Country Stricter Than North Korea
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Turkmenistan is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south, and the Caspian Sea to the west. Its capital and largest city is Ashgabat.
Turkmenistan has a population of approximately 6 million people and is known for its natural gas reserves, which are among the largest in the world. The country has a largely arid and desert-like climate, with very hot summers and cold winters.
Turkmenistan was formerly part of the Soviet Union and gained independence in 1991. Since then, the country has been led by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, who has been in power since 2007. The country has been criticized for its lack of political freedom and human rights abuses.
Despite its wealth of natural resources, Turkmenistan's economy is heavily reliant on exports of natural gas, and the government maintains strict control over most aspects of the economy. The country is also known for its ornate and grandiose public buildings, many of which were constructed under the current president's rule.
It's difficult to make a direct comparison between the strictness of Turkmenistan and North Korea as they are different countries with different political systems and social norms. However, both countries have been criticized for their lack of political freedoms and human rights abuses.
In Turkmenistan, the government exercises tight control over most aspects of society, including the media, political opposition, and civil society. Freedom of speech, assembly, and religion are severely restricted, and the government has been known to imprison and torture political dissidents and journalists.
Similarly, North Korea is known for its authoritarian regime, which exercises strict control over all aspects of society. The government heavily restricts access to information, and political opposition is not tolerated. The country is also known for its severe human rights abuses, including forced labor and public executions.
Overall, both Turkmenistan and North Korea are considered to be among the most repressive and closed societies in the world, and both countries have been criticized for their lack of political freedoms and human rights abuses.
Turkmenistan is known for having some unusual and strict laws, many of which reflect the country's authoritarian political system and conservative social norms. Here are a few examples:
The government has banned certain breeds of dogs, including pit bulls, Doberman pinschers, and Great Danes, as well as cats with short tails or ears.
The country has strict rules on public behavior, including a ban on smoking in public, drinking alcohol outside of designated areas, and chewing gum in public.
The government has also banned certain types of music, including rap and heavy metal, as well as certain hairstyles and clothing styles that are seen as too Western.
Turkmenistan has also imposed strict controls on the internet, including blocking access to many social media sites and requiring all internet service providers to operate through a state-controlled network.
The government requires all men to serve two years of military service, and failure to do so can result in imprisonment.
Women are required to dress modestly in public, and the government has banned makeup in many public places.
Overall, Turkmenistan's legal system is highly centralized and authoritarian, with strict controls on public behavior and limited freedoms for its citizens.
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What country
Should be "fewer visitors," not "less visitors." I didn't make the rules. 😎✌️
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For those who have less patience than me , the country name is: Turkmenistan 🇹🇲
hhhhh I almost left the dude tested my patience
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Thank you. I came to the comment section to find out.
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I arl knew it but ty
You are a national treasure
"But people are still happy" is one of the dumbest lines I've ever heard.
Might be true in some way shape or form. They don't know any different so don't know what to compare things to.
So how happy are you about your freedom?
@@seandipaul8257it's better to be free and depressed, than oppressed and happy. With freedom, you have the option to be happy and content; with oppression, you have no option but to be whatever your leader wants you to be, as in, if you're happy, you have no other option but to be happy.
That’s what they get used to and being in a strict country is not hard for them. How about you? Are you happy in your country full of killers and discriminating people?
@@gratiaseia Ain’t that the truth.
Too bad the west has tributed to a lot of oppression and misery.
How happy are the children and iraq after they were bombed for 4 decades?
No. The North Korean government doesn’t allow you to leave North Korea. But Turkmenistan’s government allows you to leave Turkmenistan, as long as you have the necessary identification and papers.
Stupid. You don't understand the real point here.
The only time I have heard of a person leaving the DPRK is when a US soldier lived there, got married to a Japanese woman and the US army ordered an operation to get them out of there 30 years later it happened (I think the Korean War?)
Okay but can anyone apply for those papers or can they withhold it for whatever reason they feel like
Worked there back in 2016- 2017 as structural steel inspector in Ashgabat. The locals are generally friendly. Plenty of beautiful women😅
@@loooongneck I met a friend from Turkmenistan in South Korea, so yeah
Dude really tested my patience🥲
Edit : Calm Down Y’all, I’m just being sarcastic.
Right 😂
Lol I just scroll on but I already know the answer to this one but he’s annoying at
Did he ever🙄
wdym? he showed us the flag in the video before revealing the name
Frrr
If you have a dictator you have two choices:
- you live happy
- you don't live.....
Oh Yeah!! Very good Reply!
Or how about the third option. - You live happy because you have an actual good life that is much better than living in the "modern world" I bet you never thought of that one!.
Yep, it sounds like a dictatorship!
BS.
America needs a dictator
Anyone else got an anxiety at the end, afraid of the man would say "go to the full video for the answer"? 😂
Me me me😂
I seriously thought it was Dubai
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@@Remijoh Dubai is not so strict, pretty fun place actually
Yo are you spying on me
bro is testing my patience 💀
The heck is Turkmenistan? Sounds made-up. Like from an Austin Powers movie.
@@Natasha26tgirl + geography = 💀
@@manochao171 really?
@@Natasha26Turkmani is the name of the ppl and stan mans land......the whole name is like:land of the turkmeni
@@user-rl8hf8kt1r And I am from “BanglaPoor,” India! My name is “Taj Mahal Badalandabad.”
