A French Revolution Lecture | PCP University

[@SleepyMatt-zzz]

"Oh wow, the French revolution! I've always been told how great and liberating it was!" 3 hours later, "What did they get done?"

[@mnchtnyht362]

They actually got a lot done, like an insane amount done. See, there's a "serious" way to talk about the French Revolution and a "silly" way to talk about the French Revolution, this was a silly way. Everything I say is true, but I focused on the hilarious elements and in the end made the whole thing look pointless-- But it really wasn't. It's just that what made the Revolution so, well, revolutionary, wasn't very funny. Just to set the record straight though, think about how much changed, not just in France but in Europe. First of all, France came to control insane amounts of territory, created new countries out of whole cloth, and destroyed the Holy Roman Empire, which was an ancient and once-powerful state. That alone would be significant, but what makes the fact that France controlled so much of Europe so revolutionary was the fact that they exported so much of their new Republican and Nationalist ideals. I didn't get into it in the lecture, because again it's not very funny, but this was the dawn of nationalism, and the implementation of rationalism into state politics. Wherever the French went, they "liberated" the occupants-- Proliferating the idea that they were these things called "citizens" with "rights". Obviously, in actuality they were ruled by an absolute monarch, but sometimes window dressing tastes really, really good. This French Revolution instilled a sense in the entirety of western Europe that "constitutions good, absolutism bad, nationalism good, arbitrary rule of kings bad, etc. etc.". Of course there was the counter revolution and those ideas were squashed by the mainstream reactionary governments, but these tensions would continuously bubble up again throughout the 1800s and set the stage for the World Wars to truly create our modern world. TL;DR lol yeah it was pointless

[@SleepyMatt-zzz]

@@mnchtnyht362 Haha, thanks for the reply :P

[@sweatysocks8214]

@@mnchtnyht362 Come on we all know this lecture was the serious one. The one they teach us in schools is the silly one.

[@strubberyg7451]

@@mnchtnyht362 How the british parliament system comes into play in the liberasation of Europe? I mean, they were never ruled by France, but they had a parliament and a prime minister (all things that took power from the monarch) well before the revolution. It's interesting that before Robert Walpole England was poor, so maybe there is a connection between being poor and becoming more liberal? Either "the feudal system can't support itself and will collapse" or "poor people are pissed so they want to change things NOW" thing?

[@Ask4This]

@@mnchtnyht362 TL;DR lol yeah it was pointless How very Nietzsche of you, we make our reason.

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

"... Eternal hatred of France!" "BASED BASED BASED BASED"

[@procrastinatorspodcast]

I'll favorite all of the comments that correct the shit I got wrong. Remember guys, if you think any of what I talk about here sounds cool, do research on your own! This lecture's bibliography isn't actually that long, you can learn more about this fascinating and funny topic with minimal effort! Now that you know the general outline of the story, simply look into the specifics of individual parts you liked. Did you enjoy that short digression on the Haitian Revolution? Here's a whole podcast about it: thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/revolutions_podcast/2015/12/401-saint-domingue.html. Did you like the misadventures of Napoleon Bonaparte? Here's a link to my all-time favorite book: www.amazon.com/Napoleon-Life-Andrew-Roberts/dp/0143127853. I know this lecture isn't as high energy as my previous ones, but I hope you still enjoy it. This may be the last you see of me, Munchy, for a very long time. At least, this will be the last time I upload anything to this channel myself or directly contribute to new videos for a very long time. I know I've already been gone for a while, but I figured I should say something and make it official. Thank you for supporting me and liking the stuff I've made over these past five years or so. It's been a great time. Keep it real. Press 1.

[@FriendCrezno]

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[@hat2876]

Munch

[@jkubed95]

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[@jf5696]

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[@breannaw7254]

1 :'(

[@Heliogabalos]

Lafayette does the impossible and lives to see the end of the revolution and outlives almost everyone important in both the French and American revolutions.

[@mnchtnyht362]

He's truly an absolute chad. Also, love your name and avatar! I'm listening through Robin Pierson's The History of Byzantium right now, I highly recommend it if you're not already fully schooled in Byzantine history.

[@-PVL93-]

But seriously though, how much against the odds was it for someone to survive through not just two revolutions, but in completely different countries, AND on completely different continents?

