The Mad King Who Ruled Nothing

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[@igext]

Do you perhaps have a translation for what the lady was saying at the end?

[@thegreyman1575]

Rare Earth; If he ever had a real chance of succeeding in his goal to liberate these people whom he was trying to prevent further war and destruction from, would you have supported him? I don’t know much except for what you posted here, in this video.

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[@jackisb3993]

+Rare Earth Using Louis Riel as an example of being misunderstood was a poor Idea as his intentions did indeed start out as noble. he did take people hostage and executed one of them. Which would eventually lead to the cracking down on native rights.

[@SrMeechio]

I've watched so many of these videos that my internal monologue now sounds like Evan

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This is going to be me.

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Lmao literally. I have thought of buying a camera and doing these documentary likd videos lmfao

[@vilstef6988]

When I'm reading, the internal monologue sounds like Joe Haldeman.

[@darthzaida1881]

"...the King." *shot changes to show geese* Me: Your majesties

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[@vickeyvamos8397]

Rare Earth really loves Chile. Chile alone contributes half of world history.

[@catalinaplaza7909]

It took me so long getting that you were pronouncing Araucania, I love your videos, and is ok to ask for help for pronunciation.

[@mohamedattia3395]

Watching Rare Earth's videos has become my new addiction.

[@jbkjbk1999]

I think we as a society often label people as simply insane to avoid grappling with what their existence says about our society. Someone like Anders Breivik or ISIL aren't madmen, they come to the conclusion that killing innocents is rational because of ideology, not because of insanity. But we can't and don't face that, because accepting the fact that *our society* may very well result in the creation of monsters is just too hard. Labeling people who are the result of dangerous ideologies bred by the societies that they exist in as insane is not just a disservice to our own ability to solve the problems that create those dangerous ideologies; it's a fucking slap in the face of people with actual mental issues. Mental illness does not make you violent. Violent ideology *does*

[@albevanhanoy]

Very insightful and interesting comment.

[@stella187]

Also, whenever a white person commit murder based on ideologies they are called "insane", but when people from the middle east do it they are called "terrorists". Maybe both should be called this or the other, though it is strange how different words are used depending on the ethnicity of the killer.

[@jeanpicard3077]

@@stella187 is that so? Anders breivik is clearly labeled as a terrorist

[@-ahvilable-6654]

No one calls isis insane. They are just murderers leveraging violent traditions.

[@TheDsRequiem]

Stephen Bishop your comment is interesting not because you're smart, but because if you, or any of us were on the other side we'd be saying the exact same thing about us

[@starspawn507]

He became a ruler on his own using words? He’s a bard.

[@samshrimpton407]

I’ll take your word for it. Renting a mountain cabin in Chile is going on the bucket list.

[@Oxertham]

Despite living all my life here in Chile I've never heard of this man. Maybe it's not so bad considering that he would probably would had been taught to me as a mad man. I always find it hard to judge things like this. Whether it is about history or the topics that happen right now in our society we all are a product of things that are out of our control, but that deeply affect us. I really like this content for that reason. As you said in one video you are not out of this cycle, so you have your bias and that translates into your videos, but still strike a balance letting the interpretation of the events for narrate open. Please keep the good work for a long time.

[@TheNachoOne]

I'm a Chilean too, and I learned about this guy both at school and university.

[@Oxertham]

The Nacho One then perhaps it is not as uncommonly taught as is though, but I really didn't think to have heard of him in school and I don't think that any one would mention him at University. So out of curiosity, was he mentioned as a mad person or as an idealist to you?

[@mig21L]

Me acuerdo haberlo visto en la básica

[@TheNachoOne]

It's not that we studied his history in deep, but he was certainly mentioned. We learned about him as an opportunist who wanted to become king, and as a threat against the integrity of the Republic.

[@TechSquidTV]

You are the king of storytelling. They should probably put these on TV.

[@gameswoodmore5950]

TechSquidTV The problem with TV is that he cannot reach people all over the world and he can't produce whatever he wants to...

[@zieperegrine5237]

GamesWood&More why not, if a tv channel wants to air one of his videos that would give him creative control.

[@RareEarthSeries]

ZiePeregrine TV virtually always strips creative control. I like being my own master, personally.