When he talks about the part that black cars aren't allowed to enter the city, it caught my guard off 💀
@UKBall249 Autosemite?
Do they allow black people??
Black cars matter
@@deanrane1961 yeah
@@deanrane1961autosemetic too
A bird that never knows how it is like to live out of cage says "I am the happiest bird in the world!"
Finally someone who has wisdom in this comment section
Hey don't look at me I'm not that bird
So TRUE!
Did the bird tell you that? Better then getting hunted by Predators..
So they are not happy because their men cannot parade in high heels and pound each other in the ass because that’s what freedom is all about?
"People are still happy". I guess there is a law for that
Dude that one of the best lines I've ever heard in my life😂
but it's still dark comedy after all😢
The law is to have a hostages inside the country when you leave it. If you don't have one, you can't go out abroad. So if you will be saying how bad it was, they punished your hostages
Reminds me of the dr. Who episode the Happiness Patrol. A death squad went around and those who were not happy were shot.
sharia law is the best law on planet
Pretend to be if anything, happiness can't be forced
Other creators keep us hooked till the end of the shorts but this man keeps us hostage
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PeRFECTION
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They are not happy, they just don’t know what happiness is actually.
You don't know what its like to have a dad bcz you don't have one
@@FatimaS-no7xe I have your mom
@@Mc-hp5wn9 proof it which country am I from
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@@FatimaS-no7xe Iran
For the people who were made hostages, the country is Turkmenistan 🇹🇲
That felt like the longest short ever! I was like JUST GET TO THE POINT!!!
@@mr.noride7226
That’s your privilege coming out. So privileged that you can’t wait a few seconds for some information. How sad.
@@teresajose2280 what privilege????? The guy was trying to extend the short to make you watch. What the hell are you on about.
@@teresajose2280 If I made a penny every time someone said the “privileged”, I’d be the richest person in the world. There are some videos like this that don’t even give you the answer and tell you to go somewhere else to find it. At least they actually said the name of the country at the end. Still a delaying the answer formula that a lot of videos are.
Dude kept me hostage till the last minute and kept me thinking about the name of the country
Lol I instantly knew and I got the honor to shout TURKMENISTAN in my hrad like a mad man
Me too, i just knew it was one of the stans, just wasnt sure which one
Me too.. 😂
К сожалению, я сразу поняла, о какой стране речь 😢
How it’s easy
Hi, turkmen here! I left Turkmenistan and applied for political asylum 5 years ago. I can confirm that people there are happy, simply because they dont believe, or rather dont wanna believe, that there is a happier life outside of the nation. Inly the more educated know what freedom is there. But those that are in denial still live happy lives.
Small edit: I don't want to spread misinformation, so I will just add that everyone's lives in Turkmenistan heavily depends on connections and the amount of money they earn. Many people have answered me that they are from Turkmenistan but have lived happy lives. And as per request I will just say that what I'm talking about in my comment is what I saw personally through my 13 years living there with my own 2 eyes. I understand that some may have had different experiences, but to say that Turkmenistan is fine and has all the resources and human rights as any other country is like bullshitting in my face. I can talk for hours about how many of my family members died from the lack of medicine and treatments. About my family members who were wrongly accused of crimes because they knew too much. I can talk about my own mother who was detained for months because of her dispute with a politician. I don't want you thinking that everyone's life was as bad as mine in Turkmenistan, but you have no right to say that Turkmenistan is like any other country. My story is just one of many, and hopefully one day dictatorship will cease to exist in Turkmenistan and we can hear the stories of other people as well. If you are a fellow Turkmen I really do hope that you and your family is doing ok ♡
Fellow Turkmen here. Which country you applied asylum for?
Were you guys allowed to practice religion in Turkmenistan?
@@Getchomeme it is allowed in some degree but men are not allowed to have beards like in other muslims countries. If people are getting too religious police knocks at your door
@@maxgurbanov2246 that's crazy, what about headscarf?
@@Getchomeme headscarf is okay. Our women traditionally wear headscarves but no hijabs and niqabs
"But people are still happy". Bruh, WTF?!!?
The same reason I don’t believe any polls taken regarding Crimea’s annexation by Russia. I’m sure people who answered favorably are afraid of retalliation.
Being happy is mandatory 😂
Lol
They put you in jail 25 to life if you don’t !
😂😂😂 real talk
“the capital city of Asked about” 💀
It’s called Ashgabat.
In Turkey's Turkish, we call it Aşkabat which means 'sink in love'.
This is a defensive mechanism against "Who asked" weapons
Askaßat
Joe&marble
My roommate is from there and I guarantee you that there is an enormous amount of abject poverty and lack of healthcare.
It's Scotland?
Usa?
The US??
same
But they are happy, right?
My first guess was Eritrea 🇪🇷 or Turkmenistan 🇹🇲 but the second he said marble I was like oh definitely Turkmenistan 🇹🇲
I am from eritrea
The way you described it, this country sounds like a paradise compared to NK.
Have you ever been to those 2 countries.?
Better than Switzerland or any country in the world.
Are you able to tell me which country has free gasoline gas?
@You know My first last name positive points of Turkmanistan are more than negative points, they should show them too.
