I DEBUNK Woke History Lesson About Colonialism

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  • Woke activists want reparations for Europe's Colonial Past. However the line can be thin between Colonized and Colonizer. History is complex, everything is intertwined, and we cannot simply explain what happened based on skin color.
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  • @historylegends
    @historylegends  Рік тому +274

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    • @adilachahbar3154
      @adilachahbar3154 Рік тому +10

      Could you please make a video about the Spanish-Moroccan war in the Rif north of the Kingdom of Morocco

    • @alisonhilll4317
      @alisonhilll4317 Рік тому

      If you research who's behind this rewriting of history it's all Rothchilds front man George Sorros, this division and lies are all pushed by zionist Jews again.

    • @thomassimeon3138
      @thomassimeon3138 Рік тому +9

      Hey history Legends. Can you make a video on what would it be like if Africa Unites, has a currency that is backed by it's enormous resources and what it would mean for the rest of the world when that happens 😊

    • @cjcoleman3893
      @cjcoleman3893 Рік тому +2

      Napoleon didn't exist

    • @BOONDAAo
      @BOONDAAo Рік тому +3

      IDK if you will see this but when are you gonna resupply your book ,because i want to buy 1

  • @Yarblocosifilitico
    @Yarblocosifilitico Рік тому +9491

    As a Spaniard, I'm waiting for the Arabs to apologize to the Visigoths, after the Visigoths apologize to the Romans, but only after the Romans apologize to the Celt-Iberians, unless of course the Celts don't apologize to whoever they colonized.

    • @hgkghkhgkgh8378
      @hgkghkhgkgh8378 Рік тому +651

      Don't forget it was the Greeks who first destroyed Troy making Aeneas flee.

    • @janvarga4023
      @janvarga4023 Рік тому

      ​@Cu6upckuû Ah yes, it is okay to conquer and rape as long as it is not in the name of capitalism but, for example, communism, right?

    • @sticksnstones5407
      @sticksnstones5407 Рік тому +835

      Get in line my friend because the Jews are still waiting for an apology from Egypt 😂

    • @wawaweewa9159
      @wawaweewa9159 Рік тому +133

      😂😂😂😂😂 this should be pinned

    • @laurajaneluvsbeauty9596
      @laurajaneluvsbeauty9596 Рік тому +575

      @Cu6upckuû ugh literally all the people he mentions conquered there, also colonized there. Learn some history

  • @tankwfw
    @tankwfw 7 місяців тому +1416

    Anyone notice how the Muslim conquests NEVER get brought up when talking about colonialism? Their slave trade was worse too

    • @hardromeo436
      @hardromeo436 7 місяців тому +277

      Was, and still is. They never want to talk about how bad slavery is today bc of who is practicing it

    • @Steven9567
      @Steven9567 7 місяців тому

      @@hardromeo436 colonialism was populating unclaim land but they are trying demonize it into conquest to demoniz wyite people

    • @ole9131
      @ole9131 7 місяців тому +245

      they even made a slavetrader as their prophet

    • @brianm4178
      @brianm4178 7 місяців тому +43

      India too 😂

    • @jelly7310
      @jelly7310 7 місяців тому +108

      ​@@hardromeo436exactly, there's literally more slaves today than at any other time in history. 40 million+

  • @ranranpoopants
    @ranranpoopants 7 місяців тому +208

    As a Canadian I apologize to everyone on behalf of everyone.

    • @burieddreamer
      @burieddreamer 3 місяці тому +6

      Good! Now... send money to prove you really mean it!

    • @nicktecky55
      @nicktecky55 3 місяці тому +3

      Thank you, I had a real chuckle over that!

    • @enkaiscott
      @enkaiscott Місяць тому

      I am also Canadian, this guy knows nothing about African history however.

    • @user-ml6so6tp9x
      @user-ml6so6tp9x 26 днів тому

      ​@@burieddreamer for what? The politicians' new yatch or vacation home?

    • @user-fu9uc5hj3l
      @user-fu9uc5hj3l 26 днів тому

      لا تعتذر عن شيء لم تفعله

  • @ianeons9278
    @ianeons9278 7 місяців тому +71

    “The African kingdoms were so poor at the time”
    Mansa Musa of Mali: **Am I a joke to you?**

    • @tayloryoung9803
      @tayloryoung9803 5 місяців тому +4

      richness is not just pile of gold. hardly any global market for it back then. I think id be more accurate in terms of technology and food etc. In that case ...

    • @Ralph-Rainier
      @Ralph-Rainier 25 днів тому +6

      ​@@tayloryoung9803though a bit late to the discussion, he was so rich he built libraries and mosques ALONG the way to his Pilgrimage. He literally inflated local economies in Egypt which took 20 years to recover. He created intricate architecture and improved education that Timbuktu was the biggest and most advanced city in the whole of Africa and Europe. Mansa Musa was so popular that the world atlas at the time (created by Europeans) included a drawing on him that encompassed 1/4 of the known map of Africa. Sadly, the Empire fell to other African tribes, and the Africans pillaging of Timbuktu was so bad that it couldn't recover from this since the African Tribes enslaved many of the African Mali people without giving them time to rebuild. (I would also like to rant, like Europe didn't invent slavery, and African Tribes enslaving African Tribes were more common than Europeans enslaving them, the only thing European countries did is BUY those captured slaves by other African Tribes which was much more greater than having to forcefully do it, that's why it was called a Trade)

    • @tayloryoung9803
      @tayloryoung9803 25 днів тому

      @@Ralph-Rainier well im gonna take the time to reply too :)
      "Timbuktu was the biggest and most advanced city in the whole of Africa and Europe." It is absolutely not true. TImbuktu in 14th century (time of Musa) had anywhere from 50-80k population => it wouldnt even enter top 10 european cities by popluation. Timbiktu was not even build by Musa. How do you even rank most advanced, by most accounts it wouldn't be...
      "Mansa Musa was so popular that the world atlas at the time (created by Europeans) included a drawing on him that encompassed 1/4 of the known map of Africa"
      => The map you mention appeared in spain more than 40 years after his death and deosnt mention Mali but Ghana
      You can see for yourself on the following link that Musa is made as big as other characters and deosnt take up as much space as you pretend :
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_Atlas#/medi /File:1375_Atlas_Catalan_Abraham_Cresques.jpg
      "which was much more greater than having to forcefully do it, that's why it was called a Trade"
      Slave trade is a term coined for many such things, the slave trade in antiquity, arab slave trade in Africa or Ottoman slave trade. Heck Slave itself comes from slavic peaople enslaved by Bizentines
      What about Musa's Wealth ?
      According to several contemporary authors, such as Ibn Battuta, Ibn al-Dawadari and al-Umari, Mansa Musa ran out of money during his journey to Mecca and had to borrow from Egyptian merchants at a high rate of interest on his return journey. Al-Umari and Ibn Khaldun state that the moneylenders were either never repaid or only partly repaid.
      It is difficult to meaningfully compare the wealth of historical figures such as Mansa Musa, due to the difficulty of separating the personal wealth of a monarch from the wealth of the state and the difficulty of comparing wealth in highly different societies
      Also I'd take a grain of salt because Much of what is known about Musa comes from Arabic sources written after his hajj, especially the writings of Al-Umari and Ibn Khaldun. Even Oral tradition, as performed by the jeliw (sg. jeli), also known as griots, includes relatively little information about Musa compared to some other parts of the history of Mali. Even the date of his death is uncertain.
      => very few solid sources or written sources at all : This is not the sign of great wealth outside of conjonctural accumuluation of tradable raw materials. Yes he build some mosks and contrivuted to Timbuktu greatness between the 12 and 15th century but its no big wonder it didnt last.
      According to what one can find on Wikipedia : "Musa's reign is commonly regarded as Mali's golden age, but this perception may be the result of his reign being the best recorded by Arabic sources, rather than him necessarily being the wealthiest and most powerful mansa of Mali"

  • @joselynmikolajczak8374
    @joselynmikolajczak8374 Рік тому +3500

    As a person of polish decent I'm waiting for an apology from just about everyone

    • @IronIck45
      @IronIck45 Рік тому +56

      @@mr.p5694 You must be a very shine perso, if you are polish.
      Sorry, just a joke about english.
      How called turkey the land today?
      The bird is still a turkey.

    • @lucasselvidge-fd9ik
      @lucasselvidge-fd9ik Рік тому +61

      At least you guys enjoy your history, and you have the winged hussars

    • @cleopatra1633
      @cleopatra1633 Рік тому +106

      Indeed, especially the German occupation and all the polish people that were slaughtered and deported to concentration camps. But all they talk about is suffering Jews. Its infuriating.

    • @ashleytaylor7621
      @ashleytaylor7621 Рік тому +21

      As a brit youre welcome

    • @arnostkrenovsky6137
      @arnostkrenovsky6137 Рік тому +71

      As a Czech person I expect an apology from Poland, Germany and Russia

  • @universalflamethrower6342
    @universalflamethrower6342 Рік тому +3487

    I work as a guide in some corner of a culturally fully woke European institute, I see it as my holy duty to subvert the subversion and teach visitors some facts

    • @historylegends
      @historylegends  Рік тому +820

      You’re a Crusader ⚔️

    • @oldhollywoodbriar
      @oldhollywoodbriar Рік тому +241

      Achievement Unlocked: Legend Status. Strong work! Well done!

    • @balazshorvath3860
      @balazshorvath3860 Рік тому +10

      Really? What about quitting?

    • @leejames1792
      @leejames1792 Рік тому +337

      @@balazshorvath3860 what? So his position can be filled by some woke liar who bs the public?

    • @CARBONHAWK1
      @CARBONHAWK1 Рік тому

      Haitians were economically embargoed. They didn’t want trade with an island of “slaves”. Oh and had to pay France reparations?

  • @espanner97
    @espanner97 6 місяців тому +202

    You have a good point about the Ottomans. People never go woke about them. Also, few people know about Celtic slaves sold to the Barbary states.

    • @nikolamilicevic1040
      @nikolamilicevic1040 6 місяців тому

      lol woker.hsot of criticims ofg ottomans where people hsitory intrwine with them.off course most people will deal with their hsitory or main world players.

    • @fard6703
      @fard6703 5 місяців тому +11

      The Barbary Corsairs literally sailed to the River Thames and took slaves from English land. When are we going to talk about that?

    • @nicktecky55
      @nicktecky55 3 місяці тому +1

      "Celtic"? Who were they? If they were sold, who sold them?
      How about Pádraig, patron saint of Ireland, snatched from his Welsh parents and sold on? Who did that?

    • @ravenouself4181
      @ravenouself4181 3 місяці тому +1

      @@nikolamilicevic1040 bro, learn to spell

    • @ravenouself4181
      @ravenouself4181 3 місяці тому +1

      @@nicktecky55 you know the rules, and so do i - your mum

  • @jamieswanson4450
    @jamieswanson4450 5 місяців тому +54

    As a Brit im waiting for france to apologise for that time they invaded us in 1066 still a little salty about that

    • @Finnbobjimbob
      @Finnbobjimbob 5 місяців тому +7

      I’m still waiting for the Romans to apologise

    • @nicktecky55
      @nicktecky55 5 місяців тому

      William's cronies and collaborators were given their share of the spoils after he stole all the land. 75% of that land is still in the hands of their descendants.
      So it's not France the you need to talk to.
      They don't call it Doomsday Book for no reason. By the modern definition, what he did was very close to genocide. That's even before you get to the Harrowing of the North.

