"Great Dictators Of The World", India's Oddest Image | Esoteric Internet

[@GabAssbreaker]

Chenkiskhon is my new favorite dictator. Great video as always.

[@georgewilson7432]

Some people in the USA would put Lincoln along with Gengis Khan.

[@kategrant2728]

Fun Fact: Chenkiskhon is probably a better spelling than Genghis, since the name is more like Chinggis Khaan.

[@Ferroes]

The correct chinese pronounciation would be "Chinggis Khaan" but the anthropologically correct would be "Chinggis Khazaan"

[@sheller153]

Chungus Khaan?

[@gayrozayppeli8431]

As someone from the region, I'm assuming they used the term "Dictator" in place of either "Influential Political Figures" or "Rulers". It's not an uncommon mistake to make considering the assumed date of publication.

[@Pseudiom]

Thanks for the info. So I guess my suspicion was probably correct then. I don't know a lot about India so I hope it seems right then.

[@gayrozayppeli8431]

@@Pseudiom Eyyyyyyyyy don't worry about it my dude. I don't expect you to know every nitty gritty of non english speaking countries.

[@andrew3111]

chenkiskhon was probably a literal spelling of chinggis khann said in an indian accent

[@Pseudiom]

As to preempt most comments, I just want to note this video was produced on shorter notice then most of my others (about a week and a half instead of two). There then are probably a few errors/oversights. Such as I had no idea what to consider Garibaldi. I was originally working on a far different video but that got put on the back-burner due to some new information and contacts. So I went with talking about this. Enjoy! Or don't... I'm not here to decide for you.

[@georgewilson7432]

I guess the confusion comes from the fact many of these characters were autocrats regardless of official title.

[@zainiikhwan9405]

Imo, 80s and 90s textbook from Asia is a treasure trove waiting to be discovered by the modern internet......

[@Pseudiom]

I wait what wonders we will find in them.

[@leelubell9080]

I remember a “Guess Who” game with this style of graphics

[@MrElbowsmash]

I want this as a poster.

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

According to this poster, Caligula was not a dictator (at least not one worth mentioning). I Approve!

[@georgewilson7432]

Regarding the princes and rulers of this world, I make mine Borges' hope: "As time goes by, we will deserve no governments".

[@mouser7]

Man, these are some real interesting vidyas. While it may not important in the grand scheme, I can always these saying I learnt something. Keep up the great work dude.

[@Pseudiom]

I like to do things I think nobody else will. That's why my channel is full of such random things. Hope you continue to enjoy my disparate subject matter.

[@Bajun94]

Hen(t)ry VIII truly was one of the big lads of History, along with Taft, Göring and Churchill.

[@theartistformidablyknownas3807]

Forgotten implies it was remembered in the first place

[@RyanRyanRyanRyanRyanRyanRyanR]

I think this makes more sense if you assume they meant “great (i.e. powerful) leaders” rather than explicit “dictators.”

[@wordart_guian]

The way you pronounce giuseppe as gusepi is terrifying Also duce as dusse

[@Real_Sp00ks]

I hate how unknown your channel is. Your content is fantastic. Idk why I chose to say this on one of your older videos, but you make good videos

[@rockcliff1930]

That's just a picture chart. Picture charts were used in the old times for school children to cut the pictures out to use in their project files. The needed part of the chart is the image, not the name, that is just a placeholder added by the printer. The lower right edge mentions the company, Mahesh Arts, they sold picture charts. That is not a book page but a series of picture charts. Clueless Americans on the internet made a huge deal out of it rather than just doing a single google search on the name of at the lower edge.

[@FlipWarBucks]

Have been living in Egypt for the past 250 years and can confirm, Nazar was definitely a dictator.

[@katamattyon]

You said Garibaldi wasn't ever a politician, but wasn't he a member of the Piedmontese parliament for Nice, and started his military campaign after Piedmont gave Nice to France?

[@Pseudiom]

Yeah. I probably messed up on a few of them. I should have said something more like "Leader of an Independent Nation". When I said politician I meant something like "Leader of a Nation". Politician was the wrong word to use. You can still be a politician and not be a president/prime minister/etc. That's on me.

[@omarcosprovavelmente]

about Lenin: dictatorship of proletariat don't mean a dictatorship in the hand of one leader, but one class (the proletarian), in other means the discussion about Lenin or Stalin as dictators are more complex than that. anyway great video.

[@j.2512]

in reality though it still is totalitarian shit

[@coryneform]

@@j.2512 ehhh not really

[@krism.6598]

@@coryneform Even communists don’t dispute that the NKVD and the Cheka killed thousands of people, either through direct execution or gradually through forced labor camps.

[@ixian_technocrat]

@@j.2512 Many Russians would be as offended to calling Lenin a dictator as Americans would be for calling Washington one. He is pretty much the father of the modern Russian state (and the other ex-Soviet states). Also, saying Lenin was a dictator and Ivan the Terrible wasn't, just because the latter was a king, is ridiculously pedantic. The Russian Tzars were as autocratic as one can get.

