Adrien Arcand: The Canadian Führer

This video is about Adrien Arcand, Canada’s very own homegrown Fascist. Don’t need much more introduction than that. Happy Canada Day :)
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Sauce:
Nadeau, Jean-François. The Canadian Führer: The Life of Adrien Arcand. Translated by Bob Chodos, Eric Hamovitch, and Susan Joanis. Toronto: James Lorimer and Company, 2011.
Théorêt, Hugues. "Influence et rayonnement international d’Adrien Arcand." Globe 18:1 (2015): 19-45.
Le Goglu newspaper archive (1929-1933) on Google News: news.google.com/newspapers?ni...
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:39 Imagine Being Born in Quebec
5:25 The Media Mogul
10:27 The Führer
19:32 The Security Threat
23:16 The Nationalist
26:45 The Spectre

[@Spartan761]

Not even gonna lie, Final Shape, Shadow of the Erdtree, and Minecraft 1.21 all releasing in June genuinely almost prevented this video from being finished on time. Managed to pull it off somehow though It is also now a bucket list item of mine to “re-found” the Ordre Patriotique des Goglus, except this time as an organization dedicated exclusively to bird conservation, just as God intended. Ilyk when applications open. Have a great day :)

[@noahthefirst13]

cope

[@crusader2112]

Can you do one on Ernst Junger?

[@THIRDR0ME]

Another awesome video, man ❤

[@thugborea]

go outside or something

[@nikoclesceri2267]

What are your thoughts on echos and episodes in D2

[@Mikoleseuyy69]

Finally, he uploaded about the funny hoi4 facist Canadian guy

[@blitz8221]

Funny canadian Walt Disney

[@redjarvis]

This Guy Ain't Funny his portrait is straight up terrifying

[@TomfooleryOfTheTrolls]

I see this man in my nightmares

[@Mikoleseuyy69]

@@redjarvis he looks like what girls see me like

[@OfficialJohnnySinsGaming]

*glares at you intensely*

[@MathMasterism]

The craziest thing about this guy is that he’s real and Paradox Interactive didn’t just make a generic “evil fascist” portrait for Canada in HOI4.

[@doubledouble4g379]

Canadian here - I can confirm that all of our politicians resemble Cartoon Characters, not just this cretin.

[@nathanmalik7056]

I mean his intimidating picture featured in the video was used for Armand in HOI4.

[@xavierwright719]

There is some irony in the fact that his collaboration with the conservative parties and thus his contribution to Canada's exisitng political institutions was probably of more significant influence in Canada's political history than his own movement was.

[@maxwellli7057]

its the scary canadian man from hoi4

[@thespectre5403]

my reaction to his potrait belike 😱💀

[@maxwellli7057]

@@thespectre5403 he's like 👹

[@tonk4265]

Evil Walt disney

[@kaisat1025]

He is one of 2 hoi4 leaders that have 1 portrait the other is degrelle in every mod

[@user-kg2lp8jz2r]

huey?

[@404_nowheresnotfound3]

@@user-kg2lp8jz2rHuey isn’t consist at all. Hell he has a made up fucking beard in Kiaserreich now.

[@kaisat1025]

@@404_nowheresnotfound3 I don't even play kaiserreich anymore KX more customizable

[@nono_Hoi4]

I mean.... he has a kinda Legacy (Having a Creepy portrait in a Swedish Map game)

[@user-qh3yr4xb1n]

I was watching memes and then I get jump-scared with this

[@mostkurdishkurd2]

Same, but I was scrolling through Twitter.

[@amritpanda7947]

Same

[@user-iv7cj7ws1l]

The Pierre Trudeau bit caught me completely by surprise. Not only because his son is probably the exact opposite of Arcand, but also because I sometimes don't realise how RECENT all of this was.

[@user-tw3ik6lb2u]

> exact opposite of Arcand the guy who cheered the outright Nazi in parliment?

[@2411509igwt]

This validates my Trudeau hatred even more! :D But seriously, his son is not the exact opposite of Arcand except for maybe the live of privilege vs poverty.

