CODEMIKO: The Advanced Future Or Apocalypse Of Media Streaming? | Expose
So, this video took me awhile from a lull of laziness, but I stepped up the theatric effect with spritzy lighting to give it a dramatic and unique feel to match the tone of investigative journalism! What do y’all think? Otherwise, I know I gotta produce these more frequently, but I am juggling between being bite-sized and digestible and sacrificing full analysis and information or very dense but unwatchable and not enjoyable. That’s why I am trying to stick to the 10 minute time frame. Want them longer? Let me know!
What’s up guys, it’s your boy Gazda back at it again with another episode of Expose, this time coming to you from the neon void. Do you like it? In today’s video we are going to switch gears of the series to a person instead of a topic, Codemiko aka Codemiko’s Technician’s real name, spoiler alert, it’s not Miko, I’ll reveal that later so stay tuned. With Codemiko recently getting banned again, it made sense for us to explore her amazing journey as she prepares to return. In this video we will excavate everything we know about her, and answer if she is the future of Twitch and Vtubing Streaming. If you’re new to Expose this series – link up here -- covers human intrigue like people, politics, culture and more with facts first and available at the bottom, now subscribe and ring that notification bell before I drop kick you, it’s free!
Chapter 1: In The Beginning There Was Miko
One of the writers at Ginx, Andres states that Code Miko that which Miko the Technician operates is powered by a thirty-thousand-dollar Xsense suit utilizing the Unreal Engine software.[i] Owning and operating this suit is no joke with that pricetag, but Miko is not some ordinary streamer who just bought this suit put it on and is growing exponentially now. She also got a discount buying it at thirteen thousand five hundred dollars as revealed by Mika Fabella from One E-Sports. He also states that Miko’s background is in research and development and she took her experience from that in live animation to create Miko.[ii]
Really quick, if you’re getting value and enjoying this video smash like and leave me a comment cause I respond to all of them and it helps the channel out more than you think.
Everything you see in a CodeMiko stream is engineered, rigged, created by her. There is no outsourcing or insourcing or resourcing. If you have seen a stream by her, you know she has created this interactive adventure for her users where you can apply big boobs or exploding bodies, and other insanity just by interacting with the stream. It is quite impressive really. If you have never seen a stream by her you may or may not remember a certain show from the early 2000s called Space Ghost: Coast to Coast. This was a interview talk show with Space Ghost reimagined from his Hanna Barbara cartoon hero self and super implanted as a talk show host interviewing real people with hijinx regularly occurring for the viewer to watch.
Codemiko is a spiritual successor as the Technician mocaps Codemiko and interviews guests with the same kind of hijinx. Watching her streams you will hear numerous times she envisions a even more interactive future for her and her fans that doesn’t rely so much on the interviewing, but more of an interactive RPG videogame as even stated in an interview with Cale Michael.[iii]
Chapter 2: Recent Controversies
Miko isn’t without her controversies that have even led to temporary bans. In the same interview with Cale Michael, she admits that the reason for her latest ban was unknowingly revealing someone’s information when discussing online harassment. Stating:
“. . .At this particular moment, we were talking about female harassment online and I asked her what was like the worst comment she had ever received. When I saw the email, it was pretty bad and was more like a threat than a comment. From my experience, threats are almost never from a user’s actual email address, but when I threw up the screenshot, that is basically what got me banned. I violated terms [of service] around privacy.”[iv]
Because Miko is a saucy girl she has found herself in trouble another two times for revealing too much skin exposing the vaginal area in a costume – calm down horn dogs, Miko was revealing too much skin not Technician you sick degenerate, putrid, scum of the. . . actually I’d clap those cheeks too! And another time was for getting send D pics on her virtual character, again, not of the penial variety, actual letter Ds in different sizes and shapes, but Twitch didn’t like the double entendre and banned her a second time.[v]
Chapter 3: The Future Of Twitch?
