How the Beirut explosion was a government failure
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On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion rocked Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon. The blast occurred when sparks in a warehouse hit a stockpile of ammonium nitrate - a highly explosive material - that was stored in the city's port. It was one of the largest accidental explosions in history and it couldn't have occurred at a worse time for Lebanon.
For the past several years, the country has been sliding into an economic depression and a political crisis. The root causes began during the country's 20-year civil war and extend to the organization of the government, in which control is divided among the country's many religious sects.
After years of corruption and negligence, Lebanon's people are now stuck picking up the pieces.
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Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution
freedom is not free lol
Like POK (Pakistan occupied Kashmir)
It was Gtas orbital cannon
@Sumeet tanwar agreed
@@user-op8fg3ny3j our Kashmiri pandiths don't have to worry about "chini" investments
Moral of the story.
"Keep religion out of politics"
But if you keep it out of politics everyone will complain about not being represented, or being supersed by the majority. Plus in the US politicians talk about Christianity all the time so you don't get to tell people about that.
Moral of the story is people are the real problem and will use anything to follow their corrupt desires
Mexico learned it the hard way
@@HopeRock425 I mean we could have politicians from different religions that may represent issues that the particular religious group may be facing, but I seriously doubt that basing entire politics on regelion or dividing parties based on religious lines is even remotely a good idea..
There are plenty of non-religious countries with similar flawed systems, poverty, corruption and poor leadership. The correct ideology and economic system isn't in place, and subversive elements still infiltrates Lebanon (openly, without backlash). This is what has to be rectified. Opportunity need to be created, starting up businesses should become attractive, criminals/terrorists should be removed and a zero tolerance policy towards corruptions, negligence, misconduct, etc, must prevail.
I was so interested about their government that I forgot we were talking about the Beirut explosion
Same 😂
Cause it's government failure 🙄
Me to
Same HAHHAHA
Very interesting video and storytelling.
My best friends dad died bc a mosque was 1 minute away from the place thay exploded and the mosques came down and nobody survived😢
That's sad :(
RIP
imagining dying in church ,it could be that you cant hope for a divine hand
Horrible.
I am very sorry about his loss I hope u all are doing as well as you can
Poor countries don't have a poverty problem. They have a government problem.
@@johnpaulbrebonia9106 the cause is always government
@@johnpaulbrebonia9106 only the government buddy , I'm from Lebanon it's the government.
@Syed Ahmed But then there weren't any rich people either, this was when we were hunters and gatherers and barely surviving and finding food.
@Syed Ahmed Yep, but they were poor and hungry and they didn't have government then but they certainly had leaders or people who were head of the tribe
Poor countries aren't actually poor
The government made them poor
Greed and religion mixed together into the government? Yikes.
Syria Ball sunni and shia
@Syria Ball no their equal in percentage
You talking ‘bout Turkey ?
u talk about almost ever medial east country
See what we suffer?
"Hey, let's put THESE explosives next to flammable Stuff. What can go Wrong?"
Yeah you are very smart mesheil oun, i don't know how to spell his name.
Even cantina angry
Canadian *
What could possibly go wrong Answer: Everything*
HAHAH...LUXURIOUS PEOPLE HIDDEN TERROR, CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON BALL Z.
as a lebanese person, watching this almost 3 years later still hurts a lot till this day, i really hope lebanon can become a better place sometime soon
You know your country is done when the government is divided by religion, race or anything else .
Im curious what you think a perfect country is then?
The ruling party in Germany is a religious party.
As a religious dude i too agree on this
Sweden soon there
Political partie
Props to the people of Lebanon. Their government has failed them, yet they stand united and the reject corruption while being civil.
