History vs. Richard Nixon - Alex Gendler

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The president of the United States of America is often said to be one of the most powerful positions in the world. But of all the US presidents accused of abusing that power, only one has left office as a result. Does Richard Nixon deserve to be remembered for more than the scandal that ended his presidency? Alex Gendler puts this disgraced president’s legacy on trial.
Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Brett Underhill.

[@TheseNuts2]

"isn't that treason?" "eh, let's change subject" this is so nuanced

[@Ultizer]

It's not, Obama admin has been telling Iran to hold out until Trump is out of office, but Republicans are held to different standards.

[@smileandlaughs]

@@Ultizer Do you even listen to what you're saying? How is it an Obama administration when Trump is in office?🤦‍♂️

[@khabbad]

Nixon never personally reached out to anyone during those talks however it was floated, just as then candidate Obama floated to Afghanistan during the Bush Presidency. No they are not good things but they do happen. Like Watergate.....all of these campaigns spy on each other, Nixon’s people just got caught

[@pengfeidong5268]

@@Ultizer That makes no sense wtf

[@raymondkim6508]

nixon shouldve been put to jail and humiliated

[@chrisdhespollari4815]

You forget that Nixon started the War on Drugs, which actually increased drug use.

[@when7573]

ben dover Did you happen to get that from Adam Ruins Everything? Because they forgot about to mention it also treats those who take drugs like scum, and isolates them. That, as you might imagine, causes stress. Which makes people return to taking drugs

[@chrisdhespollari4815]

AWildAdventurerAppeared, High Memefather Well, sorry. I still kind of agree to this.

[@jordonwiersema2807]

Not only ramped up drug use, it caused many more to die from gangs fighting over drugs, trying to gain a monopoly on a portion of land.

[@when7573]

ben dover I know. I'm agreeing.

[@ev12353]

ben dover his aid also later said that the war on drugs was a to raid black communities.

[@theobamiumchronicles2838]

This is the kind of thing that my teacher would show and it would be boring. But since I'm watching it myself it isn't so boring.

[@ramnsesallen4375]

Why am I so offended by something I agree with?

[@theobamiumchronicles2838]

@@swaggerdagger8976 that’s literally what I said Kinda obvious tbh

[@ramnsesallen4375]

@@swaggerdagger8976 bro you you think we didn't understand, also you used intuition incorrectly, think you mean initiative kinda obvious tbh

[@swaggerdagger8976]

@@ramnsesallen4375 ok im sorry i get it

[@captainsquids2792]

Man, if you didn't appreciate Ted Talks put on by the teacher then that's your problem lol

[@mawaddahjamaluddin5094]

History on trial needs to be longer. I would love to hear an hour of it in any topics. Even short ones like these are amazing enough.

[@thechicken5939]

I know he started the war on drugs, prolonged the war in Vietnam, and installed a brutal dictator but think of the animals!

[@mewsingsbynatk]

I know, animals are precious, but try to balance the scale!

[@Ultizer]

He pulled out of Nam, the Kennedy's prolonged the war.

[@khabbad]

He ended the war in Vietnam

[@smileandlaughs]

@@khabbad He screwed the Vietnamese over and shook hands with the Chinese afterwards. The guy is a scumbag.

[@V1nce_man]

Natalie Kelemen He normalized ties with China seeing the Chinese and the Russians weren’t getting along that well anymore and plus Nixon is the only president that actually got the job done during his visit to China being nice and happy making others laugh and he didn’t mean to throw off the Vietnamese he just wanted better terms but of course the communist took Saigon before they could get those terms

[@thalespro9995]

The defender keeps on saying “it was for the good of the country”

[@smaklilu90]

lol that's pretty much how every dictator in the world justifies his mistakes

[@arro2546]

Alexander Crack-ilton That’s how it was back then. Some people didn’t view women fit as monarchs.

[@arro2546]

A male heir would ensure the succession and legitimacy of the crown.

[@pranavkankal5604]

Sounds like trump's supporter

[@thukim9293]

Pranav Kankal not some china supporters from the Democratic Party , American for United States not for china , trump still better than that foolish obama

[@markanthony4546]

“I’m not a Crook!” :Richard Nixon proceeds to be a Crook

[@caseyrayharris.esquire489]

Perception is everything, Someone taught us, showed us. & there for we must share this with others. Create full pictures by exposing operation northwoods, project mk ultra, the Gulf of Tonkin incident, mcarthyism, JFK files withheld by Russian backed president. He had a trump tower moscow presidential sweet to give putin for free. Signed letter of intent during campaign. This is ted talks here. It's for real you all. Watch the internet's own boy. About Reddit creator, Epsteined for sharing open domain. documents to educate the public instead of charging millions to have internet access. or the corporation to learn how they are legally people.

