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Teddy Roosevelt figured out that the courts aren't a productive way to battle the Trusts. There's no way they can catch everyone and in order to protect the American people, it's not enough to punish the Trusts after wrongdoing. No, they're going to have to put down some proactive legislation to prevent this action before it event happens. But the conservative-leaning Senate is going to be some rough going. And matters are made even worse when the opposition finds leadership in one of Theodore Roosevelt's greatest enemies: "Pitchfork" Ben Tillman
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[@pennyforyourthots]

When there's something strange, with your corporate goods, Who you gonna call? TRUST BUSTERS!

[@twisted_tea]

Lol

[@theemries4766]

When the railroads Charge more than they should. Who y’a gonna call? TRUST BUSTERS!

[@katy9883]

I ain’t afraid of no trusts

[@kostakatsoulis2922]

Daaaa da, daaaa da, daaaa da, daaaa da, da da dadada,

[@LuinTathren]

Oh that gave me a good laugh!

[@ezergardum5719]

Fun Fact: The reason one eye isn’t colored for Tillman is because he only had one eye. Just thought I should put that out there for anyone who was confused.

[@giacomoromano8842]

I searched a real life picture of the crap man itself, but what happened to his left eye?

[@bificommander]

Poked out by the pointy hat of his buddies?

[@joemannish2557]

A tumor in his head forced the removal of his eye. When he was still pretty young.

[@alexmcgee6962]

@@joemannish2557 tumor may have explained the crazy lmao

[@vaughnjohnson8767]

@@alexmcgee6962 maybe. Just...maybe

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

“They called Roosevelt as a secret socialist.” Ah yes, the attack line that has not gone away...

[@MrHistory269]

Crazy to see these parallels with today

[@wormlunch]

I'm kinda surprised to see that attack line predating McCarthy.

[@cometmoon4485]

However, and correct me if I'm wrong, but in the early 20th century, wasn't "socialist" considered a generally crowd-pleasing and "cool" term? Isn't that why several political parties, including hitler's, adopted the "socialist" label to get public support?

[@vaughnjohnson8767]

Ever

[@nehpets216]

@@cometmoon4485 That was 30 years after these attacks

[@johnaucamp7106]

05:08 "It's hard to understate what an odious figure Tillman was." Me: Okay okay, how bad can he be? **Everything between **05:08** and **06:06**** Me: I see your point.

[@ForgottenHonor0]

Jesus Christ...

[@georgy2596]

Good god

[@CrisisHedgehog]

Oh ohhhhhh, oh okkk, then…

[@Aserlotl]

Me just be like 😳😳

[@peggyliepmann5248]

It's always fun to read something truly heinous, and you just feel the awfulness sink in like a bad smell.

[@Jasta85]

Roosevelt and Tillman working together is the embodiment of "The enemy of my enemy is my ally" so long as they have a common enemy and not a second longer.

[@pyktukasplays4945]

The Arabic saying of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"?

[@ATemplarIGuess]

@@pyktukasplays4945 I don't think that's just an arabic saying

[@person0-016]

Kind of a "Thanks, satan" kinda situation

[@ihavetowait90daystochangem67]

Theodore Roosevelt: *The House Always Wins*

[@greenmint5937]

:)

[@twoscarabsintheswarm9055]

Bro it's been 90 days you can change your name now

[@wormcatman8652]

@@twoscarabsintheswarm9055 it's been literally years.

[@ArpaZha]

*ain't that a kick in the head*

[@jasondouglas6755]

Theodore needs a courier

[@sugarqbs]

The idea that Roosevelt found a way to work with Tillman despite such severe ideological differences is lowkey one of the most impressive things he did imo

[@joshuasitzema9920]

Teddy Roosevelt is perhaps one of the best presidents the US ever had. We need him again..

[@laurakastrup]

@@joshuasitzema9920I hope you mean a person like him, can you imagine if you revived Teddy Roosevelt today and him having a nervous breakdown about what America and the world has become?

