The Mexican American Border | Manifest Destinies

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The 19th Century was an important era in the shaping of relations between Mexico and the United States of America. Expansions West and North formed the foundation for an Imperial war of expansion between the two countries that would shape their modern border. We will deeper examine the origins of this conflict, as well as tell the story of Texan independence and how it shaped Mexican-American culture. And in the final part of this video we will also tell the story of the Industrial Revolution the Americas, and how it resulted in the creation of the dominant force of global capitalism in the USA, but in the creation of a kleptocratic failed state in Mexico.
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ChapterV (2:35)
ChapterVI (13:12)
ChapterVII (43:25)
Outro (1:05:49)
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Books:
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A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
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The Contemporary History of Latin America by Tulio Halperin Donghi
The Narrow Corridor by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson
The Origins of Political Decay by Francis Fukuyama
The Age of Walls by Tim Marshall
Harvest of Empire by Juan Gonzales
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[@Kraut_the_Parrot]

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[@icefl4re597]

You said you don't want advertisements lol. Nah, it's OK, educate us pls. Your shift to evidence based & geopolitic based educational video is one of the reasons the political dramas on KZbin ended and switched to a more realistic based worldview. You literally helped Gen Z raised their attention span level.

[@arnilbiswasreborn3799]

@@icefl4re597 well if Kraut accepts the sponsorship then he is well on the first step to becoming a "Real KZbinr", which is what I like to call KZbinrs like AlternateHistoryHub, The Armchair Historian, CGP Grey, etc.

[@icefl4re597]

@@arnilbiswasreborn3799 Well it's OK nonetheless lol. Extra money

[@bobjohnson9342]

At last! I can enjoy the fruits of my waiting

[@aldoushuxley5953]

Since you are German: Have you seen the video "Ante Portas" by der Schattenmacher? How do we solve the drug crisis in Mexico? Is that even possible? Would legalization in the US solve anything?

[@gonzalohouseoro6701]

"He founded the republic of Freedonia... Where he legalized slavery." Seems about right

[@spartanx9293]

Hypocrisy is a human right

[@toweldog355]

@@spartanx9293 I mean, you're not wrong

[@doc.l]

seems about white

[@gorbsupreme7555]

@@doc.l nice pun

[@HandleMyBallsYouTube]

Dude literally founded Ancapistan

[@affentaktik2810]

Oh god, his "short 20 min" project has evolved into a 3 and a half hours documentary again

[@dkoda840]

And I am loving it lol

[@JamesRoyceDawson]

*4 hours in total now. No complaints here

[@Native_Creation]

Mexico is complex, and the border much more so.

[@thelinedrive]

@@Native_Creation Just be thankful he didn’t tackle the entirety of revolution era and post-revolution Latin America

[@noradrenalin8062]

With so many YT channels going for a "simplified" and "easily digestible" approach to historical topics I really appreciate your thoroughness.

[@galfinsp7216]

Both have their place: Oversimplified approach gives the basics Thorough approach fills in the details that weren’t covered

[@tesnacloud]

Even the oversimplified YT channels generally have more detail and accuracy than the old TV documentaries. We are spoiled for choice on that front.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

This is simplified, but not oversimplified. I think domain experts could make scores of arguments over fine points, what was omitted, what might be overemphasized, etc., but given the limitations of the medium (including audience attention spans), Kraut has done a commendable job of cramming a lot of history into 68 minutes while keeping a coherent narrative.

[@kenos911]

Yeah. Also, these videos take a LOT of time to make already

[@jonnyj.]

@@MarcosElMalo2 Compared to everything else on youtube, this is the EXACT OPPOSITE of simplified. 3 hour long series on history like this with this many intricate details, connecting paths and references to other world events, with hyper detailed research, combined with well written scripts and nice visuals just does NOT exist anywhere else on youtube... Dont downplay stuff like this, its fucking annoying.

[@victorpresle2695]

i just love this sentence "mexico banned immigration but amerians kept coming"

[@softdrink-0]

Oh how times have changed 😂

[@Saddam_al-Husseini]

How the tables have turned.

[@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty]

Oh the irony...

[@arneshgupta1364]

but the amerians keep coming and they dont stop coming. Hopped in their wagons and they hit the ground runnin'.

[@Saddam_al-Husseini]

@@arneshgupta1364 It didn’t make sense to keep sharing Mexico, when they outnumbered them more than 60 trillion to zero!

[@SalvaPot]

I'm mexican and growing up my father loved to pick one of his several history books and read to me one of his favorite chapters on the history of México. He would usually go in tangents and go deep in how certain events happened and their backstory, the cultural background and the future ramifications. He would say that every moment in history is connected and that you can always see where history was going if you look back farther enough. He still loves to talk about history even now in his older age, and your videos have been the closest I have to the way he talks about the way events happen. Most people like to simplify history, yet nothing is ever simple, specially this. Thank you for your hard work, and the work of all the artists that make this video possible!

[@davidcervantes9336]

You’re lucky. My father only told me stories about the times he got wasted at parties and such.

[@paulcassidy4559]

your Dad sounds based af!

[@jacktasticone6151]

You should show ur dad these vids

[@user-bm4cd9mc8q]

SalvaPot Andale paisa porfas dime que libros de historia son los de tu papá andale no seas gacho que yo solo terminé la primaria y los libros que obtuve en la escuela están bien gachos y no sé en dónde encontrar unos que estén buenos y en castellano :'v

[@wannabehistorian371]

Well, with history being all connected, it depends; with some threads it can be, others not, sometimes it all comes together, other times events happen out of nowhere. It’s also easy to see overarching narratives and story arcs in hindsight, which can themselves sort of simplify history. But still your dad sounds awesome. Was the history he told accurate? Or was it more like folklore? Either way I wish my dad was like that too. I’ve always loved history, those would have been awesome bedtime stories lol. Then again I’m Japanese, and like, I’d say 70% of the Japanese population their historical perspective is... questionable. Not like outright racist, but questionable. I mean at least they’re not as ignorant about the world outside of Japan as most of my countrymen, but still.

[@deusexaethera]

The transformation of your channel from argumentative shitposting to long-format in-depth documentaries is one of the greatest success stories in the history of KZbin.

[@heyhey8626]

@@virginiasaintj What happened about discord servers?

[@TheSonOfDumb]

@@virginiasaintj Yeah what happened?

[@josephstalin2829]

We need explanations

[@stevenseagull4990]

We may never know

[@pequod_]

we demand the truth!

[@JamroX]

"Europe at the end of the war, went back home. And then proceded to take its frustrations out on Africa, and themselves" I had to pause cause i started laughing too much at that line.

[@looseygoosey1349]

"As is tradition." would have been great.

[@fullmetaltheorist]

Seems just about right.

[@itchingballs1235]

Themselves? Hehe world wars

[@penskepc2374]

You fell for this Chinese propaganda piece really easily, huh?

[@MugroofAmeen]

@@penskepc2374 How is this a Chinese propaganda?

[@evanjones5571]

This is far better than some short, simplified Johnny Harris video on "HOW THE US STOLE MEXICO" or any other superficial popular media. I love your videos so much for showing just how nuanced and complex history is.

