Jack Lang: The Greatest Australian of All Time

A short history lesson about Jordan's hero, the greatest Australian of all time: Jack Lang.
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[@friendlyjordies]

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[@MikeRBurns]

Get afterpay mate and I'd buy shirts from you a lot more.

[@ivanmcloughlin5798]

No

[@MikeRBurns]

@@ivanmcloughlin5798 a compelling rebuttal 🤔

[@ravingsofa...6]

Fark yeah got one! Sick carnt on a shirt!

[@MrSomethingred]

What if I want just a badge!

[@trueKorvus]

He died when he was three months away from being 100. Probably didn't want a letter from the Queen. Badass.

[@edwinpiggott630]

He died when he was 98 according to my reliable source, Wikipedia.

[@trueKorvus]

@@edwinpiggott630 Oh yeah, me math do well not good.

[@Mcmotherfuckingrory]

@@trueKorvus That's unpossible!

[@wobblysauce]

Close enough it was a rounding error.

[@maricareizele]

@@edwinpiggott630 Same age as Gough.

[@lizardkingsliwinski4031]

When my Father was a teenager he worked for Jack Lang as his gardener and Lang would regale him about interesting political stories and just general gossip about politicians he had to face off against back in the day. Lang was also cool enough to insist on being a reference on my Dad's resume.

[@loomhigh]

that is dope as hell. did he retell you his goss?

[@oliverp3545]

Legends survive the passage of time and it seems your dad was blessed by one.

[@lizardkingsliwinski4031]

@@loomhigh The main goss that I can recall is the typical thing of many of the Liberals were corrupt and being paid off and or really loved cheating on their wives with prostitues. The thing I like being told was that apparently when Jack went to go collect his stuff from his office and leave, on the way out of the building someone opened the door for him and said that they were so ashamed about what had happened and what will continue to happen. Jack gave his thanks and proceeded to walk out knowing that he made his mark but he would most likely never be able to do anything in politics ever again. In his later years, Jack seemed to just lay low, every so often attend footy games while smoking a big cigar and was always up for telling stories of what things were like back then.

[@lizardkingsliwinski4031]

@@oliverp3545 Very true! We actually did learn about him in High School, mainly about the bridge and I annoyed my teacher because I already knew more about it than he did.

[@Triforceman1]

What a sweetheart

[@bonlouis8808]

Lang was the mentor of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating, who had Lang re-instated back into the Labor Party. Lang’s more famous quotes: - “I don’t need to leave the country to know how to run it” ( in reference to the many Prime Ministers who would constantly travel to Europe) - “In the political race, always back the horse named ‘self-interest’” - “You may think you have a lot of time when you first start in Canberra but you don’t. Get as much done as you can, knowing your political career could end at anytime” Although I don’t think Lang would’ve been a fan of half your videos

[@HelmetmanTheSwede]

Lol

[@EmperorTigerstar]

Haha! Glad to see you finally made a video yourself. Always great to watch your stuff.

[@matthewphilpott8377]

Two of my favourite you tubers like each other, how exciting

[@TotoDG]

As soon as I saw the notification for this video, I clicked on it and looked down to find your response.

[@DumbCrazyStupid]

Watched your video too Tigerstar, absolutely amazing I definitely recommend everyone to go sus that vid out too

[@justiceforjoggers2897]

it's time to commission the world's best yaoi crossover

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

Kudos to you EmperorTigerStar for documenting him earlier.

[@johnlane8053]

I can't believe the first time I heard about Jack Lang was on a Hearts of Iron IV mod called Kaiserreich. I'm a History major at University who studied two Australian history subjects and still hadn't heard of him!

[@SussyFortnite]

"They" don't want you to know who he was

[@Macmumoz]

That's weird. I went to High School in the 80's and I learnt about him then.

[@nudayproductions3239]

@@SussyFortnite that's how "they" get ya

[@trainshavewheels]

Shows you how pointless modern tertiary education is.

[@matthewshanks3684]

whoa that’s messed up

[@armasaurusrex3158]

As a future English and History teacher, I'll make damn sure my students know more about this.