[@joshuasitzema9920]

@@laurakastrup would be kinda entertaining in a messed up way as he grapples with how bad the parties have become

[@BlueflameKing1]

EC: "Till man's response was so racist, that I'm not even going to repeat it here, but I'll put it up here on the screen so you can get what kind of man this guy was." Me: Oh c'mon it can't be that bad. Reads it: 6:00 Me: I retract my statement, hot damn that is bad.

[@black97_0]

I second that I mean, being a jerk is one thing But Satan is looking at that statement going: "okay dude, I don't have circle low enough for you."

[@svwa161994]

My thoughts exactly

[@solaraura8278]

Yeah, that was really bad! Yikes!

[@AKbornNinja999]

Thats democrats

[@brano13177]

@@AKbornNinja999 Why must you and your ilk keep repeating this psudeo-hisotrical lie?

[@TycoonTitian01]

At this rate, this series is going to be 15 parts, and I would be happy with that!

[@Sniperbear13]

hear hear

[@manticore2804]

no offense but I would prefer this series would talk about something a little less western, tikal calakmul war maybe?

[@TycoonTitian01]

@@manticore2804 no i agree that is a cool idea

[@manticore2804]

@@TycoonTitian01 cool thanks! criminally under talked about subject. God I love the mayans.

[@anikbiswas4447]

@@manticore2804 Too obscure

[@theemries4766]

Bruh, BT, looks and sounds like a comic book villain. Like legit, someone Batman or Superman would beat up.

[@justanotherglorpsdaymornin5097]

Even when Superman fought the Klan only the very worst of them were BT evil.

[@rifkifanani3694]

i was thinking the same thing. and the fact that Teddy needs to make an alliance with him feels like a big plot twist and story arc transition

[@mckayleepugmire9947]

I'd actually like to see that.

[@lavalslounge335]

"Ben Tillman was a piece of s***. - The EC crew Coulnd't have put it better myself

[@radityodaffa3379]

Same man

[@christophersudbrink4946]

Agreed. He was a true aspect of Thomas Jefferson’s political party. Thomas Jefferson himself was a big hypocrite, and Tillman was just straight up evil.

[@ghazghkullthraka9714]

Here here!

[@officialgeneral_soldiernat5717]

"Ben Tillman was a piece of shit" - The EC Crew Never heard of this man, and now I know why he isn't ever mentioned nowadays

[@blazeburner303]

democrats do like to hide away their darker parts, republicans just eject them lmao

[@koolmckool7039]

@@blazeburner303 Not hard enough, seeing as how our former President still have traction with them.

[@blazeburner303]

@@koolmckool7039 guess you didnt get the memo that the senate shot him out the door almost immediately after his term ended then, or maybe he was just not bad, hell progressives are the ones pushing segregation with the same rhetoric that racists used back during the civil war

[@Ghonosyphlaids]

@@blazeburner303 The dems remember, and are glad they've handed off the racist filth to the repubs

[@georgeaird4637]

@@blazeburner303 If they've been ejecting them then why do they still have klan members in congress now?

[@themanbehindtheslaughter7633]

Trusts: *Exist* Roosevelt: HO DARR AWKEN ME FROOM ME SLUMBER

[@William-Morey-Baker]

If only... We have worse monopolies today than in his era

[@themanbehindtheslaughter7633]

How did this become so popular in an hour

[@MalWave]

BULLY! A CHALLENGE! I love competition!

[@bluemobster0023]

@@William-Morey-Baker ok how

[@emmanuelucrosacosta1845]

@@MalWave A person of culture I see

[@CzarOfMars]

Today, Tillmann is probably best remembered for something totally unrelated to racism or trusts: fed up with the ever-increasing costs of naval arms races, he commissioned a series of designs for battleships so ridiculously large and powerful that, in theory, the navy would just build those and be done once and for all. Nobody at the time took the designs seriously - except maybe for Tillmann himself - but they have remained a favourite of naval history enthousiasts as amusing "what-ifs".

[@spencerherold4895]

Didn't Drachinifel do a series on those?

[@CzarOfMars]

@@spencerherold4895 indeed

[@edwardnygma8533]

Something like a floating fortress I assume?