[@dvendddo7454]

Mainstream television would never allow this kind of content

[@gumbilicious1]

these shows would be better if they took this same content and spread it over a half an hour and put a bunch of commercial breaks, a bunch of recap summaries and manic quick cuts. And we could base it around nazis and ancient aliens with Jessie Ventura and Dave Navarro as guest consultants, they could do it on green screen to save money for more animation breaks that can be overused with the recap summaries Unfortunately tv would ruin this presentation style. I’d love to see tv go more to formats like this though

[@linksfood]

I'm surprised that those who disagreed with his worldview would call him insane rather than an opportunist. What he did makes sense to me, and it should make sense to them even if they don't agree. Maybe they were afraid of what recognizing him could do.

[@salsaroja9740]

linksfood Yeah, it would have encouraged others to try striking deals with natives all over the place, this would make an example and keep the powers in place.

[@idcaf]

If they didn't call him insane, they would legitimize his efforts (by only calling him an oppurtunist). As you said yourself. They didn't want to recognize him for obvious reasons.

[@Howtard]

Calling people insane and incarcerating them was the aristocracy's own form of opportunism in itself; it was a quick and easy way for anybody with money / contacts to make a troublesome person disappear while simultaneously discrediting them, be it a pregnant lover, a business rival or a family member competing for inheritance.

[@andreadossi53]

Probably being a hero, or acting like one, requires a bit of insanity

[@posteador]

Dostoyevsky sort of wrote about this in "Crime and Punishment" when the main character tries to justify his crime in similar terms... however I don't think he used the term "insanity" but rather criminal acts for a greater good. Like Napoleon could get away with killing on a mass scale but he was hailed as a hero and a military genius at the time. The main character of Dostoyevsky extrapolates from this a logic that could be used to justify his own crime.

[@duncanc3753]

This has been one of my absolutely favorite youtube channels ever since you guys were filming in japan. Kind of astonished to scroll back thru the catalogue and see how much the stories and content has changed over the years. Astro-dad seems like a pretty cool dude. Anyway.. I wont blow too much smoke up your bums but I, for one, really appreciate these little glimpses of our rare earth. Thanks guys

[@happykidalex5340]

this is one of the channels that makes me stop everything to watch a new video, great content!

[@maverickloggins5470]

Ikr, I was opening youtube to find something but took a 10 minute detour just for this lmao

[@leaf12496]

I hope you climbed that little mountain at the start and end of the video.Was that the stargazing volcano?

[@RareEarthSeries]

leaf12496 Haha, little mountain! That's Villarica (stargazing) volcano. It only looks little because we're 5/6ths of the way up. :)

[@leaf12496]

apparently its 2,847 m high.......so not exactly little lol. Also quite active! Thanks for the reply Evan,we all appreciate your work. :)

[@ecrusch]

This king will forever be remembered now because of your efforts. Thank you.

[@Xergecuz]

I had a similar crazy idea to save the whales from the japanese. Whales are born in the Gulf of California, so they're born in Mexico, they're not owned by anyone, in mexican civil law this is known as a 'bien mostrenco', of course they can't be killed, but they can still be owned, so I wanted to start a non profit, allie it to a local university and claim the whales born in Mexico as ours, name them and follow them thru their anual jouney from Antartica to Alaska, if the japanese tried to hunt them sue them in civil court in either Mexico or Japan, since you can't just hunt someone else's game, the same way you can't just go hunt cows in someone else's ranch, but you can hunt wild boar, because it's not owned by anyone. I'm a mexican lawyer and I do believe that this is solid, but it would be ridiculously expensive to make true.

[@jacquesfrancois4275]

How far have you come with this idea? We would love to hear an update on this!

[@disastergoblin65]

How much would this cost, approximately?

[@nasrhussain9061]

Illogical. All commercial fishing will be banned because each country will claim ownership of fish "born" in its territory.

[@AMinibot]

@@nasrhussain9061 would you not be able to make some argument around whales being mammals though? Like, if you're classing them as 'game', as far as I'm aware the only animals that term is applied to are mammals and birds.

[@domenicfieldhouse5644]

You can't really sue japanese fishers for doing anything to whales in international/japanese water in relation to Mexican property law. To something like this would require international accords which i admittedly do not know enough about to further comment on the matter. But theoretically you could sue them in Mexican court in relation to mexican property law. But this is only as enforceable to the culprits as the japanese government would like them to be. And additionally you could sue them in Japan for breaches of Japan's law but once again I do not know enough about japanese law to comment further. I think there would be an issue in claiming the whales as you're property, im not sure about Mexico but ik in the USA they have the endangered species act (ESA 1973) restricting the purchase or collection of any of the great whales which are all listed as endangered.