@@AH-bh4zw tell me exactly negative points. No emotion straight 4 ward.
You don't have right to freedom.
Fact: Bushes tredeous Husband and wife Clintons. Monarchy in Europe family ruling elites. If you elected its against your law.
Fact 2: well known political refugees, assange, snowiddin.
Fact 3: child labour; google
cherry picking kids in America
Apple picking kids ...
Strawberry picking kids....
Fact 4: I bet you capitalless capitalist. 60% people don't own property in America or totally in west.
5: you can't drive car without insurance. If you hit plastic bumper you can't offer to pay.
6- medicine is not free.
8- education is not free
9- you can't walk freely in some neighborhood in America if so you might got shot.
5 to 100 facts I can give you through on those topic.
He is just a racist bigot
What a way to describe a brutal dictatorship.
The people are happy than why your taking it on you if you have to do something go and search for some countries which suffering too much pain like Palestine
@@user-vr9ji2on5c Read the comments...they aren't happy. And. Mmmyou don't have to tell to any individual about the things he/she going to be cared for.
@@user-vr9ji2on5c excusing a dictatorship on the wrong assumption everyone is happy is dystopian level of gross
@@user-vr9ji2on5c because freedom and democracy brother. White people gotta project their own values onto everyone else.
@@yugmathakkar4023 No it really sucks, I lived in Uzbekistan for almost 30 years across the border with them. It is really bad there. Yes they say there are a lot of benefits but no. It is reaaaly difficult even to leave the country as a tourist for a week, almost impossible to get visa to visit them. They have almost no rights at all. Total dominance over its own population.
You’re not allowed to leave the country until 40. If you somehow do, your family or relatives will be held hostage.
Yeah, other than that ppl lives their lives happily.
Wtf 💀👀
God forbid someone there gets a scholarship to Harvard ☠️
Not true. Just worked with the guy from there. Just left it. He is 18.
He don’t love his family then
What? I have a Classmate from Turkmenistan, he's 20. 😂
him: "Asghabat"
the caption: "asked about"
underrated comment 😂 I was like what. it’s Ashgabat not ask about 💀
“The people have to follow so many strict rules, but trust me when I say that they’re very happy”
America has basically no rules. Are people happy? They cut off their genitalia because they're not happy. Do they do that in Turkmenistan?
95th place in 2021 in this topic... so yea.
And somewhere in place full freedom with ton homeless and drug addicts
@@korozom that’s a problem of infrastructure, not necessarily rules.
Well except drugs. That is specifically a thing to be handled by law enforcement.
some said since the data is released by the Gov so people could also perceive this as skeptical as well as probably proganda
"They banned black cars" got me dying 💀💀💀
Black people in the corner:😶🌫️
@@muiznik1323 Black *Things*
that's racis-
@20_1speedx22 don't mind them, always when they want to feel better about their own ish....they use us black people. I am happy it is starting to be clear, that they are not what they always thought, they lied to them😂😂😂😂😂😂😂and it is becoming clear by day.
Racist capital
I was born and grew up in Turkmenistan and people are not happy there. There are high unemployment, bad ecology and absurd laws. For example: women are forbidden to wear make up and visit beauty salons; if you want to stay at the hotel with your partner you have to supply your marriage certificate; you can’t buy exclusive luxury car for yourself if the president doesn’t have the same car; when president was going to visit our city (i’m not from capital) he ordered to remove outside part of air conditioners on the buildings because it spoils the view; all the school students since high school and all workers from companies must go to the cotton harvest in the fields.
We emigrated to another country, but many of my relatives who live in Turkmenistan complain about their government and want to emigrate to. The average salary 350 US dollars. This is an absolutely dictatorial country with poor citizens.
To what country did you emigrate to? I hope you build up a better life outside of Turkmenistan. I wish you good luck.
@@noaqwerty123 thank you very much for your wishes ❤️ my parents, siblings and I emigrated to Russia when I was 11. Life is much better here. My siblings and I finished university here in Russia, we have a good job. We couldn’t do it in Turkmenistan because of corruption. You have to pay big money to go to university or to get a job there. So we are happy to live outside of Turkmenistan 😅
@@z_heffsРуссия тотже не свобода или демократика сейчас.
@@travelleryu сравнивая с Туркменистаном в России уровень жизни выше, хорошая медицина, есть возможность получить высшее образование, построить карьеру, вести свой бизнес. Да, со свободой слова тут ситуация не очень, особенно с началом СВО, но жить тут намного лучше. 70% моих родственников уже переехали сюда.
@@z_heffsr u Turk or mongol???
Its president banned black cars💀💀💀💀
1800's ahh move
I almost had my wife call a negotiator. This was a critical hostage situation
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Good one mate 😂
I'm tired of crime as long as it is safe I can stay
my best friend actually spent quite a bit of time living in turkmenistan.
im from turkey. there are lots of people from turkmenistan here
"This country is ranked third last in the world for press freedom"
"But people are still happy and live their lives happily"
I'll leave it right there...
which meant nobody give a shit about press freedom. It has little to no impact on survivability and the way we interact with people
Sounds great because oress is 💯 % corrupt
The press is unnecessary. If anything, more unregulated press results in lower levels of happiness. Media make people more unhappy, more paranoid, more pessimistic, more anxious, and more dissatisfied with their life/society.