Lysergik Hmm... Lebanon has a very high corruption rate
I m lebanese. We re not united. Very divided in to religious sects
@@Jacob56644 ye and that's wrong
Lol_Q L People keep electing warlords from the civil war and idolize them while these warlords themselves to this day divide everyone and then sit on a table and cut the cake between each other, also we don’t have a government they are literally groups of mafias looking to loot tax - aid - government employee pays.. they literally depend on people being divided
@@Jacob56644 good thing now at least were united into less groups, all woke people united, and the dumbest will follow their corrupted leader likes cheeps
Leb government: out here living our best life
Leb people: were literally dying or dead.
Leb gov: this ain't about you
They don’t even look at us .
If you are lebanese you will understand what im sayin : ma nkoun za3ajnehoun bi hal enfijar
that can be said for pretty much any third world country
@@ringoferrer2343 yep, sadly that's true 🤷♀️🤷♀️
I'm half Lebanese, and my grandparents lived close enough to the explosion for their windows to break. I am really young, and although I can help, I'm all the way in Dubai, and all I can do is spread awareness, so I hope that those of you can do more than I watch this video and help out.
Glad to know that there are still those who maintain string ties to their home country. I hope Lebanon recovers from this tragedy- An American
Hope your grandparents are okay. Spreading lots of love! ❤️
I also live in dubai!
@@suhailab3634 didn’t ask
@@474yx Verbally Vomiting of people. Oof
As a Lebanese person, this was very very well done! Highlighted all the important factors that has lead to the current catastrophe in Lebanon. Thank you for this
I agree, but the thing is that they never make a video showing how beautiful our country is, they always show the bad things like the explosions, terrorist attacks that barely happen 1 time a year, etc..
@@justakid8537 because there are so many good places elsewhere. lebanon is nice, i have been, but so are other places.
@@poddop yeah but what country has a world miracle that isn't classified in its category.
@@th_owl4500 Australia seems to be the only answer, except half the people here don't think it even exists
not until they mentioned that Saad Al Hariri was a hostage in KSA. Because that’s hilarious 😆
Looking at history, anytime you divide people or a country up based on religious groups, it always always ends badly.
Thank God I'm atheist 🤣🤣🤣
I’m so glad I’m a atheist
cosmicwraith gamer amen... oh wait
“Thank god I’m atheist lol”
- kids who think Christianity is the same as racism
@@Funnydoc its a clear cut joke bud. This ability to seek out anything that confirms your world views is the real problem.
You cant let a few people be in charge of so much money. Theyre just gonna keep it for themselves. Imagine thinking people will be honest when you hand them a billion dollars for electricity.
No one in lebanon thought they would be honest, but you had no other choice
Now I understand why my great-great-grandparents on my mother's side migrated from Lebanon ...
To Japan?
Japan? 🤨
@@blopblop8970 No that's a character from a video game series (danganronpa)
@@barryirlandi4217 No that's a character from a video game series (danganronpa)
@@barryirlandi4217 mexico 😀
This video is phenomenal. Such a terrific, concise explanation. Bravo.
It was a good presentation, yes. But it doesn’t even mention Hezbollah and the role they’ve played in Lebanese politics. That’s a huge omission.
@@RogerMacCallum hezbollah is just part of the system mentioned (from shia sect), sunni and maronite hold similar power in the government, not to mention syiria military stationed there.
I totally agree with you!!
Except for the horrible sound editing
Yeah somehow better than what we learn in school
It's almost like a handful of people controlling the money of a whole country never turns out fair. Who knew!?
It's capitalism.
The Firminator that’s not capitalism..
@@bobbysanchezlive659 so what is it?
@@thefirminator socialism
@@thefirminator More like kleptocronyism. Any economic system without a transparent and accountable government is corrupt. Venezuela is socialist yet obviously it's government is corrupt to the point of bankrupting their economy.
This has been the best, in depth analysis of the event happening in that country that I found. You earned yourself a like AND a new suscriber
I have been subscribed to them for a few years now. Lovely news insights and inputs.
a new like and subscriber !?!? 😱😱😱
The Dust Filled streets remind me of 9/11. R.I.P To lives lost in beirut, And in 9/11.
