My video Government Explained has been mirrored by several different people on youtube. It has also been translated into several languages and has been dubbed into German. This post is a collections of all these different versions. Total views across all versions are now over half a million!
Original Upload
Government Explained - original upload by grahampwright on 7 March 2012 - 319,432 views - includes subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, Slovenian, Slovak and Traditional Chinese. Thanks to William Tougeron (French), manuelmeint (German), keeluad (Spanish), Leon Goran Milosevic (Slovenian), TuNeCedeMalis11 (Slovak) and Chris Yang (Traditional Chinese) for the translations.
Dubbed Version
Das Ding namens „Regierung" - German dubbed - uploaded by FreiwilligFrei on 12 March 2012 - 20,340 views
Faster Version
Government Explained - edited down from 9:28 to 7:52 by LA Liberty, without losing any lines - uploaded to vimeo on 29 March 2012 - 199 views
Mirrors with Original Translations
Ako funguje vláda (Government explained) - Slovak subtitles - uploaded by TuNeCedeMalis11 on 10 March 2012 - 46,520 views
El Gobierno Explicado - Spanish subtitles by keelaud - upload by grahampwright on 26 March 2012 -
69,644 views
τι είναι η κυβέρνηση - Greek subtitles - upload by aitherovamones on 27 March 2012 - 53,603 views
什麼是政府？(Government Explained) - Traditional Chinese subtitles - uploaded by Chris Yang on 24 January 2013 - 8 views
Objašnjenje Vlade - Serbian subtitles - uploaded by Devedeset Devet
More Mirrors
Government Explained - uploaded by sgtpete1 on 9 March 2012 - 1,954 views
Government Literally Explained - uploaded by TheLibertyPirate on 11 March 2012 - 212 views
Government Explained (mirror) - uploaded by GangStalkerUK on 12 March 2012 - 81 views -now removed
Ako funguje vláda (Government explained) (www.SLOVENSKO.co.uk) - Slovak subtitles - uploaded by anonymousSlovenko on 14 March 2012 - 410 views
Government Explained !! - To an Alien !! - uploaded by pokertron on 16 March 2012 - 877 views - now removed
Government Explained - Vimeo - uploaded by Uyghur on 17 March 2012 - 8 views - now removed
Government Explained - DotSUB upload by FubulousBB on 17 March 2012 - 287 views
Government Explained !! - To an Alien !! - upload by ikonabass on 24 March 2012 - now removed
El gobierno explicado - Spanish subtitles - upload by themarketanarchy on 2 April 2012 - 39,556 views
El Gobierno Explicado - Spanish subtitles - upload by Sergio Mack-Nelson on 14 April 2012
Movimiento Ateísta : El Gobierno Explicado. - Spanish subtitles - upload by Movimiento Ateísta on 4 May 2012
El Gobierno Explicado - Spanish subtitles - upload by morttisv5 on 4 May 2012
¿que es un gobierno? - Spanish subtitles - upload by ojosdeunesclavo on 13 July 2012 - now removed
Government Explained / ¿Qué es el Gobierno? - upload by thorcido on 8 Feb 2013
Government Explained / ¿Qué es el Gobierno? - music edition - upload by thorcido on 8 Feb 2013
The Sequel - Original Upload
Government Explained 2: The Special Piece of Paper - uploaded by grahampwright on 14 Oct 2012 - 4,987 views
The Sequel - Dubbed Versions
Das spezielle Stück Papier vom Ding namens "Regierung" - German dubbed - upload by FreiWilligFrei on 30 Oct 2012 - 1,994 views
Das spezielle Stück Papier vom Ding namens Regierung - German dubbed - upload by manuelmeint on 16 Nov 2012 - 33 views
The Sequel - Subtitled Versions
El gobierno explicado 2 - El pedazo de papel especial - Spanish subtitles - upload by themarketanarchy on 6 Nov 2012
These are all the ones I know about. There may be more. I only know about the German one because the uploader let me know about it and I sent him my transcript. It does not show up if you just search for '"Government Explained" in German' so there could be others I'm not aware of.
