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Wow! Incredible! Simon, roughly how many videos of yours are in production during any 7 day period across all your many channels? Enquiring minds want to know!:-)💜
“Corrupted by wealth and power, your government is like a restaurant with only one dish. They’ve got a set of Republican waiters on one side and a set of Democratic waiters on the other side. But no matter which set of waiters bring you the dish, the legislative grub is all prepared in the same Wall Street Kitchen” Huey Long
A good video. Having traveled and lived in the Deep South I can say Louisiana is still a relatively poor place. The seafood is awesome and the people welcoming to travelers. They remember Huey with kindness. Good stuff. Carry on Sir. Carry on D.
sometimes i really feel like we need to be so ruthlessly anti-trust, anti-corporate and relentlessly pro-worker that it'll make the Roosevelt's and even Long himself look like the god damn care bears.
I lived in southern Louisiana when I was a kid, and when we headed up north to see relatives for our summer vacation we always crossed the Huey P. Long bridge, before driving over the Lake Ponchartrain causeway. My brother & I always called it the "Huey P. Longer Than Me" bridge. 🙃 By the way Simon, we call them crawfish, or crawdads. 🦞
VooDoo Wiz I haven’t been down there since it was rebuilt, but yeah - I do remember how rickety and clanky it was: sounded like the whole damn thing was going to come crashing down every time you drove over it.
There is an alternative theory on Long's death. It's quite incredible, but possibly true. Basically, after being kept waiting by Long all day to hear his grievance, Doctor Weiss got into a verbal altercation with him and punched him. Long's goon squad body guards riddled Weiss with bullets, one of which ricocheted and hit Long. They found a pistol in Weiss's car and planted it at the scene, but there were never any ballistics done to verify that the bullet that killed Long came from that gun. Huey Long may very well have died by friendly fire! (I first saw this theory described on an old episode of Unsolved Mysteries.)
This guy is an interesting man, can't hate him or like him, just a man that hated the rich. which in some regards i can respect or despise. but winning that state position at the earliest is a great victory!
Great stuff! As a Louisianaian, I have no love for what Long became, and he suffered a death befitting a tyrant. I'm quite intrigued by the possibility that he was shot by his own bodyguard, weapons manipulation being back then far more primitive than it is today.
Yeah this guy is a legend down here. What i used to hear is one of the reasons he was killed was because he was planning on running for president. His enemies knew he had a good chance of winning so they took him out. Idk if any of this is factual. Just what i heard growing up.
“They say they don’t like my methods. Well, I don’t like them either. I really don’t like to have to do things the way I do. I’d much rather get up before the legislature and say, ‘Now this is a good law and it’s for the benefit of the people, and I’d like you to vote for it in the interest of the public welfare.’ Only I know that laws ain’t made that way. You’ve got to fight fire with fire” -Huey Long
Change has to start from the bottom up, because the wealthy oligarchs are far too comfortable in their positions and the average American is too indoctrinated with the oligarchs' propaganda on why things are better this way.
Bernie showed that being a nice person does not win elections... The system will stop at nothing to stop someone or something from actually helping the people. You need to fight.
@Hernan Cortes i just want social democracy bro. I want Norway and Finland, not Cuba or the USSR. Besides, we all know that Hunter Biden is the one who smokes crack.
Really Simon leaving a comment from one of your channels on another for shame. But it does sound like a good video to me and I would like to know more.
Yes and this dude has been called a fascist during his time the main reason why he got shot Also we really should take notes on him no one expects there to be a dictator of a state but there easily could be a dictator of California or Texas potentially New York.
Long was also a cunning politician. True story: He wanted to use New Deal federal funding to expand LSU's football stadium but the rules stated funds must be used for academic purposes. So what did he do? He had dormitories built into the stadium! And they housed students well into the 1990's.
Cunning politicians circunventing budget regulations to use those funds for something else isn't exactly ideal... There's a word for this, it's at the tip of the tongue...
This is the US? That’s crazy. We need to actually enforce anti-trust legislation, prohibit the lobbying (legal bribery) that makes corruption so prevalent (and lucrative), possibly install term limits on Congress, encourage bipartisan/unbiased civilian watchdog groups etc. I’ve got nothing against someone enjoying success that they legitimately earned, but dang.
You mean as the government gets more powerful wealth gets more concentrated? Who would have thought that, except of course people who understand how "populism" works.
Lol .01% of population does. If you make more than 100 grand a year you're automatically in the 1% 100,000 a year isn't that much hardly the same. Not to mention those numbers where in the 30s the midst of depression, 17% I think more was unemployed.
@@GorgeousMerc I’m pretty sure it takes more than $100K to be in the 1%. It’s more in the $350K range of income earners (this is completely different from net worth, in which was being referred to by the OP)
We got free text books for ALL. We got paved roads and BRIDGES from the gulf to Arkansas, Texas, and Mississippi. He was great for the state, and yes, he was unfortunately ruthless. But YOU have to look at the ruthlessness of his adversaries, like Standard Oil.
@@lifeisaadventure9948 the problem with that comes when giving anyone a great deal of power, they are reluctant to release that power when their purpose has been served. That's why the revolving door of federal government and corporatism reigns supreme.
yeah and we haven't gotten much since then. roads falling apart, bridges falling apart, and I know I at least attended a public school where you had to pay fees--pretty sure one of those fees were textbook related.
And now, Louisianans (nor Alabamans, Arkansans, Mississippians, Texans or Tennesseeans) wouldn't elect a Democrat if a Republican nominee killed a member of their own immediate family.
Huey long is thought of as a hero here in paraguay,with streets and military bases named after him. He took our side in the chaco war,a war which was financed by standard oil on the bolivian side with the aim of gaining control of the mineral rights of the chaco region.
@@konradhomiak3700 Hayes ruled in favor of paraguay in a dispute over the southeastern chaco region,a province of paraguay which now bears his name:Departamento presidente Hayes,the capital of which is Villa Hayes. The war in which senator Long was involved occured 50 years later in 1932-35,it was fought over the north western chaco which bolivia claimed.
Senator Long is known in my country, Paraguay, since he publicly accused Standard Oil of having triggered the "Chaco War." (a war between Paraguay and Bolivia in the 1930's) In fact, he accused Rockefeller of being the black hand behind the massacre between Paraguayans and Bolivians, denouncing him of “buying” the Bolivian government and promoting the war, since Paraguay was not willing to grant him oil concessions there. His complaint, however, did not stop there, but rather exhibited publications and documents that confirmed that Standard Oil provided arms and ammunition to the Bolivian army and that the US Senate itself tried to render Paraguay defenseless with an arms embargo.
When people say capitalism is evil, this sums it up... what right do Rockefeller and standard oil have to take another countries resources? He has enough oil in the USA! Also, the many ppl tbf would have died in that war, possibly brutally, all for greed.. when people say capitalist countries are evil, I can see what they mean
@@DavidL1986 has nothing to do with capitalism. Corruption exist in every since form of government and economic in the world. Did you know Putin was a billionaire? He didn’t get that way as a KGB officer or by following socialist ideals - or was it exactly that....
None of the older people when I was growing up in Louisiana ever had a bad word for him. Even the corrupt things he did were either thought of as a creative way to stick it to the system or that the system was unfairly attacking him. He was extremely well liked by the regular people.