[@memecliparchives2254]

YES, FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT. Also hate his video on the Philippines, it's literally as nuanced as his Mexico video and literally blames it all on US. When the Philippine elite leadership is similar (though not as bad as Mexico) outright fell into infighting amongst themselves. Sure the US would have won, but betrayals among the Filipinos literally made it effortless.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Yeah, he’s a moron appealing to the lowest common denominator, even if that does include college educated students unfortunately. On a sidenote, it was conquest, which is different from stealing, which legally can only apply if something is being violated within a particular state’s jurisdiction. All of history doesn’t get to be retroactively put under UN standards and international law just because we live in the present. And ironically that only came about because the USA in particular was strong enough to force it into being.

[@penskepc2374]

It's literally veiled Chinese propaganda.

[@4bhin4v]

@@penskepc2374 what, kraut’s videos? if you watched the first part of this series, you’ll see that china is used as an example of a ultraauthoritarian leviathan state

[@dopaminedreams1122]

@@4bhin4v maybe he means Johnny Harris, who’s entire fan base is basically tankies even tho Johnny is too dumb too notice

[@Nachtel]

I'm from the Mexican North in the State of Baja California, and as recently as my grandfather's time was the Norteño attitude still prevalent. Throughout his life he would cross the border, make his way to Texas and serve in the U.S. Army as a mechanic, come back, and buy land atop the mountain overlooking the city he grew up in. While he lived, he could only be described as Libertarianism personified, believing heavily in Old Republican values, and dying due to distrusting doctors (while over-trusting lemon baths).

[@salahuddinyusuf]

“Died mistrusting doctors and overtrusting lemon baths” His hgravestone probably

[@Student0Toucher]

North America is superior specifically Canada,USA and Mexico

[@brandon9172]

@@Student0Toucher Can u Uhhh, shut the fuck up?

[@collin6728]

@@Student0Toucher ummmm.... okay🤨

[@thealaskanseparatist6786]

@@Student0Toucher based

[@fenrirgg]

Haha, amazing. I'm Mexican and when I went to primary school the history classes were taught in confusing ways to not make the kids realize how Mexico is always full of injustice because its own people and leaders wanted it that way. Imagine learning history but your country is a perma-victim with no hope, it was confusing and depressing af. I hope history is taught differently now and more kids learn through interesting videos like these ^^

[@PizzaManager101]

@Smunstu Stinkymonster Although the elite were instrumental in even starting the uprisings... Sometimes the righteous are meek, and not the ones fighting. Sometimes the righteous bring change quietly, sometimes loudly. Sometimes quick, and others slow.

[@rubensneto9049]

" perma-victim with no hope" as a brazilian,i feel you bro

[@xXUnknowPersonXx]

"perma-victim with no hope" you just have described my Polish history lessons

[@accidiaet]

@@xXUnknowPersonXx I'm starting to see a pattern here

[@michaireneuszjakubowski5289]

@@xXUnknowPersonXx Came to the comments to say the exact same thing. "Poland is the Christ of Nations", "Gloria Victis" etc.

[@aericvsj483]

33:23 Sonora and Baja California weren't popular revolts. Those were invasions by William Walker. He didn't really control much outside of La Paz. Walker was a big believer in America's idea of Manifest Destiny. Even the US declared his acts illegal, though he was never punished for it. He even invaded Nicaragua soon after.

[@tlatoanimapping3113]

I was going to write the same thing. Thankfully I found your comment before.

[@ibrahaaliragheb1670]

He did have decent, or at least some, support among Mexicans in those areas, same thing with Nicaragua and Nicaraguans. Doesn't take away from what you said though.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

I can’t wait to see the episode on the Revolution. I hope Kraut mentions the Magonista rebellion in Baja, where the anarchy-syndicalist Magonistas controlled TJ and Mexicali for 6 months before they were put down by Madero. In the overall scheme of the Revolution it wasn’t that important, but it illustrates that there were many competing interests and demonstrates how chaotic the Revolution was.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Baja California had several revolts before and after that.

[@yushclayystaguan]

40:46 As an Asian American I appreciate the asterisk next to the check for the Chinese ball, the state of California in general was formed with the political exclusion of Asian Americans in addition to the Indigenous Californians.

[@looseygoosey1349]

Yeah wasnt there A ban of Chinese immigration?

[@yushclayystaguan]

@@looseygoosey1349 Yep

[@ibrahaaliragheb1670]

Neither Spanish nor Mexican California had slavery and there was no dealing in a "Trans-Pacific slave trade" including that of Filipinos. There was blackbirding but that was mostly Pacific Islanders and was not really a thing until after Mexico became independent.

[@elyaqui5324]

What's your point?

[@MarcosElMalo2]

@@looseygoosey1349 There was a series of bans. There were also pogroms and massacres against Asian immigrant communities across the Western U.S. during the later half of the 1800s.

[@janey783]

Thanks for letting me contribute my voice! I'm new to voiceover and super grateful for the opportunity to participate in such an informative video!

[@Chuysgamer]

I'm glad you talked about the inital loyalists in Texas that wished to remain in Mexico. My great great great grandafther was Agustín Viesca y Montes, who was governor of Texas y Cohauila, he was a defendant of Federalism, and went Santa Anna rose to power he called on Texans to go to war to defend the 1824 constitution, he eventually got captured in 1835 but would manage to get freed by Texan rebels on the same year, eventually he pretty much got betrayed by Stephen Austin as he refused to acknowledge him as governor of Texas and would die in Mexico City in 1845. I always found that history really interesting, and was really surprised to find out im related to him

[@kyleuhlig1529]

Thats amazing to find out your lineage goes back to someone like that. While it's frustrating knowing the betrayal he ended up facing, I'm sure you're proud of the strength he showed.

[@Chuysgamer]

@@kyleuhlig1529 Yes, his history is one i find really amusing but kind of sad at the same time, he fought in the war of independence, he fought against the monarchists and was elected in the first ever Mexican congress in 1824, so i feel like he got betrayed by both the country he tried to help make and by the state he tried to protect

[@makutas-v261]

My respect to your grandfather, he is on the same rank as Andres Quintana Roo for defending the republic, for defending Mexico from both separatists and the centralist dictator Santa Anna.

[@owlman_]

One of the rare cases of the Amparo used as it was intended (protection of the marginalized) is what is now the "legalization" of same-sex marriage in Mexico. When same-sex couples were denied marriage licenses, they filed these amparos, claiming their rights to enter in a marriage contract were violated. Many appeals failed, but some won. Enough of them were successful that in 2015 the Supreme Court (SCJN) analyzed these successful cases and ruled that restricting the right of marriage to only heterosexual couples was unconstitutional. Now, even if it's not codified in each states' or federal laws, same-sex marriage is de-facto legal in the entire country and cannot be legally denied by a lowly municipal clerk. Funnily, this happened exactly two weeks before the American Supreme Court's own ruling (12 June 2015 vs. 26 June 2015).

[@youtubeforkidz1394]

More reason to abolish Amparo.

