastairbarkley6572 Před 5 lety +15

      @@plipogamez3173 Is that a joke? You mean like how Rwanda's got a history of peace, civilisation and prosperity? A good dose of whitewashed airbrush on that nation's history.

    • @plipogamez3173
      @plipogamez3173 Před 5 lety +8

      @@alastairbarkley6572 Are you aware of Rwanda's restructure since the civil war and genocide in 1994?

    • @MrPantheraUmbra
      @MrPantheraUmbra Před 5 lety +10

      @Augustine O.
      China isn't communist anymore, only in name.
      Lynette Ong, an associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto, put it even more bluntly: “China is a capitalist country with a socialist facade. Adam Smith wearing Karl Marx’s suit.”

  • @alwynnel6467
    @alwynnel6467 Před 6 lety +124

    White South African here, I feel you bro.

    • @Xergecuz
      @Xergecuz Před 6 lety +7

      Why don't white South Africans migrate to Latin America, almost all arab christians from the middle east migrated here, and there isn't as many of you as there were arab christians.

    • @proforce1497
      @proforce1497 Před 6 lety +7

      Should any nation consider military action against South Africa to protect the minorities?

    • @Xergecuz
      @Xergecuz Před 6 lety +4

      tha Proforce, unless they start a genocide no one cares about Africa and that includes the whites in South Africa, Namibia or Angola.

    • @edstar83
      @edstar83 Před 6 lety +2

      Stay safe man

    • @carlosc4342
      @carlosc4342 Před 6 lety +4

      We all white ppl. Feel for you.Wellcome to Europe again.

  • @TheKiburedo
    @TheKiburedo Před 6 lety +27

    I don't usually click on videos like "This/that saved my life" or "I almost died", things like that, but for the little that I know you Winston (after watching many of your videos), since I feel that you are an honest and sincere person I couldn't skip this video, glad to know a bit more about you.

  • @Baban1974
    @Baban1974 Před 5 lety +34

    Thank you for show us how is China in all of your videos.
    I'm from Spain and I never thought that the situation of white people in South Africa is like you say in your video, I think that even the rest of the people in Europe, they aren't aware about it 😕
    I would like to see more people so honest like you around the whole world.
    I wish you the best in your life!

  • @Gordons1888
    @Gordons1888 Před 4 lety +28

    I cant believe how even now they still blame the Apartheid

    • @digitallocations1423
      @digitallocations1423 Před 3 lety +3

      There is resentment. No surprise there. But I'm hopeful things will change for the better. EFF is not getting a lot of support these days.

    • @Gordons1888
      @Gordons1888 Před 3 lety +1

      @@digitallocations1423 one could only hope

  • @TheDixdixon
    @TheDixdixon Před 6 lety +84

    I'm so grateful my parents left South Africa, so that my family could have a better life in Australia

    • @wilsonsplace3101
      @wilsonsplace3101 Před 6 lety +4

      My South Africa friend say the same thing too

    • @karmabad6287
      @karmabad6287 Před 6 lety +3

      As an Australian I'm glad your parents came here too. Hope U enjoy your stay mate :)

    • @maxrebo8455
      @maxrebo8455 Před 6 lety +4

      You are very welcome in Australia.

    • @kornisonkiseli3248
      @kornisonkiseli3248 Před 6 lety +1

      Sort of odd you willingly live among racist Australians. You need to go back.

    • @sukamedik9739
      @sukamedik9739 Před 6 lety

      doesn't australia have no go zones now as well ?

  • @ClearAdventure
    @ClearAdventure Před 5 lety +132

    Total honestly. So very rare, so very much appreciated.

  • @stefanzheng6145
    @stefanzheng6145 Před 5 lety +59

    you have my sympathy, as a Chinese, I hope you have a good future in my country

  • @georgewee1227
    @georgewee1227 Před 4 lety +11

    Yes, I remember one morning walking the dog when I met a South African who told me he took his whole family out because of all the violence & crime rate. I can see he was sad to leave his homeland.

  • @MegaZodiac101
    @MegaZodiac101 Před 6 lety +46

    I moved to china about 3 months ago from south africa and the crime aspect is 100% different not once being in china have a felt threatened or scared of crime just good people here

    • @watever9751
      @watever9751 Před 6 lety +3

      MegaZodiac101 just a different sort of crimes and not racially charged. Scams of all sorts are still quite rampart... however, nothing to do with your life. Just much to do with your money.

    • @philipvjones397
      @philipvjones397 Před 6 lety +1

      China is so vast that it is hard to say how true this is, though my experience living in southern China is that as individuals they are not violent. However, i would not want to take my chances against a nationalist mob. Good video, btw.

    • @oldhatandscythe
      @oldhatandscythe Před 6 lety

      There are many south african expats where I live. They are all massive sjws. They are always yelling about white people.... they are white. We live in an asian country.

  • @GolfSidekick
    @GolfSidekick Před 6 lety +146

    Well done on getting out. I got out 5 years ago and loving being in Thailand and Malaysia. All you say is true my brother and I shall never return. Great monologue.

    • @angrysocialjusticewarrior
      @angrysocialjusticewarrior Před 6 lety +4

      Wolverine 7777 and those things don't happen to real Mexicans? Or they don't count because they are not "white" Mexicans? Well if that is your attitude, maybe it's no wonder why you are a target. Beware the machetes.

    • @angrysocialjusticewarrior
      @angrysocialjusticewarrior Před 6 lety +2

      As a "white" Mexican or "white"anything, you are the last person that should speak about "horrendous" people.... the irony of that is simply unbearable. Lets not even go there my "white" Mexican friend.