The view counters are as of 24 January 2013.
If you would like to create a new translation, the English transcript is here, or if you send me an email (GrahamWrightUK at Gmail dot Com) I can send you a timestamped caption file so the subtitles can easily be added to the original video.
Journal of a Libertarian Anarchist and Austrian Economist
Friday, 23 March 2012
Thursday, 15 March 2012
You mentioned Ron Paul... oh dear!
4 minutes of analysis of the Republican primaries by MSNBC. Ron Paul is not mentioned until the very end. And as soon as his name is uttered, the host says "oh dear".
It is as though they are operating on the principle that Ron Paul is to be ignored as much as possible. This host sounds as though the mention of Ron Paul has cost her something. Maybe she gets a cookie from her boss every time they have a segment where no one mentions the name Ron Paul.
Skip to 3:39.
It is as though they are operating on the principle that Ron Paul is to be ignored as much as possible. This host sounds as though the mention of Ron Paul has cost her something. Maybe she gets a cookie from her boss every time they have a segment where no one mentions the name Ron Paul.
Skip to 3:39.
Sunday, 11 March 2012
Responses to my Government Explained video
The response to my latest video has been overwhelming. Thank you to everyone who liked, commented, shared it, etc! 32k views in just 4 days!
This post is a collection of some of the responses I have seen online.
A video response:
LIES : This video will make you rethink what you think you know to be true.
"I think it's probably the best video I've ever seen, as far as putting the government in a nutshell and really making you think about things."
Some places it is being shared and discussed:
http://freetheanimal.com/2012/03/what-if-you-had-to-explain-21st-century-humanity-to-a-smart-alien.html
http://www.wickedfire.com/shooting-shit/152751-government-explained.html
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/15923264
http://www.facebook.com/Capitalists/posts/264799206933552
http://humanformat.tumblr.com/post/19044126945/government-explained-an-inquisitive-alien-visits
http://nexus.2012info.ca/forum/showthread.php?9862-Government-Explained
http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/2012/03/government_expl.html
http://mises.org/Community/forums/p/28421/460264.aspx
http://concen.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=44989&pid=239322
http://misbehavedwoman.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/government-explained/
http://thesechangingtimezradio.ning.com/video/government-explained
http://www.reddit.com/r/occupywallstreet/comments/qosbv/government_explained_you_must_watch_this_video/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Anarcho_Capitalism/comments/qmq0g/government_explained/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Anarcho_Capitalism/comments/qpu46/explaining_government_to_an_alien/
http://www.politicalbuddies.com/f139/government-explained-4159/
http://iparte.com/videos/2185/9616/government-explained
http://digg.com/news/politics/government_explained_to_an_alien_race
http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2012/03/government-explained/
http://whatreallyhappened.org/content/government-explained
Some selected Youtube comments:
"A great video to share and gently wake up family and friends. Awareness through humor."
"Do you find it strange that murder is a huge crime that is against the law, but by war it its justified. I find that strange, hypocritical and contradicting. And quite stupid. You can't kill unless they say so."
"you did my dreams come true in this!!! INFINITE THANX!"
"Absolutely Brilliant!"
"I have two words to sum up my reaction to this video: standing ovation."
"This video is excellent. I've often wondered what an alien, or someone from the future would think if they came to present day earth. Great premise."
"Best video I have ever seen."
"XD I laughed at the ending "...yeah that's pretty much government", I shouldn't though, it's sad :p"
"what can you not like about this video.?"
"Now, if only the masses would watch this video like they blindly watched that stupid Kony video, we could all actually live free."
"excellent ... the 'alien thought experiment' the first step in achieveing an open mind ;)"
"This video really opened up my mind and hopefully others about how often we don't even think about such things... Mindlessly being controlled... By who? By what? Why?..."
