Hello Mr.Tom Richey..I am Korean..I stumble into this material while searching German unification..this help me a lot..your explanation is so clear and easy..for foreigner like me your English is not so fast easy to understand!!
Hello, I would like to thank you for these lectures. I am a university student and I am preparing for a quite difficult exam - pre-Napoleonic Europe till Versailles treaty. This really helps since the 19th century is messy as hell.
It's actually really cool that Italy and Germany were united under Machiavellian ways because Machiavelli was writing literally about how Italy needed to be unified with power and strength and Realpolitik.
It wasn't the "Kaiser" William I who appointed Otto von Bismarck as prime minister. Because at that time he was just the King of Prussia. Only later, when Germany was unified - thanks mostly to Bismarck - he became the Kaiser.
Giving in to some of their rather mild goals (retirement fees, workplace safety standards, social insurance) make their supporters turn over to you and so dismiss them from enforcing their radical goals (dispossession of Capitalists, Socialist Revolution). Bismarckism at its finest! Up to this day Bismarck - a devoted reactionary - is still known as the father of German Social Legislation, not the SPD (German Social Democrats) who came up with that idea. IMO we need less Politicans like Farage or Trump and more like Bismarck: Pragmatists able to adapt to any situation while always finding a pleasing solution. And not just bragging about themselves being "smart" and that's about it like those other two idiots. Also his Politics helped a lot to secure peace in a multilateral enviroment one can only describe as hostile for more than 40 years
Make no mistake, I would take Bismarck over what we currently have any day. Look at the Middle East today and see a situation that only someone with Bismarck's political and diplomatic skill could untangle. It struck me as ironic that all through the recent US election I so often heard people say how they are "sick of politicians," yet to me the problem is a LACK of real politicians like Bismarck and an overflow of idealists who just want to be right rather than to actually get things accomplished. I'd take Bismarck over Rand Paul happily.
PS I normally don't do links, but I highly suggest this article, which outlines why Bismarck was right in his social welfare legislation and why modern day US conservative are so wrong. I think its even worth noting that one of the US Republican party's favorite sons, Theodore Roosevelt, was a great admirer of Bismarck's social welfare programs and wanted something similar in this country. www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/bruce-bartlett-conservative-case-for-welfare-state
Daniel Ryan bismarcks great but he did have in flaw and that was he was a engineer of ww1 because he created this web of alliances in europe that he could play like violin but no one else could and this led to ww1 as this web came crashing down though if he lived for ever or taught someone how to use this bloody machine we would be fine and perhaps facing the scale of wars today back in the 1920s but he didn't so it's a shame but that's the one flaw of his that I know also please not that on one hand that happened in the other Bismarck managed to turn Germany into an untouchable nation (much like the U.S. I'm the 80s) with powerful allies until kaiser wilhelm came in and alienated Russia who then joined their enemy France.
Another effect of the Kulturkampf was that it didn't really discriminate against the Catholic Bavaria nearly as much as it did the Poles in the annexed territories of the former Commonwealth, thus turning the whole debate from a Protestant vs. Catholic one (which would be incredibly hard to take control of due to the sheer size of either side) into German vs. Polish, that was much more manageable.
Greetings from Ulster Thomas. I have a question you may be able to answer. How did the term "liberal" get so twisted in modern Western culture? By definition "liberty" (in a political &/or economic context) basically means freedom from Govt. interference. A modern "liberal" in the west (the US especially) is all for govt. involvement in the lives of it's citizenry. This is the exact opposite of the true definition of "liberty". Thanks for your time & presentation mate.
This is a question that I'd like to delve further into, as liberal has taken on so many meanings in the Western world. In many countries - especially in continental Europe and Latin America - it still means limited government involvement in the economy and society. The Clegg faction of the U.K. Liberal Democratic Party has classical liberal leanings (see the Orange Book) but there's certainly division there and I'm not sure who is leading that party now.