[@posteador]

On principle his... idea... was not insane, what was insane was to expect the world would just roll over and accept his new kingdom/nation and what that might imply for their own geopolitical policies. For European colonial empires an idea like that would provide fuel for anti-colonialist movements, for the new nations of the americas, it could mean hope for the native peoples and fuel for future rebellions... so an idea like his would have absolutely no allies in the world he was born into. So, in that sense at least, he was deluded. However, building a nation like this, it can be done, look no further than the nation of Israel.

[@jhonhenry9056]

posteador yo u right bruh

[@posteador]

DivideByZero. Yes, that was the point I was trying to make. His idea of forming a nation is only crazy because of the world he was living in at the time.

[@vinesauceobscurities]

*+posteador* Israel isn't a very good comparison, because the effects of WW2 helped Israel win strong international recognition and backing from Western Europe (at least from the first few decades) and the United States right off the bat. Had they been left to their own devices, conflicts with Arabs nations could had been much bloodier (even accounting for the fighting fervor of the Isrealis) and the state's survival in its early years would have been cast in greater doubt, a mess that the West didn't want to be responsible for again.

[@posteador]

Vinesauce and Neon White. I feel I didn't explain myself properly. The conditions of each of these enterprises occurred in entirely different worlds, I agree. But, in principle, they were very similar. It is the geopolitical context that makes one of them a madman and the other group, founding fathers.

[@junkersintutus4282]

posteador Some key diffetences have already been pointed out, but also the Mapuche were an indigenous population, so actually more akin to the Palestinians as far as imperfect analogies go. If like the Mapuche had asked the Inca Empire for help against the Spaniards and then the Inca said sure, and fought a little war with the Spanish and then divided up the Mapuche lands between the two of them and said: "there, we helped your sorry asses happy? Now go fetch me some water slave."

[@CaptPatrick01]

"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." - Theodore Roosevelt As this little snippet of history has shown us, this king *had forgotten about the stick.*

[@paulozhan]

Lord Byron was not insane. While the contours of Orélie's story is much different, I am willing to wager that Orélie was also moved by an early form of Messiah Complex. It doesn't make him insane.

[@caffiend.]

Storytelling elevated to an art form. We are waiting now for your published work as a bestselling author.

[@sonofsisyphus5742]

Have you ever covered Emperor Norton?

[@MarcelRz]

I can't stop loving every single video you make, It always makes my day and I feel like I learn more than an entire day in school

[@toxogandhi]

Liberalism isn't a mental disorder. The great irony of this is that most of the conservatives I know - Hate war - Want borders, but not out of some xenophobic or racist bias, but out of desire for care for the needy here, that we should put on our oxygen masks before giving them to the person next to us. - Think people love who they love, and that's awesome. No problem with same sex marriage. - If Christian, do not deny evolution or scientific outlook on the beginning of the universe. - Fear radical Islamists because of the threat to women and children, realize that it isn't all Muslims that think this way, but know there's no way to know the radical from the moderate; remember, Taqiya, but have deep sympathy for the moderate Muslim reformists (like the wonderful Imam Tawhidi, who I believe may be written in the history books as the Muslim Martin Luther), and the religions the fundamentalists persecute, including moderate Muslims. - Think the black community deserves better, but takes a more nuanced stance than "Cops are bad", but also hate anything remotely like a police state. They see the big picture, and believe inner city black people are handed a raw deal, but cultural change, not handouts nor government intervention, is the answer. Rejecting fatherlessness and a culture of poor parenting are good starts. Southern whites have some of these same problems. - Are die hard for free speech, be it from a Communist, a racist, or a working class thinker. - While seeing no topic as too sacred to joke about, detest real racism or any form of prejudice. Sticks and stones. - Believe class, not race, is the biggest divider of people, but believe the free market holds better solutions (with charity, businesses looking to gain good will and giving to causes they care about) than high taxes do. No matter the tax rate, the top 1% has always paid about 17%, since the post war period. More taxes just means the wealthy will find ways to dodge them. - Want an end to the drug war. It's too expensive and has killed more people than drugs themselves. These people need harm reduction and access to rehabilitation, not a cell in crime scho- I mean prison. - While acknowledging the statistics of the impact of the nuclear family vs. a single parent household, or a household where both parents go to work when the child isn't at school, think that women who earn their way into whatever they are good at and passionate about, as long as they can compete on the same field as men, should be welcomed to compete, but also acknowledge the consequence of men seeing them as worse mothers than a woman that would be at home with the children, especially when there are so many ways to make money from home (for instance, I do graphics and websites. I am also going to be breeding an imported cat breed, the kittens from which may go for up to $3,000.00, and, being a large breed, these cats can have litters of six or seven kittens. Additionally, I am going into a custom cat tree business, with a focus on making sturdy cat trees for large breed cats. I plan on funding vet bills and TICA fees with my other 2 businesses, making kitten fees all profit, then spreading at least half of that to rescue and spay/neuter charities.) - Generally want to ban banning things and reduce regulation, cutting a few government agencies along the way and shrinking the size of federal government overall. - Are for nuclear energy, which is our best viable option right now, as long as we don't put the plants in natural disaster prone zones like the Japanese did. Today's conservative (neocons and evangelocons aside - they are dying off, with the boomer paradigm) is an 80's and 90's liberal. In fact, they would fall under the term "Classical liberal", or one who follows Enlightenment thought. On the other hand, today's far left, a growing movement in the US, wants government redistribute us into capital flight leading to massive depression, make the taxpayer pay for free college, free Healthcare, more handouts, and reparations to black people, with open borders so even illegals get those things (besides reparations). They want dissent silenced and people "reeducated" to "check biases". They advocate for political violence, harassment, and intimidation. They want a bigger government. These things are the antithesis of the original meaning of the word "liberal".

