Why Brazil Should have become a Superpower | The Life & Times of Pedro II

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[@JackRackam]

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[@JNSP-kk7py]

Hi

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

"May God grant me this last wish: Peace and Prosperity for Brazil." - Pedro II

[@mayoandbananasandwich6527]

Hey Jack will you be playing with us again? Maybe we could remake the Imperial Union lol *I was Korea btw now I’m Turkey

[@byzantineboi8345]

Jack I haven’t said this for 2 videos now but.... MAKE A VIDEO OF FLAVIUS GERMANUS

[@Cumnerevar]

Hey when does the game begin I am Germany by the way

[@fungustheturd4004]

To make people even sadder Pedro II right at the moment that he was entering the ship that would send him back to Europe he filled a bottle with a bit of the Brazilian soil so he could have a bit of Brazil with him while in his exile

[@bielcrippa6783]

Fungus TheTurd he was buried with it

[@luccatorres8584]

It was a pillowcase. And yes, he was burried with it, so he could rest on the land he loved. Legend says It was the only thing he took when leaving...

[@liamhair5783]

It was copacabana beech sand

[@emc8476]

@@luccatorres8584 what a legend and a true patriot It reminds me of some of the romanian writers that even on their death bed they wished the best for the country. The same with the first king of romania that was a german, but decided to declare war on germany to prove his loyalty in WW1

[@Nimai_Aquino]

@@luccatorres8584 He took with him some books too like one old copy of Camões book and others. Quase q choro lendo sobre a partida dele. Triste demais.

[@guuuunny]

"May god grant me those last wishes, peace and prosperity to Brazil." Dom Pedro II in his deathbed.

[@flowerthencrranger3854]

Brazilians: O que é prosperidade véi?

[@massimoscognamiglio7369]

Didn't work

[@gustavomolinari7522]

Wasn’t conceived....

[@waltermelo1033]

Dom Pedro roll's Faith ... oh 1.. sorry Dom Pedro

[@joaquimgianini1234]

God was like: Naaaaah

[@edsr164]

He was asked why didn’t he fight back the coup of 1889? His answer: “I couldn’t bear the thought of brazilian blood being spilled on my account or that of my family”

[@marceloalmeida3850]

Quite hard to win back your rule when you're deposed by your own military forces. And when we come in contact with litterary sources, such as Machado de Assis, the people were not really in the mood to fight for him, or for the new-born republic for that matter, no one really cared as the transition went smoothly as the real power was kept in place with the rural elites, just a change of the figure head of the state in fact.

[@luccagmb]

@@marceloalmeida3850 in fact the Brazilian navy offered to help Dom Pedro II to retake the throne, besides the population supported him, he would have a lot of help, but he insisted that he did not want to see the Brazilian blood spilled in his name. In addition, three years after the 1889 coup, a Brazilian admiral threatened to bomb Rio de Janeiro if the current president did not leave the throne, as the first years of the republic were very violent, with many civil protests.

[@marceloalmeida3850]

@@luccagmb A instabilidade dos primeiros anos da República é muito mais choque entre as oligarquias regionais, notadamente em seu exemplo, um choque interno entre os militares, do que pressão popular de um apego monárquico e, novamente, isso torna-se evidente pela ausência de uma mobilização ou sequer comoção popular por um restauração, principalmente na cidade que abrigava a Corte, o que denuncia o estado geral da monarquia brasileira em seu fim. Poderia haver um apego pela figura propagandeada de um imperador intelectual e gentil, mas não havia mais apreço à monarquia do que a república. A negação dessa realidade histórica é catarse das falhas republicanas pela projeção de um glorioso passado monárquico que nunca existiu, assim escusa-se a responsabilidade de projetar soluções reais.

[@RafitoOoO]

@@marceloalmeida3850 it was just a small part of the Army that rebelled. They exiled him within a day so they wouldn't have much time to organize. The Navy, the people and the majority of the Army where still loyal. I wonder if he knew what this shithole would look like in a hundred years if he'd still not fight.

[@JoshuaLTDS]

@@marceloalmeida3850 "[...] projeção de um glorioso passado monárquico que nunca existiu". Não tem como argumentar com fatos históricos. Em nenhuma outra época o país esteve tão bem quanto quando tinha Dom Pedro no poder. Não é questão de opinião. É só comparar: Como vai a república?

[@concept5631]

Hearing how much of a chad this man was and seeing the current state of Brazil and what it could've become makes me infuriated and I'm not even Brazilian.

[@marcosalexandre6613]

and the republicans, not the party, the guys who overthrew the monarchy, in 2 years made the inflation that never went above 2% in the empire jump to 50%, in 5 years to over 100%, they reduced the right to vote and tried at all costs to ''whiten'' Brazil, established a dictatorship that would kill anyone who went against them, all this to a few years later several of the republican leaders speek in favor of the monarchy, such as Ruy Barbosa saying that he cried when he saw the emperor leave and that he should apologize to God for what he did.

[@bullymaguire632]

@@marcosalexandre6613 so we would just become China but poor 😭😭👌👌

[@CorHellekin]

haha yeah :')

[@b66wky]

It's sad to see that every brazilian's wet dream nowadays (including mine) is to leave this country, we haven't had a good leader since Pedro II and Bolsonaro made things worse than anyone could've predicted

[@concept5631]

@@b66wky How bad has he made things?

[@scr7590]

Adding some interesting facts: In one of his trips, that Pedro II visited US, the journal New York Herald appointed him as an ideal presidential candidate for the USA, furthermore he was the most popular foreign leader back then, the people were always fascinated by his majestic character. The American Geographical Society held a special meeting with Pedro II. While giving his speech, the poet Bayard Taylor said Pedro were a friend of the American people and didn’t really appear to be a foreigner. Consequently, the Brazilian Monarch received 4000 votes in the 1876 US election, ONLY IN PHILADELPHIA, even though he wasn’t an actual candidate. According to Teresa Cribelli, assistant professor of history at the University of Alabama, Dom Pedro II's visit quickly fell into oblivion in the United States. Nevertheless, the Emperor's passage through North America would have resulted in some benefits for Brazil. The first telephone line in the country was installed at his initiative in 1877. Appreciating new technology, Dom Pedro met the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, at the Philadelphia Exhibition. According to the teacher, the emperor was also inspired by the public education system in the United States to implement free education to all children in Brazil, regardless of income.

[@jockastafernandesabbade]

That's very interesting, I didn't know about that !!!

[@juanme555]

@Carlos Gomes Bolsonaro isn't even 1% the man Dom Pedro II was.

[@AceNachos]

A kickass brazilian ruler with an overwhelming popularity? Pedro II was Lula in the XIX century!

[@juanme555]

@@AceNachos How dare you compare LULA with the GREAT DOM PEDRO II , you're revolting. Lula was a disgrace. Dom Pedro II was a bless.

[@AceNachos]

@@juanme555 ok boomer.

[@tatianadashkova2143]

Holy shit, the fact that his last words where a prayer for Brazil actually made me tear up

[@connormclernon26]

He gave his all from pretty much the start of his life to make his nation great and by the end, there just wasn’t anything left to give

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

He carried a little bit of clay from each state on exile until his deathbed. Truly a great man.

[@Threezi04]

Even more depressing is that looking at Brazil now it seems his prayer wasn't exactly answered.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@Threezi04 Look up the words of Kaiser Karl on his deathbed. These great men died for the greatness of their country and died great.

[@farabirahman6905]

superpower 😂 : h t t p s:// youtu. be/szl36EFcJ3s

[@Gabriel87100]

He's the only historical figure I know that fits into that whole "benevolent and righteous leader" in fantasy stories for real. He envisioned a future where Brazil would be prosperous, with huge potential for scientific progress and with an educated and content population, but TO THIS DAY, after he was gone, the country is still ruled by corruption, poverty and ignorance no matter the ideology at power.

[@roman1183]

The incompetent one who did nothing useful. Emperor Meiji industrialized Japan and Dom Pedro II was 50 years old, not wanting to do anything useful. He is similar to Lula, both did nothing.