Tom Richey Thanks for your reply. I'm of "The Order" & involved in many Ulster Unionist/Loyalist causes, so I'm keenly aware of what you speak. But I digress. Aye, the term liberal still takes on it's traditional definition in continental Europe & to a lesser degree in the UK. I know you said you would delve deeper so please pardon my hastiness.
One more mention. You may ask yourself why an Ulster-Scot from Belfast is interested. It's b/c I follow US politics due to the fact that my wife is a Yank from suburban Atlanta, GA.
+Eric Bush Eric I disagree with you about liberalism, Eric. Classical liberals certainly did see government as the greatest threat to liberty in the early - mid 19th century. However, as big business grew, and working and living conditions remained intolerable, many liberals re-examined their views. Were large corporations a greater threat to individual liberty than government? This dilemma affected the British Liberal Party as it changed in the early 20th century (contrast Lord Rosebery's admin. to Campbell Bannerman/ Asquith). Even utilitarians like Mill examined this dilemma a generation earlier. The greatest modern critique of classical liberalism is IMO Isiah Berlin's. He wrote in his Two Concepts of Liberty that 'freedom for the pike is death for the minnows'. Can we really have liberty, he argued, with huge inequalities in power and wealth?
+Eric Bush I'm so glad somebody else realizes this. I tell people I'm a Liberal Conservative and they look at me cross-eyed like I just spoke an oxymoron
I know this video is now quite old already but I'm a little bit confused how you put Bismarcks social politics affords. See, his social laws were passed in the 1880s so already after the unification of the German States in 1871, I therefore doubt that Bismarck introduced them to support the unify of the country. On the other side those laws helped him to counter the socialists as you said, therefore keeping Germany unified under his control. I just wanted to clarify this (for my own mental timeline) as I'm binge watching your videos for my A levels preparation ;)
Hi Tom. I read recently that many soldiers in the Union Army were liberal immigrants from Germany. Assuming most enlistees/ draftees were in their 30s while fighting on the front, that means they probably left Germany in the late 1840s up until the late 1850s, which was before Bismark's era. Was political persecution in the post-1848 period the reason they left Europe, or did they leave for other reasons (e.g. frustration with the struggle for German liberalism, European economic recession, American idealism, etc.)?
Hi Tom, great videos! You explain complex issues in a very understandable and lively way! Just one small correction: You refered to "Kaiser Wilhelm I." appointing Bismarck as his chancellor in 1862 (0:19). This has to be differentiated: At that time Wilhelm was not Kaiser (=Emperor), he was 'only' the Prussian king, due to the fact that Prussia was acually a kingdom. In 1871, when the Deutsches Reich (=German Empire) was established, he called himself "Wilhelm I. Deutscher Kaiser und König von Preußen" (=William I. German Emperor and Prussian King), since the Prussian kingdom existed as a German federal state until 1918. The German emperors (Wilhelm I., his son Friedrich III. and his grand-son Wilhelm II.) of the Deutsches Kaiserreich (=the second Deutsches Reich, 1871-1918) were all from the Hohenzollern dynasty and reigned Germany and Prussia at the same time (like Queen Victorias father, who was the English King and the Hanvoverian King). But I am convinced you knew all that ;) With compliments from Germany to America! Dan, German history student
Thank you very much but Kulturkampf and the Sozialistengesetze were post-Unification. He did not need to fight the Catholics before, since the South was predominately Catholic. Otherwise great videos!
These weren't intended to be in chronological order, per se - part two emphasizes domestic policy and part three emphasizes foreign policy. The foreign policy is more climactic with all the Blood and Iron so it should be last. Keep in mind that Unification is not just a military conquest of other German states but also unifying everyone in spirit. On a strictly historical basis, your point is certainly well-taken!