[@daviderwin4705]

Sounds like he was honestly trying to save those people. If he went back 3 times to give them what aid he could, and died penniless to do it, he was probably pretty committed to their survival. Egoist tend to build golden parachutes before any other part of their agenda. Thanks for giving us a glimpse of a forgotten failed hero.

[@christopherbradley5575]

Perhaps declaring him insane was a way to escape making him a martyr? Granted, his followers were no threat to the great powers and probably wouldn't have fought for him but no one knew that for sure at the time. Who are you more likely to fight for? A great leader who has been killed by the enemy or someone the whole world thinks is nut job? They took the legitimacy out of a possible conflict. Pretty smart if you ask me. Great video. Ive always been interested in Chile and I find your historical accounts very interesting.

[@encellon]

Apart from a manufactured veneer of civility, we are _all_ 'insane.'

[@damonstr]

Big words, little meaning.

[@antonymash9586]

Only the insane have the strength to prosper. Only the prosperous can determine what is sane.

[@ileolai]

Edgy.

[@WhisperingShade]

Ty for doing neat shows on Chile, Japan, and Easter Island. Could you do Swaziland next? It's kinda a neat little nook locked away in Africa.

[@dapeach06]

Even if he was 100% sane, and sincere in his ideals, and if he somehow succeeded, it is far from guaranteed that his government would have been what the people wanted. He was still an outsider with a colonial French mindset, and contrary to the MANY movies that portray the "white savior trope" as being a good thing, it usually isn't.

[@ingenuity13]

Such an optimistic idea. Insane or not, the cause is what matters. Love Rare Earth.

[@joebykaeby]

With every video that comes out on this channel, I inevitably think, "how have I never heard this story before?" I got a degree in world history, but Rare Earth has broadened my horizons more than any lecture or textbook - because, I suspect, the establishment is too afraid to allow these stories to be told too loudly or too often. Thanks guys.

[@PrattlingPyre]

I think he really cared about those people but also really cared about being a 'king'. the part that tells me he cared more about them than his vanity is him dying poor and him not simply giving up when the going got rough (him getting sent to an asylum/ sent back across the world not once but three times)

[@Allocated_Brain]

The man who ruled the world.

[@kaiserwigglesiii2369]

Allocated Brain the man who sold the world.

[@kadegainey5123]

I laughed and shook his hand

[@avykh99]

Kade Gainey And made my way back home

[@frank6587]

COUNTRY ROAD !!! WEST VIRGINIA !!!

[@avykh99]

francois dinauto goddammit frank

[@merdab8]

Thanks for standing out, and standing up. I bet your father is extremely proud.

[@pelaormazabal]

I'd love to see if you would be interested in the story of the hotel in Mar del Sud, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Really querky story. It's a massive building from the late 1800s built in the middle of nowhere at the time. The most beautiful French architecture falling apart.