Why weap, or slumber, America? Land of brave and true With castles, and clothing, and food for all All belongs to you. Every man a king! Every man a king! For you can be a millionaire But theres something belonging to others, Theres enough for all people to share. When its sunny june, and December too. Or in the winter time and spring: There'll be peace without end, every neighbor a friend And every man a king
"Every man a king, Every man a king And you can be a millionaire There's something belonging to others There's enough for all to share Every man a king, Every man a king Or in the wintertime or spring There be peace without end Every neighbor a friend And every man a King" A song written personally by Long detailing the "Share The Wealth" program
Not unless he could have strong armed his way there; but then, if anybody could have done so it would have been Long. But I don't think the national Dems would have actually wanted him. They didn't even want Henry Wallace, a much more rational populist.
FDR was absolutely terrified of Huey Long. Comics even portrayed him in cartoons as having nightmares about the man. He is said to have reacted favorably when Long was murdered. If you really want to ask about the "what ifs" of History , I'm certain that FDR would have not had another term when Long would have entered the presidential race.
@Hernan Cortes I don't know. My uncle, who was quite alive during the time, wound up being one of those people who caught a fist full of German bullets in World War II and died. So not everyone was better off. The only way we wound up actually getting out of the Depression was because of all the build up World War II end the arm sales that were sending tons of death to Europe. A lot of the things that FDR instituted actually have led to this socialist welfare state that they are trying to put into place even as we speak. From what I can see, Huey Long's efforts to hold to account corporate interests working outside the law would have done a great deal of good on a national scale. There's a lot to be said for saying his assassin actually had some involvement with these corporate interest, in so far as being hired. Actually, the American people missed a genuine debate on the actual issues because this man was murdered. Whether he had actually been elected or not, we lost because of that.
@Kerrie Kupar probably because FDR was the most similar to him in terms of beliefs. Like when Bernie supported Hillary. They both have very different views in a lot of respects but are far more similar to each other than they are to the opposition. The enemy of my enemy is my friend
Not to mention Russell. Who probably, well, almost certainly exercised more actual power on the federal level in terms of legislation, etc. than Huey ever did.
Our education rates have actually took an upturn. But only in suburbia. In nola and baton rouge you have to go private... And I think we kinda just forgot the racial divide amongst "educated areas" and "non-educated"areas
Of course he was assassinated, the 1% who own the country (now the world) can’t have good men like Huey Long around for too long. God bless your soul, Sir 🇬🇧
Holy crap! I was just in Winfield a few weeks ago for the hurricane Laura relief! Never been that far south before and I found out that southern hospitality is not just a saying. Those were some nicest people I’ve ever met.
Ashton Todarello No not even close, the Democrats of the 19th century were right wing. The KKK sympathizes with Confederates, Nazis and are fundamentalist Protestant nut jobs. Left wing politics rejects religion in government and slavery and are more tolerant than the KKK by FAR.
Huey was lucky. His was an era when he could do certain things that brought him support from Blacks, really play both sides, and without having too many people question it like they did when Earl served as governor in the later 1950s.
Which is funny considering he opposed both. The KKK hated him for supporting Catholics and improving predominantly black areas, and he viewed his Share Our Wealth plan as, quote: "The only defense this country's got against Communism."
While i get why people would be anti his strongarm tactics. It feels like being against him or his politics essentially makes you a big corporation pawn
@Hernan Cortes Didn't say they're not supported by the rich but acting like they're the only ones is hilarious. We gonna ignore all the billionaires who are on the right or at least the economic right. We gonna ignore trump? we gonna ignore ted cruz? like come on bruh
At this point, I almost think the strongman tactics are the only thing that works when up against big money interests. I wish protests and more civil ways of getting changes worked. This guy was Bernie Sanders with teeth.
Alot of people in my grandmother's generation knew he was a crook. But they still liked him because he improved roads, education, and hospitals throughout the state.
I hope I don't come off sounding like a socialist as I interject here: LA was never really a 'poor' state; it has always been blessed with abundant natural and other resources. The problem is that those resources have always been in the hands of the few. During Long's youth, the mercenary zeal of the oil companies wreaked havoc on the indigent local populace, and he saw this as an opportunity to be catapulted into a position of power. Few in the contemporary electorate opposed him, as the memory of corporate excess and oversight was still a fairly fresh wound in the public psyche. I'll also add that had Long's orchestrated transfer of wealth to the public realm not taken place, LA today would likely be thought of in the same way that AR is (I see no need to elaborate further). I'll cut to the moral of the story, to which human history stands as a testament: push too far, and people will push back...hard. It's not complicated...BTW, what's an AR credit card? A length of gasoline siphon hose...
I wish socialism wasn't a four letter word in our corporate haven....I mean this country. How the billionaire class convinced the working class to vote against their own interests has always puzzled me.
Hell yeah! Inmate No.9653 forever! Would also love to see a Biographics vid on Paul Robeson, he's an absolute hero in Jewish socialist/communist circles for his friendship to our people, his incredible activism, and his unwavering bravery in the face of endless opposition and threats.
'all that increased female attention that skilled high school debate club winners are accustomed to' jeez Simon; a 'shots fired' in a Huey Long video too soon
kickflipking06 Bernie Sanders if he had Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping’s methods of getting things done. It’s actually really interesting. I personally think Long’s policies were great and incredibly forward thinking. They attempted to tackle things that are still huge issues in the US today. The methods, on the other hand, not so great. I don’t know. I think democracy is incredibly important, and needs to be upheld at all costs. However as Simon pointed out in another video in authoritarian countries like China they can afford to have long-game plans and goals decades in the future. Terms and need for re-election can hamstring governments because they always have to be thinking about the next election, and far reaching plans that won’t be completed for ages (and may be scrapped if the government changes: see Australia’s NBN rollout) don’t get as much voter attention as short term goals etc. It’s a difficult issue. No idea how it could be solved.
@@--enyo-- Long was ruthless, but at least he actually did things that actually helped the people. Now, 95% of our politicians are all corruption and with no benefit to the people. This is why Bernie lost. He is just a nice and decent man and nice and decent does not win in a filthy, disguising, corrupt game.
Fun Fact: If you want to eat like the Kingfish, here are some of his favorite foods (according to his biography by T. Harry Williams); -Potlikker (specifically seasoned with salt fat pork and the pot partly filled with well-cleaned turnip greens and cut-up turnips) -Turnip Greens -Corn Bread -Sweet Potatoes -Hot Biscuits -Fried Oysters -Steak (Sirloin?) -New Orleans/Ramos Gin Fizz To make the dining experience more authentic, arrange the food in separate plates on the table and proceed to grab pieces from each plate while talking until you have yourself a full meal (Huey Long unconsciously did this while dining with others because his mind was usually on other political matters while dining, although he would do this on purpose when dining with the upper classes as a power move).
Say what you want about Long's methods, but he undeniably got results and Louisiana had real tangible progress. He wasn't just throwing his words in the air, he meant what he said.
