Horrible Histories Georgian Fire Brigade

Horrible Histories Georgian Fire Bridgade

[@fcgkfkrjjg]

This is basically how health care in the USA works.

[@taliesincoleman6569]

@@robertcracknelljunior2691 hopefully NOT

[@taliesincoleman6569]

@@robertcracknelljunior2691 not if we can help it

[@taliesincoleman6569]

@@robertcracknelljunior2691 british people who care about the NHS

[@robertcracknelljunior2691]

@@taliesincoleman6569 Im born and bred in the UK ,

[@taliesincoleman6569]

@@robertcracknelljunior2691 fair enough, but still

[@youngmasterzhi]

And that's why most buildings in Georgian times had the insurance logo displayed at the front

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Is that legit?

[@youngmasterzhi]

@@TomorrowWeLive 100% acurr-rat!

[@alaurahwillow155]

@@TomorrowWeLive It is. They are still on some buildings, keep an eye out for little tea saucer sized circular plaques next time you go to an area with old buildings. My hometown has lots of buildings with them.

[@madabbafan]

Trouble was most of them were made of lead which tended to melt

[@alicekelly8909]

There’s a scene with the rat afterwards where they say that

[@Croz89]

Interesting fact, "The Sun" was a real fire office back then. They're still around as RSA insurance.

[@vladdythebear5872]

Ralphie Raccoon I imagine the people who worked for The Sun in 1710 were more progressive than The Sun's current staff

[@Croz89]

@@vladdythebear5872 Well, I can't really deduce the politics of Royal Sun Alliance!

[@lys2303]

Unfortunately that scenario was occurring in Southern Africa up until not that long ago. My uncle was in a car accident and the paramedics who arrived didn't want to help him as he had no papers on him. A passer by ended up threatening to shoot the paramedics if they didn't help my uncle.

[@silviasanchez648]

That's just WOW

[@harrisontucker8397]

If you didn’t say Southern Africa I would have thought American south Hope your uncle is ok

[@cooltjh4]

@@harrisontucker8397 in american south youd have to pay 1000 dollars for an ambulance ride out of pockets. not insured.

[@goodnight-moon564]

Thank goodness for that passerby!

[@whovianhistorybuff]

I dof my hat to the passersby

[@jamestown8398]

Refusing to put out a fire because someone can't pay? What barbarism! Surely no modern fire brigade would stoop so low. *cough South Fulton cough cough*

[@yohanguy8216]

Jamestown Kinda like American healthcare

[@jamestown8398]

@@yohanguy8216 I was actually referencing the South Fulton fire department, which had a "no pay, no spray" policy and was on the news a few years ago for watching an old man's house burn to the ground because he forgot to pay a $75 monthly fee (despite having paid that fee many other months). The Fire Chief and Mayor of South Fulton basically told news reporters that the old man deserved to have his house burned.

[@bella9698]

Jamestown THATS AWFUL!

[@theplotarmoredtitan5781]

@@yohanguy8216 I was gonna say that

[@ChildOfTheWilderness]

@@bella9698 that's true Capitalism. And it's why we need regulation & fully nationalised emergency services.

[@dragonite986]

This is literally how AAA works.

[@mrgopnik5964]

There are a lot of businesses that are better kept in the private sector. Firefighting isn’t one of them

[@TESkyrimizer]

What about healthcare 😎🇺🇸

[@mrgopnik5964]

@@TESkyrimizer considering that Obamacare was an economic disaster, I'd say keep it as it is

[@punkwrestle]

mr Gopnik Actually it wasn’t. It actually helped make sure a lot more people were insured.

[@mrgopnik5964]

@@punkwrestle and thus bankrupted several healthcare companies

[@punkwrestle]

mr Gopnik No healthcare companies went bankrupt. In fact most of them made a lot of profits, some hade so many profits they had to give dividends back to their customers.

[@nicklindsey1765]

The dream of anarcho-capitalists

[@sorban5352]

That's not what capitalism is...communism have banks and assurance too you know...they are not related at all...

[@Dudelsackpfeifer]

@@sorban5352 he didn't say capitalists

[@sorban5352]

@@Dudelsackpfeifer ...he said anarcho-"CAPITALIST"

[@Dudelsackpfeifer]

@@sorban5352 note the "anarcho" that makes up the first part of that hyphenated word. It is an important part, just like the "national" in "national socialist" makes a huge difference.