[@gfv]

@@roman1183 A wild Bolsonaro fan appears!

[@glywenz5526]

@@gfv so if someone is against Lula, it instantly means they're a Bolsonaro fan? Lmao

[@kassiogomes8498]

@@glywenz5526 Bolsonaro fans love to talk about Lula.

[@glywenz5526]

@@kassiogomes8498 I mean, he did speak a fact. I would add Dilma in there as well, 🤣. All 3 did fuck All, for us it should be about time we stop defending politicians when all of them just want to fuck us all. :P

[@slimee8841]

As a Brazilian, this video almost fills my eyes with tears.This is the only true leader Brasil ever had, and like most things in our country, it ended in the least beautiful way possible

[@cseijifja]

your president of ww2 was good too i think

[@apollyon2018]

@@cseijifja "I'm gonna throw coffee into the ocean to save the economy and then kill myself!" Getúlio Vargas, probably

[@willsilent]

AVE IMPERIO!

[@MrchlRuffo]

@@cseijifja Getúlio Vargas did some good things, like turning oficial the womans right to vote, the "work passaport", and some other things. But he just react against the germans U-boat attacks almost in the end of the war and by the pressure of the people; Before the US pressure to Brasil join the war, he was trying to be an allie to Germany; And the fact that he loved fascist governments. But he was much like in the middle, being a "secret" facist, but still caring about your people.

[@TheEmolano]

​@@cseijifja yeah he was a great leader, some may even consider him better than Pedro, but he is also very controversial due to a multitude of factors(his fascist tendencies, the fact that he has betrayed several political allies, some corruption scandals, etc.). Anyway, the fact that Brazil works a little today is because Vargas managed to fix a good part of the sh*t done by the republic.

[@TheLazyBot]

Man you’re making me feel bad for a historical figure, that’s rough

[@moritamikamikara3879]

Join the club. Listened to sabatons Carolus Rex

[@FirstLast-uz6eq]

I literally cried when I found out that Julius Caesar wrote about his own mid-life crisis - that Alexander had conquered the known world by his age.

[@FirstLast-uz6eq]

@Egg Egg egg egg "This hemisphere ain't big enough for the both of us." - USA to Brazil

[@aidanmcnary-hickey6778]

Read up on emperor Aurelian and it’ll give you a reason to cry

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

@red leader's fav dude Sympathizer? Nah. Admirer of his accomplishments and condemner of his faults? That's more like it. You want a guy from history to feel sorry for because he was dealt a bad hand by his predecessors? I give you: Charles II of Spain.

[@michaelsinger4638]

Probably the best leader Brazil ever had. Sad that he came to such a lonely depressing end and had so much of his work undone by others.

[@mariaggarcia3799]

He gave up so much for Brazil but yet it was all undone in a few decades.

[@powerist209]

Just like Marcus Aurelius, but doing Five Good Emperor’s work in a lifetime and without Joaquin Phoenix as an heir.

[@scottcallahan5029]

Kinda like Justinian

[@rodrigog.c.6047]

Check amazing similarities with José de San Martín of Argentina.

[@gray15780]

Studying history made me become a monarchist.

[@dezaina2368]

How to make a Brazilian go into depression? Simple, just show them their past.

[@mathhenker4140]

Vejo você nos comentários dos melhores vídeos, ou dos vídeos que mais me deixa triste

[@dezaina2368]

@@mathhenker4140: Se tem haver com monarquia, eu estarei lá

[@calebe9060]

Probably same with Argentina

[@dezaina2368]

@@calebe9060: Yea :(

[@filianore7337]

O presente também conta.

[@lyraezaniah2496]

Americans: Why Brazil Didn't Become a Super Powerful Nation Brazilians: Corruption

[@matheusmorenodavid214]

Corrupção do próprio povo, os políticos são um sintoma, não a causa

[@thefilipinokid3575]

Republic

[@thiagobraga627]

It's right there in the video, the monarchy was taken out for an oligarchy republic and it's still is to this day

[@SamuelSilva-fx3dn]

*comentário em português abaixo desse parágrafo @Matheus Moreno David hi Matheus, it wasn't like that, the people are good and hardworking. If you observe in history, the people never had a good representation, they were always governed by oligarchies that they always thought of their own interests and never those of the people, 130 years have passed since the end of the Empire and things don't seem to change. @@matheusmorenodavid214 coe Matheus, não foi assim, o povo é bom e trabalhador. Se você observar na história, o povo nunca teve uma boa representatividade, sempre foi governado por oligarquias que sempre pensavam em seus próprios interesses e nunca os do povo, 130 anos se passaram desde o fim do Império e parece que as coisas não mudam.

[@kaiquestumpf1]

USA is the reason. Let's remember the recent history of US supporting dictatorships in south america. That's why!

[@Jeferson_Matias_]

"In the empire, the parliament was a school of statesmen, in the republic it became a business square" - Rui Barbosa

[@99jean88]

... And the new republic is an insane asylum

[@juandefreitas6586]

Rui Barbosa was actually one of the main involved in the coup, and died regreting for what he did.

[@paradoxalJohn]

The parliament was a business square since its very founding. Slavery would not have been abolished as late as 1888 otherwise.

[@shiningcarat8888]

@@juandefreitas6586 MBL is the modern Rui Barbosa then lmao I wonder how Brazil would be if it was still a monarchy.

[@TVaz7777]

He also said the Republic in Brazil would "give birth" to the most despicable oligarchy the sun has ever uncovered. He was damn right.

[@renatoimperatori5289]

"we were in the verge of greatness, we were this close " 😭

[@emanuelmarcos1572]

Brazil superpower:yes Republic:....... No

[@brunoduff]

It's important to note that he didn't just "gave up" Brazil at the coup... as he said himself, he didn't want to spill brazilian blood in a civil war, just like happened in the USA.

[@brunoduff]

@Manuel Leão Isso que vc apresentou é uma interpretação possível, Manuel. Dado o histórico dele de zelo pelo povo não me parece muito romantizado que ele de fato não quis uma guerra civil aqui. Ele viu de perto o açougue que virou os EUA com a guerra civil deles. E outra, ele "se aposentou" na pobreza. Me parece um pouco estranho ele abrir mão do luxo daqui pra isso. Enfim, duas interpretações possíveis. A que apresentei pra mim faz um pouco mais de sentido

[@mechamedeamigo3984]

@Manuel Leão bom, não era vc quê ia ir lá levar bala pra lutar pelo império né. Mas é fácil vc falar isso, sentado na sua cadeirinha confortável e usando a sua internet paga pelo papai e pela mamãe.

[@mottola9989]

@Manuel Leão O trouxa fraco que fez mais do que qualquer governante desse pais do que você fez durante sua vida de merda até agora, ele desistiu pois não achava que valia a pena ''lutar'' sabendo que muitas vidas inocentes iriam ser levadas por conta dessa briga, se fosse você no lugar dele queria ver se faria diferente.

[@rafaelfarias4359]

@Manuel Leão Eu já tinha pensado nisso e concordo em partes. Ele estava no fim da vida, e ele próprio achava que a monarquia estava com os dias contados. Nem de longe tinha a disposição para lutar pelo trono de sua filha. Todos os intelectuais e jornalistas que ele liberou o criticavam, e criticavam a monarquia enquanto enalteciam a república. Talvez essa apatia dele era pensando que o melhor para o Brasil era deixar os brasileiros se governarem sozinhos que derramar sangue por um trono. Ele colocou o seu orgulho acima da necessidade do país, e não seria o ultimo bragança a fazê-lo: Anos depois o Dom Pedro Henrique, seu bisneto recebeu a oportunidade da junta de por um fim ao regime militar de 64 e coordenar uma redemocratização do país. Ele declarou que só retomaria o trono se houvesse aclamação popular e o povo por conta propria se mobilizasse para esse sentido.

[@contosreddit2845]

@@mechamedeamigo3984 ainda mais matando Brasileiro. Se fosse uns argentinos até que ia, mas brasileiro é foda medo desses caras.