In a history class, I learned about long because he was one of the biggest critics of FDR. I thought his ideals sounded great so I looked further into his story, and I was shocked to hear about a US senator just assassinated! I kept digging in to try and find any sollace, surely he must have had a glaring fault? The closest to a character fault I found was his ruthlessness and authoritrian governorship, but thats to be expected from American politicians. Now I just see the story of a man who tried to fix his community, and spread that cure to the whole country, and was tragically cut down for it.
If Long had lived, he would’ve become the American version of Ataturk. A benevolent dictator who would’ve brought his nation soaring to new heights. History would be very different had he lived.
HOLY SHIT YOU MADE A VIDEO OF THE MAN THE MYTH THE LEGEND! As a Louisianan if you were to visit this place today and see just how different political theory is here today you'd be astonished how a man like this could even grab power in a place like this.
I'm a new Englander, I've never heard of this guy, but what a fascinating story. I went from liking, to not liking, to really liking and being sad about his early demise. Gonna have to do some further reading on this character, thanks Simon!
Dictator When there are no kings there still are dukes When there are no dukes there still are bishops And when there are no bishops there's dictators And when it's only every man a king there's Feminism yeah long would be called a natzi today just like he was in his time by his assassin.
Huey Long "KINGFISH," was someone I heard talked about often when I was a child, & this was the late 1950s, early 1960s. Both my parents were among the youngest of two large Southern families in the Southern end of Virginia, NE Tennessee, NW North Carolina, mainly mountain people involved in farming, coal mining, small business people, school teachers, construction workers. I remember that my grandparents, aunts & uncles always spoke fondly of KINGFISH, usually with a smile on their faces, along with the words of he was somekind of character alright, and he had his faults, but he cared about the little man & women.
Was Long authoritarian? Yes. He wasn’t perfect. But, you look at what his goals were, and you realise that authoritarianism was the only way he was going to get real results. The establishment would never let him do what he wanted to do despite winning election after election. He realised the only way to actually do some good was to play dirty. He also keenly understood the problem of wealth being controlled by a minority and how this was bad for society as a whole- it created a hierarchical system that kept the poor, poor. He wasn’t a communist or probably even a socialist. But he wanted to ensure that wealth would be spread more evenly rather than being controlled by a tiny proportion of people who worked for their own interests. Long’s ideal America would’ve been one where the average citizen had everything they needed to live and a fairer proportion of the countries wealth, and where tycoons and large corporations would have less power, influence, and wealth. A noble goal, really. But one that was always doomed to fail.
Growing up here as a young history lover HPL loomed large. As kids we all go to the state capital and feel the bullet indentations in the marble walls where he was shot. Dude encompassed what it would take to progress altruism through legislation in this country
Forced altruism is theft. HPL is what Nietzche was thinking of when he wrote about tyrants who shroud themselves in words of virtue and equality. They are tarantulasfilling the world with storms of revenge. They don't care about the poor, they only hate the rich. Eventually when they reach a position of power, they are the greatest perpetrators of oppression.
Fife I agree, HPL was still a despot and the quintessential Louisiana politician. We are the only state where Edwin Edwards could be revered after what he did
@@ryanw3658 So true. HPL & EWE both openly embraced the philosophy stated by EWE before one of his trials - You can do whatever you want as long as you entertain the masses.
Almost won the great northern war only to lose the war in 1709,and die in 1718,leaving the throne to his sister who'd adbicate,in 1720(I forgot when or don't know)and leave it to her husband.
Yeah for real. At this point I want just about any nation other than America. Sure it's interesting, but it isn't everything. Just gonna piggyback on this: Pierre Elliot Trudeau is a huge political figure in Canada that would easily fill a Biographics video with content.
These are the kind of Politicians we need today. Sadly we have a corrupt two party system where every 4 years we decided which butt cheek we want to take it up.
And when they have done what we need them to do, we can just assassinate them, before they can take everything for themselves. Sound familiar? We need a technocrat generation. Where we kick *_ALL_* current politicians out and replace them with a group that will push our country forward. Then, once they are done, and before they can gain complete control of our country and our people, we kill them off, not only putting a stop to them, but showing all future politicians that they should not follow in the slain politician's footsteps, lest they end up the same way, but sooner. It is a fine line. It is a dangerous line. But one cannot ever hope to make any progress without taking any risks.
@@danielduncan6806 Not all people all autocrats are evil, We could do something like Kemal Ataturk where we let the good autocrat rule until they die then establish a republic so there won't be an evil autocrat to replace him.
My grandmother (born in ‘34) told me a story about her family home in Hog Hair, Louisiana (yes that’s the name of a real town). She said there was a framed picture of Huey and Earl Long in the dining room. Huey inspired such a fascinating combination of adoration and abhorrence all at the same time. I’m currently working on a theatrical piece about his life exploring how a historical figure can create a legacy defined by polarization. A truly unique Louisiana story!
Welcome to the verse. Check out Simons other channels. Business Blaze is fun. Megaprojects is great. Top Tenz is the OG. So many more like Today I Found Out and Geographics. Did I forget anything?
I must confess that the $1M annual income/$50M total assets (adjusted for inflation) does not seem to be such a big price to pay for some social levelling.
In Huey's case, his brother Earl actually came after him, his family has also been involved in LA politics since whether its as governor or senator and what not. He's a dynasty at this point.
My best friend for many years grew up in Louisiana, northern Louisiana. Granted, she was born almost a decade and a half after Long died, but his shadow stretched that long. Her grandmother, who moved to Louisiana probably about the time Long died, hated Long and his minions. Even though she was, herself, poor, so poor that her husband had to go work in Houston while she held down the farm. Long might've originally wanted what was best for the poor around him, but he had become something else. Even when I went to visit the farm in the 1970s and 80s, the road in front of the farm was still dirt. Many of the roads would've still been dirt if they hadn't built the Toledo Bend Reservoir in the 60s. I wonder what my friend would've thought, but she's been gone now three and a half years.
I'm a Louisiana native. What you described made me laugh, unfortunately, as I thought of the dirt and "substandard" roads leading to the house I'm currently living in. It feels like everyone is sitting in their hands waiting for another Huey to come along, but no one wants to put in the work. This state still feels like the 1930s never ended; it just got internet. Well, kinda - cellular reception, because I can't get wifi where I live. Too remote.
@@CosmicWaltz7 I'm pretty sure the place her grandmother lived at still doesn't have wifi. They were so poor they couldn't afford a satellite dish, but she died in the late 1980s in a nursing home. The place was the nearest town to the unincorporated village they lived just outside of.
@@ElicBehexan That's the other side of the state. Just as desolate, though. There's nothing in North Louisiana except places to get off the interstate.
Shoutout to Huey p long I have been in an old Mansion he use to own in and around New Orleans . He’s a big staple in Louisiana history we need more people like him RIP. Important bridge connecting East and West Bank of New Orleans was built by him and was EXTREMELY narrow and scary bridge and my drivers ed test was taken on it . If you can drive This bridge you can drive anywhere the instructor said now the bridge is re done and completely different . I miss the original Huey p bridge. And this dude said Louisiana wasn’t wealthy we literally had the most millionaires out of any state in America before civil war..so i heard
Brilliant vid, Simon, as usual. I remember hearing my grandparents, here in Texas, talking about Gov. Long and being so pleased that he was in Louisiana, and not here, in their younger days. The police bullet holes in the marble walls, where he was assassinated in the State House basement, are still visible. It's a fun place to visit (got to tell my grandchildren about him there). Keep up the good work!!