[@govardhanposina17]

Not even a minute in and this sparks so much nostalgia for me looking at that image To provide so context,primary schools in India usually hand out summer projects where students are supposed to write about everything under the sun in scrapbooks pasting colorful images of them,sometimes these are animals,sometimes these are trees,sometimes they are types of religion and other times they are world leaders. Owing to this several stationary outlets started to print out these charts with the pictures and names of these things since: a)India is a fairly poor country and not everyone could print out their own unique pictures from the internet b)these were very popular in India at a time where the internet was still a far dream for most Indian households Like several people have pointed out correctly,the dictator part is probably an erroneous translation of the word "Leader" or worse yet this was just a stationery outlet trying to present themselves as more "Informative" then the others and chose to pick this particular synonym for leader without giving much thought

[@the_Fisher_King]

Yes also Indian here, these bring back so much nostalgia. And most schools not being English medium explains these misspellings

[@kreegercast7943]

This was a fantastic video. I had no idea that this image existed and have now shared it with a bunch of my friends. Sadly most had seen it before but for the few that had not getting to see their shock turn to confusion turn to anger was wonderful.

[@the_Fisher_King]

Indian here !!! I know this, this is not a chart. Back in the day these sheets with photos were made to be cut out and then stick them on 'projects'. Projects were like info to be submitted by schoolkids for passing a grade. I remember doing them always at the last minute lol and getting scolded for it. Btw these are likely to be misspelled as most kids don't go to English language schools and 'projects' were made in whatever language the kids learnt in. These bring back so many memories, i used to buy paper and glue and these sheets and collect whatever rudimentary info i could find to make these projects about world wars or a countries geography

[@mannperson]

All I can think is that it was a part of a test, and had fake answers of non-dictators to throw you off.

[@apollyon6705]

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[@cashkromsupernerd1193]

The second paragraph at 15:35 makes me think this was a reference-packed joke image, kinda like all the parodies of famous paintings, album covers, etc we have in the west. They took each historical figure and dressed them up as famous actors of the day is what that seems to be saying. That doesn't explain the spelling or any other issue, but no one else in the comments seems to have mentioned this little tidbit, so I'm running with it

[@HundreadD]

"GOOSEPPEE" Mazzini ohnononono

[@dharmadarlinqx8793]

why isn't reagan on there?

[@horrorhabit8421]

Mahesh means great ruler in Sanskrit. It originates in the longer phrase "Maha [great] Ishvara [leader.]"

[@josephmillsii6943]

Don't ever change, my golden boy

[@LaPeppercorn]

Nice going, Chenkis

[@georgewilson7432]

Since FDR was mentioned, I must recommend reading Roosevelt After Inauguration by William Burroughs, perhaps our Tamil artist read it before.

[@DolanOk]

lmao that hurt my brain

[@Ughbees]

Maybe it’s in a book of movie prop examples for kids bc the art reminds me of old movie posters and it was never ment to be taken seriously since it would have been in the background of a movie set. Just a thought

[@rosesprog1722]

Catherine could very well be Catherine of Aragon, daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain who financed Columbus' expeditions and initiated the bloody Spanish Inquisition. She ended up in Britain as the first wife of Henry VIII so she was actually Queen from 1509 to 1533 and it is because of the Roman church's refusal to grant him a divorce from her that Henry VIII broke from Catholicism and declared himself leader of the new church of England... a rather uneventful life!!!!

[@bobSeigar]

Imagine criticizing the spelling on a word, when it is correct.

[@venyogo2]

faltó Perón

[@Pseudiom]

A very obvious exclusion. Wonder why he didn't make the cut? South America is completely absent from the line up.

[@venyogo2]

@@Pseudiom no one really cares about South America, maybe Brazil but that's it

[@venyogo2]

@Jack Frostler aka Cow Pee yeah but started with a military coup

[@rzeka]

3:49 ... come on dude. If you're criticizing somebody's spelling, you shouldn't be mispronouncing things like that.

[@rzeka]

Also shoutouts to jay eating chicken

[@zoidsfan12]

Many of these are blatant errors but Ghengis Khan is kind of understandable. As it is pronounced more like Chingis Haan. This looks like someone knew what the names sounded like and attempted to spell them phonetically. Though Johan and Hentry and just fuck ups.

[@philipmorris9928]

Hitler was Austrian not German 13:35

[@Pseudiom]

I know. That's why I put the disclaimer in the left corner. Hitler was Austrian, Napoleon was technically Italian/Corsican, Catherine the Great was German, Genghis Khan and Charlemagne existed before the idea of modern nationality/nation-states, then Washington could arguably be called British. I categorized them by what nation they were most associated with/lead. Not where they were from. (Even calling Charlemagne French is a stretch in all reality).

[@philipmorris9928]

@@Pseudiom Sorry, I didn't notice the disclaimer. Great video as always Best regards

[@Pseudiom]

@@philipmorris9928 No problem. Always glad when someone points something out to me.

[@philipmorris9928]

@Paul Tello Yes, but saying that Austrians and Germans are one and the same is like saying that Englishmen and Irishmen are the same; They have their similarities but also have their differences. Austria is also shaped by Celtic and Slavic elements that predate the arrival of Germanic peoples.

[@philipmorris9928]

@Paul Tello As a Pangermanist he saw Austria as part of the German Reich, but he didn't deny his Austrian origin. This quote is from the Anschluss: "I, myself, as Führer and Chancellor, will be happy to walk on the soil of the country that is my home as a free German citizen."