[@caseyrayharris.esquire489]

He actually got rid of the gold standard which is why bubbles can exist in our economy and eventually burst because they can write blank checks and blow up the bubble

[@caseyrayharris.esquire489]

Just by speculating and giving an opinion rather than having a physical gold there to represent well. We have built completely automated Farms using Hydroponics greenhouses with the interior volume of multiple Olympic swimming pools that are 3D laser scanned and go from germination to shipping without ever touching a human hand and would completely cut down on polluting the rivers by runoff as well as the diesel fumes and process of making tractors. This would run on electricity and we have Charities all over the world but people are still starving so why not start building these

[@caseyrayharris.esquire489]

@@Improudofyou. emphasize progressive, liberal. Party lines because generally people genuinely don't know

[@91dodgespiritrt]

PROVE IT. Tell us what Nixon "stole" and don't use fake news weaselly metaphors while doing it.

[@error-null]

I love how the judge is supposed to represent the questions we might have as an audience, great cinematic choice there

[@agreen182]

It's almost like humans are complex figures and can't be broken down along black and white lines, huh?

[@AKNeal81]

but these pitchforks are so sharp!

[@deval97]

That's kind of the point of this whole video series if you hadnt noticed. It provides the facts and leaves the conclusion open for the audience to make on their own.

[@MrStrawberryfields4]

Anarcho DeJesus Exactly. And their videos were a lot nicer to Lenin and a lot more critical of Andrew Jackson. They do in fact come to conclusions, and whatever side of the aisle you may be on, it's important to know when this occurs.

[@simonlewis1560]

Totally.

[@luizalbano2014]

agreen182 that's the point of the show

[@lordofdarkdudes]

Dont worry nixon will be back in the year 3000

[@XoxeroThePoet]

Nixon's back!!!

[@davidoke3909]

+XoxeroThePoet You watch too much TV

[@lordofdarkdudes]

David O Futurama is not tv its a way of life

[@WillyTheComposerOfficial]

+lordofdarkdudes NIXON ALWAYS WINS!! BARRRRROOO!!

[@cristianluna6908]

once I read this comment.the futurama theme song popped into my head.

[@gamerstheater1187]

"And if you don't hold people accountable I'll be out of the job" best quote in the series

[@centurionzen1005]

I think that's actually the first time this series gave a clearly implied answer of who's guilty. I love it - it shows that even with plenty of admissions, some people are just wrong.

[@gamerstheater1187]

@@centurionzen1005 They did the same with Augustus and Christopher Columbus

[@centurionzen1005]

@@gamerstheater1187 indeed. Some people are just bad guys.

[@arthas640]

Not really. Judges were in short supply under much Mao, Stalin, ans Lenins careers protecting the commented and condemning the leaders enemies or anyone they could scapegoat. I forget which gulag but had at its peak an executioner killing hundreds per day of condemned criminals.

[@jeffreygao3956]

@@gamerstheater1187 Augustus?! He's not so bad!

[@dootboi4120]

"Sure, he supported a coup... or three (operation condor) but what was the damage compared to all the good?" Huge. The damage was huge. There's no excuse.

[@blitzowl666]

Operation Condor was a gigantic homicide

[@blitzowl666]

@@night6724 huge torture across latin America by the militar dictatorship

[@blitzowl666]

@@night6724 no. Not like einsenhower, the dictatorships were backfired by the CIA, imagine reactionary soldiers invading the capital and installing a dictatorship

[@blitzowl666]

@@night6724 yes

[@iansucholicki128]

@@night6724 So, basically it's a little to much for me to just sum up the whole intervesionism in Latin America. Operation condor was one of the many things USA did, that operation affected Argentina, Brasil, Uruguay, Perú, Ecuador and so on. All of the governments at that time were overthrown. However, I can only speak for Argentina as I'm Argentine. It was an operation with the idea of desmantling industrial competition, so to let American companies grow without any difficulties. A lot of industries in my country were completely abolished (that's one of the many reason we have a massive inflation in my country for starters). In addition, a lot of people who were suspected of being communists were perssecutued, captured, tortured and so on. In my country alone more than 17000 thousand people are still missing.

[@onlookerofthings6029]

I like how the prosecutor is the same throughout the whole series and ends up going against the American war on communism, after being for it in History vs. Ché Guevara and Lenin. It's like a character arc

[@capncake8837]

Wasn’t he different for Lenin?