[@DogeickBateman]

@@2411509igwtThe Trudeau family has been nothing but a disaster for canada

[@Tuskin38]

@@2411509igwt He is the exact opposite lol, Trudeau is as far as you can get from a fascist/nazi

[@wtice4632]

😂 trudeau is absolutely a fascist. Wake up

[@anhalt1444]

0:18 Evil Walt Disney jumpscare

[@daltonjohnson3134]

*Eviler

[@amfnyc]

When this guy uploads, you know it’s gonna be a good day :)

[@Grayg]

I would love to see you make a video on the Swedish Nazi Sven Olov Lindholm, he's a fascinating guy, especially during after WW2

[@Grayg]

and*

[@monicariba4309]

Me on my way to drop the 4 hour video I was already 2 hours and 34 minutes in to watch Spartan talk about the most obscure historical figures.

[@jakubecho]

I remember this video being announced during the Q&A. Glad to see it finished

[@Alizada-Hamidlinski]

Good content. As a Canadian PhD student, I have access to more documents that you seem to be missing. Lmk how to reach you, and I'd love to help out!

[@k.f.m6901]

Video on Pyotr Wrangel, The Black Baron, possibly the only sane person in the whole russian revolution/Civil war period, When?

[@crusader2112]

I second this. 👍 I have his memoir, really interesting so far.

[@Burh643]

A video on Wrangel was confirmed on the community Tab together with other RCW people

[@k.umquat8604]

the only sane person?

[@cmc4448]

that trudeau bit really caught me off guard lmao, great vid!

[@Psychogroundparty]

As a native of michigan, this feels like learning about family drama regarding a distant uncle or cousin.

[@hokumdog]

Imagine the absolute horror if Canada was still Canadian and not Punjabi!

[@RyanCalhan]

Can I just say that “Adrien Arcand” is such a cool name. It sounds exactly like a villains name on par with Anton Chigurgh or Hannibal Lecter.

[@supremehatcat9290]

This Guy was so Anglophilic that he got funded by fellow British gamers of Domvile, Spencer Leese and the mad man gamer himself Mosley

[@justwannabehappy6735]

Ironic, considering he was a French Canadian.

[@spikethompson2000]

You should make a video about the October crisis

[@satanicturtle9929]

The scary Hoi4 man was real!😱

[@ningenjanai666]

no son, we have Oswald Mosley at home:

[@CaroleSmith-kk2vu]

You should cover Fred Rose in the future.

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

I was wondering. Could we get a video on Finland's attempted Mussolini, Vilho Annala?

[@cyganskadywizjapiechoty]

the long awaited Adrien Arcand video........ !!

[@THIRDR0ME]

I know, right? He was truly enigmatic ❤

[@MM22966]

You know how you know this guy was no good? He bumped into somebody and immediately didn't say "Sorry!"

[@darkbrightnorth]

Very good video about political history about our country, you need more views for sure

[@neldimarkham]

Great video! Happy Canada Day!

[@aregularperson7573]

As an American all I know about Quebec is they were the ones who came up with poutine and there more full of themselves then the FRENCH which is saying something.

[@1Godslayer1]

so you don't know anything

[@tomasje]

@@1Godslayer1 i mean he is right about poutine, what would canada be without quebec

[@sandwichguy7315]

@@tomasje Efficient.

[@nitroz1732]

Average egocentric american comment

[@yannislaurin5438]

You guys love thinking we are "pretentious" because we respond to the hate we receive. Also imagine being american and saying this. You guys think you own fhe world

[@kaylabarzen1488]

If I was Canadian I would have a photo of him on my wall

[@zacharyswampy59]

I live in Canada and i would find this interesting more then scary

[@revolverrambles]

Same. This is the first vid I saw on this channel. It’s definitely for normies

[@daniel-johnson_dam]

You should really make a video about Maurice Duplessis

[@marikoportoriko8040]

will you make video about Bolesław Piasecki?

[@ShakaxshiBlondie]

Finally! It's angry Québécois gamer time! 🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@Kateshaia]

Hey, can you do a video of the brother Magón and/or Emiliano Zapata?