    • @burieddreamer
      @burieddreamer 3 місяці тому +3

      And the Danish.

    • @nicktecky55
      @nicktecky55 3 місяці тому +4

      What do you mean, they are still living amongst us!

    • @CROM-on1bz
      @CROM-on1bz Місяць тому +6

      As a Frenchman, I expect apologies from the British who come every summer to invade our sunny beaches (as well as the Germans, but for them it's an annoying habit)🤣🤣

  • @MrCovi2955
    @MrCovi2955 Рік тому +2057

    Its not surprising that every time a woke history lesson starts, it always ends with "so now that you hopefully feel guilty, give me money."

    • @metaouroboros6324
      @metaouroboros6324 Рік тому +76

      They do have the longest patron credits roll at the end of their videos.

    • @supermaximglitchy1
      @supermaximglitchy1 Рік тому +170

      i would response with “why should I feel guilty of something I didn’t do, and why should I give money to someone who’s too lazy to do real work?”

    • @bobfrank7339
      @bobfrank7339 Рік тому

      Well left wingers don't have millionaire and billionaire donors to fund and influence their propaganda like right wingers do

    • @thethrashyone
      @thethrashyone Рік тому +112

      @@supermaximglitchy1 Their eye rollingly predictable response is always "Well, you may not have done it but you still _benefit_ from it..." Without presenting a single concrete example of _exactly_ how you still benefit from it, of course. What, you expect woke leftists to actually _substantiate_ their arguments? Perish the thought.

    • @tonerboner6386
      @tonerboner6386 Рік тому +42

      @Kyle Justice awoketh

  • @YeshuaIsTheTruth
    @YeshuaIsTheTruth Рік тому +1322

    As an American with German, French, Irish, English and Choctaw ancestry, I guess I'll just spend all day apologizing to myself in the mirror for various conquests and discrepancies.

    • @morzhed-hoqh732
      @morzhed-hoqh732 11 місяців тому +36

      😂

    • @staceyleeann3321
      @staceyleeann3321 11 місяців тому +66

      As an American with Scottish/Irish/American Indian (Sioux)/west Nigerian/French/Scandinavian ancestry … I feel you

    • @YeshuaIsTheTruth
      @YeshuaIsTheTruth 11 місяців тому +7

      @@staceyleeann3321 lolol 😂

    • @letsdothis9063
      @letsdothis9063 10 місяців тому +11

      Same. We have to be related somehow. Toss in some Scandinavian, and that's exactly my heritage. Lol

    • @staceyleeann3321
      @staceyleeann3321 10 місяців тому

      @@letsdothis9063 Amerimutts

  • @TheWhiteSaviour
    @TheWhiteSaviour 7 місяців тому +172

    I am an American and I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to see other people from Western countries fighting against the rewrite of history. These people teach such a reductive account of historical events. We must stand together to teach the truth of Western history.

    • @italo8995
      @italo8995 5 місяців тому +15

      So colonialism, genocide of the native americans and making millions of people slaves are not true things?😂 Is Earth flat either ??😂

    • @kenupton4084
      @kenupton4084 5 місяців тому

      ​@@italo8995you're mixing a few different things to make a weak argument.
      Since you started with Native American it's likely you're focusing on America as "the West" when in reality the west is pretty much everything to the left of Turkey.
      If you're trying to work this American slanted agenda you're going to run into trouble.
      A good example: "making millions of people slaves". No. Americans didn't "make" slaves. They bought them from African slavers. There are ledgers, cargo manifests and receipts. No Carolinian plantation owner hopped on a boat to go hunt people in a jungle.
      And the Natives? You know the Indian territories were often purchased. I think it was the Cherokee that got the biggest payout. They got more than France did for the Louisiana purchase.
      Africa had more slaves than the Americas. In fact..
      They still have slaves.

    • @mgjamesfin7011
      @mgjamesfin7011 5 місяців тому

      learn to read@@italo8995

    • @rodjohnon4950
      @rodjohnon4950 5 місяців тому

      ​@@italo8995Such crap. There was no Indian genocide. And the slaves were sold by their own. And without us. You wouldn't enjoy the luxuries you have now.

    • @bigfrazier86
      @bigfrazier86 5 місяців тому +8

      @@italo8995that’s not what he said or meant. You obviously did not watch the video

  • @randylahey8207
    @randylahey8207 7 місяців тому +8

    Here's an idea: all the French go back to France, and all the non native French go back to their countries. Then we'll see who's an economic powerhouse and who still needs help to do the most basic things. Colonialism cost the powers untold billions, and yet most people have no idea...

  • @orboakin8074
    @orboakin8074 Рік тому +2699

    As a Nigerian, my opinion on colonialism will be more nuanced than that of most westerners. On one hand, it was brutal in some ways but on the other it did play a huge role in bringing much of Africa into the modern age via introduction of modern tech, medicine, western education, and nation building. My country literally wouldn't exist without the British. For all the issues we face, most of us wouldn't ever dream of not having a country of our own.
    Also, one major good it did was abolish slavery. I cannot be more thankful for the British using their naval power and economic might to suppress the slave trade in Africa. Oh, I know they partook in it for a time, themselves, but it existed here long before whites ever came to Africa. Even my own ancestors of the Edo kingdom were slavers. What makes the British different is that unlike other regional African and Arab powers, they had the cultural & religious framework, wisdom, humanity and courage to actually stop the evil of slavery even at huge cost to their economy.

    • @adityasingh7199
      @adityasingh7199 Рік тому +53

      This was the real talent of Britishers... they changed their policy time to time... they had done everything which was needed to keep their industries alive...if i see the map of Africa the boundaries of countries are drawn with the help of scale and protectors in British and French drawing rooms... they must have given you Nigeria but at the cost of Africa

    • @Lt.GonvilleBromhead
      @Lt.GonvilleBromhead Рік тому +181

      @@dalitsobanda1032 You started the campaign to end slavery?? When? Who? Where is the evidence of this?

    • @sausageman4706
      @sausageman4706 Рік тому +87

      ​@@dalitsobanda1032 can't give yourselves credit either then otherwise you'll be contradicting yourself. Assuming you are speaking fact of course (which I doubt)

    • @belindakennedy5828
      @belindakennedy5828 Рік тому +161

      ​@@dalitsobanda1032 who was enslaving you back then it wasn't the British because the British never entered central Africa untill long after slavery was abolished world wide by the British,it was the British who stopped slavery in central Africa.

    • @davidmendy9906
      @davidmendy9906 Рік тому +28

      They stopped it because they moved to steam power. Not having a country? Well time to look up Benin city and other African kingdoms and Empires. I don't see anything good in being pushed back to the back of the room. Thank God we can go back to being us again.

  • @Annatomova7
    @Annatomova7 Рік тому +1966

    As a Bulgarian, who’s well aware of the 500+ years of ottoman colonization, I appreciate this HONEST video about history. I’m so sick of revisionist propaganda and I’m honestly, just tired of people telling me I can’t love my country because we’re European, therefore evil. I’m sick of the hypocrisy and the obsession these people have towards Europeans as a whole. Like just live your life and be happy with this culture you got. 😅

    • @Annatomova7
      @Annatomova7 Рік тому +38

      @Landon thank you 🇧🇬🥰🇧🇬

    • @nationalistcanuck7800
      @nationalistcanuck7800 Рік тому +15

      We destroyed the Ottoman Empire. Yes, you are welcome.

    • @Annatomova7
      @Annatomova7 Рік тому +83

      @@nationalistcanuck7800 uhhh no you didn’t. Canada had nothing to do with ottoman or Balkan history. I seriously, have no clue what you’re talking about.

    • @titaniumskunkogkush4365
      @titaniumskunkogkush4365 Рік тому +13

      ​@@Annatomova7 your thinking of the all European are all the same is the reason why Europe is in the Ukraine mess at the moment. when Russia invaded Ukraine, the whole narrative from the European people made it seem as if Russia invaded France, Germany, Bulgaria or Italy. You may not know this but your thinking is problematic because you take offense to matters that doesn't involve you. But you put yourself in that situation when you start saying we're all European remarks. For example, Someone has a problem with England and now it's you that they have a problem with too? Just look at Russia right now. At least they are sovereign and don't have to listen to others. The Russians even consider themselves Eurasian.

    • @Annatomova7
      @Annatomova7 Рік тому

      @@titaniumskunkogkush4365 what the hell are you talking about? I never said I supported foreign wars, at all. I’m literally against foreign intervention. Nowhere in my comment did I ever say I support the whole Russia-Ukraine conflict, in fact I, grateful that POS Kiril Petkov got removed from being PM of Bulgaria. He would’ve
      Gladly entered the war. Anything for his American/NATO overlords. My comment has nothing to do with that. Yeah, we’re all European, but the whole point of that is that we should NOT act and think like Americans. Also, the main point of my comment was the fact that I don’t support woke bs when you have foreign invaders like the ottoman Turks, mongols, Arabs, etc who colonized Europe, yet fragile self hating white Americans and Western Europeans, along with non white Americans, want to blame everything on Europe and white people. We should unite against this anti European mentality that’s honestly just racist. I’m not supporting any wars. The war in Ukraine wouldn’t even be a thing, if it weren’t for fragile Americans and Western Europeans interfering.

  • @minothore7585
    @minothore7585 3 місяці тому +7

    Fun fact with the british "jalaeousy"
    American wanted to bring the metric system from France (which just invented it with Napoleon) and English corsairs attaked the ship with the weight used . It isn't really known if is was the primary objective to stop the spread of this french idea (U.K used imperial system at the time). So we can say that the U.K is the reason why U.S.A didn't use the metric system now (and now they mock them to not use it)

  • @beunothatyouknow
    @beunothatyouknow 5 місяців тому +6

    As an Irishman, I'm waiting for an apology from basically everyone

    • @capncake8837
      @capncake8837 3 дні тому

      Same, but I’m also Korean (and a teeny bit Jewish). If everyone who oppressed/colonized my ancestors pays reparations, I’ll be set for life.

  • @JB-jm6lo
    @JB-jm6lo Рік тому +527

    "Woke" used to mean being aware of corporate agendas. Now it seems to mean being part of a corporate agenda.

    • @sojrnrr8368
      @sojrnrr8368 10 місяців тому

      yes, it has been co-opted, plagiarized and corrupted so the political wings of the culture vulture can use it. For me it is being past waking.

    • @johngarcia8290
      @johngarcia8290 9 місяців тому

      I felt like woke is just a simple person's term to explain how they have some little wisdom. Just like simple people use the matrix as an example because it's just too complicated to believe that corporate entities are not people and are based on profits without your best interest. In that context neo dodging magic bullets in a digital world is more believable.

    • @kathyflorcruz552
      @kathyflorcruz552 7 місяців тому

      Yes. There's awake - being awake to the lies of the leftist propaganda - then there's WOKE - the leftists ALINSKYSPEAK inversion of the truth.

    • @TBButtSmoothy
      @TBButtSmoothy 7 місяців тому +46

      People want to feel as if they pertain to a higher sense of virtue or morality, regardless of any knowledge.