Now then! Let’s add this all together and speculate on the future with everything we now and know and the crash course that is Codemiko. Miko purchased at a huge discount an Xsense suit for her motion capture adventures. She hails from a background with great familiarity in animation and research. Built Miko from the ground up and continues to add and expand to the experiment and is showing no signs of slowing down. Is this the future? Not even close. Yuna is a unique specimen that was able to bring together all her skills in a unique way and parlay it into something totally unique and that ubiquitous originality is what has attracted her such a large base so quickly, because it is so original. It would be hard to imagine that anyone else would have the skills – although not impossible obviously, not cheap either – and also have the same powerful burst to push through to shattering success again. It’s like lightning, doesn’t strike twice in the same spot very often. I don’t see it being the advanced future of Vtubing, other companies will still handle their stars with that, but I also don’t see her project as the apocalypse of media streaming. Her getting banned several times for failed Twitch policies sure, but as a project; Project Codemiko is a huge success, doesn’t come close to being apocalyptic in ending what streams are and actually shows us what’s possible for interaction on the most hated and loved streaming platform of our time; Twitch.
Oh yeah, we were going to reveal Miko’s name. Right? Well it’s Yuna. As mentioned here.
Now you got what you wanted so how about a proverbial reach around and a subscribe back with accompanying bell smash?
…That’s Miko, but you’re going to wanna watch my Cyberpunk 2077 video to the left, it’s pretty epic if I may say so myself. Thanks for watching and I will see you in that video.
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[i] Aguino, Andres. “Who is CodeMiko? The virtual streamer that will blow your mind” Ginx.TV. December 2, 2020. Accessed February 8, 2021.
[ii] Fabella. Mika. “Vtubers are already taking over YouTube, but is this really the future of content creation?” One E-Sports.GG. February 2, 2020. Accessed February 8, 2020.
[iii] Michael, Cale. “CodeMiko talks reason behind Twitch ban, her approach to streaming, and plans for return stream”. Dotes Sports. January 23, 2021. Accessed February 10, 2021.
[iv] IBID.
[v] Chourasia, Ayank. “They Think I Am a Toxic Person’ Says Teary Eyed CodeMiko After Serving Her Third Ban on Twitch”. Essentially Sports. February 8, 2021. Accessed February 10, 2021.
WAS Cyberpunk 2077 MADE To FAIL?! DARK TRUTH! | Expose
It was quite a holiday break! I enjoyed it! Probably get used to me taking the last few weeks of December off. Its either that or permanently burn out from YouTube! Haha, anyway, like I said, Expose is based on human intrigue and not just focused on politics. Hopefully I am not too late in posting this trending topic, but here is the thorough research! Check out the whole video below or read the paper below that!
Was Cyberpunk 2077 Destined To FAIL?! DARK TRUTH! | Expose
Was Cyberpunk 2077 Destined To FAIL?! This video will uncover the DARK TRUTH! We are gathering all the facts we know so far about Cyberpunk 2077 and serving it on a delicious platter for you in another episode of Expose! Coming up!
#CyberPunk2077 #CyberPunk2077News #Expose
What’s up guys, its your boy Gazda, the hostess with the mostess, the Information Warden himself! Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, all that jazz! I’ve been away enjoying my holiday, but I am back, so welcome to Expose! And today’s episode covers CD Projekt Red’s famed Cyberpunk 2077. A game with so much hype it could raise a country’s inflation rate! If you’re new to Expose, this is a bi-weekly series where we dive into all matters of human intrigue covering culture, politics, people, and more always with facts first and the sources available for you in the description down below! If that sounds awesome to you checkout the playlist right here after you finish watching this video, and subscribe, and hit that notification bell to never miss an upload. Its free and I got some really cool conceptual giveaways planned for the new year as thanks for all the support, so you’re going to want to hear that. Now let’s begin!
