George Custer: An American Leonidas

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[@chrismedina6331]

Custer was a racist pos and you guys make him out to be a hero?? Wow

[@Valhallonex]

there are better drinks simon

[@Shauma_llama]

Custer was definitely a glory-hound. He'd have loved Twitter.

[@charlesparr1611]

Edit: I am glad to say it's not what I feared, but Simpn, that is a terrible and easilymisunderstood title that leaves an awful taste in my mouth. leaving my original comment because its all stuff lefdt unsaid far too often, but aside from my criticism of the title, I have no problem with the history recounted in this video, and was even (given the title) pleasantly surprised by how it didn't dodge the moral issues, though I would contend its not hard enough on America, or on Custer. Because when speaking of this time period, its essentially impossible to sufficiently evoke how EVIL American domestic policy was. Original comment follows: I am literally reluctant to watch this, because either that title is some of the most masterful clickbait trollery I have ever seen, and not in the good way, or it's a harbinger of something truly unfortunate. Custer was a notably awful human being who lived in an age of awful human beings. I am hoping this essay is pointing out something like 'Both were violent and authoritarian xenophobes who supported brutal slavery and acts of genocide, only to be strangely turned into heroes after their death.' Like the quasi-mythical leonidas, it can be said he was a truly brave man, and that is almost the only thing about either that deserves celebration. Both literally gave their lives in service to utterly vile societies: 1) The United States mired in the horrific racism of industrial slavery* and manifest destiny 2) Sparta, a culture founded on the only form of slavery to rival that of America in the 18th and 19th century for sheer brutality and with pedophilic homosexual rape as a core pillar of society and the mandatory socialization of all spartan boys. No, not kidding, not even a little bit. It's hard to decide which culture was more evil in ideology: America has in it's defence the fact that many Americans actively opposed both slavery and the genocides inspired by manifest destiny, but at the same time destroyed far more lives than relatively tiny Sparta could ever manage, but Sparta seems to have fervently believed in their own moral superiority with few qualms expressed over their treatment of their slaves, or members of other societies so unfortunate as to encounter them. Is that how we are to draw our parallels between these two historical figures? Or are we about to hear about how both died in noble last stands protecting innocents from slaughter by savages? The title certainly seems to indicate the latter... If You are asking yourself why I am typing this before watching the video, its because frankly just reading that title literally made me ill. If it's trolling, its offensive, and I wanted you to understand that in a way possibly more effective than saying 'simon, that title is crap and gives the wrong idea'. And now I'm gonna watch it. *I am aware that Custer fought on the Union side, this does not have anything to do with the realities of Industrial slavery and the shameful length of time it took America to do anything about the most evil and horrific thing human beings have ever done to other humans. America turned slavery into an industrial system honed to take everything from a human being away from them, to profit the slaveowners, and then discard the body, sometimes even using it as animal feed for beats then fed to other slaves. Men were worked until they could not, then slaughtered with indifference. Women were used as owners saw fit, Children born of slaves were taken away and sold as a matter of policy, slaves daring to form relationships were often forcibly separated by selling on person far away, on the grounds that humane treatment led to slave revolts. And of course even the slightest resistance to the merest whim of a slaver was grounds for instant punishment of any severity, Slaves had less legal protection from brutality by their owners than did feral dogs. Even the actions of the nazis, the killing fields of Cambodia, the desolation of the mongols pale in consideration beside the sheer vicious evil of American Industrial Slavery, worse, parts of it linger on, the core of slavery has still not been entirely eradicated, as any look at the American laws regarding prisoner labour will tell you, right after you peek at the racial demographic of who it is still sweating in the chain gangs. Slavery was the greatest evil of the USA of that era, but it wasnt the only one, and Custers life would be lived and ended in service to genocide. In any list ranking the scale and the degree of conceivable justification for genocide, the campaigns that ripped the native peoples of North America from their lands, (and usually their lives) would be among the first and worst described. In one century the USA was the host of two of the greatest crimes against humanity ever committed, and even worse, they were committed under the cloak of an earnest insistence that these evils were morally unimpeachable. Public figures frequently referred to slavery as 'the best thing that ever happened to the slaves' and called the slave ships a free ride to becoming part of the 'greatest nation on earth'. More tellingly, people still say these things in America today, some of them elected republicans, who are lauded for their 'defence of southern culture'. This was the nation Custer decided he should swear an oath to, and the policies he would cheerfully enforce, and this was in an era where unusually, strong opposition to slavery and the native genocide existed, and thus Custer had more than enough information to know better. Yet long before the Union finally did something, Custer had already decided to serve the American government despite their policies. He was not drafted, nor was he in the dark. He was a man who couold look at actions past and current, and have no problem killing men to support the government, no problem with becoming one of the literal weapons of genocide.

[@youtoob4life]

Please get rid of the "American Leonidas" part. It's utter bs.

[@trevorslinkard31]

For everyone griping about the Leonidas comparison, Simon clearly says that it’s based on the glory story told about him throughout the years. Simon portrays it as Satire in hindsight

[@seanfaherty]

Yes, he is the Leonidas of clickbait

[@danieljob3184]

It is also apt as the mythos surrounding the Battle of Thermpolyae was used time and again by the Greek city states and even some Roman generals as an excuse to crush their enemies into powder and salt the fields of their lands with it.