[@callumgriffith]

About a year ago I spent three months traveling in the wilderness of Patagonia. It is by far one of the most beautiful places on the planet and if anyone is interested in more history from the area, I would highly recommend reading "In Patagonia" by Bruce Chatwin. It covers the story in this video and many others.

[@-_-_m]

I’m kind of hopeful that you guys will present something about Mario Vargas Llosa and Alberto Fujimori, all the hubris flying around on all sides, unexpected outcomes and all. It would really tie this whole cycle in a nice bow.

[@d_wang9836]

How do you find these interesting stories?

[@DarkHarlequin]

Travel, but most importantly stay open minded, stay curious. I used to travel in 2017 and can't anymore in 2018 due to professional obligations. But the mindset kinda stuck. And I discovered that even in my homeland, in a 'normal boring' city stories are everywhere. You just need to be curious enough to look for them and patient enough to listen. Stay curious my friend :-)

[@d_wang9836]

FelKor Yea, I don't go out much so maybe that's why I find nothing interesting in my town.

[@jacobmortimore]

This momo reincarnated as Kanye West.

[@SaltySalman]

He is a legend

[@PrawnzHD]

I loooove this channel! You're amazing, keep it up!!

[@AwakenTheGuardian]

Wish I may, wish I might Have this, I wish tonight Are you satisfied? Dig for gold, dig for fame You dig to make your name Are you pacified? All the wants you waste All the things you've chased Then it all crashes down And you break your crown And you point your finger But there's no one around Just want one thing Just to play the king But the castle's crumbled And you're left with just a name Where's your crown King Nothing? Where's your crown? Hot and cold Bought and sold A heart as hard as gold Yeah! Are you satisfied? Wish I might, wish I may You wish your life away Are you pacified? All the wants you waste All the things you've chased Then it all crashes down And you break your crown And you point your finger But there's no one around Just want one thing Just to play the king But the castle's crumbled And you're left with just a name Where's your crown King Nothing? [Incomprehensible] Nothing Where's your crown? I wish I may, I wish I might Have this wish, I wish tonight I want that star, I want it now I want it all and I don't care how Careful what you wish, careful what you say Careful what you wish, you may regret it Careful what you wish, you just might get it Then it all crashes down And you break your crown And you point your finger But there's no one around Just want one thing Just to play the king But the castle's crumbled And you're left with just a name Where's your crown King Nothing? Nothing No you're just nothing Where's your crown King Nothing? No you're just nothing Absolutely nothing Off to never, never land

[@imtiazshaikh6986]

Rare Earth Documentaries are... simply defined eloquent, addictive, mesmerizing, story telling par excellence, my compliments.

[@mig21L]

Although my last name is not Mapuche, like the great majority of Chileans, we feel Mapuche, mestizo heirs of Mapuche history .. there is no division between Chile and Wallmapu .. even though many say the opposite

[@tamanassman]

interesting what you said about Riel. I'd tell you more about my own experiences in that realm lately but that's not the point. I'm looking forward to you covering the Empire of the Canadas' expansion to the Pacific - by war on the Metis, forced relocations, child internments, ethnic cleansing, and the Indian Act - all in the same year the the "National Dream" was completed..... you're a Central Canadian so ... perspective is everything..... the legacy of the Railway Clique means Western Canada is Montreal's Empire, pretty much.... and only a small chunk of it was Rupert's Land....so just as Araucania was large in theory but an empire of the Europeans in power in Santiago and Buenos Aires it's the same with the Dominion(s) of the Canadas. I can point you in topics to do with pre-Contact/colonization and also during the colonial period in BC re interrtribal wars and politics that the Indian Act-era governments and native politicos don't want us "settlers" talking about, also....... hit me up [myname no space] at gmail dot com........

[@sebc3129]

When I watch these videos of Rare Earth, there is a pack of emotion that comes with it, stories about Yugoslavia, Nagorno-Karabakh, the untouchables of Japan, and the mad king of a nation that doesn't exist, they are truly sad stories, but in other cases, bring awe and fascination. Makes you change the way you know the world. The best part about it is when you compare the darkness of the past to the darkness of today. The tragedy that happened back then compared to the tragedy happening right now.