We are going to chunk this video into three chapters to understand the impact of Cyberpunk 2077. Like Scrooge we are going to visit all three types of Christmas. CD Projekt Red’s past, present, and future so we may understand what happened, what went wrong, and what the future holds for this juggernaut title! Smash the like button for cool graphics! Helps the channel grow!
Chapter 1: Humble Beginnings
Cyberpunk 2077 was announced in the yesteryears of 2012. According to Edge Magazine’s Jen Simpson, Cyberpunk 2077 is based on a roleplaying tabletop game by Mike Pondsmith.[1] Pondsmith was a consultant on the project to lend his expertise. Engadget columnist Jessica Conditt writes that the game draws strong influence from other notable series like the Japanese animation Ghost in the Shell, Deux Ex, and Blade Runner. And she states that “The role system comes straight from the pen-and-paper Cyberpunk.”[2] Not bad shows to pull influence from if you ask me, although I…well…I might get cancelled for this, but never caught the hype-train for Blade Runner. It was a cool movie I guess. . .anyway, moving on.
According to Robert Purchese from Eurogamer, as soon as CD Projekt Red finished production on famed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, they with only 50 staff members on available dove right into pre-production of Cyberpunk 2077.[3] Don’t worry, the staff was later expanded upon the team size eventually eclipsed that of The Witcher 3. However, how long into pre-production before that occurred and to what stage of framework were they on that could have impacted them later is not revealed in this article. The game was meticulously planned with groups focused on only one area of expertise, an entirely new studio opening up and big names like NVIDIA for ray-tracing and QLOC for quality assurance.[4][5][6] Optimization was at the heart of the mission as claimed by this studio, yet, for all intents and purposes we know that wasn’t the reality. No, not even close. . .
Chapter 2: Insanity Begins
Delays, delays, delays. That was the plague-train of being an obedient fan salivating at the lips waiting to take a bite into this game as every planned release got pushed back by the developers, claiming it just isn’t done yet, but hold on, its coming soon and will be worth it, we promise. CD Projekt Red proclaimed that they won’t release an unfinished game and that you wouldn’t enjoy it either, so it will be ready when its ready. Come November of 2020, it looked like this was it, finally, no more delays, the game will officially launch on December 10th, of 2020! Five days, four days, three days, no last-minute announcement delays, two days! Almost there! One day! Its tonight! And then, the unthinkable. [show scenes of glitchy gameplay, people having stood in line for hours] WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?!
Cyberpunk 2077 was a mess. [Donald Trump calling Jeb Bush a mess, a waste]. Naked player models. T-Posing. Copyright sound music not being playable. Crazy driving mechanics. And more insane bugs! Why have the development Gods forsaken us and only left us with a dong creator. . .
Clarity arrives! Reviews from critics start pouring in. Playstaion 4 and Xbox One reviews are very mixed.[7][8] Turns out reviews by critics like Kallie Plagge were based on the PC version![9] And you needed a supped up computer at that to run it like they experienced. But wait! There’s more! PC Gamer reported that Eurogamer reported that CD Projekt Red let the cat out of the bag via tweet that:
“First of all, we would like to start by apologizing for not showing the game on base last-gen consoles before it premiered and, in consequence, not allowing you to make a more informed decision about your purchase. We should have paid more attention to making it play better on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One."[10]
How underhanded! The New York Times and The Guardian even wrote pieces on it dogging on it and the horrendous misfire that this game became after almost ten years of suspense and build-up. The game was optimized for the newest consoles we learned. Something many (myself included) have struggled to get hold of without paying eye-gouging prices by scalpers. With all the slamming and slandering and hilarious glitch videos equaling a huge swath of inescapable bad press, the company had no choice but to begin offering refunds. Sony Playstation even stepped in to offer refunds for a while as written by Jonathan Dombush![11] With many patch updates being launched since release that stabilizes a lot of bugs it seems it is being stitched to a playable state, but for many of us, we took our dong in hand and left. . .
