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  • Why does the senior drum major 'stir' his stick (at 3:34) just before raising it to signal the end of the music?

  • @JohnBentleyRobinson - The signal for the cut off at the halt begins at this point. The senior drum major does this so that the other drum majors adopt the same position that follows, which is the cut off.

  • @jonnyrico93 Thanks!

  • Just remember, the reason the sun never set on the British Empire was because God could never trust them in the dark!

  • 0:17 in below right; looks very funny

  • The British Empire saved Europe from Napolean, Kaiser Wilhem &, with the help of a former colony, Hitler. It provided its colonies stability, security, education, healthcare, rail networks &, most importantly, a common language. They advanced at a far faster rate, under British rule, than they'd have done organically. The proof of the pudding is in the eating - if we were that bad, they wouldn't have saved us in two world wars, and they wouldn't be in the Commonwealth.

  • Rule Britannia

  • @william7423 To gloat about the empires successful endeavours is entirely not British, you should know this fine well, we're not America desperately force feeding the outside world a false imperial status, there's no need.

  • Same old UTube Nice clips but loads of idiots dishing out insult for no reason whetsoever !!

  • i want american display not bristh not kins?queens

  • @vt jonny I can c your obviously not up with the play by branding kiwis as criminals! May wish to check yer history, NZ's immigration etc was different colonization than Australia! May want to read books by historian James Belech and the like to really catch up! Otherwise engage brain b4 gob!:)

  • And I suppose all those native peoples were living in peaceful small villages like hobbits. They were raiding and killing each other just as man has always done.

  • Hi I am Turkish. Very nice tune and perfomance of all participants. Chapeau! We Turks and the Brits have a long military tradition starting around 1550 against the Spanish then Napoleon in Egypt, Russians in Crimea. In WW I however we had our lowest point in our relationship. But we Turks came out pretty good (Kut Al Amara, Gallipoli). 1990s we were together in Bosnia/Kosovo and now in Afghanistan. Lets keep it like this.

  • @tomcat3333tom: "Hi I am Turkish. Very nice tune and perfomance of all participants. Chapeau! "

    Kudos to the Ottomans - they were the first in modern historical times to have a dedicated military marching band - Mehters - which influenced many Western composers. You can still hear some of the original Mehter drum patterns in modern Western military bands.

  • @tomcat3333tom absolutely true but whilst already on the decline the end of the first world war saw the destruction of the Ottoman Empire due to Turkeys to losses in the middle east. So came out pretty good is a bit steep. (No offence intended).

  • @MyKingdom13

  • the Bank of England runs the US economy... end of chat.

  • As an american soldier I envy the british army for their fantastic history and all around sexiness.

  • thefword123 - don't blame you for specifying the difference, but many 'convicts' sent to Australia had merely been trying to feed themselves or their families through stealing - remember something like 95% of England is owned by less than 2% of the population! Personally, I find sailing round the world & sticking a flag in someone else's country saying "ours" is embarrassing! The Anglo Saxons are capable of so much more.

  • Fantastic.

  • Amazing; The pinicle of sociatal patriotism. This event peaks, and tops all others in sense of pride, organisation and valour. I am proud as a British to watch this, and say "yes, that is my country!" For very few people can truly understand what makes this country great untill they see this.

    God Save the Queen, Rule Britannia

  • the difference is: the British invented this type of military prowess.

  • god bless The Queen and the United States x

  • Dabsy123,

    Come to think of it looking at your other posts how the hell can you criticise my grammar??? lol you cant even spell pal, "apposed"? hahaha, and "your pretty sad" should be you're, so my friend get YOUR facts right first before criticising others. Like i said go back to your own historical pages, all 3 of them lol. Retard. Funnily enough I also saw an item sent to me from a friend living in NZ of a Rugby player from NZ on wheels of fortune, "can I have an o for awesome please" hahaha

  • well at least you got a laugh!....and actually who said i was a kiwi?

  • Yeah that's what I thought, JOG ON!

  • dumb ass!...and wot is the old saying again?...assumption is the mother of all fuck ups! :)...nice one....

  • well, your profile says New Zealand and you said "our neighbours" in another post so it would be correct to say you are in fact a sheep shagger!

  • baaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!! sheep, sheep, sheep SHAGGER!!! lol

  • i don't know!.....

  • Dabsy123,

    I do not claim to know about Kiwi history just British and to be honest, I couldnt really give two shits. Its very typical of a kiwi to stoop so low as to commenting on grammatical errors especially when you can't even spell. "rliable"? "rlying" "yer"? lol I am just a very proud Brit commenting on British history, so why don't you comment on your own history if you have any worth reading about or any that anybody cares about

  • what is the first march played?

  • @alex471996  Answer is "les Huguenots"

  • You foul mouthed ignorant uneducated yobs spoil the internet.....it wasn't invented for scum like you.

  • @silverblue22 It was made for porn addicts.

  • resholden: the composer was Meyerbeer

  • Very nice video. By the center slow march!!!

  • Whats the Name of this Song???

    Where can I buy the Notes???

    Helo meee please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • It's called "The Huguenots" but by whom and where you'd get the music, no can help!

  • what a magnificient parade!

  • This is damned impressive.

  • In the time of Henry V111 there was a position in the royal household of royal arse wiper. A position that was highly prized as it got the holder more time with the king than anyone else.Check it out. How does Michelle Obama manage ?

  • Does obama wipe his own ass cheeky little shit

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  • does the queen?

  • Go and ask her, oh yeah you cant afford.

  • Yeah thanks and when you tell your little American friend to shut his trap then i will other wise i will continue with vast insults.

  • yea well.. insult the man directly.. not his country..

  • Why should i if he insulted my country first.

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  • And is that appropriate for this discussion.

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  • Yup peace out :).

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  • @RatFlinger No

  • it seems nice to play with such a big military band I play the trombone at royal police band of antwerp (belgium) and here tis kind of music isn't very popular...we don't have much military bands left (3) so keep up the good work in britain the rest of europa is proud of your bands !!

  • i remember watching this on tv. its mint

  • Very nicely played! Superb!

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  • same in U.S., no one does it like the British, what a shame if it were to end, what a loss

  • As a Dutchman I admire the fine tradition of a proud nation Great Britain is. Pitty we loose tradition in the Netherlands

  • the truth is for centuries the british army as been made up of people like me.... england in the blood ,,,fight at waterloo,alamein,pubs, football matches,anyone who disrespects us, nothing to be proud of it,s the way we are,we are proud of it i confess

  • rourkes drift , we fought and took casualties thats what happens in battles,more vc,s were awarded there than any other battle .we just come back for more. afghanistan is the same, an army that doesnt fight is not battle hardened and as no experienced officers.practice makes perfect.we do respect other countries.bitterness comes from losing. we ain,t bitter.and if we lose we go down fighting.the british love a gallant loser.

  • For centuries you and your army have done fuck all but bring oppression to others. done fuck all eh? try looking at world war 1. and how many brave soldiers they lost.

  • @iltidsn We won at Rourkes Drift by the way

  • I am also very proud that we have given birth the so many other nations such as those we populated in North USA/America, after all New York would be known as New Amsterdam if it weren't for the brits. Other nations include, New Zealand and Australia (even if they are convicts). At one point it is said that the sun never set on the British Empire as we ruled a quarter of the worlds population and countries. Like it or not my friends we are your ancestors. Peace!

  • So true friend

  • William...wot a muppet you are!...New Zealand was not founded on convicts as apposed to our neighbours across the ditch!!..you probably need to get your historical facts right first!

  • I wasnt referring to the Kiwis as convicts just the Aussies(hence the brackets you tit) so maybe you need to read it correctly. I know the facts, kiwis were not convicts MUPPET!!

  • William,

    If you actually look carefully at your comment, and grammer for that matter!, you will see that in fact it reads as if you have actually teamed both Australia and NZ together!..as apposed to signifying in brackets the word "latter"!. Also for someone who claims to know history, your pretty sad, especially if your reading from Wiki as a true and rliable source!

    You also don't know much about NZ History!...or you rlying on Wiki to help yer!