[@sorban5352]

@@Dudelsackpfeifer Anarchism mean no leaders or rules, he literally mean a capitalism with no one to regulate them who do what they want.

[@The1andonlyAbber]

LOL I sure am glad that firemen aren't like that today:-)

[@punkwrestle]

Depends on where you live in some areas of the USA the fire department is a voluntary fee. The problem is, if your house caught fire they would only rescue any people trapped inside, they wouldn’t take the payment after your house is on fire they would just make sure it didn’t spread to any homes that were paid up.

[@lovesingread]

Lawry- "If you're not insured, we won't help at all!"

[@PottersVideos2]

And even if you are, we still won't without your papers. :D

[@IAsimov]

Keep in mind, that sort of shit had been the norm since the times of the Romans. Marcus Licinius Crassus, a Roman plutocrat and the (karmic) Fool of Carrhae, was particularly infamous for having become rich for not just having his own fire department, but letting houses burn down so he could buy the terrain where the ashes lay. It wasn't until Nero, of all people, made the Vigiles Urbani (public watchmen akin to the police) also perform public fire brigades, and enacted codes in order to prevent this sort of shite.

[@sophiew1658]

There's only one thing i can do Marshmallow

[@keepit350]

This is bloody hilarious, and history should be like this funny!

[@BennyLlama39]

I wonder how many firefighters had flintlock pistols shoved up their noses as *"Put out that f@&kin' fire!"* was screamed in their ear.

[@ChildOfTheWilderness]

It's unlikely most civilians had guns to threaten anyone with

[@BennyLlama39]

@@ChildOfTheWilderness It was meant as a remark about the incompetence, corruption, etc. of firefighters these guys portrayed. 🙂

[@Fishfingers232]

@@BennyLlama39 They weren't incompetent or corrupt, maybe a bit heartless and extremely profit-driven but they were playing by the rules of the time.

[@whovianhistorybuff]

If the building next to her was insured with say the royal exchange she may have gotten the R,E fireman to tackle it by pointing out that if he didn't the fire could spread to next door, it was this problem that eventually let to the fire brigades banding together into a full municipal fire brigade that would tackle any blaze in any building.

[@Fresharies]

Hey! Just like in modern society!

[@Oxley016]

Modern US health'care' system

[@drtrekwars]

It would be ironic if she was roasting marshmallows when the fire started....

[@EditorOfSL]

Well, marshmallows weren’t invented then. And they’re American, anyway, not British.

[@madabbafan]

@@EditorOfSL they go back as far as ancient Egypt and were reserved for the rich so they were invented and not American. Although the US were the first to mass produce the slop that has become popular as mashmallow

[@williamlockhartnelson8873]

......This is the US medical industry....

[@AudieHolland]

Have they also done a sketch about the firebrigade of classical Rome?

[@ethanlaffitte4594]

1:17 The kids in school when u have gum

[@tobotron]

Tom Scott pointed out that this isn't historical accurate: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZrJYnh3nKqEgas

[@Agent1W]

It's like the old expression: everybody has his price!

[@Agent1W]

Good old-fashioned do-it-yourself solutions that are probably better than the public option, and less tax money too! :D

[@sweetuncertainty5619]

i love this stuff

[@EleanorWhite-ml9xw]

I like Mathew Baynton very much I always have and I always will💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@scottishgirl0918]

I would have chosen Ben or matt to put out the fire lol

[@aroaceautisticsashajames1832]

Same 🥰🥰🥰

[@bankrobber6993]

Yesh But it's Mat

[@bi_cycle]

I'd just jump into the fire so they could carry me out. Either one I'm not fussy

[@bankrobber6993]

@@bi_cycle LMAO XD

[@niseplank4527]

They're the ones causing the fires.

[@asheep7797]

Can't believe HH told a lie to us! I'll just move to QI and Tom Scott.

[@Maergensargoth]

That's the way it all started ;D

[@kernelist1]

that's what happen today when you left your driver license at home and police ask for it

[@joebleasdale5557]

Anyone else coming here after the Tom Scott video debunking this?

[@asheep7797]

Anyone here after the World Trade Centers fell?