[@maninredhelm]

I'm still undecided on whether Spain was a uniquely bad role model for a former colonial nation, or if Britain was a uniquely good one. Unfortunately none of the major French or Dutch colonies survived in a meaningful enough form to provide us with a point of reference. All we really have as an alternative example is Brazil, the former possession of Portugal, which is kind of like Diet Spain.

[@memecliparchives2254]

Well on one side, most former colonies of Britain mainly the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are one of the most prosperous nations in the world, while most former Spanish colonies don't prosper as much and the rest stay as a middle power. But for what is worth though, both along with France as well definitely caused most of the political instability in the world whether in the Middle East, Mexico, South America and the Philippines.

[@7U57HTJRYGHG]

Well Spain had a policy of assimilation (half assed) with native population while britain's was a policy of genocide and segregation, surely something about that had an effect over the countries we have today

[@idk-ye7ur]

You have India tho

[@tanit5997]

19:11 I love the segments that were drawn on paper

[@Kraut_the_Parrot]

thank you for contributing your artwork to this video.

[@felipem7626]

Honestly happy to be a part of this. Epic content.

[@Kraut_the_Parrot]

thank you for contributing your artwork to this video.

[@felipem7626]

@@Kraut_the_Parrot thank you for letting me be a part of it. :)

[@bojarckhoosemanschnarf5851]

@@Kraut_the_Parrot kraut how did u upload this an hour ago but the comments are over 20 hours

[@cee20.5]

@@bojarckhoosemanschnarf5851 1) it was a premiere 2) patreons had access to it 24h early

[@bojarckhoosemanschnarf5851]

@@cee20.5 oh ok

[@communistbastards]

As someone who spent their formative years in California, it's weirdly cathartic to see someone talk about it. I come from an anglicized Irish-German family, but though being protestant and very white, it wasn't unheard of or uncommon for people like us to go to catholic mass on christmas, use bits of spanish in our daily lingo, or cook mexicano food. As such when I moved to Canada, I definately felt like a stranger in a strange land even though I am nominally a "Anglo" by the standards of most Canadians. It just goes to prove your point that borders really aren't drawn by states but by the ppl living there. Thanks for that.

[@lebraza]

Yes! I love those christmas mass, they are called "Posadas", here in Tijuana are so traditional that they're even practiced in schools and that's so blessed because after school you can come to the parish and celebrate one more time! And then, there's another one on January 5 "Reyes magos", and another one but smaller on February 2 "La Candelaria", that's why winter is my favorite season, even more here in the south!

[@ibrahaaliragheb1670]

I don't really know if you would count as "Anglo" tbh.

[@richiestyles5143]

Were your Irish ancestors Protestant or Catholic?

[@Native_Creation]

Irish faced a lot of discrimination in Canada, which is why my grandparents moved to the States (Irish/German), they were not considered Anglo back then. There's a lot of German and Irish heritage embedded in what is now considered "Mexican" culture due to Catholic traditions. From Visigothic roots of the Spanish monarchy, to the Hapsburg and Austrian cultural influences, to the migration of the 1800s that gave us Nortenyo music, flour tortillas, and Cerveza.

[@189Blake]

I'm Mexican and I thank you for your effort teaching me and the world about such important topics. If only public education would teach us history this way, this deep, and with full context, I think more Mexicans would be aware of the struggles their ancestors had trying to get a real change. And if that was the case, maybe such change would have either already happened, or on it's way to happen. But considering everything that has happened to Mexico, I think that the fact that public education in Mexico doesn't encourage politic-historical critical thinking is no coincidence. Sadly, the dictatorship will continue for the foreseeable future.

[@lebraza]

Yup, as a Mexican myself, I can totally say that I've never had a good history teacher, they would just explain the first settlers of Mexico, then the Spanish conquest, and some would even skip from independence to the modern day, so lame... Like the series showed, there was a lot of important things going on in the past two centuries and oversimplify or even try to make everything like if there were "good and bad guys" it's simply very wrong.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

They skipped Porfiro? En serio? What the hell. He’s one of the most interesting figures in Mexican history, and as you know, there are a ton of interesting historical figures. Kraut’s portrayal of him is a little one dimensional (and yet factually correct). Diaz was definitely a fcukhead, but he’s a complicated figure.

[@OneFlyingTonk]

One of the few channels who's advertisement is as based as the content

[@Kraut_the_Parrot]

thank you for contributing your artwork to this video.

[@OneFlyingTonk]

@@Kraut_the_Parrot No problem friend, i really enjoyed drawing for this :)

[@k4four615]

@@OneFlyingTonk, Your artwork is fantastic, Mr. Tonk !

[@Student0Toucher]

China will collapse

[@hancocklowpoly774]

Please don't say based, it makes you seem like a redditor

[@petrogradadministration2310]

As a New Englander I understand why they wanted to leave so bad, our ground is just rocks.

[@Jiji-the-cat5425]

I live in New England and the soil is actually really good, though I also live in a valley.

[@somnambulist83]

the mountainous portions of New England are basically useless for anything other than hiking and skiing

[@TempleofBrendaSong]

I stayed in New Hampshire for a month, and all I saw was Granite.

[@TheSpecialJ11]

Damn glaciers stole your soil. And here in the Midwest it gave us a bunch.

[@PizzaManager101]

@@Jiji-the-cat5425 If you’re far enough north, super coastal, or in a river valley the soil isn’t very bad, but the northern bits have a short growing season, there isn’t a ton of land in the river valleys, and the coastal soil is too saline for super intensive agriculture. Once you’re slightly West of Appalachia you have the biggest river system on the continent (or second if you think the Americas are one continent), and enough space for actual productive crop growth. -an Ohioan who is openly biased

[@pcbv1]

as a mexican, I didn't really know my own history before your series. you've really helped me see about my heritage and I thank you for that

[@CarthagoMike]

Kraut his explanations are so clear and to the point, he might actually even be able to explain the political landscape of the Dutch Republic, something even the Dutch themselves do not understand to this very day.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Ohh that'd be wonderful. I'm dutch and I despise the lack of discourse on the Republic in our schools. The 20th century is important, yes, but so wete the 16th and 17th

[@vxxiii4160]

Yep, as a Mexican all of those bits about Mexico's past are about right. Like you said in your part 1, we're HELLA LUCKY we're still a country to this day. I guess one of our most valuable traits as Mexicans is that we're stubborn as hell, can resist a lot, and still be here lol.

[@dkoda840]

Hopefully both our nations US and Mexico can continue to stabilize and grow stronger ties.

[@itchyscientist0576]

@@dkoda840 honestly, racism against Canadians needs to be normalized and replace the racism against those south of the border. South Park has it right

[@dkoda840]

@@itchyscientist0576 Racism overall needs to be eliminated neither is justified one bit. We need to cooperate as one together and imo form a stronger union between the three nations somewhat like the EU.

[@zlatko8051]

@@dkoda840 to be honest.you Mexicans,Yankees and canucks have a lot in common.

[@dkoda840]

@@zlatko8051 We do just need to acknowledge and embrace it.