Chapter 3: 2077 Years Later
Looking to the future, Cyberpunk 2077 is no No Man’s Sky and shouldn’t be confused for that – and that game basically finally has everything it promised it would have now. Here’s the difference. Cyberpunk 2077 didn’t fabricate what it was like No Man’s Sky. It was what it set out to be from the getgo, but it was just usurped by not enough testing and quality control on the majority system that most people myself included purchased the game for. No Man’s Sky made huge promises and delivered on basically none on day one. So let’s not equate them. This is Apples to Oranges. Even so, there was a class-action lawsuit filed against the publisher in California on December 24th, 2020 as reported by Nicole Carpenter by the investors.[12] And as mentioned earlier, they are bleeding money from numerous refunds and their reputation took a hammering![13] So the future for the development team and game will have a few rough bumps, but is not impossible to recover from and retain players, albeit smaller than anticipated and projected. Let’s bring it in for the conclusion.
In conclusion, the Dark Truth and underlying theme here was game politics at its finest. The developers knowingly misled consumers and even reviewers with the final product they were actually getting. To what extent they knew these bugs would occur en-masse to the general public who are mostly playing on consoles they didn’t do enough quality assurance testing on, no body knows. Maybe, they were strapped from deadlines and couldn’t get any extensions further knowing the blowback from consumers and maybe even CD Projekt Red’s bosses would be too severe, so they sent the game out on a wing and a prayer hoping for the best. And that is where I am inclined to believe they were more closely at strategic thinking wise. They obviously didn’t plan for it being this bad but thought they could squeak by with a few mishaps and patch it and the blowback of a delay was far more disasterous. So, was there malicious intent here? No, I do not think so, I don’t think there was, I just think there was incompetence from senior staff and maybe even drinking too much of their own do-no-wrong Kool-Aid. What do you guys think? Do you guys think they did this on purpose? Love to read it in a comment down below! I read and respond to most if not all comments! Don’t forget to subscribe and ring that notification bell to never miss more Expose. Its free. And check out the Cyberpunk 2077 gaming series I started here for funs if you want epic gaming content by yours truly! I’m Gazda, watch your dongs, keep them safe, and I will see you for the next video! Bye!
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[1] Simpkins, Jen (November 2018). "How CD Projekt Red is making sci-fi real in Cyberpunk 2077, a game years ahead of anything we've ever seen before". Edge. No. 324. pp. 59–69. Accessed January 6, 2021.
[2] Conditt, Jessica (1 August 2012). "CD Projekt Red's 'Cyberpunk' inspired by System Shock, Blade Runner [Update]". Engadget. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Accessed January 6, 2021.
[3] Purchese, Robert (10 June 2018). "CD Projekt Red unveils Cyberpunk 2077 at E3 2018". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Accessed January 6, 2021.
[4] Morris, Tatiana (22 March 2017). "New Cyberpunk 2077 details suggest mid-2019 release". GameZone. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Accessed January 6, 2021
[5] Chalk, Andy (21 March 2018). "CD Projekt Red launches a new studio to support Cyberpunk 2077". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Accessed January 6, 2021
[6] Chen, Amy (27 August 2018). "CD Projekt Red Confirms Cyberpunk 2077 Optimized for PC, PS4, and Xbox One From Beginning". Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020. Accessed January 6, 2021
[7] "Cyberpunk 2077 for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020. Accessed January 6, 2021.
[8] “Cyberpunk 2077 for Xbox One Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020. Accessed January 6, 2021.
[9] Plagge, Kallie (7 December 2020). "Cyberpunk 2077 Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020. Accessed January 6, 2021.
[10] Humphries, Matthew. "CD Projekt Red Offers Apology and Refunds for Cyberpunk 2077". PCGamer. Archived from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020. Accessed January 6, 2021.
[11] Dornbush, Jonathon (17 December 2020). "Sony Removing Cyberpunk 2077 from PS Store, Will Offer Refunds to PlayStation Players Who Already Bought It". IGN. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020. Accessed January 6, 2021.