    • @GolfSidekick
      @GolfSidekick Před 6 lety +6

      benvad123
      I have heard that argument plenty of times. But most of the white English speaking South Africans are ‘liberal’ social justice warriors and the men are too weak to stand up for themselves and instead prefer a life lived behind bars and high walls, paying taxes and bending the knee to the powers that be. I was always treated by my peers as winston talks about us being treated by blacks. I was evil and blamed for all the ills by pointing out how we need to stop bending and taking it and stick together - by my own white people!
      Its a fine theory to say we must not abandon it and its cowardly to leave whatever people say to rationalise their poor decision to stay. But in reality I am out for myself in this life and when people even in the minority are more concerned with virtue signalling than telling the truth, fuck that I am gone and will never return and for the ones who stay because its ‘brave’ - yeah tell me that after your family is tortured, hijacked, your home invaded, your cell phone stolen at gunpoint etc etc etc.
      Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces. That is exactly how white English speaking South Africans are.

    • @jonson856
      @jonson856 Před 6 lety +8

      Oh my gawd! Is there really somebody who names himself social justice worrior? I was reading throug your first passage when i noticed your name. Thanks now i know i dont need to listen to you ahaha

    • @hexadecimal5236
      @hexadecimal5236 Před 6 lety

      Golf Sidekick I am shocked that it is that bad in Africa, but as a South African passport holder you could also move to AU or the UK?

  • @0lionheart
    @0lionheart Před 5 lety +41

    I really need to learn more about South Africa, this was eye opening. It's much needed perspective too, too many people in the West cry white oppression but don't have a bloody clue what that actually looks like.

    • @AnchorsAwayHey
      @AnchorsAwayHey Před 5 lety +3

      A colleague asked me to pass on the message that he wants and believes in a sub-channel teaching AND training young American men how to fix and work on engines in order to provide a way to reach american audience on the Human Rights Violations that is being ignored by the UN and global media complex

    • @lovelyainechan6708
      @lovelyainechan6708 Před 4 lety

      South Africa will be what Canada is becoming in a few years. can you even imagine? well no need to, just watch this video

    • @westernalliance796
      @westernalliance796 Před 4 lety

      @@lovelyainechan6708 Absolute horseshit

    • @ArtofWEZ
      @ArtofWEZ Před 4 lety

      @@lovelyainechan6708 Not exactly, in south America white people came into their territory, it'l be more than a hundred of years till we are even remotely less than 10% of population like south african white people are.

    • @hopebuhali3887
      @hopebuhali3887 Před 2 lety

      60 million+ South Africans also have an opinion and perspective about what's happening in South Africa, if you choose to inform yourself about SA ONLY from serpentza's perspective, then I can assure you that you are being mislead and misinformed about 80% of the things of SA serpentza has shared about in this video. I have nothing against serpentza, I'm just here to tell you the truth. In the context of South Africa, there's to much complexities involved in the issues we are facing, you need to do your due diligence and carefully research from multiple reliable and valuable sources to decipher and conclude your own perspective about South Africa.

  • @zigzig9938
    @zigzig9938 Před 5 lety +34

    My husband is South African and we have a child now. We both want to leave South Africa because want a better future for our daughter. I had negative experiences in SA like got stabbed 2 times, and few cases some people even tried to pick pocket me.
    Many people here have told me they want to leave SA.

    • @MultiMusiclovers
      @MultiMusiclovers Před 5 lety +1

      Yes, grass is always greener on the other side, old saying.

    • @fatneckbeard3415
      @fatneckbeard3415 Před 4 lety +5

      @@MultiMusiclovers The grass is greener if you are white in South Africa.

    • @ichich3483
      @ichich3483 Před 4 lety

      А почему тогда в Россию не вернетесь? Неужели даже место где тебя пырнут лучше?

  • @mtnvortex
    @mtnvortex Před 6 lety +32

    Thank you so much for talking openly about the situation in South Africa, Winston. Much love and concern for the South Africans of European heritage. The world was told so many lies about South Africa, and those lies continue. There is no excuse or justification for what is happening to the whites in South Africa. The fact that this issue is largely ignored by the media is sickening. :-(

    • @mtnvortex
      @mtnvortex Před 6 lety +1

      I've been following you and Matt for several years now, and this is one of your very best videos, imo. Thank you so much.

    • @gavincurtis
      @gavincurtis Před 6 lety +4

      If anyone is awake, they will see that all people of European heritage are being attacked around the world.... genocide. There is an attempt to erase Caucasians off the earth if I didn't know any better. czcams.com/video/8ERmOpZrKtw/video.html
      I am not trying to spread hatred as we all need to get along on this planet as equals. But part of being awake is being educated about what is going on around you, even if it may be uncomfortable to think about. This is happening worldwide and nothing is being said about it in our modern MSM fake news.... all alphabet variants controlled by the same small private group.

    • @jussim.konttinen4981
      @jussim.konttinen4981 Před 6 lety +1

      My privilege to serve 😁
      czcams.com/video/T7McG69nDZs/video.html

  • @canyonoverland5003
    @canyonoverland5003 Před 6 lety +61

    You have many friends around the world, Winston. Stay awesome!

    • @dr0dr0cooper
      @dr0dr0cooper Před 6 lety +1

      True. He would always be a welcome guest in my house.