[@RoxanneKaiser]

"Napoleon Bonaparte IS Kirito, in fact he's more powerful than Kirito" HAHAHAHA

[@mnchtnyht362]

I didn't mention this in the lecture, but one of the things that made Napoleon such a genius was his ability to compartmentalize every problem facing him. As the ruler of France, he had to deal with issues concerning the army, civil administration, the economy, religion, his personal life, the fallout from the past decade of instability, and more. He was able to deal with it all and be an effective ruler because he could focus on one topic at a time, to the complete exclusion of all other topics. He described it like opening and shutting drawers in a cabinet. Basically, I'm just drilling in that he was a fucking anime protagonist and no one can tell me otherwise. He'd be a Human Calculator, for sure.

[@Samm815]

It's my personal theory he had a Geass.

[@frenchynoob]

@@Samm815 what would his geass power be?

[@toxicsmoke194]

Pooner of Strawberries everyone sees him 3 feet shorter 😂

[@OffSatan]

@@toxicsmoke194 maybe that is why there is discorce around his height, the closer you get the smaller you get so he seems avarege hight when you are close by, but if you are further away, like on a large island of the coast of Belgium the Geass would have no effect on you

[@Ibfinity]

Lecture Timestamps *Ancien Régime* === 0:04:04 'Murica! 0:14:45 Estates General (a meeting, and not a title, confusingly enough) 0:27:27 Tennis Court Oath 0:36:03 Storming the Bastille 0:47:43 "Did we really abolish feudalism last night?" 0:50:15 Rights of Man - The Declaration of the Rights of the Man and of the Citizen 0:54:28 March on Versailles 1:04:02 The Abolition of Slavery in Haiti 1:07:10 The Friend of the People, the Foreign Plot, by Marat 1:12:25 The Flight to Varennes 1:15:40 Enter, Georges Danton 1:17:33 Champ de Mars 1:21:35 War *The Republic* === 1:34:52 Regicide The September Massacres 1:39:10 Levée en Masse 1:42:05 War in the Vendée 1:43:30 Public Safety 1:57:07 The Reign of Terror Rise of Maximilien Robespierre and the Law of Suspects The Cult of Supreme Virtue 2:27:00 Thermidor 2:31:20 The Directory - Thermidorian government 2:33:05 Conspiracy of Equals 2:36:42 Sister Republic - The Trials of Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon vs. Austria, Egypt, and the British 2:52:13 Brumaire *The Empire* === 2:55:58 The Consulate 2:56:52 Law & Order 2:59:46 The Empire 3:01:48 Land & Sea/The Apex/Spain & Russia 3:14:37 The Restoration 3:15:37 Elba 3:16:17 The Hundred Days (WARNING: LOUD) 3:17:25 St. Helena 3:18:32 The Chain of Time Lafayette - Hamilton Marat - newspaper, bathtub dude Danton - Shrek Girondins: moderate republicans (the right) Mountains: throbbing radicals (the left) Jackman Club: most radical/left possible Maximilien Robespierre: lawyer, head of the committee of public safety Sans culottes - Parisian mobs, basically Thermidorians: The people who overrun Robspierre Josephine: got thrown into prison earlier in the series. Also Napoleon's wife, after the mid-season finale

[@ohitsstar1241]

Napoleon - Kirito but stronger

[@potatomaster00]

Thank you for time stamps, I listen to them when closing at work and often forget what part I'm at. Shit helped me alot

[@rinsimyaldee1]

Munchy killed this lecture, condensing so much info and so many cool concepts, filtered through the mind of this genius savant. Thanks based Munch 111

[@lukson981]

1:06:28 That declaration was so good a crippled man got up to clap

[@RF_SLAM]

"Did we really abolish feudalism last night?"

[@Deadpool-su2po]

bro cringe

[@Camel.Yellow]

Among us sound

[@nivlaksomat]

Pp

[@emisunflowers]

Yes Munchy, I always hoped you'd share your interest in history at some point. As a history nerd i appreciated this. Love ya

[@mnchtnyht362]

I knew this was my only chance to talk about it for extended periods of time and have everyone not think I was annoying as shit.

[@emisunflowers]

Munchy wtinyhats You did great imo. I thoroughly enjoyed every second of this. It’s by far one of my favourite pcp lectures ever.

[@kylespencer7756]

@@mnchtnyht362 I loved this. You should make this a recurring thing. Maybe get your facts in order a little better next time though lol

[@SicklySeraph]

I honestly wasnt aware as a pretty recent viewer, i gained a new found appreciation for Munchy

[@cmco.8836]

Love the lecture. Learned more from this then I did in actual college course I had to pay money for. How fucked up. Anyway very great in everyway. Amazed by my own ability to sit through the whole thing. Napoleon is a FREAK and I will definitely check out that book linked in the comments. With that said time stamps please. Somebody please.