[@rodrigogalilea9409]

I have to push back against some things. I've learned of this man in my school years, so i only get a very one sided view when young. For young countries at that point, about 50 years, having a Frenchman claiming vast mostly unoccupied areas like Patagonia or were Spaniards were stopped by the natives, like Araucanía, was a huge problem. You can get how calling for intervention of a Colonial power, in the recently freed America was seen in a bad light. Specially when Orélie used the title of King, massive red flag for any republic. I've now idea where you took the number of 2 million Mapuches, seems quite high for anything at that time, similar to the whole population of Chile in that period, which was way bigger in area than just Chilean Araucanía; maybe that count extends considerably in time or counts the Mapuches in Argentina or conflates several other exterminations, like the Tehuelches and Onas, in Patagonia. In addition, Araucanía was a somewhat untouchable piece of land that separated several southern cities and settlements from the core of Chile. What options did the country had to solve this issue? few, and in that time, with Eurocentric views towards natives, i doubt things would have end up differently. I'm not justifing the "Pacification", but Natives at that point needed to be incorporated in some way to the State, could have been done better, certainly, but biases and racism prevented it. Also, the Eurocentric view seem to run both ways here, because the european Orélie was set to be the king, why not a native? and he to be the legal right hand? Or a native democracy? Mapuches had history and tradition of electing Authorities. Probably because states and powers would have ignored him. At the end it was all the same, but would make for a way better precedent and story, i believe. Other thing that bother me, just because i'm from the Aysén Region. Araucanía is waaaaaaaaay smaller than Patagonia, if you considered the Chilean and Argentinian sides together. Also this "patagonian tribes" joined is weird, there are several different natives cultures in Patagonia, and for example the Tehuelches (called Patagonians) were many Nomad tribes hundred and/or thousands of kilometers away. I've no idea what really happen, nor the real intentions of Orélie, but this way to add Patagonia and its people seems like an attemp to boost numbers and importance to his cause without there being really that much behind this Patagonian pledge. Now there are movements today that have interest in changing the narrative, or keeping it as it was, and that muddies the little information around this figure. There's certainly things that don't add up, but where are the pieces? maybe we have already lost them :( But it gives us something to think and reflect about. I always enjoy when my country appears in Rare earth.

[@erejnion]

Does it even matter if he was moved by compassion or vanity? It seems undeniable his actions were towards freedom, human rights, and a modern liberal democracy. Just like Levski's actions in the European part of the Ottoman empire were at the same time. Nobody considers Levski insane. Is that just because Levski wanted a republic where he could leisurely do some small farming, while that guy wanted to be a king? What's more, are ISIS insane? What else could trive in a war-torn country that has been fucked over again and again? Were the germans insane? Or maybe the circumstances were so fucked up that nothing else could remain on the table? No. I say none of these are insane. They all followed the practical means of dealing with their situations. Of course, I have no problem judging the nazis, the islamists, the commies in modern USA, the "liberal" media that runs defence for these commies, and so on. So what if the "liberal" media is in such dire straits that only hateclicks help it survive? So what if the rest of Europe fucked your country up? Doesn't matter, the actions, however practical they may be, are still immoral and bad. But they are not insane.

[@tedclutter7326]

Great writing. Great delivery. But way too much! Relentless dialogue. The viewer needs a break from continuous, non-stop narration. Whew~!

[@Exelius]

If you're still in Chile, you should talk about our illusion of democracy, based on a selective omision, denying and even of justification of the atrocities from Pinochet's dictatorship coming from our ruler cast (7 interconected families control our goverment and economy since saltpepper years) Chile's stabilty and growth comes from the ghost of returning to the repression days if people don't commit themselves to work for the benefit of the ruling class in exchange for "peace" and "security". That's why human rights abusers are impune, and half the country justify them, a thing impossible in any really decent and democratic country.

[@thedarkone246]

I think you missed a good opportunity for a line there "It wasnt a state, it was a state of mind" would have been great.

[@MichaelMarko]

He was likely a creative, visionary empath. An outlier. A risk taker. A guy who wanted to help who thought abstractly enough to attempt a solution that was equal parts satire and seriousness to rankle power. It was a brilliant idea. Ultimately he was actually being a lawyer. Their advocate. But he was trumped by those who wouldn't allow the maneuver. But it's amazing that he just didn't disappear, that he was actually really with through a legal system. It's clear he had woven enough of a spell to make it necessary to deal with him this way instead of the other. His enemies were Incorporated into his narrative which was accomplished by trying to, and succeeding a little, to redefine the Patagonians! Though it didn't end the way he hoped it's actually a hopeful story.

[@x.g_]

Subtitles "A Frenchman named orally". Well, that seems kind of obvious, I mean, I didn't expect his parents to hand him the birth certificate.