[@johnmatrix5737]

Good way to get sacked mate, Jack Lang is a big no-no in public schooling

[@thebhs0517]

@@johnmatrix5737 could you actually? Surely telling a story from Australian political history isn't a sackable offence?

[@johnmatrix5737]

@@thebhs0517 no not sacked, they basically don't select you when you have to apply for your own job again at the end of the year. Mind you, at this public school one of the History teachers had 'Communism Term' and had soviet flag and big posters of Stalin, Lenin and Trotsky on the wall. Wish I was lying, but any hint of Nationalism is not really tolerated and I've even seen Chinese parents complaining to the schools if communism is criticised. I loved teaching, but am now happily back in private industry

[@fatpotatoe6039]

Don’t teach it contributes nothing to society unless you’re a maths teacher

[@andysmith5806]

@@johnmatrix5737 I may have gone to that school. We had those pictures in one of the only rooms that still had a chalkboard.

[@marble_wraith]

Is it just me or would anyone else like to see a video series. "History with Jordies"? Where it's just Shanks pounding out video's, one per half-decade or decade, about the true Australian history and prominent figures, rather than that pathetic dribble they make you sit through in high school. You know that vacuous crap that means practically nothing : "Blah blah gallipoli, blah, phar lap, blah."

[@maricareizele]

Like all that stuff about Cook circumnavigating Australia?

[@theadventuresofzoomandbettie]

I would legitimately love that.

[@James-fw5ew]

@@maricareizele circumnavigation ya reakon?

[@deadsetdickhead]

@@illiiilli24601 Oh heck yeah, I forgot about that, but it has crossed my mind before; Why tf are we prioritising gambling culture in our history curriculum, and in a positive light? Disgraceful in my opinion. Definitely one of the worst taught subjects and it really destroyed my interest in what would have been a really interesting topic to study.

[@centipede167]

Like the Australian version of Count Dankula's madlads?

[@Medafets]

“In the great game of life always back self-interest, because at least you know it’s trying” - A Lang quote that Paul Keating, and later Turnbull, are quite fond of.

[@geoffkelly66]

Yes, self-interest was something that Keating was very familiar with .... but he was no Jack Lang by a long shot.... more like a Joe Lyons

[@mirellatorrisi1397]

@@geoffkelly66 Not sure about this POV. Lang was his mentor. He would visit Lang frequently. Keating operated in a different world and did more than ANYONE could have in the 80s and 90s. Keating isn't spotless, no one is perfect, but you can see the influence clearly. Fo rme- Keating is our second greatest PM after Curtin. Then Chifley, Then Whitlam, Then Hawke.

[@lukeslayer]

Ok, it's official, I a proud Victorian am getting my Ned Kelly tattoo lasered off and replaced by a Jack Lang tattoo. What a bloody legend.

[@duckman12569]

'such is life' thinks the ink as it slides off his skin

[@mecosario9022]

Good idea, Australia needs actual folk heroes

[@jamesleadbeatter3632]

@@duckman12569 get a collection going

[@Arbner]

I think if labour had politicians of his stature & character today, they would easily win more elections. Lang - to me at least - encompassed the values and personality of the average Australian far more than Scomo.

[@madiis18account]

Daniel Andrews comes to mind

[@RictusHolloweye]

Maybe so, but have you noticed how the Liberal Party can put forward snivelling goblins with a history of being caught out lying and still win? In contrast Labor has to be perfect. They have to put forward policy, but not too much policy. Be aggressive but not too aggressive. Make no mistakes, not even in a casual, off the cuff remark. Even then they might lose to the snivelling goblin if Rupert can find a way to spin something they said (or something they never said, reality doesn't matter) into a scary boogeyman. It is endlessly frustrating that we, as a country, will readily vote for open corruption and cruelty if Murdoch tells us to... which he usually does.