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Wow! Incredible!
Simon, roughly how many videos of yours are in production during any 7 day period across all your many channels?
Enquiring minds want to know!:-)💜
How was this posted a month ago when this video came out 6 hours ago
good choice of music for this video's transitions, my grandfather played dixieland
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I was born and raised in Louisiana and he was a hero in all my history classes.
Getting killed will do that. Look at JFK.
@@jimarcher5255 You have a point, however, anyone that champions the working class is looked down on by the rich and powerful.
Yet it's a red wall state
Because he was. I can’t imagine what kind of a sickly loser you’d have to be to genuinely not like this guy, he was a winner.
@@brigadierharsh1948 most of the Republican party
“Corrupted by wealth and power, your government is like a restaurant with only one dish. They’ve got a set of Republican waiters on one side and a set of Democratic waiters on the other side. But no matter which set of waiters bring you the dish, the legislative grub is all prepared in the same Wall Street Kitchen”
Huey Long
Funny but true!
Joe Ambaye indeed it is my friend
Correct and STILL TRUE!! Even MORE TRUE NOW!!! The two parties BOTH SUPPORT Keynesian Economics which is a HUGE DISASTER on the way. BB
@@bobburnitt5389 you mean Friedman economic ideas. Trickle down economy? VooDoo economy
This is the quote that got him whacked. Rip to a legend
A good video. Having traveled and lived in the Deep South I can say Louisiana is still a relatively poor place. The seafood is awesome and the people welcoming to travelers. They remember Huey with kindness. Good stuff. Carry on Sir. Carry on
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sometimes i really feel like we need to be so ruthlessly anti-trust, anti-corporate and relentlessly pro-worker that it'll make the Roosevelt's and even Long himself look like the god damn care bears.
bro stopped communism by doing communism. truly a chad
I lived in southern Louisiana when I was a kid, and when we headed up north to see relatives for our summer vacation we always crossed the Huey P. Long bridge, before driving over the Lake Ponchartrain causeway. My brother & I always called it the "Huey P. Longer Than Me" bridge. 🙃
By the way Simon, we call them crawfish, or crawdads. 🦞
I miss the original bridge lol was scary as a kid
VooDoo Wiz I haven’t been down there since it was rebuilt, but yeah - I do remember how rickety and clanky it was: sounded like the whole damn thing was going to come crashing down every time you drove over it.
There is an alternative theory on Long's death. It's quite incredible, but possibly true. Basically, after being kept waiting by Long all day to hear his grievance, Doctor Weiss got into a verbal altercation with him and punched him. Long's goon squad body guards riddled Weiss with bullets, one of which ricocheted and hit Long. They found a pistol in Weiss's car and planted it at the scene, but there were never any ballistics done to verify that the bullet that killed Long came from that gun. Huey Long may very well have died by friendly fire! (I first saw this theory described on an old episode of Unsolved Mysteries.)
You should do a Biographics on William Knudsen. Possibly a crossover with Mega(side)Projects about the Arsenal of Democracy.
A chicken in every pot, a hand in every pocket.
I don’t understand what is radical or authoritarian of him. Seems like a good politician.
Can u do an episode on Herman the German
This guy is an interesting man, can't hate him or like him, just a man that hated the rich. which in some regards i can respect or despise. but winning that state position at the earliest is a great victory!
“Constipational league”😂😂😂
EVERY MAN A KING
Great stuff! As a Louisianaian, I have no love for what Long became, and he suffered a death befitting a tyrant. I'm quite intrigued by the possibility that he was shot by his own bodyguard, weapons manipulation being back then far more primitive than it is today.
Yeah this guy is a legend down here. What i used to hear is one of the reasons he was killed was because he was planning on running for president. His enemies knew he had a good chance of winning so they took him out. Idk if any of this is factual. Just what i heard growing up.
Sounds like he used right wing tactics to enact left wing ideas.
Huey Long, the only kind of socialist I can get behind.
“They say they don’t like my methods. Well, I don’t like them either. I really don’t like to have to do things the way I do. I’d much rather get up before the legislature and say, ‘Now this is a good law and it’s for the benefit of the people, and I’d like you to vote for it in the interest of the public welfare.’ Only I know that laws ain’t made that way. You’ve got to fight fire with fire” -Huey Long
Hes right on point.
Mylum O'Shinn He really is. That’s the sort of speech I always imagine myself making in my dreams where I’m a congressman lol
Change has to start from the bottom up, because the wealthy oligarchs are far too comfortable in their positions and the average American is too indoctrinated with the oligarchs' propaganda on why things are better this way.
Bernie showed that being a nice person does not win elections... The system will stop at nothing to stop someone or something from actually helping the people.
You need to fight.
@Hernan Cortes i just want social democracy bro.
I want Norway and Finland, not Cuba or the USSR.
Besides, we all know that Hunter Biden is the one who smokes crack.
The Share Our Wealth Society? Seven million people?
wow, what an interesting project...
SIMMMMOOOONNNNN
Really Simon leaving a comment from one of your channels on another for shame. But it does sound like a good video to me and I would like to know more.
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Yes and this dude has been called a fascist during his time the main reason why he got shot
Also we really should take notes on him no one expects there to be a dictator of a state but there easily could be a dictator of California or Texas potentially New York.
sounds like something a bit....Russian.... Yes Comrade!
Long was also a cunning politician. True story: He wanted to use New Deal federal funding to expand LSU's football stadium but the rules stated funds must be used for academic purposes. So what did he do? He had dormitories built into the stadium! And they housed students well into the 1990's.
Big Brain
Big brain gameplay indeed
Cunning politicians circunventing budget regulations to use those funds for something else isn't exactly ideal...
There's a word for this, it's at the tip of the tongue...
Huey Long, the kingfish. Everyone's favorite Hearts of Iron character.
@@mangonel no he's right this mod alone makes this man the best character in hoi4. Hands down. Wheelchair man got nothing on kingfish
Down with the traitors! Up with the Stars!
-Brought to you by Federal Loyalists and the legitimate President Floyd B. Olson
@@mangonel understandable. Oh hey, king. You dropped your crown. Have a great day.
American Union States intensifies
@@charliescene786 he could actually be the non allign path for hoi4 in the US but I dont know why they didn't add that in Mann the guns
1934: 65% of the country's wealth is owned by 2% of the population
2020: 90% of the country's wealth is owned by 1% of the population
This is the US? That’s crazy.
We need to actually enforce anti-trust legislation, prohibit the lobbying (legal bribery) that makes corruption so prevalent (and lucrative), possibly install term limits on Congress, encourage bipartisan/unbiased civilian watchdog groups etc.
I’ve got nothing against someone enjoying success that they legitimately earned, but dang.
@@dr.lyleevans6915 Couldn't agree more
You mean as the government gets more powerful wealth gets more concentrated? Who would have thought that, except of course people who understand how "populism" works.
Lol .01% of population does. If you make more than 100 grand a year you're automatically in the 1% 100,000 a year isn't that much hardly the same. Not to mention those numbers where in the 30s the midst of depression, 17% I think more was unemployed.