[@seanarano4754]

@spencer herold yes he did only a video though but the sheer ludricrasy of the battleships are really what takes the cake, fork, plate, and even the table

[@CzarOfMars]

@@edwardnygma8533 A floating fortess that's also very fast and covered in guns much bigger than would ever be fitted to a ship

[@BIONICLECLAYPOKEMON]

Ah yes, my favorite Anime; Teddy's Bizarre Adventure, Trusts Are Breakable

[@NicoBabyman1]

Teddy's Bizarre Adventure: Trustbust Crusaders

[@DHTheAlaskan]

Teddy's Bizarre Adventure: Spanish Blood

[@internetperson3436]

Teddy's bizzare adventure, busting tendencies. "Busting" tendencies uwu

[@DHTheAlaskan]

Teddy's Bizarre Adventure: Bull Moose Run

[@NicoBabyman1]

Teddy’s Bizarre Adventure: Vento Progressivo (Progressive Wind)

[@StabbySabby]

Despite all his flaws, Benjamin Tillman did some amazing things! He helped break the trusts, he gave us the absolute hilarity of the "Maximum Battleships" designs and did everyone a big favor by dying!

[@femurbreaker4483]

Wow I really like that last thing he did!

[@matthewferrantino9521]

I want to hear about the Battleships. I respect tf out of Teddy for seeing he could make use of the man without becoming a racist himself. If more people would learn that trick we could have a little bit of peace.

[@mewmew8932]

BIG BOAT

[@CustodianShieldCaptain]

Yeah, THAT Tillman. The same Tillman that so infamously was so fed up with the navy that he proposed his own set of "Maximum" battleships as every battleship was being built just a bit bigger than what was ordered cause innovation. The kind of battleships that would put the Yamato itself to shame but proposed 2 decades before Yamato itself, featuring designs using 18" guns when the yamato itself only had 18". He was a penny pincher ironically suggesting the navy build maximum overbuilt units. Id look over at Drachinifel's video on the Tillman designs for pure hilarity.

[@4991Ares]

A complete Tillman EC episode would be great, just because of stupidity like this.

[@lichsuchientranh2910]

you are a man of culture as well.

[@StabbySabby]

the 2nd design is my favorite one. 70 000 Short tons (63,000 t) a "pedestrian" 13 inches of belt armor 26.5 knots 975 feet long 108 feet wide 32 feet, 9 inches deep so far so good, an absolutely monstrous sized battleship, but where does the displacement come from? 13 inches of belt armor? that's the armor on a Queen Elizabeth, maybe a Revenge, they are ships of the time and weigh about a 1/3rd of what this monster would weigh, so where does the displacement come from? well, the armament. because Four triple 16 inch guns was considered a pedestrian option, this design called for *TWENTY-FOUR*, 16 inch, 50 calibre guns in four Sextuple turrets. yes, that's a turret with six guns Drachinifel made a great video about the various designs

[@Neneset]

Oddly, I watched Drachinifel’s Tillman video before this one. That video is about 10 minutes long. When I finished it I checked my recommended videos and saw this one had been posted 7 minutes ago. Felt weird running into Tillman two videos in a row in completely different contexts, even if the first was explicitly about the Tillman BBs.

[@turbowarrior9918]

So basically the second WoWS American Battleship tree? My god is the Vermont a torpedo magnet.

[@dragontamer1012]

Ben Tillman looks straight up like an anime villain

[@Sh0eBox]

Teddy Roosevelt being portrayed as a crusader actually isn’t THAT far off. He fought the the workers and to help create a better life nearly for 80% of the country. All while expanding American influence and helping create an “American Empire” if only he won in 1912.

[@ghostie7028]

The difference is that he improved lifes, crusaders didn't.

[@marselo5332]

@@ghostie7028 lol

[@adambasinger6239]

I mean you off handidly mention that last bit, but we can all agree that wasn’t a good thing right? Imperialism is bad, and US imperialism has tended to stick in a rather nasty way. The last invasion of panema by the United States was 1989 and that history death, racism and exploitation is in no small part thanks to Teddy rose. Not that Wilson was any better, anyone who’s policies have the mind boggling term “resegrigation” which is so wild my phone is sure I had to have meant it’s inverse is going to be a real treat of a human being, just that Teddy is not the Irl Steve Rogers crossed with chuck Boris ideal of a US president that he’s sometimes portrayed as but a deeply flawed person who’s policy highs (that as this series portrayed were real high) were more than matched by his policy lows. Also the man was very racist, and by very I mean like... notably for early 1900’s America. Which is real impressive, although noteably he saved most of his bile for Latin Americans outside the US

[@femurbreaker4483]

@@adambasinger6239 US imperialism is also the reason Puerto Rico has been able to recover from hurricanes. But as a general rule I agree, imperialism is pretty bad.