    • @teddyjackson1902
      @teddyjackson1902 7 місяців тому

      From the period that “woke” appeared on the scene and gained traction in the public consciousness back around 2013/14, it was always the corporatist agenda. Intersectional ideology has been installed from the top down. Videos like this one are dealing with documentaries produced by think tanks and academics that are funded by corporate coffers and oligarch trusts like Open Societies Foundation or Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation. The irony of “woke” is that acolytes are blind to reality. “Woke” appeals to the worst impulses of weak people because it provides them the auspices to abuse, loot and berate people simply based on their ethnicity or skin color. It’s attempting to establish the basis for an authoritarian government that can violate property rights on a whim by making native populations in these target nations guilty of crimes that they must be punished for with punitive damages extracted by the government. It’s constructed on half-truths and massive historical omissions. The context for these narratives is a carefully constructed lie that is blasted and repeated over and over through these corporate sponsored or institutional platforms in order to maintain a pervasive presence in the public consciousness. It relies on ignorance and miseducation in the public. Videos like this one debunking the narratives are left up to random common people who care to reveal the truth. Free people cannot govern themselves without the truth.

  • @semeona.k2839
    @semeona.k2839 Рік тому +1895

    As an African/Ethiopian, we never buy into this victim mindset our fellow Africans seems to love, but damn i didnt know the victim agenda goes this deep.

    • @IK_MK
      @IK_MK Рік тому +176

      As a Malawian I look at this subjectively
      You cannot lie, colonisation has had a significant impact on the continent but I also can't say it's the source of all our problems (I can personally attest to that 😅)
      Yes there are a lot of people playing the victim but you must also recognise and not rule out the actual victims because they still exist and are affected to this day.

    • @user-ex9me7fd6o
      @user-ex9me7fd6o Рік тому +92

      Ethiopia was never colonized...

    • @pro-Russia
      @pro-Russia Рік тому +24

      Just last year you guys were screaming No More, especially when USA and EU started to sanction your government, there were no group that was victimized like the Ethiopians especially in the middle east, 500000 Ethiopians were locked in Saudi Arabia because of conflict between Ethiopia and Egypt with the Nile dam

    • @nathanielacton3768
      @nathanielacton3768 Рік тому +58

      @@user-ex9me7fd6o Ethiopia also has 10x lower GDP than say SA or Botswana and half the literacy. There were upsides to colonisation to go along with the downsides. Literacy leads to legal stability. Legal stability allows for foreign investment as the investor has a better chance of getting return of investment. Colonisers brought this in as a package and despite the fact that the goal was often nothing more than exploitation the residual benefits built up after years and decades passed and the foreign influence invested more and more in the exploitation infrastructure (railways for faster extraction, schools for a more educated workforce). Despite the negative situation, over the long term the benefits outweighed the injustices.

    • @nicklibby3784
      @nicklibby3784 Рік тому +32

      ​​​​​​​​@@user-ex9me7fd6o Ethiopia was under Italian occupation before and during WW2 for 5-6 years after the 2nd Italo-Ethiopian war in 1936-37 which Italy won. Italy also took British somaliland and Abyssinia and already owned Eritrea and somalia(Libya too, but that's far north). After the 5-6 years of Italian occupation the Ethiopians finally started to make major resistance and won their first victory in struggle to start regaining independence, however fighting continued for a long time with Italian soldiers not giving up. Only some certain parts of Ethiopia were not under complete control of Italy during the 5-6 years of occupation. Italy got this control by resorting to gas and chemical weapons attacks on soldiers after it was banned in the end of WW1, but even that did not work, so Italy used gas and chemical weapons on the civillians, then Italy finally had controll over much or Ethiopia.
      So yes, Ethiopia was colonized for half decade. Just not multiple decades long like much the rest of Africa.
      Ignoring the fact Ethiopia was colonized ignores the war crimes and crimes against humanity Italy committed on Ethiopia, just because there was some parts they didn't fully control and it wasn't for half a century they had them colonized does not mean it did not happen.
      It is time to acknowledge this so Italy can be forced to pay reparations to Ethiopia, maybe Italy can help build infrastructure for electricity and give money so Ethiopia doesn't have to dam up the Nile river so much and hurt Egypt as much as they originally/currently plan to.
      It is time for Italy to pay reparations to Ethiopia and help them for some sort of reconciliation. It is time for people to stop ignoring the war crimes and crimes against humanity Italy committed during the colonization of Ethiopia.

  • @silvanusasher446
    @silvanusasher446 6 місяців тому +4

    This is awesome info man, I will definitely be checking out any other historical videos you have and possibly sharing them.

  • @eduardocunha_7
    @eduardocunha_7 5 місяців тому +6

    Same thing with Portugal on brazil
    Many brazilians today ask to portugal to give back their gold when in fact many of it was being trade ilegal and portugal just taxed 20% of tue gold, where much of it was used to invest in Brazil itself
    Maybe that black market they created shows the nowadays situation of brazil politicians and corruption where taxes are almost 50% yet some of the gold that was taxed 20% is still the problem for them...

    • @mikecostinas3045
      @mikecostinas3045 5 місяців тому +1

      exactly, common folks in Portugal were doing their own things, the people who migrated to Brazil were the wealthy investors ready to grab pieces of lands and riches not the people staying in Europe, also the fact that they bring this to descendants of the common folks probably having their ancestors being farmers, fishermen etc.. just ridiculous ahha

  • @nlysts
    @nlysts Рік тому +653

    Fun fact the Dutch didn't partake in the scramble for Africa because they calculated all colonies with the exception of Indonesia operated at huge losses.

    • @johnpaul3099
      @johnpaul3099 Рік тому +22

      Is it true

    • @t3333beats
      @t3333beats Рік тому +66

      ​@@johnpaul3099do you think anyone would do something just to take a loss use your head wether they mismanaged their profits is a different question

    • @nlysts
      @nlysts Рік тому +137

      @@t3333beats it is true profit motive was not the main reason for colonisation. It was mostly about prestige and military reasons.

    • @kevinplayz7965
      @kevinplayz7965 Рік тому +12

      @@nlysts True, true

    • @aidanmacdougall9250
      @aidanmacdougall9250 Рік тому +77

      Dutch did colonise South Africa, and kept slavery longer than the British. They were just less successful at it, not idealism or profit

  • @thebluriam
    @thebluriam Рік тому +532

    Isn't the rewriting of history also a form of colonialism? Doesn't that mean that "woke" efforts/ideology is just another form of colonialism?

    • @PinkBroBlueRope
      @PinkBroBlueRope Рік тому +1

      Unironically yeah, it’s spreading literally everywhere and with the aggression of an invasion force. It doesn’t care what the majority of the people think, it only infects the elites and city-dwelling bugmen

    • @stoneomountain2390
      @stoneomountain2390 Рік тому +41

      Shhhh

    • @erwannthietart3602
      @erwannthietart3602 Рік тому

      Of course, like all extreme movements, they are complete Hypocrites

    • @darksoulquis5643
      @darksoulquis5643 Рік тому +7

      Everybody doing the same thing everybody gets knocked out of history eventually

    • @thebluriam
      @thebluriam Рік тому

      @@darksoulquis5643 Knock Madness

  • @SpecialEDy
    @SpecialEDy 7 місяців тому +1

    Caribbean
    Its not Care-ah-be-in, it is pronounced Ka-rib-e-in

  • @cwp2614
    @cwp2614 7 місяців тому +5

    Your video was impressive, thank you.
    Comments were all positive and often funny. Then,
    I checked and saw there were over 8,100 comments and I finally just had to stop reading all the compliments on your work!
    Thanks again for some great work I was unaware of so much!

  • @cbhlde
    @cbhlde Рік тому +1510

    As a white European male I naturally colonized your subscribe button months ago!
    Gonna love that guy! 😁

    • @Adeptus_Mechanicus
      @Adeptus_Mechanicus Рік тому +1

      White European is not a real ethnic group. I have NOTHING In common with Anglo-Englishman tourists here in Valencia, Spain. I am SPANISH first and foremost. Germans are Germans. 'White' is a result of ethnogenesis in the new world.

    • @gadupudigowtham6619
      @gadupudigowtham6619 Рік тому +7

      You are here too haha

    • @Sankara-Setu-Mutanda-75
      @Sankara-Setu-Mutanda-75 Рік тому

      Colon-ized your butt-on

    • @Hamza-iq6gw
      @Hamza-iq6gw Рік тому +14

      Basically France and Britain had to colonize Africa they had no choice and the French atheists went to the levant to protect the Christians in the region? Cool story bro

    • @lordbendtner7021
      @lordbendtner7021 Рік тому

      White and male? Disgusting.
      At the very least, are you gay?

  • @richardabbey2569
    @richardabbey2569 Рік тому +854

    I really liked the map of French colonialism in north America. My family are from the CPN band of Potawatomi American Indians. At the first contact with the French Around 1615 my band had almost been completely exterminated by the Iroquoi American Indian nation. Only about 2000 of us had survived the war with the Iroquoi, mostly women, children, and old people. The French explorers married our widows, became fathers to our orphaned children, and saved our people from the Iroquoi invaders. Today there are more than 16,000 of us. Thank God the French colonized us! If they had not arrived we would have been wiped out by Iroquoi bent on genocide.

    • @NiVoldiza
      @NiVoldiza Рік тому +105

      Wow... just... wow. That's really something, the world ain't black and white (in more than one way).

    • @vaarslac6091
      @vaarslac6091 Рік тому +38

      Then why aren't you shocked when at 3:34 he talks about the French being less interested in their american's land because of "Hostiles Natives" ? (And it's a true question not a provocative one): France has been the most helpfull and peacefull of the europeans the native americans met. I find it quite sad that HistoryLegends try to defend the French colonial past while spreading the idea that native americans were to be put in the same hostile box than british settlers to them.
      Your story is anyway heartwarming and beautyfully shows how History isn't manichean. France has oppressed and fought many peoples through its history, but helped or even saved many others in the same time.

    • @truthhurts9819
      @truthhurts9819 Рік тому +64

      I feel like people constantly overlook the things that nations like the Iroquois and the Utes did.

    • @rodgersD
      @rodgersD Рік тому +22

      ​​@@truthhurts9819akes it easier to justify their absurd arguments about only very specific groups of people doing bad things and being bad people.

    • @6Sparx9
      @6Sparx9 Рік тому +21

      ​​@@rodgersDt's easier to think yourself virtuous and on the right side of history when you accept a simplified representation of the world. This is also a major issue those who practice critical theory since they focus on 'power dynamics' that they retroactively apply to events often through inference using the knowledge of past events we have access too today and using our modern standards.

  • @josipspisic1737
    @josipspisic1737 Місяць тому +3

    People always ask me why they should care about history ,so this is why history is not black and white but grey and knowing history is best way to preventing from happening no mether what subject from past

    • @silverhawkscape2677
      @silverhawkscape2677 Місяць тому

      Some People see history as the Perfect way to control the Present. Look at the Woke Activist of Today. Pretty sure there history knowledge is extremely warped beyond belief

  • @AustinAOkay
    @AustinAOkay 7 місяців тому +79

    Keep speaking the truth brother. No civilization’s hands are clean in history.

  • @vasilisconstantinides4476
    @vasilisconstantinides4476 Рік тому +507

    They also won't tell you about the Muslim caliphates that conquered the entire region. That is also a form of colonialism. They'll ignore Arab and Turkish/Ottoman colonisation and only tell you about European colonisation.

    • @me24680
      @me24680 11 місяців тому

      That's because the Arabs Didn't cut of arms of children.