[@ryanedwards7487]

I was about to say: Calling him Leonidas is doing him a hell of a service. Leonidas and his men KNEW what they were doing was essentially a death sentence. Custer basically led his men into a battle there was no way they could win thru sheer bravado and stupidity. It was the same thing that happened to the British in South Africa during the Boer war when the Zulu tribe literally killed their entire military contingent, nearly to a man, because they were overconfident enough to follow them into a clear ambush. Funnily enough, that was the end of the British army wearing red coats into battle.

[@Bridgeburner4477]

Yes, I'm waiting for his next video "Hitler, the German George Washington."

[@jack18over]

@@ryanedwards7487 the expeditionary force sent to the Sudan to fight the Mahdi’s wore red into combat, that was 5 or 6 years after Isandlwana happened, which wasn’t part of either Boer war but a separate conflict altogether called the Anglo-Zulu war Edit: just to clarify, the Sudan mahdist war was the last war the British wore red into combat

[@ss-2203]

I have a suggestion of Brigadier-General Billy Mitchell. He is known for pushing the United States Air Force as an independent branch in the Military between World War I and the 1920s. He also questioned many ideals of the period including refusing to believe that WWI was the "war to end all wars" and believing the air would become the primary method of future military tactics. He was right on both counts and his story is far more interesting.

[@Robotron2084psn]

I heard he cheated at games.

[@ss-2203]

@@Robotron2084psn Read the damn description. Billy Mitchell the Air Force Poineer, not some smug 1980s Video Gamer.

[@nova8091]

@@ss-2203 🤓

[@Mike-ul1xn]

he also a member of the "bomber mafia," Air Force generals who knowingly got a lot of airmen killed because of their aversion to long range escort fighters.

[@anthonyfoutch3152]

The way rge other branches of the military despise the USAF why not just do away with it. That would save the taxpayer lots of money.

[@pohle4632]

As a child growing up in Montana we had extensive 6th grade history lessons on our local tribes and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Thank you Mr. Latola!

[@Twangsk8r]

We would go with our school every few years too. That moment where you stand at the hillside, imagining everything that happened and feeling the blood in your body go cold for a few seconds is a little paralyzing!

[@pohle4632]

@@Twangsk8r Yes. Definitely a chilling moment to stand where so many people and horses died.

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

TBH, as a Mexican the first time I heard of Custer is because of one of the worst video games in history. Lol.

[@WHix-om4yo]

There is a joke among native Americans who I know: did Custer really wear "Arrow Shirts"?

[@jasonbrown372]

@@WHix-om4yo Native Americans whom I know well don't mention him in jest, not because he only had arrows in the back of his shirt, not his chest, not because he was buried face-up to try and show his best; but because the U.S. response was Wounded Knee.

[@kamron_thurmond]

I always thought of the battle at the Alamo more of a better analogy to the battle at Thermopoli to be honest.

[@randallbeasley3026]

Yes , At the time after the fall of the Alamo. It was referred to as the Thermopalay of the west ..The Alamo defenders sacrifice was one of the most heroic things in American History.

[@ryanf1425]

@@randallbeasley3026 you guys sure know how to spin a loss (losses)!

[@Dank-gb6jn]

Two Generals: one searching for glory and would, in his *own words,* “...be willing, yes glad, to see a battle every day during my life.” The other, conducting war, though liking no part of it; in *his* words: “It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.” Thus is the duality of leadership during war time.

[@georgekoros6823]

@Dank-gb6jn Custer was not pursuing glory. That's a popular misconception. In the words of a more recent combat veteran, Richard Marcinko Red Cell, if a commander pursues glory he will die very early in his career. When you look at Custer's long military career and how he gathered intelligence before every charge, he clearly was level-headed rather than "drunk" on glory. Custer's other subordinate just before the Washita Battle was Major Elliot. He was the guy who impulsively disobeyed Custer's orders and pursued the hostiles saying "Here goes!! For glory or a coffin!". He got killed shortly thereafter.

[@Bojack727]

Little Bighorn was doom before the fighting even started. Now a days, like you said, there was potentially over 2000 fighting men, but that's a modern estimate, because I remember by Dad mentioning to me when I was a kid that when he was little the some of the original estimates were ridiculously overblown- like that there were over 10,000 warriors! Custer broke his forces up into three groups. Reno was supposed to be there to deal with the fallout of the initial rush on the encampment- but got overwhelmed (and kind of short-circuited mentally). So imagine being Captain Benteen, just learning that Custer was MIA and Reno was a mess (having been splattered across the face when Custer's chief scout Bloodyknife was shot through the head right beside him!) Benteen is key the fact anyone from the 7th survived.

[@praetoriandorn3154]

Custer unknowingly kicked a hornets nest. The plains tribes were gathered in great numbers for the annual sun dance, and Sitting Bull invited many warriors off their reservations to join him in solidarity with their way of life. If Custer had found the village a few days prior or a few days later he likely wouldn't have encountered such heavy resistance because a village of the size that he discovered simply couldn't stay together for long periods of time because they would rapidly deplete the localised resources.