  • I do not claim to know about Kiwi history just British and to be honest, I couldnt really give two shits. Its very typical of a kiwi to stoop so low as to commenting on grammatical errors especially when you can't even spell. "rliable"? "rlying" "yer"? lol

  • Come to think of it looking at your other posts how the hell can you criticise my grammar??? lol you cant even spell pal, "apposed"? hahaha, and "your pretty sad" should be you're, so my friend get YOUR facts right first before criticising others.

  • Go back to your own historical pages, all 3of them lol. Retard. Funnily enough I also saw an item sent to me from a friend living in NZ of a Rugby player from NZ on wheels of fortune, "can I have an o for awesome please" hahaha

  • Just thought I'd jump in and point out "...very typical of a kiwi to stoop so low as to commenting on grammatical errors especially when you can't even spell. "rliable"? "rlying" "yer"? lol". Maybe I'm the only one that sees the hypocritical irony in this.

  • @william7423 nice.. Nowadays the Sun never sets on the American Empire.. we have military bases in all over unnecessary places in the world.. Check and Mate sir.

  • @husky528 But what do you do??All these men are fighting men the troop to them is just apast time,not like your silent drill and Arlington tomb guards that all the do for 3 years and get medals for it,the medals these blokes wear are COMBAT ZONE MEDALS no first in the px que

  • @goldbloke what the hell does that have to do with the gentlemen's statement?

  • @goldbloke on on the contrare our militry system is well set, everyone gets a good round trip in and out of action, the rest of the parading they do is fun?

  • @husky528 I think you wil lfind that too, we British have islands owned all over the world stil lfrom previous empires. These include such islands as the Falklands etc. Also you need to undertsand that we have a commonwealth. People that will rally under our banner in our time of need. Americans never will have an empire, and they are just British "wannabes", because in truth, what language do you speak? Who founded you? And what military style were you founded upon?

  • @husky528 check and mate?? really, are you sure? just coz u have military bases dont mean anything pal! try ruling the country then you can say check and mate...having a base which you are scared to come out of because the country is too dangerous dont mean eff all...take Kazakhstan...u may have one but the only time u come out of it is when u fly out of it...u need bases like diego garcia (by the way its a british island) to "rule the world" lol het real ur just british wannabees check and mate

  • @william7423 just one point, New Zealand was never for convicts, brits went there to find a new lifer in the empire, australia was though, but no never NZ, sorry just wanted to make that clear lol

  • @william7423 I live in Australia, but originally from Iraq, and yes if it was not for the British the whole middle east would have been ruled by the Turkish empire till now... they ruled the area for 600 years or so....

  • @william7423 true true... although Australian and NZ 'criminals' probably stole a loaf of bread for a starving family member or something, they're not all murderers and animal rapists :P)

  • @william7423

    It's just too bad millions of indigenous died in the process eh?

  • @packets1 - yeh, but then shit happens, get over it. And unless you're an aboriginal Australian you're in no position to get on your high horse considering how white Australians abused and exploited the indigenous Australians. Perhaps you should leave and give the country back to the natives lol?

  • I simply mean to say that to actually take pride in past imperialism implies a certain ignorance, an ignorance of the fact that, according to some estimates, over 100 million native Americans, whether deliberately or indirectly, were killed as a result of European colonization, with the lower estimates still in the tens of millions.

    Nazi Germany has nothing on Imperial Spain, Britain or France, and yet these countries are keen to largely whitewash this out of their history.

  • packets1 - you talk about 100 million native Americans. The vast majority were killed by "American" citizens during the expansion west across north america in the C19th, well after the American colonies had gained independence from Britain. America wanted independence, it got it and any genocide committed after that is their responsibility. Or are they going to blame the "Mother Country" for all it's crimes? The US is a modern empire, yanks just don't like to admit it.

  • @adamswampy

    It is equally stupid for Americans to take pride in their episode of manifest destiny yes, but native American populations had been devastated before the United States as a political entity existed. No native Americans were not all happy peaceful Pocahontas like people, they were as barbaric as any European nation at the time. That doesnt mean it was ok to kill them.

    It is just very stupid to be 'proud' of imperialism rather than viewing it objectively.