[@jimthebee7445]

0.52 arguing arguing just put out my fire!

[@ChildOfTheWilderness]

Not everyone can afford that price

[@MyTeenLifeLoLTV]

I'll choose MATT

[@bankrobber6993]

Yesh me toooo Except it's Mat

[@crabsy6452]

Im sure she asks if she can borrow a bucket and all 3 say no

[@KevlarNinja]

HA-HA-HA! Good one! xD

[@emilyworrall123]

more buckets and bigger pumps ohh i bet you do

[@Mourtzouphlos240]

This has to be why we're so fat in the USA if those are the kinds of marshmellows they have overseas.

[@emilyboustead1100]

defo

[@corid.2197]

Fireman feud.

[@tr9809]

Ah privatisation, it's the way forward

[@mrgopnik5964]

Well privatization is mostly a good thing, but there are always some exceptions

[@jameshumphreys9715]

Or the way backwards

[@Eli_Is_Cool]

@@jameshumphreys9715 Into hell...

[@nicholaswatson3896]

Yum marshmallow

[@PottersVideos2]

Yes Ma'am. :D

[@isramubashar5080]

DingalingalingalingalingaLING!

[@ahsansiddiqui4263]

basically life in Karachi!

[@GalenNight]

You think that’s bad Roman Marcus Lincinius Crassus did this too. He had his own fire brigade and would come to a house and make you sell it to him to put the fire out. If you did, you’d have to buy your house back from him. If you didn’t, well then you lose your house

[@Martin_Z555]

tom scott did a video about this recently. seems this wasnt really how tings went. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZrJYnh3nKqEgas

[@alastryona]

Is this a joke about history or a dig at American (non) Healthcare...

[@DustyGamma]

It's about vital lifesaving services being handled by private companies that are purely driven by profit.

[@alastryona]

Yeah that's the point

[@madabbafan]

No it is actually how fire brigades in Britian worked at the time. The firemen having a fight over who got their first instead of putting it out was also common as whoever got there first were the ones to be paid by the home owner.

[@alastryona]

@@madabbafan Yeah I'm sure it is! It just reminded me of our fucked up healthcare system where you have to pay to not die////////////////////////////

[@Tareltonlives]

Both

[@PottersVideos2]

The privatised railway (thankfully soon to be nationalised again) in a nutshell...

[@michaelgauntner2083]

Is this Georgia USA or Georgia the country?

[@wackojacko0295]

No its the Georgian era of British history, the era with four king Georges

[@ChildOfTheWilderness]

Yes But some people would regard that as a violation of "freedom", especially in America. Apparently it is better to have your life decided by the profit-motive than it is by what is right

[@censorduck]

God forbid people get the right to choose to buy what they want rather than just get whatever inefficient dreck the government came up with.

@@censorduck spotted the brainwashed american libertarian... seriously, you lot need to rethink your values, because to the rest of the world they are MESSED UP

[@censorduck]

@ Lol not an American. And if it's wrong to want a world where people live peacefully through voluntary exchange, I hope I'm never right.

[@punkwrestle]

Censor Duck Have fun in Somalia, where you don’t have to worry about the government getting involved with your life.

[@censorduck]

@@punkwrestle "Muh-Somalia" You do realise that warlords and violent gangs are almost no different to government right? Also if you like governments making every decision that affects your life, why aren't you in North Korea, or china?

[@x66Hawk66x]

come here because of tom scot.

[@dixievfd55]

Pay to spray. :P

[@hannahhelenharkness4942]

HANNAH HELEN HARKNESS

[@villain5674]

Video is false, the first three fire brigades to show up to a fire would get paid, and any after that wouldn't and would usually stand off, which is probably where this folktale came from. And it makes no sense to just not put out a fire, economically its good because it protects nearby buildings that ARE insured, and morally it's good, obviously. And people didn't have documents to state which brigade they were with, they had a sign pinned to the front of their house

[@CianPTynan]

It's been revealed that this is actually fake!

[@ChildOfTheWilderness]

Good old selfish private industry

[@kittycat3170]

Well that's not nice

[@Tareltonlives]

Not sure if Georgian or just libertarian

[@ivy456]

I rather pay more tax

[@flofish5869]

rubbish