[12] Carpenter, Nicole (24 December 2020). "CD Projekt facing class action lawsuit over Cyberpunk 2077 release". Polygon. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020. Accessed January 6, 2021.
[13] December 2020, Demi Williams. "The cost of fixing Cyberpunk 2077 is "irrelevant" compared to restoring company reputation, says CDPR". gamesradar. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020. Accessed January 6, 2021.
Donald Trump Vs. Joe Biden: WILL Trump LEAVE?! | Expose
Expose dives into the new political reality we face with a President refusing to concede against his opponent and fight on. In this video of Expose, with the election results called for President-Elect Joseph Biden in the battle of President Donald J. Trump Vs. Joe Biden Election 2020, I answer if he will leave the White House, effectively, conceding and using American political history as examples, or if he will fight and how he can stay in power using the machinations of Trump's 2020 campaign. Armed with Sidney Powell (formerly), and Rudy Giuliani, as well as Jenna Ellis, this has been one crazy historic event day after day in the electoral challenges to Arizona, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, and Texas and so many recounts your head will spin. Even hardcore Trump supporters like former advisor Kellyanne Conway have now parted ways, does Trump stand a chance or will he leave?
Inside The Machinations Of Trump
“Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.” – William Gaddis
America has stood as a beacon of the world early on since its inception in 1776. At the time of its founding, the idea of democracy and a government was still a relatively new idea and countries throughout the world still had monarchies with significant sway over their people they were charged to govern. Today the bedrock of America has stood strong with its commitment to a peaceful transfer of power, and America’s institutions. Our institutions are only as strong as the bulwark of the people charged to defend and uphold them. Now that our the 2020 Presidential Election has more or less been decided as Joseph Biden has had enough states certifying his victory and President Donald Trump has had his many days in court with everything so far being thrown out, we must ask the question, will Donald Trump leave? And what can the past tell us of those in office refusing to do so? What are the levers to protect against a President becoming a mad king? In this video we are going to answer those questions by first exploring America’s examples of anything close, talking of Trump’s norm abiding, and finally, looking into if he continues to resist followed by my final thoughts.
Chapter 1: America’s Only Examples
When we, in America, look at leadership and power in politics we believe we are exceptions to all the rules, yeah, coups happen in other countries like Sri Lanka and South Africa but not here. We tell ourselves it can’t happen here, and although no President yet has refused to concede and turn over the keys to the executive branch to the next newly minted President, that doesn’t mean other lower offices haven’t tried to disobey the will of the voters. Barbara McQuade, former U.S District Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan wrote earlier this year on three explicit examples. The first being in 1874 by Governor Edmund J. Davis the incumbent who lost to Richard Coke. The margin of victory by the Democratic challenger twice that of Governor Davis in 1873. Governor Davis claimed that the election was tainted with fraud and intimidation. It went as far as to the state supreme court who had all been installed by Governor Davis. They subsequently ruled the election unconstitutional and invalid. The Democrats urged the public to balk this decision and proceeded with Coke’s inauguration. On that day, Coke arrived with a squad of sheriffs. Davis locked himself downstairs in the basement with a group of state troopers. He reached out to President Ulysses S. Grant for federal officers to assist him, to which the President refused and three days later, Davis stepped down.
Another example shared by McQuade is in Georgia in 1946. The governor-elect of that election cycle died unexpectedly. A standoff of who should assume power occurred. Between the governor-elect’s son, the lieutenant governor-elect, and the outgoing governor. The state assembly voted to appoint the position to the deceased governor-elect’s son. The outgoing governor refused and for a moment in time both the outgoing governor and the governor-elect’s son were both occupying the governor’s office, until the governor-elect’s son had the locks changed, forcing the outgoing governor to relent. Ultimately, the state supreme court declared the position to be charged and executed by the lieutenant governor. Evidently, it appears nepotism did not prevail.