[@darthbricksempire3606]

@Hydra and realised they weren’t that good

[@williamhe1967]

He literally attacks cleopatra and takes a 180 turn defending her in history v Augustus

[@RogueGhost24]

Lol I like how the defense lawyer is Gordon Liddy rofl no conflict of interest there hahaha

[@YouMakeMyMotorRun]

Actually he seems to be against certain parts of communism... mainly the violent enforcing of it and forceful/dictatorial measures to redistribute the property. In every instance, he is completely for the idea of giving power to oppressed populations and equality to all. Basically, communism tended to preach on equality, but failed to apply it. Capitalism tends to preach on self-worth, but fail to create a favorable eco-system where that self-worth is always useful and profitable: i. e. most of the genius-level entrepreneurs having an already favorable background while masses of worthy individuals die in anonimity for not having a good enough access to education, economic background or support to exercise their ideals.

[@Umirua]

How about History vs Hitler? Why? Because I want to see them make something uncomfortable

[@shariffmanzur8580]

Well i wouldn't say everything, he did have a campaign that was based mainly on extreme nationalism and as a totalitarian leader was ruthless in power. Although the situation in germany was clearly just waiting to explode and being a leader on times of war is not a position to be "nice". He is indeed an overly demonized figure but not for that we can go to the other extreme and admire him.

[@Mnecrafter99]

truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[@MikhaelAhava]

He didn't like smoking, at least, except for the Jews doing it.

[@jhfridhem]

"overly demonized" he killed 11 million because they where "inferior"

[@jhfridhem]

The_Pyromancer no he knew about it and wanted it

[@Ray-ly9lj]

Gotta love how the defender changed the subject after the judge said “isn’t that treason”

[@adissentingopinion848]

A good debater always keeps their cool.

[@nguyenmungphan3701]

I died when he said "Hold on" and then counted his fingers. God I love this format of Ted-ed. Keep on the brilliant work!

[@bigdingus2887]

at 5:16 the pilot is batman

[@OlaftheGreat]

... Richard Nixon is Batman...

[@WinstonKillDeath]

"Nixon committed treason!" *ignores the accusation*

[@claribelapedro9147]

Winston_KillDeath has

[@Super165i]

The problem that he wasn’t charged

[@laddeedaa8610]

It assumes that the “Chennault affair” was the sole reason Saigon didn’t participate in the peace talks, as opposed to the South Vietnamese already being hesitant to go to Paris under a Humphrey administration. President Johnson was also sort of playing politics with the war effort, exaggerating the progress in negotiations with the likely goal of boosting Humphrey’s electoral prospects. A lot of that time was spent by the incumbent administration on determining the scope of the talks rather than already being engaged in a diplomatic thrall. Suffice to say, the Logan Act has never really been legally invoked since its passage over two centuries ago. At this rate, I don’t think any executive will do so.

[@kingace6186]

There is no reasonable defense for treason. So the defender did a "Yes, And"

[@dontrefertome6581]

"Who's the defendant today? Some kind of crook?" I am not a crook.

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

Lol

[@kittyfleaDM]

“The Americans are starving, President Nixon.” “I am not a cook”

[@beissed]

I am glad to see a mention of the overthrow of Allende, as a Chilean it’s of great importance to me since this action has divided my country to this day. Good video!

[@Rayitolaser569]

Solo en chile? El enfermo puso dictaduras por todo Latinoamérica, Argentina, Brazil, etc... Y los estadounidenses lloran por la guerra de las drogas... Nuestros antepasados la tuvieron peor que solo "el ploblema de las drogas"

[@s.chuang4469]

I thought Allende’s popularity had dropped dramatically right before the coup

[@salildeshpande7]

It changed your country for the better. A tyrant through democratic means is not different than a tyrant through dictatorial means.

[@beissed]

@@salildeshpande7 Allende was not a tyrant, he never killed anyone and never violated the constitution, his approval rating was over 50% 1 year before the coup, at the start of the US intervention. Who he really was is the dictator who stayed 20 years right after. The US must learn that the fact that a country has a different political idea does not mean a threat to its national security.

[@salildeshpande7]

@@beissed oh sure sure, Marxists are just so peace loving and non violent amirite. Lmao.

[@kenzofinucane4057]

starting the war on drugs is one of the worst things that ever happened

[@ufukcangencoglu2279]

Along with Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty which had reduced poverty for about %1 by dumping TRILLIONS of dollars.

[@carmelopearman5721]

On the other hand, as the vp, Nixon was the one pushing to give blacks people more rights

[@NAVEMAN3]

Especially since there's a rumor that the government were secretly destributing the drugs. I'm not a believer of the rumor but it was possible he did crack the door for it.