[@lucassimmons3496]

Unsolved History did a great episode on the battle. But you’re basically right it was over before the shooting started Custer was outgunned and his men were in terrible physical shape

[@seame3795]

Was your father there? No. Please stop spreading lies. This was pure greed, nothing more and nothing less. What white man did to the indigenous was an erasure, control, treated them like they treat everyone who isn’t white.

[@scytheblob67]

Very clever of Simon to edit out him drinking the green sludge unlike the Russo-Japanese War video.

[@Gabryal77]

"It tastes Delicious!" Press "X" for doubt

[@josephnissenson3252]

I realized that too lmao. Loved the grimace after the sip as he looks to the camera and barely forces out a "tastes great"

[@fuzzypanda2011]

I definitely believe you need to do a video on his brother Thomas ward Custer the first man to earn two medals of honor.

[@als3022]

He was a badass that is for sure.

[@welshcaesar]

For killing women and children presumably.

[@lordflashheart3706]

The medal of honor wasn't what it is today. They gave it out for pretty much everything

[@jjboys215]

If the medals of honor was for slaughtering the Indigenous than they're worthless...

[@sammhyde7589]

Lets see you earn one then, NERD

[@melvert33]

Custer being compared to Leonidas is a strange one. Custer's last experience on the battlefield was hubris.

[@SEAZNDragon]

Fair but I would argue that's how people (or rather white Americans) felt in 1876. It took decades for people to realize the heroic last stand was more a "we messed up big time" situation.

[@danieltoft2116]

@@SEAZNDragon yet the men with him fought like it was a heroic last stand

[@theanonymousranger6014]

False. He wrote Washington multiple times telling them what he was up against, asked for reinforcements, more guns, horses etc. but the men in Washington ignored him and then offered him up as a scapegoat when the battle went bad.

[@SEAZNDragon]

@@theanonymousranger6014 Um I don’t think going on a military operation under resourced is the defense you think it is.

[@levoices]

Custer, in his arrogance, made numerous tactical errors. He ignored the scouts that told him the enemy force was far greater than they thought. He had his men take limited ammo and food/water for themselves and their horses which made them less effective/maneuverable. He also had ordered all of the men to turn in their horses which were then redistributed to each company based on color for example Company A Black horses Company G Bay horses (can’t recall what each company really had) because it would look prettier on the parade ground. So you had soldiers with unfamiliar mounts and a lot of new inexperienced troops going into battle against a numerically superior force (whose weapons worked better in that terrain as well). He also left the Gatling guns behind because he thought his lightning attacks would be more effective (which meant he’d attack the children/elderly/women to make the warriors capitulate). Sitting Bull himself said had Reno not stopped short of the village and formed a skirmish line they probably would have surrendered (so that was a subordinates blunder). But the division of ill equipped troops, in unknown terrain, misidentified enemy strength were Custer’s blunder

[@Bojack727]

There's a 1991 TV movie called "Son of the Morning Star" (based off a book by the same name) that more fairly reflects both his light and dark sides as a real person. The book and the film both work so well because they utilize two narratives/narrators, which intentionally provides two conflicting accounts of events leading up to the fateful battle, as well as well opposing views of him as a person.

[@SpringerA1984]

Thank you for the reference!! Checking it out.

[@johnstevenson9956]

In 1970, probably inspired by the film, "Little Big Man", the popular bumper sticker of the day said, "Custer Had It Coming".

[@rimfire8217]

To be more accurate, Custer Came to It.

[@KoranHackman]

I love how Simon won't even record himself drinking the product he's promoting lol

[@frayleaf]

Lmao I came to comment this, glad this was so high up. "And it tastes great" immediately cuts away

[@JamVar]

He's done it dozens of times before. Tbh, I think it's a creative decision to cut it out now. For the better, in my opinion, as it proved pretty awkward to me to halt an ad read while he silently takes a drink lol

[@privard89]

It's better for you to just eat your veggies anyway. Lots of fiber that I wouldn't think ag1 has

[@RankinMsP]

He's done it many times with other products

[@ethanramos4441]

“I would be willing, yes glad, to see a battle everyday during my life” George Armstrong Custer

[@melvert33]

On 25th June 1876 that probably seemed like a silly thing for Custer to say.

[@nicholasmuro1742]

@@melvert33 Why? He's proved that statement correct many times. Like Patton said, there is only one way for a soldier to die. In battle.

[@Ken_Scaletta]

He was no one to admire. The definition of vainglorious. Racism, slavery and genocide aren't cool either. Those are the things he stood for.

[@nicholasmuro1742]

@@Ken_Scaletta Wrong

[@Ken_Scaletta]

@@nicholasmuro1742 What did I say that was "wrong?" What are you an edgy white supremacist or something? I am as white as it gets. Racism is stupid and Custer was a narcissistic glory seeker who got his men killed. That's a bad leader.

[@Ghost_Of_SAS]

Strange comparison, considering Leonidas was the defender against an invading army, while Custer was part of an invading army, and just happened to get himself cornered by the defenders.