[@paulomedford5972]

"One day the sun will shine again, I promise" - Pedro II

[@isag.s.174]

I hope this can happen, but only if the empire is re-established.... I don't see salvation for Brazil if it isn't this way

[@bozzano7783]

Vargas Age.

[@onikinhas]

Still waiting bruh

[@Zeverinsen]

Not in our lifetime lmao

[@isag.s.174]

@@Zeverinsen Never say never

[@abnegazher]

"Have you ever heard the Tragedy of Darth Pedro, The Second?" -Deodoro

[@edsooonneto1842]

Eu entendi a referência!

[@Fred-xy9ch]

I thought not. It's not a story the Republic would tell you. It's an Imperial legend.

[@efxnews4776]

It's kind like watch Star Wars backwards and reversed. There was the Return of Jedi, when Darth João VI and Pedro Skywalker fight for the independence of Brazil. If you take in account that the Templar order (wich are basically the equivalent of a real life jedi order) fleed to Portugal when Clement V (wich is basically emperor Palpatine) disband the order (order 66, anyone?), and this lead Portugal to be the main power in the times of the discovery, because the survivors of the purge change the name for order of Christ, which are the direct responsibles for such small nation like Portugal, become a super power at that time. Also, in the real world, the republic is evil, while the empire is good...

[@RyeKoo]

Finally.. son of the emperor who declared independence from his own territory

[@thenoobgameplays]

Wouldn't it be his father Pedro I?

[@GabrielMagalhaes-be4tl]

@@thenoobgameplays yes

[@RyeKoo]

@@thenoobgameplays yes but Im talking that he is son from the emperor who ddeclared it.

[@JackRackam]

Pedro I: Gives up the crown of Portugal for Brazil Pedro II: Gives up the crown of Brazil for Brazil The cycle is complete

[@niltomperimneto]

I know that is kinda bizarre, however there's a explanation, the new constitutional government of Portugal didn't liked the elevation of Brazil from colony to Kingdom, all Spanish colonies were becoming Republics, so Pedro I might have done it to preserve the unity and dynastic rule of Brazil

[@Brian_i]

Jesus that ending hit hard.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Hey you who I think you are?

[@Brian_i]

Oh hi John

[@Brian_i]

And yes I am Brian

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@Brian_i By the way is Brian Boru the Irish King? I am surprised I never asked.

[@Haunted-jojo]

The narrator forgot, but Dom Pedro asked him to put Brazilian land in his hands and to bury him with Brazilian land.

[@marialovesshires2385]

Fun fact: Even though the republic marked the downfall of Brazil as a country, and was mostly led by slave owners and corrupt politicians, we learn that the proclamation of the republic was a beautiful and revolutionary event that set Brazil "free" from the "evil authority" of the monarchy... yeah

[@SetuwoKecik]

Sarcasm aside, that's kinda ironic that Brazil as a monarchy has more freedom that its republican form.

[@bernardocampos8363]

When i learned about the coup i thought that pedro was a monster, nowadays i f*cking hate those bastards who ruined Brazil future.

[@anarky_jay]

Where did the Monarchy have more freedom? At that time there was slavery and a lot of taxes, they don't know the concept of dictatorship

[@YT911YT]

@@anarky_jay Pedro was a Great Monarch

[@sirius940]

@@anarky_jay The same people who established and ran the Republic were the ones who made abolition take so long

[@Awldon]

" Deus me conceda estes últimos desejos: paz e prosperidade ao Brasil! " (D. Pedro II, Imperador do Brasil).

[@Neutronardovino]

Coitado, se ele visse oq viria a seguir pro Brasil....

[@ianmoura6318]

eae br

[@honeymoon9763]

Ai chega Bolsonaro e acaba com todo o Brasil

[@ereno5475]

@@honeymoon9763 como se o Brasil fosse uma super potencia antes do Bolsonaro chegar

[@EchoFluxVT]

@@honeymoon9763 O Brasil ja tava fudido, muito antes do Bolsonaro entrar pra presidencia kkkkkk

[@captainohio8420]

the Virgin Republic of Brazil Vs. The Chad Brazlian Empire.

[@bumblebeeeoptimus]

Empire of Brazil***

[@alexandrejosedacostaneto381]

Ave Império!!!

[@XenoWalkerEVE]

The Republic is a disgrace

[@leaderofthebunch-deadbeat7716]

Based

[@gtPacheko]

LONG LIVE THE EMPIRE!

[@_Ocariao]

Pedro II = Marcus Aurelius? I'm really proud!

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

A hell of a Reference

[@vangla1482]

Well Victor Hugo did praise him as "the grandson of Marcus Aurelius"

[@torelly]

In one of his letters, Victor Hugo told him: "Sire, you are a great citizen, you are the grandson of Marcus Aurelius".

[@KinkyMaiden]

They had a similar personality.

[@RafitoOoO]

Victor Hugo also said he was happy there was no monarch like him in Europe because there would be no Republican movement haha.

[@march2163]

He's like a Brazilian Diocletian. Outliving his rule just long enough to watch the dream die.

[@douglasbubbletrousers4763]

That’s interesting that you knew that. What got you into Roman history?

[@MesiasMark]

Diocletian was shit though.

[@CalvinKool-Aid]

@@MesiasMarkhe saved rome?

[@aleksandarvil5718]

6:25 Plus, Pedro II of Brazil was also among first users of telephone ☎️📞

[@MrNatsuDragneel]

and Brazil is the first country with two cities connected and 1000 house's with phones in first year of gramm bell invented phone

[@franciscogomes4416]

He connected Brazil with Europe via submarine telegraph cable. Rio de Janeiro had electricity same years as NY. That was Brasil then.

[@joaquimgianini1234]

He was the first monarch to visit the USA. He actually got about 2000 votes for president of USA because at the time people could just write anything they wanted to vote

[@-haclong2366]

Brazil 🇧🇷 is really "the Russia of the south", even their greatest monarch is called Peter (which in Portuguese is "Pedro").

[@diego6534]

The russian monarchy only recognize the republican government in Brazil after Pedro II death.

[@hjl9155]

No.

[@sunnysideup3108]

well.. no, but in Brazil we have an state called Paraná ,which we brazilians call "the Brazilian Russia". (mostly because there has the most crazy and bizzarre shit, lol)

[@Arcaryon]

Countries with a great future ahead of them, lead into times of ruin by the greed of some of their own leaders. A tale that is repeated far too often in our world.

[@kamanashiskar9203]

@@diego6534 Well Pedro died in 1891 and the Russian Tsars would face their own republican movement just 2 decades later.

[@VinnieMTG2024]

Jack's doing brazilian content. The brazilian internet : *WHO DARES SUMMON THE FORBIDDEN ONE*

[@jorgebravo1919]

Who dares summon me in my slumber?

[@thiagomorais7419]

YOU DARE TO BRING LIGHT INTO MY ROOM? Thanks man really appreciate it Brazil does needs some good recognition we are an amazing people and economic speaking we could rocket, but ever since those days we have been going down, and down and OH BOY NOW I GET THE "WE'RE SENDING YOU TO BRAZIL" BCS I DIDN'T THINK IT COULD GET THIS LOW

[@ppellacani]

BR PORRAAAAA HUEHEHEHEUEHEYE

[@user-mb9cj8fl1h]

Esse tipo de comentário que você fez agora geralmente estaga a seção de comentários

[@ppellacani]

Valeu aí, fiscal de comentário. Quer um boquetinho também?

[@samyt7564]

Foreigns: *puts Brazil in the title of the video Brazilians: ALLOW US TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES

[@JackRackam]

No kidding, this video's doing way better than normal

[@rodrigohmoraes]

@@JackRackam It's the secret of success xD. No kidding there's a saying in Portuguese that dictates: "If has Brazil [in the title], has Brazilians"

[@murilodeavevedo5862]

@@rodrigohmoraes It doesn't even need to have Brazil in the title, we are everywhere, every time you watch something online, it's very possible that you'll find a brazillian pretending to be a "gringo"

[@John_g_pinetree]

@@murilodeavevedo5862 muito louco não é?