[@juanmanuel3418]

Hope on the next episode you mention Woodrow Wilson's 1914 US invasion of Veracruz. Even most mexicans dont know of it

[@evel8042]

Woodrow Wilson was awful not just cause of his invasion of mexico, he also funded the kkk

[@evel8042]

@CamelMan302 yeah people seem to not know about the bad stuff he did

[@Student0Toucher]

USA and Mexico are superior countries to the rest of the world and North America in general is a superior continent

[@evel8042]

@@Student0Toucher why?

[@santamaria7733]

@@Student0Toucher ...bot

[@lazydona2533]

As Mexican is amazing how well you explain the issues of our country, and how our history shaped the (broken) politics of Mexico, keep it up

[@goldred7939]

I live in the West Texas town of El Paso, where like Nogales de la Norte (Nogales north of the border) we are primarily Latino and majority Catholic. Here in El Paso that Tejano spirit lives in the rancho towns that emerged on the outskirts of urban downtown evolved from an American settlement known as Franklin. Yet on the southern parts of town in Segundo Barrio, the Lower Valley, and the missions of Ysleta del Sur and Socorro the spirit of Mexican-American Tejanos lives on through our culture, I happen to still dress in the classic vaquero y caballero outfits that are common down here and there are parts of town that we annexed more recently than others and that feeling is evident in the landscape as there are some sections that are primarily English speaking yet in others less than a mile away primarily Spanish. It is in that mix of culture that the West Texas town of El Paso thrives, in its chaos and glory of the West🇺🇸🇲🇽

[@thistletea]

Everyone nailed it with their artworks, wonderful video

[@Kraut_the_Parrot]

thank you for contributing your artwork to this video.

[@Yagamimoon]

I like how you didnt sing the praises of Porfirio Diaz, you have no idea how many people literally FELLATE him as the holy savior we didnt appreciate.

[@gaber7113]

Really? What kind of propaganda are they mentally digesting?

[@Yagamimoon]

@@gaber7113 like Kraut says, the old powers that benefit from the past are still in power (this will probably show in his third video), and in control of media and companies. They spend a lot of money in propaganda, claiming Porfirio Diaz was great (because they were greatly benefit from those times), Maximilian of Habsburg was an underappreciated king, and most important of all, Benito Juarez, the first indigenous president we got, national hero, who separated church from government, and introduced a lot of constitutional reforms, was a megalomaniac who was nothing short of a disaster for mexico =/

[@lighthorizons7595]

@@Yagamimoon Don't agree with those people but I can get their points. Maximilian was indeed a good king/emperor, yes he was a puppet from french imperialists but he did try to improve Mexico.

[@davidcervantes9336]

Right? Although I think Maximilian was a good guy, they just didn’t give him a chance because he was a foreigner...and also a king trying to rule what was supposed to be a republic.

[@rafimuhammadzakaria482]

I can understand most of the thing you said but Maximilian wasn't all bad though. He truly brought the progressive ideals of then modern Europe to Mexico and tried to uplift the country by and large. Though all that is overshadowed by the fact that he was a French puppet. Though in time he could've turned that around as well, given he didn't get murdered. Mexico at least could've kept him as a Constitutional Monarch like that in the UK.

[@davidfeltheim2501]

Even in Arizona the base school curriculum is still either a basic Anglo or Spanish perspective on westward expansion, so many students unless they dive into history themselves will never know the true story of the region they and often their entire family live in.

[@Spiff99]

This is true, but you really only get so much time in class with a lot to cover, especially with specific subjects such as history in a public school setting. Really only can do a more deep dive or nuanced learning when one can do elective courses specifically targeting what looking for, if those courses exist at all. Easier to do once in secondary education or as you said, do it on your own.

[@rexalley8397]

“Eh, oof, bruh, BRUH” honestly one of the funnier visuals in the video

[@awijaya2116]

Kraut is one of the few YT channels where you can confidently drop a like even before the video's actually posted, because quality is a guarantee.

[@takashi.mizuiro]

ye

[@bendover6272]

exactly

[@bonda_racing3579]

True along with people coming together and having a mature dialog on history.

[@ClearPathBeats]

Thank god he severed his ties with reactionary anti sjw/skeptic channels and lost those idiots for good

[@terawatt1]

@@ClearPathBeats well, being anti SJW is one thing and may occasionally(!) be justified - endorsing racists/white supremacists/fascists/outright neo-nazis is however very common in those circles, and to get into anti SJW content often leads to someone being gradually pulled into the nutjob section - got a couple former friends who fell down that rabbit hole, only a few made it out to see what shit is in there...

[@nileshkumaraswamy2711]

Mexico: "oh you're approaching me" USA: "I can't manifest my destiny without getting closer"

[@whathell6t]

@Nilesh Kumaraswamy Unfortunately; Mexicans, Mexican-Americans, Chicanos, and Indigenous Mexican Americans don't speak Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. They speak Knight of the Zodiac-Saint Seiya. You'll need a Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon translators to decode what they're saying.

[@marcoarana2773]

@@whathell6t every Latino is a dragon ball, sailor moon and saint Seiya enjoyer

[@whathell6t]

@@marcoarana2773 Plus! They’re hype since Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca made appearances in Saint Seiya Next Dimension and Lost Dimension mangas, way before Yu-gi-oh and Fate/Grand Order

[@ArtSagGut]

Mexico: Jajaja, then come as close as... *33:40*

[@fullmetaltheorist]

Mexico : "Ho ho. Then come menifest. I'll show you what I'm made of."

[@HaventheDemoness-vy9lx]

"Mexico banned immigration" The irony uwu In all seriousness, thank you for making this informative video. As a Latina, I grew up believing that what I learned in school is true but now I know.

[@drrisen-9442]

I love the fact that the same day this video was released, Juan Seguín was added to the Wikipedia page for the Battle of San Jacinto.

[@PattaHistory]

@Kraut - thank you very much for mentioning our channel about Sri Lankan History. Your channel is a goldmine and we look forward to watching your videos and learning much! 🙏

[@Kraut_the_Parrot]

No. Thank you, for making such amazing videos. I wish you all the success in the world in all your future endeavors. And I am happy and proud to have helped you a little.

[@memescap1236]

@@Kraut_the_Parrot damn

[@williampanagopoulos656]

I'll be checking yours, patta.. If it turns out to be cup of tea... Well Sorry kraut if I don't watch your stuff for a bit due to being preoccupie

[@RavignonCh]

So far from God and so close to the USA.

[@Kraut_the_Parrot]

thank you for contributing your artwork to this video. I look forward to working with you on your future projects as well.

[@germainhess9339]

@@Kraut_the_Parrot no problem happy to help, if you ever need me just shout,

[@theus663]

Quite the curse

[@tazerlizardproduction4560]

@@Kraut_the_Parrot do you have a parrot?

[@tazerlizardproduction4560]

@@Kraut_the_Parrot do you have a parrot?

[@miguelteixeira6323]

When you talked about Spain and the reason for them to be a more of a "failed state" made me remember that we, their "Iberian brothers", haven't also been destroyed. We were in a dictatorship and we still have the problems that you listed about Spain. What makes Portugal a little bit better (if we focused only in the problems) is that fact that Portugal is more Unified

[@thegeneralissimo470]

As an aside, the Mexican emperor was actually very pro-Mexican and genuinely seemed to care for Mexico. When he was sentenced to execution he said the following: He spoke only in Spanish and gave each of his executioners a gold coin in traditional European aristocratic fashion. His last words were, "I forgive everyone, and I ask everyone to forgive me. May my blood which is about to be spilled end the bloodshed which has been experienced in my new motherland. Long live Mexico! Long live its independence!"