[@Arbner]

@@RictusHolloweye sure there is a media element to that, but a lot of the time the more progressive members of the Labour Party tout themselves as angels, so when they stuff up it’s very easy to criticise them. On the other hand the liberals tout them self as true blues and act boyish so it’s much easier for them to swipe away criticism. If labour politicians acted a lot more boyish and brute like the media would still attack them but it would be harder for it to stick and they would come of as petulant.

[@edwinpiggott630]

What about the quiet Australians?

[@RictusHolloweye]

@@Arbner - "the more progressive members of the Labour Party tout themselves as angels" I'm not sure that is the case. After all it's usually the Liberal party members who tout their religious convictions as an indication of their own morality. The current prime minister even invited the media to film him attending his church. This is the very definition of virtue signalling, and I'm not sure that there have been many equivalent examples from the Labor party.

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

Jordie, you should do a more full on program on the Great Depression in Australia, the Theodore Plan, the Lang Plan, the Premier's Plan and the Lang Labor split. This was a hugely important period in the course of our history.

[@BasedPotat0]

I second this

[@petesmitt]

Lang got booted from the Labor Party during WW2 and Paul Keating got him back in when he was 94..

[@mrdth1012]

Shaun Micallef is a qualified lawyer. Can you imagine him representing someone? I want to commit a crime just so I can hire him.

[@maricareizele]

Does Shaun Micallef not make anyone laugh, or is it just me?

[@smadcore]

@@maricareizele I've loved him since the Micallef Pogramme. I'ts just you.

[@geetuz]

His parody of liberal party politics on the Micallef Programme is insanely good. Very very intelligent comedian.

[@ryanjacobs2864]

When will you stop making me do things!? i joined Bank Australia, switched to ecosia, unsubscribed from the herald, and now i've bought your shirt

[@TheFieryluck]

Did you buy his onlyfans?

[@stefaniepodsiadly6244]

which video convinced you to switch banks? - would love to watch

[@soymaster1625]

How dare you equate D&D with a photo of that thing.

[@ksam7969]

It was a recall joke to how scummo likes to rewrite the rules to serve himself and rig the game in favour of his owners at the minerals council, plus to his weak physical stature.

[@oliverp3545]

So just a GM? not even a player? So it doesn't count. GM's are just drawn from a gene pool of leeches and so most of the time they are; except for that one friend of your's who likes D&D and gets you all to play 3rd edition.

[@mooninc.185]

So hes the teddy roosevelt but Australian? Fuck yeah! He even started his own party after getting dismissed splitting the vote which is almost exactly what happened with teddy

[@cvdxxli1004]

Politically Lang would be much closer to a Huey P. Long than a Theodore Roosevelt.

[@mooninc.185]

@@cvdxxli1004 I mean I'm talking more personality and attitude wise.

[@rodswanson9234]

I can remember my grandfather talking about Jack Lang. He told me the English had warships off Sydney heads and jack standing down was the only thing that prevented a general uprising against the brits and their cronies.

[@davidrenton]

they were British, it's like an uprising against your parents, and come on Aussies lost a war against Emu', what chance did they have against the Royal Navy, i.e. no chance. Australians aren't, i.e. at the time they were colonizers on the whole, they aren't the noble savage, the poor indigenous people, they are the people who settled in Australia, or were put there because they were naughty. It was those people who mistreated the locals and remember Australia was getting far more through it's bonds to the UK than the other way round

[@FreyaofCerberus]

Wow, I am Australian, born and live in NSW and have a degree in Modern History and i knew none of this about Jack Lang. I'll spread the good word Jordies, Lang sounds awesome.

[@xyaeiounn]

Comments like this chill me. I try to drop interesting history bits to my kids, gently, but their education is entirely preparation for sitting in a cube and shopping.

[@fatpotatoe6039]

@@xyaeiounn they don’t get educated

[@David-lr2vi]

@@fatpotatoe6039 They get taught to be good little consumers and not to think critically.

[@fatpotatoe6039]

@@David-lr2vi Not really. They just don’t get taught. If anything they get taught NOT to be consumers with all the environmentalist content from primary through to high school.