[@Breakandfloat]

@@murilodeavevedo5862 verdade outro dia vi um cara com a foto do Celso Russomano comentando “I love Brazil” em um vídeo...eu simplesmente quebrei as 3 da madrugada KKKKKKKKKK

[@gabrielferreira6427]

One of the greatests brazilians of all time. It's a honour share the nacionality with Pedro

[@LincolnAguiarTG]

Allanism London wtfff

[@enzofonsecamachado1579]

Tá mais pra um dos maiores imperialistas da America Latina

[@akaaka5798]

@@enzofonsecamachado1579 vc foi diagnosticado com burrice sistematica, vítima do marxismo cultural

[@enzofonsecamachado1579]

@@akaaka5798 rapaz eu só to seguindo a risca o conceito de imperialista KKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[@enzofonsecamachado1579]

@@akaaka5798 ou vc ta achando que tudo isso é ação de gente justa e digna do respeito nas relações internacionais kkkkkkkkkk?: Incitar um golpe de Estado no Uruguai pra ter apoio na Guerra e pra que os estancieiros brasileiros invasores do território não tivessem que dar satisfação pra ninguém Entrar em Guerra com um país nanico, fuder com a PEA dele e relegar ele ao subdesenvolvimento industrial por mais de século Sabotar diretamente o Barão de Mauá e a indústria brasileira com a crise bancaria de 1864 pq tem rabo preso com fazendeiro

[@Awesomeduud]

“brazil should’ve been a superpower” *crackes knuckles and loads up victoria ii* It shall be done

[@abf3427]

🔫 Vive o Brasil.

[@grothaal]

good idea

[@mlgproplayer2915]

*Opens HOI4* Say no more!

[@tzermonkey]

Ugh no. Brazil has had many opportunities. Give up on it at this time.

[@deafsear7548]

i tried, but 5% literacy just makes me want to use instantresearch just to make it go up higher, its really slow.

[@raimundosouza195]

The Brazilian’s first republic was our first national disaster as well.

[@nathandias6771]

The “Sword Republic” is a very telling name

[@Leonel.Hag1817-z4gj]

No momento em que a "ré... pública" assumiu o Brasil causou a nossa desgraça. A monarquia nunca deveria ter saído. Foi só a princesa Isabel assinar a Lei Áurea, que esses desgraçados escravistas começaram a apoiar os ré..publicanos.

[@priestofronaldalt]

We need more people like him. No BS, no hidden agenda, just a man who loved his country and wanted it to succeed

[@robertli3600]

Funny, the end of all my "I'm sending you to Brazil memes sent me here"

[@evvec1490]

Lol What are the odds, that happen

[@Austrian_Butcher]

Ya got sent to Brazil

[@gtPacheko]

Maybe come here one day. If you're careful to avoid tourist traps and places with high crime that the politicians and the endless cycle of perpetuated violence, you can have a really good time while feeling like you're in paradise. Paradise, that's how I describe where I live. It's so peaceful that it's boring 90% of the year.

[@bojan01010]

Plis cum 2 Brazil

[@dinamosflams]

Now you are in virtual Brazil. Soon It Will get phisical.

[@danm524]

1. Marlarkey, I see what you did there 2. Holy fuck, this guy deserved so much better. He was what his country needed, not deserved.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

A great @#$%ing man, I am glad there are videos about him now.

[@lacerda6804]

We never needed a monarchy ruled by a portuguese dynasty.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@lacerda6804 Emperor Pedro II was the best thing for Brazil at the time. Genuinely a man of the people, even Slaves.

[@deathdoor]

His mother was just as good as him, you know? Search about her, Queen Leopoldina. Unsurprisingly she was killed, by Pedro I.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@deathdoor "Shortly after, Maria Leopoldina became ill, had spells of fever, became delirious at times, and then suffered a miscarriage on 2 December 1826. She died eight days later, on 11 December, five weeks before her thirtieth birthday." Granted Pedro I was a @~?£ who tried to get his wife to recognise his mistress but he did not murder her.

[@flaviusbelisarius7791]

PEDRO II THE GREATEST KING OF ALL TIME AND I'M NOT EVEN BRAZILIAN

[@JackRackam]

Can't believe you would do Justinian dirty like that, Belisarius

[@RenanVF]

Emperor, not king

[@matthewegan5281]

Nah, I think Kamehameha I has that title as a close race!

[@MarfSantangelo]

@@JackRackam Maybe that's why he called Pedro a king instead of an Emperor?

[@alfatejpblind6498]

@@JackRackam Aurelian says hello

[@lietenantstorks2789]

Brasil and Argentina are one of the most tragic cases of missed potential. Both countries were, at one point, bastions of prosperity in Latin America and both were among the richest countries in the world (Argentina was the richest in 1895) and it all eventually came crashing down due to mismanagement and the inability to bounce back from the Great Depression

[@lorenzobandinelli2638]

as a brazillian, it's so frustrating seeing the potential within brazil and how it's just thrown to the trash every time we got a chance to get better, it has been like this, IT IS like this, it'll be like this :'(

[@splashnskillz37]

Having a trash society leads to this

[@voceleu3494]

;____________;

[@tomatop6754]

Modern leaders are all puppets. They never try to unify a people and only try to get half the people on their side because they profit off of division.

[@SeaSerpentLevi]

at some point we have to say enough is enough tough i'm seriously wondering how much we're willing to endure i mean, we are non ironically letting Bolsonaro get away with all the disgrace he's been doing. This makes me really worried, because i'm definately not willing to endure this, nor want this to my family's future. If we're not fighting against it, i'm out :l

[@tomatop6754]

@@SeaSerpentLevi Bolsonaro isn't perfect but the alternative (Lula) is much worse and more corrupt. Dont be fooled you dont have a good choice.

[@asrield6016]

Now I’m ready to go to Brazil.

[@rosehites3419]

Yes

[@Vfar0fa]

Just wait until bozo gets out of power and until covid stops being a thing... Jokes aside, i think you will be more than welcome here... (Just a pro tip for you:do not go to Rio)

[@fattymayonnaise4717]

@@Vfar0fa you cringe.

[@AverageSouthEnjoyer]

@@Vfar0fa just wait to the royal family return

[@tigervalley62]

@@Vfar0fa: What is wrong with Rio?

[@ultimoguerreiro82]

As a Brazilian historian, I deeply appreciate your work, thanks. Pedro was the last good ruler we've had. It brings tears to my eyes to think that we had a ruler that preferred to be exiled to see his people fighting a civil war to put him back in power.

[@arthurp9632]

There is a saying in Brazil that goes somewaht lik ''I'm brazilian'', wich actualy means that you suffer all day long and cry to sleep every night

[@victormanoel4721]

Burrice

[@Mussoi7000]

ninguém ama e odeia mais o próprio país doq o brasileiro

[@thebandofbastards4934]

Pedro II : "no parents, no friends, no free time" Marcus Aurelius: "Mood Kindred !?"

[@thedarkzibba7059]

This guy is so cool that he has his own bond villain theme in civ v

[@PCGeines]

Deveremos prosperar através do comércio?

[@BananinhaEsbananada]

@@PCGeines The brazilian war song is absolutely amazing.

[@viniciusm05]

Comentario: inglês Meu cérebro: ele é gringo Nome do indivíduo: Pedrinho RJ

[@Neutronardovino]

Hahahaha bem isso

[@samuelroveda9706]

Pior que pela qualidade do inglês da maioria nem dá pra pensar isso

[@caiokayzer6422]

KKKKK

[@jorgeluiz8642]

As ideia kkkkkkkk

[@samuelroveda9706]

@Israel Garcia I never said portuguese speakers can't speak english, BECAUSE I AM SPEAKING ENGLISH RIGHT NOW! Portuguese speakers can speak portuguese, english, or anything they want. The restrictions about languages in comentaries came from you.