[@nicholasgraham4402]

It's not really on the level of genocides, though, is it?

[@NAVEMAN3]

@@nicholasgraham4402 Depending on who you ask and if you do be careful.

[@poocrafter2]

"He may have violated a law or two". Oh you know the casual breaking of the law. Because clearly laws exist solely to be broken right? Right?

[@BeaverChainsaw]

-Donald Trump

[@8is]

@@BeaverChainsaw What laws has he broken?

[@Mii.2.0]

@@BeaverChainsaw YOU DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION.

[@AshGreen359]

It's only illegal if you get caught

[@nickniehaus1763]

I bet you love Obama tho 😬

[@tod3msn]

As a Democrat who voted for Dem candidates for President, I think President Nixon gets a bum deal in society but history will show him to be a good President. I would urge people who enjoy history to visit the Nixon Presidential Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif. Very professionally run and welcoming. Great staff. I've been there a few times and learned a lot.

[@williamcosta470]

Loving this series!!! Would like to fast forward 30 years to see what History vs. will be saying about today's hero-scoundrels.

[@heitordiogobraga1234]

Like sokka would say : At least we don't add mistreatment of animals to his cruelty list

[@dereklee796]

Einstein

[@alexandersage967]

We do if you count all species (cows, pigs, chickens ...)

[@imsickoflifeanditstactics5063]

Katara: let's give him a medal. The Not-as-big-of-a-jerk-as-you-could've-been award.

[@iseven007]

Nixon helped Pakistan to kill 3 million people in Bangladesh (1971), even though the then US ambassador repetitively informed about the massacre . Nixon even sent the 7th fleet in December to assist Pakistan. His foreign policy is one of the worst all time. This guy never believed in peace. I find this History v. Nixon heavily biased. But then again, the whole series has a focus to talk against common 'belief', just in this case, those are, indeed, correct.

[@jazzjj7665]

Yep, every time I learn something about Nixon I just hate him even more

[@shzd.pk-gazi]

Yup, mfs in both WPak or US didn’t even attempt to stop the brutality of this murder on innocents. Very shameful moment for the west and Pakistan. Smfh

[@asliaffan]

the 3 million figure is probably the cap of the century

[@shzd.pk-gazi]

@@asliaffan also yeah good point it’s actually 500K but still bruh even one person is too much

[@nerdomatic2489]

@@shzd.pk-gazi I agree that even one person is too much, let alone an injury on that one person. War and militarized conflict is so unnecessary.

[@hawkeye18100]

Anyone else love how they highlight his accomplishments and include the picture of him and Elvis?

[@ameliaschwarz1595]

I really like the concept of this series being a debate. Obviously, a less than six minute video doesn't cover the whole of Nixon's campaign, both good or bad, but this is a pretty decent overview with a great foundation to dive deeper.

[@ontherowe4549]

Nixson will always be my favorite presdent..... in Futurama

[@sleezy4you]

Kade Rowe lol

[@yoyobanana9183]

The mars landing was faked

[@peterpepa3041]

Droop Snoot it's a joke

[@ThZuao]

AROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[@gallibon1319]

AROO!

[@Vision_Voyagers]

Sounds like the defender was trying to say that if you do some good things it's alright do the wrong

[@hiyyu3945]

raj shah more like doing wrong things shouldn’t obliterate the good things you’ve done

[@curranfrank2854]

"A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad the good"

[@avelplayz4734]

Everyone does there good and bad. Nobody is perfect

[@duhocsinh6745]

Isaac Dweck 2020 and you are still petty about their and there

[@duhocsinh6745]

@Isaac Dweck not really no

[@tn4243]

0:20 obama's smile made me lmao

[@MsRoz316]

As of today this is one of the most relevant TEDs I've watched.....

[@NoahSpurrier]

I'd like to see one of these on Henry Kissinger. I liked this one on Nixon. It was short, yet provided some interesting starting places for more reading. It represented both sides. It seemed unbiased. It puts his presidency in perspective when considering the character of our current president. It reminds us that he accomplished good things, but it doesn't let him off the hook if only for the damage he did to the reputation of the office.

[@dg8589]

How does this represent both sides? Its purely a leftwing take through and through lmao

[@knightflyer6593]

Who is Kissinger?

[@walkingligma6402]

@@knightflyer6593 he was the adviser and secretary under richard nixon.

[@vampiregamingyt8754]

If there will be one, it'll probably be long after he is dead, so it won't happen for a while

[@ChannelyChannel]

@@knightflyer6593 War Criminal

[@bravmon]

Ted ED should do a history vs Margaret Thatcher.