[@JameZayer]

It's in some of the old textbooks, that breifly cover between the two World Wars. It paints Jack Lang as some radical who refused to pay debts... but fails to go into details about how Australia was basically being bled by both the USA and UK. It's one of the reasons why Australia had rationing well into the mid 50s.

[@DistrustingToaster]

True story, my great great grandfather (my grandma’s grandad) was called Lancelot Lang (which is fucking sick) and was from NSW, and no power on this Earth will convince me I’m not related to this glorious man.

[@Tanzadog1]

G'day Harley

[@RDDHopsing77]

Schools did teach a lot about Jack Lang and how great he was. But that was many years ago. Back when Australia had a decent education system. At a time when according to all educational indicators it was at the top worldwide. A time before the Lib's (starting with Menzies) stuffed it up.

[@AshArcher]

As someone who teaches VCE students about Jack Lang - I salute you for keeping his legacy going, Jordan

[@phillipleeds296]

When I worked in the NSW Parliament in he late 1970s and early 80s, an very elderly gent would come in regularly to pick up,copies of Hansard. He had been private secretary to a minister in Jack Lang’s first government. Had some interesting tales about Lang. Another fun fact. The then Labor member for Newcastle had been a PoW in Germany in WW2 and was put to work writing in chalk the destinations of German troop trains on the side of the carriages. He incurred the wrath of a German soldier - and a broken jaw - when the soldier saw him writing “LANG IS RIGHT” on the trains.

[@andrewmetcalfe9898]

Legend!

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

Thanks heaps Jordie for featuring The Big Fella. (Edit: Sorry I wrote the following by before I was halfway through the video and saw you mentioned all this.) He undoubtedly had autocratic tendencies but he was dealing with a vastly unjust system with a "born to rule" class and fascists on his right and Communists on his left (it is important to remember that with the possible exception of WW1, there was no greater time of political strife in Australia with even a plot to oust Scullin in a coup and replace him with Monash... Monash had no interest). If Scullin had listened to him and had his backbone, we would have fared much better during the Depression. And the sacking of Lang was undoubtedly a coup. Lang undoubtedly made life so much better for poor and working people. My grandmother who grew up in his electorate always spoke glowingly of him.

[@JingleJangleJam]

@Joseph McDermott Yet we can't forget, that despite his detractor's pointing out of his autocratic level of sway and power he held over the people, indeed Jack Lang did step down peacefully, and not use this power for his own dictatorship when he could have tried to do so - a similar parallel to how George Washington stepped down peacefully while still head of the United States revolutionary army, despite being asked by some to retain supreme rulership.

[@rodrigoacuna4066]

Hands down one of the best videos Friendlyjordies has ever made. I’ll be sharing it on all my social media and buying the pin and t-shit. Champion!!!

[@peterhall4086]

You need to do a show on Ben Chifley. Best PM Australia ever had. My political team to make Australia great again, would be Lang and Chifley.

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

A toss up between Chifley and Curtin IMHO. Curtin's domestic record is overlooked because of WW2. But much of Curtin's importance was laying the groundwork for preparing for the postwar economy, while the war was still raging on, making sure that many of the mistakes of both the post WW1 and Depression periods were not made again. Yes, Chifley was his Treasurer, so definitely a toss up between the two.

[@andrewmetcalfe9898]

Lang and Chif hated each other.

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

@@andrewmetcalfe9898 this is true.

[@mirellatorrisi1397]

@@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns Curtin comes first for me. It might just be me, but it;s how he STUCK IT to Churchill

[@gregrudd6983]

Actually between 1946 and 49 both Chifley and Lang were in the Federal parliament together with Lang as the ALP-NC leader. After reading the hansard its quite clear that Lang was a far better debater than Chifley let alone Menzies. You can see where Keating got his style from.

[@WordBearersChaos]

Very happy to see you cover the Big Fella himself Jordies. The guy is an Australian historical treasure

[@_____7704]

Get PJK on he will tell you all about Jack Lang...

[@teampeas3723]

Sick idea!