Ya
You're so open minded john 🙂
You still alive?
Mister Fitzgerald's account is used by Bobby Kennedy
Nice John, Lovely president
It saddens everyone that so many people were affected due to this disaster and this is just due to the ineffectiveness of the government.
@Roben Bou Mansour No that's not true.
@Sultan Abdulhameed II What the heck are you talking about? Israel had nothing to do with the demolition, and are merely trying to defend themselves whenever Hizbollah or some other reprehensible Lebanese terror group attacks Israel. Don't create these made-up and fallacious scapegoats, that's despicable.
@@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1 you are completely wrong
@@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1 hizbollah has never attacked Israel, they are protecting this country better than the government
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This is why people aren't donating directly to the Lebanese Government but to the People of Lebanon through NGOs. Support the people, not the government and help stir the change for a better Lebanon. A better Lebanon means a better world for all of us. 🌲🌍
🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧
A better Lebanon must go through war.
Elias Ziad That’s how we turned from a 1st world country into a 3rd. So no
Elias Ziad hezbollah is know making one
@@eliasziad7864 sounds like what a corrupt president would say
I am Lebanese and tbh this video is basically explaining the story of lebanon, this video is very true and it’s sad to see what disgusting negligence and greed has caused to my country
I live in Lebanon and update : Still the country didn't recover from it and we have like 1000% inflation, $ used to be = 1500 LBP now its $= 18 000 LBP pain
Yikes, and I thought inflation here in the states was bad
@@Rami358able worse, since we cant recover politically and economically from it
This is why separation of church and state is important in a democracy.
Church and Mosques if said accurately
Religion in general basically...
Islam doesn't work like that dude....
Venkat Kamath The Lebanese president is always Christian. So church as well.
Lebanon that has no natural resources & no money.
The country has nothing to offer the world.
Lebanon is finished. Just forget about it.
Meanwhile in America people are complaining about swearing masks...
True, I just wear because stores and places say you have to.
Meanwhile in America, the West coast is on fire, trapping thousands of residents in their homes and burning thousands and thousands of acres.
Yeah those masks should really watch their language!
Joe Ryan < people not in the USA.. these are the people that are causing our problems in the USA
@Joe Ryan You can't be serious
As a Syrian refugee who was forced to flee the country due to Syrian Civil War, it's a very horrifying experience to relive the same catastrophe all over again while my prospects of ever having a decent future slowly fades away into the Abyss. I keep hoping for some intervention to rescue me from the shackles of this Corrupted country so that i can at least enjoy some of the privileges people in most countries don't think twice about.
Then go back to syria, Lebanon doesn't want you
I hope you have found peace or have found hope.
I am also Syrian refugee me and my parents fled to Saudi Arabia
The factual representation and the explanation of the collapse through the graphics is on point! Quality video production as always.
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" -J. Dalberg
“Power doesn’t corrupt, it reveals.” -Obama
@@vvolfbelorven7084
exacto.
el poder no corrompe a nadie. solo le da la oportunindad de demostrarte lo corruptos que son.
they are corrupt before in power... that area was from warzone on first palce... peace with corrupt just a price they had to paid to get thier life to normal.. don't mean it is.. before that bomb happen... this is too much a accident.. feeling like that resource was send then.. knowing it would stuck.. knowing that it would not able to left the country since they can reorder... left there for 7 years before it was explsion.. so to get country back to fight...
@@vvolfbelorven7084 tell that to John Dalberg, not me
Power doesn't corrupt. Power attracts those who are corrupt.
Imagine there are so many governments and countries like Lebanon that haven't come into limelight.
Yet.
Yet.
India is one of them
I'd say half of them
It’s so scary having a government divided by religion. I worry as Europe and other places become more diverse these kinds of government will start to take root.
Thank you for drawing light on our situation in Lebanon❤️❤️🇱🇧🇱🇧
inshallah things will get better....