[@nichtwichtig8343]

The title sounds like me

[@schuwarten]

As always the videos are fantastic, But here in Brazil a lot of people have laziness or difficulty to watch subtitles or do not know how to understand English. have you ever considered the idea of dubbing videos in Portuguese to reach a larger audience? please let me know if I can help you guys in any way to make the videos more acessible accessible to all brasilian folks.

[@adamhuman6201]

I am sorry Evan Hadfield, I feel I should give you a bear hug when I meet you in person. You unfortunately know how people get hit the most, teach us something of that nature will you.

[@a_Minion_of_Soros]

ISIS is perfectly rational if you follow the core assumptions. Most disagree on the core assumptions.

[@Kikilang60]

Insane? He could only be sane if he was morally perfect? Every single person on Earth would look insane if every action they took was viewed publicly.

[@lebendigesgespenst7669]

Considering he stated that they had the right to depose him, I think he was genuinely trying to save the people (while maybe simultaneously putting himself in a better living position as a bonus). I can see a little of myself in him. Hopefully I’ll be able to make half the impact he had.

[@davecarl7142]

Yes is was insane... To go against the flow in a paddle boat, your paddle breaks and send you backwards. It is insane to go up against the current, because the odds are against you, but some people do success going wrong way in a heavy current.....

[@ryantheroman4331]

Should’ve tried an alliance with the Brazilians instead. Could’ve certainly prevented Argentine incursions

[@timothylewis6088]

My spanish skills aren't good enough but what exactly did the woman at the very end say? A lot of it was basic phrases but I didn't catch them all

[@guyparris4871]

It seems that you insinuated that America gave disease infested blankets to native Americans....you might want to research that.

[@tyercuuhbitu2219]

What was the frenchman's name again? The name's spelling. How am I suppose to know him if I dont know him.

[@iberomagazine]

once conquered a territory, the first task is to demonize the conquered, therefore being Indian in Chile is the worst, it is a great insult, it means wild and uncivilized, therefore it is necessary to civilize them, to Christianize them, the land is of the conqueror and not of the conquered and nobody wants to be the conquered, but the winners

[@argiberico]

I thought this would be about Shukrut Nahunte (?), but enlightening nevertheless.

[@dvendddo7454]

Hey man I'll never know if you will read my comment or not But i just want to say thank you

[@dvendddo7454]

Holy shit...! Um hey your videos gave me different perspective and paint a different picture of the world that i know and makes me wanted to explore and expirience the world more I appreciate your works and everything you've put to each video Keep up the good work 😀

[@neoleo593]

Beautiful Work

[@wendygoicochea5910]

Thank you for telling this history. Many brilliant minds are branded as "crazy".

[@wannabehistorian371]

I’ve got one problem with this video; smallpox blankets were never a thing.

[@kevinelruler]

Why is the eternal Anglo always promoting dissidence in the Hispanic world?

[@kurt1736]

Great video! Happy to see the channel grow everyday

[@mrnobody-cf6il]

He was insane, but he was doing the right things , stopping genocide although he eventually failed

[@LB-vf2hm]

How fucking depressing. Good video as usual, though.

[@wfqqf3361]

I don’t know if you have noticed that or not. I think this channel is more and more like reading a textbooks.

[@matthewculley5959]

One of your coolest videos. Never thought anyone would make a serious video about this guy!

[@MarkArandjus]

Not that your Dad isn't awesome, but this channel is way better being Rare Earth!

[@furripupau]

Insane like a fox - what reasonable person would not have taken this chance were it presented to them?

[@yanuchiuchihaanimegamesand3907]

So... the ones that had divided the land in their mind arrested another guy who had a more grounded division of the land also in his mind and called him insane... Does that not make them even more so?

[@DeliciousDeBlair]

The man seemed as heroic as any who ever struggled for a JUST cause!

[@vilstef6988]

These episodes are so heavy in content! So amazing for how short they are!

[@jakegarvin7634]

Frenchmen have an innate superpower to be vainglorious and obnoxious peacocks and everyone is just like "Oh, you scamps, alright then"

[@jakegarvin7634]

Absolutely the Frenchest story that I have ever heard.

[@mr.mercury4247]

If you read the quote at the end it's rather hilarious even though I do not understand the context of it.

[@llantup]

The difference between insanity and eccentric is how much money you have.

[@callysto_ii]

Credits are gold, just sayin'.

[@ashapuhin9825]

You remind me of China uncensored.. was that you?