[@daviddavis4885]

In Chapter VI, it’s interesting that you give the examples of the stories of Texan independence as either “whites liberating Texas from the Mexicans” or as “whites stealing Texas from the Mexicans” Here in Texas, they don’t even talk about the fact that whites were involved with liberating Texas Actually, until I saw this video and went to look it up, I never realized that people like Stephen F Austin and Sam Houston *weren’t* Texan It’s not really mentioned, and I’d always assumed that they were from Texas, that they were Tejanos, even if in hindsight that doesn’t really make sense... It’s taught as “Texas is so awesome that we liberated ourselves from the Mexicans and we joined America because they were begging to have us and offered us a good deal”

[@Fenriswaffle]

My vague memories of history class from my time in Texas definitely had the undertones of "we" being the white land ownin' men and such, and "them" being a somewhat confusingly vague concept of Spain or Mexico. Heck even my "good" history teacher still framed it as the more-correct-but-still-wrong version of the land being stolen from Mexico. Perhaps things have changed in Texas education in subsequent decades...

[@antwandadon2341]

I think it was pretty obvious that they were white to me even as a kid lol

[@dinamosflams]

Wow. The history of Texas is even more Twisted in texan taught history

[@looseygoosey1349]

My teaching was that Americans moved to Tejas and brought their slaves. When Mexico made slavery illegal then they rebeled. I was not taught about the recentment of the mexicans in Tejas to rebel against mexico. Their decision to fight side by side with the white immigrants I did know about but not that they were at the Alamo. The betrayal is new to me and hope that it gets changed.

[@Twisted_Logic]

@@looseygoosey1349 This is more or less how I was taught in my Texas history classes as well, which was in the mid 00's. Not sure how it's taught now.

[@nathanieleck1023]

You know it’s highly anticipated when I get more excited at seeing the premiere screen than I do for most other full videos.

[@hewettlo]

As a resident of New Mexico, I can't tell you how much I've appreciated this series. It's made me so much more aware of the history of my people.

[@conservat1vepatr1ot]

I can’t overstate how grateful I am for this representation of my countries history. There is so much propaganda wound up in the historical “facts” that are presented to us as children. Thank you Kraut!

[@efrainavilez3089]

I'm a mexican and i thank you for teaching me the history of my country. P.S. you should call the PRI "El pree".

[@aitormenta3633]

El peepee

[@uzochiokeke4328]

a mexican mexican or an illegal immigrant mexican?

[@efrainavilez3089]

@@uzochiokeke4328I live in Sinaloa, México

[@efrainavilez3089]

@@aitormenta3633 ete sech

[@marksanders2168]

Check out "og del Rancho". Hes has a response video.

[@GERMAN_ENGINEERING]

Welcome to a history lesson from a history teacher you wished you had.

[@philmajohnson9150]

That's why I'm glad I dropped out! Who wants to spend time in government institutions anyway

[@leandrosanchez1212]

Kraut keeps failing to make a 1 part video on a topic and ends up delivering us a 3 part masterpiece part 2

[@pascalbro7524]

I think you've reached a point now where people who have dedicated their lives to the presentation of history need to be taking notes from your contextual approach that goes beyond singular topical presentations. In a single hour I have learned more about history than I thought would be possible. You need to be hired as a producer and director, given a healthy budget and creative control over teaching people their history which you do with great care and consideration for objectivity. I'm watching a completely unrelated series called Murdoch Mysteries, set in the 19th and early 20th century and there was an introduction of a conflict between him and the dominant protestant faith when it came to him being promoted within his department of law enforcement. And now I know why because you've been extremely thorough in a completely unrelated presentation because you understand the entanglements that exist within a particular time period and you make sure that they are shown so people have a clear picture that overrides our modern lens. This is unparalleled work. Congratulations to you and your team for making such an outstanding presentation.

[@anthonycabrera5474]

Another great video Kraut, but there is just a detail I feel like needs to be clarified. What you call a "recurso de amparo" it's actually a "juicio de amparo", which literally translates as "trial of appeal", it is even common here in Mexico to confuse an "amparo" with an ordinary resource, when it is actually a new trial when your human rights have been violated by any government official. But you are very right how it has been used, even to this day, in a very despicable way.

[@Kraut_the_Parrot]

thank you for the clarification and correction.

[@anthonycabrera5474]

@@Kraut_the_Parrot Thank you for such an excellent content, keep it up.

[@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster]

@@Kraut_the_Parrot Hmmm so you made a mistake, how typical, Didn't you call me alt-right despite I being one of the first to defend you from the alt-right. I guess throwing your friends under the bus is alright in your mind

[@abhinavmelathil366]

@@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster What are you talking about?

[@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster]

@@abhinavmelathil366 I'm simply pointing out a mistake Kraut made

[@turkbud802]

Parrot man go squawk

[@Kraut_the_Parrot]

thank you for contributing your artwork to this video.

[@axoloman]

We are all always glad to help you.

[@NovaRuner]

As a Canadian looking watching the history of both my southern neighbours I find this fascinating. Also after other recent viewing of other history videos I am realizing one important thing. All modern nations and states have some kind of bullying or victimhood or a combo of both. We all come some some sort “bad times legacy “ Big hugs to all, and let’s hope that humanity can smarten up in the future. Or at least learn from the past. Learn by watching animated ball people reenact history with awesome narration. 👍🙂🌟

[@jonhanson8925]

Studying history I feel like I keep seeing cycles of violence where imperialist powers impose their wills onto colonies who then rebel and continue the cycle of violence by practicing their own forms of imperialism. I hope that we can break this cycle and learn to engage with one another as equals rather than "superiors and inferiors." I would love if we could model this in the Americas with greater cooperation between Canada, Mexico, and the United States. We can do so much more working together as brothers and sisters than we can competing with and undermining one another as unequals.

[@bebus6884]

@@jonhanson8925 Brother, you just described NAFTA

[@crackingbreznuts3343]

One day in the future this guy is gonna be the world's history teacher, it's gonna be on his headstone.

[@noxzy69]

His voice is so hypnotising I watched the whole advert without even realising I was watching an advert.

[@StayMinty11]

I really love this series. Would a history of the Philippines and its similar parallels be another series? Our history is intertwined with the US and Spain, as well as being the archipelago safe haven for exiles.

[@cascadiagreen6517]

Yes please

[@iyeetzp6395]

i agree

[@julianutanes3]

The Mexican analysis is almost identical to ours since we were under the exact same Spanish colonial administration.

[@TakZ000]

Philippines was ruled under New Spain (Mexico). So its no surprise about it's similarities.