This is where South Africa is headed if corruption in government system is not stopped
Videx Sicarii I really love comments like this. You think Africa is the only place with food shortages? 😅
K
look at brazil economy after the car wash stop corruption is not eazy
Wait till you meet Indian government officials, the currouption is so high that you can pay judge money and win case, politicians built statues using taxpayers' money, they are stealing land from poor people to. Help multimillionaires business, well they give people basic amenities, like 24 hour water and electritricy and and they have solved open toilet problem too with 100% toilet coverage but curroption is just saddening, and sometimes we wonder how our country is still running, India will collapse and divides in pieces if governments were not clever enough to commit crimes perfectly
@@blopblop8970 sadly India already collapsed before (British colonization dropped it from the best economy of the world to the worst) and also divided into 3 (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan).
Ah yes, the classic "it's not my fault so it must be yours."
I see Hisballah saying this, no he is gonna blame it on Israel and Syria and much more. "ISwAeEl CaUsEd ThIs"
It’s what the us have Been doing for decades
@@z.6480 Hezbollah himself said they have no evidence to say whether Israel did this or not, also Syria, really?
@@maazkalim He litterly keeps on saying that, this is coming from a Lebanese. Every time I watch him talking about a situation, he atleast has to blame it on Israel. He even blamed Israel for killing the Hariri.
@@m-hellothere4167 Nah, he says it anyways even thought they aren't involved in it. It's in almost all of his speeches.
it makes me so sad that people have so different possibilitys in life just defined by the place they were born :(
It's a dice roll
We are all brothers and sisters, we can’t forget that
@@hasbulla2012 we ain't ! this is the reason why swathes of this planet are sweatshops still
You can make up for it by being good to the ones that escape from those places and come to your country.
The problem isn’t the place, it’s how much influence religion plays into its economy. All these different religions together are killing these people.
I’m Lebanese, from beirut to be exact ,but a couple years ago i moved to Canada, and almost my whole family lives there(cousins,aunts,uncles,grandparents,etc) and I’m so glad i moved, although I wanted to live there when I was young because everyone I loved was there but now that I’m a bit older, I’m glad I moved
@@user-eb6vc2gs9e yep second one :)
Always amazing to watch this channel.
P.S Amazing choice of soundtracks as well.
I wish VOX borders with Johnny Harris could cover this...
Sadly Borders got cancelled and Johnny left VOX :(
@@user-vu2yb1gy4l , I was really sad watching that video
@@TechoNeko me too :(
Even Johnny isn't safe from a laid off.
I don't know what really happened but Harris was a great asset for VOX, shame on you
One of the saddest events of 2020
I see you on every video i watched since the last two days.
Vincent Cuevas same 😭
you're everywhere
2020 is a sad event.
2020, a series of sad events
I love coming hear again and again....
Well done bro...
Beautiful presentation of the situation!
I feel like we’re sitting here wondering how things can get so corrupt, while our countries are going the same way, but slower.
oh mine was already there 50 years ago
@@flosset9640 ah, you must live in the u.S
@@Idk-gn8ov when was the usa corrupt and no im on the other side of the world
@@flosset9640 1950-60 - present.
@flosset In the US, corporations donate enormous amounts of money to politicians in exchange for passing legislation that aligns with their agenda. Big pharma, oil companies, tobacco conglomerates, etc..
I’m actually from Lebenon, and trust me nothing is perfect. But the people are always nice and help each other. Some may have arguments from time to time, but they stick up for each other. To be real the unn should just take down that government. It’s actually so corrupt I can’t explain
My dad spent a lot of time in the Irish army in peacekeeping missions there
i still remember Beirut being famous for its nightlife
Aal addd
@Karl RAHAL how is Kuwait corrupt Kuwait is good
Im from lebanon
this is the best explanation video! keep it up👏🏼
Yes you guys explained it pretty well. Thanks for spreading awarness about us
as a Lebanese this is a very great detailed video however there’s a still a lot missing.