Strict laws ≠ Oppression. We don't need the west's "freedom" to live happily.
Happiness don't have any standard, a poor guy in Africa could be happier than a rich person in Japan
"But people are still happy" hahaha blink twice if you want to get out there now
hahaha blink once if Turkenistan is 78th place in Happiness Index
@@veteranpg3d156 Who answered the question though, since it's third from the bottom on the list of press freedom??
@@veteranpg3d156 Being happy is state regulated, acting unhappy or voice your unhappiness is punisha……THIS MESSAGE WAS TERMINATED, HAVE A HAPPY DAY…..
@@Kenzaki1010 Well you guys are too used to Democracy and being able to do whatever the fuck you want so how you’d know. I mean I lived in Austria and there was little Freedom there, but no one says it’s among the happiest
@@veteranpg3d156 Dude in Austria, ranked 21th in freedom index, talking to dude from Vietnam, ranked 134th, about how the Vietnamese dude is "too used to Democracy" is peak irony.
"I mean I lived in Austria and there was little Freedom there, but no one says it’s among the happiest" are you trying to slap yourself in the face or was it a mistake on your part?
“This place is more strict than North Korea. Trust me, they’re happy.”
Like… what happens if they DO hold hands or they DON’T get their cars washed on time? Fines? Prison camp? Who knows?? Certainly not the voice over man.
U will receive death penalty
@@christo6068imagine getting the death penalty jus because you forgot to clean your car 💀
Oppression/Order ≠ Unhappiness
@@NoobsDudes and still be happy
This is the arrogance of the West. They think just because they have "freedom" that they are happier than other countries with strict rules while their society rots from within with so many problems like homelessness and gender perversion, idiots...
People who already know its Turkmenistan
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You're just begging for likes.
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Kim Jong-Un: "I am not gonna let another country be more strict than mine."
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Like dude🤕🤕
Is he still the president of North Korea
I heard his name till I was young
@@FatiAhmed-wb4dxYes
Yeah, I am going to charge people for breathing air!
As a flight crewmember, I have spent a lot of days in the country at the hotel by the Caspian Sea. You hardly see anyone on the roads and it gives you an uneasy feeling.
Tell us more
@manikantasaiD Well, when you travel from the airport to the hotels that are located at the edge of the Caspian Sea, you can't help but notice that there are no local people wandering around the area. The locals that you do get to see are, for the most part, employees of the hotels or people who work for the state, and they are the ones that keep the landscaping of the town neatly groomed.
As you check in to the hotel, you will have a very limited choice of television stations and / or cable shows. Most of the tourists that you do see are Russians or Ukrainians, and the rest of the tourists are really airline crew members like myself.
There are no places in the area where you can go and exchange foreign currency into local currency. You must do this at the airport at a local bank, and the exchange rate is really bad.
The workers at the hotel are friendly, and they speak fluent English and Russian.
The food at the hotel is good and alcoholic beverages are very expensive. We were advised by the hotel employees not to venture to the nearby town because there was nothing for us there, and transportation (taxi) was not going to be available to us, so we never ventured to the town, as we only stayed at the resort and enjoyed our stay there.
Every time I arrived there, the area gave me the feeling as if we were in a Hollywood movie set, complete with a town and parks, with roads and freshly planted trees, with no actors to be seen anywhere around. The only thing missing was the movie crew waiting for the actors to appear to start filming. That's the feeling that I had and could give you.
At one time, we went to Ashgabat, and from there, we took a private tour (road trip) towards the famous Gates of Hell. This was as I remember, a 03 hours and 45 minutes road trip. There were people there when we arrived, and ended up staying almost 4 hours. When we were done, we took the small tour bus back to Ashgabat. It was an unexpected and interesting tourist attraction. I believe the trip was worth the price we ended up paying.
For the most part, I enjoyed my time in Turkmenistan.
ManikantasalD, I have a CZcams channel with lots of videos. Give it a try. Hahaha, who knows, you might like them.
@@afreightdogslife shure thnks
@@manikantasaiDBrother wrote all of those experiences and you just say that? You don't have to ask something if you're not interested in it.
@@afreightdogslifeI truly enjoyed your experience, that much that I imagined picture of every scene you described! It's so great that you had good timr even though it's such a strict country! 🔥
“It’s president banned all BLACK cars” and I took that personally.
Black cars matter? 😂
@@WirklichRP Definitely #BCM 😭
@@WhatIsKonsciencenext there’s gonna be black houses banned 💀
@@WhatIsKonscience they are Racist people
@@Viquiq #BHM
Being racist against cars is crazy😡😡😡
Dont worry they are cars
Don't be naive. Black cars are forbidden because of heatstroke. Turkmenistan was the hottest country in the USSR.
I worked in Kazakhstan, neighbouring country, and locals also didn't buy black cars , saying it was dangerous.
Once I managed to get heatstroke. All of a sudden I didn't see anything , only big black spots. I nearly lost my consciousness.
If they are living happily then let them live in their way.
How would you know they are living happily, just because the narrator says so?
@@tommybotts how do you know they are not living happily just because they are a bit different from you?
@CHIRAG PATIL Nobody said anything about them being different than anyone else - and don't answer a question with a question. It's rude!!
