25 Unpleasant Facts About History's Best People

[@hectorsmommy1717]

William Halsey said: "There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with." A hero is an ordinary person who rises to the occasion. We need to get rid of this idea that our heroes need to be perfect. Lincoln, MLK, Mandela, Churchill, etc. are no less heroic because of their flaws. In fact, they can be emulated BECAUSE of those flaws: it means any of us can also do good.

[@KayOScode]

Does the same go for someone like hitler? He was just put in an unfortunate circumstance and tried to solve the problem in his own creative way

[@jackalkin6757]

While I will agree with the commentators of this post, there' one other thing, you guys must know. No-one's perfect.

[@hectorsmommy1717]

@@jackalkin6757 Exactly, which was my main point. Should a personal failing discount great deeds? The point was that we should not automatically throw someone in the rubbish bin because they were not perfect. There is no such thing as a perfect human and the good should be weighed against the bad. In some cases, like Hitler and Stalin, the bad far outweighs the good. Others, like those I mentioned and some on this list, the good outweighs the bad.

[@KayOScode]

@@hectorsmommy1717 well yeah, but there are some interesting ethical questions that arise. Do you prosecute a hero who raped his daughter? Most would say yes, but that limits the good they can do in the future. Im not making an argument against doing that, but its interesting. On top of that, I get that no ones perfect, but I have never done the terrible things on the list. Being a hero doesnt give you a free pass, and I consider those who think that it does as non heros.

[@BL.DBL-U]

William Halsey quote.

[@DrHaydentheFunny]

#10 Too bad the apple fell beside Newton and not on him, like pop culture shows.

[@joshuaigomez]

There was never an apple. It was a made up story to simplify his theory for the masses.

[@Mac16111]

i love you and tristan, may i be your honorary grandma?

[@maryalderman7592]

We can admire their accomplishments, (both living and dead), we really shouldn't put people on a pedestal. To quote Shakespeare, "The evil that men do lives after them, the good is often interred with their bones. "

[@mikitz]

You should make a list of history's bad guys who had a surprising bright side. A way tougher list to research, to be sure.

[@danielkokal8819]

Adolph Hitler was a tea totalling vegetarian who wouldnt stand for anyone mistreating a dog.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

@@danielkokal8819 He was also a militant non-smoker and had programs to help his soldiers quit. This was back in the 1930s.

[@Conker187777]

The world is ran by sociopaths

[@alfonso2501]

You're going to receive a lot of flack for this one. I applaud you.

[@ElicBehexan]

Aristotle was GREEK, none of the Greeks of the time thought too highly of women.

[@maxwelljacobs8830]

Leah McGrew lmao they were all gay

[@ElicBehexan]

@@maxwelljacobs8830 actually, no, not gay. Women were for making babies and caring for the house. A "youth," or a young man between 16 and 25, who wasn't married, might be "educated" by an older man, generally married. This was considered normal and the idea was that the elder would show the younger things about being a free man in Greek society. Yes, they had sex, with the elder always in control, but that was considered part of the education. Not our way, but also no "gay."

[@ciom9065]

Neither do a lot of men now but here we are

[@qaisarbegum5955]

Where is Edison?

[@lore9446]

QAISAR BEGUM absolutely!!! Terrible terrible cruel and greedy man!

[@lizzybethnj617]

Terrible person and in NJ he's treated like a saint. We are literally taught about him from K-12th grade. He was great at taking credit for things he did not do and extremely greedy

[@joetwining9942]

The last three are products of their time. Einstein would be great in today’s time. Lincoln would be more anti racist in today’s time Aristotle would be more feminist in today’s time. Their eras formed certain behaviors within them.

[@who9570]

Agreed

[@halfhuman3775]

overrated, jerk? What has u done in your life? How u compare someone from past to the future.....literally that shows how dumb u are

[@halfhuman3775]

@J Bisker hahaha wtf man guys like u need to be treated...get some help man

[@halfhuman3775]

@J Bisker lol wrong reply sorry

[@maryann7619]

Lincoln was never racist. He understood people.