Can you elaborate more please?
It's very difficult to explain the collapse of the Lebanese economy in just 10 minutes, but imo they did a good job of going over how the Ponzi scheme effectively destroyed all confidence in said system
For an 11 min video It is way above average of information
Missing Hezbollah's taking over this country and suffocating it
It’s a way to USAxplain things to the world and reduce everything to a battle between evil and good
Wow, I know my country has many problems, but these videos just make me realise how far we've come as well. A stable country really is a prized possession nowadays!
Its a Deliberate attack Perpetrated by the best at Deception, Disguised as an accident.
[Pause the video 1 second before the explosion and watch it in slow motion]
Based on what evidence do you claim this? Amazes me how a large part of the public will always believe random conspiracy theories.
webb Dont attribute to malice what you can attribute to sheer stupidity, or I guess here government corruption, which s the real conspiracy.
@@webb7903 okay, let's just try and believe what you're saying is true... Even then who would have done this?
@@grod3an many believe it is an Israeli attack, but no one is claiming this and no one will cause if they do war will be declared. But evrn Hezbollah denied having weapons in there, cause if he said that he had weapons, we would have blamed him for everything that happened, but the truth is everything happened because of him.
thank you for creating this video
Thank you for explaining this, it helps me understand what is happening in Lebanon.
Solidarity with the Lebanese people. They prove humanity can do better. And so they aren't wrong for demanding better.
This is a whole history textbook
It is
sussy
Thanks for shining a light on this.
Lebanon : corrupt politicians that brought the debt to gdp a lot higher during
Greece : hey I have seen this one
At least you are in better position than them!!
You forgot to mention that the Taif Agreement clearly says that all militias must be disarmed and their weaponry handed over to the lebanese military instead.
All of the militiad did indeed disarm with the exception of the shia militia, which later turned into Hezbollah
Found 4 prostitutes
@@gamingchamp6728 u mean 2 right
Dark Ester there’s 3 now
And it ruined us
None of the militias disarmed. Guns are so common there that handing over a few weapons for show won't change anything. In fact, most of these militias still exist. The reason Hezbollah is talked about more is that they're just smarter and supported by Iran.
It's amazing that you could fit something most Lebanese people fail to understand into a 10 minute video.
Thank you, from me and from all my Lebanese brothers and sisters. We appreciate you talking about our country, I learned things I wouldn't have known otherwise. One of these things being the sheer extent of the banking scheme.
Wow, great analysis, thank you!
R.I.P to all that have died and keep their families in your prayers
to grasp the misery of the Lebanese people, there's a famous quote that's being revived... "عايشين من قلة الموت"
which roughly translates to "the only reason we're alive is because we aren't dead yet"
Another way to phrase it is "we're living from not dieng"
religion and politics, what could go wrong
Worked well for Rome
Actually its humans religion and politics is not the problem the world wars weren't started on religion its human greed and cruelity that leads to this
@Tigray Adey exactly thanks I wish more people knew this cause if it's truly religions then why are some of the worst dictators atheists, its human cruelity and greed
@Tigray Adey it's the 7 deadly sin duh not just greed
@@mghq-mobilegamerzhq2533 Because Dictators are always bad? lol what kind of comaprison is that🙄
love to all lebanese people 🇱🇧 ❤️ we are with you guys
They made the biggest mistake you could ever make:
Assuming politicians will care about the country
Thank you for making this. I'm from Lebanon and it saddens me to want to leave this place, I just want to work in peace. But thank you for making this it really helps us a lot.
Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear.
- President Snow
Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well
@@aayushagarwal4138 😂😂
Dude how does it feel to be a bot and how can I make a bot for my self?
What hope? my country was blown up, a woman nearly died in front of me, old people lost the homes they've had for decades and my government is still playing tag.
@@LVE-xr5or bro what?