[@arya6085]

They spent £3,000,000 on a state funeral. With that money you could give everyone in Scotland a shovel and just handed her over to Satan in person.

[@Sheena1234ization]

it wasn't a state funeral

[@AshGreen359]

They should have put her ashes into a bunch of small vials and sold them on eBay. Thus scattering her ashes on the free market

[@c.i.a.932]

Arya Khonsari I mean, she did help the economy of England in bad times.

[@c.i.a.932]

Ryder Tom I’m not sure.

[@ketenaguada4103]

Long Live the History Vs. Series....Just Amazing

[@quangtuan2378]

Fun fact, here in Vietnam, the people used to name their dogs "Nixon" or "Henry".

[@kruzerblade4740]

In about 20-30 years. History v/s Donald J Trump. I can feel it coming.

[@JH-wi2xr]

Kruzer Blade yeah I wonder what Trumps legacy will look like

[@kruzerblade4740]

Crooks n brooks yea

[@sahilhassan8538]

No matter bad or good....Trump will be a consequential president.

[@mewsingsbynatk]

I'm bringing popcorn! 🍿🍿🍿 Who wants some?

[@DrillEntertainmentNetwork]

GUILTY

[@colbaltmind5696]

1:43 “He did it for the good of the country.” How does attempting to steal information and smear your political opposites names when they didn’t do anything and then lying about it for months do good for the country?

[@eeveegaming4798]

ColbaltMind ask the democrats

[@jameskowanko7574]

No the idea was that Nixon covered up the bad actions so that his re-election and presidency wouldn't be hampered by a scandal.

[@monasarbaz1694]

@@eeveegaming4798 Why ask the Democrats? This was done by Republicans. Ask the Republicans.

[@BeaverChainsaw]

reminds me of trump

[@mandarinsandclementines2997]

Ask the parties.

[@ricardomaycotte7135]

Okay. First, President Nixon called the students bums 24 hours before the Kent State shooting; it seems you imply they were shot and then he called them bums. The reason why he called them bums is because they were burning books and destroying property causing unnecessary damage. Someone who burns books is not a student. He did not order the soldiers to shot, they shot because they were having rocks thrown at them. It was LBJ who wanting to help Hubert Humphrey in his campaign order a cease fire on Vietnam and tried to get a Peace Treaty a few weeks before the election because his man was falling behind Nixon in the polls. The law says to prove beyond a reasonable doubt not hearsay, and as far as I have researched, it was never proven that Nixon intervened in the peace talks before the election. You also try to question his achievements of the SALT treaty with the Russians and opening China; you question if that was good, well just look at how we are today, owing more than we pay to China and not getting along with Russia. By the way he ended the Vietnam Wat that JFK started and that he nor LBJ could end, yet you blame Nixon for it? Unbelievable!

[@otesunki]

0:29 this is still by far the best transition ive ever seen in my life

[@elliotlemon8402]

You should keep making these, beacause they are amazing.

[@elliotlemon8402]

Because

[@tonylouis4907]

"Uh, yes, but it was for the good of the country." Right... That can count for every ruler of every country through all history.

[@sergiogarcia5593]

He even said that he didn’t want to release the tapes because it would set precedent for future presidents to not be so corrupt. Nixon was ridiculous.

[@plushiesdx]

They all claim it is good. The real questions are if it actually is and if the ends justify the means.

[@lokensga]

@@sergiogarcia5593 However, he informed us that "if the president does it, it's not illegal." Hmm. Haven't I heard that again recently?

[@LancerFan4109]

Legend has it that eisenhower is still staring into your soul.

[@platinipirate710]

This series is amazing

[@jambob942]

Is accused of treason. Talks about china

[@MikhaelAhava]

He did sacrifice for what he thought was good. He was never perfect but he did his good acts.

[@Brainwave99]

Sounds familiar

[@yaz2928]

China played a critical role in the fall of the Soviet Union. Nixon's alliance with China was the greatest geopolitical victory of the Cold War, the "communist" world was basically divided into two overnight. But it created an enemy for another time, and that time is now. Stop looking at everything from a modern perspective.

[@deprogramm]

china wasn't nearly as bad back then as it is now.

[@gsacelm7753]

@@deprogramm They certainly didn't seem as bad as the Soviets, and was strategically probably the reason why the Cold War didn't continue until today

[@larrysundqvist3918]

"and if you don't hold people accountable to the law, I'll be out of a job" - the most powerful sentence in this video

[@manuelvalencia9228]

Forget the law

[@rayan-rw4iq]

0:30 this part made me remember when cod was a good game

[@ScottLucian]

Richard Nixon's presidency is just like life, sometimes good, sometimes bad, but always a new story!