[@cooldudeawesome9344]

I dont like oprah Winfrey

[@Wylie777]

Agreed

[@mikitz]

A feminist turns out to be a sanctimonious asshole? Where is this world coming to...

[@pandapegasus5597]

Why not

[@nora22000]

@@pandapegasus5597 Oprah creates a false "culture of whining" but is ruthless in her business life. She has carried 'feel sorry for me' all the way to the bank.

[@nyarlathotep4389]

what do you think about the idea that black people cant be racist?

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Worthwhile video. For most of the persons cited, there are numerous other significant flaws. You only scratched the surface.

[@elainewaller-rose9707]

Roll over, Chuck Berry. Sister Rosetta Tharpe beat him by at least a decade as far as being an originator of rock and roll. She even proceeded him in doing a version of the Chuck Berry "duck walk".

[@brianshivak4892]

She's forgotten, he ain't

[@ev14304]

This was not an " easy " or popular opinion top25 video. kudos for your courage ☆

[@fannymcdaniel962]

tHANK yOU FOR BRINGING OUT THE TRUTH ABOUT John Lennon.

[@romecottrell6444]

I already know about John Lennon's abuse of both of his wives, that's a very sad 😭 story. And he was also was jealous of his former partner Sir Paul McCartney 🤔.

[@debrajones4010]

And how ironic is it when Lincoln didn’t classify the slaves as being American; as if he was the first to walk among the land 😂 Edit: One sweet day the human population will realize that they never had any claim over any land.

[@cwalker3166]

My father taught me long ago. There is no such thing as inherently great or evil people. We are the sum of our decisions both good bad.

[@headed4thebottom]

Just goes to show that not one single soul that’s ever existed in this world was or is perfect.

[@sheriwolkins8685]

Wow! He could have gone a LOT further if he wanted to, The “Rat Pack” of the 50s and 60’s campaigned hard for JFK especially Sammy Davis Jr. When JFK was elected he invited the Pack to come to the Inauguration Ball…. Except Sammy Davis Jr. Because he had a white wife, they all knew how hard Sammy worked for him, gave speeches for him and used his popularity to help JFK win. But he was too racist to invite him to the inauguration. Frank Sinatra for 0ne, I don’t know about how many did NOT go because of Sammy treatment,

[@debrajones4010]

Jesus was, but we’re not meant to be perfect.

[@debbiemajorphotography7272]

Just because you accidentally start one fire doesn't make you a "firestarter". That is stretching things a bit.

[@duckduckmoose9487]

I mean he started a pretty big one

[@benjamintaylor3934]

Well, if we're looking at numbers instead of scale, then NASCAR drivers aren't really speed demons; the majority of their driving is outside of work, where they're stuck with speed limits 😏

[@RookyRxb57]

The dude killed 49 ENDANGERED animals!

[@debbiemajorphotography7272]

@@RookyRxb57​ - key word ACCIDENTALLY. Yes it was wrong, but not intentional

[@debbiemajorphotography7272]

​@@RookyRxb57 - key word ACCIDENTALLY. Yes it was wrong, but not intentional

[@jrzzrj]

I bet Mike and Tristan have some interesting "dark secrets"......lol

[@josephgallagher3880]

I heard they like to take baths together.

[@strangeroamer3219]

Who doesn't?

[@VlvrdMlgm]

how is John Lennon supposed to be one of history's best people considering, for starters, his ego?

[@mikitz]

Who would've guessed a narcissistic asshole has a dark side? Looking at you too, Bono (pun intended).

[@VlvrdMlgm]

@Samantha Dunn but then he (Lennon himself) thought the Beatles were more popular than Jesus for starters

[@breakaleg10]

JFK had many affairs as well

[@DreadPirarateAndersen]

Like Marilyn Monroe.. And before she started dating the Kennedy Brothers, she was actually the girlfriend of Sonny Franzese (the world's oldest living mafioso)

[@terryenby2304]

This was raised in Red Dwarf in the time hopping episode when they go back to the time when JFK was supposed to be killed and remembered as a ‘good guy’ instead of becoming a terrible president!

[@strangeroamer3219]

@Jo Gill Lots of people do drugs and are successful. I know some.