Im from lebanon and i currently live in lebanon and the information that this video gives is a 100 percent true and i agree with all the statements said in this video , sadly our country is falling apart and it cant be fixed
The Lebanon government after the explosion: aight imma head out
They where like *oh no...anyway*
So true
Nah they were never there in the furst place
this is THE BEST journalism, if they still call "explaining actual situation" journalism
So why didn’t they explain Hizballa part on the explosion? This terror organizations’ control over the public services? I feel like I got only part of the truth (which is worst than a lie)
Imagine if this happened in London or New York, they would treat it bigger than 9/11
Fact
Probably go to war with another made up enemy over it too.
@Anonymous Umm, what?
@Anonymous US deserves this, karma
@Anonymous hahaha
Can’t believe this was two years ago. Time flies so fast now.
this is the best channel for watching this kind of content
This is one of the few resources I have seen that talks about the events leading up to the explosion, instead of other potential disasters in wealthier first-world countries. Great job spreading awareness with this accurate and concise video 👏
You guys made a brilliant short summary of Lebanon's failed system.
Syria and Israel getting into Lebanon also shows how historically Lebanon was so poorly governed. Assad thought he could gain more control over what he sees as "greater Syria". Israel got in because Palestinians settled in the south and started using Lebanon as a launchpad of terror into Israel. This wouldn't happen in a well managed sovereign country.
Sending love to the people of Lebanon! I hope this time you get rid of corruption for good. 🙏
@The Killer That's not a fact but an opinion
@The Killer In my opinion both sides are wrong, and it's not a fact, it's my opinion
- syria was supposed to be our good neighbor but it turns out to be as bad as Israel
- lebanon a small peaceful country ... lebanon have been through a lot
@The Killer All Israel was litteraly doing since it was established is protecting itself. The palestinians and arab neighbours are litteraly the only agressors in this conflict and a small independant research everyone can do will show it. There is no peace-loving country more then Israel- that gave up the majority of the land it legally won only for peace agreements.
If the palestinians ever actually wanted peace and co-existance, the conflict would have been long forgotten already.
@@HillelSe they are technically still at war, so why would they accept help.
There is a story about a couple and their young son who were there as part of a business trip for a few weeks, and when the explosion happened, the large view window shattered and sent a shard of glass into their little boy's chest. The little boy died, and the family is haunted by the entire event, the fact that they weren't even suppose to be there, since their flight out was delayed by another day. So horribly heartbreaking
very good reporting. Thanks!
It’s an absolute shame such a great country is suffering so much. I have a Lebanese girlfriend and she is terrified to go back to Beirut. We live in London
I've heard a lot of random bits and pieces about Lebanon's situation from the news and friends but this put everything into context in a really concise way. Bravo
Every 14 year old: “Sign this Petition”
ALAKBAR
@@jayus2033 *allahu akbar
@@gage8923 that was the joke
@@nifty512 and where was the funny
@@unhxlysilver1688 English pls 😂 the joke was these 14 year olds would say something like alalkbah or alloeagba
The apartment i live in at beirut was literally swinging (all the building) when it exploded 12km away from the origin of tge explosion
Imagine eating lunch then suddently you feel like theres a seism (the glass didnt shatter but 1 km away it did so i didnt realise it was an explosion wave) .....
And this doesn't even mention the immense strain the Syrian refugee crisis has put on Lebanon.....
tobeylee18 yeah now go ahead and blame the Syrians for the crippling Lebanese economy and the inadequacy and corruption of its government, I’m not going to even mention the extreme sectarianism that exists in Lebanon. “Immense strain {...} on Lebanon”, what strain are you even talking about? Economical strain? Social strain? It’s like Lebanon is helping the refugees financially in any shape or form (And I’m not suggesting they’re obligated to but that’s just worth mentioning).