Actually no , bismark did pose a radical extreme Nationalism before the passing of the kultukamf, bismark would drive Prussian led nationalism in Germany thus showing Prussian ambition
Informative and entertaining series. BUT did I miss something? Kaiser Wilhelm 1 and Bismarck suddenly appear out of nowhere at the start of the episode- no explanation as to how the Kaiser was appointed.
The Kaiser Wilhelm I was the hereditary ruler of Prussia at that time. You'll see in the next episode how Prussia absorbed the smaller German states and how the ruler of Prussia thus became the ruler of all Germany. Blood and Iron.
+Tom Richey But at the time Wilhelm appointed Bismarck as his Prime Minister, he was not Kaiser - he was King of Prussia. After he was proclaimed Kaiser in 1871, he went on to appoint Bismarck as Chancellor of the unified Empire, and that's when Kulturkampf and Bismarck's anti-Socialist policies took place. I know you don't want it to be in chronological order, but you're still mixing things up a little too hard in my opinion. Otherwise, great videos!
Weren't the anti-socialist laws and the Kulturkampf after unification? because wasn't papal infallibility announced in 1870 which sparked the whole thing?
+Kimran Rana That's possible. I did this lecture more thematically because a strictly chronological treatment would have muddled the topics of this and the next video. The second and third video probably should have been reversed in hindsight but I still feel like the wars make a great climax for the whole thing.
I missed the first, won the second and draw on the last one. BTW a sample of 3 is statistically insufficient to base a winning strategies upon it :) nice lectures good sir
Jarvie Ritchie Almost every German party today follows this doctrine, even though they still have their official fancy ideals in their books. For example did our conservative party, which is ruling right now, abandon the nuclear power plans and started a renewable power resource project, something only Die Grünen (a mixture of left wing, realistic hippies and liberalism) could stand for in their doctrins.
I was literally freaked out when I lost the rock paper scissors, really thought he was like doing some trick or something that'll make sure he wins lmaoo
Can you dwell a bit more on German History? Just for the fun of it. Except for the attempts to speak German, you´re a hell of teacher. Making history more fun since...well..u started here with ur first video.
I think I'm dwelling pretty hard with this Unification Trilogy! Looking forward to getting the last segment - BLOOD AND IRON - posted very soon. I also plan to post my series on WWI sometime in the near future, so I think you'll be pleased with that!
Scissors, scissors, rock. I won But I will lose on the exam tomorrow. I've been watching the these videos all day and I'm hoping it pays off, I'm sure it will! Great videos!
Bismerck a true player.. He meant.. I don't belong to any group i belong to power.. I am not a socialist or conservative nor a nationalist neither a liberal.. He is a true politician he never opposed anyone directly great... New fan..😇😈😈
At 0:29 Richey says that Bismarck was Prussian Prime Minister from 1862 to 1873, which is not true really. He was Prime Minister until 1890 - a whopping 17 extra years thus. In 1873 he briefly made Roon Prime Minister but understood quickly, that this was a mistake and returned to this office the same year. Hence the misunderstanding. Oh, and at 0:18 Richey says KAISER William I appointed Bismarck in 1862. WRONG! Mind that William is not Kaiser yet! 9 years later he will be Kaiser, but at this moment he is Prussian KING!
When Bismarck started his political career, he was no supporter of German unity, but he realized that Prussia on the long run could only pplay major role in Europe as the leading power in a united Germany, which also required to push Austria out of Germany. Apart from the Prussian-Austrian rivalry in Germany, the issue with Austria also was that most of the population of the Austrian Empire wasn't German and that nationalism was also strong among many of those different nations. Both, the laws against socialists and the welfare or social security laws actually fall in the time after the unification. Both laws didn't prevent, either, that the socialists grew stronger in underground, their ban eventually had to be abrogated and that by 1914 they were the strongest party in Germany with a third of the votes. There were actually two fractions of liberals the "national liberals", who actually became Bismarck's best political allies and the "radical liberals" , who rather were opposed to Bismarck, but may have agreed with his Kulturkampf. The Kulturkampf - actually prior to the ban of the socialists - brought about some ad hoc alliances of socialists and the catholic party, who agrred to withdraw their candidates and support the one of the other party, in certain electoral districts in order to prvent that a pro-Bismarck deputy would be elected.