Finally, McQuade shares Franklin D. Roosevelt’s refusal to yield the presidency after two terms, having ran for a third and even a fourth term. George Washington had set the norm that a President should only serve two terms and until this point everyone before FDR had exercised this norm, but FDR did not. It wasn’t until 1951 that the 22nd amendment was enacted that barred a President from serving more than two terms. It was enacted due to the growing threat of a permanent executive a.k.a. something akin to a king.[i] What threads do all these stories share? A thread of a refusal to norms and practices. There appears to be a lot of gray area in believing morally, people will accept norms and practices on good faith, but these real examples of American history show that in order to make a norm something followed, you have to plan for an unscrupulous actor, you have to make it a law, just as the 22nd Amendment did.
Chapter 2: Will Trump Abide By The Norms?
President Donald Trump has been anything but an average typical President in every facet of his tenure. And I could make – as thousands already have – a whole video exploring his nature, hell, maybe I will in the future, make sure to subscribe. However, whether you love him or hate him we can admit that his persona is very unique to the White House. President Trump has had multiple challenges in court regarding this election, but many of these cases have been thrown out and dismissed. Sam Norman of Fox News reported the Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out the election observers challenge.[ii] Thomas Barrabi also of Fox News reported on another Pennsylvania court case being thrown out trying to dismiss absentee voters with missing information.[iii] And there have been countless others not just from conservative sources. It appears now however, Trump will abide by the norms and leave office as he is considering running again in 2024 according to rumors reported by NPR’s Tamara Keith.[iv] Additionally, according to The Guardian’s reporting during a press briefing the President was asked if he will leave. Here is that video in full.[v]
Expose will always put the facts first whether they suit the narrative or not so that you are fully informed and I have to be that information warden to let everyone know that President Donald J. Trump’s insistent hypothesis that this election was full of fraud and illegal voting to this day has not been proven with any evidence and is opinion based, anecdotal, and false based on all evidence available. Former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Industry Director Chrisopher Krebs stated “ICYMI: On allegations that election systems were manipulated, 59 election security experts all agree, ‘in every case of which we are aware, these claims either have been unsubstantiated or are technically incoherent.’ #Protect2020”[vi]
Former Director Krebs job was to ensure that this election was secure just as a final thought.
Chapter 3: Pulling a 360
What if at the midnight hour or within the next month and a half President Donald Trump pulls an about face and reneges on his promise to leave office if the electors choose President-elect Joseph Biden on December 14th may be a question you are asking. Well according to the U.S Constitution’s 20th Amendment Section 1 it states the following:
The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.[vii]
So in the event that the electors do choose President-elect Joseph Biden on the 14th of December, which by all accounts looks to be extremely likely, whether he likes it or not he won’t have any power at noon on January 20th. This is one example where there is no gray. It is cut and dry. His power evaporates. He could theoretically order anything and any form of protection to him that day, but after noon he loses all power. And personally, I don’t see Trump as the type to lock himself in the basement. A basement? That is a shithole, when he has literal palaces to return to.
Conclusion: Final Thoughts?
In conclusion today we explored how important norms are to be codified in law and a review of how our institutions are only as strong as we believe and accept them to be. We provided three examples in American history that highlighted how they can be eroded by people. We then looked at Trump’s options and what could happen if he tried to go the route of the three examples. Remember, if you want to make your voice heard whether you’re conservative or liberal, you need to speak up. You need to be involved and you can’t expect your elected officials will have your best interest if you’re not showing them you will vote them out if they don’t listen to you and aren’t getting involved. Stay informed and stay involved.
[i] McQuade, Barbara. “What Would Happen If Trump Refused to Leave Office?”. The Atlantic. February 22, 2020. Accessed December 4, 2020.
[ii] Norman, Sam. “Trump campaign loses Pennsylvania Supreme Court challenge to Philadelphia election observers” Fox News Corporation. November 17, 2020. Accessed December 4, 2020.