[@RockSmithStudio]

41:04 The idea of oil being "worthless" in this time is hilarious in retrospect

[@Zman44444]

The level of quality from this channel makes me wanna dive deep into my own interests. Kraut, you’ve honestly blown my expectations out of the water these past few months/year or so. I’ve consistently referred people to your videos, and countless times I find myself using your videos as a supplemental source in conversation. Thank you. Keep up the amazing work. I’m here to watch, multiple times over. Edit: I hope you go into the later years of the manifest destiny. I read a novel about a year ago called How to Hide an Empire. Touches upon the “post-manifest destiny” conditions that America paved itself. Very good read.

[@Shenaldrac]

Spoilers for the end: Oh boy, I can't wait to find out how this revolution fails to improve the situation and still leads us to the terrible state of Mexico today!

[@Killua2001]

Will we get a Sergio Leone reference?

[@anaveragechannel468]

Kraut the video is just as great as ever, but I think that you missed the point that the reason that México is so divided and prone to corruption is that there is no unifying myth that created a unified Mexican identity, I've lived almost my whole life in México and the reason that 99% of corruption happens is because the loyalty to your family and your socio-economic group is much larger than the loyalty to some vague idea of "Mexican identity".

[@Awchshonear]

thanks for this input, that makes a lot of sense.

[@Native_Creation]

Very good point, Mexican Identity itself is the myth created after the Mexican Revolution and the only real connection comes from the Spanish influence. Many regions of Mexico are still insular to their own traditions and beliefs that are rooted in the indigenous identity.

[@Joker-no1uh]

Really? That's kind of surprising because in the US, you always see Mexican flags flying. Especially on Mexican holidays in Chicago

[@hitmankgmThe2nd]

oh fuck kraut made it to the level of autoplay where it always show up if someone falls asleep

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

There were actually some in the South including a few in Confederate leadership that thought about proposing a pause to the war in order to kick out the French from Mexico. Of course the geopolitical calculations of each attempting to get a upper hand over the other, along with the geographic realities of most troops needing to be moved through the south, put an end to the idea soon enough.

[@texanoman7191]

Haha! I knew about this. The Southerners actually had plans to invade Mexico and the Caribbean too. Obviously, they couldn't because they lost the war.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

@@texanoman7191 I believe you're confusing the ambitions of the members and admirers of the Knights of the Golden Circle. Those were a proposed set of ideas that existed several years before the Civil War in the South. Obviously growing in newfound popularity once session had begun. What i'm referring to is a separate movement in both the North and the South which quickly died out almost as soon as it propped up. It would have proposed holding off on the Civil War in order to help directly kick the France Empire out of Mexico. Some in the North thought it could also be used to bring back more national unity between the States, but both sides simply didn't like the idea of France again gaining a large foothold near both of them.

[@Maximmuss_]

Here's an idea for a potential future video: The History of Poland. Its one of those nations with an uniqie history that not many know (except of course of the doble occupation WW2 stuff) Religious tollerance (Polish diplomats in the Council of Constance in the late middle ages said that pagans should get equal rights to christians) , a 500 year old Parliment, both a great power, that conquered and held Moscow and a partitioned subject. You make videos with such historical accuracy and details, that a video about Poland from you would be a delight for every historian.

[@hubloz2137]

I, a Polish person, aprrove this messege

[@eventdeafult441]

I'd love to see that

[@abrakadabra2192]

I dont know. So far Kraut stayed away from Europe. I could imagine thats because to show the history of Poland you would need to explain so many backgrounds and developments all over europe. Personally I believe Kraut will focus more on places outside of europe, concentrating on nations conncted to europe like turkey, mexico or Quebec. I think its easier to tell their stories.

[@marto642]

You should try making it. We need more people making quality content like that

[@Maximmuss_]

@@abrakadabra2192 That might be the case. I do enjoy his current contet, because from a perspective of a European, we didn't really talk much about the Americas, except that "USA independence, ok next lesson" But Poland could also fit into this narrative. Not many People know about it, besides WW2 and that there were some funny winged horsemen. But not many People know, that Poland had an elective monarchy, religious tollerance even for Islam, that it invited Jews instead of exiling them. Maybe in the future Kraut might make some videos about it, and belive me - that'd be hell of a story.

[@wazkangz955]

Polandballs did more in helping me learn and retain information about history than my history teachers. Kudos

[@vikrantsingh6580]

Why do Internet people always have to whore out their History/Math teachers for mere Internet points? Dude, if you are a persistent enough there are no dispassionate teachers anywhere

[@blenderbanana]

A lot of Historian/Teachers were specifically not educated on the casual data we have access too. In an incredibly diverse public school of a major city, I was being taught "War of Northern Aggression against States rights" in the mid 2000's

[@jjwashinton9813]

the American revolution started on Mar 22, 1765, while the actual war started in 1775, America declared its independence in 1776 so that year is actually the birth year of the American republic not the start of the revolution or the war.

[@michaelsomething7674]

Manifest destiny didn't stop in the west coast. It kept going into Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, Phillipines and so on.

[@slagmaxxing]

The whole gang is here x

[@rugvedkulkarni1593]

Did you draw that profile picture yourself? I feel like I recognize it from somewhere.

[@The_Faceless_No_Name_Stranger]

I know you are going to cover the Mexican Revolution of 1910 next video but there is something I want to say. There was this historian that I can’t remember that commented that it was one of the few revolutions that truly started from the bottom layers of society. Most revolutions started by disgruntled middle class or elites. But the Mexican rev started because the poor where so poor that they could not hold up the power structure of the rich anymore.

[@133774c05]

I doubt it, there many actors at play both from lower class citizens like the Villa and Zapata armies, while the Carranza army and later the three sonoran generals de la Huerta, Obregon, and Calles were fighting for the interests of the mexican elites.

[@Native_Creation]

Yeah not exactly, the Mexican Revolution is also tied to San Antonio, TX. It was kicked off by the manifesto known as "Plan of San Luis Potosi" by Francisco I. Madero, a social advocate who challenged then president Porfirio Diaz. Madero was a businessman from a wealthy Coahuilan family (also Nortenyo). A lot of the poor, mostly indigenous farmers, could still not read or write.

[@DavidElendu]

I come into most of these videos wanting to watch History and achieving that but also the professionalism of this creator drives me emotionally constantly come back to someone who I know has character and puts that character into this video's. I am not a person who usually donates as a patreon but due to the way that kraut has done his videos he might have just turned me into one

[@red_nikolai]

This channel remains some of the best history content on KZbin. Your depth of discussion and very objective descriptions of highly morally charged topics is much appreciated.

[@ThePizzaGoblin]

I was just thinking about how WWII was so apocalyptic that it created a whole new mythology and origin story for so many cultures, and then you explained modern European governments. I feel vindicated

[@MrAsianPie]

I remember being told something about Mexican-Americans in a phrase that went like this, “Too integrated with America to want to be Mexican too Mexican to be integrated with America.”

[@spartanx9293]

Not entirely true im living proof of that I consider myself integrated with America culture assimilation takes time

[@lolcatjunior]

@@spartanx9293 Not me.