[@Axelgear2006]

Roosevelt fought the workers too. The man believed in what he considered a "fair deal", but his idea of what was fair was what he imposed from above, not what workers demanded. He still rounded up, arrested, and in some cases had executed various leaders of major union movements. Teddy Roosevelt is a good example of noblesse oblige; of this aristocratic sensibility where a man of privilege is supposed to help those beneath him but they are - emphatically - *beneath* him. Roosevelt believed that the working classes shouldn't be trodden underfoot but that, in the end, capitalists should still be able to exploit them and grow wealthy off of their labour.

[@JBproductions.]

And than teddy did a backflip broke the trust’s neck and saved the day

[@deelightfullp]

i get that

[@lasttarrasque6223]

It was super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@gamebawesome]

Wow wow wow wow

[@ruffedgrouse2711]

Was that hard for him to do? Super hard, most definitely an inconvenience

[@codyyoung5946]

@@ruffedgrouse2711 Inconvenience? Nah, breaking a trust's neck was his morning exercise.

[@AjarTadpole7202]

So Ben Tillman was like if the Confederate States of America was a person

[@tommyfox854]

guess so.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

And I bet he would have found a new home on Twitter amongst today's conservative not-really "libertarians". They probably have his corpse on ice somewhere so Doctor Mindbender can combine his DNA with Strom Thurmond, Wallace, Reagan, and Nixon in a secret Cobra lab beneath some bayou swamp.

[@martincastro6051]

More like KKK

[@AjarTadpole7202]

@@martincastro6051 The KKK is the second coming of the confederacy so my point still stands

[@tommyfox854]

@@martincastro6051 They did draw a KKK robe as Tillman's shadow.

[@wikiuser92]

I'm not an American, but I can pretty safely say Roosevelt was probably the most badass president America has ever had.

[@mollywantshugs5944]

There’s also the time he was shot while giving a speech but wouldn’t go the hospital until he finished 45 minutes later

[@portmoneul]

Also not American. But check out some other videos from this chanel , you might change your mind. :) Having said that, Roosevelt is one bassass president, no denying that.

[@theemries4766]

As an American, I can confirm your suspicion. Roosevelt is one of the greats.

[@mckayleepugmire9947]

As an American (who admittedly hasn't paid too much attention to most historical presidents) Roosevelt is the only one who's been archetyped in American folklore as the mustachioed wrestler president with a shot gun and a stick that hunts adult bears.

[@paydaygh9388]

“The Jungle” is a very important piece about companies and unregulated capitalism doing harm to the public. Gross stuff, man.

[@heliosdelsol]

"Progressive Republicans" that's a term you sure don't hear anymore!

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

Southern Strategy 101.

[@apexhunter935]

Are you aware that political parties change overtime or of the political compass

[@jiofreed13131]

In roosevelts time republicans and democrats where on opeside sides from today

[@Jam77229]

@@jiofreed13131 Use conservative and progressive... better terms

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

@@apexhunter935 To paraphrase myself: "Yes, I think that was his whole damn point"

[@mister_r447]

Ben Tillman looks like an anime/cartoon villain, makes you wonder if we are living a simulation or not.

[@liamabla1741]

I ruined the 69 likes

[@Sniperbear13]

"Ben Tillman was a piece of S***" Truer words have never been said.

[@FlexilisPullum]

You know it's bad when EC calls someone a s***

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

"Ben Tillman was a POS" Well, you finally did it, Extra C. You managed to top the Gettysburg Address for both brevity, earnestness and concision.