@@tommybotts 😂😂😂 it is just a question...why you getting triggered 😐😐
They are not living they are dying in a jail called Turkmenistan 😂
"it's president once banned all black cars" 💀
Racist fr
Ok
@@rolandmine6693they allow white cars instead of black cars & that makes them racist that’s just a stupid law.
@@Oreoguy_5432and cars also race
@@Oreoguy_5432it isn't a race it's a color 💀
In North korea, you can't really drive cars. So the dirty cars rule is still less strict ngl. Hell, this country actually sounds like a completely different entity compared to North korea
Edit: So apparently I was wrong about that, and ofc it's still rare for anyone to see a car there, but it is allowed
I don't think he was trying to claim they are similar, just that both have very strict rules.
@@EyeLean5280 he's claiming it's worse than NK
@@guillermomartinez6022not worse stricter, and I don’t think he was trying to say that they were worse he did say they live their lives happily.
no, you are allowed to drive in NK.
they drove cars in NK for almost a century. You should say many of them cant afford to buy a car because of poverty. As for no dirty cars in the Capital, I lived in Tajikistan (700mi from Turkmenistan) in 2009 and my car was stopped twice before entering a much smaller city of 50 thousand(Vahdat) and forced to get a car wash.
North Korea is stricter
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For those of you who can't stand being held hostage anymore, it's Turkmenistan. Thank me later 😌
Edit- LEE HEESUNG IM FAMOUSS-
I love u ty 😍😍
God bless you
No need to thank you later because I know it now. Don't be so arrogant with a false display of knowledge 😂
thank you bro
U MY HERO
Dude tested my patience💀
"People there live Happily" .... as if they have choice
They really do. because they dont have Western influence and rotten society >
How do you know if they a choice or not. Have you been there?
Um, people don't have a choice but to state that they are living their lives happily. Choice is not an option.
Stricter than N.Korea? Don't think so. In N.Korea not only black cars, no cars can enter capital without prior written permission, you go to jail for 10 years minimum for watching one S.Korean movie or owning a bible/Coran/any religious books.
You’ve never been in N.Korea, how the hell you know that? From USA propaganda?
Stop listening to western media. They bullshit a lot.
@@user34user73I dunno about the cars part, but the religious books part is true unfortunately. And not propaganda, I don't even live in the US...I learnt that from N. Koreans themselves. Plus a teenage boy that smuggled Squid game movie to watch with his friends got very harsh punishments
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I knew the second he said it had a lot of gold that it was there cause my Russian teacher was from there and would tell us stories and say he’d never go back but he missed his family he left behind. He’s the smartest man I know. Speaks 5 languages super kind and really funny. Made class worth going to. Very interesting to hear about his country tho!
May I ask if the country is that bad?
My economics professor in college was from Turkmenistan as well. He LOVED gangster rap 😂 he said when NWA came out they passed around the music video on bootlegged vcr tapes secretly. He said he couldn’t speak a lick of English and studied the Rap music videos and learned English using a translation dictionary. He spoke like a old black man on the phone. If you closed his eyes in class you’d think you were talking to a middle aged black man from South Central LA. He had a perfectly copied accent. It was so bizzare. 😂😂😂😂😂 He worked on Wall Street for 10 years and made Millions. Moved to Charleston SC to retire and got bored after the first 6 months so he took up teaching. He was one of our favorite professors. He made economics easy!
I have a friend from Turkmenistan
You just described the perfect serial killer😅
@@yellowman223wtf?
"Women are not allowed to hold hands"
Makes sense considering its name is Turk"men"istan 😂
So why are women in ger"man"y allowed to do that ?
So if they change it to Turk"women"istan they will be allowed? But then men wont be allowed to hold hands.
More like “Turk Men I Stan” !!
@@horsearcher6350r/wooosh
😂😂😂
Well NOT a country We would like to VISIT. Freedom is a MUST🇧🇻🐺
Even a caged bird sings.
Beautiful words. Tanks for sharing!
The citizens are happy, healthy and well fed. That's all that matters. I'm sure they don't even want tourists.
Google it! Most of the population lives in poverty! No freedom, no happiness
Believe me it’s not like they said
Do they have freedom ?
How can they compare to North Korea? People are hungry and not happy
@@adrianamartinez9225 have you ever been to North Korea? Don't believe whatever the press say. I have been there. They have their own culture and people are happy.
Nah it's not. They can leave the country. North Koreans are prisoners.
Bro is testing everyone’s patience
"People are still happy"
i can GUARANTEE the census shows smth like "147% of residents show happiness"
The people would be too afraid to say they are not happy
@@barbaraweigand9730 No it's because they don't know any better. It's their standard
stop shoving ur orientalist views on every other country that’s not in the west ik shocking orientals can be happy
and I am sure there is also democraticly elected president as well.
97.89 % majority elected president.
I live in the neighboring Pakistan and I've been there. The streets are clean and safe both during the day and night, people are very kind, very few people live in poverty, the infrastructure is good and public services actually exist. With less government intervention in the everyday lives of the people it can most definitely be better but Turkmenistan is still better than my country and many others where you can openly criticize the government and protest.
"but people are still happy" more like "people are obligated to say they're happy"
That is the dumbest thing I've heard. There is no evidence that people will get punished for saying they are not happy.
u call it strict, they call it well-organized, if the people are happy who are we to judge. ❤
Very well said.. Many westerens think of well-organized as strict because of their so called freedom.. freedom to mess their country..