    • @crystalball020
      @crystalball020 Před 6 lety +1

      Raymond Belair fans are not friends

  • @Dania1Wania
    @Dania1Wania Před 4 lety +20

    Felt really bad to hear that you were experiencing that in SA. It's not fun to hear anyone experience that, Black or White.

  • @blitzkriegspearfishing
    @blitzkriegspearfishing Před 5 lety +13

    Man you are my hero, as a fellow south african you are doing it for us buddy! thank you so much. keep making these videos please! Everything you are saying is 100% true thats why im leaving this country to teach english in china.

  • @staszekgolab9319
    @staszekgolab9319 Před 5 lety +174

    Like my life story. Interrogated constantly by Polish KGB I escaped to US in 1978 @ age of 29. No money, no permit to work, no money given. I married Polish women in the same situation. Odd jobs for minimum pay, toilets, dying people care 24/7. Later Reagan gave immigration amnesty, but we had to pay thousands $ for it. 2 kids, first own house 50sq m. I builded next 2 myself, sold, made money. At work I advanced from simple factory worker to project mechanical engineer( no education).I designed lines for production of cars: US big 3, Mitsubishi, Honda, Toyota, Mercedes, machines to make Dreamliners from carbon fiber, computer discs, diapers, etc. Now I am 70, retired. Son, officer in Air Force, daughter owns paving company. Thanks to America of opportunity.God bless You man. You are doing good job to bring people together.

    • @blueyz93
      @blueyz93 Před 5 lety +14

      May GOD bless you! Immigrants like you are what makes America great.

    • @blueyz93
      @blueyz93 Před 5 lety +5

      May GOD bless you! Immigrants like you are what makes America great. Thank you for your hard work and determination to make a positive difference in the world.

    • @ukasz8631
      @ukasz8631 Před 5 lety +5

      Dobrze że ci się powiodło i powodzenia w dalszym życiu.:)

    • @freethinker4liberty
      @freethinker4liberty Před 5 lety +3

      Just wondering, how do you feel about illegal immigrants getting into the US now and bypassing all the laws and rules and getting benefits? As an immigrant to Canada myself it really irks me that good people have to wait in line to get in but if you sneak in you get all kinds of benefits because of the colour of your skin.

    • @rmontana3693
      @rmontana3693 Před 5 lety +5

      My dad came to NYC with no education, scrubbing toilets to try to support us. He worked hard, started work an hour early, stayed an hour late. Someone noticed, they promoted him and he took on new responsibilities and he continued moving up. He would later manage several departments for a major university. For us, it meant moving out of a dangerous neighborhood and into a beautiful home on a tree lined street in a safe neighborhood. Today my brother and I are business owners with our own families who are also on the right track. I love this country.

  • @thegrimyeaper
    @thegrimyeaper Před 6 lety +1069

    Social Justice Warriors passed out at around 2 minutes in, watching this video.

    • @theLuigiFan0007Productions
      @theLuigiFan0007Productions Před 6 lety +29

      Gotta admit, I was thinking the same thing.

    • @deejay7339
      @deejay7339 Před 6 lety +57

      But SJW say white people have never experienced discrimination?!?!

    • @theLuigiFan0007Productions
      @theLuigiFan0007Productions Před 6 lety +29

      And that's why they would have passed out in either disbelief or rage. XD

    • @WorldBelongsToUs
      @WorldBelongsToUs Před 6 lety +45

      Dunno how many times I've heard Black Lives Matter shout at people saying white people don't know what it means to be oppressed. Ugh. This guy turned out really good despite his environment, good job!

    • @theLuigiFan0007Productions
      @theLuigiFan0007Productions Před 6 lety +26

      Indeed. As serpentza said in this video, he was taught manners, etc and had a good upbringing, and that kind of think makes a huge difference. He is a very good person, and definitely the kind of person who'd be cool to meet.

  • @yufachan6712
    @yufachan6712 Před 4 lety +6

    Being a Chinese, I love your critical attitude, true to the spirit of journalism. Cheers

  • @Blakelikesfood
    @Blakelikesfood Před 4 lety +93

    "China saved my life!"
    2 years later
    "China trying to end my life!"

  • @The_Crimson_Fucker
    @The_Crimson_Fucker Před 6 lety +475

    But I heard discrimination against Whites is impossible!

    • @CrustyUgg
      @CrustyUgg Před 6 lety +13

      The Crimson Fucker yeah no such thing as racism unless you’re white .. lmao

    • @ddyile
      @ddyile Před 5 lety +5

      Wot a load of codswallop @Montana ! You made zero sense , bravo! You outdid yourself

    • @wizardmix
      @wizardmix Před 5 lety +10

      +The Crimson Fucker Considering this 500 year stint of the imperialist, oppressive behavior largely on the behalf of European cultures containing pale skinned people, a people whose society generally only poses interest in dissimilar cultures when those cultures sit upon an exploitable resource, I'm surprised it hasn't happened more.
      Only in this century are white people really beginning to feel the unfair discrimination and treatment their own ancestors have often dealt out to people of other cultures, often also solely based on physical appearance. I say this as a white man. I'm not ashamed to be white but considering history, I'm surprised this hasn't been a greater issue.
      It's completely justifiable that we feel it's unfair and that we don't like it. We've only really given a small taste of how truly unfair the reverse situation must have been.
      It should be a wake-up call to be more accepting, not less. It should be a wake-up call on all sides to see the stupidity of judging someone based on their skin pigment for what it really is. We should speak this louder in action, not words.

    • @cesteres
      @cesteres Před 5 lety +1

      That's what the blacks and Jews say so it must be true then.