[@shitpostadmiralty2921]

The most resourceful people in human history tend to be insane.

[@Claytone-Records]

I don’t think this guy sounds like he was crazy.

[@SkyOnosson]

What is the language spoken by the woman at the end of this video?

[@13tuyuti]

Sky Onosson first Mapuche and then she explains in Spanish what she just said in Mapuche.

[@hoshjunmin803]

Sky Onosson Its Mapudungun or Mapuzungun

[@williammontgrain6544]

(Edited for nuance upon reflection) I am a big fan of this channel, and have enjoyed it quite a lot. Therefore, I would feel negligent if not derelict if I did not raise one point of protest. I really find it disgusting that anyone still uses the old "smallpox blanket" shame stick anymore. We had no germ theory back then, and almost no knowledge of disease and immunity. Stop that. It's ignorant and displays your ill-informed bias. You can't blame people for actions that had consequences they could not possibly have predicted due to the limitations of the knowledge of the time, and you have no reason to feel guilty for those actions or their consequences in the current era. If this is to be a really great channel, please keep your politics out of your documentation. Everything else I have seen here on this channel has stayed refreshingly unpolitical, but that statement was a direct jab at Western civilization. We're not perfect. We're far from perfect, really far. But despite all its mistakes, failures, and downright atrocities, there still has been no force more effective at improving the lives of people across the globe. We've made a lot of mistakes along the way, and are still making them. People on my side of the political spectrum still want to deny that the planet is getting warmer at a dangerous rate, and that humans are probably largely to blame. Even if the second part is wrong, doesn't mean that the first part is, or that we could or should not try to act to stabilize the environment. There's a lot we can do that wouldn't harm the economy in any long term or meaningful way. But we are eliminating abject poverty, globally, faster than we ever thought possible. We have virtually eliminated starvation, everywhere. The child mortality rate in the poorest parts of the world is now less than half what it was just 60 years ago. On the backs of American workers, China, India, and other countries now have a thriving middle class thanks to lopsided trade deals that were (gasp at a conservative admitting this) justified at the time, even if there is no longer a need for them now. We've done a lot of good for the world, despite many mistakes and even some terrible atrocities along the way. Point is, we need to stop blaming ourselves for every thing we did that we could not have known was wrong at the time. The Native population of the Americas was largely decimated by those diseases that had already been brought over by the Spanish Conquistadors. And even as bad as they were, you cant blame them for diseases they also had no understanding of. And for the Colonial settlers, the blankets were meant as a gift in good faith. We had no way of knowing the terrible consequences. Doesn't mean we can't try to learn from them, and we should. Anyone who made it this far, thank you.

[@RareEarthSeries]

Except at Fort Pitt, where they absolutely understood the connection and were documented by themselves as attempting to use smallpox blankets. Except that. Germ warfare has been used since the time of the Mongols. They didn't need germ theory to understand the connection. It was already well established, with hundreds of documented sources to prove it through the years.

[@kennyhagan5781]

You tell some of the saddest stories that I have ever heard,and I have seen stuff.

[@grimeto7323]

He was an idealist. So yeah, definitely insane by today's standards.

[@CharlesChaldea]

What was the name of the Frenchman? I couldn't get the spelling from the description or captions, sorry.

[@LordDim1]

Orélie-Antoine de Tounens

[@jim4859]

I'd really like to see transcripts of these videos. I have a limited and expensive Internet connection. I also have an easier time looking things up if I know how to spell the names. There's a very interesting article in The Guardian about this which is easy enough to find since I can't paste a link here. Anyway. A very good video.

[@RareEarthSeries]

Jim Duba Since you couldn't post it: www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/21/kingdom-mapuche-chile-patagonia-araucania While I'm a bit too strapped for time to transcribe on the road, I'll try to upload scripts as closed captions (although it won't always line up, as I riff a bit).

[@bigteddybear5962]

And if it weren't for the peace, I shall not have the world.

[@muhilan8540]

The smallpox blankets thing is not true. I am not denying the horrible genocide that the Europeans committed on the continent, just the biological warfare.

[@RareEarthSeries]

Muhilan Selvaa There is documented evidence that the British admit to where opposing native groups were given smallpox blankets as a means of warfare. Absolutely. 100%. Other instances have been called into question (not disproven specifically), but that's not to say it didn't happen. It absolutely, undeniably, did.

[@nosondre]

I’m insane. This the best content ever! So what now?