[@danieldoremus5812]

I love Gibb just sitting there as everyone chants "USA USA USA" just looking like, "Yeah I signed up for this"

[@JRsuper24]

Nate was right, this lecture was worth the wait

[@eccentriastes6273]

Imagine being one of the greatest generals of all time and then historians dig up all the cringey shit you wrote in high school and your nasty sexts and everyone just fucking roasts you lmao.

[@SmallStepsNesh]

Can't wait for Endless Jess' Evangelion 101 lecture

[@Juliojcorona]

Holy shit i want this now

[@enraversadi2903]

This is more like Digi's calling.

[@gidews2it]

yes please i beg

[@playmaker7910]

we were so close....

[@TheDerbyhat1]

Literally PCP University. Munchy took everyone back to school with a whole history lecture.

[@RayOfTruth]

Oh boy my favorite anime, The Rose of Versailles from 1979! Not just a literal history lesson about the build up to the French Revolution, but also an important piece of anime history with a second half directed by Osamu Dezaki.

[@emisunflowers]

I fucking love that show so damn much. It's amazing. Also my favorite

[@UntitledDoc]

Didn't know Munchy was so big on history, so based.

[@karrimgyver]

@UntitledDoc He wanted 2 of his lectures removed due to fact that he literally wants to be a history teacher. Can't really have him saying the n word etc on video even if it's CLEARLY a joke. America really does suck huh

[@Brassman87]

Gojira’s French Revolution performance at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony has brought me back here.

[@squillsideas]

I unironically used this as a study tool for my AP Euro test, and I got an A so I love you Munch

[@CidAghast]

I appreciate yall going "Bruh this is strictly entertainment for yucks and goofs so it has mistakes do your own research"

[@RevolutionaryLoser]

And yet this is more thorough than the three month history module I studied in middle school.

[@P-Mouse]

"History is Anime" i would put that on a T-Shirt, and then never wear it in public.

[@rupt_]

Where were you when Munchy saved the PCP?

[@manmaidmegane]

I was chilng when my fone range “Munchy save pcp” “yes” sorry for bad Englesh

[@WhiteKnuckleRide512]

@@manmaidmegane hmm.

[@blockhead134]

Then immediately left and deleted his whole channel

[@marioneto6477]

This anime has such intricate World building Amazing Lecture

[@MrShoe321]

It's weird how I can't finish the last 3 hours of my Jurassic Park audio book. But I can listen to this whole thing in one sitting

[@MrZacdeath]

weak

[@madmarsh7904]

as someone who studies history, I truly appreciate this haha 11111

[@yursaman]

Miss ya munchy. One of the funniest kids I've seen on this site.

[@SomeFrenchie]

As a French history nerd I love this good work. Louis's reign was so laughably bad so comedy is honestly the best way to tell it

[@mason7413]

Still working my way through it, so excuse the preemptive comment. But beyond the props to Munchy for straddling the meme vs informative line so well... I thought the whole crew did a great job of being engaged in bringing the energy and laughs while not intruding on the lecture. 1 forever.

[@lucasm20]

Holy shit I was literally revisiting old PCP lectures when this dropped.

[@reesepufferson5619]

That fucking scream at the start, oh my god.

[@CecilyRenns]

LMAO a Munchy (not even Ben) lecture about the French Revolution during this time and this political climate is NOT what i expected in my subscriptions today. but... do i dare say, BASED?

[@Noname06090]

The French Revolution Arc was better in the manga.

[@A_Weegee_Board]

Excellent work Mucnhy! You made the French Revolution accessible, entertaining, and funny by drawing attention to the more ludicrous aspects of it. Hope you do more fun history lectures in the future, please! I like history and it'd be great to see more stuff like this (along w/ the nerd shit lol)

[@Jujudocine]

the best moments of this lecture 2:20 19:00 21:40 22:54 23:00 27:40 29:50 34:00 36:40 42:00 43:10 43:50 47:40 50:30 50:40 52:40 56:50 1:01:00 1:05:05 1:09:00 1:12:50 1:16:40 1:17:30 1:19:00 1:20:40 1:21:00 1:22:30 1:23:40 1:37:20 2:06:04 2:13:00 2:14:26 2:15:19 2:22:50 2:37:29 2:40:05 NAPOLEON IS SO BASED 2:48:45 2:53:53 3:08:26 3:14:38 3:16:12 3:19:13 3:21:48 3:23:58 Yes this has many moments that are RIGHT AFTER ANOTHER, and many that last SEVERAL MINUTES, MUNCHY IS A GENIUS AND A GOD AND I LOVE HIM

[@timothymoore8549]

I never thought I’d see a man in a pizza costume quoting Voltair

[@theclown3967]

If this doesn't end with "And they accomplished fuck all because the revolutionaries went so fuck off crazy everybody said fuck em" im leaving lmao.