[@landcruiserfan4206]

I would be over the moon if Jordies got PK on!!! He should do a 3 hour long interview

[@geoffkelly66]

Lang would be embarrassed to be mentioned in the same sentence as Keating

[@d00mch1ld]

Cannot agree more, Lang mentored Keating. I was not born early enough to meet Lang, to young to meet Whitlam and missed out on Hawke. These leaders need more air time and their memories need to be preserved.

[@mirellatorrisi1397]

@@d00mch1ld Thanks he did Mentor Keating and I want an interview with Paul Keating desperately which goes for three hours minimum which must include his take on EVERYTHING that's happened in the last five years and his predictions for our Foreign Policy and Economy.

[@TotoDG]

“The only good assets of the ABC are Phillip Adams and Shaun Micallef; other than that, nuke it to the ground.” But where else are we gonna get quality programming like Play School and Round The Twist?

[@14DANESSJ]

Or Media Watch

[@TheBunnan]

And Bluey. You'll appreciate it once you have kids 👍

[@brodjefferson3513]

Round the twist was made by the ACTF and first aired on channel 7. Has nothing to do with the ABC really

[@adrianapeace3601]

i actually did get to learn about lang at school, but not the trade union hall money guarding part. absolute fucking king .

[@turbostyler]

HELL YEAH! This is the video I was hoping you'd make! Jack Lang is a legend! No wonder Keating was as awesome as he was, as he got mentored by the master!

[@thisguydud3]

This is the most morally acceptable shilling I've ever seen!

[@pnutz_2]

I hope this eventually leads to the Keating interview

[@mirellatorrisi1397]

YESSSSSS

[@d00mch1ld]

I am almost certain Boss coffee used his facial profile as their logo.

[@SkavvySkaven]

YESSS JORDIE NEEDS TO KNOW THIS STAT

[@ItsMrSkeltal]

Boss coffee uses Tommy Lee Jones as the logo. He's on pretty much every ad of theirs in Japan.

[@feelingevaporated2912]

Huh? Boss Coffee has been extremely popular in Japan for decades, it’s based on an American man. The original has him smoking a pipe, our nanny state couldn’t handle that

[@brendancskinner]

It's American writer William Faulkner

[@changnoiboi]

My favourite episode so far, well done mate. I really learnt something today.

[@MaxSteel-ot4ik]

As soon as you said you were profiteering from this man's memory I liked the video. Glob bless you Jordies..

[@smokingprimate4729]

good job jordies we need to spread the message of the labor greats of yester year

[@ostleela9024]

Blursed, how good is it watching Gladys screw the COVID response up.

[@somerandomperson9724]

Yeah and the sky news coverage of it compared to the shit they put on Daniel Andrews

[@skyrimmer6635]

Hi Leela; It is amusing however it may fuck us all in the end.

[@L-92761]

Yeah it’s good until people die though

[@kerrumz1]

Not enjoying it now that she has exported it back to Victoria. NSW doesn't get what we went through to be COVID free. Took less than a month after the borders opened for her to fuck it all up for us. Gladys "everyone please like me" Berejiklian is the weakest leader in the country next to shitty Scomo. She like him has not taken the pandemic seriously once.

[@daemonisedone4256]

@@kerrumz1 all premiers who caved to scomo are weak marshall in my state is an absolute flog.

[@davidhogg10]

When my mate and I got to the depression topic in Aus. History and learnt of Lang, we fell in love with him. Debated with our classmates over how his plan and management was the best. Good times

[@TheAthooper]

alright. boxing match i most want to see between historical figures: Jack Lang, and my man Teddy Roosevelt

[@dyllonfoley6831]

I'm surprised you know who GG Allin is. What an absolute mad lad.

[@RhiDElton]

My great grandfather used to ride the train with Jack Lang in Vineyard when they went to work. And yes. He confirmed, very tall.

[@trigga5291]

Highly recommend having a beer at the Green Dragon.

[@thewokestoner8528]

You forgot to mention ABC's third and final good asset. Tom Gleeson!

[@Unity721]

For what it's worth I was taught about Lang in school in years 7-8; this was about 15ish years ago

[@youraveragebinchicken6807]

What a legend. I know that term is used loosely in this country, but he really was a real legend.