    • @The_Crimson_Fucker
      @The_Crimson_Fucker Před 5 lety

      The crazy Oddworld bubble you must live in to believe the things you do. It can't be fun being that deluded.

  • @Maebbie
    @Maebbie Před 6 lety +42

    You had a lot of foresight to leave south africa when you did.

  • @lchpdmq
    @lchpdmq Před 5 lety +30

    How dare you complain about people potentially being slaughtered! Not PC 🤦‍♂️

  • @freespirit6209
    @freespirit6209 Před 5 lety +7

    Thanks for telling us your story, SerpentZA, and good luck as you continue your "awesome" life journey. Stay safe.

  • @timothyegappen1936
    @timothyegappen1936 Před 6 lety +154

    We are South African and now living in Brunei because of those very reasons. Everything Winston said in this video is absolutely on point!

    • @jcjcc1960
      @jcjcc1960 Před 6 lety +4

      Timothy Egappen wow amazing im very happy for you!!!

    • @timothyegappen1936
      @timothyegappen1936 Před 6 lety +10

      JC JCC Thank you. South Africa is a beautiful country that's going down the toilet. I always say we should be able to listen South African as a skill on our CVs haha

    • @masterzentv906
      @masterzentv906 Před 6 lety +4

      the Chinese have a very very bloody history despite that

    • @stayfree870
      @stayfree870 Před 6 lety

      masterzenTV true and most major countries have if you go back far enough.

    • @jaer.6540
      @jaer.6540 Před 6 lety

      Maybe so, but England came in to SA and basically said "nah this is our land now".

  • @jpretorius5155
    @jpretorius5155 Před 6 lety +60

    Thank you for using your channel to spread awareness of what is going on in SA and your story, mine is pretty similar. But i don't have a way out of SA, so if it comes down to it, i will fight for my people's right to be alive.

    • @serpentza
      @serpentza  Před 6 lety +25

      Make a plan, I also thought it would be impossible to make it out alive, but I did

    • @libertyforamericanow
      @libertyforamericanow Před 6 lety +1

      can you Still have guns in SA? Im in america.

    • @jeffk464
      @jeffk464 Před 6 lety +2

      Can't you go to Australia?

    • @lupusdeum3894
      @lupusdeum3894 Před 6 lety

      J Pretorius - Come to the US on a tourist visa and stay. It's possible! Good luck in any case!

    • @thyslop1737
      @thyslop1737 Před 6 lety +1

      serpentza Dude you were driving a 1967 Bonneville and or GTO rag top? They may have branded it different than in the U.S. You flashed the photo so quick it was hard to tell. Not sure exactly of the year or which model Pontiac, but very sweet ride. Car guides say 1967 Bonneville rag top today -5k to 18k if mint. If it was a GTO 12k to 53k if it is mint.

  • @asiaman5295
    @asiaman5295 Před 5 lety +17

    Well said. Absolutely fantastic video. I am really enjoying your work. Also you as a person of standards. Best regards and.... Stay Awasome. ☺

  • @armynation31B5V5P
    @armynation31B5V5P Před 5 lety +40

    Winston, thank you for sharing a life story from your past. This was very enlightening and you have a loyal subscriber. Stay Awesome!

  • @offgridtbone2162
    @offgridtbone2162 Před 6 lety +16

    Bro, I know a **** load of white south African people who have moved to the UK in the last few years . I live close to Liverpool and they are some of the most honest, down to earth people. Makes me sad what is going on . They have told me what it is like over there . Bless you my friend and stay awesome

  • @soulrisk1010
    @soulrisk1010 Před 6 lety +16

    Our lives are so similar but nothing alike! My whole life I grew up as the only white kid in the area I lived and it really set me off track. I moved to Seattle and understood that the world is huge and not just a small ghetto area. This is your best video yet. Please keep it up, these videos keep me sane when the world around me goes crazy. I never felt privileged like everyone says just because I'm white, it has actually been quite the opposite.

  • @BrentStrathdeePehi
    @BrentStrathdeePehi Před 4 lety +4

    I live in a small town in New Zealand 🇳🇿 and just shared your video to my SA workmate - I feel he will relate to you a lot as what he has told me about life in SA echoes what you say

  • @bryanlint9327
    @bryanlint9327 Před 5 lety +7

    Thanks for giving us a tour of the city as you talk about your life.

  • @bobjackson4720
    @bobjackson4720 Před 6 lety +49

    You said the truth about South Africa, that's pretty rare. A can't understand why (in general) the west won't help the persecuted farmers. I always like your attitude.

    • @peterfireflylund
      @peterfireflylund Před 6 lety +9

      Actually, I think he is toning it down. The truth is worse, I think.

    • @tboon5155
      @tboon5155 Před 6 lety +1

      From what I hear some can't due to citizenship or cost.

    • @nutzeeer
      @nutzeeer Před 6 lety

      i didnt know the situation was that bad. but as europeans do you think we will be welcomed in the countries that we are blamed for creating?
      i think africa can only improve as a whole. right now there is always a country at war or without law. conflict sloshes around, its a hard problem do deal with.
      i guess china is building roads? are these efforts welcomed in africa?

    • @bobjackson4720
      @bobjackson4720 Před 6 lety +3

      The Dutch settlers arrived in South Africa in 1652 not long after white settlers arrived in North America, the English settlers arrived maybe two hundred years later. When the Dutch arrived the place was virtually unpopulated. The current black Africans arrived much later invading from the north and killing all in their path. During the time since 1652 the Dutch farmers built the country in the same way that the settlers built the USA. The Dutch had a pretty hard time and endured two wars with Britain but they were survivors that's why they didn't run away at the first sign of trouble. Would you expect white Americans to run away from the States when their families had been there for hundreds of years?