[@Crick1952]

Roosevelt and Tillman work together to get the act passed. Roosevelt: "Thanks Satan"

[@jdazzani]

Tillman is probably the most supervillain looking politician that ever existed. How can you look at him and think: "well, this seems like one of the decent fellas"

[@johanrosenberg6342]

Commenting on someone's appearance like that isn't really that nice

[@michealclarke4686]

@@johanrosenberg6342 normally I'd agree but Tillman seems like an exception

[@justanotherglorpsdaymornin5097]

@@johanrosenberg6342 if we can make fun of Hitler's appearance we can make fun of BT's. He might be a step down the ladder but evil's evil.

[@evanulven8249]

@@johanrosenberg6342 There's plenty of people that don't deserve being treated nicely.

[@mckayleepugmire9947]

@@johanrosenberg6342 No, it's not nice, you're not wrong for standing up for that. Tillman doesn't sound like he's got a great overall attitude though, and that does affect how a person presents themself.

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

The fact that Roosevelt was willing to work with his worst enemy to get legislation passed is the mark of a good politician. I don't mind the teddy series extending beyond 5 parts.

[@Real7419]

5:30 Woodrow Wilson: "HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER"

[@Ethan-cz8xq]

Every once in a while, you find a figure in history that is a Disney villain (albeit in a far less clean format).

[@avzed1789]

And probably not a good singer.

[@martijn9568]

Turns out that often fictional people, aren't really fiction at all.

[@ForgottenHonor0]

*me reading Ben Tillman's quote* "JESUS H CHRIST, DUDE!!!!!!"

[@thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247]

"Pitchfork Ben" was a monster. I'd be only too happy to turn him into a villain for a D&D campaign.

[@brendanrisney2449]

Tillman looks like a straight up villain here, and rightfully so.

[@crazyman8472]

Pre-Star Trek use of “redshirts” not approved. 👽

[@lordofinnistrad8757]

I wish somebody had the idea to hook a generator to Tillman’s grave when Obama was elected because we could have powered electricity for years with how fast that bastard was probably spinning.

[@samrevlej9331]

Good one!

[@Jebbtube]

Tillman is a bizarre example of someone who was an absolute monster in many aspects, but shockingly enlightened in others.

[@jovindsouza3407]

I find it hilarious how teddy bears are supposedly named after Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy bears. Named after THEODORE HECKING ROOSEVELT.

[@kraevorn7483]

Ida looked like Joan of Arc.

[@TycoonTitian01]

That was the point

[@xenonnboy]

“So you get an idea what kind of man he was” ... Me: Yikes.

[@tripplebarrelfinn4380]

Trust: Exist Roosevelt: And I took that personallly.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

An Audible sponsorship... *Oh the irony, it's too much*

[@stevemc01]

RANDOM FACT Tillman would later lay down ideas for a series of battleships known as "maximum battleships", later known as "Tillman battleships". These ships were of some ridiculous designs that really pressed the boundaries of US shipbuilding. The Navy dismissed pretty much all of his ideas (though some of his ideas would later be incorporated into the Iowa-class and designs for the Montana-class battleships).

[@watchm4ker]

In fairness, those weren't *his* designs, per se - he was no naval architect. He had commented on the growing madness that was the Dreadnought arms race, and the resulting naval appropriations bills, and demanded the Navy simply cut to the chase, stop with the ever more costly incremental improvements, and just build the largest theoretically possible warship the USA could make. Which had the unfortunate result of invoking the Good Idea Fairy in a number of engineers and designers who decided to submit proposals for the "Tillman" Battleships to increasing levels of improbability.

[@CaptRedJack]

I could literally watch Teddy Roosevelt hit people with boards with nails in them all day

[@BlandSpagetti]

If y’all want another look at the special kind of crazy Tillman was look up “Tillman battleships” those things are ridiculous and the icing on the crazy cake

[@connormclernon26]

The only good thing I could really say of Benjamin Tillman is that he commissioned the Navy's design team to create the maximum battleship

[@oddforoddssake3751]

Never has mention of a man’s actions/words made me spit my drink out harder than at 6:06 Thanks, Ben Tillman. Now I have to clean my desk.

[@jroden06]

Let’s just all agree that fascists and racists shouldn’t see ANY form of office and we have a moral imperative to do everything we can to stop them.