@@GorgeousMerc I’m pretty sure it takes more than $100K to be in the 1%. It’s more in the $350K range of income earners (this is completely different from net worth, in which was being referred to by the OP)
We got free text books for ALL. We got paved roads and BRIDGES from the gulf to Arkansas, Texas, and Mississippi. He was great for the state, and yes, he was unfortunately ruthless. But YOU have to look at the ruthlessness of his adversaries, like Standard Oil.
Our country needs someone like Huey Long
he was ruthless to the people who deserved it the most great man, tragic life
@@lifeisaadventure9948 the problem with that comes when giving anyone a great deal of power, they are reluctant to release that power when their purpose has been served. That's why the revolving door of federal government and corporatism reigns supreme.
yeah and we haven't gotten much since then. roads falling apart, bridges falling apart, and I know I at least attended a public school where you had to pay fees--pretty sure one of those fees were textbook related.
And now, Louisianans (nor Alabamans, Arkansans, Mississippians, Texans or Tennesseeans) wouldn't elect a Democrat if a Republican nominee killed a member of their own immediate family.
Huey long is thought of as a hero here in paraguay,with streets and military bases named after him. He took our side in the chaco war,a war which was financed by standard oil on the bolivian side with the aim of gaining control of the mineral rights of the chaco region.
Wow I never knew about that
Really. This is fascinating. Where can I learn more about it?
The same goes for Ulysses Grant, right? He managed to save Paraguay from being annexed by Brazil and Argentina iirc.
David Gómez i believe that was actually Rutherford B Hayes, the president immediately after Grant.
@@konradhomiak3700 Hayes ruled in favor of paraguay in a dispute over the southeastern chaco region,a province of paraguay which now bears his name:Departamento presidente Hayes,the capital of which is Villa Hayes. The war in which senator Long was involved occured 50 years later in 1932-35,it was fought over the north western chaco which bolivia claimed.
I'm from Louisiana and growing up there he was talked of as an almost mythical figure. He is still revered today.
Kaiserreich players: Happiness Sounds
Syndicalist fan: Hmmmmmm
@@vietnameseboi9855 even as a syndicalist fan you've got to say every man a king
@@caijones156 yes it true
SHARE THE WEALTH
The only reason I know this guy
Senator Long is known in my country, Paraguay, since he publicly accused Standard Oil of having triggered the "Chaco War." (a war between Paraguay and Bolivia in the 1930's)
In fact, he accused Rockefeller of being the black hand behind the massacre between Paraguayans and Bolivians, denouncing him of “buying” the Bolivian government and promoting the war, since Paraguay was not willing to grant him oil concessions there.
His complaint, however, did not stop there, but rather exhibited publications and documents that confirmed that Standard Oil provided arms and ammunition to the Bolivian army and that the US Senate itself tried to render Paraguay defenseless with an arms embargo.
He was a smart and good man .. we need more people like him especially here in crooked New Orleans
He would’ve given FDR and the establishment a lot of trouble if he wasnt murdered.
M’bae la porte amigo :)
When people say capitalism is evil, this sums it up... what right do Rockefeller and standard oil have to take another countries resources? He has enough oil in the USA! Also, the many ppl tbf would have died in that war, possibly brutally, all for greed.. when people say capitalist countries are evil, I can see what they mean
@@DavidL1986 has nothing to do with capitalism. Corruption exist in every since form of government and economic in the world. Did you know Putin was a billionaire? He didn’t get that way as a KGB officer or by following socialist ideals - or was it exactly that....
As someone who grew up in Marrero, Louisiana you have no idea how much of a hero this guy is to us
Opelousas here my sister was dating in the Pavy family...his killers
AND PROBABLY A DEAD
BEAT
Me too ames blvd and LAPALCO
Kaiserreich American Union State Every man a king.
Once again, the timelines are converging
@@kaisercatcinema hi when is the next world of kiserrich coming out?
Increasingly thinking I'm living in that game right now
Every Man a King for the American Union State! Full Speed ahead Damn the Torpedoes! -Bismarck [ Fleet Admiral of the American Union Navy]
Yes indeed!
None of the older people when I was growing up in Louisiana ever had a bad word for him. Even the corrupt things he did were either thought of as a creative way to stick it to the system or that the system was unfairly attacking him. He was extremely well liked by the regular people.
@Hernan Cortes Hey the mafia helped people out
@Hernan Cortes nothing wrong with that
@Hernan Cortes Yeah, but when the mafia was eliminated the killings got worse
@Hernan Cortes Due to a power vacuum
@Hernan Cortes The fact is, tge mafia tried to avoid unnecessary killings to avoid police attention
I'm beginning to understand why Huey Long has gotten such a bad rap. When you p*** off the rich and powerful, they never forget.
Truer words have never been spoken
Unless you kill them
did you just censor "piss" lmao
@@tunafish1289 No, my voice to text program did it, and I just didn't bother to correct it. Sorry.
Why weap, or slumber, America?
Land of brave and true
With castles, and clothing, and food for all
All belongs to you.
Every man a king! Every man a king!
For you can be a millionaire
But theres something belonging to others,
Theres enough for all people to share.
When its sunny june, and December too.
Or in the winter time and spring:
There'll be peace without end, every neighbor a friend
And every man a king
The Dixietarian Party Where is that from?
brave? XD
@@winnifredforbes8712 Every man a king
@@winnifredforbes8712 it's basically huey longs theme song
The Dixietarian Party It's really beautiful!
"Every man a king, Every man a king
And you can be a millionaire
There's something belonging to others
There's enough for all to share
Every man a king, Every man a king
Or in the wintertime or spring
There be peace without end
Every neighbor a friend
And every man a King"
A song written personally by Long detailing the "Share The Wealth" program
BRAVO King Crypto! -- I wish I knew if other public read these screeds (mine too).
An unironic banger
Yeah it does kinda slap ngl @@MamaLuigi2
Too bad the GDP of the US only allows for
Any mention of women?
He probably would have been FDRs successor had he never got shot. Long probably would have been the favorite to be the Democratic nominee in 1940.
Not unless he could have strong armed his way there; but then, if anybody could have done so it would have been Long. But I don't think the national Dems would have actually wanted him. They didn't even want Henry Wallace, a much more rational populist.
FDR was absolutely terrified of Huey Long. Comics even portrayed him in cartoons as having nightmares about the man. He is said to have reacted favorably when Long was murdered.
If you really want to ask about the "what ifs" of History , I'm certain that FDR would have not had another term when Long would have entered the presidential race.
@Hernan Cortes
I don't know. My uncle, who was quite alive during the time, wound up being one of those people who caught a fist full of German bullets in World War II and died.
So not everyone was better off.
The only way we wound up actually getting out of the Depression was because of all the build up World War II end the arm sales that were sending tons of death to Europe.
A lot of the things that FDR instituted actually have led to this socialist welfare state that they are trying to put into place even as we speak.
From what I can see, Huey Long's efforts to hold to account corporate interests working outside the law would have done a great deal of good on a national scale.
There's a lot to be said for saying his assassin actually had some involvement with these corporate interest, in so far as being hired.