Will said bro.
Very well said, bro. You said it from neutral perspective not from western bias.
This happened in the Philippines too during Marcos term in 1980s due to well organized and disciplined regime the people who are used to care-free life revolted that lead to the downfall of the country.
Indeed! But if it is not done the USA way, then they Must Mess it up!
He said "Asked About" instead of Asgabat 😂🇹🇲
I don't think any country can be worse than North Korea
Its an opinion, nothing more.
In my opinion, I agree with you.
Alright, let's ask North Koreans if they wanna move to Ukraine, Yemen, Somalia or places like that right now
USA... You Have No Idea The Shit USA Has Done on The Commands of The Matrix (Top Elites)
@@yannizo Yeah fly to North Korea and try to go to the rural areas to ask them that 😂😂
Korea is worse, yes. Here we have at least some bit of normal world
"No press freedom"
"But people are still happy"
That's what I call a paradox.
Unless every single citizen of Turkmenistan came and told you they're happy, you have no proof of their happiness.
The Press has to repeat the lines told by the government, not the people.
It's just may be that your concept of happiness is not theirs. What does having a free press have to do with happiness? People are happy when they are satisfied with what they know, with the things they have and are accustomed to, etc, etc, etc.
True, spot on. I was about to commit suicide but I realized that CNN is free to air in my country. I am happy again afterward.
That makes turkmenistan not free, but american media being controlled by just 6 companies makes america the most free nation? what kind of batshit crazy logic is this?
look freedom of press doesnt affect your average happiness especially if its only role brainwash people. people are happy because they have family nice living at that standarts friends. yes there hell of restrictions but generally people live quite normal life there. you dont need free brainwashing agenda to be happy
Press freedom equates to happiness? Lame if not stupid. Does more discipline mean dictatorship? Discipline produces law and order, and certainty. You just simply want to be rowdy and do outrageous things without suppering consequences that is why you hate discipline society.
fun fact: they have their own olympics too, with a big ass stadium where they sometimes use horses. unfortunately, a couple years ago and a few more times, the horse didnt budge, and jts rumored that it was killed and possibly tortured.
"But people are still happy and live their lives happily" Sounds like he's being held hostage or at gunpoint to say that and reassure us that the citizens there are happy and totally not depressed
Egg xactly! 😂
They actually doing something like this. You must have a hostages inside the country when you leave it. If you don't have one, you can't go out abroad. So if you will be saying how bad it was, they punished your hostages
@@annettandreevnareally 😮 that is mental
@@annettandreevnanot true. Maybe in North Korea, but not in Turkmenistan
@@ReeceyBoy_4if it was true almost my whole family would be dead because I keep talking bad about the country
I’m from Turkmenistan 😂😂
But live in Japan now
W
the audacity to tell us that the people are still happy and live their lives happily...
It’s true though. When u have less options then u r happy with whatever u have. At least they r not leading an degenerate and promiscuous life.
@@TruthSeeker8834 dam im sure the homeless are just jolly then
@@TruthSeeker8834 they are ranked 78th in happiness.
@@brendandonohue2398 They have home not luxurious but a simple house with a happy traditional family.
@@kayakat1869 and who made this ranking? People who r spirituality bankrupt and live a degenerative life?
“Turrkministuhn” lmaooo
You can't say people are happy when it's illegal not to be
Aha...deep
Exactly
I heard “dirty cars are not allowed to enter the city of Azkaban.” Ofc they’re not allowed to enter, that’s a prison, not a city.
- and, no black cars??? !!@
- very racist !!!
That is Asghabat. Capital of Turkmenistan.
I've heard the same😂
Happy? Yeah I don't think so, there's a reason for why people leave that country just like North Korea. The only reason for why people look happy is that they'll get punished for bringing up the horrible conditions they live in. Also the lavish palaces and capital only caters for the ones in the political elite.
You’d be surprised, they don’t Leave as much as the west says they do. They live pretty well. There’s poor in every country including the USA, don’t be stupid. This is just western media pissed off they can’t occupy the place with western business and suck the country for free of it’s gas resources, while spreading “democracy”
They leave because it’s dirt poor.
@@softandwet7584 which is due to oppression
@@Blue138UEF it’s due to its lack of industrialisation (which the regime has been working towards) and few natural resources besides gas and oil. The oppression isn’t apart of it.
You can be rich and oppressed like China or poor and free like South Africa. It’s not mutually exclusive
@@softandwet7584 they kinda are due to the lack of incentive. A perfect example is the Former Soviet Union and China only became prosperous after they let up on the oppression, which is reversing right now plunging China back into poverty
Good for them they are not toxic like what outside their country They are happy with their simple but strict life
“But the people are still happy” he says as the government puts a gun to his back
gov doesn't have to put guns .Just look at US lot of looting are people happy for looting others
It's twinned with Stepford.
Hahaha
Americans with judging comments, and that's what we called typical Americans.
if you're happy in the terrorist organization known as the usa
I have been there once, the best place I ever visited in my life.. don't corrupt them..
Are you religious?
You’re Muslim. Religion is illegal there. You’re one of the people who get persecuted there, genius.