    • @generaleyan1676
      @generaleyan1676 11 місяців тому +12

      Yeah but no one is complaining about what the Muslims did to them, at least not the maghrébines

    • @nikolamilicevic1040
      @nikolamilicevic1040 11 місяців тому +64

      @@generaleyan1676
      ask balkans.we do complin.
      MAghreb was assimilated and their relgion and curlre got islamised and rabised.off course they wont complain as much.but arabs stll do complin aobut rule of muslim otomans.

    • @youcefsiouda
      @youcefsiouda 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@nikolamilicevic1040
      It's complicated and diverse as the ottomans lasted 623 years
      But what you said is not true for a big part of it

    • @BiggieTrismegistus
      @BiggieTrismegistus 10 місяців тому +26

      ​@@generaleyan1676The Greeks are still pretty salty about everything.

  • @dymed1366
    @dymed1366 Рік тому +1352

    These debunking revisionist history videos are extremely underrated, thanks for combating the lies!

    • @historylegends
      @historylegends  Рік тому +132

      Glad you like them! Thank you for the support 🫡🙏

    • @WhatGindoes
      @WhatGindoes Рік тому +8

      ​@@historylegends Please Let's get update for the on-going war boss? When is the next video? It's Easter Sunday here in India,just back from church and was happy with the notification... I clicked and 💔💔💔💔...

    • @dymed1366
      @dymed1366 Рік тому +24

      @@WhatGindoes Hey man, give the guy a break lol. He's a HISTORY legend, he talks about history too 🤣

    • @piked261
      @piked261 Рік тому +11

      He's a bit of a revisionist himself 🤣

    • @ailediablo79
      @ailediablo79 Рік тому +6

      @@historylegends I know woke do bs but you making a mistake in the other direction too. For example colonialism is not like your normal invation. Also, in western European history race and dehumanizing the enemy is done throughout the centuries. It takes a different process in other places in the world. In Muslim world there is no dehumanizing and no racism in most part because they don't need a reason and they not easy to convince nor have such concepts culturally. They just do it anyway. Also it is only Japan and western Europe that their Empires not land connected together which makes a different chemistry on all levels. Not to mention there is many layers to it.
      Also European colonialism is still going in neo-colonialism lead headed by USA nowadays. Even full on colonialism is just yesterday. Not to mention it is second in badness only to the Mongolias. It is very significant.
      It goes deeper than this but at this point am writing a book.

  • @Finnbobjimbob
    @Finnbobjimbob 5 місяців тому +4

    As a Brit I’m still waiting for an apology from the Romans

    • @jimakisspd
      @jimakisspd 3 місяці тому +2

      Only if you are Irish or Scot though, not Anglo-saxon. lol

  • @TimmsMJ
    @TimmsMJ 7 місяців тому +7

    We have this sort of thing in Britain too. Thank you for clarifying the matter for those who care to be educated. Unfortunately some people prefer to live in their own imagination. Liked and Subbed. :)

  • @DarkRaikon
    @DarkRaikon Рік тому +292

    when you want to scream racist, but history don't approve
    so you change history so you can scream: "they are racist!!!"

    • @terencefranks1688
      @terencefranks1688 Рік тому +14

      which is what wokism isabout .....

    • @GamelessOne
      @GamelessOne Рік тому +2

      I really don't see how he disproves racism. It's a well known fact that people from European countries saw themselves as superior. Slavery in itself doesn't equal racism, but in context of colonialism, racism is very clear.

    • @DarkRaikon
      @DarkRaikon Рік тому +7

      @@GamelessOne also you disprove yourself... If they thought they were superior to others that means they saw all slaves as below them...all skin colors...

    • @GamelessOne
      @GamelessOne Рік тому

      @@DarkRaikon I know there were a lot of african slavers, but my point isn't even about slavery, so not sure what your point is.

    • @melonmusk8924
      @melonmusk8924 Рік тому

      ​@@GamelessOneAnd this video isn't about debunking that Europeans were racist, they were. But the video is about debunking the fake history woke people create so they can make money. Easy as that.

  • @choleraphd7702
    @choleraphd7702 Рік тому +143

    As a human being I'm still waiting for Jeff Bezos to give me his multi billion dollar empire because his ancestor Oog bashed my ancestor Boog over the head with a large club because it was his turn to ride the dinosaur.

    • @FiveDrop572
      @FiveDrop572 7 місяців тому +11

      bros got trans-species family feuds

    • @ferdiefunes8854
      @ferdiefunes8854 7 місяців тому +1

      😂😂😂

    • @taliabraver
      @taliabraver 6 місяців тому +3

      Then why do these people in in America,Australia or New Zealand?

    • @theodale6805
      @theodale6805 5 місяців тому

      made me chuckle

    • @Kylethegiggachadsigma
      @Kylethegiggachadsigma 24 дні тому

      Erm actually, homo sapiens lived way after dinosaurs making this impossible ☝️🤓

  • @comedygames3166
    @comedygames3166 5 місяців тому +3

    Waiting for Estonia to apologize to Sweden

  • @MuslimsAreEvil626
    @MuslimsAreEvil626 Місяць тому +4

    You know you’re gonna lose brain cells when it’s Al Jazeera.

    • @CodeCal
      @CodeCal 8 днів тому

      And do you know when it's fox news?

    • @MuslimsAreEvil626
      @MuslimsAreEvil626 8 днів тому +1

      @@CodeCal I don’t care about Fox News commie.

  • @centralscrutinizer7127
    @centralscrutinizer7127 Рік тому +787

    Having personally never been enslaved (though I have a Slavic heritage) and having never enslaved anyone, I'm not waiting for any apology and I'm not apologizing to anyone.

    • @emycharaa
      @emycharaa Рік тому +15

      💀

    • @lambertlambert7076
      @lambertlambert7076 Рік тому +27

      Wow common sense ! Cheers !

    • @Teufer2
      @Teufer2 11 місяців тому +59

      I am Swiss. Didn't have slaves since the early middle ages. Never had any colonies.
      In recent years there have been voices that we should pay reparation for the transatlantic slave trade.
      The reasoning behind it. We had investments and trade relations with the countries and companies that were associated with slavery. Meaning we owe part of our wealth to the slave trade.
      On the other hand. You barely hear about anything from the Arab and African nations that hunted down people, enslaved them and sold them off. Having to pay reparation. If at all.
      It's almost like those "Reparationists" care less about justice but more about the cash. As there is more to get from those Western countries than the Arab and African Nations. In fact. The african nations even demand reparations themself for the slave trade. Even though it was them that sold them off.
      The only reason they stopped doing the is because the Colonial powers forcdem them with threats of violence.

    • @lambertlambert7076
      @lambertlambert7076 11 місяців тому +40

      @@Teufer2 Even Swiss who never ever ruled any slave business in Africa are supposed to be guilty because of trade exchange with colonial powers. This doesn't make any sense. This is all about anti European racism and begging money.

    • @Teufer2
      @Teufer2 11 місяців тому

      @@lambertlambert7076 There are already so called "colonial Tours" through Zürich.
      Were you pay a guide to show you the "colonial past" of the city.
      Basically show you a statue of important figures. You see him? His family owned a coffee plantation with slaves in south america.
      Or: You see this company? Used to buy cotton from the US. You know who picked those? SLAVES!!!
      They really try to rub it in here.
      But again. Just because we traded with colonial powers we are guilty of colonialism as well?
      You know who traded with them as well?
      EVERYONE did! Those were Global Empires!
      They had trade relations from South American Headhunters to Japanese Feudal Lords.
      Foreign Cotton Imports was crucial for the industralisation of Switzerland AND Japan.
      You don't hear anyone demand reparation from Japan.
      And again. Who SOLD the slaves again? Everyone has to pay reparations for the trans atlantic slavery.
      Except the ones who were the first in the line of supply.

  • @opfax163
    @opfax163 Рік тому +320

    There is nothing more pathetic for a country to beg for an apology because if we go back in it's history you will find that they have their share of "horrible things "

    • @lambertlambert7076
      @lambertlambert7076 Рік тому +8

      Exactly

    • @opfax163
      @opfax163 11 місяців тому

      ​@@jerdyimperial lol , they killed a lot of jews

    • @JayzsMr
      @JayzsMr 10 місяців тому +23

      ​@@jerdyimperialthe Swiss at one time were the most competent and ruthless mercenaries in Europe. Before that they defended themselves multiple times in a most brutal and ruthless manner

    • @lambertlambert7076
      @lambertlambert7076 10 місяців тому

      @@jerdyimperial Swiss banksters had kept nazi gold and pieces of art stolen from the jewish

    • @sojrnrr8368
      @sojrnrr8368 10 місяців тому

      you say that to children or others who have been savagely treated? or do you have the maturity to understand that apology and reparation are due to someone who has endured victimization.

  • @Stormageddon571
    @Stormageddon571 7 місяців тому +3

    That reference to the Moors was pretty good. I'm gonna use that.

  • @jasonhudson739
    @jasonhudson739 7 місяців тому +2

    In Congo we know that the locals did cut off people' s hands, not the white belgians.

  • @raycuevas7577
    @raycuevas7577 Рік тому +650

    As a Dominican, thanks a lot man! You have no idea how tired us Dominicans are of these woke people painting Haiti as a Saint, changing the history and painting it as a good guy that came to free us from “big bad evil whitey” and calling us “racists” for celebrating our independence from them and for telling the history how it happened.

    • @Johabrea
      @Johabrea Рік тому +13

      Así mismo

    • @YoutubeChannel-nj9ex
      @YoutubeChannel-nj9ex Рік тому +2

      Oh no black people who were subject to terrible conditions for over 200 years decided to kill the light skins and whites that have been above them prior to those attacks. Lmao you guys have zero context in any of these situations none of this paints them as “saints” but it was a consequence of colonial slavery. If that never happened no Dominicans would have died, and I’m Dominican.

    • @Titus921
      @Titus921 Рік тому +38

      @@Johabrea I Think that Haiti should apologies to us but it would never happen as they want an apology for not letting them do whatever they want in DR which they still do as of right now.

    • @raycuevas7577
      @raycuevas7577 Рік тому +60

      @@Titus921 I don’t want nor care about Haiti giving us an apology, I just want for all this “Dominican bad” stupidity to stop.

    • @Titus921
      @Titus921 Рік тому +17

      @@raycuevas7577 We just got to keep speaking out about the silly doble standard but you right the whole world in human history is about stepping on other people just cause we can and apologizing won't get us anywhere we just have to move on for the future while learning from our past.

  • @azouitinesaad3856
    @azouitinesaad3856 Рік тому +197

    If our ancestors were to look at us asking for apologies from each other they would feel ashamed.

    • @nvggabxby
      @nvggabxby Рік тому +16

      I think it's the results of this new age society being built in the US and over more developed countries, back then it was the norm and u were encouraged to fight for what u want and fight hard, but now that way of living doesn't fit in with this new society which is why most people just complain on the internet about the system or will protest against it and that's about it, why most poor environments in the US are less woke and more violent because that new age society has yet to be their reality, jus my analysis tho🤷🏽‍♂️

    • @Lilliz91
      @Lilliz91 Рік тому +3

      It would be never ending circle ⭕️

    • @MelaninMagdalene
      @MelaninMagdalene Рік тому +6

      “The good soldier doesn’t see the opponent as human.”