[@gfin4576]

its only the title, the video never compares him to Leonidas.

[@billthebastard]

Wrong

[@coreyspivey9171]

That’s the difference between “His”story and history

[@Ghost_Of_SAS]

@@gfin4576 even worse

[@PhuckedUpPhilosophy]

Yeah might want to change the title Simon. Not a historical figure we should be admiring.

[@tacitus6384]

"Chief Sitting Bull, the proposition that you were a peaceable people before the appearance of the white man is the most fanciful legend of all. You were killing each other for hundreds of moons before the first white stepped foot on this continent. You conquered those tribes, lusting for their game and their lands, just as we have now conquered you for no less noble a cause." - Col. Nelson Miles.

[@cmcapps1963]

Thanks for saying it! There was wrong on both sides, as in most wars, and we do injustice to the Lakota as well by pretending they were blameless, because then we make then less human.

[@josedejuan1]

@@cmcapps1963 This is not about "blame" . The fact that they were killing each other doesn't give anyone an automatic right to just banish them, it just made them weaker against superior forces and so it was. Pretty much like the division in the US today makes enemies quite happy.

[@seame3795]

Yeah no Doubting this BS right? They were killing the indigenous for gold. Pure greed, wiping them out, raping the women, trying to erase the culture and still do to this day. How do you sleep at night? Get help.

[@MC-gj8fg]

Leonidas? That was a defensive action and knowingly a heroic last stand from the onslaught of the overwhelming numbers from the mighty Persian empire. Custer was attacking what he thought was a weaker force and then was all like "well, I'm dumb." I fail to see the comparison other than some dudes getting killed by a larger group of dudes and perhaps no battle in history has ever been fought between two sides almost equally matched in numbers, skill, and resources.

[@scottkrater2131]

It wasn't an equal fight, the Sioux had repeating rifles, the cavalry had single shot Spencer's. The only way Custer would have gotten out of that was the Gatlin guns he neglected to bring because he thought they'd slow him down.

[@Luckipete]

I think your statement about equally matched battles never having been fought could be a bit of a generalisation, it has happened many times where it's been a very close equivalency or the weaker on paper side wins. I suppose I must give an example, The Glorious Gloucester's at Imjin river in Korea, faced by 30,000 Chinese troops held their hill, ended up with no ammunition and were at times throwing stones at the troops advancing up the hill in droves until they were eventually given orders to break away, I think only 30-40 made it out. The rest were captured or killed, be under no illusion, they won that battle along with the Northumberland Fusileer's they left over 10,000 Chinese dead on the riverbanks and hillside. They had a combined fighting force of approximately 1500.

[@Luckipete]

@@ATOMIC_V_8 I'm sorry BH, I don't know what that means? is it an insult? or something directed at someone else I'm not aware of? a lot of questions I know, I'm English by the way.

[@stanktaint15]

@@Luckipete what he meant to say is ligma

[@Luckipete]

@@stanktaint15 Sorry Robert, that means nothing to me either!?

[@pyry1948]

He even got his own video game 😅

[@billcutting2681]

Which game?

[@ignitionfrn2223]

@@billcutting2681 *Custer's Revenge* But my poor Boi...you ain't ready 😬

[@Pepsi_Addicted]

haha yeah its the 2nd best game ever, after desert bus

[@billcutting2681]

@@ignitionfrn2223 lmao at first I thought you meant the game Gun but I'll check that out. I honestly feel like a fool for not knowing that he had such a major part in the Civil War

[@Iamthelolrus]

ouch! few know of that terrible idea for a game.

[@sBsLeonidas]

As an American Leonidas I take offense. Leonidas was much cooler than the mustachioed martyr.

[@tashatsu_vachel4477]

His own brother was far more worthy, winning the Medal of Honour twice iirc.

[@duncancurtis5971]

With his washboard Spartans.

[@andyknuckles2903]

Noone was.

[@johnclose2925]

Custer would have been invincible if he'd had a beard like Leonidas.

[@BumMcFluff]

Glory seekers seem to kill an awful lot of their own men I've noticed.

[@jeff_aurand]

Wow, I was actually at the Washita “battlefield” last week. It’s quite a euphemistic use of the term battlefield. The US Army killed hundreds of horses there too to deprive the survivors of an important resource. Bones from that slaughter were recovered for fertilizer well into the 20th century.

[@batboy-xf3ki]

He's not a hero, or a butcher, he's a lesson, a lesson we all fail to learn

[@peoplebeforeprofit]

Sorry but he deserves no praise

[@nicholasmuro1742]

@@peoplebeforeprofit He turned the Civil War for the Union at Gettysburg.

[@drewbenavente3121]

He murdered women and children and elderly. He raped women. I think that qualifies him as monster, I can justify any of those actions.

[@jasonbrown372]

He couldn't obey the Second Commandment; instead he made a career of betraying it.

[@omegaman6770]

Lest we forget that the table that Gen. Grant drew up the articles of surrender of the Confederates at Appomattox was purchased by General Sheridan and presented to Elizabeth Custer as a gift along with a message .. “ There is scarcely an individual in our service who has contributed more to bring about this desired result than your gallant husband “.