+SiggiNebel Thanks for the additional info! Always interested in hearing about the different liberal factions in the late 19th century. The history of liberalism, in general, fascinates me quite a bit.
Gee you kind of look like a dark-haired Matt Damon - pardon me for the off-topic comment! Interesting video, about the rise of Bismarck in that period.
+Artjom Pavlov Absolutely not. Pretty sure he resigned over pressure from the Kaiser to pass more worker-friendly legislation. He did what he needed to do to prevent a socialist uprising but no more than that.
Tom Richey - Ah I see. It just seemed that he tried to appeal to all the big factions, socialists and liberals, thus being a populist. But I might have a wrong understanding of the word.
+Artjom Pavlov Yeah, a populist campaigns primarily to the masses - like the campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump - whereas an effective and flexible conservative politician like Bismarck does what he has to do to placate the masses while not considering them his base of support.
You wrecked me 3 times in rock paper scissors
+Deland Ruff
I won, lost and won. It was tense!
Draw ones, lost twice.
you got bismarked.
same!
Deland Ruff same
Hello Mr.Tom Richey..I am Korean..I stumble into this material while searching German unification..this help me a lot..your explanation is so clear and easy..for foreigner like me your English is not so fast easy to understand!!
Hello, I would like to thank you for these lectures. I am a university student and I am preparing for a quite difficult exam - pre-Napoleonic Europe till Versailles treaty. This really helps since the 19th century is messy as hell.
I’m very glad I can help. Good luck on your exam!
It's actually really cool that Italy and Germany were united under Machiavellian ways because Machiavelli was writing literally about how Italy needed to be unified with power and strength and Realpolitik.
Yup
I GOT SO EXCITED WHEN YOU CONNECTED REALPOLITIK TO MACHIAVELLI BECAUSE WE DID A PRACTICE DBQ A WHILE AGO AND THAT WAS MY SYNTHESIS
It wasn't the "Kaiser" William I who appointed Otto von Bismarck as prime minister. Because at that time he was just the King of Prussia. Only later, when Germany was unified - thanks mostly to Bismarck - he became the Kaiser.
how to defeat socialism Bismark style: out-socialize the socialist. this guy is fucking brilliant.
More like keep the socialists divided while winning over a portion of their political support
Giving in to some of their rather mild goals (retirement fees, workplace safety standards, social insurance) make their supporters turn over to you and so dismiss them from enforcing their radical goals (dispossession of Capitalists, Socialist Revolution). Bismarckism at its finest! Up to this day Bismarck - a devoted reactionary - is still known as the father of German Social Legislation, not the SPD (German Social Democrats) who came up with that idea.
IMO we need less Politicans like Farage or Trump and more like Bismarck: Pragmatists able to adapt to any situation while always finding a pleasing solution. And not just bragging about themselves being "smart" and that's about it like those other two idiots. Also his Politics helped a lot to secure peace in a multilateral enviroment one can only describe as hostile for more than 40 years
Make no mistake, I would take Bismarck over what we currently have any day. Look at the Middle East today and see a situation that only someone with Bismarck's political and diplomatic skill could untangle. It struck me as ironic that all through the recent US election I so often heard people say how they are "sick of politicians," yet to me the problem is a LACK of real politicians like Bismarck and an overflow of idealists who just want to be right rather than to actually get things accomplished. I'd take Bismarck over Rand Paul happily.
PS I normally don't do links, but I highly suggest this article, which outlines why Bismarck was right in his social welfare legislation and why modern day US conservative are so wrong. I think its even worth noting that one of the US Republican party's favorite sons, Theodore Roosevelt, was a great admirer of Bismarck's social welfare programs and wanted something similar in this country.