  • @carlkappel
    @carlkappel Před 6 lety +57

    Now I get it Winston... great video. A subject not covered and not politically correct and so little understood. Basically, all the prejudice and bigotry inflicted on the back man was reversed on white men after the end of apartheid. Is this progress? Retribution? Sad that we as a species have made so little progress over the ages. With probably so little time to rectify this mess. Happy for you that you have found happiness in China, my wife's native country!! Best video ever.

    • @shornsheep3118
      @shornsheep3118 Před 6 lety +5

      Black people are not a monolith. The original settlers were wiped out and displaced by Bantu blacks. White people created opportunities for black people to work. They built up the infrastructure. czcams.com/video/a_bDc7FfItk/video.html

    • @greasyfingers9250
      @greasyfingers9250 Před 6 lety +5

      The whites in south africa never killed, burned or tortured the blacks though.

    • @TheMrgoodmanners
      @TheMrgoodmanners Před 6 lety +2

      Shorn Sheep thats why the blacks fought 3 huge wars with them i guess ryt?the dutch-khoi wars? Later beat them,enslaved them,used their women as sex slaves, and drove them out from the cape. Its all on official record what your dutch forefathers did to the khoi. B4 the dutch came there were 250k khoi roaming the cape, now judt a paltry 10k exist. You know what they say abt lucifer, they say he has an uncanny ability of twisting the truth.

    • @TheBruceGday
      @TheBruceGday Před 6 lety +2

      Carl Kappel so sad that liberal progressives and some black Africans don’t actually read your post for understanding but choose to have a knee jerk reaction. I didn’t read that you thought what happened to blacks during apartheid was okay. I didn’t read you saying that apartheid should return. I did read that you think it is sad that humans can’t just treat each other with kindness and caring. I read that you believe retribution continues to tear down humanity. It is sad that people would rather Harbor hate in their hearts.

  • @iwantyourcookiesnow
    @iwantyourcookiesnow Před 4 lety +4

    Thank you for sharing your life with us Winston. I wish I was so tough, resilient, adaptable, and brave as you.

  • @aislingbooks
    @aislingbooks Před 5 lety +4

    What a heartening success story you bravely share of climbing out of your family's personal nightmare, the current South African debacle. I hope for you that all your family's out of there now. And I'm enjoying catching up on a lot your interesting videos as well, bringing back memories of my teaching years in Beijing. Cheers

  • @isotac7789
    @isotac7789 Před 6 lety +42

    Folks like you are what makes the world productive. Talent and capital will always seek where it is treated best. South Africa will be a desert in 10 years, as it continues to eliminate chase out the people who created and supported the nation.

    • @Freedomtoascend
      @Freedomtoascend Před 5 lety

      I sotac You should not forget history, Dutch and in special English people literally invaded and deposed peoples living in what is now called South Africa. And they were very cruel and treated black people in the most demeaning and humiliating ways. So, let's not forget history. Maybe that explains but in no way justifies the horrible attitude of the current black leaders in that country. I think what is missing is an apology for part of white people and forgiveness on the part of black people. Perhaps only then they can forgive past and move on.
      What is happening now with the persecution and killing of white people is as monstrous and horrible as what happened in the past.

  • @aamirqadri1302
    @aamirqadri1302 Před 5 lety +9

    I found it moving story, I am married to Chinese having lived in China, everything you are saying is spot on!

    • @TheBigMclargehuge
      @TheBigMclargehuge Před 4 lety

      Was she a divorcee or a hooker?

    • @Emsyaz
      @Emsyaz Před 4 lety +2

      @@TheBigMclargehuge Virgin.
      Muslims prefer virgin.

    • @Emsyaz
      @Emsyaz Před 4 lety +1

      @@whatswrongwithyou4212 Whats wrong with preferring virgins for marriage?
      Chaste men should marry chaste women.

  • @hanygamal3580
    @hanygamal3580 Před 5 lety +2

    a lot of people have been through these situations but no one have ever spoken about them , made videos or tried to change their life , they just give up , thank you winston for your awesome videos

  • @aliemran-7339
    @aliemran-7339 Před 6 lety +301

    I'm living a life worse than the life that you had in south Africa
    I'm living in IRAQ but I have a dream and that's why I'm following you cuz you are my inspiration.

    • @Lori_L
      @Lori_L Před 6 lety +27

      Wishing you the best from America

    • @UniteForgetLeftRight
      @UniteForgetLeftRight Před 5 lety +3

      Probably as much as the Germans and Czechs are.

    • @aybeem
      @aybeem Před 5 lety

      Need Gamers Persian? Is Turkish Persian?

    • @patrickf01
      @patrickf01 Před 5 lety +2

      Quick question: has your life got better since America brought freedom and democracy to your country?

    • @viraloracle5151
      @viraloracle5151 Před 5 lety +3

      @ Need Gamerss Iraq is a Arab nation, while Iran is Persian

  • @Crazyollie123
    @Crazyollie123 Před 6 lety +30

    Unfortunately we cant even have a discussion of setting up refugee systems for white south Africans with out being called racist, i fear things will get much, much worse before they get better.

    • @adrianjapan
      @adrianjapan Před 6 lety +3

      they would fall under one of the basic requirements to be granted asylum that is to fear for your life because of your RACE. I think this rule applies to any kind of people but WHITES, just dont ask me why.