    • @PerfectionInMotion69
      @PerfectionInMotion69 Рік тому +1

      ​@@nvggabxby
      You couldn't be any more WRONG 🤣🤦🏼

    • @nvggabxby
      @nvggabxby Рік тому +3

      @piandemcxlx9338 ard after peeping your recent comments on this channel its no point in trying to prove myself to you🤷🏽‍♂️

  • @mohamedelasfoury7218
    @mohamedelasfoury7218 7 місяців тому +2

    First point is weird, ngl, Seige of Vienna was nearly 400 years ago, the end of Muslim rule in Spain was in 1492. The end of colonization in Algeria, was 61 years ago in 1962. The end of colonization in Guinea, 1958. Huge difference. Nobody lived through the Muslim rule of Iberia or the Ottoman Siege of Vienna, but people still alive today lived through French colonization.

    • @tayloryoung9803
      @tayloryoung9803 5 місяців тому

      the removal from all greeks from out of anatolia is 1920's. But then again its hard to define at one point was is colonization and what not . Comes a moment it just blends . Are muslims in Bosnia Colonial Remnants of Ottomans ? Is turkey, relatd to turkic tribes half the planet away , a colonial remnant ? Are Arabs up till the atlantic Oceans still colonizers above amazighs ?
      the 19th and 20th century developed ideas of nationalism that barely existed before . In another universe people in algeria would have continued to mix until god knows would have happen.

    • @sanssucreajoute6554
      @sanssucreajoute6554 9 днів тому

      And ??????

  • @brianm4178
    @brianm4178 7 місяців тому +1

    The edits are pretty hilarious 😂
    PS What was up with ol dude Jules Ferrys' beard? 😂😅

  • @jacquespradel5728
    @jacquespradel5728 Рік тому +1138

    As a Haitian, this is the most accurate and honest historical telling of the Haitian Revolution. I always get a lot of push back for saying the Haitian Revolution and it’s early history was not as noble as it is being presented.

    • @Bigwillystyle707
      @Bigwillystyle707 Рік тому +83

      Nothing he said was accurate he left a lot of stuff out to fit his "anti-woke" agenda and just because your Haitian doesn't always mean your right about your own history.

    • @davidotabor4457
      @davidotabor4457 Рік тому

      So what was it then a people's struggle for liberation autonomy and self governor's wanting to not be treated as a cattle and your daughters chastity not be not be your white slave masters son birthday present might be a bit selfish but only because it hurts the slave and not the slave master I apologize on behalf of every man and woman who didn't want to be flogged to death working for a slave master that thought of them as lower than a dog I kind of get the feeling some of you don't really understand what it means when no laws recognizes you as an human and what the entails it's permissible to be done to you it might not have been noble but it was very fucking understandable except the occupying Spanish part that was needless

    • @117Ender
      @117Ender Рік тому +137

      @@Bigwillystyle707 cool what was he wrong about. and the things he left out, were they things that disprove that haiti, was a colony, and was a major producer of sugar/coffee, etc, that ppl invested, tensions got high, war broke out, gets independence, haiti invaded and held contol of DR for decades, and got some of that indentured servitude that literally everyone else was doing? what was left out? that they had great music? great food? or is it, that haiti like most nations did terrible things. its almost like no country/group of ppl has a moral high ground to accuse anyone of terrible things that were done...everyone is guilty of it.

    • @Bigwillystyle707
      @Bigwillystyle707 Рік тому +47

      @@117Ender The argument that all empires in the past engaged in similar behavior as the British or French Empire is not a valid excuse to avoid criticism. Just because other empires have committed similar acts, it does not mean that these acts were morally justifiable.
      Moreover, each empire has its own unique history and circumstances, and the actions of one cannot be used to justify the actions of another. The British and French Empire, in particular, was responsible for numerous atrocities and injustices, such as the exploitation and oppression of indigenous peoples, forced colonization, and the imposition of unequal economic and political systems. e.g chattel slavery, the genocide of many peoples like Tasmina, Sétif and Guelma massacre etc.
      it is important to critically examine the actions of historical empires to learn from past mistakes and prevent similar injustices from occurring in the future.

    • @Bigwillystyle707
      @Bigwillystyle707 Рік тому +38

      @@117Ender
      "as a colony, and was a major producer of sugar/coffee, etc, that ppl invested, tensions got high, war broke out"
      why did tension break out? Slavery of course in Haiti was particularly brutal and oppressive due to a combination of factors, including the extreme brutality of French plantation owners, the large number of enslaved people in the colony, and the harsh living conditions on the plantations.
      The French colonial was based on the production of cash crops, particularly sugar, which required large numbers of enslaved laborers to cultivate and harvest. The plantation owners were known for their cruelty and exploitation of the enslaved people, who were forced to work long hours in difficult and dangerous conditions with little food or rest.
      He fails to mention this but no its probably "woke" history.
      ""haiti invaded and held contol of DR for decades, and got some of that indentured servitude that literally everyone else was doing? """"
      That's a tricky one but there needs to be context involved.
      Haiti's occupation was oppressive, with Haitian soldiers committing atrocities against the Dominican population. But others argue that the Haitian occupation brought about important social and economic reforms,.Ie such as the abolition of slavery and the establishment of a public education system. (this is debated though)
      Comparing the Haitian occupation to France is stupid as one was clearly worse than the other. France's colonization of Haiti was marked by extreme violence, exploitation, and slavery, whereas the Haitian occupation of the Dominican Republic was not based on the same system of oppression.

  • @ni9274
    @ni9274 Рік тому +325

    Every high schooler spend month learning about the Algerian war in France, we learn about the war crimes, the torture, the Harkis…
    It’s very weird to say France is hiding the past when all our crimes are teach in high school in great details.

    • @ahmedakhan1
      @ahmedakhan1 Рік тому +13

      Did France ever punish any Frenchman for the crimes committed in Indochina? So yes they can teach about these war crimes but not to take action is to condone these crimes! After all we are still punishing Germans for crimes committed during World War 2!

    • @henrylicious
      @henrylicious Рік тому +28

      ​@@ahmedakhan1 When has acountry ever punished itself?

    • @MichaelK1710
      @MichaelK1710 Рік тому +8

      In Germany we learn about the German empire and it's imperialism before ww1, and of course everything until the cold war like ww2

    • @SteveOnlin
      @SteveOnlin Рік тому +14

      As an algerian, i am telling you, you aren't taught enough

    • @Omar-kw5ui
      @Omar-kw5ui Рік тому

      You learn about the most sanitised and exposed crimes. A lot of the crimes you learn about were first hidden from the public by your government. Till this day not all the truth is out and you are not taught everything. Its like when a criminal commits a crime and then under heavy questioning admits to only part of the crime, the visible part of the ice berg but never confesses to the part under the water willingly.

  • @GiantTalkingTree
    @GiantTalkingTree 6 місяців тому +5

    Just found your channel and subbed, thanks for the great content.

  • @CharlesD-qb9nm
    @CharlesD-qb9nm 7 місяців тому +1

    I really loved this complete and utter debunking of so much at the same time, I know a little about this and now I'm doing more research on it.

  • @aleksanderfinstad5785
    @aleksanderfinstad5785 Рік тому +111

    As a Norwegian, I never expect an apology from a Dane, from Denmark that colonized Norway via a Union for over 400 years. A Union that cost Norway their own language, culture, religion and independence to Denmark.
    The same for Sweden, which forced Union with Norway for over 91 years, before we got our independence. Never expect an apology from Swedes about it. It is history, it is the past.
    No point whining and complaining about it. Just learn from them.

    • @Rasmus-wr4pz
      @Rasmus-wr4pz 8 місяців тому +9

      Denmark colonised Norway?? are you mad, Norway was the junior partner in a personal union with Denmark via a shared monarch. And Norway actually prospered in the union with them and Denmark did so too. The Norwegian and Danish economies complemented each other well and both countries were virtually equal in the union and Danish wasn't forced as an official language in Norway unlike what was happening in ACTUAL colonies. And if Denmark was never forced to let Norway go they would've seceded at their own time on their own accord. And putting this *Facade* of "Oh we were mistreated we lost our religion and culture and language" that is so factually incorrect that I cannot even begin to imagine what you were smoking when you wrote this. Norway didn't lose any of those things culture and religion were untouched and so was language, it was only through the continued unification that the norwegian language started to grammatically look more and more danish because of the choice of the Norwegian elite to use and prefer Danish over Norwegian which was NOT forced by Denmark to be used. Your victim mindset is extremely disturbing and exactly what I'd expect from a woke liberal.

    • @aleksanderfinstad5785
      @aleksanderfinstad5785 8 місяців тому +5

      @@Rasmus-wr4pz
      Since the dissolution of the Kalmar Union with Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
      When Sweden left the Union, Denmark took control of the Kingdom of Norway, dissolving the Norwegian self-government.
      By bringing all power and control straight to Copenhagen, and Copenhagen became Norway's capital.
      All the islands that belonged to Norway before, i.e. Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands which were Norwegian before went straight to Denmark. Norway's flag became Danish, Norway became a Danish province in a Danish kingdom.
      There was never a partnership union between Norway and Denmark.

    • @Rasmus-wr4pz
      @Rasmus-wr4pz 8 місяців тому +3

      The acquiescence of Norway was indeed by force but in many ways Norway had massive economic growth throughout the span of the union which they wouldn't have achieved without Denmark and Norwegian colonial aspirations especially in greenland were funded by mostly danes, but everything I said previously was not made redundant by your comment because everything I said is still true. Norway was forced into a mostly beneficial union with Denmark which they grew over time to accept. In some way or the other an alternate universe where Norway remained independent they would've remained a fractured de-centralised kingdom for centuries until they were either conquered or until it's population would be big enough to support it's kingdom.

    • @Rasmus-wr4pz
      @Rasmus-wr4pz 8 місяців тому +4

      Claiming that Denmark colonised Norway to the same extent as for example african colonies is one of the most insulting things I have ever heard. Just tells me you don't understand a bit about what actually happened before and during the union.

    • @aleksanderfinstad5785
      @aleksanderfinstad5785 8 місяців тому

      If a country governs another country, by deciding on the country's nationality via changing language, culture, religions, economic exploitation and more power-taking against that country's will. And use that land for their own gain and resource utilization.
      Yes, then it is colonism.

  • @chunckznotdead6528
    @chunckznotdead6528 Рік тому +572

    As a Haitian thank you for the truth we need to get over the self pity and learn history

    • @neurotic3015
      @neurotic3015 Рік тому +30

      @A Cop Killa Bro, what?

    • @itz_angel8618
      @itz_angel8618 Рік тому +16

      @A Cop Killa not all anime is pedo and perv like my pfp anime isn't

    • @nenmaster5218
      @nenmaster5218 Рік тому +1

      Haiti was covered by Some-More-News.

    • @MelaninMagdalene
      @MelaninMagdalene Рік тому +2

      They’ll never make a movie about the Haitian revolution 😂

    • @PerfectionInMotion69
      @PerfectionInMotion69 Рік тому +15

      ​@A Cop Killa
      So my 9 y/o niece is a pedo because she has anime on her pfp ?