[@seancotter9156]

In the end .....pretty Damn Good!!

[@magistrumartium]

Your artist is really good. Those caricatures at the beginning--the line-up of presidents--is spot-on! So simple but accurate.

[@ryandafforn]

This Chanel is only getting better. The community is amazing and the views to subs ratio is insane I love these kind of videos because it shows you both sides of the story instead of only one side like most news channels out there

[@capncake8837]

The defense lawyer usually offers pretty decent arguments, but he was really scraping the bottom with this one.

[@GrossBoyyvideos]

A prime example of how the odds don't always justify the means.

[@RK-ep8qy]

Get ready for a History Vs. Donald Trump

[@GrayShark09]

In some decades!

[@godzillavkk]

He'll likely get impeached first. Besides, he's already off to an atrocious start with a cabinet filled with incompetents and corrupts.

[@Fruzhin5483]

the american government has rarely been filled with competent people

[@godzillavkk]

Vali Rusev But this one takes the cake.

[@Fruzhin5483]

i am too lazy to write every corrupt america president and his government

[@ethanthompson3198]

why the hell is he whispering lol

[@TastySandwich100]

Ethan Thompson It sounds like he has lost his voice or had a throat infection.

[@eclectixx]

Dramatic effect

[@kennethsummers6857]

He had to sound different for the Introduction and different as the Prosecutor, I guess.

[@issacrudio989]

Hail hydra

[@fluentvisions8087]

idk why seeing the judge count with his fingers slayed me

[@mohanmungath4814]

I like the episode history vs. Please make more episodes

[@spaceinbetween6591]

I love how all the "good" things that Nixon achieved were literally all progressive ideas: environmentalism, Title 9, proposed UBI, proposed healthcare reform.

[@_frection_419]

He didn't "achieve" those things so much as give in to pressure from most of the population to do them. The 70s were the high point of leftist protest in the USA, never matched before or since.

[@Tony-tp8yz]

i guess thats why they call them "good" things

[@BeaverChainsaw]

if I remember correctly these ideas didn't have a partisan stance on it until around 2000s

[@anderseckstrand7033]

Wish more Republicans were like this. Maybe I’d become one.

[@slimestoneexpert9804]

Anders Eckstrand don’t forget the republicans are the party of big business

[@Mark-yb1sp]

Very well done. I learned more here than from my own history that I lived through.

[@paddydoublems]

Nice touch making the lawyer defending Nixon look like G. Gordon Liddy.

[@matiasgil9430]

Pinochet was stablished nearly 50 years ago, but the consequence of its actions still on game on today's Chile

[@billtalent1]

he's literally francis underwood from house of cards lol

[@southparkfan9111]

Thats lyndon b johnson

[@beemer9108]

You mean that Francis Underwood is like Nixon.

[@jeanicehoffing8935]

Your profile picture.

[@gorgolyt]

is francis interested in anything apart from his own power? does he care about any policies?

[@Poglavnit_Pferdefuhrer]

The show's written by an ex-Clinton staffer, actually.

[@user-rm2lg5uz4o]

Don't forget the 1971 Bangladesh War

[@neumo5005]

The fact that he’s progressive for helping the environment is a shame. An issue with a correct answer, the answer Nixon knew, should not be partisan

[@jeffreygao3956]

I'm thinking Ford's pardon defies justice. PS How about History vs... -Richard Lionheart -Oda Nobunaga -Pericles -Leonidas -Alexander the Great -Walt Disney

[@kierakhov5777]

I’m glad to see the Kent state incident. My English professor mentioned it to the class some time ago yet I have never seen any history textbook mention about it.

[@loscopihues2343]

i'm interested in see a history vs pinochet video now.

[@jorgeapudortiz8007]

Me too but I liked that this video stated that pinochet was fighting against communism that had Chile in the shit or as we call it here: "estaba la cagada"

[@loscopihues2343]

well yeah "estaba la cagada" but a video could give people more insight about that whole mess

[@calhall4748]

+Jorge apud ortiz You mean the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende? Chile was in the shit because of the United fruit company and other US companies literally stealing resources. Allende wanted to keep the resources and money in Chile, rather then give it to the Americans..