[@erniegutierrez2288]

An uncle in Mexico once told me.... In the eyes of Mexicans, you will never be "Mexican" and in the eyes of Americans you will never be "American". Implying that i didnt have an "Identity"

[@spartanx9293]

@@erniegutierrez2288 I have a different perspective on this I am an American nuts to what anyone else says

[@erniegutierrez2288]

@@spartanx9293 LOL you and I share the same perspective. That comment just sticks with me because it gives great insight into what matters and seems to be most important to some people.... "Ethnic Identity"

[@Native_Creation]

As a Tejano, I approve this message. Sidenote: A lot of us are descended from the Coahuiltecan tribes, which means that this is also our ancestral sacred land and we've been here for many thousands of years. Lipan Apache didn't arrive in Texas till the 1700s, just like the Spanish, they came from New Mexican territory and either massacred or absorbed Jumano/Coahuiltecan tribes. The claim that Apache are native to Texas comes from the Anglos who encountered them by the time they arrived, some 100 years after the Spanish mixed with Coahuiltecan/Caddo/Tejas/Karankawa/Tonkawa/Jumano/Tamaulipican/Wichita tribes (The original tribes of Texas).

[@Native_Creation]

Additional sidenote, the Yucatan also declared their Independence and was part of that great Northern rebellion and allied with the Tejanos. Nortenyos and Yucatenyos have a historic resistance to central Mexico (Mexico/Tlaxcalan/Nahuans) because they were of different indigenous ethnic backgrounds, cultures, linguistics, and religious customs. Some could see this as a continuation of rebellion and resistance to colonial rule that started in the 1600s when the Spanish first pushed up with their Tlaxcalan auxiliaries in the epic Chichimecan War- the Spanish actually lost. A note on Cinco de Mayo, the hero of that Battle, General Ignacio Zaragoza was actually a Tejano as well, and a nephew of Juan Seguin.

[@derekkoch8777]

At 4:12 I like the how you (or one of your artists) put 13 stars into the 11. With the research and amazing attention to detail in these videos, I can say without a doubt that each release exceeds my expectations by miles. The patients and effort by you and your team is always preferred, this is some of the highest quality content on KZbin.

[@rp4619]

Not a full day after this video's release, and Juan Seguin's name is now among the commanders and leaders of the Texan forces at the Battle of San Jacinto on its wikipedia page.

[@fullmetaltheorist]

Let's goooooooooo

[@AkselWaage]

You know he's a pro when he even uses country balls for sponsored material

[@lucastracz2252]

Please consider making a saga about Brazil!!! "why Brazil failed to be a superpower" is a theme that I dream of seeing in your vision! Congratulations on the great job!

[@MonochromeOcean]

I've really been enjoying the geopolitical videos and history videos. I find these videos very interesting, as Kraut seems to do a lot of research and incorporate niche, little known findings from experts that give an extremely interesting change in perspective on many well known topics. Also I admire the honesty of Kraut to say at the start that profits of the sponsorship will be going to the artists. The production value is great on the artwork that was commissioned, and I want to give high praise to the artists. I have seen on Kraut's twitter that he wants to take a break from these long form videos, as they take a lot of time to make, which makes sense and I understand the decision, but I'll be eagerly awaiting an announcement for the next video!

[@Husky_Bravo]

As someone who’s lived in Texas their whole life and San Antonio for 2 years it makes me happy to see that the Latino and Latina population are starting to pick up more Tejano‘s ways. Especially in San Antonio the culture mix there is so neat you see Tejano‘s men and women giving tours and lectures at their historical sites while wearing old cowboy getups. if you just take a walk down the river walk you can see that a ton of the historical sights are constantly being restored and worked on.The city feels really historical in and of itself and they only work to keep it that way. I may live in a small town off of Dallas called Garland now but in a more modern way the cultures are still integrated here. Still got your bodega across the street from the US post and frankly as a non Hispanic American I wouldn’t want it any other way. I love their nice peoples,culture,music and especially food it upsets me to see constant hardship and hate for them in others places. I guess what I’m trying to say is Thank you Tejano‘s keep making Texas better!

[@looseygoosey1349]

Unpopular opinion from the rest of my Chicano/Latinos. I dont like bodegas.

[@ibrahaaliragheb1670]

@@looseygoosey1349 well, they're from New York and Puerto Rico

[@ibrahaaliragheb1670]

Do you mean Mexican-Americans when you say Tejanos? Because Tejanos are a separate but related group of people. Otherwise, you're right that it's nice that historical and cultural work is being sustained. I wish the same could be said for Anglo/Southerner part of Texas as well.

[@Husky_Bravo]

@@ibrahaaliragheb1670 Right my mistake didn’t mean to offend just expressing passion.

[@Native_Creation]

Thank you. There's definitely a lot of history that even us Tejanos are still learning, for instance the State of Texas likes to emphasize the Battle of the Alamo, when in reality it's just a footnote in Texas history in what would be the 2nd Texas Revolution. The Battle of Medina was a much bloodier battle that also involved American filibusters after the initial First Texan Revolution. The current trend is that we're learning more about our indigenous roots with DNA testing, and how connected to Mexico we really are. I'm from SA, have family from Oak Cliff and grew up in Ft. Worth, there's a big Puerto Rican population up there now, so thus Bodegas. Mexican "bodegas" would just be Taquerias.

[@Allinonetvz]

Please don’t ever compromise your quality no matter how much time it takes, truly amazing.

[@MrStarman2010]

What I find wonderful about this work is how the authors tied it to Old Europe. While I cannot speak on Mexican history, as a former resident of Bolivia and Peru, I have detailed files. The matter of Spanish Colonial systems and its legacy plagues not only Bolivia and Peru, but many economies in Spanish South America. Dr. Hernando de Soto presented the problem in his critical work on how to rescue the Peruvian economy in "El Otro Sendero". It is a required text for any post-colonial economic system. While some may think de Soto is a right-winger, he is not. He was just stating the facts of ridiculous regulations and business customs that were 500 years old, holding Peru back. From my experience there in the '90s it could easily take 8 to 14 months to get a small business license and banking account due to Colonial Spanish regulations. Note in the USA the process is nearly instant, depending on how fast you work and the state. It is a lesson for all nations.

[@depressionkid0352]

The beginning sponsor segment is one of the most convincing sponsored segments I've ever watched

[@romanketels4644]

So interesting as a Tejano to finally see my people’s history get told, Texas state government really thought they could keep sweeping our contributions under the rug for all of eternity

[@romanketels4644]

@Hans Layola it’s honestly a pretty mixed bag there’s a lot of Tejanos lmao. Usually because of our ethnicity we are generally pretty pro immigration and before the drug war and even sometimes now commonly just filter back and forth across the border because ultimately we are just a subsection of Norteños (northern Mexicans). But also there are Republican Tejanos who are pretty keen for some reason to clamp down on immigration. But most often it’s because they’re very integrated into white American society and dont feel a pull towards the country of Mexico. They’re often just rejected by people from Mexico as not Mexican for their anti immigration and other Republican views.

