Are the SAMURAI EVIL? (You tell me?)

[@AntonyCummins]

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[@KLINGONASSASSIN]

That book need to be made of all, knights, vikings, every culture we glorify. Very few has the balls to do it.

[@patrickmodenesi2344]

All of those cultures you mentioned have a lot to be admired with criticism.

[@Nom_AnorVSJedi]

Samurai like Europe Knights were rich thugs, enserfing peasants and making them farm for their lord.

[@Mental_Shifting]

Almost, yet where is Japan now and where is Europe ;-)

[@patrickmodenesi2344]

Very good point kkkkk It's impossible to compare. 😂​@@Mental_Shifting

[@patrickmodenesi2344]

Not actually. People can try to compare the samurai with any other group in the world and they will always fail because the complexity of the samurai kind is far beyond that. It doesn't matter how much we study them, we'll never fully comprehend.

[@henrikaugustsson4041]

More like they're a gang of rich thugs who keep other rich thugs away, stabilising the region so that the peasants don't get murdered all the time, just some of the time.

[@maxchan179]

@@Mental_Shifting you have no idea what you are even saying. you should try reading some books. come back in a few years and then try again.

[@schaa50651]

Absolutely Ruthless...evil or not? Depends on what side of the weapon your on.

[@davidthomas8825]

Take the good but also have the understanding that you don't fall to the bad.

[@AgeofMachines]

3:41 - 3:45 Best advice on anything really. We have to have conversations about what really happened. Looking forward to having my view balanced.

[@RodCornholio]

Your most important book. Truth, no matter how controversial or ugly, is extremely important.

[@black_eagle]

Why are these publishers so concerned about making the Samurai look bad? Are they selling a lot of books about how noble and enlightened they were? Eff 'em. Self-publishing is the way to go these days.

[@-RONNIE]

Yeah people don't want to hear about the real authentic genuine & not watered down truth when it comes to different cultures

[@kiyruchan9535]

The correct answer is yes and no some were bad and some were good

[@treystephens6166]

Probably like 003/100

[@DanielA-nl9nv]

short answer: yes.

[@ChronoSerum]

I'd assume they were like any other knight/soldier during the time period.

[@tochiro6902]

Thank you for your consistently good work.

[@Seburo77]

Yes. :P

[@nicktozie6685]

Humans

[@Mental_Shifting]

I bought it, 147 pages of interesting things, I love to know both sides of the stories :-) Thank you

[@Mental_Shifting]

Finished, in a day, I was unable to stop after starting reading :)) Different time period different mindset but the life were not impossible and if we look at it now,what is in Japan and what is in EU,USA,China,Korea etc we can note a lot's of result including this behavior. Europe were not that far in terms of "Evil" just different clothes and even the book says, different times. The end results are important and my personal opinion on this is that I would still prefer Japan over Europe. Now the only question I got and I would love to have it answered from Mr. @AntonyCummins , were the Shinobi/Ninja with the same mindset as the Samurai on this matter or they were on another levels. Thank you

[@AntonyCummins]

Thank you so much

[@ancientwisdom-ty4nb]

Of course they were evil.

[@stevenmerlock9971]

I have a “Scroll” that described what it was like being farmers, fishermen, and townsfolk of the era. Being oppressed by multiple factions having 90% of your labor stolen and redistributed to “Nobility”.

[@patrickmodenesi2344]

As a samurai lover and admirer I'm looking forward to read this book. I really appreciate what you said about not stick to one side's point of view but try to understand the scenario as a whole. I'm quite sure this book will not make me love or admire them less but on the other hand it will help to enlarge my perspective of these fascinating warriors.

[@jackwolf3200]

Way to go, Antony. Tell it how it is, man. What a shame that we live in such a world where speaking the truth is considered scandalous eh? I already have a copy of this book, but I am waiting to get finished with 'How to be a Modern Samurai' and The Book of Bushido - Both amazing reads by the way - and then I'm going to dig into 'Death Cult.' ;-)

[@AntonyCummins]

I’m glad you are enjoying them. Amazon reviews would be welcome

[@jackwolf3200]

@@AntonyCummins - DONE. You've opened up a delightful new 'rabbit hole' of knowledge for me, Antony. Fantastic stuff - and I say that as a guy with past history in martial arts and someone who has read a ton of martial arts related books ;-)

[@Lostboy811]

Really the only problem I could have with this book is a common problem with many people who write historical content. It is hard not to do it but just from a bit of this video it seems like you do fall into the trap. The only thing that is good is that you are focusing on some lesser talked about things samurai did. The trap is judging the past from the current prospective. For example child soldiers while you think it's wrong but in reality it was what was done for pretty much all of human history until recently in more modern 1st world countries. You due seem to focus on how wrong it is but hopefully you at least mention that it was a way to survive. The world they lived in was more violent and knowing and being able to defend yourself and fight if needed made sure you wouldn't end up dead. Yes they treated life very cheap in fact there's a reason why in Japan crossroads are considered haunted and even people today tend to not stay around them long. An ingrained fear of death samurai would kill people who crossed paths with them saying they insulted them by doing it but in reality they were just testing some new sword if it was sharp.

[@MatthewMoller-gj1ht]

I will certainly be purchasing all of your books before this year is through. I’m really looking forward to this. Thank you to you and your team for all of your excellent work. Please keep going. MaHAlo Nui Loa, A Fan!

[@LordProteus]

"Ooh, you can't publish that! It's the truth! And we don't publish the truth these days!"