"1 dislike? How's that possible! He must have sneezed and hit the wrong button :}"
"wow. that is all i can say~ wow. :o( ok~ one more thing~ RON PAUL 2012!"
"Rothbard, Molinari, Spooner, and many others are smiling right now."
"Priceless. This video exposes the brainwashed, dumbed down lunacy of the public and its absurd thinking when it comes to government. The arguments used by the 'human' are terrifyingly familiar. You see them every day in the articles and comments of the newspapers. I put 'human' in single quotes because no true human being believes what the character on the right is saying. Graham Wright, you are a talented true human!"
"Great video! The socratic method ftw."
"Fantastic work Graham! I was at that conference in 2011 and found Larken's presentation to be an very well done example of dialectic to explain the fiction that is government."
"THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO EVER ! ! !! ;)"
Selected comments from elsewhere on the web:
"Great video! It really connects to the reality nowdays. Love the alien!"
"The Alien is obviously an Anarcho-Capitalist... I bet he reads Mises too."
"Astounding! Great work!"
"Your video was amazing! So many great topics were discussed, and I see room for tons more development. Once again, this video is fantastic! Superb!"
"That was awesome. Definitely a good perspective on the whole situation. And when the aliens do land, I hope some of them talk in a British accent."
"That is a brilliant video. Well worth the entire watch. It's nice to see things from a different perspective like that."
"That was a very entertaining watch. Thanks for sharing!"
"sendin this vid to everyone i know, nice post!"
"funny on a douglas adams level "
"This video is brilliant in its simplicity."
"LOLz + cry"
"Great vid. And 100% bang on."
"I thought this was f***ing genius."
"I've watched and laughed about 3 times... the alien is appealing to an enlightened sense of ethics and morality, and finds it perplexing that the practicalities don't really follow from stated premises... The alien is a practical guy. But, he's dealing with primitives, and zeros in on contradictions that go wholly unanswered or resolved. "
"This video is really a dead-on accurate (and humorously presented) explanation of the current conditioning we live with and live under. "
"what a fantastic video... it is funny, though at the same time serious, great animations too...and i think the alien is great...and thinks about what he says...shame the man didnt... twittered, facebooked & liked woo yeah"
This post is a collection of some of the responses I have seen online.
A video response:
LIES : This video will make you rethink what you think you know to be true.
"I think it's probably the best video I've ever seen, as far as putting the government in a nutshell and really making you think about things."
Some places it is being shared and discussed:
http://freetheanimal.com/2012/03/what-if-you-had-to-explain-21st-century-humanity-to-a-smart-alien.html
http://www.wickedfire.com/shooting-shit/152751-government-explained.html
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/15923264
http://www.facebook.com/Capitalists/posts/264799206933552
http://humanformat.tumblr.com/post/19044126945/government-explained-an-inquisitive-alien-visits
http://nexus.2012info.ca/forum/showthread.php?9862-Government-Explained
http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/2012/03/government_expl.html
http://mises.org/Community/forums/p/28421/460264.aspx
http://concen.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=44989&pid=239322
http://misbehavedwoman.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/government-explained/
http://thesechangingtimezradio.ning.com/video/government-explained
http://www.reddit.com/r/occupywallstreet/comments/qosbv/government_explained_you_must_watch_this_video/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Anarcho_Capitalism/comments/qmq0g/government_explained/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Anarcho_Capitalism/comments/qpu46/explaining_government_to_an_alien/
http://www.politicalbuddies.com/f139/government-explained-4159/
http://iparte.com/videos/2185/9616/government-explained
http://digg.com/news/politics/government_explained_to_an_alien_race
http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2012/03/government-explained/
http://whatreallyhappened.org/content/government-explained
Some selected Youtube comments:
"A great video to share and gently wake up family and friends. Awareness through humor."