[@meloncornets3034]

Great list! I thought Dr. Seuss would have been here.

[@justinbassit8336]

Melon Cornets oh yeah, he cheated on his wife when she had cancer

[@jonanderson4474]

Theodore Giselle.

[@marthamermaid7622]

Yeah that was kinda shocking to see that he wasnt on here.

[@timkramar9729]

He didn't actually like children.

[@andywinslow9638]

@@timkramar9729 it wasn't he didn't like them. Some he did. He just couldn't raise them because he had a hard time predict their actions. But he cheated on his sick so I agree he should have been one hear

[@vizslaloveable]

Thank you, and your whole team for making such amazing videos, they bring me a lot of joy and no matter how bad of a day I am having or how much pain I am in. Please keep up the good work and don't let other people's comments discourage you!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Keanu Reeves: (He’s breathtaking)

[@zachariah9739]

Not to mention all of the “necklacing” that Mandela and his wife favored….

[@sankiegreyling6309]

He murdered hundreds of his own people. He was a terrorist and thanks to the liberal USA start the destruction of a super country. Look at it now. A shadow of what it used to be.

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

I heard in an interview with someone who had worked with Walt Disney that he was also a racist. There was a case once of the studio hiring a Hindu man, and when Walt saw him, he said "What's that n-- doing on my property?" They explained to him that the guy was Indian, not African American, but he still insisted on the man being fired.

[@DreadPirarateAndersen]

And he was also very antisemitic and believed in eugenics

[@terryenby2304]

Walt Disney was not a good human in my opinion! He obviously created a wonderful fantasy world that we can enjoy today, but I don’t like him.

[@hydrolito]

Now India is making more movies than Hollywood.

[@kohljackal]

Walt Disney was a horrible example of a human.

[@plplbk]

@@hydrolito What does that have to do with what the OP said? But okay. I'll add that if India is making more movies than Hollywood (Which wouldn't exactly be a surprise) you pretty much have to go to India to see them. The rest of the world says, " meh...whatever." Oh, but wait. I heard somebody somewhere said there's a huge market for Bollywood in, uh, Canada. And Yemen, too. Hooray.

[@Bairrfhionn]

Karl Marx is "one of history's best people"? What is wrong with you...?

[@mikitz]

It was comedic how the father of Communism had a dark side of missing his dad's funeral. A bit like mentioning that Ted Bundy didn't really appreciate women.

[@JohnDoe-dh4fi]

The think Abraham Lincoln didn't like about slavery when the slave owners sold the kids of the slave's off to never to see there parent's ever again

[@Cypresssina]

He hated it because his dad would force him to do labor for neighbors and then take the money. It made him furious that one man would do the work and not see a penny for it. Sorry for the 3 year later flogging on a dead comment.

[@anthonyodonoghue2539]

Absolute rubbish about Einstein. If he was around today he'd adapt n bring physics on even further & is still a huge influence on physics 100 yrs later & the Aristotle fact is what was the society in Greece except Sparta n he weren't a spartan !

[@Wykletypl]

Number 1: That's nothing new. That was a typical way of thinking from Ancient Civilizations up to XXth Century.

[@wyndiahighwind7477]

When it comes to Aristotle, his beliefs of women were common for the time. That, of course, does NOT excuse him, but context is important. And let's face it: every woman has met a man like that.

[@wyndiahighwind7477]

@@MS-sr6mj I never said it was. It's just important to note that he was not the only one at that time to think that way. When you take that into consideration, it isn't just him that was wrong about it. It does not excuse him; it merely offers an explanation as to why he thought the way he did.

[@wyndiahighwind7477]

If you had read my statement thoroughly, you would have noticed that I had stated that it did not excuse him. Meaning that I noted that it was not okay or excusable. I do apologize if this was not clear.

[@uploead]

Lol. You mention Oprah’s “racism” but not Walt Disney’s. Sounds about white.