  • @happyviewer5560
    @happyviewer5560 Před 5 lety +2

    Winston, you are a role model for people to improve their lives. I like your videos and the lessons learned here. I will be supporting your channel. Look forward to more videos, as I plan to leave the USA in 2019 to retire in China. I am not afraid to try something new, and your information helps very much. I hope to see you in China.

  • @lariosmendoza
    @lariosmendoza Před 5 lety +1

    I enjoy watching your videos tremendously and definitely appreciate you dedicating some time of your day to do them. I’ve learned lots of good valuable information without a doubt! Thanks again! Hope you’re doing well my friend.

  • @17pieces72
    @17pieces72 Před 6 lety +49

    Hallo Winston. Me and my husband find ourselfs in the same situation as you did. Just moved to China about a month ago and we LOVE it here! We couldn't agree with the situation by staying in South Africa. Your videos helped me alot to understanding China, because it is a big adjustment.
    Keep up the good work!

    • @TheMrgoodmanners
      @TheMrgoodmanners Před 6 lety

      Shy china why not go to australia nz or uk. When the anc first started its policy of tilting sa towards china, every single white person in the country was against. What changed??

  • @DanielTArmstrong11
    @DanielTArmstrong11 Před 6 lety +14

    Hey brother, I am an English speaking white South African born in 1980 and living in Austria. I guess its safe to say that I can relate to what you have gone through.

  • @bernardobila4336
    @bernardobila4336 Před 5 lety +4

    I love your confidence to walk around vlogging like that

  • @drwmtairync
    @drwmtairync Před 5 lety +1

    Winston, you keep me informed and entertained with your videos! I like your presentation style. I often watch you between seeing eye exam patients at my parctice in North Carolina, as I am right not. Very awesome!

  • @sobeit712
    @sobeit712 Před 6 lety +38

    Speaking truth will always earn you respect. It's not easy to make a living in a foreign country. I've watched some of your videos and so far, I find you to be very objective and fair. As a Chinese, I wish my countrymen grow and improve and achieve enlightenment and compassion. They have potential but there's still a long way to go. As you said, there are certain things about human nature that make us do horrible things to each other, to animals and to the environment. Thank you for being a messenger to promote positive changes. As for myself, all I can do at the moment is to try my best to be a decent human being.

    • @serpentza
      @serpentza  Před 6 lety +7

      Good on you mate! We will see a brighter future for China together

    • @dougschwarz6699
      @dougschwarz6699 Před 6 lety

      serpentza I'm new to your channel, and probably an older demographic viewer, and I'm fascinated with the intestinal fortitude and
      vigor that you exude. I'm learning from you, keep up the good work!

  • @jiaxiy5665
    @jiaxiy5665 Před 6 lety +93

    People in this vids are like "WTF this dude wears at 38 degree......"

    • @GrandTA1
      @GrandTA1 Před 5 lety +4

      J. Y hahaha , that's what I always want to say!

    • @kyoumalee2675
      @kyoumalee2675 Před 5 lety

      Man, I was just going to say that too.

  • @jmatt5141
    @jmatt5141 Před 5 lety +1

    Thank you for elaborating on your past experiences growing up. I appreciate better where you're coming from and empathize with you and what you've been through. Again, maybe it is time for you to continue your endeavor in other places which could be more rewarding for you and others. I wish you continued success and happiness.

  • @potgieterhuis1469
    @potgieterhuis1469 Před 5 lety +14

    Greetings from South Africa. And that is why I have a Norinco Type 56-2 AKMS, which go's like a stabbed rat... Instead of going to China for safety, I brought a bit of China here for protection :-) Love your video's keep up the good work.

    • @AnchorsAwayHey
      @AnchorsAwayHey Před 5 lety

      but y u got a 12 car garage??

    • @qiyuxuan9437
      @qiyuxuan9437 Před 4 lety

      My parents works in Norinco, and my father was sent to South Africa department during the early 90s for a few years, they told me when I was young that South Africa is a very developed country and the high way is so good that driving 200km/h is totally safe😂, I guess things went down hills after that. A few years ago, one of their co worker that still working in South Africa got robbed at gun point.

    • @rafaelllaban4115
      @rafaelllaban4115 Před 4 lety

      Be careful of the government taking away your guns!

  • @FJSpies
    @FJSpies Před 6 lety +47

    Also on my way out of South Africa. Thanks for speaking up. I'm going to Macau and so excited to get away from here...

    • @serpentza
      @serpentza  Před 6 lety +9

      Macau is awesome! Really small but Awesome

    • @BikingWIthPanda
      @BikingWIthPanda Před 6 lety

      bye bye, thanks for leaving.

    • @obedmashile1169
      @obedmashile1169 Před 5 lety

      Please dont ever come back and our passport surrender it.......I am so happy you are leaving this country finally.

    • @vladimerputin7911
      @vladimerputin7911 Před 5 lety

      @@obedmashile1169 boon

    • @MichaelSeeds
      @MichaelSeeds Před 5 lety +1

      If you are of British decent, come back home.

  • @PercyTienhooven
    @PercyTienhooven Před 6 lety +68

    Winston, thank you for your work and your honesty. Stay awesome! Bedankt

  • @colza1025
    @colza1025 Před 5 lety +1

    Wait... am I the first one to comment here? It's a great video, Winston. Thanks for sharing your growing experiences and observations. I really like your viewpoint and how you perceive things. I will gradually finish watching all your videos. Stay awesome!