  • @adamswampy an empire of fast food and shit coffee ;)

  • @packets1

    Such a narrow minded view. You must then consider everyone who has died in all of history. I notice you don't mention any other ethnic groups that were eradicated. You can't single out one particular tragedy. Killing has shaped the world.

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  • After you have read this you should understand that we have a very long and great history to which we are all very very proud. Yes there are parts of our history which mentions us as barbaric invaders to which we raped and murdered those of whom we invaded but this happens with every super power (just look at what the yanks did in Iraq to the civilians there and the many murder trials etc). However, I am proud that the British Empire was the largest and most successful in world history.

  • Everytime I see the Trooping the Colour it makes me proud to be British. I have read alot of the comments on here and whilst the majority of them are friendly and very kind even from the non-brits I cant help but think why others write such horrid remarks.

    My recommendation to those that are very critical should go onto wikipedia and read about the British Empire and its history.

  • I'm german and I have the very same problem.

  • what the fuck is the trombone doing on 2:10?? did he lost his mouthpiece or somthing XD

  • listen to the commentary starting at 2:00

  • Truly Excellent

  • marchin'up and down the square a bit!!

  • american society is rotting, pay not attention to it, their mere slaves to the system

  • Does anyone know if a lot of farting takes place in the massed bands. I have heard that when they blow and march, physical forces (i.e. for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction) cause them to blow wind out of their asses. Apparently the smell from this exceeds the smell from all of the horseshit dropped by her majesty's cavalry.

  • Can i assmue that you have no grasp of history of any country other than you own, or should I be saying lack of and thats why your coming out with dumbass comments like you have been doing that really make you look stupid and completely pathetic? lmao your funny as hell you Americans!

    Well leave it there then, if your being soo cynical why the heck are you watching this for in the first place stupid prick!!

  • quite clearly in ya own little world there mate, ah well cant help born stupid people like you lol ya very amusing though with ya ignorant comments haha, good luck to the people that have to be around you thats all I can say, I pitty them!

  • My good friend (jsmith) I refer you to the writings of the eminent British historian Sir Michael Talus Smith (if you are related to him, you clearly come from the monkey side of the family). In his landmark work, 'Trooping The Colour: History and Traditions', he devotes five chapters to explaining the origins and folklore related to various weiner pulling traditions in the British army. I believe he is Oxford educated so I'll take his word before yours.

    God Bless Queen Latifah

  • Would you like to reffer to me as your god? haha, because frankly your just stupid, thanks for all ya lovely posts though kept me more than entertained over the past week or so, very funny btw, what you lack is any common sense haha very funny though, should do standup!

  • My dear friend (jsmith), if we should ever have the misfortune of meeting, I hope you will be gracious enough to buy me a pint or two. We will toast their majesties QE2 and Queen Latifah.

  • And would you kindly start to address me as Dr. RatFlinger.

    Thank you.

  • heard this a few times as im an ex gren

    blue red blue

  • I like this XDXDXD

  • It is so awesome! God save the Queen!

  • Aint that like the whole fucking army right there hah

  • No that is the queens foot guards! (Household Calvery, Irish Guards, Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Welsh Guards etc).

    I was in Wellington barracks (London) before the parade started and there were about 5000 guards there roughly

  • there aint half a million men there, so im afraid not... idiot

  • Its events and traditions like this that make your chest swell with pride and make you proud to be British.

  • Make a broader statement, and say "Commonwealth"?

    I'm Canadian and I'm proud of this part of our history!

  • Well put. Commonwealth it is.

  • The Commonwealth was just the name to replace The British Empire. Canada's history is Britain. But yes, It's nice to know, my brother, that you are proud of your heritage.

  • it does make me very proud to be british we're the envy of all common civilisation and im proud of it wor britiania, WE RULE!!

  • I'm proud to be an American, but I still envy you guys a great band

  • Maybe if you understood our history you'd know about that, its quite ironic though that all your history from the US evolved because essentially, I can put any bet on that ancestors of yours would have been British.

    Could you be anymore moronic? Its like putting youself down.

    On the other hand its the proudest day to be a Brit, shes probably over the top of famous people shes sooo much more than that, and I personally love that time of year for the queens birthday parade.

    GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

  • jsmith, my friend, may I suggest that you research the traditions associated with trooping the color. One tradition, and this goes back several centuries, is the indoors part of the ceremony. For this part, exactly 16 soldiers are selected to appear before the Sovereign in a private drawing room. There, they extend their weiners and the sovereign pulls each one in turn. It's possible that they stopped doing this when the Queen turned so ugly that she can no longer arouse boners in her troops.

  • haha i love the way you say that, just a pile of crap, why the fuck would that happen?

    if you actually did some research you'd understand that all 5 of the guards regiments from the late 1300's would parade their colour (the flag, which for the grenadiers, taken their name from the french imperial guard at the battle of waterloo), that when they defeated them, they stole their bearskin hates, why they still wear them, they would parade their colour on exercises each morning.

  • so they would know their rally point in the heat of battle, and the great king george thought it would be a lovely present for the queen to have on her birthday as the name trooping the colour you dip shit!!

    The house hold cavelry on the state opening of parliament the most stunning royal ceremony all about pomp is the only time in the royal constitutional calendar where she wears the imperial state crown, one of 3 but has the most precious jewels in the world, all their for their own reason.

  • fucking americans are fucking stupid, its you thats supposed to know this your families originated in england, its quite ironic really the way your putting yaself down effectively its sooo amsuing when we just look at people like you as muppets, who have no regard for their own ancestery connections, haha your fucking hilarious, stupid moron, you really couldnt be more moronic!

  • Can I assume then, sir, that you are proud of the British tradition of weiner pulling behind closed doors?

  • Hmmm. Possibly true. But it is a well-known fact that most Americans believe that we and the world were created by God in seven days.

    Now that, my friend, is proof positive that as a nation you are undeniably as dumb as a stump.

    Happily though you murder each other at such a prodigious rate, consume so many drugs and infect each other with so many fatal diseases that the rest of the world just sits around stunned by your stupidity.

    And the USA has more homosexuals than any other country. Happy?

  • Yes my good man (DBRacingGod) I am very happy. For all of our faults, and we have many, at least we don't kiss the ass of QE2. You, sir, are a servile and obsequious pile of horseshit.  And the only explanation for your behavior is that you hope that someday her majesty will select you to have your weiner pulled in the back courtyard of Buckingham Palace.

    God Save Queen Latifah, at least she earned her position unlike your royal frump.

  • You quite clearly have no clue about the British Aristocracy, their the people who dont earn their title, they inherit a double barrelled name not earn it.

    The Queen in that respect is symbolically the head of the Aristocracy, she inherited the title of monarch from her King George, the only way you can get into the aristrocracy is to marry into it, but to be honest its highly unlikely idiots like you will ever get that chance!

  • One thing about King George that many historians admire is that he apparently modernized many of the weiner pulling traditions that are so beloved by the British. So at least he accomplished something, which is more than can be said about the current occupants of the House of Windsor.

  • Mr RatFlinger, May I ask why you decided to post so many stupid comments on here? You are showing yourself and your country up. Maybe all this tradition is a bit frumpy but you know what and I can sya this as Im a serving member of her majestys armed forces, this is what makes us great. I would happily lay down my life for My Queen.. what have you got? Nothing!

  • Another point to make out is that thousands of you fellow Americans pay lots and lots of money to come over here and see this, thats money out of America and ito Great Britain.

  • And my final point and my biggest is.... How dare you come here and post disrespectful comments about these soldiers... these soldiers that would and HAVE given up their lives to fight the enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan they have given their lives for YOUR cause (Remember 9/11?) We are small but my God we are a mighty country

  • We are fighting terrorism on your behalf! Its not nice when you are the victims of terrorism in your own country... the american race seem to forget they funded the IRA and terrorist attacks against US... The very same people we now support.... Ironic isn't it! RatFlinger you are an absolute numb Skull!

  • You have the numbers my friend. That's all. No military skill or discipline. And once upon a time you had the money to arm yourselves. Alas, you no longer have the resources. Never mind, the only thing that ever mattered to Americans was their own little insular world. Welcome to reality buddy. China is the next superpower, step aside.

  • RatFlinger at least we are loyal, how many presidents have been assainated by some dirty americans

  • YOU GOT BLAZED !