[@dieselphiend]

Beyond good, and evil, there is simply.. reality.

[@pubbliwebb]

From the book "Zen at War" by Brian Victoria, chapter 12 "Unlike China with its long history of government by civil administrators-that is, “Mandarins”-Japan, from the Kamakura period onward, was ruled by a warrior class composed of a Shōgun (generalissimo) at the top, lesser feudallords (daimyō), and the samurai armies they commanded. These early warriors, however, were a far cry from the Bushido-inspired ideal of the Tokugawa period. Instead, as Hee-jin Kim noted, they were “greedy, predatory, ruthlessly calculating, a strict business dealing with little or no sense of absolute loyalty and sacrifice"

[@TheSADHU88]

Yes the people on the top, the people in the middle or bottom of this chain were not all like that. But than again which aristocrats of their time were honorable people ?

[@AnthonySforza]

So the Samurai were multilayered individuals who fell between two points of a spectrum for the worst case scenario and the ideal? Cant imagine why a publisher wouldnt want to touch that.

[@juniorleslie4804]

The feudal lords would have to be responsible for the Samurai behavior and the culture of Japan during the warring years. The bloody days in the history of humanity.

[@miguelitomarques8]

Sadly the world has become soft, especially when it comes to facing the facts. The most fascinating thing that I'm finding out while studying pre-modern Japan is how 'badly' we romanticize it. We live in such a cushioned period in human history that we can't even begin to fathom how things were like back then - especially during Sengoku Period, which was such a 'relative' short period marked with so many changes and too much freaking violence. Hell, even the people of the Edo Period were romanticizing the concept idea of samurai. If it was bad with them, imagine with us.

[@stevebb2915]

Anthony, do a video on the Moshuh Nanren and their similarities to ninja

[@That_Freedom_Guy]

Butchers of humans tend to leave compassion behind. Who knew!

[@JiggaMan1297]

Why compare them to the islamic state when you have more popular glorified examples like the Spartans?

[@AntonyCummins]

That’s the problem too glorified

[@JiggaMan1297]

@@AntonyCummins the Islamic state is still a very strange comparison to make… The samurai were families in the professional business of martial arts, with the tradition passed down generations from father to son etc. The Islamic state often uses orphaned kids, manipulates and essentially kidnaps children to make them into child soldiers ready for suicide missions. It’s understandable why that comparison wouldn’t make sense to a publisher.

[@scorpzgca]

Sounds truthful samurai were absolutely brutal

[@roycehuepers4325]

As a rightwing Texan, the heck are they talking about. To be fair, there is a difference between American politics and Japans. The Japanese Liberal Party is ideologically similar to the Republicans. What most don't understand is Republicans are arguing for John Locke Liberalism while Democrats argue for Thomas Hobbes... at least until the woke stuff.

[@abrahamthebewildered1448]

Haven't watched the video yet, but... Yes. Yes they were.

[@Billy14Bob]

This book is amazing and it did not disappoint.

[@AntonyCummins]

Please give it an amazon review.

[@VolkXue]

theres a lot of generations and a lot of centuries to the samurai.. So it simply depends on when you are looking at them

[@JayDee-x2b]

Tengu is demon 👺

[@radoslavkosil7450]

Also happy birthday🎉

[@preparedsurvivalist2245]

When you realize that ninja were mostly peaceful and samurai were mostly dishonorable back stabbers, it kind of ruins any romantic notions you might have had about these fantastical feudal warriors and assassins. I mean Antony basically told us ninja were snitches and samurai were cho mo's. Not exactly role models and icons.

[@TheSADHU88]

Ninjas were not that altruistic like people like to believe. Just look at it from an objective viewpoint . Do you think CIA, MOSSAD or MI5 are altruistic organisations ? You need to look at ninja the same way.

[@preparedsurvivalist2245]

@@TheSADHU88 I've literally never heard ANYONE describe ninja as altruistic. Usually its that they are self-serving, which is basically the opposite of altruism. The misconception I was previously referencing was related to some people assuming the ninja were violent assassins, when in reality most of their activity was non-violent in nature.

[@TheSADHU88]

@@preparedsurvivalist2245 well Ive heard it plenty at Bujinkan, they used to tell us fairy tales about how noble ninjas, were, I was 17 at the time so I believed it . When I got out of high school I wised up, sadly most didn't , they still believe hatsumis fairy tales

[@anticorruptionagenda5106]

BUSHIDO!!!

[@DionysianLovecraftian]

I just bought your book

[@AntonyCummins]

Thank you very much

[@henrikaugustsson4041]

How is it left wing or right wing to talk about death, loyalty and what people practiced several hundred years ago? How is loyalty until death a right wing thing? The Communists surely had diehard fanatics loyal to Stalin, right? Doesn't every government or ideology have hardcore loyalists and fanatics? I think we're using terms like Left and Right wing in very much an incorrect way these days.

[@kaalisurfer600]

why bother with samurai and culture of ancient japan explore hiistory of your country,so called"civilazed world" you will be surpprrized about thin line of paganizam to so called civilization

[@jamesSmith-fl5wv]

Left wing is never open minded.

[@Opozit1]

Exactly -confirm wit woke capture or loose job / go to prison.

[@stevenrubisch629]

You thought left wing publishers would be less authoritarian and censorious? There's your problem right there.

[@AntonyCummins]

No, i am attached to a left wing publisher. They were taken over and i ended up with them.