  • @happyhedgewytch4573
    @happyhedgewytch4573 Před 2 lety +1

    Great vid! Your perspective is so well balanced in my opinion. Hope you get the rest of your family out if you have any there still...Be Blessed!

  • @terothehero8538
    @terothehero8538 Před 6 lety +65

    Oh man i cant find words for whats going on in south africa..
    anyway greetings from finland mate!

    • @ElakoitunutAbi
      @ElakoitunutAbi Před 6 lety +4

      Kiinaan torille?

    • @terothehero8538
      @terothehero8538 Před 6 lety

      Lare sait ylipuhuttuu , TORILLE!

    • @ElakoitunutAbi
      @ElakoitunutAbi Před 6 lety +1

      tero enqvist Kyyllä!

    • @obedmashile1169
      @obedmashile1169 Před 5 lety +1

      you were thinking colonialism and apartheid will last forever....now you are surprise things are changing and they cant they heat or change...

    • @maketzu5966
      @maketzu5966 Před 5 lety

      TORILLE!!! Tuon saunan ja makkarat

  • @ThomasFoolery8
    @ThomasFoolery8 Před 6 lety +30

    Thank you for sharing such a personal life story Winston. Very moving stuff. I wish you and your family nothing but the best. Stay safe.

  • @henridutoit1981
    @henridutoit1981 Před 5 lety +2

    I totally agree Surpenza---I can relate to what you are saying as I went through similar experiences and had to make somewhere else home because of the way things are in ZA.

  • @kathykaura7219
    @kathykaura7219 Před 5 lety +2

    I was just last night telling my husband about how bad it is in South Africa. I worked with man who used to be a policeman there. He forbade his wife from leaving the house without a gun, and while driving, he told her to keep the gun between her thighs. They resettled in America, but the stories he told were frightening. I'm so thankful you made it out and so sorry for what your family has been through. I wish you and your family well. Beside this, since Matthew closed his comments on his video about why he left America, just tell him thanks for the wonderful inspiration that he is (and you, too) by telling his story. I also had a dream to live in another country. God bless from Turkey! (And if you guys ever make your way over here, you have free room & board just south of Istanbul)

  • @nuruki
    @nuruki Před 6 lety +22

    Your outlook on life and what you've accomplished through hardship is inspirational

  • @LDeutchman
    @LDeutchman Před 6 lety +9

    I appreciate your honesty wether it's towards the negative or towards the positive... Just always stay honest ( and awesome)... We need more ppl like you!

  • @user-zo8hs4yh2h
    @user-zo8hs4yh2h Před 5 lety +6

    You have my support, used to hate you first but this is good insight.

  • @annawong3112
    @annawong3112 Před 4 lety +7

    You are a very interesting guy and inspiring guy. . May God bless and guide you through the Journey of life. Shalom and Godspeed

  • @tuckersmoak6632
    @tuckersmoak6632 Před 6 lety +13

    Thank you for talking about SA! One of the few youtubers willing to do so!

  • @user-yo1ir1fz8j
    @user-yo1ir1fz8j Před 6 lety +20

    It’s my first time commenting on your channel. Your experience has actually made your vids more advanced than any other China CZcamsrs and also is the reason why I had accepted all your opinions on China whether they’re positive or not. Thank you Winston.

  • @VulevicNikola
    @VulevicNikola Před 5 lety

    +serpentza That feeling when you memorize the exact video between all videos of yours just for Virtual Vice : Killer in Kowloon. Thank you for teachining me. Thank you for your shared energy. Godspeed!

  • @Playcool18
    @Playcool18 Před 4 lety

    This was NOT the first video of yours I saw today, but this was the first day I ever saw your content and after this video I gave that subs a good press, hope you keep the quality content going, and stay safe in the future with all the BD that is going on.

  • @TheStevenWhiting
    @TheStevenWhiting Před 6 lety +15

    Its because people in the rest of the world oddly appear to have a fairy tale view of South Africa so people still want to visit. I've never understood why.

    • @WinstonSmith1984
      @WinstonSmith1984 Před 6 lety +1

      When I moved to Europe in the 80's, I had several people ask me if we kept slaves, while some acted as if I was tainted like some sort of nazi POW that had been released in back into society (while in reality I was just an innocent teenager), and endless questions on what I thought about apartheid (as a teenager I didn't give 1 flying fuk about politics), and they all saw all blacks as innocent cuddly panda bears that were victims, and that white people only moved to Africa to act on sadistic desires just for the hell of it (in reality they migrated there to live there own lives in freedom and take care of themselves). What a bunch of brainwashed leftist retards I came across in Europe.

  • @wildcat_sa
    @wildcat_sa Před 6 lety +299

    I don't miss the crappy government and crime. I do miss the land, sea, friends and family.. And biltong

    • @RogerBarraud
      @RogerBarraud Před 6 lety +10

      Come to NZ then :-)

    • @wildcat_sa
      @wildcat_sa Před 6 lety +14

      Roger Barraud nah we happy in Central Europe

    • @GolfSidekick
      @GolfSidekick Před 6 lety +7

      I make my own biltong - easy to make a drying thingy. Salt, vinegar and coriander seeds for the seasoning.

    • @marcschouten3527
      @marcschouten3527 Před 6 lety +5

      I just had a SA friend who lives near me give me some. It's amazing! They sell it at a store nearby and make it locally. I take it on bike rides now.