  • @thegrandlord2914
    @thegrandlord2914 6 місяців тому +3

    I'm Indonesian and i agree with you that colonialism also exist in many civilization
    BUT
    The form of colonialism that was done by european and arabs are not the same as colonialism that happened in other part of the world.
    Take my country for example.
    In the past, kingdoms and sultanates that today become Indonesia are colonizing one and the other. But, this form of colonization are not meant solely for the prosperity of the colonizer. Instead, it's for common prosperity of the entire teritory including the colony
    Colonialization that practiced in ancient indonesia are more to a fights between ruller to controll or conquer other ruller or parts of the teritory.
    In this type of colonialization, the livelihood of the common people are not disturbed. You can still work as usual, live as usual, and doing all your activity as usual. Only the difference is, your leader, law, country or government official changed
    At some case, one kingdom colonized by other kingdom happened without a war. Simply the colonized kingdom decided that they will be part of other country for the sake of protection, without destroying their own government.
    The famous majapahit empire practicing this kind of colonialization where smaller kingdom decided that they will declare them self loyal to majapahit and let majapahit take controll of them. In exchange, they will granted protection, wider access to trade and gain economic prosperity from majapahit

  • @bheliale265
    @bheliale265 Місяць тому +1

    I'm algerian and i can tell you that algerian people who live in algerian don't give shit about having apologies they know that is history

  • @Kefuddle
    @Kefuddle Рік тому +571

    Nice mention of Vietnam. I lived in Vietnam for a few years. The Vietnamese are the most inspirational people. The horrors that the USA inflicted on them..."that is the past, I work for the future" seems to be their motto as far as I can tell.

    • @bodigames
      @bodigames Рік тому +1

      yup Vietnam is moving on and being succesfull meanwhile North Korea only wants revenge on the USA for supporting south korea in the 1950 war. what did it cost kim jong un? nothing. but the North Korean people are suffering everyday sadly.

    • @ZacharyDarkes
      @ZacharyDarkes Рік тому +6

      I'm curious as a Canadian, How do to they view modern America or Americans?

    • @jaydwy8069
      @jaydwy8069 Рік тому +72

      ​@@ZacharyDarkes They probably dont think much of them the same way Americans dont think much of canada

    • @bodigames
      @bodigames Рік тому +73

      @@ZacharyDarkes The younger generation views America positively because they are now moving their factories out of China into Vietnam. Apple for example has already done so. The new HomePod 2 is made in Vietnam.
      Of course Vietnam is HEAVILY influenced by the CCP. So it’s not like Vietnam will choose Americas side between a USA vs China conflict but the view on america is relatively good considering the CCP influence.

    • @Keepone974
      @Keepone974 Рік тому +41

      @@ZacharyDarkes No big animosity. Even the government is in good terms with the U.S. now. They know they can kick the ass of any army and they're pretty proud of it though. You will see their version of History in museums :p. Whether true or not, I don't know but it's interesting.
      It's a country that turned its awful traumas into strength. Those people are tough as well! They still learn to shoot AKs in high school.

  • @malama_ka_aina
    @malama_ka_aina Рік тому +365

    As a Nigerian I am always open to learn more. Can't speak for my beloved ancestors, but our politicians do a very good job of making sure colonialism lives on.

    • @Scoobbzz
      @Scoobbzz Рік тому +13

      dont learn from this guy

    • @Ben360net
      @Ben360net Рік тому +11

      @@Scoobbzz I thought I was the only one catching this guy's bs

    • @Scoobbzz
      @Scoobbzz Рік тому +10

      @@Ben360net nearly everything was a blatant lie or disingenuous

    • @Ben360net
      @Ben360net Рік тому +12

      @@Scoobbzz As a student of history and someone who follows world politics and current affairs I was shaking my head all through the video

    • @Ripa-Moramee
      @Ripa-Moramee Рік тому +3

      ​@@Ben360net why so

  • @Antonious_jeffer
    @Antonious_jeffer Місяць тому +3

    Countries all around the world have commited some form of colonialism and expecting apologies is childish, but what i disagree with is when people say that their colonialism was a good thing and helpful to the people , that is idiotic to even assume even if in some cases stoped awful practices like slavery, it commited acts much worse and in some cases used forced labor that is similar to slavery.

    • @silverhawkscape2677
      @silverhawkscape2677 Місяць тому

      You'll be surprised how many Whites Alive today in the US wouldn't even be here without Colonialism

    • @Morbius566
      @Morbius566 Місяць тому +1

      ​@silverhawkscape2677 and you'll be surprised how non whites there are otherwise it's Natives American lands not European Asian or African

  • @davidanderson9664
    @davidanderson9664 7 місяців тому +3

    Thaaank you! D.A., NYC (writer/attorney)

  • @thephotoshopper5908
    @thephotoshopper5908 Рік тому +102

    The way I’ve always seen it, it’s like if I, a Greek, blamed the Turks for all the problems in my life and just moped around and waited for them to feel bad for me and give me money.

    • @erichernandez1873
      @erichernandez1873 6 місяців тому +3

      Did the Ottoman take over of Greece work like other empires? Is Greece still living with institutions and political and economical and social relationships inherited by the Turks? I don't think so buddy

    • @Iason29
      @Iason29 6 місяців тому +7

      @@erichernandez1873 Not nice of you to belittle the struggles of one people to another. And its completely irrelevant to my comment. All I was trying to say if once upon a time some other nation ruled over your people combined with an ugly past, I wouldn't go beg them for money now. The only exception would be if they stole some. national treasure, that would be the only exception. But I genuinely think no Greek for example today would feel ok if Turkey for example one day came along and said, look we will give you 1 billion euro, if you promise to forget all about any atrocities of the past, forget the genocide, dont spread it around the world in articles etc etc.. no they would not do it. It would be a national embarrassment and make people feel like our country cant provide for its people. Its like trying to buy your silence. If I were an Algerian today and it was lets say 100 years since independence I would seriously contemplate on my country's progress since that time, especially since it had the freedom to do so.. I would be aiming to make my country better than France, not start building it with French money 50 years later. Most people in the Balkan countries after the turks left all they had was their sheep and goats. They started from nothing.

    • @Fr33zeBurn
      @Fr33zeBurn 6 місяців тому

      If a country is still living with the institutions of it's colonial past it's because they worked better.@@erichernandez1873

    • @azchris1979
      @azchris1979 6 місяців тому

      Constantinople@@erichernandez1873

    • @iliasmastoris529
      @iliasmastoris529 5 місяців тому +4

      ​@@erichernandez1873Mate, yes the Ottomans did take over the Graeco-Roman world. Greece was left destitute and entirely missed out on the 17th C enlightenment. But Greece has rebuilt herself and established a new modern Greek identity and institutions.
      Unlike European colonial powers, I don't know of any positive legacy the Ottomans left Greece apart from a few pretty mosques.

  • @malcolmt7883
    @malcolmt7883 Рік тому +126

    Right after Columbus arrived on Hispaniola, the local Taino Tribe asked for protection from the Carib Tribe, who was apparently trying to colonize them.

    • @JayJay-cl4py
      @JayJay-cl4py Рік тому +29

      Yes, they fought and enslaved each other, but the problem is that a high-level Christian civilization came in and treated them as consumables for wealth, not as equal human being. Take Belgium - a country of comfort with chocolate and flowers, but what a horror they did in the Congo - chopped off children's hands if father was not working good enough in harsh rubber production

    • @raycuevas7577
      @raycuevas7577 Рік тому +1

      Very true

    • @ad3l547
      @ad3l547 Рік тому +5

      Colonize doesn't mean Annexion.

    • @ad3l547
      @ad3l547 Рік тому

      Or you will also say that all overseas territories are colonies.

    • @THEWORLDROCKSSS
      @THEWORLDROCKSSS Рік тому

      True but does justify the evil he did

  • @nikradameri6106
    @nikradameri6106 Місяць тому +16

    As an Iranian it boils my blood that everyone talk about the crimes westerners did but the same people don't say anything about what Arabs and Mongolians did to my homeland
    I don't blame them too no one should be blamed for what their ancestors did but the hyprocrisy really pisses me off
    Even our own government doesn't teach us anything about how Arabs slaughtered thousands of my people, they represent them to us as heroes, our saviors not the people who invaded us

    • @omarsaid3595
      @omarsaid3595 25 днів тому +1

      The Achaemenid dynasty, Parthian Empire, and the Sassanian Empire conquered other people’s lands and slaughtered thousands of people including the same Arabs that conquered your lands. What goes around comes around

    • @nikradameri6106
      @nikradameri6106 23 дні тому

      @@omarsaid3595 1: Parthians and Achaemenids didn't slaughter women, children or anyone that wasn't a soldier and they didn't force them to change their religion and beliefs ( don't know about Sassanians )
      2: Africans,Indians,Arabs and native Americans also invaded others and slaughtered their people, I don't see you justifying Europeans for conquering them

    • @omarsaid3595
      @omarsaid3595 22 дні тому

      @@nikradameri6106 lmao thats what they told you they still conquered other people’s land and took their property. All im saying is stop crying in the comments about things your people also did.

    • @nikradameri6106
      @nikradameri6106 22 дні тому

      @@omarsaid35951: I do my research from trusty sources and their conquests were as peaceful as possible
      2: I'll never feel guilty about my countrie's victories and achievements
      3: It was the king who was responsible not the people
      4: maybe you should also stop crying for Indians since they also conquered other's lands
      5: No one told me anything, in our schools they teach us almost nothing about our history before Islam, all I know is my own research

    • @blackbanana8366
      @blackbanana8366 13 днів тому

      Source?

  • @carolynrosser1574
    @carolynrosser1574 7 місяців тому +19

    This is brilliant! I love the way you revised the “woke “ history segments, love the sarcasm too. Will definitely be on the watch for more of your work.😂😂

  • @impressions9558
    @impressions9558 Рік тому +96

    As a Lebanese waiting for Turks and Arabs to apologize.
    As the empires become more recent we just have more written and recorded data. Everywhere kingdoms and empires were enslaving, sacking, dividing and conquering whenever they considered it beneficial and usually tecnology and demographics had something to do with it.

    • @ali20396
      @ali20396 7 місяців тому

      هل أنت غبي تروح تقرأ المصادر الغربية ، أحنا في الشرق عندنا مصادرنا عن العلماء المسلمين والمسيحين الذين أرخو التاريخ الشرق الأوسط

    • @gregkosinski2303
      @gregkosinski2303 7 місяців тому

      Oh man if there’s any people who should bitch, it’s the modern day Lebanese. Ancestors’ greatest city razed and genocided by the Romans, forcefully Arabized, kicked around by the Turks, and country taken over by the PLO in modern times.
      Just goes to show how much better off people are when they ask how they’re going to carve out a good life rather than who owes them a good life.

    • @Kleftis
      @Kleftis 6 місяців тому +4

      the Lebanese have forsaken themselves by allowing Islam to win the civil war, now your best friends with Turkish Muslim’s.
      All crimes forgiven during ottoman because “Islamic brothers” now

  • @mota478
    @mota478 Рік тому +66

    If you want to be a Historian. Just accept the fact that we done some bad shit and good shit in the past

    • @Superbatmanbro
      @Superbatmanbro Рік тому +2

      Indeed 👍

    • @reharl4953
      @reharl4953 Рік тому +15

      As did everyone.

    • @stefthorman8548
      @stefthorman8548 Рік тому

      @@reharl4953 what good did Africa do for the world? and i'm not talking about north Africa. seems to me that all they didn't invent alot of anything, and no, having natural resources doesn't represent success, in fact africa is kind of pathetic, they have all those natural resources but sat on thier asses for 10-100k+ years(they're supposed to be the starting place of humanity, so they had an insane head start, making it even more pathetic), barley advancing, and only getting tech upgrades like steel from trade with their northern Neighbours, their sheer inability to progress their society is pathetic.