[@wanttobeaspaceface5486]

The mlk bit is propaganda made by the fbi

[@kingkante2913]

Precisely

[@karendaniel620]

I knew Mr Rogers and Bob Ross wouldn't be on the list. I'm also happy bot to see Louisa May Alcott, a childhood icon. Freud was definitely a great influence on understanding the hidden mind, but many of his theories were influenced by misogyny. AND, he allowed money and zeitgeist to influence how he treated and viewed real problems his female patients had with abuse. Everything else pails in comparison to dismissing abuse and then forming theories based on pressure rather than evidence.

[@LiterallyCensoredDaily]

Typical shrink.

[@kirkmorrison6131]

You are forgetting that these people were products of their times. Cash, King and Ali grew up close to our times, so we can use modern morals to look at them the rest grew up in different times and social norms

[@josephlafrance9881]

Winfrey is a spokes person for weight watchers but weights over 200 lbs ? lol yea hypocrite

[@LostSoulsParadoxicalDoctrine]

Great doesn't equal good, nor does the defacement of another result in some "uplifting" or beneficial. Recognizing good and seeing evil are perspectives... Yes, we should know. But it shouldn't drive us from what was done right. Following a path of "purity" is but a dream, of which we will never have, it's not the Human thing to do!

[@MsSarito]

BUDDHA ABANDONED HIS FAMILY TO LIVE IN THE FOREST

[@MillennialKeshia]

It still doesn't make none of those things right. 👍

[@KahlestEnoch]

You missed Bing Crosby, he was extremely abusive towards his wife.

[@Margann1987]

And his sons, too.

[@randibgood]

Verbally, emotionally and physically abusive towards his entire family. I've never watched any of his films since I found out about his off-screen personality.

[@andywinslow9638]

@@randibgood That isn't true. His sons even admit he made it up

[@randibgood]

@@andywinslow9638 I don't know what his sons said. I know what his wife and daughters reported.

[@andywinslow9638]

@@randibgood don't know about his wife. His estranged sons alleged his daughters made it up. One of his daughters said he was a good father. I'm only saying what I heard.

[@Ard-mhacha-abu]

You know something heavy is coming when Mike says “However”

[@KillerBebe]

I get the feeling that you will get an incredible amount of hate thrown your way over this, but the truth is the truth.

[@jonanderson4474]

So I'm going to be a bad person because I'm not going to my father's funeral?

[@leaningtotheright7182]

Nelson Mandela cheated on his first wife multiple times, and beat her up when she confronted him about this.

[@kmodiselle1]

And this you know how? The most public information is that of Winnie cheating on him with now EFF party member, Dali Mpofu. Upon Mandela's return, he faced ridicule from this and could only last in the marriage for a few years before calling it off.

[@leaningtotheright7182]

@@kmodiselle1 witness accounts, dude. And the fact Nelson Mandela admitted it

[@minervaneryse3313]

We are all the products of the times we live in. Just as what was acceptable 100 years ago isn't now, what we view as morally acceptable now will undoubtedly be questionable 100 years from now.

[@ashconner2293]

Listen people read Mother Teresa wrong. The church was actually trying to not have her go to Calcutta. She fought for it and succeeded. When she went over there all she wanted to do was help the poor people. If other people misinterpret her that's on them. She went out of her way to do what nobody else would do. There was no forced baptisms. Would she do bless them with holy water.?

[@stevecarson4162]

It was reported that she denied the dying medication for their suffering, telling them that it was "God's will". She basically just let them die in terrible pain.

[@killielila]

​@@stevecarson4162 yea until she was ill then she quite happy to take the pain meds

[@margeoconnor166]

Glad you put that disclaimer on the end. This writer expressed more opinions than facts and used anecdotal moments as proof, which is a lazy way to support his/her ideas.

[@heathercaldwell6813]

I disagree with the #1 pick. Everyone at that time viewed women as second class citizens, including men, women, children, and slaves. That view continues to this day. Think about how often men versus women make the top 25 lists... GIRL POWER!

[@TheGizmo2012]

What about Walt Disney being anti-Semitic?