[@walterholmes4609]

Small point, but Custer was not the paper commander of the 7th, but rather its executive officer. Colonel Sturgis was the commanding officer. This was usual in the day, where regimental CO'S were often tasked with admin duties elsewhere.

[@DwazeHoer]

About the title, please don't comment on it until you've watched just a little bit of the video. It's referring to what he was called by Americans the first few decades after his death. The title is not referring to what we see him as now. Imaging a history channel presenting something in historical packaging, truly criminal.

[@seame3795]

It still glorifies him and draws out the ignorant fans to defend the actions of an atrocious monster.

[@bstybyz3]

Hagiographic is my word of the day, Thank You.

[@seame3795]

Ironic & so fitting.

[@jaegerbomb269]

Captain Benteen did not wrong! Also he deserves his own episodes.

[@josephkmeyer5178]

I’m wondering if you all would ever be willing to do one on Governor George Wallace? I think his trip from moderate to the face of segregation, his presidential campaign and assassination attempt, all the way back to moderate is an interesting story. Just how chasing the vote and populism can change someone for the worse.

[@flyingirish31]

The gold rush in black hills happened before Custers expedition. And Custer actually removed whites from there, yes confirming the existence of gold, and agates. But the fact is Custer tried to keep the 1868 treaty intact. He didn’t go in in violation.

[@EpicGamerWinXD69]

I’d like to petition once more for a video on the recently deceased Mikhail Gorbachev. The man was a true hero, and it was truly a tragedy that after having freed the USSR from authoritarian control, he lived just long enough to see the nations he freed threatened by Vladimir Putin. Truly a tragedy.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

Not a bad idea: he has a playlist on the US Presidents, why not the USSR leaders ?

[@andrewmathias1967]

Agree

[@eq1373]

Gorbachev freed nothing 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@0608jeff]

apparently the West loves him and a lot of Russians and China's CCP hates him

[@Master_Yoda1990]

My grandpa has a homestead in the black hills, behind the property there's an area that's said to be once a native tepe encampment; we can still find arrow heads spread throughout the area.

[@ThePROFARTURO]

Thank you Simon! I am a huge fan of your work .... I hope one day you consider making a video about Francisco Morazan , a Central American hero

[@rogerpenske2411]

I thank you graciously for using the proper Termanology of “American Indians“and for including specific tribal names, in this video.

[@t95kush27]

Id say thats still a colonial term.. indigenous is much better or First Nations. They only called us Indians because they thought they reached the Indies ( india).. and America Comes from Amerigo Vespucci an Italian.

[@larchman4327]

I've always been called or called myself an Indian or native. I never heard the term native American until middle school.

[@roie1077]

From my understanding (I could be wrong) while First Nations is the go to term in Canada and Indian is only a legal term related to the Indian act. In America, American Indian is still a common term aside from using Tribal names.

[@t95kush27]

@@roie1077 ya my whole point is that its a holdover from colonialism that should end... Any Indiginous / First Nations people who refer to themselves as "indians" or " american Indian" are just promulgating Colonial propaganda.. Alot of people here in Canada do it because they were beat until they did it.. which I understand its hard to break old habits especially ones that you got from abuse... but its 2022 and that crap is over and we need to move forward as one people and not use racist colonial terminology.

[@roie1077]

@@t95kush27 While I don’t completely disagree with you. It’s a colonial term rooted in dehumanization and genocide. However, American Indians are asking us to call them that, and that should be respected whether you agree with the term or not.

[@charlessaint7926]

"Holy sh*t!" ~ Custer's last words. (Allegedly)

[@sunillama5335]

lamfo bro, this is the only time i hate this channel video

[@StephenLuke]

RIP George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876)

[@Santinho123]

Rest in piss

[@Ivantheterrible81280]

Son of the Morning Star is an excellent made-for-TV movie about Custer. If you’re interested in that time period and the men involved, check it out. It can be found on KZbin.

[@tedecker3792]

June 25th is a legal holiday on the Pine Ridge reservation. Hoka Hey!

[@thedevilluis]

There is and will always be only one Leonidas.

[@Gayathri-qt1bn]

What are Goethe's achievements... Pls do a biography

[@nonope2207]

Seeing a lot of comments questioning/complaining about him calling them Indians. Do some research before embarrassing yourselves. The vast majority of American Indians WANT to be called that. NOT "Native American". It's the precursor to LatinX where one culture gets offended on another culture's behalf and wants to tell them what to call themselves.

[@thunderdeed1]

Richard Mulligan did an incredible portrayal of Custer in Little Big Man. I wonder if he was really was that crazy.

[@Nomad7656]

One of the worst, inaccurate, and stupid movies of all time! And no, he wasn’t crazy.

[@ChristianMatos-hb5ik]

🇺🇸 George Armstrong Custer was a hero.He was brave and courageous to a fault, a devout patriot, and a legendary leader of men. In the end, he attained glory for himself and America; but at the cost of many lives. Including his own.