    • @garrick3727
      @garrick3727 Рік тому +4

      History has mostly been done. Being a Historian today is all about having an angle that is out of fashion with the current prevailing narrative. So, if the 20th century was mostly nationalist, the 21st has so far been anti-nationalist. If "woke" becomes the common narrative then historians can easily switch back to the opposite, particularly since facts are more abundant on the other side of the argument.

    • @tkraid2575
      @tkraid2575 Рік тому +2

      It's all about seeing the progress of ideas and societies. I really don't understand why some "historians" hate the idea of their own race being inhumane for a certain period.

  • @johnfowler7266
    @johnfowler7266 7 місяців тому +5

    I never really like History, but I love listening to this guy!!!!

  • @pam4924
    @pam4924 6 місяців тому +1

    Love watching you, you are so intelligent, you get to the facts on a whole range of subjects, thank you 🙏

  • @marcopaganotto9125
    @marcopaganotto9125 Рік тому +379

    Very good point about the Moors invading Spain, an event in history that will be skirted around by certain people I'm sure!
    Essentially humans have sadly treated each other like shite throughout our dark history, and I'm pretty sure that everybody has had a go at dominating weaker cultures, so....
    Can we please just draw a line in the sand and all agree to accept the past and move on learning from it, never repeating the mistakes of those who came before us?!
    Because currently the world appears to be reverting to darker times and the wisdom we have gained seems irrelevant to those in power in the collective West.

    • @Bigwillystyle707
      @Bigwillystyle707 Рік тому +13

      please check CFA franc currency. Does sound like France moving on from the past.

    • @jonaswhale6451
      @jonaswhale6451 Рік тому +21

      The Moors where the ones who brought Street lantarns in Spain together with the separdic jews they brought some culture and light .

    • @nailes1745
      @nailes1745 Рік тому +1

      The moors invading/occupying spain, the Ottomans invading/occupying the balkans and Greece, the seljuks invading and colonizing the East Roman Empire, the mongol invasions of eastern europe and russia. The Mughal empire in india and slavery in that region which continued until the late 19th century. The slavery of europeans by the Barbary states(which triggered a US naval expedition in 1823).
      We have moved on, but the left wants to dismantle the current western system to replace it with socialism. Something they've been trying for quite some time now. Its why they always try to attract young naive and gullible activists and not "white old men", the older people know whats up and dont fall for the lie anymore.

    • @ProjektJay
      @ProjektJay Рік тому

      perfectly said !

    • @Juanhop
      @Juanhop Рік тому

      ​@@jonaswhale6451 Sure, since Tartessos there had been no culture in Spain, just monkeys living in caves... Wake up, dude.

  • @1DrBar
    @1DrBar Рік тому +97

    Please do a whole series on this topic of modern disinformation - no matter the political fallout.

    • @michaelgumienny679
      @michaelgumienny679 Рік тому +7

      Would love to see something like this

    • @VideoMaster40K
      @VideoMaster40K Рік тому +1

      If all his history knowledge is as extensive as this one, he should otherwise the commies win.

    • @jezehelodie
      @jezehelodie Рік тому +5

      he should join forces with Amala from Unapologetic.

    • @johnveitch4861
      @johnveitch4861 Рік тому +3

      Don't forget the warm fuzzy weapons of mass destruction episode. How we enjoyed that.

  • @mikemacfadyen1972
    @mikemacfadyen1972 5 місяців тому +3

    Fantastic! Awesome video! Bang on as usual. Keep it up man

  • @johncrowe4548
    @johncrowe4548 7 місяців тому +2

    And the Homo sapiens sapiens apologize to the Neanderthals and the Denisovians

  • @johnschuh8616
    @johnschuh8616 Рік тому +116

    Woke history is much like wartime history. Truth is its first casualty.

    • @DoyaunEvans
      @DoyaunEvans Рік тому

      Antiwoke history is like correcting aspects of an argument and yet never truly refuting the conclusion. That argument can in turn be rebutted by the people trying to get to truth and let it stand as it is. Labeled by both extremes on these moments in time as both Woke or Colonial while anywhere in the middle on the issues. Even if coming from a third view.

    • @nenmaster5218
      @nenmaster5218 Рік тому

      @@DoyaunEvans ua-cam.com/video/saljZXoexhc/v-deo.html Brief History And Future of Screwing Over Haiti - SOME MORE NEWS

    • @MelaninMagdalene
      @MelaninMagdalene Рік тому

      History becomes your psychology

    • @MrBannystar
      @MrBannystar Рік тому +11

      @@DoyaunEvans Wtf are you dribbling about? That was one of the most nonsensical paragraphs I've ever attempted to make sense of.

    • @anthonymelendez949
      @anthonymelendez949 Рік тому +7

      @@MrBannystar yeah same, I think he had a stroke because I really have no idea wtf he said

  • @zozoart
    @zozoart Рік тому +130

    It's also interesting to see the leaders of countries such as Barbados and Jamaica demand reparations without seeming to notice that they have inherited the whole country. Jamaica is also one of the most beautiful countries I have been to.

    • @nationalistcanuck7800
      @nationalistcanuck7800 Рік тому

      Reparations? For what? When do my people receive reparations? We suffered far more. The only reason the Blacks attack my people for slavery would be the fact we learned to rule the waves, built the greatest Empire the world has ever seen and gave PAYBACK in spades by colonising the African lands who enslaved my people. Karma's a bitch.

    • @guineverejackson1201
      @guineverejackson1201 Рік тому +1

      They also inherited the Monroe Doctrine 🤷🏾‍♀️

    • @alex.profi27
      @alex.profi27 Рік тому +2

      Yes
      They always seem to forget that they are natives to the land and benefited from colonialism

    • @nationalistcanuck7800
      @nationalistcanuck7800 Рік тому

      @@guineverejackson1201
      The Monroe Doctrine is American, and it is itself an Act of War.

    • @manovrsb
      @manovrsb 11 місяців тому

      ​@alex.profi27 I'm jamaican and colonialism did us dirty , they shafted us to shanty towns , strong-arm us into low wage jobs simply so we couldn't move up the economic ladder or didn't permit us to buy houses in better neighborhoods (reserved for whites, mixed raced and lighter skin Asians). The British hate looking back at their mistakes and how their white fragility screwed over many caribbean nations from achieving their full potential.

  • @9Curtana
    @9Curtana 5 місяців тому +3

    What about France's brutal occupation of England. We want reparation.

    • @lifeliver9000
      @lifeliver9000 2 місяці тому

      Roman, Saxon, Vikings English lost their religion , gods, land, freedom. Trick is they learnt all the good bits from being colonised and made them so strong.

  • @Runninlejit
    @Runninlejit 7 місяців тому +2

    You are doing important work brother, we need more education of history. subscribed :)

  • @ericksonjustinAK
    @ericksonjustinAK Рік тому +112

    What I find most troubling about anti-colonialism bs is that it is commonly about figuring out how to make envy, and the resentment it creates, a virtue. If it wasn’t envy, then they would be going after Mongolia and it’s culture the most.

    • @MusicismoreImportant
      @MusicismoreImportant 7 місяців тому +9

      Mongolia had second largest empire ever but it's pretty much an irrelevant country today

    • @hardromeo436
      @hardromeo436 7 місяців тому +14

      By their own logic they should absolutely despise Mongolia. Meanwhile, Mongolians are incredibly proud of their history, as they should be. The Mongolian Empire accomplished some great things, even if it was petty short lived, as empires go

    • @blooperman1997
      @blooperman1997 7 місяців тому

      @@hardromeo436 Yeah and 1000 years from now statues to Hitler and monuments to the 3rd Reich will be popping up in Post-Germany. People's memories tend to be short, especially once your nation becomes as irrelevant as Mongolia. At that point even scumbags like Genghis Khan become a symbol.

    • @leebennett1821
      @leebennett1821 6 місяців тому

      Britain had the largest Empire in History we came we saw we kicked your arse I say fight harder next time these people are just jealous because we where better than them plus England was conquered by the Normans and Vikings I don't bitch about the French and the Norwegians

    • @biopharmmarkets2115
      @biopharmmarkets2115 6 місяців тому

      Anti colonialists despise France and England more than Mongolia because those countries were in the Middle East and Africa within living memory, whereas Mongolia invaded the Middle East in 1250’s lmao.
      Who would have thought that people would be more angry about a bad thing that happened in 1940 than a bad thing that happened in 1240? Truly shocking

  • @laptv2144
    @laptv2144 7 місяців тому +51

    I can’t believe that she confidently made that video with such surface level knowledge. I can’t imagine being that arrogant about a topic I know only basics about.

    • @richardjones7984
      @richardjones7984 Місяць тому

      That comes from being an egotistical privileged American/Palestinian woman who never had to struggle to pay for the kids food, like the majority of workers in France and England. Members of Islam do not have to speak truth to non-muslims who are considered inferior and potential slaves. So it's kettle calling pot black. Projection.

  • @valorzinski7423
    @valorzinski7423 5 місяців тому +2

    The French empire had human zoos until the Austrian painter abolished them

  • @trumpzilla4193
    @trumpzilla4193 6 місяців тому +2

    I am a student of history and you did a fabulous job with a dose of mocking humor! Subscribed!

  • @jiks270
    @jiks270 Рік тому +314

    We might not all agree on everything but I'm sure we can all agree to cheer wildly at this wonderful demolition job \o/

    • @williamalexander9485
      @williamalexander9485 Рік тому +5

      Exactly what was demolished. The fundamentals of European colonialism hasn’t changed, their lack of natural resources isn’t going anywhere 😅It’s like the 7,000 machines, wouldn’t have been as profitable if they were set up in Paris 🤣🤣🤣The last 400 years have been real, moving forward it’s going to be interesting 🤔🤔

    • @jasonrohrssen3394
      @jasonrohrssen3394 Рік тому +7

      @@williamalexander9485 the lie was demolished amongst us who watched it. The man was correct..

    • @williamalexander9485
      @williamalexander9485 Рік тому

      @@jasonrohrssen3394 But I watched it too and there was a lot of context that was left out. The fundamental point is Europe lacks sufficient natural resources to survive by itself. It needs resources from Africa Asia and Russia to survive. Inflation is always an issue when the vast majority of your resources are overseas. Russia China and Africa are going to expose the fake European wealth myth.He demolished nothing 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

    • @thegreatestoctopus9739
      @thegreatestoctopus9739 Рік тому +4

      @@williamalexander9485 "lack of natural resources" please tell me in which planet do you exactly live on?

    • @williamalexander9485
      @williamalexander9485 Рік тому

      @@thegreatestoctopus9739 The planet where Vladimir Putin turned the gas off and had educated Europeans buying Russian oil from a 3rd party at a significant mark up 🤮or buy American LNG at 40% higher than Russian gas

  • @randomyankee8923
    @randomyankee8923 Рік тому +79

    I am not for imperialism but woke colonial history ticks me off

    • @DB742
      @DB742 Рік тому +3

      It's like if you stopped learning world history in the 8th grade & the nerdy Malcolm X kid gave you a cheat sheet.

  • @davidduncan4521
    @davidduncan4521 6 місяців тому +2

    I can’t wait till you make a video on the 780 years that black moors Conquered, colonized, and enslaved Spanish Europeans And it’s a fact, Professor, Jonathan Riley Smith, Oxford, history of the crusades. Anyone get a chance to read this focus on page 106, and 107 they make a distinction between Arabs and Africans and people of Ethiopia.

