The Mad King Who Ruled Nothing

[@RareEarthSeries]

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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.

[@staszekr03]

One question. Croatia?

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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

[@ziondelrosario9747]

This is going to be me.

[@OliverFlinn]

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.

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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

[@zhitposterzupreme9120]

It's like every episode is pure enlightenment. I've seen the world in entirely new ways since I found this channel. Truly amazing.

[@samshrimpton407]

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

[@darthzaida1881]

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

[@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

[@ecrusch]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@starspawn507]

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

[@maverickloggins5470]

Hot damn, every video you make just amazes me. I've never supported anyone on patreon and thought I never would but I'm getting close to doing so even if just out of my own desire to see more of your work.

[@DarkHarlequin]

I only support 2 people on patreon that have had a profound impact on me with their work. And Rare Earth is one of them.

[@bumbjtch6669]

Who's the other one?

[@Crosshill]

if all it took was a single press of a button i'd have done so already, its one of those things that just seems genuinely important

[@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.

[@caffiend.]

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

[@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

[@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.*

[@merdab8]

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

[@matthewculley5959]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@AlvaPalin]

You just are such a brilliant man and this channel is priceless. Thank you so much for being so curious.

[@richardross3815]

Wow.....this episode was very powerful. You have studied well ....and stated your case simply...and clearly. Excellent work. Thank you Even.

[@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."

[@NewLook-o9t]

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. :)

[@NewLook-o9t]

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

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

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Loved your father as he got me interested in Space...almost 30 years ago. You are doing it for the next generation. Telling the stories that most people wouldn't understand or have the patience to act on. That said, what you are doing is adding a kernel of truth and history to young minds that will one day be in your position to take the next steps or your fathers position to take the next step. I saw your Father live and was fortunate enough to see how he reacted "off camera" and he was as genuine to the troop that was in front of me after the talk as he is on camera. He is a true person and I see you are following in his footsteps (although yours would leave a print in the sand :) )

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You're video series is still one of the best in its class. A bit of history and a bit of philosophy. Good stuff, man.

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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.

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[@ingenuity13]

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

[@DeliciousDeBlair]

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

[@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.

[@neoleo593]

Beautiful Work

[@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.

[@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)

[@Starwars277]

i just discovered this channel and i gotta say im addicted now

[@jackprac5828]

Just beautiful, Thanks.

[@lautarodesimone54]

It's feel almos weird to find a storyteller so passionate about things so complex and also from the real world. I hope to see your work for many years to come.

[@SaltySalman]

He is a legend

[@wendygoicochea5910]

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

[@johnramos8703]

Damn man, you’re videos are a lot, every single is really interesting thanks for the work man we need more of things like that in our lives

[@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.

[@jackd2083]

Just found your channel and have watched a few videos. Your content is probably the best on KZbin. Keep up the fantastic work! Subscribed.

[@sonofsisyphus5742]

Have you ever covered Emperor Norton?

[@ramdubey8546]

Really great work, kudos bro

[@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.

[@haloborn6785]

The way the information is represented is the reason why I watch all the videos

[@radioguy75]

I learned something new....make more like this please.

[@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.

[@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.

[@joevinski1]

Great video I look forward to every new upload such amazing quality and depth

[@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.

[@bujler]

Damn, I love this channel.

[@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

[@dxsaqibdy]

love this channel.

[@alexalex-te4wh]

Getting addicted to this channel

[@ianmclaughlin8987]

Thanks for that story it was interesting and unknown, it is the stuff that makes rare earth.

[@RodrigoBassoM1986]

Thank you for this

[@sawntobar5185]

I really like this one. Such a great story.

[@IndraSunrise]

I was really hoping this episode was about Emperor Norton I. And now I want to cry for no reason.

[@-_-_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.

[@jomama5186]

This is the kind of stuff they need to be teaching in schools!

[@aidanwansbrough7495]

Such an interesting video. Thanks!

[@erictaylor5462]

8:00 He wasn't insane, he was fucking brilliant. The fact that his plan failed is due to the gross corruption of his enemy, not anything he actually did. He failed because he lacked the military power to stand up to his enemies. He was a man ahead of his time. He was right, but the greed was just to strong to overcome.

[@Rottingboards]

Sometimes Rare Earth makes me so lost in thought....I forget to give a thumbs up.

[@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.

[@nosondre]

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

[@dickhamilton3517]

great story. remember him.

[@quen_anito]

If you turn on captions (auto-generated) during the post-credits scene, you'll see words jumbled together from different languages.

[@errolkim1334]

What's great about these videos? They cover stuff we have never heard of yet which is part of something we have all heard of.. This man is the Marc Felton of non-military History.

[@stevebrown8163]

Thank you

[@scrubbalubbs5538]

Pretty interesting story, great as always!

[@LetsTalkOnePiece]

to me he sounds like a brave moral visionary.

[@acquisitium]

what a great story!

[@BluewaterCreativeFL]

I absolutely love the show and it’s inspiring me to do my own stuff

[@mheermance]

To quote the Tick, "you're not going crazy, you'e going sane in a crazy world."

[@oliwiabieniek]

That video photo cover though... it's like you're dropping a hot album ;)

[@Highmelon]

excellent video!

[@mr0mumbles]

thank you

[@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.

[@Doctorfudge62]

I fucking love this question.