[@fluffypink90]

The start of the video plays again for a little over a minute at 46:25. Audio track is still continuous.

[@mnchtnyht362]

Fuck, ugh. Nice catch. Well, as long as the audio's still in tact it's okay. I mean it sucks, but I don't think it's worth reuploading.

[@benzed37]

47:17 is it just me, or is this eerily synced with the video for like, 15 seconds?

[@albertcohee7757]

thank god some quality munchie content to reignite my interest in this circle of content creators

[@ashaintheam]

This review of Rose of Versailles is very weird

[@VladeKage]

HEY HO THERE HE IS. MUNCHY HERE TO SPREAD HIS BRAIN!

[@neefez]

AYYYYOOO LOOK AT DONKEY GOOO

[@mnchtnyht362]

My brain's not the only thing I spread during this Radcon... ;)

[@VladeKage]

@@mnchtnyht362 hell yeah bro!

[@tigadirt]

I really wanted to pay attention to this sincerely interesting lecture, but being an adult homo sapien with still working ears, i spent lots of time distracted looking for signs of more upcoming screams to turn the volume down.

[@wraythshadowsmith7431]

If Munchy had a history channel I would patron him so fast

[@secretcow4228]

I feel like this Video would get a lot more views If it was titled: History IS Anime! A lecutre on the french revolution. And the thumbnail had like kirito in a napoleon Bonaparte hat or something

[@ebarobyre2720]

I know it's been a while but did you miss the first couple minutes where he rants about people treating history like a popular commodity to get views

[@Ignore14]

People who need to be roped in by stupid clickbait titles don't deserve to watch this video.

[@lovepooky]

I feel like the video would have a lot more views if it wasnt literally unlistenable because of all the screeching

[@nicholassulfaro1727]

Oh god, as someone who’s watched a lot of the video game and anime lectures, I am terrified that Munchie is our lecturer for this...

[@RevolutionaryLoser]

I bet you weren't expecting an actual lecture about history.

[@M30W3R]

Extra Credits will never fucking recover from that first remark

[@turnthonkee]

Where's my PCP University collegiate-styled merch at

[@supercookie807]

YEAH WTF WHERE IS IT AT?!

[@Alexander_Isen]

This is so entertaining and informative, a great gateway to learning about history. Please make more

[@SandwichPeddler]

I would like to point out that Napoleon was so fucking charismatic and based, that despite constantly doing extremely degenerate shit all the time, people just loved him. His second wife Marie Louise, who was much younger and only married him for Austria to gain political power, was expecting a terrible life and hated the idea of marrying him, however after literally only knowing him for 2 weeks fell in love with him and constantly told her family in Austria how based he was.

[@rotciv557]

Given how much he liked going down on his former wife...she might have found his oral techniques "inspiring".

[@SavetheGreenPodcast]

Doing the Protestant Reformation would be incredible.

[@Aaron-mj9ie]

The six dislikes are the students...

[@12kidder1]

We need more based teachers in our schools.

[@FriendCrezno]

I now want to do a lecture on Legends of the Galactic heroes.

[@williancruz9657]

I enjoy high energy Munchy, but I enjoy low energy Munchy much more. Low energy Munchy is a smarter and more interesting guy.

[@anthraxcrab2222]

Willian Cruz You know some of the munchies last lectures I thought were dragged down by the autistic screeching, but now that he’s punctuating the lectures with autistic screaming I think it’s far far exceeded his previous attempts.

[@zongzoogly4549]

Saving this right now with youtube-dl in case it the PCP get yeeted again. I will never again be without muh precious lexures.

[@blacksabbath7243]

the loli napoleon was friends with was named Betsy Balcombe for those who were curious

[@zeta0879]

he should wear baguette pajamas instead pizza

[@verrojackson8223]

Yeah but if you recall, Napoleon is actually Italian so it all ties together

[@bernderbernder3087]

Being met with silence after your failed escape attempt is WILD-- like I would be shitting myself at that point.

[@HeavenlyDemon.]

one of the last Munchy videos left.