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/bruce-bartlett-conservative-case-for-welfare-state
Daniel Ryan bismarcks great but he did have in flaw and that was he was a engineer of ww1 because he created this web of alliances in europe that he could play like violin but no one else could and this led to ww1 as this web came crashing down though if he lived for ever or taught someone how to use this bloody machine we would be fine and perhaps facing the scale of wars today back in the 1920s but he didn't so it's a shame but that's the one flaw of his that I know also please not that on one hand that happened in the other Bismarck managed to turn Germany into an untouchable nation (much like the U.S. I'm the 80s) with powerful allies until kaiser wilhelm came in and alienated Russia who then joined their enemy France.
We just saw this in class, it will be interesting to compare my teacher's explanation woth your own.
It's great when these videos can be used to support and supplement great teaching in the classroom!
We tied the first, I won the second and you won the third. And thanks for the video. Super helpful!
More like Otto von Bring-it
I love all the political cartoons you ad. Always get a kick from them.
Another effect of the Kulturkampf was that it didn't really discriminate against the Catholic Bavaria nearly as much as it did the Poles in the annexed territories of the former Commonwealth, thus turning the whole debate from a Protestant vs. Catholic one (which would be incredibly hard to take control of due to the sheer size of either side) into German vs. Polish, that was much more manageable.
Greetings from Ulster Thomas. I have a question you may be able to answer. How did the term "liberal" get so twisted in modern Western culture? By definition "liberty" (in a political &/or economic context) basically means freedom from Govt. interference. A modern "liberal" in the west (the US especially) is all for govt. involvement in the lives of it's citizenry. This is the exact opposite of the true definition of "liberty". Thanks for your time & presentation mate.
This is a question that I'd like to delve further into, as liberal has taken on so many meanings in the Western world. In many countries - especially in continental Europe and Latin America - it still means limited government involvement in the economy and society. The Clegg faction of the U.K. Liberal Democratic Party has classical liberal leanings (see the Orange Book) but there's certainly division there and I'm not sure who is leading that party now.
Tom Richey Thanks for your reply. I'm of "The Order" & involved in many Ulster Unionist/Loyalist causes, so I'm keenly aware of what you speak. But I digress. Aye, the term liberal still takes on it's traditional definition in continental Europe & to a lesser degree in the UK. I know you said you would delve deeper so please pardon my hastiness.
One more mention. You may ask yourself why an Ulster-Scot from Belfast is interested. It's b/c I follow US politics due to the fact that my wife is a Yank from suburban Atlanta, GA.
+Eric Bush Eric
I disagree with you about liberalism, Eric. Classical liberals certainly did see government as the greatest threat to liberty in the early - mid 19th century. However, as big business grew, and working and living conditions remained intolerable, many liberals re-examined their views. Were large corporations a greater threat to individual liberty than government? This dilemma affected the British Liberal Party as it changed in the early 20th century (contrast Lord Rosebery's admin. to Campbell Bannerman/ Asquith). Even utilitarians like Mill examined this dilemma a generation earlier.
The greatest modern critique of classical liberalism is IMO Isiah Berlin's. He wrote in his Two Concepts of Liberty that 'freedom for the pike is death for the minnows'. Can we really have liberty, he argued, with huge inequalities in power and wealth?
+Eric Bush I'm so glad somebody else realizes this. I tell people I'm a Liberal Conservative and they look at me cross-eyed like I just spoke an oxymoron
I know this video is now quite old already but I'm a little bit confused how you put Bismarcks social politics affords. See, his social laws were passed in the 1880s so already after the unification of the German States in 1871, I therefore doubt that Bismarck introduced them to support the unify of the country. On the other side those laws helped him to counter the socialists as you said, therefore keeping Germany unified under his control.