[@zanesmith7727]

The series talks about polarizing figures within history. Anyone who knows Pinochet knows he was bad news. So that wouldn't work

[@mickmickymick6927]

They should do Reagen and/or Thatcher. Or Gerry Adams

[@linacrocetti]

Love that Rowan and Martin cameo at 2:49

[@RTL2024]

*0:14* US presidents expressions: - Calvin Coolidge: *-_-* - Herbert Hoovert: *- . -* - Franklin D. Roosevelt: 😁 - Harry S. Truman: *:)* - Dwight Eisenhower: *>:)* - John F. Kennedy: *XD* - Lyndon B. Johnson: *:)* - Richard M. Nixon: 😠 - Gerald R. Ford: 😤 - James E. Carter: 😈 - Ronald W. Reagan: 😌 - George H. W. Bush: 🙂 - William J. Clinton: 😁 - George W. Bush: 😌 - Barack H. Obama: 😁

[@310018918]

I'm starting to reach a conclusion that in order to become president a person must play the political machine on such a level that they already are or end up becoming a sociopath.

[@VinSad]

Yep. Pretty much.

[@waldemarmichel]

Jonathon Sweeney Basically true of any major leadership position.

[@davidflores909]

Jonathon Sweeney For some reason your comment reminds me of Michael De Santa.

[@waldemarmichel]

I'll take that as a complement. :)

[@themessiahcensored882]

Jonathon Sweeney It requires the ability to evaluate at any moment whether your past promises are worth keeping anymore. It also means that you have the ability to sever any personal ties which may be detrimental to you or your image without a second thought since you always have a million other things to do. It also requires you to be a marvelous liar since you learn things on the daily which you cannot even tell your wife, shrink, lawyer, or priest because of how devastating they could be for the nation, all the while smiling, chatting, and appearing publicly in such a way that nobody knows that you were just forced to potentially kill children or something. Yeah, you definitely have to be a sociopath.

[@plankalkulcompiler9468]

I love how Ted isn't biased about history as PragerU and Infographic show are.

[@somecuriosities]

Thats because Prager U is (literally) an alt right propaganda channel paid by big money interests to promote big money intetests...

[@lukecacatian3245]

@@somecuriosities Prager U are not alt right. They are neocon at best

[@Syprone]

Fun fact: LBJ did the exact same thing during the 1964 election against Barry Goldwater. If you hold Nixon accountable for Watergate (which you should), you must hold LBJ accountable as well. And if you believe Nixon’s state-sponsored coups we’re his worst doing, you better absolutely hate Kennedy (and most other modern presidents as well as most presidents post-Arthur, including Theodore Roosevelt. The thing that I find the most damning is his treason regarding LBJ’s peace talks, but once again, LBJ is at fault too. First of all, LBJ knew Nixon did this, but could not say anything about it because the reason he knew was because he illegally wire-tapped Nixon’s phone (LBJ had a thing for illegal wire-tapping). In addition, at first, LBJ played a big part in helping Nixon get elected as well as harming the peace talks. His VP, Humphrey, was running the peace talks on the American side, and since Humphrey was running against Nixon in 1968, it was in LBJ’s personal interest to prevent a peaceful outcome under his presidency, and we all know how the Vietnam War turned out. Finally, if you think the President should be punished for breaking the law, every President since Hoover should have went to jail.

[@tlacxztli_1]

We need one about Porfirio Díaz or Benito Juárez, please

[@tommonk7651]

The point about the subverting of the Vietnam peace process should never be forgotten. So many additional lives lost for nothing....

[@jorgizoran4340]

Do you think the North Vietnamese would have actually sued for peace?Their strategy(an incredibly smart one) was to use peacetime and ceasefires to advance their position on the Field into better strategic locations,its called Fighting while talking

[@brunomaximilianolovera7469]

Please make more HISTORY VS....!!!! They are awesome 😍😍😍❤

[@Miloreo18]

I don’t exactly see why some people are mad about stopping communism. Could someone explain?

[@David22092001]

because in the context of south america in the cold war, what actually happend is a socialist (not communist) leader was democratically elected by the people, and then america (fearing the leftist of this leader) deposed him and isntalled a right winged dictator, often bordering fascism in a miltiary coup

[@willbranam9711]

Very informative it helped with my homework a lot.

[@alizanster]

These are great videos! You should do more American presidents. I suggest Woodrow Wilson, FDR, and Thomas Jefferson.

[@theonedog6272]

A guy murders and robs, Defendant:He may of violated a law or two but when he was five he helped a baby turtle to get to the ocean Judge:🤔...Good point 😑

[@ihavenonameforyou1]

-points at Obama-

[@CommandoJenkins]

A turtle has made it to the water.

[@theonedog6272]

@@ihavenonameforyou1 no

[@ihavenonameforyou1]

@@theonedog6272 I would say yes. Much worse.