[@brianarbenz1329]

Mike, I’m sorry, but this list is just awful. To start with, you say Karl Marx was a bad person because… _he didn’t hear his alarm clock ringing?_ That’s a character fault? Seriously? You say John F. Kennedy imposed the Cuban trade embargo in 1962. No, Eisenhower imposed it in January 1961, just before leaving office. The embargo is horrible - it is an attempt to use starvation as a political weapon to help Eisenhower‘s corporate cronies protect their assets. At times enforcement provisions have allowed the U.S. government to legally label American citizens supporters of terrorism because they spent as little as $10 of their own money on souvenirs in Cuba. That’s what’s horrible. JFK’s cigars aren’t. Muhammad Ali may have explored separatism along with other approaches to fighting racism, but he never felt resentment toward whites because of their race. In Louisville, he had great respect and lifelong closeness to several people who happened to be white and who helped his boxing skills develop going back to when he was age 12.

[@jasontoddman7265]

Aristotle didn't think much of women was your number #1? WTF? Almost every man was guilty of that in his day; and for most of the time since!

[@ToWhomItMayConcern420]

Towards the end of Isaac Newton's life it was know he was drinking mercury. Not that is an excuse but probably didn't help him either.

[@Rainy..Day.]

I really don't like the lighting in ur videos lately. What are u guys doing different?

[@dittofoster73]

So I'm not the only one thinking Mike died his beard red before this video?

[@DogofRaw]

Lol, what's wrong with Ali again? I don't think you grasp his point of view. If someone doesn't want you around them that's their right. I don't want to go somewhere I am not welcomed.

[@kingkante2913]

Fr

[@a.c.1605]

Can we cancel Oprah? Can that be a thing? What a dense hypocrite.

[@jamesburke2110]

Actually Jesus or correctly Josuha barJoseph never said that

[@grahck4391]

You could say that the line "nobody's perfect" is a paraphrase of Paul's words in Romans chapter 3.

[@charlesrainey1076]

rewatched. excellent closing. again welcome back guys. you really are great content and are of my first as well as longest lasting continuously watched subscriptions since I got into KZbin so many years ago now.

[@list25]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@oscarpavon8351]

It would be a mistake to assume they were above mistakes. They were human afterall. Some were a product of their time, others didn't live long to regret or realize their own stupidity. Still, we should appreciate and focus their contributions to society, because we are not better than they were.

[@cooltubes547]

Imo to think anything is perfect is foolish. And by what standard do we judge perfection. What one views as a flaw another might view as a strength. In the grand scheme of things we are nothing, even those we hold to high esteem.

[@crivket1233]

GOD should have , changed ol' blue eyes ....BROWN !!!!!!

[@crivket1233]

IMAGINE .....is a SUCKY SONG !!! TURN IT OFF , EVERYTIME. 👍👍

[@danacampbell8331]

"You got this, Dad. Booty call!" Gandhi

[@cooldudeawesome9344]

These are bad role models if they did these things

[@MichaelOKC]

My grandfather who was an old school farmer always told me "Remember, Role models are just that, models, they are Not Molds"

[@crivket1233]

We all know now , that ol' franky baby ....was pure EVIL!!!

[@russelldodd93]

Good men still have flaws but are still used for the greater good.

[@hydrolito]

Some Greeks had higher estimate of females as Athena was the goddess of wisdom, also of disabled as Hephaestus was disabled and the god of logic, also called by Romans Vulcan where we get Star Trek character Mr. Spock a Vulcan that likes to emphasize logic. On Star Trek Romulans had planets Romulus and Remus that were supposed names of founders of Rome. So much of Star Trek is based on mythology they even encountered Apollo in one episode. Romulus also was recorded as killing his brother Remus, so not a role model either. After Attila the Huns death his sons fought against each other and his empire fell apart. So history is filled with flawed people.

[@wrongsalvation8904]

You forgot Errol Flynn. I can't even go into what he did throughout his life without getting iratly angry and wanting to desecrate his grave.

[@caroldriehorst1165]

He was very handsome and knew it, but what did he do??

[@anthonyodonoghue2539]

Read David Niven's biography coz he was his best friend n flat mate

[@wrongsalvation8904]

You can find a lot of biographies about it. Deplorable human being. Charlie Chaplin had nothing on that man and Hollywood let him get away with it.