[@corneliusmaze-eye2459]

I do remember learning about Jack Lang in High School, and how he built the Harbour Bridge. But I also remember learning how it was a bad thing that Lang took the money from the reserve, and how that very picture you showed us, was shown with the words 'LABOR LOSS' next to it. Basically, there's a hint of demonisation there.

[@daveyewart4289]

awesome work

[@Kick_it_forward]

Far out what a new year treat LANG 4PM

[@CiceroSolo]

Your comment about the source of the debt is actually factually incorrect. The great bulk of the debt was derived from huge loans from the British in the 20s to expand the industrial capacity of the Australian economy. Of course, charging that level of interest during the Depression was pretty horrible. I had an amazing history teacher who thought us all about Lang in highschool and I'm in Victoria. Australian history from him was basically unions, unions, unions.

[@ProfDCoy]

That's true, BUT it brings up the bigger problem with banks. It's not just that they're war profiteers (which they are): it's that they play the game of "heads I win, tails you lose). Thanks to the power of compound interest, in the good economic times they make back two or three times what they lend to you in the first place which is...fine. Kind of exorbitant, but I'm not going to argue here about how we could do without usury. But when thinga go bad (like a GFC, which is often caused by the banks in the first place)...tails you lose! The banks get bailed out, regular people lose their homes and their jobs, and then banks, bondholders and corporations band together to force governments worldwide to adopt austerity programs (read:cutting social welfare when people most need them) all so that government can "pay it's debts" because you have to pay your debts right? But this is ignoring further questions like "why can't you renegotiate debts in times of economic hardship (rich people do that after all)?" Or "who are we in debt to and why?" (answer:because governments today run on bonds, which really just means debt to rich people who should just be paying that money in taxes, not sucking a welfare check from government to pay for the things that we all need.) The moral power of "but you have to pay your debts" is really hard to break, even while the long trend in history shows that the money lender is just as if not more in the wrong. Lamb's counterargument was "yes you lent us the money, but everyone in the world is struggling right now,and if the only way to pay you back on time is to make my own people starve then fuck you." The banks didn't like that. That's why he hated the banks.

[@ProfDCoy]

Interesting talk here about debt and banks and such: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYuseoGOnax3mdU A lot of umms and lip smacking, but if you can get past that there's a lot to chew on to understand where Lang might have been coming from.

[@duckman12569]

But... The President of America (tm) said The Banks were Too Big to fail! Or was that the corporations were too big... And yeah, I wonder how many people examine their programmed hate of the unions. The corps didn't give workers rights because they felt sorry for them. Maybe a tiny fraction of the workforce got benefits so they could poach workers from one another... No, it's been the unions. Wouldn't know it to hear the average Australian discussing what the unions did for our people.

[@albanui6354]

Classic Aussie behaviour: play the Gallipoli card and blame old mother Britain. D I S G U S T I N G

[@missrachael1709]

@@duckman12569 Absolutely, the negative narrative around unions is plain ignorant. The Libs have somehow managed to talk workers into voting against themselves. Crazy. Absolutely there are issues around corruption (that's what you get when you give a select few too much power and pay them loads of $...our governments anybody?) but unions are the primary reason most of us can go to work today, hopefully not die and afford to feed & shelter ourselves adequately. Credit where it's due imho.

[@bucket-lol-k]

FriendlyJordies! I actually did learn about Jack Lang at my school, although I learnt it in South Australia, it was still fascinating.

[@davet80000]

given how many guys that were in the lang gang on the FJ discord (RIP), this video is no shocker

[@ollisayshi9017]

we’re covering jack lang in my history unit soon, i’m so hyped

[@Woodex80085]

There was also the so called Melbourne agreement, which all other Labor premiers/ federal government agreed to, but Lang went against, which argued that living standards were to high in Australia, and that wages should be cut to help the great depresstion. Goat.

[@joeadams1225]

Keating referred to Lang frequently but I was too distracted to research him. Thanks Friendly, It's Time!