I just wanted to clarify this (for my own mental timeline) as I'm binge watching your videos for my A levels preparation ;)
Hi Tom. I read recently that many soldiers in the Union Army were liberal immigrants from Germany. Assuming most enlistees/ draftees were in their 30s while fighting on the front, that means they probably left Germany in the late 1840s up until the late 1850s, which was before Bismark's era. Was political persecution in the post-1848 period the reason they left Europe, or did they leave for other reasons (e.g. frustration with the struggle for German liberalism, European economic recession, American idealism, etc.)?
I barely understand my History professor, but I love the way you teach! :)
I tied in your rock paper scissors each time -_-
I tied 2 times. He beat me the 3rd time:))
absolutely love the metal intros and outros
Hi Tom,
great videos! You explain complex issues in a very understandable and lively way!
Just one small correction: You refered to "Kaiser Wilhelm I." appointing Bismarck as his chancellor in 1862 (0:19).
This has to be differentiated: At that time Wilhelm was not Kaiser (=Emperor), he was 'only' the Prussian king, due to the fact that Prussia was acually a kingdom. In 1871, when the Deutsches Reich (=German Empire) was established, he called himself "Wilhelm I. Deutscher Kaiser und König von Preußen" (=William I. German Emperor and Prussian King), since the Prussian kingdom existed as a German federal state until 1918.
The German emperors (Wilhelm I., his son Friedrich III. and his grand-son Wilhelm II.) of the Deutsches Kaiserreich (=the second Deutsches Reich, 1871-1918) were all from the Hohenzollern dynasty and reigned Germany and Prussia at the same time (like Queen Victorias father, who was the English King and the Hanvoverian King).
But I am convinced you knew all that ;)
With compliments from Germany to America!
Dan, German history student
We tied all three times in rock paper scissors! Also I love your lectures!!
Dude your videos rule. I'm addicted to them.
I'm taking western civilization in college and I don't know how I would pass without these videos. They cover everything we go over in class.
Great channel. I am attempting to learn more about German unification in the 19th century, so this is a great started. Thanks!Greetings from Israel!
+Joe Postove Much love for Israel, my friend - an honor to have you watching my channel!
Enjoying!
Bismarck was a super-Politician!
For those over 21, every time Tom says nobility or clergy in an episode take a shot. Are you drunk yet? Lol9o
Gracias Mr.Añor!
excellent video. but one question, this "state socialism" seems like a baby version of "national socialism", what's your take on this?
Thank you very much but Kulturkampf and the Sozialistengesetze were post-Unification. He did not need to fight the Catholics before, since the South was predominately Catholic. Otherwise great videos!
These weren't intended to be in chronological order, per se - part two emphasizes domestic policy and part three emphasizes foreign policy. The foreign policy is more climactic with all the Blood and Iron so it should be last. Keep in mind that Unification is not just a military conquest of other German states but also unifying everyone in spirit. On a strictly historical basis, your point is certainly well-taken!
Actually no , bismark did pose a radical extreme Nationalism before the passing of the kultukamf, bismark would drive Prussian led nationalism in Germany thus showing Prussian ambition
Informative and entertaining series. BUT did I miss something? Kaiser Wilhelm 1 and Bismarck suddenly appear out of nowhere at the start of the episode- no explanation as to how the Kaiser was appointed.
The Kaiser Wilhelm I was the hereditary ruler of Prussia at that time. You'll see in the next episode how Prussia absorbed the smaller German states and how the ruler of Prussia thus became the ruler of all Germany. Blood and Iron.
thanks for the prompt reply, appreciated
+Tom Richey But at the time Wilhelm appointed Bismarck as his Prime Minister, he was not Kaiser - he was King of Prussia. After he was proclaimed Kaiser in 1871, he went on to appoint Bismarck as Chancellor of the unified Empire, and that's when Kulturkampf and Bismarck's anti-Socialist policies took place. I know you don't want it to be in chronological order, but you're still mixing things up a little too hard in my opinion. Otherwise, great videos!
you are a better dad to me than my father ever was
Thank you VERY MUCH for the video Tom
i went rock all the way and we ended up tying. good video btw keep it up its great seeing them and learning!