"Do you find it strange that murder is a huge crime that is against the law, but by war it its justified. I find that strange, hypocritical and contradicting. And quite stupid. You can't kill unless they say so."
"you did my dreams come true in this!!! INFINITE THANX!"
"Absolutely Brilliant!"
"I have two words to sum up my reaction to this video: standing ovation."
"This video is excellent. I've often wondered what an alien, or someone from the future would think if they came to present day earth. Great premise."
"Best video I have ever seen."
"XD I laughed at the ending "...yeah that's pretty much government", I shouldn't though, it's sad :p"
"what can you not like about this video.?"
"Now, if only the masses would watch this video like they blindly watched that stupid Kony video, we could all actually live free."
"excellent ... the 'alien thought experiment' the first step in achieveing an open mind ;)"
"This video really opened up my mind and hopefully others about how often we don't even think about such things... Mindlessly being controlled... By who? By what? Why?..."
"1 dislike? How's that possible! He must have sneezed and hit the wrong button :}"
"wow. that is all i can say~ wow. :o( ok~ one more thing~ RON PAUL 2012!"
"Rothbard, Molinari, Spooner, and many others are smiling right now."
"Priceless. This video exposes the brainwashed, dumbed down lunacy of the public and its absurd thinking when it comes to government. The arguments used by the 'human' are terrifyingly familiar. You see them every day in the articles and comments of the newspapers. I put 'human' in single quotes because no true human being believes what the character on the right is saying. Graham Wright, you are a talented true human!"
"Great video! The socratic method ftw."
"Fantastic work Graham! I was at that conference in 2011 and found Larken's presentation to be an very well done example of dialectic to explain the fiction that is government."
"THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO EVER ! ! !! ;)"
Selected comments from elsewhere on the web:
"Great video! It really connects to the reality nowdays. Love the alien!"
"The Alien is obviously an Anarcho-Capitalist... I bet he reads Mises too."
"Astounding! Great work!"
"Your video was amazing! So many great topics were discussed, and I see room for tons more development. Once again, this video is fantastic! Superb!"
"That was awesome. Definitely a good perspective on the whole situation. And when the aliens do land, I hope some of them talk in a British accent."
"That is a brilliant video. Well worth the entire watch. It's nice to see things from a different perspective like that."
"That was a very entertaining watch. Thanks for sharing!"
"sendin this vid to everyone i know, nice post!"
"funny on a douglas adams level "
"This video is brilliant in its simplicity."
"LOLz + cry"
"Great vid. And 100% bang on."
"I thought this was f***ing genius."
"I've watched and laughed about 3 times... the alien is appealing to an enlightened sense of ethics and morality, and finds it perplexing that the practicalities don't really follow from stated premises... The alien is a practical guy. But, he's dealing with primitives, and zeros in on contradictions that go wholly unanswered or resolved. "
"This video is really a dead-on accurate (and humorously presented) explanation of the current conditioning we live with and live under. "
"what a fantastic video... it is funny, though at the same time serious, great animations too...and i think the alien is great...and thinks about what he says...shame the man didnt... twittered, facebooked & liked woo yeah"
The Philosophy of Liberty (with new voiceover!)
I have added my voice to this classic animation explaining liberty.
I love the music in this video. But others hate it, so I uploaded a second version with just my voice.
I love the music in this video. But others hate it, so I uploaded a second version with just my voice.
Government Explained
My new video, which has got 32k views after just 4 days!
An inquisitive alien visits the planet to check on our progress as a species, and gets into a conversation with the first person he meets. The alien discovers that we live under the rule of a thing called "government", and wants to understand more about what "government" is, what it does, and why it exists.
See some responses to this video here.
An inquisitive alien visits the planet to check on our progress as a species, and gets into a conversation with the first person he meets. The alien discovers that we live under the rule of a thing called "government", and wants to understand more about what "government" is, what it does, and why it exists.
See some responses to this video here.
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