[@derek-64]

I'm sure the baby turtle was forever grateful

[@justafrogwithahat355]

Intro be like: Richard Nixon is [REDACTED]

[@brianstabile165]

Who wants TED ED to continue this series

[@chiar0scur0]

You should really get more voice actors to differentiate the characters. It's hard to tell who's talking sometimes.

[@NDUWUISI]

I love these videos! Can History vs. be it's own KZbin channel please?

[@hyojinlee]

Thank you so much for this video :)

[@dinglesworld]

The fact this video presents these events around a court process is enough to give some credibility to the authors. Not bad.

[@Umirua]

You know what we need? History vs. Andrew Carnegie

[@clanwars5156]

IShallUseFire! aka History v. The Messiah of Wealth

[@erich8082]

John d. Rockefeller - richest man in history

[@scotcheggtheguyguy8009]

Eric Hill Not true - Matsa Munsa, King of Mali, was far more wealthy than anyone else

[@btdpro752]

I thought it would stay Andrew Jackson

[@viviannemj5310]

No, no, no, History vs. Ronald Reagan.

[@NorthernCatt]

Saw this in my history class! THANKS MR.WILLIAMS ✌️!

[@victoriaman117]

“The same people that got Kennedy got me”- Richard Milhouse Nixon

[@iamb34]

If Nixon had been a fictional character in a novel, many people would say today and now that he had done well. But reality does hurt, a lot. And his actions did hurt a lot of people, as well as to save the lives of others.

[@ItsDanbo]

I really love Ted-Ed. They're really good at looking at both sides of the story

[@jlupus8804]

Except Columbus- they sucked at that one.

[@toplobster740]

hands down the best video I have seen on President Nixon.

[@pugings2771]

Every time I think there isn’t anymore history vs videos they just appear lol.

[@ganonisking6609]

The last sentence is so true. Most the stuff he did during his presidency is all tainted by Watergate

[@Nimish204]

I want a videos on history vs Alexander the great, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Winston Churchill. Please do videos on all of the aforementioned topics.

[@ConsueloHigdon]

EXCUSE ME? Allende's communist attitudes were not in any way a good thing. The situation deteriorated greatly after Allende's death, but he was a very bad leader who made poor decisions regarding socialism and his rule was unconstitutional because of his going against the Chilean congress. The situation was too complicated to just be glossed over as "he was democratically elected so he's automatically good," because he wasn't even chosen by majority vote. There WAS no majority in the election in question, and he was essentially picked out of a hat. If there are any details I'm fuzzy on or have misrepresented, please let me know.

[@Ignaciocalde]

USA was defending economics interests, as always. Stupid owners of USA you can burn in hell.

[@LazyOtaku]

Mkay sheep and slaves. What have you learned today?

[@ConsueloHigdon]

***** My mother and I were both born in Chile. I will not pretend to know more about Chile than others do, but I will say my mother's opinion on Allende is very negative.

[@Ignaciocalde]

Soy Chileno, Allende hizo cosas a largo plazo, que desestabilizan al país en un principio como toda inversión. El boicot realizado por la derecha en conjunto con el gobierno de Nixon desestabilizaron aun mas al país y finalmente convencieron a los militares ha realizar el golpe un dia 11 de septiembre de 1973.

[@ConsueloHigdon]

Caldesh94 Grácias por la información, te agradesco mucho. Siempre me gusta aprender más de la país de mi madre. Perdoname si mi ortografía es incorrecto, yo tengo más experiencia hablando que escribiendo.

[@airborngrmp1]

Should Nixon be remembered for more than only his scandal? Yes. Should Nixon's legacy be thoroughly defined by said monumental scandal? Also yes. We, as a society, are still dealing with an entire generation worth of people losing pretty much all faith in the basic honesty of our (representative) political system. While Nixon isn't responsible for all of that by any stretch, he is the senior individual and most readily singled out as the primary character of that entire era and system.

[@tencorgmail4075]

I'm waiting for the day we get History vs Barack H. Obama and History vs Donald J. Trump.

[@randomguyhere6061]

I wonder how that will go

[@Tomato1342]

I like how you're not being one sided unlike that other guy in the comment section

[@ispeakforthetrees69]

I would love that.

[@gamerstheater1187]

What did Obama do wrong in comparison to Trump?

[@tonylouis4907]

4:38 So the end justifies the means?

[@johndavenport2847]

I chuckle at the idea of a lawyer explaining the Watergate scandal to someone who is way older than themselves

[@priztucker]

Wow the closing lines are like prophecy based on what's happening now

[@thomasfoster4370]

someday those two lawyers are going to start throwing hands