[@renanpetroskiantunes7408]

funnily enough, here on Brasil, plenty of ppl think that the monarchy was utterly horrible and that the forecoming republic ( which still perdures, kinda) is a great thing. the monachy wasn't perfect, for sure, but god is the republic weird and flunked

[@ThatCatWithoutAHat]

The heir to the throne is still trying to restore the Monarchy

[@JackRackam]

I suppose I shouldn't insinuate that there was nothing positive about any of the post-monarchy governments, after all it wouldn't be great if an emperor was still calling all the shots today 😄

[@IagoSB__0.0]

Pedro II was another Marcus Aurelius, sacrificed his entire life for the sake of duty to the empire, only to watch it stray from it's path by Oligarchy shrouded in the skin of democracy

[@PandFfactory]

I do think brazilians are kinda spoiled when it comes to monarchy though, having had a rebel romantic soldier king and a literal genius as emperors lmao

[@renanpetroskiantunes7408]

@@PandFfactory pedro I had his heart still in portugal, but Dom Pedro II really cared about here, in some ways, we were spoiled!

[@felipeneves7260]

Yea just a correction. Pedro wasn't the one to officially abolish slavery, his daughter was. She was actually a very proeminent figure in the empires sunset years, rulling over Brazil when Pedro became too sickly and tired to do it. Also the whole slavery thing was a bit more complicated, but overall pretty great video

[@ophir3949]

E ele também poderia ter dito que a abolição da escravatura foi pior do que a própria escravidão, pois os senhores de engenho, embora tenham perdido a eleição, lograram êxito em proibir que os escravos libertos conseguissem cultivar as terras vazias, delegando-os ao submundo da sociedade, e assim surgiram as favelas.

[@felipeneves7260]

@@ophir3949 Eu não iria tão longe a ponto de dizer que foi PIOR que a escravidão, mas a falta de politicas afirmativas para re-integrar os ex escravos na sociedade criou a merda da situação que nos encontramos hoje

[@catarro8045]

Mas ela não aboliu a escravidão pq eles não tinham condições de bancar escravos?

[@felipeneves7260]

@@catarro8045 q?

[@ophir3949]

@@felipeneves7260 "Por vezes, e na grande maioria delas, libertar os escravos é pior do que escravizá-los" - Aristóteles

[@bartoszkosmowski7149]

Great, now I am sad and mad. And I don't even live in Brazil.

[@UmLunaticoSolarLunario]

That's why many brazilians are turning into monarchists...

[@nicholaslemosdecarvalho5328]

Well, I do, and I'm always mad

[@Haunted-jojo]

The narrator forgot, but Dom Pedro asked him to put Brazilian land in his hands and to bury him with Brazilian land.

[@jonnyso1]

@@UmLunaticoSolarLunario Misguided, though. The Prince is full of shit, riding on Pedro II good reputation as an argument for a system as if every monarch would be like him. Personaly, his whole argument of "My family is entitled to rule, its a right granted by god" gives me the creeps. Sadly, Brazil has never been a true democracy, we don't know how to be one yet. All we've done since is cycle between different forms of dictatorships and some periods of pretending to be a democracy.

[@gigarodi]

We have a saying in Brazil that goes: "O bagulho é loko, mas a gente é mais loko que o bagulho" that means something like: "The things here are crazy, but we are crazier than the things."

[@followthelucario4388]

Some people say Pedro II was just tired by the time the republic was proclaimed, and honestly, I totally buy that idea. Imagining how much pressure he must have been put on since early childhood and how much it must have affected his development as a person is very hard for people with a normal upbringing.

[@jonathanlee4511]

I have always seen the end of the Brazilian Monarchy as a tragedy.

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

It is. No more prestige. No more respect. Just a bunch of squabbling idiots at the capital.

[@AgnusCavichioliPereira]

I mean, I have no love for monarchies, and I much preffer a democacy system. But it does HURT my heart seeing such a great human being like Pedro II achieving greatness on his own and have it taken away. But again, if wasn't for the monarchic system, he would probably do what he needed to do and live happily after being a extremely prestigious teacher. So, while monarchy was great for Brazil, it was only because it was Pedro II on the throne, but at the same time, it was a curse for him. I can't even begin to imagine what's like being born with a duty so strong you need to sacrifice everything you want to the greater good of your people, while having close to no emotional support whatsoever, since he was mostly all by himself his entire life. It was cruel.

[@MasonGreenWeed]

Have you heard Tragedy of Brazilian Empire? I thought no, it's not kind of story the Republican would tell you

[@matheuspinho4987]

Me too fella, me too

[@joaofabio5927]

it has been a tragedy until today

[@tononmarcuss]

and people still wonder why the heck there are so many brazilian monarchists on the internet, just look at the last emperor this country had, nuts!

[@d.o.m.i.]

i was about to like your comment because i thought it was a funny joke but now i looked at your profile pic and i'm just concerned

[@dylanchouinard6141]

Though it should also be noted that 1. The emperor before P2 Electric Boogaloo left for cigarettes and never came back 2. Pedro II was kind of directly responsible for all those military juntas because he spent no time creating a worthy successor And most importantly 3. Most of things he did for the common good could easily be done under a democratic system. Just saying

[@himdarius]

at first i was wtf but now i understand

[@viniciusvyller9458]

Fuck democracy, it weakened the country's infraestructure so much it gave way for a mafia state to be formed around its "untouchable image". Democracy can never work properly in underdeveloped countries like Brazil, its not like Europe and the US became the dominant powers as democracies. Most brazilians just want to live a quiet life without being dragged to misery by a mafia state driven by colonialist politics.

[@catarinamelchiorgomes8750]

@@viniciusvyller9458 Mano, volta pra Rússia com essa mentalidade de escravo. O Brasil não tem essa mentalidade submissa pra ter um governo estilo ditadura terceiromundista que você admira, somos ocidentais demais para isso.

[@basileus_angelos_v]

This video is a masterpiece. Just a little controversy, though. Yeah... Pedro couldn't see a future for the Empire with Isabel in charge, but she was never the stamp of the Monarchy anyway. She served as regent 4 times and starting by 1871 she made the Crown throw punch after punch on the Slave system that not even Pedro could do. She was tough, very capable and extremely handy when it came for politics. She proved herself to be much more than anyone could expect of her (including her father) and engaged in popular festivals just like the Emperor. There's a reasom he's called "the Magnanimous" and she's called "the Redemptress". She "ruled" for more time than both Mexican Emperors and made a Reign of her own and that's really impressive by how things were. Despite this small detail, this is just marvelous to see for audiences outside Brazil.

[@TheCowardRobertFord]

The problem for Isabel is that while she was capable, she wasn't the type of dominant personality most of the women who managed to survive as ruler for long are (see Catherine the Great, or in more recent years someone like Thatcher or Merkel), so there was always some doubt among even supporters if the real ruler would be her or her husband, who was French and not particularly popular.

[@basileus_angelos_v]

@@TheCowardRobertFord There was, but still she eventually got away from that. Among supporters, If that was the case, the ruling could already be tasked with her sons, that did had the necessary. Isabel had a personality more focused on be a mother, but the Count of Eu ruling on her behalf was a fantasy by the late Empire. It wasn't the same as if she succeeded when her marriage took place

[@armandoeng]

The problem when you do things without considering the people that support you. In this case, the slavist barons. The slave abolishment was badly executed, and made a lot of people angry.

[@divinesleeper]

>Pedro couldn't see a future for the Empire with Isabel in charge, but she was never the stamp of the Monarchy anyway. Can you explain what you mean by this?

[@philosophiaentis5612]

This image of Isabel as a weak person was created by the republicans who wanted Pedro II to be the last emperor.

[@raynusgremont3664]

Someone stuck in his own duty, someone who did his best to create a better Brazil, someone who really loved his land and who, even expelled from it, kept a feeling of love for it. This is the second and last emperor of Brazil, D. Pedro II, The Magnanimous. The greatest Brazilian of all time.

[@Timm_GooglePlus]

He is called in portuguese Dom Pedro the Magnanimous. I like to imagine they just didn't give him the title "The Great" for people to not confuse him with the other Peter The Great

[@usuarionaoidentificado9918]

We don't learn russian history in Brazil,so that's not the reason.

[@nerobernardino88]

PT/BR (Brazilian portuguese) has Magnanimous being used with a "greater than great" kind of meaning.