Actually, the American people missed a genuine debate on the actual issues because this man was murdered. Whether he had actually been elected or not, we lost because of that.
@@rogersheddy6414 yet huey long supported FDR. Even campaigned for him.
@Kerrie Kupar probably because FDR was the most similar to him in terms of beliefs. Like when Bernie supported Hillary. They both have very different views in a lot of respects but are far more similar to each other than they are to the opposition.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend
His brother Earl’s story is equally fascinating (spoiler: He wasn’t a vampire).
But not as interesting as mine!
Came to say the same thing!! The Earl of Louisiana is a fascinating book
Are you sure
Thanks for ruining it!!!
Not to mention Russell. Who probably, well, almost certainly exercised more actual power on the federal level in terms of legislation, etc. than Huey ever did.
"By the turn of the century, much of Louisiana was poor and uneducated." We still are, my dude lmao
Our education rates have actually took an upturn. But only in suburbia. In nola and baton rouge you have to go private... And I think we kinda just forgot the racial divide amongst "educated areas" and "non-educated"areas
Being from Louisiana i can safely say alot of people still regard Long as a hero
Of course he was assassinated, the 1% who own the country (now the world) can’t have good men like Huey Long around for too long. God bless your soul, Sir 🇬🇧
Who actually shot him?
@@parisire A political opponents son who he gerrymandered out of a seat in the legislature.
I IMAGINE GOD DAMNED HIS SOUL
Holy crap! I was just in Winfield a few weeks ago for the hurricane Laura relief! Never been that far south before and I found out that southern hospitality is not just a saying. Those were some nicest people I’ve ever met.
Thats so funny, because i live in way south in LA, and I always thibk of Winnfield as a northern city. Lol
Some nerd: "Power corrupts!"
Huey Long: "Y'all hear somthin?"
HUEY LONG DONG!!!!!!!
Longs family was large KEK
Probably one of the few politicians that is liked by both the far-left and the far-right.
@Ronald6Wilson6Reagan6 oh look, some idiot who thinks the far right likes the KKK
Ashton Todarello nope. White supremacy et al is definitely right wing.
Ashton Todarello
No not even close, the Democrats of the 19th century were right wing. The KKK sympathizes with Confederates, Nazis and are fundamentalist Protestant nut jobs. Left wing politics rejects religion in government and slavery and are more tolerant than the KKK by FAR.
Huey was lucky. His was an era when he could do certain things that brought him support from Blacks, really play both sides, and without having too many people question it like they did when Earl served as governor in the later 1950s.
Which is funny considering he opposed both. The KKK hated him for supporting Catholics and improving predominantly black areas, and he viewed his Share Our Wealth plan as, quote: "The only defense this country's got against Communism."
While i get why people would be anti his strongarm tactics. It feels like being against him or his politics essentially makes you a big corporation pawn
@Hernan Cortes most politicians are corporate pawns some are just better at hiding it
@Hernan Cortes Oh yea because the republicans are so anti corporate right. That's why if you say anything about taxing the rich its "communism"
@Hernan Cortes Didn't say they're not supported by the rich but acting like they're the only ones is hilarious. We gonna ignore all the billionaires who are on the right or at least the economic right. We gonna ignore trump? we gonna ignore ted cruz? like come on bruh
@Hernan Cortes then keep virtue signaling I guess.
At this point, I almost think the strongman tactics are the only thing that works when up against big money interests. I wish protests and more civil ways of getting changes worked. This guy was Bernie Sanders with teeth.
Alot of people in my grandmother's generation knew he was a crook. But they still liked him because he improved roads, education, and hospitals throughout the state.
Every politian is a crook, the difference is that populists will be called "corrupt" and the "respectables" will says they're "gaining funds"
People will put up with a lot of crook stuff if it means their local pride and a future for their children.
As did Hitler
The only politician who isn't a thief or a liar is one who is both - in other words all of them!
"He was a crook, but he was _our_ crook."
-Poor Louisianans
Recently did a term paper on him. What a polarizing figure. (it’s also really cool to see someone from Louisiana on here)
Its a very unique state among the union
He was a courageous and strong leader the kind that no longer exist in America, sadly.
Every Man A King.
SHARE THE WEALTH
And none wear a crown.
every man a king
I hope I don't come off sounding like a socialist as I interject here: LA was never really a 'poor' state; it has always been blessed with abundant natural and other resources. The problem is that those resources have always been in the hands of the few. During Long's youth, the mercenary zeal of the oil companies wreaked havoc on the indigent local populace, and he saw this as an opportunity to be catapulted into a position of power. Few in the contemporary electorate opposed him, as the memory of corporate excess and oversight was still a fairly fresh wound in the public psyche. I'll also add that had Long's orchestrated transfer of wealth to the public realm not taken place, LA today would likely be thought of in the same way that AR is (I see no need to elaborate further).
I'll cut to the moral of the story, to which human history stands as a testament: push too far, and people will push back...hard. It's not complicated...BTW, what's an AR credit card? A length of gasoline siphon hose...
Why apologize for sounding like a socialist, except, BE one! It is a CIVILIZED social philosophy.
I wish socialism wasn't a four letter word in our corporate haven....I mean this country.
How the billionaire class convinced the working class to vote against their own interests has always puzzled me.
@@swiley223 Propaganda
What's AR?
@@desuretard8654 ,
Arkansas...
Eugene Debs now there is an interesting person that deserves a video
Hell yeah. Ran for president from prison after being unjustly imprisoned for protesting WWI. Debs is BOSS.
Hell yeah! Inmate No.9653 forever! Would also love to see a Biographics vid on Paul Robeson, he's an absolute hero in Jewish socialist/communist circles for his friendship to our people, his incredible activism, and his unwavering bravery in the face of endless opposition and threats.
@@bullmoosemedia Agreed! Debs is the G.O.A.T (Greatest Of All Time) of populists
Correction please. "now there is an interesting person who ALSO deserves a video."
They worship this guy like a god in Louisiana middle school education.
He really did drag Louisiana out of poverty with the local elite kicking and screaming
State funded school books for Elementary Students and night classes for adult education. The man really did care.
Wonder if they ever made the connection to Huey p Newton in that middle school education
Good
@@taylorshipman1045 Now Exxon,Shell and any other chemical plant or refinery runs the state
Huey Long was just too BASED for his time and maybe even ours too
RIP 🇺🇸
To be honest, Huey Long is my favorite victor of the 2nd American Civil War.
'all that increased female attention that skilled high school debate club winners are accustomed to'
jeez Simon; a 'shots fired' in a Huey Long video
too soon
So basically he’s proto Bernie. Man it
Would’ve been a great America had Huey been president.
kickflipking06 Bernie Sanders if he had Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping’s methods of getting things done.
It’s actually really interesting. I personally think Long’s policies were great and incredibly forward thinking. They attempted to tackle things that are still huge issues in the US today. The methods, on the other hand, not so great. I don’t know. I think democracy is incredibly important, and needs to be upheld at all costs. However as Simon pointed out in another video in authoritarian countries like China they can afford to have long-game plans and goals decades in the future. Terms and need for re-election can hamstring governments because they always have to be thinking about the next election, and far reaching plans that won’t be completed for ages (and may be scrapped if the government changes: see Australia’s NBN rollout) don’t get as much voter attention as short term goals etc.