[@danielshifron5672]

Yes but that doesn’t mean they cannot hold office. In order for a healthy democracy to work you need to hear all sides of the political aisle. Communists and Socialists should also be aloud to hold office.

[@apexhunter935]

Are you aware of the political compass system

[@ryantoth676]

NEXT IS UPTON SINCLAIR! I KNEW AP US HISTORY WOULD EVENTUALLY HELP!

[@medeastar]

So happy the TR series finally came out. Especially since it's about one of his finest accomplishments. Thanks EC

[@GetWarded]

Ben Tillman couldn’t even found a college properly

[@twisted_tea]

Clearly you couldn't find an English classroom

[@Thorston_the_Just]

@@twisted_tea Explain what is wrong with that comment.

[@twisted_tea]

@@wolfizee6516 it's grammatically incorrect though

[@malarie-susangold9259]

@@twisted_tea how?

[@twisted_tea]

Have found, has found, I found etc.

[@alexie832]

Wow.....you know it's really bad when Tillman is too racist and violent even for that time period.

[@blackeyesorangedragon6509]

I do remember Roosevelt tried to go for president 3 times. But he got shot just like Abraham, JFK man there are to many I can't name them all. But Roosevelt was a good person and amazing that he survived a assassination attempt

[@scribejay]

They had no idea, the strength of a bullmoose.

[@thatguygaming1237]

I’m in a Ap Us History class and we just went over this period, thank you for the A Extra History!

[@patrickjspoon]

As I heard the outro start playing, I yelled "TAKE MORE SHOTS AT BEN TILLMAN!!!" Charleston, SC-based historian here

[@austinreed5805]

I like how the thumbnails are just TR beating the sh*t out of the trusts.

[@ValkyrieTiara]

Ida Tarbell: *clears throat* "GET 'EEEEEEEEEEEEM!"

[@logion567]

There's one kinda funny thing about Tillman, he HATED how much money he had to agree to spend on Battleships. And how every year the next one was bigger and more expensive than the last! So he asked the Bureau of Contruction and Repair to make a design of a ship as large as possible, so he can pay for it now and forget about it later. The following designs are known as the "Tillman Battleships" and are, absurd. Most of them would've been bigger than the mighty Yamato. and have things like 4 6 gun 16 inch turrets (24 guns, almost 3 times the firepower of a single Iowa class)

[@admDanRyan]

Always cracks me up, thinking of those designs

[@jovanweismiller7114]

I can hardly wait for next week! I read 'The Jungle' 50 years ago and I still remember its details!

[@StevenEveral]

Trusts: *Exists* TR: ...And I took that personally.

[@dimamatat5548]

5:59 Tillman had a heated gamer moment.

[@vphiameradisogaarwa]

The importance of the work you are doing cannot be understated, keep it up! You will help change the world.

[@firem78910]

6:00 wow just wow i have nothing to say about this

[@xuanqili184]

I think the saddest thing about this story is how ineffective those books will be in our day and age.

[@shaneleskinen2111]

I remember reading the jungle. It was a detailed story of the horrible hiring and employment practice many people I know critzie the actual process of butchering and I think there missing the point.

[@tasty8186]

Thank you, Extra Credits, for showing us Ben Tillman's response.

[@headliner48]

I love this style of multiple connected videos really entertaining thank you

[@m24213]

Can we appreciate the fact that how fucking amazing Theodore Roosevelt sounds ( I am assuming its actually his speech), I am not even an American, but I am proud of him because of his speech.

[@tommyrivera3432]

can u make a video about the Spanish invasion of the Aztec empire

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

It would definitely help round out & add context to the Incan empire series

[@tommyrivera3432]

@@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing yep if u want to do the invasion of the Inca u probably need to talk about cortes invasion of the aztec empire

[@robbabcock_]

I'm really liking this series on Teddy vs the trusts!

[@christopherverhoef9112]

The fact that every thumbnail for this series so far (except the second video) is T.R. bashing some corporation's head in is one of the most Teddy Roosevelt things ever. I love it.

[@NoName-hg6cc]

The red shirts....Garibaldi would have sued him for copyright infringement 😁

[@NathanielWinkelmann]

I am probably over analyzing this, but a thought hit: this series could just as easily been called Ida Tarbell but not have gotten as many views. Extra is educating people by using a name they recognize to grt them to learn about a less familiar person. Way to go.