[iii] Barrabi, Thomas. “PA Supreme Court rejects Trump challenge to absentee ballots in Allegheny County”. Fox News Corporation. November 17, 2020. Accessed December 4, 2020.
[iv] Keith, Tamara. “President Trump Seriously Considering 2024 Run As He Continues False 2020 Claims” NPR. December 2, 2020. Accessed December 4, 2020.
[v] The Guardian YouTube. “Trump says he will leave White House before attacking reporters for asking him questions”. The Guardian. November 26, 2020. Accessed December 4, 2020.
[vi] Krebs, Chris. “Tweet”. November 17, 2020. Accessed December 5, 2020
[vii] U.S Constitution 20th Amendment. “20th Amendment; Section 1” Passed by Congress March 2, 1932. Ratified January 23, 1933. Accessed December 4, 2020.
Expose dives into the political uncertainty of this election, even with results clear, we face a new dichtomy and I explore what are the President’s options at this stage in the game with the facts and sources here for you to read or watch the video above!
CIVIL WAR?! HOW Likely After American Election 2020? | Expose
This is the first foray into the investigative journalism I have always wanted to make. This on how an American Civil War Part Deux may be inevitable.
In this video, we explore how a Second American Civil War may be yet to come after election day 2020 for this 2020 presidential election between Donald J. Trump & Mike Pence and Joe Biden (Joseph R. Biden) & Kamala Harris in the United States. Whether you're Red or Blue, Democrat or Republican, politics is politics and history gives us a purview of why this may come to pass in these current events. The world is watching on this news. . .
#Gazda #Expose #AmericanElection
“This union has been divided in like a civil war - brother against brother - sister against sister. And I'm pulling it together. We've already seen evidence of that in New York, in Pennsylvania, in California. The first thing is we have to get on the same page. We have to be united in one cause.” -- James P. Hoffa
For us to understand where we are going and what may be yet to come after this presidential election between Donald J. Trump and Joseph R. Biden, we must understand that people are in a lot of aspects, cyclical and repetitive. As such, looking back often allows us to look ahead. History tends to repeat itself as they say. Today we are not faced with red versus blue. We are faced with a division of belief of how life should be lived and operated in America. We had an America ripe with strife and intolerance. It was April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865. This was the time of the Civil War in America and it may be the key to understanding if after November 3rd 2020, we may be on our way to another one.
Chapter 1: Class, Class, Class
Classism is as old as time, however, something today is different. The classist divide is wider than its ever been and more outspoken and in our faces. There is a belief on how America should move forward, similarly this was also rumbling in the press and communities back in the 19th century. Jason Phillips author of Looming Civil War: How Nineteenth-Century Americans Imagined the Future writes:
“WHILE SOME AMERICANS IMAGINED a civil war sparked by competition for the frontier, others envisioned a sectional conflict between rival classes and economies. Radicals in both regions imagined an unavoidable battle between free labor and slavery…ANXIOUS FINANCIAL OBSERVERS FORECASTED a clash between northern and southern labor systems. Senator William Seward prophesied an “irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces” that meant (p.61) ‘the United States must and will, sooner or later, become either entirely a slaveholding nation, or entirely a free-labor nation.’”[1]
If you pay attention you can see a eerily similar desire in today’s America. Michael J. Boskin points out the hotly contested debates that led to the formation and creation of a new ideology under NAFTA’s inception. [2] A move towards more free trade was incepted. Now we have the USMCA act that replaced NAFTA, but the results are still the same. A move towards open and free trade by some – until one point both political parties just in different amounts as a previous Republican party did support trade – with now a wider opposition against it by others. Donald Trump’s platform after all has been putting America first and first in all aspects of trade agreements. It is straight out of a populist playbook. A wide dichotomy such as this is similar to a two sect belief system that existed between the North and the South in the 19th century when debating if labor systems should include slavery or not.
Chapter 2: Why Does Populism Matter?