[@romanketels4644]

@Hans Layola also even though many tejanos have had their families in the United States for generations we still feel a pull towards the border. Like immigrants from Mexico are not a different group because culturally we are just a subsection of the people over there. Even thought there are anti immigrant tejanos the vast majority of us are pro immigration and are very loudly and proudly Mexican. I’m a Texan native myself but I have a Mexican flag on my wall, eat Mexican food, listen to Mexican music, speak Spanish to my family, have distant family in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, and in the words of my abuelita “somos mexicanos” (we are Mexicans) so ig we just often don’t have the same perspective of other Americans who want to clamp down on immigrants crossing from Mexico because we don’t have the cultural disconnect of people who aren’t culturally Mexican and within a couple hours’ drive of the Mexican border.

[@briannawaldorf8485]

Roman Ketels hey to be fair lots of white Americans also hate republicans spreading immigrant fears into the country. I would love to have a more open immigration policy with Mexico, as I think it would be mutually beneficial for both sides.

[@stephenjenkins7971]

@@romanketels4644 Stop equating immigrants with illegal immigrants, Jesus Christ. My grandparents came over the border legally from Colombia and Peru and are NOT the same with people that crossed over and depressed wages for low-wage earners in the US. One contributes to the US in their totality and the other is a net-drain on the US both morally and economically. Please learn the difference, it's insulting.

[@stephenjenkins7971]

@@briannawaldorf8485 Uh, no. Open immigration has never been a good idea at any point in any country's history barring that there are a lot of open land that needs colonizing -which was the case for the US in its early history, not now. Low-wage earners with little time to assimilate are the death of nations and is what the US typically avoided unlike their counterparts in Europe who have issues with second or third-generation immigrants holding very...unfortunate values. Seriously, US Muslims are super progressive compared to European Muslims, for example. Allowing open immigration means fucking the lower class in the US to aid big corporations that can vastly lower wages since there are just so many low-income workers to choose from.

[@rainmanslim4611]

4am, a little drunk, just had a shower, got water at my side and snacks and my cat is zooming around the house. Let's watch some Kraut baby!

[@antoniosalazar9256]

Same here. I just came back from a party and saw that this video (That I was expecting since the first part) was uploaded and just clicked on it. It's 8 a.m now

[@Ome99]

I'm elated every time I see a Kraut video on my feed, it's like going to the theatre.

[@otto4005]

Can't wait for three months from now when I can watch the entirety of the series without waiting on the next episode

[@saskiaviking9447]

The video format you've been doing for the last 3 years is simply jawdroppingly great

[@Gallalad1]

Wonderful video, glad to see her out again.

[@tenthcentralproductions8262]

Well done! Great job with the research and structure of this video. Looking forward to the third part.

[@suspence8467]

The number of youtubers who consistently produce videos with this level of educational value and quality can be counted on one hand.

[@kyledrake9208]

As a Texan I think I can shed some light of what Texas's founding myth is today. In the 1990"s Krauts points about Tejenos being cast out of the story Was true, however since the mid 90's the two Tejeno men are held up as founding fathers of Texas.

[@ericktellez7632]

We also remember then in Mexico. Except that we have a name for them, we call them f*cking traitors.

[@GoneGibba]

@@ericktellez7632 oh I get you some kind of Mexican nationalist that hates cali and Texas im guessing. So I'm curious do you think that the conditions that Mexico city placed on the were justified or do you have some other reason for hating them?

[@ericktellez7632]

@@GoneGibba Santa Anna had become a dictator once again by then so it was reasonable why they left but I think the solution shouldn’t have been simping for a foreign nation but instead do what Baja did, they also tried to leave and had a revolution but they said that they would re enter the union if Santa Anna was removed from power or gave them reassurance of their self governing as a state. The tejanos instead went crying to the US to annex them instead of getting together with other states and ousting Santa Anna from power.

[@GoneGibba]

@@ericktellez7632 First, thanks for the civil response. i think that you're slightly misrepresenting Tejano here tho. From, at least my perspective, they were more just sadly naive. They trusted these new people who in turn hyped them up with independence and make them think they would fight for a independent Texas. Instead what they got is a lot more hostile and powerful white people moving in and seizing control. Even one of the "Tratiors" mentioned in the video got expelled by white emigrants. They are really just a tragic story of betrayal.

[@swampyskies5491]

@@ericktellez7632 At the beginning they were only in rebellion and had offered to join back into Mexico on conditions such as returning the Constitution of 1824 and for Texas to be a separate state. Though later on Santa Anna would march in with an army of 6,000, unwilling to compromise. During this time they saw that there would be no choice other than to declare independence. It’s also worth noting that many in the north didn’t see themselves as Mexicans, this was true in Texas. They saw themselves as Tejanos. Even today it’s still prevalent to see Mexican Americans in Texas see themselves as Tejanos, tied to Texas rather than Mexico. I would know since I’m one of them.

[@andenfighter0078]

The way you give credit to the people who made your artwork (additionally to the insane content of course) definitely shows how this has become an incredibly professional channel

[@nikkotenhave1495]

This is better than most documentairies I've seen! I absolutely love your work kraut!

[@elephant1793]

Small note: From what I understand Cinco De Mayo is a rather irrelevant holiday in Mexico, it's in the US where it's celebrated widely

[@swampyskies5491]

Yes actually, in the U.S. it is mostly celebrated because Mexican-Americans find it as a way to celebrate their heritage. As for me, an American of Mexican descent, I don’t really celebrate it.

[@personalname2056]

My parents are Mexican, but they never quiet tell me about its history. Will be fascinating watching this!!!!

[@cesz1]

They probably don't know it fully, it certainly isn't taught like this at schools

[@personalname2056]

@@cesz1 oh yeah :/ welp

[@jacobcurliss9687]

I'm from new mexico and this series is a truly fascinating perspective on the history of this region.

[@dogzabob]

Kraut you really found your calling with these videos. Ace work

[@Stamatos]

This series is SO good. Thank you, kraut!

[@eko2418]

Putting a comment to help the video with the algorithm :v

[@Kraut_the_Parrot]

thank you for contributing your artwork to this video.

[@tacomusical1404]

classic hispanic tatic,specially with that little face at the end

[@eko2418]

@@tacomusical1404 I'm not hispanic tho lmao

[@isaacgonzalez5778]

@@tacomusical1404 classic racist tactic, assuming someones race

[@Saludin2]

@@tacomusical1404 2 old, it's left hispanic culture years ago

[@raphaelwurgler9989]

Deine Videos sind an Qualität kaum zu überbieten, zudem sind sie absolut unterhaltsam und informativ. Ich freue mich immer wieder sehr auf deine Videos. Grüsse aus der Schweiz!

[@aldoushuxley5953]

da du ja Deutsch sprichst: Kennst du das Video Ante Portas vom Schattenmacher zu dem selben Thema? Das war mMn auch sehr hochwertig. Ich bin gespannt, wie Kraut das Thema behandeln wird :)

[@aldoushuxley5953]

@Anonymer Nutzer Alles gut :) Aber es gibt (entgegen der allgemeinen Wahrnehmung) doch relativ viele hochqualitative Videos auf KZbin, wenn man nur weiß, wo man gucken muss. Empfehle den Kanal (der Schattenmacher), und insb. die Videos zu Mexico (Ante Portas), Ted Kaczynski, das Kunst Video (entARTet) und das Video Einwanderung und Immigration

[@enric2609]

45:24 those drawing onward were amazing