[@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858]

One of Trump's reincarnations, my friend

[@ChristianMatos-hb5ik]

@@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858 Interesting thought.

[@theoz-zone7470]

Could you do one on Jacques de Molay? He's the last Grand Master of the Templar Order.

[@dulio12385]

Custer appeared in the first pronographic game ever made; Custer's Revenge on the Atari. Take about an ignominious memorial.

[@Jimmy-gd5ho]

Watch "Son of the morning star" if you want a great movie about Custer and the little bighorn

[@do-ol2540]

Please do a video of Philippe Pétain!

[@valmid5069]

At least Custer will be known for his service in the Union Army like the Battle of Gettysburg, having his last photo group taken by Gary Larson, and redeemed himself during the Battle of Smithsonian while being played by Bill Hader *...wait, hold up*

[@seame3795]

😂

[@kryan1234567890]

I love how people forget to judge people based on the time period in which they’re living.

[@RazgrizWing]

And for the time this was when Liberal philosophy was booming. Custer was murder at the period in which he lived just as he would be now. Relativism doesn't apply here.

[@TheDragon-v7d]

Exactly lmaoo

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Did you watch the whole video?

[@teogonzalez7957]

Even back then people knew it was wrong.

[@dustinreed7667]

Gold and greed evolved into Oil and greed... People haven't changed as much as you'd like to imagine.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

3:35 - Chapter 1 - Autie goes to west point 5:25 - Chapter 2 - The boy general 9:05 - Chapter 3 - Incredibles highs & depressing lows 11:10 - Chapter 4 - Washita & the black hills 15:00 - Chapter 5 - Last stand & the little bighorn 18:20 - Chapter 6 - A controversial reputation

[@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw]

Video starts 1:40

[@sarahburke5839]

Omg that knitted sweater is killin me ..... Total adorbs!! 😂❤️

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

Leonidas made his last stand to protect his country Caster made it trying to take someone else country No comparison

[@KazuhiraMiller46]

Thank you for pointing this out

[@codysing1223]

He wasn't taking country, he wanted to slaughter my people before anyone else got there first. Stupid kills itself, it's nature's way.

[@greentea6013]

Sounds like American manifest destiny to me 😂

[@therevanchist1123]

Yeah because Spartans never did anything evil.. 😂😂😂

[@codysing1223]

@@greentea6013 I found the racist

[@hannahterry6316]

"Custer is an American hero"-🧓

[@franksullivan1873]

Lol

[@peoplebeforeprofit]

You’re kidding, right. 😂😂

[@markparham3759]

Always interesting Simon

[@bjkarana]

(from the Sopranos): Mrs. Custer commissioned an artist to paint her husband's final thoughts on the anniversary of his death. When the artist presented her with the painting, she gasped, "What is _this,_ some kind of joke? Cows with halos and Indians in various sexual positions?" The artist replies, ah yes, Mrs. Custer, _these_ are your husband's final thoughts: "Holy cow, look at all those f%cking Indians!"

[@Gayathri-qt1bn]

Goethe is generally regarded as the most intelligent human ever lived. Plz do a vedio about him

[@NickCC23]

The first prominent depiction of Custer as a non hero was Richard Mulligan somewhat comic portrayal in the 1970 film "Little Big Man"

[@Tex7531]

Great vid but can you do jean moulin next!

[@xSirDudex]

😂😂😂 definitely not an American Leonidas. A+ for the bait attempt. I respect it.

[@Yorgar]

Visited the battlefield with my parents. Worth it if you get a chance, they have where the bodies of both US Cavalry and Native (with their tribes) fell.

[@Gayathri-qt1bn]

Can you do a vedio about Johann Wolfgang von Goethe?

[@ashsmee]

He got what was coming to them! In my opinion the Indigenous took it easy on him and his gang.

[@rustyshackleford8473]

You need to look into the myth of the "noble savage." The plains indians were some of the most brutal tribes in history. They would wipe out entire tribes to include women and children. They weren't even "indigenous" to that part of America...they murdered the actual indigenous tribes of that region. Little ironic...

[@KazuhiraMiller46]

Thank you for pointing this out

[@codysing1223]

They could have slaughtered them. But they wanted them to cower and die like the dogs they were. Custer died an idiot who led his men to die.

[@corey4109]

They're not indigenous, human beings didn't originate in North America, they had to migrate here

[@ashsmee]

@@corey4109 snowflake.

[@michaelpeters7044]

Didn't they feed the Y through the Epaulets on the shoulders ???

[@Gayathri-qt1bn]

Please do a vedio about Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

[@robertfolkner9253]

Custer during the Civil War held what was called a Brevet Promotion- it was understood to be only a temporary rank and the holder would revert back to his original rank once hostilities had ended.

[@fabrisseterbrugghe8567]

My family still tells stories about that terrible Ltc. Custer who occupied the family farm during the Civil War (we were on the wrong side). One of my great aunts was shocked that a Yankee could quote scripture (not Custer, one of his men).

[@canuckmuck5729]

My ancestor served with Custer (not directly under but in one of the other units) during the Sioux Wars. My great great grandfather changed his last name so as not to be associated with him.