@š u p a k muhammad pundachi mavane
I have to agree. I am reminded of when I arrived in Bahrain (1986) pre-gulf wars, they hstill had sand in the Diploamtic and banking areas, no malls, no fancy restaurants...such a charming old place with nice people. But, that all changed after they had cable TV when the westerners came. Sure, they are westernized and have better economy after we came in...but, gone is the charm of the past.
@@gelineavenir5905thers no western people there you’re wrong thers Chinese factory’s and Russian factories
“They’re still happy” good one.
As of 2021 Turkmenistan is 95th in Happiness Index. People in the West are just spoiled and live in countries with lots of Freedom and little Order so aren’t used to Discipline and think just because a place is happy and more “oppressed” it’s people can’t be happy
This is the arrogance of the West. They think just because they have "freedom" that they are happier than other countries with strict rules while their society rots from within with so many problems like homelessness and gender perversion, idiots...
Bs too. Just google emigration rates. They are crazy for Turkmenistan. I guess thats when they are happy - on the way out 🥴
Trust me it's nowhere near as bad as North Korea
But 1000 times better life than North Korea. If we compare them, Turkmenistan will be paradise in front of North Korea
😆
You sound like you lived in NK
I curious the policies they have towards alphabetical people
@@venatheus6101 they don’t get lgbtq+ people rights, just as they don’t give most people their basic human rights. It’s horrible
My brother married someone who escaped this country. The children work forced labor all summer and the girls aren't even allowed to cut their hair. No, they aren't happy.
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What are you talking about?? People are free to leave turkmenistan
It's a islamic country, women's are not allowed to leave and islamic women are property of islamic men, so they are not allowed to leave the country, especially single women.
@@echo5935 really?
Bro just banned *black* cars💀
exactly got to be racially motivated
rcist!1!1!
@@jmintos1971 A lot of countries where summer is hot as hell have a majority of white cars. Take Uzbekistan for instance. I think Turkmen leader banned black cars because they were rare anyway, to make it a style, not just a preference. Doesn't approve him of being dictator though
Nah to racist 💀
@@voevodineuno it was fit into the white building
They can't exactly say they're unhappy without risk and likely don't know anything else anyway.
Or people can be happy even when it's against the law to hold hands in public
@@zahiab.a.z2478 If the laws are that strict it's likely not going to be a fun country to live in.
@@brucejedilee5290 what's fun to you? Drinking and sleeping around?
@@Ilariasarkis2667 Drinking with friends can be fun. So is not being threatened with prison for kissing my girlfriend in public. Or for complaining about the state if I don't like how they do things.
Yes but they can leave... They choose to stay...
"Still live happily"??! I got my friend who grew up there. So many genuine horror stories he told me about this country. And he had to literally survive there with his mother and still struggling to fully emigrate (still has a possibility to be departed).
yeah? so , name one or few horror stories
Horror story? Lol I'd like to hear that
Why did I instantly think Dubai when it's not even a country 💀
Dubai is visited by a lot of people 💀
@@sasinostill not a valid reason
@@CIeaner23 what do you mean
They don’t talk about this because the country isn’t socialist. It doesn’t scare capital
The country isn’t empty. No tourists, but it’s not empty.
North korea:and im still called the bad guy
It's worse you need to read biography of escapes
@@ocean9409 its also worse that ur gay and u support America
North Korea is obviously much much worse
They don't kill you if you want to go or move to other country, they won't kill you if u decides to save your own life rather than your leader's late father picture
lol...right
Strict rule:
1. People should feel happy everyday, no matter what. 😂😂😂
How do you know the people are happy? I don't think they are allowed to show their true feelings.
The law is to have a hostages inside the country when you leave it. If you don't have one, you can't go out abroad. So if you will be saying how bad it was, they punished your hostages
Every city should be luxurious and clean with moral people
I love Turkmenistan. I have been there, the country is NOT empty, the capital is one of the most stunning that I have ever seen. The treasure of this country is in tbe beauty of their friendly people who welcomed me with open arms.
True. I love Turkmenistan. Ashgabat is one of the best cities ever; not as nice as Tashkent, in my opinion. This reel is probably just average propaganda.
Is it a Muslim country?
Patience is a virtue indeed
'I did not even know that I was a slave' - Yeonmi Park
Isn’t that true for all of us ! Yet we keep judging each other’s life choices…
PS : the quotation is too good..
Exactly, People trying to make this Dictatorship Normal and something good. 🙄
same as you & me everyone...we are slave to the system
Yeah. Just a quick look at their human rights section on the internet and it’s even worse than I thought
@@swearimnotarobot3746 yeaaa but its not worse than NK
You can't be unhappy over something you don't know
Video: People are still happy
People: gazillion fake smiles.
It is possible to be happy while living in an oppressive country, they are not mutually exclusive.
You must be Americans. Stop it bro they don't have oil or mass of destruction, don't ever you try to giving them your FREEDOOM😂
@@Mabowls I am actually from Europe.
@@raivopelcis551and you should remember how much Europe did damage to the world.
@@Mabowlsbro hit their own teammate💀💀
Not being able to hold hands with your friend or whatever feels ridiculous.
I think girls are really prone to do this too and it doesn't mean anything. It just indicates closeness or shyness/insecurity, also both. And even if it did, holding hands isn't gonna stop it.