[@Timm_GooglePlus]

@@nerobernardino88 Didn't know that, thought it was just a synonymous

[@usuarionaoidentificado9918]

@Theos CAQue que você tá falando?Eu odeio o babaca do presidente,e como é que você apredlnde história da Russia no Brasil?Qual é a utilidade?

[@hotlinesanzensekai7084]

@Theos CA Deixa de ser um panaca. Eu também não estudei nada sobre a Rússia, ou nada nada mesmo, para falar a verdade. Isso ainda no governo do PT. Se eu sei as coisas que sei hoje, é porque corri atrás e estudei por conta própria. Vocês são uns obstinados paranoicos sempre a procura de falar mal do político que vocês odeiam.

[@ericacaa]

as a brazilian, the ending made me feel deep gratitude for his personal sacrifice as a leader.

[@luizmenezes9971]

Ironically, 15 of november is a national Holly day. We actually commemorate the deposition of this man. And that fills me with unspeakable shame.

[@ghostapostle7225]

"We", I just ignore it.

[@luizmenezes9971]

@@ghostapostle7225 I mean we brazilians. Regardless of what we think, 11/15 is a national hollyday. In homage of those ruthless thugs who dethroned this man, banished him and his family and started our shitshow of a republic.

[@amauribarbozasilva590]

Golpe military

[@ghostapostle7225]

@@luizmenezes9971 Well, it's a holiday and we can't change that but it doesn't mean you have to pay any homage to it, specially watching the stupid parades.

[@tommykawaii]

We? I totally despise that shit! Down with the republic! May the monarchy be restored

[@bernardomucelini7254]

"Vanities, self-love, haughtiness vibrate in patriotism: this has passed away; but it will come. You, as a young person, must uproot from your mind the deadly tendency towards the feeling of subordination of the country. Cultivate pride of being born Brazilian, develop it, propagate it, soak it, if you can, the national soul, and you will be benefited by the future. With this pride, nationalities overcome moral crises. It is halfway to greatness; one of the wings of progress and glory." - Pedro II, in exile in France.

[@depoisdohype6899]

In 10 minutes you, an foreigner manage to tell the true history of a Brazilian hero, that I never learned in my 11 years studying from elementary to high school. They show led to me in a different way.

[@SilVia-hs2kb]

That's because in Brazil they teach you in School to hate your Portuguese roots and idolize American Society and government.

[@O_Tucano]

6:34 There are still some school institutes of him around here. They're pretty good. Literally called Colégio Pedro II

[@lucaslobofer4417]

And now the Republic managed to transform this school in a LGBT party.

[@timeup2549]

@@lucaslobofer4417 That's what the left does, to subvert and destroy. That's why we need to be ruthless and cruel and destroy them first. It is kill or die.

[@MundoGamesDo]

@@timeup2549 Brazilian's left and USA's left are both identical. They are extremely harmful to the culture, tends to destroy middle class wallet and ally itself with big corporations. Unfortunantly, it seems that not only the left but also the right are going the exactly same way. It came to me that this isn't a political side problem. The problem is the regime. Democracy. HL Mencken once said: democracy is a pathetic belief on the coletive wisdom of individual ignorance.

[@nesquikrajadao]

@@lucaslobofer4417 an LGBTQ+ party sounds great, there's absolutely no fucking problem with that.

[@thefroggy5240]

@@lucaslobofer4417 even if that's true, these schools are still some of the best in the entire country. so many people in these comments speaking badly of it are simply jealous that they were not accepted there lol.

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

Somehow, he's always a jerk to me. He always hates it when I collect ANY Great People. :P

[@InquisitorThomas]

I mean to be fair William, you were an absolute Bastard.

[@npswm1314]

@@InquisitorThomas False.

[@jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901]

@@npswm1314 true, I'm pretty sure he was born of a concubine, so obviously the church didn't accept him as a legitimate child and heir even though he was always expected to be the heir, the name William being a pretty important name that norman dukes liked to give to heirs.

[@npswm1314]

@@jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901 The Normans will forever hold the right to the English throne.

[@jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901]

@@npswm1314 alright I guess

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

I swear to God, this man was a saint. His only failing was not trusting his daughter more and not having Brazilian slave owners lined up and shot

[@rafaelfarias4359]

Funny enough, the military would relish the chance to do that. He never did because he preferred stability and the certainty of pacification over unecessary risks of struggle.

[@hanselsihotang]

@@rafaelfarias4359 i guess that's his main weakness: too passive and conservative, unwilling to sacrifice others for his gain.

[@rafaelfarias4359]

@@hanselsihotang his father Pedro I was less conservative and far more willing to spill blood for his ideals, and that's why Brazil had his independence under him as Emperor.

[@patriotenfield3276]

@@hanselsihotang if that is the case , ask the Paraguayans what hell Pedro II unleashed upon them

[@rafaelfarias4359]

@@patriotenfield3276 in this case was a just, defensive war. The Paraguayan invaded first and drew first blood. Pedro II unleashed upon them his most ruthless military commander: Duke of Caxias (Luis Alves de Lima e Silva) - the one who was later known as 'Duque de Ferro' (the Iron Duke).

[@merkel7647]

Make no mistake, that is a live well-lived. Humble, persistent, honest.. He left when he had to leave , and always seek for the best for his people. Grande emperador brasileiro, Dom Pedro II.

[@luisribeiro399]

Graças a ele o Brasil é do tamanho que é! Abraços de Portugal

[@menesmasterpalhaconoobyaco2396]

@@luisribeiro399 na realidade, foi graças a Dom João VI que o Brasil é do tamanho que é, e não se separou em pequenas repúblicas independentes como nas colônias espanholas

[@jackyex]

@@menesmasterpalhaconoobyaco2396 No caso seria por Dom Pedro I não Dom João nem Pedro II.

[@menesmasterpalhaconoobyaco2396]

@@jackyex a é, tinha me esquecido, mas eu acho que dom João garantiu a união nacional no momento em que a família real portuguesa embarcou no brasil, e dom pedro l só unificou e tornou o brasil independente

[@jackyex]

@@menesmasterpalhaconoobyaco2396 Acho que foi mais Dom João que criou as fundações para um governo bom para o Brasil. Mas Dom Pedro que lutou contra revoltas separatistas durante seu reinado.

[@Jeferson_Matias_]

"God grant me these last requests: peace and prosperity to Brazil" - Pedro II

[@pandeminionsobrevivenciali1940]

AVE IMPÉRIO

[@kamanashiskar9203]

...And none of this happened.

[@brazilimperio433]

God: After, you need calm.

[@Isnotvinicius_]

@@brazilimperio433 God:damn you and Brazil lolll

[@mofita1487]

é nessas horas que percebo que o Brasil está em queda livre, pessoas adorando Dom Pedro II e pedindo a volta da monarquia, sério, me pergunto se todos esses imbecis sabem quem iria ser o nosso rei. Nosso rei seria um arrombado chamado Bertrand, esse cara lançou um livro """"""""""""""desmentindo""""""""""""" o aquecimento global entre outras coisas, colocar ele e a família dele no poder é como dar um tiro na nossa própria cabeça.

[@kayo5011]

This ending we never wanted, alas I weep for the beautiful bearded Pedro II

[@riograndedosulball248]

On a funny note; He was half Hapsburg. His beard was most likely grown to conceal *_THE CHIN_*

[@bernardomenezes808]

@@riograndedosulball248 he was indirectly fuckes up because of the incestuous Habsburgs

[@theagrome4592]

Most of your bios have a snarky distance but with Pedro II you seem to have a warm admiration of him.

[@novohispana]

"Sir, you are a great citizen, you are the grandson of Marcus Aurelius" - Victor Hugo to dom Pedro II (I like to think this exchange happened a little after Pedro met Nietzsche in the wagon of a train on the French Riviera).

[@pauloamw]

Big deal, Marcus Aurelis could not stop the Roman Republic from degenerating and becoming a corrupt empire. Some Brazilians are nostalgic about an ideal of Brazilian Empire that never was real.

[@pauloamw]

@@AndersonPaschoalon as long as you dont forget It is a myth. Brazilian monarchists are retrograde, they swoon over the idea of something that never was like they want to believe.