Great Interaction with your audience
You beat me on the third round of Rock-Paper-Scissors. The other two rounds were ties.
Anyone know anyone besides Machiavelli that can be compared to Bismarck as a leader? Just asking for an upcoming LEQ
Keep in mind, my class enjoyed your video! thanks:-)
real smart video, mate. Thanks for sharing.
thanks a lot for this video! you explain things in a really good way!! also i beat you in the last rock paper sissor hahaha :)
Your videos are a savior, thank you!
dammit Richey beat me at rock paper scissors , I am rewinding
I lost, you drew a rock, I put scissors
Weren't the anti-socialist laws and the Kulturkampf after unification? because wasn't papal infallibility announced in 1870 which sparked the whole thing?
+Kimran Rana That's possible. I did this lecture more thematically because a strictly chronological treatment would have muddled the topics of this and the next video. The second and third video probably should have been reversed in hindsight but I still feel like the wars make a great climax for the whole thing.
Who got sent from mr Higgins 👋🤝
Rock, paper, rock, thank you for the history lesson 👍
I missed the first, won the second and draw on the last one. BTW a sample of 3 is statistically insufficient to base a winning strategies upon it :) nice lectures good sir
do you plan on doing a video on Italian unification at some point?
+Maeve O'Meara Probably not this year. Paul Sargent has a good video on that topic.
where the Kaisers names not Wilhelm, as opposed to William as you said
Does Realpolitik exist in any major political party as a doctrine today?
Jarvie Ritchie Almost every German party today follows this doctrine, even though they still have their official fancy ideals in their books. For example did our conservative party, which is ruling right now, abandon the nuclear power plans and started a renewable power resource project, something only Die Grünen (a mixture of left wing, realistic hippies and liberalism) could stand for in their doctrins.
you make history so engaging for me and you smashed me in rock paper scissors :)
I was literally freaked out when I lost the rock paper scissors, really thought he was like doing some trick or something that'll make sure he wins lmaoo
Impressive. Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Man, you beat me two times in rock, paper, scissors! lol
exam tomorrow!! Thanks so much
this video saved my life
why do teacher make us watch this
I only understood the Rock Paper Scissors part
Can you dwell a bit more on German History? Just for the fun of it. Except for the attempts to speak German, you´re a hell of teacher. Making history more fun since...well..u started here with ur first video.
I think I'm dwelling pretty hard with this Unification Trilogy! Looking forward to getting the last segment - BLOOD AND IRON - posted very soon. I also plan to post my series on WWI sometime in the near future, so I think you'll be pleased with that!
tied all three times
Scissors, scissors, rock. I won
But I will lose on the exam tomorrow. I've been watching the these videos all day and I'm hoping it pays off, I'm sure it will! Great videos!
PapaSmurff660 2 hours till I gotta leave for mine! Doing the same thing! I hope it pays off.
Trystan Rogers Hope you did well, i probably got a 3 lol
Trystan Rogers I had so much trouble with the first frq
Tom, we tied.
thank you so much! helped a lot
Bismerck a true player..
He meant..
I don't belong to any group i belong to power..
I am not a socialist or conservative nor a nationalist neither a liberal.. He is a true politician he never opposed anyone directly great...
New fan..😇😈😈
At 0:29 Richey says that Bismarck was Prussian Prime Minister from 1862 to 1873, which is not true really. He was Prime Minister until 1890 - a whopping 17 extra years thus. In 1873 he briefly made Roon Prime Minister but understood quickly, that this was a mistake and returned to this office the same year. Hence the misunderstanding.
Oh, and at 0:18 Richey says KAISER William I appointed Bismarck in 1862. WRONG! Mind that William is not Kaiser yet! 9 years later he will be Kaiser, but at this moment he is Prussian KING!