It’s a difficult issue. No idea how it could be solved.
@@--enyo-- Long was ruthless, but at least he actually did things that actually helped the people.
Now, 95% of our politicians are all corruption and with no benefit to the people.
This is why Bernie lost. He is just a nice and decent man and nice and decent does not win in a filthy, disguising, corrupt game.
Long wasn't spineless and never sold out to his party though. Sanders did though. He's like a sockpuppet Long
Fun Fact: If you want to eat like the Kingfish, here are some of his favorite foods (according to his biography by T. Harry Williams);
-Potlikker (specifically seasoned with salt fat pork and the pot partly filled with well-cleaned turnip greens and cut-up turnips)
-Turnip Greens
-Corn Bread
-Sweet Potatoes
-Hot Biscuits
-Fried Oysters
-Steak (Sirloin?)
-New Orleans/Ramos Gin Fizz
To make the dining experience more authentic, arrange the food in separate plates on the table and proceed to grab pieces from each plate while talking until you have yourself a full meal (Huey Long unconsciously did this while dining with others because his mind was usually on other political matters while dining, although he would do this on purpose when dining with the upper classes as a power move).
Thanks for giving me a heart attack!
He was voted the Second best Governor of all time!!! Jesse Ventura was 1st.
Say what you want about Long's methods, but he undeniably got results and Louisiana had real tangible progress. He wasn't just throwing his words in the air, he meant what he said.
YES GARBAGE TRASH SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK
In a history class, I learned about long because he was one of the biggest critics of FDR. I thought his ideals sounded great so I looked further into his story, and I was shocked to hear about a US senator just assassinated! I kept digging in to try and find any sollace, surely he must have had a glaring fault? The closest to a character fault I found was his ruthlessness and authoritrian governorship, but thats to be expected from American politicians. Now I just see the story of a man who tried to fix his community, and spread that cure to the whole country, and was tragically cut down for it.
If Long had lived, he would’ve become the American version of Ataturk. A benevolent dictator who would’ve brought his nation soaring to new heights. History would be very different had he lived.
Given his actions, he would have been another Tito.
HOLY SHIT YOU MADE A VIDEO OF THE MAN THE MYTH THE LEGEND! As a Louisianan if you were to visit this place today and see just how different political theory is here today you'd be astonished how a man like this could even grab power in a place like this.
I'm a new Englander, I've never heard of this guy, but what a fascinating story. I went from liking, to not liking, to really liking and being sad about his early demise. Gonna have to do some further reading on this character, thanks Simon!
Its such a sham, I never heard of who Huey Long was because my high school textbooks never brought him up
Not many ppl hear of him and if they do its negatively skewed cuz the people with money control the narrative.
If Huey Long made every man king what would that make him? “the King of Kings”
But no man wears a crown
SHARE THE WEALTH
Senator Huey Long FOR THE KINGFISH
Dictator
When there are no kings there still are dukes
When there are no dukes there still are bishops
And when there are no bishops there's dictators
And when it's only every man a king there's Feminism yeah long would be called a natzi today just like he was in his time by his assassin.
newb mann r/woosh
Huey Long King of Kings
-meanwhile in heaven
*angry Jesus noises
EVERY MAN A KING!
Huey Long "KINGFISH," was someone I heard talked about often when I was a child, & this was the late 1950s, early 1960s. Both my parents were among the youngest of two large Southern families in the Southern end of Virginia, NE Tennessee, NW North Carolina, mainly mountain people involved in farming, coal mining, small business people, school teachers, construction workers.
I remember that my grandparents, aunts & uncles always spoke fondly of
KINGFISH, usually with a smile on their faces, along with the words of he was somekind of character alright, and he had his faults, but he cared about the little man & women.
My parents grew up in rural East Texas in the 20’s and 30’s. I remember daddy talking about Huey P Long. Been over his bridge a couple of times.
''He didn't die, he's still living in our hearts'' -Every Chad AUS player in Kaiserreich watching this video
Defend the Balance. Defend the Kaiserreich.
@@savagedarksider5934 We lost the New England. We lost the Old England. Either way, we're getting back an England.
Great choice!
Have you done Father Coughlin yet?
Me: scurrying to check previous videos...
@fred's long, hard, throbbing ego Yes, yes we would.
Just found out this man is my great great grandfather.. CRAZY WORLD!
Follow his footsteps brother. Change the world.
EVERY MAN A KING!
EVERYMAN A KING
Was Long authoritarian? Yes. He wasn’t perfect.
But, you look at what his goals were, and you realise that authoritarianism was the only way he was going to get real results. The establishment would never let him do what he wanted to do despite winning election after election. He realised the only way to actually do some good was to play dirty.
He also keenly understood the problem of wealth being controlled by a minority and how this was bad for society as a whole- it created a hierarchical system that kept the poor, poor. He wasn’t a communist or probably even a socialist. But he wanted to ensure that wealth would be spread more evenly rather than being controlled by a tiny proportion of people who worked for their own interests.
Long’s ideal America would’ve been one where the average citizen had everything they needed to live and a fairer proportion of the countries wealth, and where tycoons and large corporations would have less power, influence, and wealth.
A noble goal, really. But one that was always doomed to fail.
Growing up here as a young history lover HPL loomed large. As kids we all go to the state capital and feel the bullet indentations in the marble walls where he was shot. Dude encompassed what it would take to progress altruism through legislation in this country
Did Dr. Weiss actually shoot him?
Forced altruism is theft. HPL is what Nietzche was thinking of when he wrote about tyrants who shroud themselves in words of virtue and equality. They are tarantulasfilling the world with storms of revenge. They don't care about the poor, they only hate the rich. Eventually when they reach a position of power, they are the greatest perpetrators of oppression.
parisire The story is his bodyguards unloaded their Tommy guns and HPL was killed by a ricochet
Fife I agree, HPL was still a despot and the quintessential Louisiana politician. We are the only state where Edwin Edwards could be revered after what he did
@@ryanw3658 So true. HPL & EWE both openly embraced the philosophy stated by EWE before one of his trials - You can do whatever you want as long as you entertain the masses.
I don’t care what people think, Long was the politician we needed
And is
@Naught to break but Our chains damn better not help the poor, fascist pig dog!
@Hernan Cortes but a good dictator
Long was a hero who recognized that those in power don’t concede power willingly and acted accordingly
HE WAS TRASH
🎯🎯🎯🎯👌😐👍💪💪 Yeah, A sad and disgraced truth. The history of humanity demise i would say
An $8.40 bridge toll in the 1920s sounds crazy!
You should do an episode on Charles XII! Sweden has such a cool history but few people ever cover it :/
Almost won the great northern war only to lose the war in 1709,and die in 1718,leaving the throne to his sister who'd adbicate,in 1720(I forgot when or don't know)and leave it to her husband.
Yeah for real. At this point I want just about any nation other than America. Sure it's interesting, but it isn't everything.
Just gonna piggyback on this: Pierre Elliot Trudeau is a huge political figure in Canada that would easily fill a Biographics video with content.
These are the kind of Politicians we need today. Sadly we have a corrupt two party system where every 4 years we decided which butt cheek we want to take it up.