[@caramia4143]

Got curious one day and looked up the origin of the saying "in like Flynn". Disgusting man indeed.

[@nora22000]

Lincoln changed his mind and developed respect for black slaves as great American citizens with the outstanding bravery, cunning and stamina of 200,000 Colored Troops in the US Civil War. He said so in his 2nd inaugural address.

[@marcscordato4385]

Humans are often idealistic we want to believe great musicians and great athlete ‘s are great people but often this is not the case.

[@someyoungguyhere8896]

Lyndon Johnson had affairs I heard. And used to show his "junk" to reporters and bragged about the size of it.

[@eruditootidure2611]

Does anyone consider Johnson one of "History's Best People" though?

[@dalesaylors9251]

Maybe that’s how ‘Johnson’ became associated with that male appendage. Better than a roster analogy.

[@someyoungguyhere8896]

@@dalesaylors9251 Maybe.😆😆😆😆

[@dalesaylors9251]

Seabass Cribel it’s was actually JFK that positioned the USA in Vietnam. Our involvement started as a ‘Police Action’.

[@chazgriffin5582]

Gandhi also left his wife or mess around on her. either way

[@angus1605]

Who you didn't know about Frank Sinatra Mafia ties

[@Jennifer-jt9cb]

20 - you cant forget that disney was also as anti-Semitic as adolf hitler, if not more so.

[@jonanderson4474]

Also MOST animation companies came from scorned disney workers.

[@woody369]

Can't fact check all of them, but the Ghandi one is very missleading. He went to bed late at night after being told to do so by his Uncle. After being by his father's side for a long time, a few minutes later he died.

[@jamesburke2110]

Are we sure Chaplin and Jared Fogle aren't related in some way?

[@robinhood7964]

I'm sure Gandhi's dad understood

[@zuyvox]

Long story short: Even famous people are just people and they all have their failures.

[@9erGuy]

Moral of the story: Don't put anyone on a pedestal.

[@thelovelyone1582]

And that's excusable?

[@Alecw51]

For all of you complaining about the people not on this list. It's List25 not List250.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

8:23 I liked his song Right Here Waiting for You!

[@PaulStevens-z8b]

If you're looking for a perfect human being you'll be disappointed your whole life.

[@heavymeddle28]

I wouldn't call someone I murder my best friend. But maybe I'm different?

[@benjamintaylor3934]

"Each man kills the thing he loves" William Shakespeare.

[@heavymeddle28]

@@benjamintaylor3934 yea. Probably because I'm a monster, incapable of love that I don't kill

[@hydrolito]

Should retitle it to best people in some peoples opinion. No way of knowing who best people were probably people we never heard of.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

#9 November 1996 she had an exorcism less than a year before her death!

[@crivket1233]

I cant be , alone on this.....

[@christelheadington1136]

Dear Author, What Jesus DID say, was " Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone" , but then we wouldn't have this list, would we ?

[@danikeefe7440]

Is it casting stones to remind other that all people have faults or have done bad things .... Celeb idolatry is a pervasive problem in the us. This tends to lead us to forget their downsides while unabashedly praising them.

[@stevecarson4162]

And Jesus himself had a lot of flaws, if you've actually read the Bible. NOT the gentle soul so often depicted talking to children while holding a lamb.....

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Hey Fella, nice video. I haven't been to your channel lately!

[@LydiaXavier321]

I have a friend who feels this way about Hayao Miyazaki and can make him sound like number one

[@eat_my_ass]

Oprah: *WHY ARE YOU BOOING ME?! IM RIGHT!!!*

[@nyarlathotep4389]

what do you think about the idea that black people cant be racist?

[@Panwere36]

The thing about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is that he (like more genuine leaders than we want to accept) could bring together the scattered ideals of others and unify them. One of his best quotes, *_A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. _* is simplified version of that ideology. Jesus Christ also did the same while adding his own words as well, which we are all to do. Also, Abraham Lincoln changed those views on black people on visiting both the battlefield and nearby cemeteries of Gettysburg when he accepted Jesus Christ as Lord. Lastly, the irony that so many Leftists (John Lennon and Karl Marx for example) are some of the most racist misogynist slime on the planet should surprise NO ONE.