When Bismarck started his political career, he was no supporter of German unity, but he realized that Prussia on the long run could only pplay major role in Europe as the leading power in a united Germany, which also required to push Austria out of Germany. Apart from the Prussian-Austrian rivalry in Germany, the issue with Austria also was that most of the population of the Austrian Empire wasn't German and that nationalism was also strong among many of those different nations.
Both, the laws against socialists and the welfare or social security laws actually fall in the time after the unification. Both laws didn't prevent, either, that the socialists grew stronger in underground, their ban eventually had to be abrogated and that by 1914 they were the strongest party in Germany with a third of the votes.
There were actually two fractions of liberals the "national liberals", who actually became Bismarck's best political allies and the "radical liberals" , who rather were opposed to Bismarck, but may have agreed with his Kulturkampf. The Kulturkampf - actually prior to the ban of the socialists - brought about some ad hoc alliances of socialists and the catholic party, who agrred to withdraw their candidates and support the one of the other party, in certain electoral districts in order to prvent that a pro-Bismarck deputy would be elected.
+SiggiNebel Thanks for the additional info! Always interested in hearing about the different liberal factions in the late 19th century. The history of liberalism, in general, fascinates me quite a bit.
I won in Rock Paper Scissors!!!! Better luck next time Tom!
SE ALEMANHA É ESTÁ POTÊNCIA , AGRADEÇA A OTTO VON BISMARK .
Mfw Tom Richey schooled me three times in a row in RPS (kill me)
Tied twice
I won one
Gee you kind of look like a dark-haired Matt Damon - pardon me for the off-topic comment! Interesting video, about the rise of Bismarck in that period.
i can se a popes book in this video behing you
can u plz make video on popes for me
plzzz
very impressive,
You beat me at rock paper scissors smh
I tied the first time and then accidentally rewinded and lost the second time
bro why'd you win all 3 times, I can't even learn now I'm too hurt
Ivy Hammett-Aron 😳😔
We tied!
Who's here in 2020 and gotta take their AP exam online bc of miss rona?
Hey Tom
We drew 3 times.
Bismarck was a complete badass.
AGREED!
We just picked the same thing every time in rock paper scissors
we tied and then I got rock. Good video :P
I won in Rock Paper Scissors!!!!
We tied on the first two then I lost on the third LMAO
You 3-0'd me. You're too good.
Can it be said that he was a populist?
+Artjom Pavlov Absolutely not. Pretty sure he resigned over pressure from the Kaiser to pass more worker-friendly legislation. He did what he needed to do to prevent a socialist uprising but no more than that.
Tom Richey - Ah I see. It just seemed that he tried to appeal to all the big factions, socialists and liberals, thus being a populist. But I might have a wrong understanding of the word.
+Artjom Pavlov Yeah, a populist campaigns primarily to the masses - like the campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump - whereas an effective and flexible conservative politician like Bismarck does what he has to do to placate the masses while not considering them his base of support.
Tom Richey fucking build the wall #makeamericagreatagain
i lost all of the rock paper scissors....
A tie!
Alright who here lost the game of rock paper scissors? I won game one, he won game two, and he won game three.
Man Germans are so awessome and smart :) Hello from Macedonia im Proud of Medival German History :D
I was just going to rewind then he said don't rewind you're gonna win😝
nice video but I sent u a 5 dollar superchat on ur last live stream but u didnt respond:(
So Bismarck's basically everyone's frenemy
lol basically
we got a tie in rock paper scissors!
won 17 games of rock, paper, scissors
I won! We both did scissors, then I did scissors again then paper, good game
thank you, again you saved me again. :(.. essay....
Always a pleasure to save folks!
when u beat richey in rock paper scissors>>>>>
It was a tie all 3 times haha
I won each time. And I didn't rewind
+Siena N That's GOT to be a good sign for your exam tomorrow. Best of luck!
we tied all 3 times in rock paper scissors im sad