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Lots of theories given for the shadowban in the comments here , but none of them are individually plausible as reasons. Eg, a certain famous dictator of which I showed a clip lasting maybe 10 seconds ... a full speech of his elsewhere on YT has 73 million views. Same goes for all the keyword theories and violent scene theories - there are more intense, unbanned examples aplenty. But even if they were a problem, YT could just age restrict or outright block (with notification) for breaking the YT rules. No need to be covert and pretend the ban wasn't in place. If it's an algo-generated block then I think it's because of a selection of slightly triggering keywords, but the algo wasn't sophisticated enough to make sense of how those words fitted into the full video (AI's don't understand a thing, they're just programs). Equally it could be a paranoid moderator, given the stronger censorship phase all platforms were in back in 2021. Alternately, it could have been some military PR influence over YT to block content that questions boot camp, but I have no proof of that either and there are other vids that cover the subject too.

As long as this reupload isn't subjected to the same treatment, the previous ban isn't that important.

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When your anti-war film becomes a recruiting tool for the Marines and R. Lee Ermey is signing autographs from Marines who were inspired to join by his performance right up until he dies

"Tell a lie. Make it big. Keep it simple. Repeat it over and over again."

My favorite Drill Sargeant line was "That pain you're feeling, that's the civilian in you dying."

Awesome to see another post by Rob on a Kubrick movie.  No one analyzes Kubrick films quite like Rob.  Always top notch.

Very few draftees went into the Marines, even during Vietnam. It has historically been an all-volunteer force. But you could argue that this also fits the self-brainwashing theme in that the recruits were already brainwashed to join the Marines due to the elite reputation of the Corps.

Former Marine here. I did bootcamp in 1995. The experience was almost identical to what is shown in FMJ. The overweight guys lost weight and the skinny guys gained weight. The slowest person got most of the yelling at. We were pitted against each other to be squad leaders.        Soon after I went through, the USMC started to implement a "kinder, gentler" method wherein the drill instructors were no longer allowed to swear at recruits. (so, they started using replacement words: 'freaking' instead of 'f*cking'). And, they were no longer allowed to make you do physical exercises that were not part of "planned training". They found ways around that.     Anyone that was smart or aware soon found that the best way to go through training was to not be noticed. Don't get caught in the front or in the rear of the pack.  In hindsight I see that the best thing that protected me from the brainwashing was being raised with lots of freedom as a kid. The recruits that responded the best to the brainwashing came from rural religious backgrounds OR were former gang members from the inner city.       The drill instructor training consists of the instructor trainees taking turns yelling at each other. They learn and memorize the most degrading and funniest cutdowns I have ever heard.       Several times I was caught laughing and made to "PUSH!" but proudly they never broke me. The punishment would go on so long, with me being unable to stop laughing, that eventually they would have to just let me go get back in line, because in the strictly scheduled time constraints of training, they can only single someone out for so long.    Also, I was doing well in all of the skills and tests. A couple of times a few instructors even broke character and gave me a little "wink" as if to say, "I know that you know this is an act!"       I like to think that it was an acknowledgement that their brainwashing was not working on me, but that I was otherwise accepted for doing a good job and playing along.   This "special" treatment continued throughout my service at all of my duty stations.   I am lucky I was never sent to combat (Haiti, Somalia, Bosnia) while I was in.

I can't imagine a "social" media conglomerate having an issue with helping people think clearly....

It's no wonder Youtube would crack down on a video analyzing and detailing the mechanisms of this subject. It is the right hand of corporate globalism (among other things). Its chief stockholders are invested in washing.

ALWAYS good to see a new upload from THE Rob Ager.  Its a shame that youtube desperately wants to stymie informative content.

Maybe it got shadow banned because of the uncensored self termination by rapid cranial disassembly.

One helluva of thumbnail, Rob! Hats off to thee!

I love FMJ, Kubrick might be the best director or all time.   Also you can't get people to follow orders and die for their country in a democratic system.   It is authoritarian and if you want to win against an enemy that wants to kill you,  you can't have everyone questioning every order.   I will take a line from another military movie,  "The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bustard die for his."

Just wanted to tell you I hugely appreciate your videos. Yours is one of the only media analysis channels that truly dedicates itself to the earnest inspection of movies without somekind of annoying agenda behind it all or using the format it as thinly veiled soapbox-rugpull that quickly derails the central topics of the subject.

I hugely appreciate your efforts, despite  YT not being the best platform to broadcast your views.

I was married to a marine and lived on several marine bases and i saw men get broken and others built up. My ex he was one of the broken and unfortunately he still is.
I loved this film and Kubrick is my very favorite director ever. I did an esaay on his work in film class and i appreciate this video and discussion it prompts. Great work 🙏💕✨

I tried to full metal jacket myself into being a hard working military guy. I simply couldn't do it. I'll die or go insane before i can be a happy worker drone

The magician performs the trick before entering the stage.
This quote comes to mind when I consider the methods used to make us deceive ourselves.
We believe there might have been a bad decision at one point for example when the tendency to make the decision was installed at an earlier time.

Great in depth analysis of this iconic masterpiece of a Vietnam movie

I had some doubts about FMJ when it was originally released back in 1987 - summer of 87. I thought (back then) that the first part was absolutely brilliant but the second half was boring and anticlimatic. Man, I was dead wrong... FMJ is indeed a masterpiece.

I’d say the biggest example of this in modern society are trends being projected by social media.