[@sunillama5335]

An american leonidas? 😂

[@TheDragon-v7d]

In a way yes as much as I hate the man it’s a correct comparison

[@codysing1223]

the level that this pisses me off as a native American... comparing us to Persian Slaves...

[@KazuhiraMiller46]

@@codysing1223 for real this channel is a joke

[@ivantruth7229]

@@codysing1223 Persian slaves?!!!! Wait didn't slavery illegal in ancient Persia???

[@LanMandragon1720]

@@ivantruth7229 Yes

[@pedenmk]

As far as I'm concerned he got what was coming to him. I moved from Montana several years back. I love the mountains of western North Carolina but it's not Montana. Great episode thanks.

[@RapidRevolver420]

Has anyone seen the old Dustin Hoffman western movie called Little Big Man ? It's revolves around Custer. It's a fantastic film.

[@gemcitychico]

I’m going to have to check that out

[@codysing1223]

Did we watch the same film? That's like saying "Peter pan" revolves around hook. The story is about little big man and his journey being a white man in a native tribe then being brought back into the white world after years of being with the native Americans. Not about the "Villain" of the movie. Who btw, is a dumbass who wanted the glory of slaughtering helpless native Americans first. It's a tragic film, and anyone seeing Custer as anything but evil must be delusional or downright racist.

[@codysing1223]

@@gemcitychico great movie, a native American classic we enjoy regularly. Highly recommend it.

[@EAWanderer]

Agreed 👌

[@paulgiarmo3628]

@Rapid Revolver. The film sucks and is nothing more than leftist propaganda and character assassination of an American military hero.

[@ianmorris7485]

Custer was a central figure in one of the biggest shames in United States history, a grossly overhyped egoist.

[@codysing1223]

Thank you.

[@paulgiarmo3628]

@Ian Morris That "overhyped egoist" you derisively refer to was the youngest officer in U.S. Army history to achieve the rank of Major General, had an unmatched Civil War military record, and defeated some of the finest cavalrymen in history, all the while leading from the front. So your petty namecalling of an American he ro is both pathetic and inaccurate.

[@codysing1223]

@@paulgiarmo3628 this gentleman is what you call a triggered fanboy. Overlooks atrocities, bigotry, downright racism. Sure your not a Nazi lover too?

[@als3022]

@@paulgiarmo3628 He also was willing to put his career on the line to speak out on government corruption that not only effected negatively on US soldiers, but also on Native Americans. The Reservation trading posts being for sale to the highest bidder, and then re-selling those government products to the detriment of the Native Americans on those reservations. Custer spoke out against that. Imperfect flawed human, for sure. Monster modern times tries to make him; no.

[@Lrkjdk]

What shame are you referring to? The conquering of the Black Hills?

[@westonstevens3239]

Please do Thaddeus Stevens who was featured prominently in 'Lincoln' and TLJ

[@btetschner]

I used to live next to the Bighorn Mountains and Big Horn River (which apparently goes by Little Big Horn). I hear people reference Custer every once in a while. Very interesting video, thank you for making it.

[@myspiderungoliant]

Less of an American Leonidas and more of a real life Zapp Brannigan

[@megamonkeyo1357]

One of the most spot-on comments I have ever seen or heard! KUDOS to you sir!

[@alwaysdriveing]

LOL!!! Perfect.

[@greenjacket5020]

imagine pretending the confidence of THE 25 star General Zapp Brannigan is a bad thing 🥴

[@ronnieeastep4246]

As a native American he's no hero in my eyes but yes he was a product of his time and training and victim of his ego. He believed his own legend.

[@JoshEmerson0421]

You being native means nothing to make your opinion mean more. Had you said you were some kind of military mind, then it would matter. Your "identity " means nothing. Nobody cares

[@ronnieeastep4246]

@Josh Emerson sir yes sir sorry for having an opinion sir! Won't happen again SIR!

[@georgekoros6823]

Re-check your facts and do some in-depth research: Custer was not an egomaniac (a false stereotype). And He was a hero because of his deeds in the Civil War, the Washita Battle, and the LBH. In fact, the 1800's Sioux did acknowledge the bravery and fierceness of "golden hair" and his troops.

[@nocfox3050]

Not sure how Custer can be compared to Leonidas.. The only comparison was that they were both fallen during a last stand so to speak

[@codysing1223]

Cheapens Leonidas and raises this idiot beyond his station.

[@linak7155]

VEtanins!? You are putting the emPHAsis on the wrong syLAble. Love it!

[@EAWanderer]

11:14 - Midwest Native American Lakota tribes decimation 😔

[@codysing1223]

This channel just glorifies the slaughter of my People. Makes a mass murderer into what... A Leonidas?! Absolutely shameful.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thanks.

[@modernsophist]

Leonidas intentionally went to Thermopylae to stall the Persians; Custer was tricked into pursuing the Sioux with a small force into a trap that left him outnumbered. Both had believed (then hoped) that reinforcements would arrive…which never did.

[@russellwest8767]

Please change the title, Custer doesn’t deserve such an illustrious comparison. I say this as an American.