[@TheDAWinz]

@@AndersonPaschoalon Modern Italy had nothing to do with Rome. Italian people only became a thing 400 years after the Romans were gone for good in 1453.

[@guerra5152]

imagine a world that Brazil and the USA are equal in the economy technology and military. That would be so crazy

[@semdavidanger]

Yep,.

[@LuxCyanoFilmes]

"May God grant me these last wishes - peace and prosperity for Brazil." - The last words of Pedro II right before passing away. While they prepared his body, a locked package was found in the bedroom with a message wrote by the Emperor himself: "It's soil of my country; I wish that it be put in my coffin if I die far from my Fatherland". The package contained soil from every province of the Empire of Brazil.

[@Zadir09]

Lord have Mercy, how could they let this go? I never met the man and want to thank him for taking his vow before God seriously. Thank him for giving up his earthly material life for something eternal. It is a lifetime duty. Like if you’re Brazilian he means YOU RIGHT NOW!! 😮 He loves you and speaks with so much affection and hope on your behalf! That man gave his entirety to his people. 🇧🇷 He must have an heir somewhere? Ensure they learn how to reign from him if you get a restoration

[@matheuspeixoto8689]

Girls with a time travel machine: i will give an advice to myself in the past HOMENS with a time travel machine: ARE YOU READY TO DIE, MARSHALL?

[@O_Tucano]

DEODORO TRAITOR

[@renan2011165]

maldito Deodoro :v se eu tivesse uma maquina do tempo jogava ele na valaquia e dizia pro vlad q ele era um muçulmano herege só pra ver o circo pegar fogo xD

[@mathe9485]

Boys" o Certo Seria Boys

[@matheuspeixoto8689]

@@mathe9485 HOMENS means men in portuguese bruh

[@tobiaskadachi]

Good riddance

[@gato_feliz605]

4chan 1870s Colorized "You are going to Brazil" "Great! I really need a vacation!"

[@julioalvez4]

Né

[@emanon1544]

José Bonifácio once said: "Brazil will be the new Athenas if it don't fall under the tyranny of state."

[@omegabright-hawk1794]

"Mega-Jesus" Thanks, we were waiting for a good name for our Mecha. Now we can finally use it.

[@MrExtraordinaire16]

Mecha jesus.more than meets eye.

[@SeaSerpentLevi]

Sem mentira, eu nunca pensei por esse lado é a primeira vez que eu acho o cristo redentor foda, e vou passar o resto do ano imaginando designs mechas dele, e uns kamen riders brs uaheauheaueh (curto mais os designs dos riders do que dos sentai)

[@omegabright-hawk1794]

@@SeaSerpentLevi Rider > Sentai sempre. Design de roupa dos Riders deve ser um gênio desgraçado pra fazer tanto visual daora.

[@TheEmolano]

tbh Bonifácio was one of the reasons Pedro was such a great boy, the man was truly a political genius.

[@marpagapal3312]

Yes he was, what a life he had!

[@samacvuk]

The funny thing is people generally hate DP II in Brazil. They have no idea...

[@phgs_smnt]

Quem disse?

[@eldragondeloeste8749]

Hey, as an Argentinian I was really shocked seeing Juan Manuel de Rosas showing up there, since the conflict he had with Brazil was a part of a civil war, and the Brazilian participation is mostly ignored in our history lessons (I, for starters, had no idea). If you ever want to make a video about Rosas, I think you may enjoy it, it's an incredibly complex and interesting character. To give you just a clue, even when he lost that civil war, and the modern Argentinian Republic is based on his opponent's values, his face is (or was at least until five years ago) on the bills, unlike the face of the man who defeated him. Argentina, you wouldn't get it.

[@splashnskillz37]

Argentina had even more of a chance to become a superpower i believe

[@hawkeyeguarani2831]

Monte Palomar é nosso hahaha Desfile em Buenos Aires hahaha Brazil Win!

[@basileosalexios9200]

Of course the Argentinian educational system wont talk about it. We literally had a military parade, Emperor in a horse and all, in Buenos Aires. People asked the Emperor to annex the city and he was like "U Insane, Bro?". There were Brazilian military people overseeing the next Argentinian elections. Bet they didn't tell you about that one either. You guys got a visit from someone spreading Democracy a hundred years before the USA was doing it in the middle east.

[@TSmith-yy3cc]

Leader: "I shall govern for the people!" Exploitative wealthy: "Um. No."

[@AndreVonKugland]

Dom Pedro II, like Trump, preferred to have his power stolen from him than to have to spill his people’s blood.

[@gabrielmedranosilva8360]

@@AndreVonKugland Except that no one stole Trump's Power, he just lost the election.

[@him3990]

@@AndreVonKugland How fucking brain dead do you have to be to compare Dom Pedro to Trump 😭😭

[@gabrielmedranosilva8360]

@Magnus Aurelian You dont need support when your opponent os hated by a good chunck of the population, even when he got ellected, he lost on popular vote...

[@gabrielmedranosilva8360]

@Magnus Aurelian and your claims about the election have been dismissed by most courts, cause there were no discrepancy in votes

[@evelyngravatt3198]

Me before I watch the video: "Oh boy cant wait to see what stuff we got in store today!" After the video: "Ight Imma go cry now"

[@tommykawaii]

Being a Brazilian, I feel like that every time I think about the republican coup **sobs quietly**

[@denistorres5638]

If Pedro I is our Julius Caesar due to the fact that he is an excellent military leader, his son Pedro II is our Augustus responsible for giving us an identity as an imperial nation.

[@j.j.1609]

1889 was the biggest mistake in Brazilian history.

[@PuroNonsense]

Naa... Still there's 2010/2014/2018 and I'm hanging on the next one 2022.

[@vitordonascimento2428]

@@PuroNonsense "the biggest"

[@j.j.1609]

​@@PuroNonsense Not even close. The 1889 coup was influenced by positivistic ideas that not only opened the doors to the caudilhos from the rest o Latin America in Brazil, but would also encourage the military to intervene in Brazilian politics to this day. It was also in 1889 that Ruy Barbosa created the hyperinflation that would plague the country for a whole bloody century. All of this, accompanied by the setback in the industrialization process, the loss of freedom of speech and freedom of the press makes 1889, easily, the worst year in Brazilian history.

[@PuroNonsense]

@@j.j.1609 brasil is a new country, that's the "regular" process any country goes while trying to become a republic. It surely sucks bud, but we missed amazing opportunities lately , brasil is being screwed up really hard lately. I would pick as the biggest mistake was Lula reelection 2006, what was supposed to get worst in 2015 during the 'car wash operation' which was probably the biggest corruption scandal in the world.

[@j.j.1609]

​@@PuroNonsense There is nothing regular in that process, in fact, it only happens in Latin America and Africa. We were on our way to become the exeption but alas. Also, not all contries are republics. And you can only consider the 2006 election a mistake if you think Alckimin would be a better president, i honestly doubt it would be much different especially if you consider that the congress was a shithole in 2006, even more than it is today.

[@lucascorreacamargo1134]

I live in the city he is buried on, has statues of him and the city is named Petrópolis in his honor

[@FelipeCarreiro]

Another "petropolitan" here!

[@lucascorreacamargo1134]

@@FelipeCarreiro rsrsrs por essa não esperava

[@Zekila1]

Ele criou petrópolis.

[@lucascorreacamargo1134]

@@Zekila1 nope, foi o dom Pedro primeiro, que comprou o terreno

[@adami6187]

@sunrise ele morreu em Paris, até é falado no vídeo. Mas ele tá falando de ser enterrado, e realmente o D. Pedro II tá em Petrópolis

[@Stoneeeeemo]

watched this again and almost cried again how can a monarch be more cultured and caring than our last president

[@Lucas-q2l5e]

Because, even being just a celebrity, the Monarch study since he is born. The Monarch learn EVERYTHING about politics, diplomacy, economy and literature, unlike our presidents.