Populism creates an ‘Other’. This ‘Other’ is usually defined as an enemy against the masses. The ‘Other’ can be anyone or anything, but usually is a powerful force or powerful set of people from which the people can thrust their blame and grievances upon desiring retribution. Francisco Panizza author of Populism and the Mirror of Democracy describes it succinctly as thus:
“Populism is thus a mode of identification available to any political actor operating in a discursive field in which the notion of the sovereignty of the people and its inevitable corollary, the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, are core elements of its political imaginary.”[3]
Does this sound familiar to anyone who has been watching any amount of television the last four years? Or am I taking crazy pills? Populism grinds a blade of autonomy within it. This idea of taking power back from the elites. Restoring what was taken from you by those too powerful to stop. Populism usually includes a strongman figure (in our case that would be Donald Trump) that will fight ‘The Establishment’ on your behalf. Let’s explore with a little bit more history this idea of autonomy. Christopher Clausen writes that autonomy and racial oppression were not on paper tied hand-in-hand to the reasoning of secession by the South. Yes, slavery did make the divide unable to reach a brokerage, but at hand was the idea that secessionists believed their actions prime, just, and traditional. It was a preemptive strike against the counterrevolution they saw the Republicans were creating.[4] Looking at today’s climate, the similarities are eerily. This stopped being a fight for Red & Blue, Left or Right, on Policies, but has morphed and continues to morph on how life should be lived. It’s a value based society we have entered into. How should one person live. What is the right or wrong way of living is what is on America’s table.
Chapter 3: Their End Explains Our Future
If we are to explain what we may be encountering very soon it again helps to look to the past to see how civil wars were ultimately resolved and a normative state of acceptance of difference was reached (mostly). Viewing history’s lens in this regard enables us to envision how America can move forward together again. Caroline Hartzell, gives a few examples in her piece Stabilizing the Peace after Civil War: An Investigation of Some Key Variables. Two strong factors she purports is the failure to include an out group or minority group within the country’s leadership/administration to help quell tensions, and building horizontally on that, a strong, robust, and stabile leadership/administration. Examples they give include the Sri Lanken prejudice and unfair treatment of the Tamil people for the former example and the instability of the Congolese President Laurant Kabila for the latter example.[5] In essence, what this means is bridging the divide by the administration in control, trying to find middle ground and including the opposing faction in positions of leadership with buy-in. No matter which administration wins out, this information is vital to adopt and implement lest we prove again how history will repeat itself.
Chapter 4: Where Do We Go From Here?
This topic is quite vast and I am no Civil War expert, but I do enjoy reading and pay attention to history and trends, and should we not try and bridge our divides then America will suffer Currently we are at a fracture wherein each side sees the other as a harbinger of the end. The symptoms of ‘The Other’ have settled in and dehumanizing tactics are already taking root in the typical Us-Versus-Them mentality. America has avoided a complete breakdown for many years due to the strength of our institutions and belief in their ability to work. Many countries have succumbed and lost their democracy; America’s exceptionalism isn’t exceptional enough to avoid a similar fate. If you agreed and enjoyed this video, share it on social media to help inform your friends and reach out to someone you disagree with and start a dialogue. Simple moves like this can bridge our current divide and restore us. We are all in this together.
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[1] Phillips, Jason. Looming Civil War : How Nineteenth-century Americans Imagined the Future. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2018.
[2] Boskin, Michael J. NAFTA at 20. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 2014.
[3] Piazza, Francisco. Populism and the Mirror of Democracy. Accessed November 3, 2020.
[4] Clausen, Christopher. America's changeable Civil War: a century and a half after the first state seceded from the Union, a lively debate over what caused the Civil War continues. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Spring 2010. Accessed November 3, 2020.
[5] Hartzell, Caroline, Matthew Hoddie, and Donald Rothchild. "Stabilizing the Peace after Civil War: An Investigation of Some Key Variables." International Organization 55, no. 1 (2001): 183-208. Accessed November 6, 2020.