@@AdzaanMaiiTso 🤔right. We girls do have tendency to be more intimate usually though. But still that is a ridiculous rule lmao.
For you not for everyone
@@melissanasser9777 For most people at least.
@@moshimoshi852 u could hold hands in private places
At least they are happy, and the crime rate is about zero. Well done.
Sex is crime too.
@@bluemarshall6180 so do u have any problem if u r mom and u r sister had sex with me😂😂😂
@@bluemarshall6180 how tho
@@bluemarshall6180 what are u on about?
You did not count the omnipresent statecrime
turkmenistan is paradise compared teh north korea and it is no where as strict as north korea
*Country more stricter than north Korea*
BRO'S GETTING THE GUN POINTED TO HIS HEAD GOD DAMN
They sure do live happily. Come on dude! Those people know nothing better! All the know is oppression and living in a constant fear, what a life!
Oh Turkmenistan is not isolated, it's an ex-Soviet country in the middle of nowhere, but unlike North Korea they aren't blocked from internet, it's just their dictator is absolutely bonkers even for the region. Turkmenbashi's cult of personality and propaganda is almost as bad as in... Orban in Hungary *shudders*
@@KasumiRINA internet is super slow there, and it's difficult for them to travel as well. Those who don't have relatives abroad have never seen a better life. I'm half Turkmen and lots of my cousins moved abroad and I think it's probably because they know they can as they've got an example in the family...
Do you think they need some Democracy a la Iraq?
@@ChechenSoviet they'd probably love it, but unfortunately money doesn't grow on trees and the united states and the west cannot liberate every backward third world authoritarian hellhole on this planet.
we're already busy getting ready for the upcoming war with china when those communist party cockroaches in beijing invade taiwan. that wouldn't just save one and a half billion people that have been enslaved by one of the most wicked and evil communist regimes on this earth for a hundred years, but it would also take care of the biggest existential threat to humanity and the american-dominated global world order that has given us and like 75% of the people in this world the most peaceful era in human history with the most freedom and innovation and the highest standards of living and the most access to western values for as many people as possible. just that right there would bump up the amount of people having access to freedom and western values to like 90% or something. it would break every record for the largest liberation of enslaved people in the history of this world.
beyond that, russia is already crashing and burning just from getting obliterated by the ukrainians and will be taking apart washing machines to attempt to rebuild their stockpile of advanced weapons for the next 100 years given the sanctions that aren't gonna go away until they pay back probably over a trillion dollars in reparations for the damage they have caused in ukraine and hand over their war criminal leaders like supreme comrade vladimirovitch.
north korea is gonna collapse and literally starve to death without their chinesium masters and russia, so that will leave just a few small and irrelevant third world authoritarian regimes like cuba, venezuela, nicaragua, etc. and iran and syria and maybe a few crapholes from africa and asia and south america that could probably get dealt without requiring any large scale military operations just by a surgical decapitation strike against their dictators followed by applying pressure and sanctions. and most of the axis of evil countries and dictatorships in the world don't have anything themselves and would be eating dirt and starving to death if they didn't have one another and mainly china and russia propping them up, so with those two out of the game most of them would collapse on their own.
so yeah, the enslaved and subjugated people of the world that are currently living in backward authoritarian dictatorships like these are gonna have to either figure something out and grow some balls and fight for their own freedom and fight for themselves and their families, otherwise they're gonna have to wait for a while longer until we are done dealing with the chinese communist party threat. and then we'll see what is left over and what the west can do to help them.
Might seem like it and I would think the same but we don't know that. We don't know how or why the narrator made that conclussion. In the other hand I'm sure we all know that every people have their own happiness. Every one of them are have differences even to the similar one. Some people do like strict and some people don't, regardless they had compared it to the outside world or not cause everyone have their own thoughts and judgements. And also, strict and opression are two different things.
Good, clean, and pristine country. I wanna go there.
Better than Joe's country!
Much of the population lives in poverty, it's not the paradise the windbag in the vid is making it out to be.
@@Proudamerican329 Better than trump country
@@wilugaldex9369 Where's Trump Country?
Not all of them are happy. A quick google search will tell you that. For one, it is not safe for lgbtq+ people. They face a lit of discrimination, hate crimes, and prejudice.
In general, the country’s human rights are heavily criticised. Including discrimination against ethnic minorities. For example, the Balock, whose language was even made criminal to teach.
Playing video games. Long hair on men. Facial hair. All banned.
Freedom of religion is not practiced. All religious groups are repressed.
They have worse press freedom than North Korea. Journalists are often arrested, and falsely imprisoned.
They have no political freedom. Any opposition to the government is treason.
Police brutality.
And more.
The people are clearly bot living happily, they just can’t tell anyone they’re unhappy and need help because if they do, they’ll be arrested or killed. You would have to have a negative IQ to think they’re super happy with any of this.
"banned black cars"
bro took racism to a whole new level
Gaad damn! I could've gone for a vacation, come back, and he probably still wouldn't have said what country it was
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@@theogzumoriie_ ☠️
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"But people are still happy" - I think it is what the press says, so it has to be true
it's too expensive - that's why 😂
It depends most items are cheaper but compared to world 1.31x more expensive. Eating out is same S.E.- U.S. Perishables slightly less. Internet seems to be much more expensive relative to the speed at $80/10 mbps.