[@Wylie777]

I agree that women have a different place than a man in a proper family structure but not that they're of any lesser value; in a sense, they're of MORE value. Without a woman, a man is incomplete. The men do the physical work in and out of the house, teach various life skills, etc., but the women nurture the family, raise/educate the children with meaningful values (schooling included), teach how things are to be taken care of in and around the house and on one's person, but both parents never hold back their unending love and affection for eachother and the family. These values make for a successful, happy, and fulfilled family that doesn't end up growing apart.

[@jenniferryersejones9876]

Wow.

[@whisperingsage]

To call Karl Marx one of history's best people is shocking and horrible.

[@DesiGalCrochet]

Just because the Soviet Union claimed to be a socialist government in the style of Karl Marx does not mean that is actually the case. Karl Marx's socialism has NOT been the basis of any government thus far. His views of an egalitarian, humanitarian and humanistic society would be a joy to live in - were we able to ever bring it to life without a narcissistic, power hungry dictator corrupting things.

[@stephenwillis6937]

Dr Duess was an absolute awful man. He cheated on his wife when she had Cancer and she eventually committed suicide but her suicide note didn't say anything bad about him so that his fans wouldn't know the kind of person he truly was. He later went on to marry the woman he had been cheating with.

[@mike_hawk69]

okay so the john f kennedy thing wasn’t even bad

[@averycoolusername28]

Just stupid to be honest

[@cagrant4472]

The good that men do lives aftet them; the good is oft interred with their bones . . . ?

[@doilyhead]

The bad/evil that men do lives long after them, the good is interred with their bones.

[@cagrant4472]

@@doilyhead Yes, I screwed up on that one. I had meant to reverse the terms in the quote.

[@nataliemason8199]

Hang on. Your saying Einstein is nothing special to today’s physicists but he doesn’t exist today so what a ridiculous point! Back in HIS day he was the smartest and scientists now still make many more mistakes before they have a success. Clutching at straws there guys.

[@cf1051andonly]

You forgot to mention Thomas Edison, who was reported to have been a vicious man who mistreated his employees and even ripped off some inventions including the Light Bulb. And especially for how he treated Nicola Tesla and for taking credit for inventions that Tesla actually created. Or Marco Polo, the famous voyager, who history has should could not have completed many of his voyages, for example at Alamut as it happened 100's of year before he was born and his stories appear to have been plagiarized from other sources). Some historians now consider a lot of his tales of his voyages to be hearsay and plagerised. You also forgot to mention that Nelson Mandela was initially taking part in violentce in his resistance to the government, and only later in Jail, did he renounce violence. Not to take anything away from his later acomplishment though. It is interesting that, according to wikipedia, the United States listed him as a terrorist until 2008, despite him being released in 1990, though that may have been a bit harsh, and I wonder if that was more political or not.

[@matthewmorshead2594]

Did president Lincoln have ships in route to do return trips back to euro/ Scottish etc aswell as the African/ Polynesian ships?....he should be king'ding'a'ling of hippocracy island lol....face him on the wrestling floor winner takes the prestigious visa belt permanently lol

[@SpiritualBarbie2017]

Weird question. Is this channel your "career"? Or do you have another job? And is it just you that records and edits the video and the research and everything? Or how many people does it take to put it all together? Ik. Probably sounds weird. Just kinda popped in my head I guess?...lol 🤷‍♀️

[@langton64]

Mike, I do enjoy your series but when you vere off to talk to someone not seen by the audience, it sounds like you're laughing and talking to someone about somethings the audience will never get to meet. Usually, your laughing at unknown people leaves me trying to speed you up and back to the lists. Please limit your "behind the scenes" dialog to when the video is finished.

[@Wheelchairspeeder]

Did you know freuds nephew eduard bernaise was a famous American ad man who promoted bacon and eggs for breakfast.. and as much as freud hated America he'd probably have a nervous breakdown knowing some of his kin ended up here freuds my cousin through my grandma koiner lol