Wise words.
An autocratic gangster politician? We already have Clintons and Bushs
And end up with two cheeks of the same ass.
And when they have done what we need them to do, we can just assassinate them, before they can take everything for themselves. Sound familiar? We need a technocrat generation. Where we kick *_ALL_* current politicians out and replace them with a group that will push our country forward. Then, once they are done, and before they can gain complete control of our country and our people, we kill them off, not only putting a stop to them, but showing all future politicians that they should not follow in the slain politician's footsteps, lest they end up the same way, but sooner.
It is a fine line. It is a dangerous line. But one cannot ever hope to make any progress without taking any risks.
@@danielduncan6806 Not all people all autocrats are evil, We could do something like Kemal Ataturk where we let the good autocrat rule until they die then establish a republic so there won't be an evil autocrat to replace him.
My grandmother (born in ‘34) told me a story about her family home in Hog Hair, Louisiana (yes that’s the name of a real town). She said there was a framed picture of Huey and Earl Long in the dining room. Huey inspired such a fascinating combination of adoration and abhorrence all at the same time. I’m currently working on a theatrical piece about his life exploring how a historical figure can create a legacy defined by polarization. A truly unique Louisiana story!
Huey Longs actions were necessary. This is evident now that we see what the wealth disparity would end up today. Literally did nothing wrong
Long got filthy rich, dope.
and was killed for it. This is what happens to heroes irl. They don't get happy rosy endings. They get shot in the chest.
Obviously 👌😐👍👍
Growing up in Louisiana in the 70s and 80s. We had Huey P Long’s birthday off of school.
Been watching biographics all day and pretty much ran out. Good timing that just as i run out a new one airs lol.
Welcome to the verse. Check out Simons other channels. Business Blaze is fun. Megaprojects is great. Top Tenz is the OG. So many more like Today I Found Out and Geographics. Did I forget anything?
We just launched SideProjects this week ;)
@@Biographics OMG your multiplying
@@This1Person yea i know of all the other channels, biographics is just my no1
@@bobashley5596 UA-cam should give up and bow down to Simon and sign the company over to him!
Now, his brother EARL was mean and crazy. Huey's son, Russell Long, was a well liked and respected US Senator.
I must confess that the $1M annual income/$50M total assets (adjusted for inflation) does not seem to be such a big price to pay for some social levelling.
They say, during the depression, only one bank in Lousiana closed....correction...only 7 banks out of 4,800 closed
Huey Long was a smart very intelligent man
As a Louisiana resident of 20 years, we desperately need a politician like Huey Long again!
Not like he could play "nice" with the corporate criminals of his day. Long is an American Hero that should have been President.
“Huey P Long”, sounds like the punch line for a joke.
“Why has our governor still not left the bathroom, he’s been there for 30 minutes!”
“Huey P Long”
For the 1% of people who see this,
Have a good day :)
👇
👆
I'll try.
Thing about Long, sure his intentions were ultimately benevolent, but what about the next guy who follows his example?
Yeah it was caesar's successors that tore the empire down
In Huey's case, his brother Earl actually came after him, his family has also been involved in LA politics since whether its as governor or senator and what not. He's a dynasty at this point.
@@RockNRollHorrorshow a dynasy isn't that weird. The Roosevelts, the Bushes and Clintons are also dynasties
I'm from Louisiana and am so pumped about this Biographics .
My best friend for many years grew up in Louisiana, northern Louisiana. Granted, she was born almost a decade and a half after Long died, but his shadow stretched that long. Her grandmother, who moved to Louisiana probably about the time Long died, hated Long and his minions. Even though she was, herself, poor, so poor that her husband had to go work in Houston while she held down the farm. Long might've originally wanted what was best for the poor around him, but he had become something else. Even when I went to visit the farm in the 1970s and 80s, the road in front of the farm was still dirt. Many of the roads would've still been dirt if they hadn't built the Toledo Bend Reservoir in the 60s. I wonder what my friend would've thought, but she's been gone now three and a half years.
I'm a Louisiana native. What you described made me laugh, unfortunately, as I thought of the dirt and "substandard" roads leading to the house I'm currently living in. It feels like everyone is sitting in their hands waiting for another Huey to come along, but no one wants to put in the work. This state still feels like the 1930s never ended; it just got internet. Well, kinda - cellular reception, because I can't get wifi where I live. Too remote.
@@CosmicWaltz7 I'm pretty sure the place her grandmother lived at still doesn't have wifi. They were so poor they couldn't afford a satellite dish, but she died in the late 1980s in a nursing home. The place was the nearest town to the unincorporated village they lived just outside of.
@@ElicBehexan Crowville? That's the unincorporated area that immediately jumps to mind. And, yeah, it's still rare to get internet out there.
@@CosmicWaltz7 is that near the Toledo Bend Reservoir? Actually it is Noble, just north of Zwolle, barely a speck on the map
@@ElicBehexan That's the other side of the state. Just as desolate, though. There's nothing in North Louisiana except places to get off the interstate.
People would literally kill to get this kind of wealth redistribution today.
Hey I suggested this topic a few months ago! I’m glad you made this video. This literally made my day 🙌🏾
Shoutout to Huey p long I have been in an old
Mansion he use to own in and around New Orleans . He’s a big staple in Louisiana history we need more people like him RIP. Important bridge connecting East and West Bank of New Orleans was built by him and was EXTREMELY narrow and scary bridge and my drivers ed test was taken on it . If you can drive This bridge you can drive anywhere the instructor said now the bridge is re done and completely different . I miss the original Huey p bridge. And this dude said Louisiana wasn’t wealthy we literally had the most millionaires out of any state in America before civil war..so i heard
Huey P long bridge smiling
That bridge is the reason I still have anxiety driving over bridges. Good ole Huey P
@@ThatsSo369 that bridge used to be scary
Where did actually spend more time, there, or at the Roosevelt Hotel?
Natchez, MS had the most millionaries per capita before the war
Brilliant vid, Simon, as usual. I remember hearing my grandparents, here in Texas, talking about Gov. Long and being so pleased that he was in Louisiana, and not here, in their younger days. The police bullet holes in the marble walls, where he was assassinated in the State House basement, are still visible. It's a fun place to visit (got to tell my grandchildren about him there). Keep up the good work!!
As per usual, I'm here to politely request a video on Ip Man, the teacher of Bruce Lee. It's been a request 2 years in the running. Please put my crusade to an end. Thanks in advance! -A Loyal Subscriber
maybe try emailing him, if thats possible
@@ebonymaw8457 Ya know, I hadn't even thought of that. Lol. I just assume there's gotta be SOMEONE there that reads the UA-cam comments. Thanks for the idea!
Also, cool name. :) lol
This sounds really interesting. Hopefully replying helps bump this up.
@@Direblade11 Thank you! A lot of people have been requesting Ip Man for a long time. I'm sure it would make a lot of Biographic fans really happy when the FINALLY do it. Lol
God bless Huey Long! Long live the AUS!
History: NOOOOOO, YOU CAN'T JUST SAY GOOD THINGS ABOUT HUEY LONG, HE'S A DICTATOR.
Comment section: hehe, Share the wealth go brrrrrrrrrrr.