    • @lohphat
      @lohphat Před 6 lety +5

      There's a biltong shop in the Victoria Underground station in London just at the base of the stairs when you exit Victoria Overground station.
      Oh. Yes.

  • @MrCeative
    @MrCeative Před 5 lety +1

    you're life story change me. what a nice positive comeback.

  • @ahmedart5212
    @ahmedart5212 Před 5 lety +7

    Like Zimbabwe economy destroyed and same thing is happening with South African economy

  • @marioozzie
    @marioozzie Před 6 lety +31

    I'm not from South Africa, but I know exactly how you feel. Over ten years ago my career was going extremely well, and then the 2008 recession happened and my industry just never recovered to the level it was before, for the last 5 years I'm lucky if I gained over 30000$ a year, and I never get offered the jobs I'm perfectly qualified for...I've been sent to China twice for 2 month stints and loved it there, couldn't believe the change between my first trip (1999) and the second (2007). Your video inspired me, I've long been wanting to return and now will concentrate all my efforts to return...thank you

    • @ariellhsu7011
      @ariellhsu7011 Před 5 lety +3

      It always sort of amaze me to think that when PRC was founded in 1949, everything was destroyed to ground zero and in just 6 decades(that's only one generation, less than an average person's life span) everything has been rebuilt and the country is continuously growing in a massive speed. So suggestions to the youtuber, carefully tuck away your white elitist views to some place where people can't smell you out, because certainly, 20 years from now your world view on what's considered "first world" will be completely turned upside down, oh yea and by then CZcams won't exist anymore so go find you a degree or some other ways to make money now.

    • @nikitamuller1579
      @nikitamuller1579 Před 5 lety +1

      Hey whats your job and industry? Very interesting.

    • @painmagnet1
      @painmagnet1 Před 5 lety

      @Ah lalala "So suggestions to the youtuber, carefully tuck away your white elitist views to some place where people can't smell you out, because certainly, 20 years from now your world view on what's considered "first world" will be completely turned upside down..." If by this you mean to say that 20 years from now, the Chinese will still torture animals, shit and spit everywhere and have zero respect for their neighbors or their planet, I pity us all.

  • @jakesmith5233
    @jakesmith5233 Před 6 lety +43

    i'm sorry for your home country Winston, must be a gut wrenching feeling,. Your always welcome here in the UK, back to your roots.

    • @stuart3712
      @stuart3712 Před 6 lety +14

      I dont think he would like the UK because the first time he speaks about some topics, he would be jailed....

    • @jakesmith5233
      @jakesmith5233 Před 6 lety +4

      i guess your talking about Tommy Robinson? the man that started the EDL which became a racist terrorist group? if so, please read into it and stop listening to Alex Jones.

    • @plasticface333
      @plasticface333 Před 6 lety +11

      Jake Smith #freetommy

    • @guyremote4220
      @guyremote4220 Před 6 lety +2

      SA would be happier if you are an officer of the uk imigration bureau ;)

    • @gewber4045
      @gewber4045 Před 6 lety +9

      If he went to GreatBritistan, he would have to silence himself about his problems in his home country. #FreeTommy

  • @freehongkong8732
    @freehongkong8732 Před 3 lety +1

    I love how you speak and everyone near your freezes in confusion, stands still, and stares at you in awe.

  • @tig376
    @tig376 Před 4 lety +3

    I'm addicted to listening to the truth! You make China sound really amazing in this video!
    You make me feel like visiting. 🇨🇳

  • @tylersloeper
    @tylersloeper Před 5 lety +80

    Having left Africa as well, I can say that the crime rate is like living in hell. I feel like you can expect to get robbed or murdered at gunpoint at least once in your life, no matter who you are. If you are woman, its worse. If its a home invasion, they always rape. Where I lived most home invasions were also murders. You think you can protect yourself, but if you are really unlucky, it might even be one of your own workers who lets them in. That was the case at my home when I was a kid, It was the cleaner who let them in.
    South Africa is definitely one of worst place in the world to be white. You are a target for everyone. They always assume you have something. If you have nothing, they might even just want you. I have even heard workers joking about wanting sex with a white woman so bad they would do anything for it. It's a different world for sure.
    Leave if you can.

    • @JacobScott0000
      @JacobScott0000 Před 5 lety +4

      @@clydecavalieri4511 its a once in a lifetime experience. lol

    • @SteamBuck
      @SteamBuck Před 5 lety +4

      This is why I clean my own house.

    • @emnetsebhatu4648
      @emnetsebhatu4648 Před 5 lety

      Africa is a continent, not a country. South Africa is a messed up place, but it is not fair to generalize.

    • @LadyOrion2012
      @LadyOrion2012 Před 5 lety

      Emnet it's hard not to generalize when there are so many countries in Africa that are "messed up" as you say. I was watching a program that showed Asians, particularly Chinese investing big money in different projects in Africa in order to boost economies so that they can both benefit. Maybe that will change things.

    • @emnetsebhatu4648
      @emnetsebhatu4648 Před 5 lety

      @@LadyOrion2012 The world economic forum normally held in Davos, Switzerland is being held in Ethiopia 2020. The first time this world meeting has been held in Africa. Africa is changing and is a very diverse continent with many different political situations. I know many people from all over doing business in Africa and making fortunes. Especially Chinese SOEs and private ventures. It is not fair to generalize a diverse continent as Africa as having the same crime rate as South Africa. Is all of Asia the same?...no you have some dangerous countries , poor countries, rich countries etc...That's like saying all of America is like Detroit. AFRICA is a very large continent not a country.