@@antoniowardeh4772 knir antonio. Wallah 3eb 3aleyna ka lebneniyyeh kif 3amalna e5wenna lsuriyyeh
@@antoniowardeh4772 100%
Its easier blaming the poor than the rich
If anything refugees couldve been a hige push forward to the lebanese economy
lifeisshortdon'twasteitreadingmyname if only they were given the right to do so legally and not pushed down and denied the basic right of working legally, which would have eliminated the enslavement and ridiculous salaries given to those people working illegally, which is also at the same time harming the working class Lebanese citizen by creating an unequal competition, but yet again profiting the rich businessmen..
@@antoniowardeh4772 personally i blame both our politicians for corruption and sectarianism ...and syrian refugees because thay came in huge numbers lebanon can't handle especially that this country was already in a crisis
Imagine not mentioning hezboullah
because hezbollah has nothing to do with this you islamophobe?
Luneala I’m a Muslim
Luneala I’m sorry but you really dont know the middle east you shouldn’t impose ur western Standards on our problems
That way you’ll lapel AlQaeda as freedom fighters
What's hezboullah?
bin bin
one of the many terror groups that use the prophecies of the end of time to their political gain or use the fight against israel as a legitimate cause
cant believe that explosion was a year ago today
Thank you Vox for this wonderful reporting of my country’s problems.
I remember Christopher Hitchens criticizing the Lebanese government for having this bizarre system of reserving seats in government for certain religions.
Never in my life have I seen buildings literally evaporate.
good luck to you guys! love from cali!
my god the editing is good
الله يرحم من مات في هذا الانفجار الكبير والله يشفي المصابين ويصبر أهل لبنان 😔💔💔على هذا الحدث نتمنى لكم كل خير تحياتي من السعودية🇸🇦💕💕
ما يستاهلون
"For the fault of evils, innocents pay the price"
-(I don't know if someone said that)
when innocent pay the price, they will be looking for revenge and they will be evil
A long time ago I remember seeing the video of the explosion, never did I comprehend how terrifying this small one was, due to knowing about nukes.
I heard about a couple’s toddler dying in the explosion and that just about broke my heart.
I think they are Australian
Makes me a lot more grateful to be living in a country without a weird political system, but at the same time, I wish I could help out the people affected by the blast.
this is one of the most depressing and heart clenching video i've ever seen.
As someone from Lebanon, it's even more depressing in real life 😞
@@bayXSonic
Unless he is from Syria, Afghanistan or Iraq cause those places are... well we all know. Going through a lot
@@mirzahamzabaig5667 trust me lebanon aint any better. currently syria is way better than lebanon. id move there.
So I've been learning more about the many events that happened in the world, and this video was a great one to learn about the Beirut explosion. I really thought when I first saw this it was a start of a new war, but it apparently was a government failure.
This is an amazing report. For the first time, I now understand the tumultuous history of this country.
No wonder you have 8 million subscribers, all of your videos are detailed and direct to the point. ❤️ More subscribers coming.
Where does Vox get it's soundtracks for these videos??
They are big enough now to hire people to do music for each video if they want.
You can find lots of non copy righted music in youtube
Media often licenses music from commercial libraries for this purpose.
@@ashish00007 I suppose. They do have the money
@obsoleteUbiquity I just realized 😅 thanks!
Really frustrating to watch, but it's still a great video
This was an insightful video.
Glad you raise this issue. One of the very clear explanation so far.
5:00 : What is that Y-Scale? It's a bar graph so it should start from 0, which it does, but than it goes on with 135,150,145. That seems to me a bit confusing.
Yeah, it's confusing; nothing wrong with having your y axis start from 130, which is what I think they meant?
It's ironic since Vox were the ones who made that video about graphs a few years ago.
Scale is taken as 1 unit=5%
Aww u confused?
i think they want you to focus on the 140+ and the comparision through out the years.
i think they want you to focus on the 140+ and the comparision through out the years.
Poor lebanon i hope everyones ok -
Love from Indonesia 🇮🇩 ❤️ 🇱🇧
Beirut
Whatever :/
wow what an informational video