    Im all for the Yanks and America but not their lack of Knowledge.

  • Lol man ur a prick. Ur just jelous cause u aint got a Queen. Y are you starting arguments ?

    I said i like the Americans just not the way ur up your own arse.

  • good comment!

  • hehe i was there im soooo proud now lol

  • i've marched on horseguards, for the t.a. 100. was pretty darned good.

  • Just fantastic. One of the many things that makes Britain great. Thanks for posting. Respect to our armed forces.

  • 24590479 Trooper Harris, Blues & Royals Squadron..Did THREE Trooping Of The Colour.....PROUDEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE. BRITANNIA RULES

  • Congratulations.

    It is, however, Trooping the Colour.

    HHGN

  • long lve the foot guards blue red blue all the way

  • I love Les Huguenots.

  • god save the queen, god bless the coalition troops and have mercy on their souls.

  • March starting at 1:18 is a old Finnish tune (the intro of it) called Jumala ompi linnamme. Old battle verse of Martin Luther (not King :-)) from 15th century.Peculiar...

  • It is also called "A Mighty Fortress is our God"

    Used in the Reformation Symphony, among others.

  • from the old lutheran poem in german: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott

  • This is an absolutely GREAT clip...does anyone know how to obtain a good DVD of this? Otherwise, please never take this down!  Excellent.

  • You can get the videos from Guards Museum which is at Wellington Barracks (close to Buckingham Palace). I purchased the DVD from the small gift shop there. You also get DVDs of other ceremonies like Trooping the Colours.

  • Hi xpdnc12 - if there was a way of privately sending me your emai address I have a spare DVD copy of Trooping The Colour that I would be pleased to send to you. You would need a multi region DVD player to play it on of course.

  • this country shaped the planet as we see it today

  • i only they could have shaped it just a littlebit better

  • you cant get any better than the best

  • currently suspended members:Pakistan suspended since 1999 Former Members:Éire (Ireland) left in 1949 Zimbabwe left in 2003

  • Mozambique(1995)Cameroon(1995)­*Asia- India(1947)Pakistan(1947 and left in 1972 but rejoined 1989)Sri Lanka(1948)Malaysia(1957)Singa­pore(1965) Bangladesh(1972)Maldives(1982)­Brunei(1984) *Oceania-Australia(1931)New Zealand(1931) Samoa(1970)Tonga(1970)Fiji(197­0 and left in 1987 but rejoined 1997)Papua New Guinea(1975) Solomon Islands(1978)Vanuatu(1980)Tuva­lu(1978) Kiribati(1979)Nauru(1999)

  • Grenadines(1979)Antigua and Barbuda(1981) Belize(1981)St Kitts and Nevis(1983)*South America-Guyana(1966)*Africa-So­uth Africa(1931 and left in 1961 but rejoined 1994)Ghana(1957) Nigeria(1960 and suspended in 1995 but readmitted 1999)Sierra Leone(1961)Tanzania(1961)Ugand­a(1962) Kenya(1963)Malawi(1964)Zambia(­1964)The Gambia(1965)Botswana(1966)Leso­tho(1966)Mauritius 1968)Swaziland(1968)Seychelles­(1976)Namibia(1990)

  • THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH/EMPIRE FYI.........

    *Europe-United Kingdom(1931)Cyprus(1961) Malta(1964)*North America-Canada(1931) Jamaica(1962)Trinidad and Tobago(1962) Barbados(1966)The Bahamas(1973)Grenada(1974) Dominica(1978)St Lucia(1979)St Vincent and The

  • No, "standtogetherforever" your an arse. I am from the Good old USofA and I can tell you I'd rather be a Brit. But, that's only because the south did not win our civil war, and I'm from the north. But that's another story.................... free market is one of the worst things we have aside from the federal government.

  • # Swaziland (1968)

    # Seychelles (1976)

    # Namibia (1990)

    # Mozambique (1995)

    # Cameroon (1995)

  • i dont know what you are talking about, but i was arguing with a commie

  • and what i said about capitalism is true, if it isnt how i said it, it isnt capitalism its another system being passed off as capitalism to people whoï