  • @plaguedoctor6134
    @plaguedoctor6134 19 днів тому +1

    Shit i am waiting for England to apologize for high taxes

  • @archues
    @archues Рік тому +172

    As a Vietnamese person who has went to Vietnam I can say people there don’t care about French Imperialism and also people from western nation try to defend and get their nations to apologize for their actions and literally don’t ask the people who live in Colonial states nation their thought and it’s because they don’t care so if people from French Colonies want an apology they’ll ask for one look at Japan’s case for WW2 war crimes and France ain’t paying anyone because no one is asking

    • @Bigwillystyle707
      @Bigwillystyle707 Рік тому +9

      Question is Vietnam tied to and using CFA franc currency?

    • @pro-Russia
      @pro-Russia Рік тому +4

      ​@@Bigwillystyle707 don't mind him 😂😂

    • @mysterioanonymous3206
      @mysterioanonymous3206 Рік тому +5

      True. But they still dislike the Chinese for historical reasons... Always struck me as a contradiction.

    • @archues
      @archues Рік тому +16

      @@mysterioanonymous3206 depends on what part of Vietnam you go to far north people like China more since they have some Chinese heritage and also Vietnamese New Year is a thing which is also takes place on Chinese New Year

    • @OFFICIALRAMKO
      @OFFICIALRAMKO Рік тому

      Because Asians are suck ups to White Europeans, with the exception of North Korea and China.

  • @alexfrenette8565
    @alexfrenette8565 Рік тому +85

    I've studied world history most of my adult life, but this guy never ceases to blow my mind

    • @Treasure-bl3cn
      @Treasure-bl3cn Рік тому +2

      not everything he says is correct. don't be a fool

    • @GokuBlackRose978
      @GokuBlackRose978 Рік тому +3

      @@Treasure-bl3cnevidence or your a fraud

    • @MrHorse-kv4iy
      @MrHorse-kv4iy Рік тому

      I enjoy reading about history as well. the way I see it, if you're here today, throughout our lineage we got screwed and did some screwing to one another. nobody is innocent of this. some of these threads talking about reparations and exploitation,smh. ironically probably typing it on a device that was used that was built using slave labor. when are people gonna let go of the dead mans baggage and move forward? as long as we remain petty, probably not for a very long time.

  • @AnsonBeeker
    @AnsonBeeker 6 місяців тому +1

    I live in Cambodia and the few people alive during French rule would prefer France come back.

  • @Thorrnn
    @Thorrnn 7 місяців тому +2

    I have to say, your content is absolutely without peer. I am so thankful I found your channel! This woke, Marxist, revisionist history that has been trending do so many years is untenable.
    I can’t wait to dig into the rest of your videos!!!🎉

  • @gengis737
    @gengis737 Рік тому +24

    Piketty made the calculation. At the peak of the colonial period, in the 1910s, GDP of French was generated at 85-90% from France itself, and 10-15% from colonies. But the French upper class made around 40% of their income from colonies, where they could monopolize the benefits of the plantations, industry and trade much more easily, depriving the natives of 50% of their production to sell it abroad.
    So no, colonies were not essential to France's growth and progress. But yes, colonies were a significant part of the wealth of the upper class.

    • @queuedjar4578
      @queuedjar4578 7 місяців тому

      Overall, slavery has never been a very effective means of production in the first place so any colony that utilized it was in for short term gains and in for a lot of long term turbulence and sunk costs.

  • @whos-the-stiff
    @whos-the-stiff Рік тому +85

    She could have saved us all a lot of time and got straight to the point of her video...the reparations grift.

    • @bwilson5401
      @bwilson5401 Рік тому +12

      Always with the begging bowl.

    • @dmzabo3914
      @dmzabo3914 Рік тому +10

      She might as well put an empty hat in her hand. Or just call it "The race Hustle 101".

    • @lakibody
      @lakibody Рік тому +4

      Dahomey invasions intesnifies😂

  • @CatholicCrusaderofYeshua
    @CatholicCrusaderofYeshua 6 місяців тому +4

    As a spaniard i aint apologizing 🇪🇸

    • @itcalledfootball600
      @itcalledfootball600 6 місяців тому

      As a moor me too and you prob a moor aswell

    • @CatholicCrusaderofYeshua
      @CatholicCrusaderofYeshua 6 місяців тому +3

      @@itcalledfootball600 I'm not a moor

    • @itcalledfootball600
      @itcalledfootball600 6 місяців тому

      @@CatholicCrusaderofYeshua do a dna test most of Spaniards get shocked when they see it

    • @CatholicCrusaderofYeshua
      @CatholicCrusaderofYeshua 6 місяців тому

      @@itcalledfootball600 they don't get shocked they know they share some dna with moores
      It isn't rocket science to figure out that 800 years of occupation and colonialism can result in race mixing

    • @3nderfire
      @3nderfire 5 місяців тому

      Ok larper zoomer

  • @LanceRomanceF4E
    @LanceRomanceF4E 7 місяців тому +1

    As a wealthy American embarrassed by my intelligence and work ethic I apologize to everyone and beg you not to hate me cause I’m beautiful.

  • @richardgeddes630
    @richardgeddes630 Рік тому +133

    Agreed that slavery/war/land-grabbing was in effect in before Europeans expanded to the new worlds, but what was, and still is, in effect is that a small group of people benefit from from this. In your presentation, you point out that French *taxpayers* paid out 3.2 million(billion today) for colonization. The average Fenchie didn't come close to benefit from these conquests as the investors (the kings/queens/rulers of that era). In short, privatize the gains and socialize the losses.

    • @JamesBiggar
      @JamesBiggar Рік тому

      Thanks for the clarification, Cpt Obvious. And if the 'wokies' get what they want, who still pays? The people who didn't benefit. Hell, they weren't even alive during this period...

    • @Progamermove_2003
      @Progamermove_2003 Рік тому +7

      No matter how hard some certain people try to divide us against each other on whatever grounds, the central factor will always be power. And the best way to deal with it is to ensure that our system is as democratic as reasonably possible and the citizens should remain vigilant to ensure that the powerful people don't abuse their powers.

    • @J_Madison
      @J_Madison Рік тому +6

      @@Progamermove_2003 When did 'Democracy' become such a pointless buzzword? I know why - the complete over use without any understanding of the actual definition of the word..

    • @Progamermove_2003
      @Progamermove_2003 Рік тому +12

      @@J_Madison I agree with you. Our schools spend so much time screaming democracy is good that they forgot to clarify *why* it is good. A large number of people aren't even fully aware about their rights, which basically provides the politician a free hand to violate them.

    • @J_Madison
      @J_Madison Рік тому +1

      @@Progamermove_2003 The grand irony is Democracy as a form of government is terrible, which is why it hasn't been used in thousands of years now. Tyranny of the masses..
      It's now been turned into this buzzword here in the US that means 'Anything I like is good and everything I hate is bad'.
      You can do some real messed up stuff and call it 'democractic' and the masses just nod in unison..

  • @Zombie_Apocalypse
    @Zombie_Apocalypse Рік тому +28

    Never apologize to neither hypocrites, nor morons

    • @merafirewing6591
      @merafirewing6591 Рік тому

      To quote a certain actor from the Phantom Menace. "The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent."

  • @hanniwenger3718
    @hanniwenger3718 7 місяців тому +1

    hi nerdy history student over here! do you mind sharing a bibliography or the literature you're referencing? thanks

  • @theschwartzawakens9021
    @theschwartzawakens9021 7 місяців тому +2

    I’m worse off for having stumbled across this channel.

  • @thenamesianna
    @thenamesianna Рік тому +72

    At this point, French colonial history deserves more of a series of videos than just a video .

    • @supermaximglitchy1
      @supermaximglitchy1 Рік тому +10

      weird thing is: the french were the only one who respected the Native Americans

    • @wor53lg50
      @wor53lg50 Рік тому +2

      ​​​​@@supermaximglitchy1 that depends who's side they was fighting for, many loyal to the crown aswell who was rewarded for their loyalty, the brits wouldn't have sharp shooter or riflemen who dressed in green if not for the natives...

    • @ddoumeche
      @ddoumeche Рік тому

      Might be epic, Africa is a fascinating land but the wokes will never allow this

    • @croulantroulant3082
      @croulantroulant3082 Рік тому +1

      @@supermaximglitchy1 there were so many French men living with Native american women in Canada it actually gave birth to whole new tribe (metis nation)

    • @nenmaster5218
      @nenmaster5218 Рік тому +1

      @@supermaximglitchy1 What about the History-Videos by 'Some More News'?
      Ya know, stuff that is actually universally-accepted by Historians?

  • @blackarrow7988
    @blackarrow7988 Рік тому +27

    Him saying “Need..to..colonize!” cracked me up lol.

    • @YoutubeChannel-nj9ex
      @YoutubeChannel-nj9ex Рік тому

      Ofc it did you’ve never experienced the effects of colonialism. Something this whole video act like doesn’t exist. 😂 Where are the third world countries again? Y’all need to feel shame fuck all that stop white guilt shit when I see these type of videos it only shows me you don’t want to learn and if y’all could y’all would repeat history cause some of you truly believe this history is righteous.

  • @maureensansburn6413
    @maureensansburn6413 7 місяців тому +2

    It would be good to add some sources for further reading

  • @hybridarmyoffreeworld
    @hybridarmyoffreeworld 7 місяців тому +1

    With cost of “black gold” at 15-23 dollars per barrel, the USSR economy collapsed, and the sovok itself collapsed, and the "golden" horde ("russia") budget can only be fulfilled only with oil price at $ 42.4 and higher

  • @wawaweewa9159
    @wawaweewa9159 Рік тому +94

    There's always some traitors willing to sell themselves out for a price

  • @SouthMexUSA
    @SouthMexUSA Рік тому +153

    Dude, I like to pride myself on dubunking the wokies on their Native American history narrative, but you are absolutley wiping up the floor with them. i'm glad people like you are pushing back against this societal disease

    • @saintient
      @saintient 7 місяців тому +2

      Nothing because American history is completely stinky lol@@FredrickWilhelm-ph1jb

    • @queuedjar4578
      @queuedjar4578 7 місяців тому +14

      @@FredrickWilhelm-ph1jb The easiest one is the noble savage native american myth. American Natives warred, conquered, and colonized each other as much as Europeans did if not more, so they're really no better or worse than anyone which is a given when you're talking about human beings and human nature. Often they didn't even uphold a proper concept of property ownership, so in some cases where European colonizers/Americans, by negotiation and treaty, used currency or goods to purchase a piece of land, those same tribes would take the payment, then just come back later and use/take the land again anyways, if not attack the same property owners that payed them for the land in the first place. Sacred grounds aren't even something completely agreed upon thanks to the differences between tribes, so none of them can agree on what lands need to be protected, what lands are sacred, and which tribe deserves the more sacred ground due to arbitrary and conflicting ruling.

    • @CanisXYZ
      @CanisXYZ 7 місяців тому

      @@queuedjar4578okay but that was they’re land, America belonged to native Americans which whites brought diseases and stole. Y’all will just make any excuses to make your ancestors look beautiful

    • @JoeBauers8
      @JoeBauers8 7 місяців тому +1

      Aw, such a fragile little ❄️

    • @CanisXYZ
      @CanisXYZ 7 місяців тому

      @@JoeBauers8 can’t be a snowflake when I’m not white, clearly your the snowflake to comment that.

  • @A190xx
    @A190xx 7 місяців тому +1

    Excellent video and it paints a different picture when the whole story is told rather than the woke edit.