[@codysing1223]

as a native American I find this extremely offensive

[@simracing4simpletons978]

I completely agree.

[@KazuhiraMiller46]

Exactly! He massacred women and children without a second thought wtf is wrong with this channel

[@russellwest8767]

@@KazuhiraMiller46 there’s nothing especially wrong with the content of the video. I’m going to give Simon the benefit of the doubt and see it as an unfortunate choice born out of cultural distance from Custer’s “legacy”

[@hamzaferoz6162]

As if Leonidas was such a great personality

[@shadowsofdarkness7136]

can you please do a video on george berkeley the lrish philosopher

[@shadybull6155]

Please Simon, it’s Puh-toe-mick. From a resident of Potomac Maryland

[@Lynzae]

Custer actually fought in a small battle in my hometown in the Shenandoah Valley. Bad enough that Jackson had forced these Natives west, then the US went back on their word. Custer was notorious for taking women and children hostage. That was his plan at little Big Horn, yet the Natives had gotten wise to his tactics. Custer got what he deserved.

[@99mrpogi]

Opinion wise, I would prefer to compare George Custer to Publius Quinctilius Varus since they both died in battle and their battles are two of the biggest defeats that the US and roman empire suffered

[@jpass7784]

@Biographics can you make a biographical video about Hector Lavoe?? 🇵🇷 please!!

[@BattalionCommanderMK]

interesting documentary simon, very good!

[@Recklesscharge]

Custer sounds like a good general

[@MrOwl-mw3fb]

Gracias.

[@Brett-yq7pj]

As a decorated general in the flavour wars general Custards biggest achievement was the creation of a weird ass pudding

[@adamMmcnally]

Is this audio sped up??

[@josephfriedman943]

please do videos on the following people: Evariste Galois, Euclid of Alexandria, Descartes, Friedrich Nietzsche, William Anderson Soga, Carl Gauss, Vincent Van Gogh, Lewis Carroll, Lao Tzu and Pythagoras.

[@chrisidoo]

Anyone know the name of the music playing at 14:57?

[@joshuapatrick682]

Damn Custer, should have brought those Gatling Guns after all….doesn’t matter now…

[@Replicaate]

Custer also designed the West Point class ring for the year he graduated, but was unable to attend the ceremony as he was in the campus lockup for beating someone up the day before.

[@deltanine1591]

Bro you got to change that title. The man was a butcher not a king.

[@KazuhiraMiller46]

Thank you for pointing this out

[@codysing1223]

Comparing a idiot incel to a Giga-Chad King.

[@therevanchist1123]

You didn’t watch the video or you would know the context also if you knew anything about ancient Sparta they make him look like a saint

[@hipstermarine0331]

You think Leonidas never cut meat?

[@ashcpas92]

The beard is looking sharp bro

[@Hamzakhan-dt3gv]

Interesting video

[@explorer1968]

To get matter worse for Custer, the man didn't know that his enemies were armed with a better and faster rifle: the Winchester. Custer and the gang had a one-shot rifle..., the dark outcome was against him.

[@philliplenz2089]

My professor for military sciences said it best "If you bought Custard for what he was worth and sold him for what he thought he was worth you could pay off the US national debt." He was right.

[@mikehunt-fx7sf]

And you dont even know how to spell his name? What a genius you are!

[@philliplenz2089]

@@mikehunt-fx7sf oops. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@philliplenz2089]

@mikehunt-fx7sf and it would actually be "You're a genius". Appreciate it. Autocorrect is fun.

[@mikehunt-fx7sf]

@@philliplenz2089 I know Einstein. My old keyboard will not let me apostrophe. Quite petty compared to your mistake. Now go whip up some Custard! Cooking is fun.

[@philliplenz2089]

@@mikehunt-fx7sf you knew Einstein? Incredible!

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

"We're Americans! We don't plan! We do!" - General Custer, NATM2

[@rc59191]

We're Americans. We don't quit just because we're wrong. We just keep doing the wrong thing until it turns out right!!!

[@nicolasgruman635]

Stupid military tactics.

[@nuancolar7304]

Custer was credited with the cavalry attack at Gettysburg that thwarted Jeb Stuart's force, but it's quite a stretch to say Custer "was responsible for some of the Union's biggest victories." Such a statement is curious because if you consider some of the other battles mentioned that Custer fought in, such as First Bull Run and the Peninsula Campaign, you would know those were Union LOSSES. It's true that Custer was disliked by his men, but his bad reputation also resonated among his peers and fellow officers. Custer was a known womanizer, and even reportedly had affairs with the wives of other officers...even taking up with widows of slain soldiers shortly after their demise.

[@joshuasill1141]

I heard an interesting comment that had Custer brought his Gatling guns with him, instead of leaving them behind, he probably would've had a fighting chance. That comment was rebutted saying that Gatlin guns were heavy, slow to move, and were stationary like artillery pieces. They worked well for a defensive position and against an enemy force in masse. However, Gatlin guns wouldn't have been effective against a fast and mobile force of the Native warriors and would've slowed a cavalry force down.

[@Gayathri-qt1bn]

A vedio about Johann Wolfgang von Goethe plz