[@Zadir09]

President is a title you get when you win the American Dream contest. Can’t pass ANY legislation, no ability to tax, no actual military training, literally you can have an iq of 50 and legally be elected president. 😓 That is not a joke, you know it isnt. Dogs are routinely “elected” mayor, that is what happens when you let the people decide for themselves. For contrast QE2 could have made the UK change language, brought them back to the gold standard, she could have brought back the imperial system; I mean why would the PM step in if it makes enough sense? She had to act through influence but it achieved the same goal. For a hypothetical example; HM QE2 has been notified that an armed group has captured the whole of parliament and is holding them hostage. She authorizes use of the armed forces to retake Westminster. What PM would say, “But Ma’am that is why it is so hard being Queen; do nothing.”

[@finallychangedmyname3614]

Yo, get the time machine, this man deserves a pat on his back and a hug

[@nathanseper8738]

We should show him pictures of Bolsonaro to get him to stay on his throne.

[@scottcallahan5029]

Pedro 2: industrial Boogaloo

[@canyonntt6969]

What is it with these great leaders not training their successors? Catherine, Pedro, Alexander. Why do these great leaders just fumble the ending?

[@eliegbert8121]

either you run the country or you teach your kid to, you cant do both

[@thomasrinschler6783]

Well, Alexander didn't have much of a choice (I'm assuming you're talking about Alexander the Great and not, say, Alexander III of Russia who also messed this up). His son was born after he died, and his brother was mentally challenged. His sisters Cynane and Cleopatra might have been decent successors, but back then, women on the throne just wasn't done...

[@riograndedosulball248]

He did prepare Isabel to be Empress, it's just that the elites revolted after she abolished the slavery (also why she is known as Isabel the Magnanimous/Redemptress. She is very short of becoming a saint too) and plotted a coup. Also due to the US having sent a fleet to threaten Rio, had the coup failed. So, thanks them too i guess

[@CollinMcLean]

@@riograndedosulball248 Wait so the US almost took part in a coup to depose the Brazilian monarchy?

[@countbinfaceglobalpresiden7926]

@@CollinMcLean not surprising actually 🤔

[@Nikolapoleon]

I've heard many stories from history that tug at the heartstrings. Some have made me cry. But this... This just makes my stomach turn. It fills me with a kind of profound exhaustion, like its the kind of tragedy that's enough to make you want to give up on everything.

[@TheZenytram]

Now imagine being brazilian hahah 😢

[@Nikolapoleon]

@@TheZenytram I feel you, brother. Imagine being a monarchist.

[@Sam-ux7cn]

Thank you for reminding me how disastrous the Brazilian republic is. Dom Pedro II was an example of a leader that we will never have here again. Now I'm sad, like the video.

[@ADiretoria100]

It is so weird than even at the college I have studied NAMED AFTER HIM his story is not much well known... damn he was a true leader we didnt deserved

[@daniel.duarte]

That’s one of the best summaries of Brazilian history I’ve seen. Congrats! Our history is full of coups, the Republic being just one of many. That definitely slowed our development

[@franciscomlima]

As a Brazilian guy, I got to say: THANK YOU!

[@jonwilson3579]

he was the chosen one :(

[@marianarath4024]

Brazilian here and I got some shit to say I already lost it when you showed the race on covid between the USA and Brazil and then on 6:25 you got the coxinha cake...I mean, this video is gold! And btw thank you for portraying my country in a such accurate and respectful way, Pedro was great and loved his people, I recommend you to Google about his personal life, the man got some interesting stories

[@JackRackam]

Most times when a commenter tells me "I got some shit to say" things don't end so kindly 😄 Thanks!

[@LongLiveTheFilmmaker]

The definition of “the only thing necessary for evil to triumph in the world is that good men do nothing”

[@talon5985]

Like Marcus Aurelius! (A few minutes later) he didn't prepare his successor for rule. Yep, just like Marcus Aurelius

[@cauedossantossilva9389]

1qqmpb

[@pauloamw]

Exactly, Marcus Aurelius could not stop the Roman Republic from becoming a corrupt empire, so very apt comparison!

[@ashwinkrishnan7252]

Dang, a monarch that actually cared about the people???!!?

[@ProjectEkerTest33]

A lot of monarchs did but didn't have the powers, talents and diligence of this guy

[@The_Alt_Vault]

the vast majority of Monarchy's cared more than you think, mostly because of the age old balance of power between the people, the Nobility and the clergy if you want to use the medieval standard. Or in more modern situations ever since the French revolution Monarchs have learned to favor the people, with few exceptions, and no not the Russians that was more the nobility's fault and the culture of the Tzar which enforced the monarch to be away from the people.

[@T_Dun]

Monarchy is the natural state of European society.

[@TheFiresloth]

@@T_Dun Non.

[@The_Alt_Vault]

@@T_Dun and there for it is the superior state

[@AragornRespecter]

Pedro II is the chief advocate of Monarchist Gang. Restore the Empire

[@zacharygustafson8714]

MONARCHIST GAAANG!

[@thedanishsocialmonarchist7286]

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[@miguelmontenegro3520]

DEWIT

[@henriquecardoso45]

Well who would we give the empire to?

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

@@henriquecardoso45 The bad thing about having an outstanding leader is that the next ones will never be up to his greatness. Look at Peter the Great, for exemple.

[@fiilisboa]

As a Brazilian and an admirer of the Brazilian monarchy, I'm in love with your video. Great abstract of the best Brazilian in history. Around here, his history is forgotten, it's not teach on public schools, he's not remembered in parades or anything like that. If you admire him you are seen as a reactionary who wants a dictator in rule or something along those lines. But for those who know the history, it's common sense to say that we didn't deserve him. Also, your portrayal of his daughter, I don't know, kinda inaccurate. Of course, she wasn't prepared for a political life, but she was loved among the people and respected. A devout catholic, there are some families in Brazil who said they were blessed with miracles because of her.

[@MrTheBaron]

8:20 "A life for the kingdom’s wellbeing” I wanna thank a certain Swedish track from a certain Swedish band's album about a certain Swedish Empire for teaching me that line.

[@mylesjude233]

Excellent video man, I do have a recommendation for another video. Perhaps you could do a video about either Alexander von Humboldt, the German explorer and scientist who transversed South America, Mexico, and Cuba: cataloging plenty of bontanical and weather patterns. Or you could do a video on Talleyrand: The French diplomat known for serving multiple French governments from Louis XVI, the Republic, Napoleon, and Bourbon Restoration, was reknwon for womanizing and taking bribes, and playing a titular role in the Congress of Vienna in terms of keeping France whole and powerful.

[@EduardoEscarez]

I would love also about Andrés Bello, a Venezuelan humanist and diplomat that in Chile became a Senator, writer of the current Civil Code, founder of the University, honorary member of the RAE, and probably one of the most important figures in latin pan-americanism. And probably among the few whose face was in two differente currency, the old 2.000 venezuelan bolivar, and the current (and also the highest denomination) 20.000 chilean peso note.

[@mylesjude233]

@@EduardoEscarez Sounds like a interesting guy, would probably make a good video.

[@nathandias6771]

Now I know who the ocean current is named after

[@mateusmodesto6063]

I remember my history teacher showing a movie on the class that was made to derreck brazilian's empire... in Brazil, there are few people that respect the past and actually study it.

[@bluemoondiadochi]

Dom Pedro II my favorite monarch, and a testament to why i prefer monarchy over republican rule. glad you did an episode on him. tho i knew this'd be a sad one...

[@cleciojaaaj6104]

Some important points: 1º Yes, D. Pedro II loved his wife very much, as much as he had lovers, he took good care of her. 2nd D. Pedro II trained his daughter to rule the country, it is a fact that he was saddened by the death of his sons (men). but he still did several tests with Princess Isabel to leave her on the throne. 3rd He did not give up being emperor or anything like that, Marshal Deodoro was responsible for the coup, he only took the emperor out in the middle of the night in Rio de Janeiro, because if it were another time of day, Count D would probably turn around with the ship towards Bahia (Brazilian state) to start a war, but D. Pedro II feared a civil war, because he did not want to spill Brazilian blood. To give you an idea, the brother of the man who proclaimed the republic wanted a war against his own brother.