[@MrMantis32]

Fascinating and interesting series thus far. Keep up the great vids!

[@d.m.conroy6717]

great call with the Tillman quote. well done

[@gufosufo337]

5:06 he looks so dapper though 5:24, oh, ooooooh, Damn.

[@Aar1sW]

Calling Roosevelt "young" In 1906 is extremely generous. He was 48.

[@Br3ttM]

That's 20-30 years younger than a lot of our current top politicians.

[@portmoneul]

How old is the current US President? At this time? Just to give a perspective.

[@geoffreyherrick298]

Compared to some.🤷

[@crzylkfx]

To be fair, that's fairly young for a President

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

I feel personally attacked.

[@camel3058]

I'm very exited for the next episode, as someone from Milwaukee, I remember hearing stories of the Meat plants in the Valley here, and I'm pretty sure the Meat Trusts in Chicago were the same ones here

[@beskamir5977]

Gotta say, the irony of advertising audible after an episode on monopoly is amazing.

[@TycoonTitian01]

Lets go! Part four!

[@bthsr7113]

My textbooks were pretty good at covering the era of trusts compared to most. You're probably going to be grossed out next episode, but it's an important lesson.

[@robotiquebleu9619]

I am so excited for the next episode! I think Upton Sinclair is my favorite historical figure

[@Gav1nF18]

I have been waiting for this

[@Hobbitsrule1443]

A somewhat functional American government taking on big businesses. Makes me dream.

[@liamholland7824]

For a less racist but much more amusing anecdote on Tillman's follies, do a search for the Tillman Battleships (otherwise known as the Maximum Battleships. The name says everything.) and enjoy how the Navy trolled him by giving him exactly what he wanted while doing what they needed to do anyway.

[@greenmint5937]

Tf

[@larryalvares1369]

how did you respond 16 hours ago?

[@gufosufo337]

@@larryalvares1369 patreon

[@larryalvares1369]

@@gufosufo337 oh

[@CustodianShieldCaptain]

Drachninifel viewer spotted, his video is just awesome at showing the character of Tillman just from how those battleships even got proposed let alone discussing a Yamato-like battleship well in advance of the actual Yamato.

[@Ryu_D]

Thank you for the episode.

[@Fox531CD]

Great episode. Also, the episode numbers are back in the title! I know, a small thing, but I like them being there.

[@Sarahh923]

Was this episode about busting up monopolies sponsored by ... Audible? ... an Amazon subsidiary?

[@deftheocelot9125]

We will use the amazon To beat the amazon

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

@@deftheocelot9125 hopefully this time the right Amazon will be on fire.

[@Mikebumpful]

I like the new “Trust” stock character with the top hat that’s all over this series. Maybe he’ll show up in future episodes?

[@mckayleepugmire9947]

He looks sorta like a what you'd get if Uncle Sam and the Monopoly man were fused into a single being.

[@elizabethmcwhorter3445]

Oooh, we get to talk about “The Jungle” next. I’m pretty stoked

[@mylesjude233]

This is an excellent series, with TR being a badass trust buster.

[@n0rthstar946]

now we just need a series on Huey Long and I can die a happy man.

[@matthewbadley5063]

"Roosevelt the secret socialist" Once again proving conservatives have never known what socialism is lmao We need another roosevelt to end the telecom monopolies!

[@dolevlitvin8904]

Love you guys! Thank you for your amazing videos. Made me smile. Love from Israel

[@williamsilva9204]

I love you guys for this

[@justrugut9082]

*Talking about being persuaded by businesses* "Sponsored Video" HMMMMMMM

[@Dwagginz]

The irony of Amazon sponsoring a video about anti-trust activism is... amazing

[@michaelmayo2489]

@@Dwagginz yeah I just now realized that

[@reedpathfinder4]

Anti-trust History: Sponsored by Amazon

[@harrybarden6053]

can we just appreciate the constant imagery of Teddy trying to beat to piss out of the trusts

[@dhindaravrel8712]

This kind of approach is needed for strategic litigation.