[@bomberharris8439]

I'm really happy to hear the mention of Storm Before The Storm. Reading it currently and really enjoying.

[@randybradberry6183]

This is the type of history teacher I aspire to be

[@ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppl]

I wish all of my history classes were taught by a pizza-person with Hawaiian clown-like traits.

[@LoudWaffle]

Munchy makes the best lectures. I hope he becomes a professor.

[@emergencystairs]

the video goes out of sync (for me at least) at 46:26 when inexplicably munchy emerges out of the door that was a moment ago behind him, until 48:00

[@Varlwyll]

Same

[@TheNexDude]

Excellent blend of comedy and storytelling skills

[@RayOfTruth]

PAL got a port of the constitution. When will NTSC get good healthcare?

[@AnotherDante]

Underrated.

[@moonmannd7501]

It's still in localization.

[@AlienFetus]

Napoleon? More like Griffith.

[@Ask4This]

3:12:51 The type of warfare you were looking for was called "scorched earth" Munchie, Russia used it well against Germany in 1943 as well.

[@BJSepuku]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MORE LECTURES. SHOOT IT DIRECTLY INTO MY VEINS. LET'S GO!! CAN'T WAIT FOR DIGI'S LECTURE.

[@Ironorchids]

Do… do we tell him?

[@puffnisse]

@@Ironorchids :(.

[@BJSepuku]

@@Ironorchids I was so innocent and full of hope back then...

[@jamesneeson5751]

Excellent video. Best lecture by a wide margin.

[@zzmoonz]

Hope this vid stays up its a 10/10

[@zongzoogly4549]

Also I'm going to listen to this at work using my bluetooth earpiece that looks like a hearing aid so nobody tells me to take it out heh.

[@BigChumby]

I am a simple man, I see PCP lecture, I click.

[@andosan5995]

A mini lecture from Munchie on The 2nd Pacific Fleet of Russia would be fucking hilarious

[@SephirothinLEGO]

he's so good at making any topic super funny

[@MrZacdeath]

Thank fuck the best pcp member's lecture is out. Viva la revolution.

[@CatCamryn]

HISTORY HAS ALWAYS BEEN BASED, THANK YOU MUNCHY.

[@rogercheetoofficial]

I wonder when the munch-narrated epic of Gilgamesh lecture happens

[@sider0130]

Tiny Hats has brought us SALVATION!

[@duncanedgin9433]

How dare you assume im playing minecraft with this minimized. Its actually FF2. I have class.

[@-PVL93-]

"eternal hatred of France" "BASED BASED BASED"

[@DeadPig325]

anathma to the french name

[@chewymclovin58]

I feel so enlightened after having listened to this lecture.

[@Sandalwoodrk]

This is Munchy's best lecture ^-^

[@idlear1651]

*Hovers cursor over the unsubscribe button after seeing that a second Bencast has been uploaded* *Refreshes to see a feature-length production starring Munchy J. Trump* *Cries* *Gets snacks and starts the video* Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in.

[@thynErro]

I love you Mister Tinyhat

[@jim7601]

Finally something I wanted rather than bencast spam.

[@PacifistBetaFish]

In addition to*

[@butthebitebitbit]

watched for 3 minutes laughed for 10

[@avidplanes]

Animorphs, one piece, final fantasy... French revolution?

[@fusionspace175]

It has taken me 3 hours to figure out that his jumpsuit is a pizza pattern. Those are pepperoni. At first I thought it was inspired by the great red spot then maybe just an awful lularoe pattern. It took so long because why the hell would anyone make that?

[@n-aera]

oh yes! my favorite shitshow of history! the toast revo!

[@timothymoore8549]

Can’t believe how much I loved this

[@IlDidi]

Love your university lectures

[@savannahhuso2134]

2:40:07 honestly, I laughed my ass off.

[@BigChumby]

Rip to the PCP

[@DanateDMC]

What happened?

[@t-dogamerica1124]

More history lectures please

[@toxicsmoke194]

“The nobles didn’t pay any taxes” Me: so like walmart and amazon?

[@johnhire6086]

Here, your guillotine, my fellow citizen!

[@toxicsmoke194]

@@zogwort1522 “without the cringe reddit dialog meme format” Me: oh so like an idiot that has nothing to do with his life??

[@sdeincognito]

Thanks Munchie. Good stuff!

[@AsTheWorldSpinsAgain]

I need more history lectures from munchy

[@bobslaphappy6981]

its finally arrived

[@sevlow4035]

I went onto this video while playing mc. I feel targeted