[@onalos1271]

I'd like see your channel hit 1000000 subs in 2021.

[@ravingsofa...6]

“An age where stick beatings were so common that they had their own word”. 😂

[@milesellis2847]

Razor gangs ruled the inner suburbs

[@JingleJangleJam]

It's something we need to bring back . ... *closely brandishes stick to youtube trolls*

[@visiblytransparent]

Australia needs another progressive with a backbone like Lang. But we don't deserve it with our voting history.

[@nikk2932]

We had/have one. Good old K Rudd.

[@lc-jc2ly]

What do you mean by "progressive"? And how did Lang fit into that?

[@ogb2391]

@@nikk2932 Rudd was eh. There’s a reason the entire Labor government ousted him, he was incapable of leading. Still better than any other Liberal leader but not great.

[@visiblytransparent]

@@lc-jc2ly He was a reformist in the interests of the people who voted him in. Innovative...progressive.

[@lc-jc2ly]

@@visiblytransparent "Progressive" can mean many different things depending on who you ask. By modern standards he wouldn't be considered progressive.

[@TheDreamingBean]

Mr Jordies, please keep making these videos. I love history and would love for you to do more of these!

[@bandmole]

More popular than Earth #langgang

[@wosd]

Aw I was waiting for the Avi video

[@genuine4633]

bout time you made a jack lang vid jordan

[@VladaldTrumptin]

Love it ! Buying a shirt and a badge. Thanks for this I’d never heard of the legend

[@mirellatorrisi1397]

I was saving this for awhile. I needed it today. When can you interview PJK? I have been waiting for that FOREVER. He is the only person on this planet I want to meet.

[@he.5865]

Aye, I'm reading Keating atm

[@starksanchez3812]

Thank you for all your work this year. Hope you had a good christmas and new year.

[@robertwilson7308]

We need somebody like him now

[@dymaxion3988]

So oversimplified’s visual of the depression in Australia from the emu war video (UK towing Aus’s car off a cliff) is actually pretty accurate!

[@TheHolyCheese75]

Words can't describe my appreciation for you Jordan and this channel 🙌 Jack Lang should be the standard for leaders in this country. I wasn't aware until now and I'm so greatful to be informed. I am however f*cking furious that neither this nor anything on Whitlam was taught in schools whilst I attended from 2003-2015. This MUST be crucial knowledge in the Australian education system.

[@gregrudd6983]

The reason why it is not because it would drum up sympathy for Australian Republicanism

[@agoodname8111]

"Jack Lang deserves to be PM" no he deserves to be the one doing the swirly

[@boltonjack]

What a beast. Loving these colourful retrospectives on Australian politics!

[@KevKavanagh]

Just watched this again because I felt I needed to. My dad was a staunch admirer.

[@skyrimmer6635]

Hi Jordies Thank you for the history lesson

[@redforgs4748]

Finally the merch I’ve been wait since the podcast episode

[@msgasmdc107]

Thought I should mention I saw a bloke with a Barilaro Bruz shirt come into my work last night, New Years Eve. Was very gratifying

[@rabidporcupine0]

I know it was just a joke, but being a bit of a dnd nerd myself, something about calling Scomo one really bugs me. I think it's because A, he seems like the kind of person who would legitimately scoff at people for playing it, and B, it takes a little bit of brain work to figure out some of the mechanics in those handbooks, and I'm not really that convinced he even knows how to read.

[@richardmarriott2752]

Good vid. My history lecturer back in the day, Andrew Moore, would have agreed with you.

[@iownyoubyfailing]

Another rotation around the sun. Another vid from the one of the few media sources worth watching in Auz.

[@brittenmusic6923]

How i regret not seeing him speak at probably one of his last speaking tours in the 1970's.

[@PWhiting]

Australian schools and their teachers would love to teach about Jack Lang, but every time the libs get in they change the curriculum again to make it more about the impact of BUSINESS & BANKS on building Australia. Quality!

[@johngeorgearcher]

Cowardly

[@purplepingers]

Has to go back to 1930 to find anything, ignoring the fact that the yearly surveillance bills have bipartisan support...