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

I’ve never played hoi4 but I watch alot of hoi4 videos and I remember the first time I saw this guy pop up I was intrigued. I’m like “who is this guy and why does he look comically evil”

[@KingOfInsanity777]

Well that's one way to celebrate Canada Day lol

[@ReySchultz121]

You know the scary thing is he looks like Oswald Mosley.

[@justwannabehappy6735]

All Nazis look similar.

[@user-wv2rz1xj8x]

Most people don't realize how close Canada, especially Quebec was to becoming Fascist. Arcand wasn't a nobody. I have read some literature on his writings and speeches, and he made some interesting talking points for when it comes to religion from a Roman Catholic perspective as for someone who is a little more Protestant-minded like myself. There is a book called 'Serviam' that you can order online that gave some outlines of Arcand with his own words. If you can look past the more "out there" kind of takes, it's an interesting book. Although, the book supposedly removed a very large portion of his Christian apologetics, to which was supposedly the most central part of Arcand's points. I highly, HIGHLY recommend you to read Serviam, since it gives clarification as to why Arcand disliked specifically Jews, Capitalists, Liberals and Communists, since he viewed them as Materialists against Christian spiritualists. Like seriously, wikipedia doesn't ever give you all the details, and is at times arguably deceptive. Go and read the book yourself since it also covers things like his sickness he got in prison/jail and so on.

[@primeministernico944]

16:02 they literaly have won the most Stanley cups out of all other teams and by far

[@smallebige]

Babe wake up the Canadian posted

[@mostkurdishkurd2]

HOLY SHIT, SPARTAN UPLOADED AGAIN???

[@JrWyze]

Sudden Warhammer reference scared the shit out of me

[@Oliver-ld3ei]

Once again, Spartan shows that he never misses.

[@againsttheleftandright4065]

What are you talking about? His only personal added commentary on this wiki style video was him every so often doing low tier anti-fascist jabs at the guy.

[@revolverrambles]

Spartan eats corn the long way

[@aidonger42069]

He’s my favourite vampire in hoi4

[@tagekoolander]

Ernst Zündels mentor! 🙏🏻💪🏻

[@northern-expeditionary]

I live inQuébec we learned about him crazy head

[@justwannabehappy6735]

I didn't. Kinda wild

[@kerbecks5076]

You're giving me hope a new Rockwell video will come out with this

[@Otterdisappointment]

A French man interested in engineering that’s more religious than me and he’s a Clerical Fascist Teeaboo

[@KazembekGaming]

Video about Dmitry Shostakovich, the Russian composer that made absolute bangers while constantly being in life-threatening situations like the Great Purge, the Siege of Leningrad, Stalin era censorship and the KGB terror campaigns when? It would be interesting to see someone on this channel that was neither a politician nor a military person, and yet contributed a lot to history. He even was a friend of Tukhachevsky at one point (how tiny the world is, eh?)

[@TomfooleryOfTheTrolls]

“He attended church religiously” Does one attend church secularly?

[@underthedice1231]

I mean we talk of fascism in Qc as DuPlessis' reign. We remember Arcand as Levesque's defeated enemy for the soul of Qc.

[@AlexanderJH]

Of course "Scapegoat" otherwise the video would be annihilated.

[@nopls9255]

Finally more videos on obscure hoi4 politicians!!

[@ANDREALEONE95]

So he was Oswald Mosleh.

[@vaaccuummcleaner9214]

17:29 Arcand looks so sad he literally me fr fr if I wasn't jewish

[@angelogarcia3344]

Can you make a video about Malcom X, please Spartan761

[@mathieuleader8601]

Adrien's stare creeps me out

[@screamingseal4805]

When someone says something so anglophobic you have to hit them with that angloid ghost stare

[@Phoenixmason10]

Do a Q and A so I can know what NHL team you cheer for

[@parrotconservative]

POV Canadians once the maple syrup is replaced

[@Misanthropy_Incarnate]

Why no more wojaks? 😢

[@FlagAnthem]

people complained

[@StickWithTrigger]

why does he look like he's gonna eat me

[@JohnSinatra88]

finally the King is back

[@wetwillyis_1881]

Finally, the video I’ve been waiting for ever since Huey Long got his video. Happy Canada to my brothers up North.