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

Good to see some pushback from the left. I was thinking of that woeful NAPLAN scheme that Gillard launched. You know you are doing something terrible when _The Australian_ gushes all over it.

[@nerdycaveman4547]

@gfsdrgsdrgsdrgsdrg sdrgsdrgsdrgsdrgsdrg True about Jordies woeful approval of the CCP's absolutely disgusting treatment of the urghurs and yes I'm very unlikely to support him financially because of it so I wont be buying his shirts . But he's also promoting a man who was despised by both the communists and the fascists of Australia as well as essentially creating a cash economy. Here's a video about him from an American youtuber who might be a better person to listen to and support. Also remember Lang stood down before he went through with his plans so maybe he had enough self awareness and integrity (Which Jordies did point out) to realise what he was doing was wrong which really cant be said for most politicians, authoritarian or not. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3K7gn9qg5upbs0

[@James-is1bm]

LANG IS GREATER THAN LENIN! #LangGang

[@brentoneccles]

Not even Lenin's shoelace!

[@claenerystargaryen]

Great to see you talking about Jack Lang. Let's not forget he had a very troublesome relationship with the Australian Labor Party, fighting with other leaders and leaving the movement numerous times including from 1943-1971 to run his OWN PARTY. We are in desperate need of another Jack Lang to form a similar movement at this time as both Labor and the Coalition are hopelessly controlled by the banks. Another thing to remember, he was a very strong believer in White Australia. In 'I Remember' he states: "We decided to keep this country as a citadel of the white peoples. Australia is still White Australia thanks to those who battled against those who wanted to exploit colored labor for their own ends. We must keep it that way." Jack Lang would despise the modern Australian Labor Party... Now take my money for a shirt.

[@lakodamon]

You forgot one... ..."taught Paul Keating everything he knew about power" (Mister Keating, people will tell you that you're young and have your life ahead of you. But the truth is, you don't have a second to lose) 7:10 - I don't think Keating did a biog, but he was the source for that story.

[@luxither7354]

This is one of the best Jordie video of all time. Right behind Simpsons Impressions.

[@kamalindsey]

Today I learned Saxton Hale was a real person, he even kind of looks like Hale in some pics. What a chad.

[@TrigZeon]

I have been waiting for this video for ages. Happy new year!

[@nelliemilne1724]

This is the only video that has even a skerrik of a chance of making my boomer tony Abbott obsessed father from thinking a bit differently about politics. My dad would know everything about Lang but still thinks the LNP are sacrosanct. This comedic spin could do it. Chances slim to none but yeah. I can dream

[@mirellatorrisi1397]

How did it go with your dad? I have a sad story for you, my Aunt voted LNP her whole life, then started dying of cancer. I was her carer and advocate and had to explain to her why the health system was in crisis and why she couldn't access services and why basically everything sucked. She died before she could vote again. She said to me how much she regretted it.

[@tomiantenna7279]

I am fucking IN with the Lang Gang, bruz!

[@starksanchez3812]

The music is always 10/10 in Jordan's videos. I get chills.

[@thehodgi1]

Did anyone scroll back up to check if he actually changed his name to friendlykickarsies?

[@wiinux]

this deserves way more views

[@johndehaan339]

Excellent History lesson, well done Jordan. 👏👏👏

[@misterx008]

We need a Jordans history series

[@jacksonjguyguadagnino5792]

The moon is my new favorite FriendlyJordies character!

[@moldiworp9143]

Phillip Adams looks like Hide the Pain Harold and I love it.

[@willymunksby7518]

ever since i listened to the pod about him, ive been waiting

[@peterarmstrong8613]

Thank you Jordie for this very educational Australian Political History lecture. You should do these more often. Paul Keating will enjoy seeing this. Well done, keep up the good work.

[@Tammy-lc5cy]

man I'm so glad Burgerkreig shouted you out

[@d00mch1ld]

Buying a shirt. Thanks.

[@fuchsiebabe]

Yesss I've been hoping you'd make a Lang video. Awesome way to tie off 2020. ✌