[@SkylerMillerTheBronxProject]

We feeling gamer today, huh?

[@loukanosdegaliza4134]

Now do one video about Plínio Salgado on Setember 7th

[@jarvy251]

Pierre Trudeau was kinda notorious for "not getting" WW2 in his early days (he thought it was a war of British Imperialism) so it's not THAT surprising he'd relate to the guy who was against the war. So Trudeau missed both the fascism and the fact that if WW2 really was about British Imperialism, Arcand would have thought it was based.

[@lephinor2458]

So it's genetic for them to support Nazis.

[@againsttheleftandright4065]

World War Two in Europe was objectively started because Britain didn't want to lose continental dominance to Germany.

[@montanarepublic3296]

Make a Harold Covington video next.

[@arttulindroos6686]

You should make a video about anyone who had a role in 1994 rwandan genocide. For example Félicien Kabuga a millionaire who financed rtlm radio station which played huge role in inciting the genocide

[@Apersononyt12]

Do Hristo Lukov next.

[@TwoScoop-mt1nl]

I got an odd one, mught be out of your perview but could you maybe look into buddy cianci?

[@LP-jc4pm]

If you want another funny French-Canadian but from the US (Missouri) look up Peter Delaney. 😁

[@smitty_qw]

LETS GO FAVORITE CANADIAN UPLOADED 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@alertedanemone7]

Happy Canada to all my Canadian friends and family. I apologize for when it is our turn here in a few days lol.

[@user-yf4gx9lw6c]

Have you got any British historical figures in the pipeline?

[@WhyArentYouInUniform]

Finally

[@communistcuphead2901]

WHAT'S WRONG WITH WINNIPEG? THIS IS THE BEST CITY IN CANADA BY FAR WE MIGHT NOT HAVE A SUBWAY BUT WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING

[@narwalofdoom9278]

Ok that’s a slight stretch as a rural Manitoban but I’d say I’d rather live in Winnipeg than Toronto so that’s atleast one city it’s better than

[@SLDimarco]

Wasn't it listed as the most racist city in Canada a few years ago?

[@christiandevey3898]

22:30 I guess he changed his opinion on the war measures act later in his carrier.

[@CheeseManAnd]

Yeeee

[@JesusFollower500]

Second time asking; You should do a biography on Nathan Bedford Forrest, he's a very interesting pick beyond what it may seem.

[@revolverrambles]

This dude hasn’t noticed anything in his life. Ever.

[@404_nowheresnotfound3]

Scary man.

[@rothnirtull4254]

idk what the bros do in the north, or wtf a trudo is, but cool video. solid 9.99/10

[@funkyboy962]

First pic gave me big oswald mosley vibes

[@degubooi798]

scary walt disney form hoi4💀💀

[@thekingdomofvincenzo2222]

Could you do one about Charles Maurras ?

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Whatever happened to the Poland arc

[@thenutria4578]

The Hoi4 creepy man

[@Stebowsken]

I don’t know how to explain it but he looks like a mix of H.P Lovecraft and Walt Disney with a dash of satanic possession.

[@FlagAnthem]

13:00 Kebek-On! 😂

[@Double4Filth]

you should make a video on Muqtada al-Sadr. Hes an Iraqi nationalist and shia cleric and current head of the Sadrist Movement

[@piment0_420]

omg thats the guy from hoi4

[@lorenzobiondijimenez6138]

Make one about antoun saadeh the funny hoi4 fascist syrian leader in every mod, the man got an interesting story

[@akramgimmini8165]

The Maple Syrup Dictator

[@willblack7353]

The Trudeau connection explains a lot

[@RIHItex]

Great video.

[@yugoslavball1945]

Finally, HOI4 fascist Canada mentioned.

[@daniellewillis2767]

Is that a beaver on top of the swastika?

[@mrfisher1072]

The trad beaver many have been looking for.