The REAL Reason Europe Took Over the World

[@johnnyharris]

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[@ropro9817]

Huh, wait a second... it sounds a bit like Christianity was just white supremacy thinly veiled as religion... 🤔

[@jonesroberto170]

Yes, Johnny Harris’ sponsors and platform are products European corporations and land theft.

[@heychuccs]

Hey Johnny I'm watching your videos since vox, can you do videos on "How Europe stole India".

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

Newt Gingrich understands this so well, that he refuses to consider the "evils" done under this paradigm. He prefers to focus on the material culture, wealth and ultimately power that allows him to insist that Christianity is the ultimate goal, that all the evils that put Christendom on top cannot be condemned, b/c in the end - the United States of America came to be. He and his kind came to be. For him, that justifies having a persistent underclass of humble, undereducated, working drones - content to earn just enough to eat, reproduce more work drones who eat, reproduce and then die one, having lived a life of drudgery. He resents that the rest of us want to live and work comfortably too. (Does he even know about the Hierarchy of Needs? He's too brilliant not to know). He doesn't care. He thinks the order of things now is as it should be - kind of Confucian.

[@andreylucass]

Please stop this BS series.

[@willderitzman]

As an Indonesian, I can say Johnny's story about VOC (East India Company) is more compelling than what I obtained back in school. Another fact, our history is too embarassed to acknowledge that VOC is the company. We are told that Dutch colonized us for 350 year. In fact the colonialization was begun in 1912 😂

[@johnnyharris]

thanks for your perspective

[@avacadomangobanana2588]

If you had a company colonize you they are still a colonizer

[@avacadomangobanana2588]

@@johnnyharris literally go and read something from any leftist ever you’re this close to putting it all together but like u literally have to start advocating for shit like socialism otherwise you’re missing 1/2 of your argument- the call to action

[@r.a.h7682]

kusjes van nederland

[@Froodiest]

A heart on a channel this size in the first 40 minutes is really impressive

[@Pjotrpost]

Fun fact: The Dutch had exclusive rights to trade with Japan because other countries tried to introduce christianity into Japan. They helped the uprise of christianity and tried to overthrow government by aiding the rebellion. The Dutch helped the Japanese in this fight which earned them the right to trade exclusively.

[@AwoudeX]

let me guess, they sold the Japanese stuff to help with the war effort? They did that too with the rebelling USA colonies, they sold them stuff that supported the rebellion or war for independence. We just love to trade, it is the life blood of a prosperous nation.

[@lynncheung4189]

Another fun fact: Dutch is the first European nation established trade relationship with China. They did all the humiliating rituals that are too embarrassed for English to do (indeed it is humiliating google "三跪九叩之礼") and presented great gifts, and set up their posts in Canton (Guangdong now) and colonized half island of Taiwan.

[@panda-crux.165]

Because Dutch only care about Money and wealth

[@MrAlehkra]

I'm not sure what fight you're referring to? Or what "uprise of Christianity" tried to overthrow the government? I'm guessing you're referring to the Shimabara Rebellion, but that's....not quite what that was. It's true that certainly a large number of Christians took part in it, but they weren't trying to overthrow the central government. The government later claimed it was a Catholic conspiracy (and the Dutch were successfully able to argue they as Protestants were different enough from Catholics to not be involved), but there's very little evidence to back that up; it was almost certainly a revolt against the harsh rule (including already starting to persecute Christians, well over a decade before the national exclusion orders) and extremely high taxes of the local daimyo. Even the Bakufu had to admit he had monstrously misruled his domain, and he became the only daimyo to be executed during the Edo period.

[@AwoudeX]

@@panda-crux.165 You should come and visit and be cured of your ignorance.

[@rashiqabdullah8868]

"In Communism there is an equal distribution of misery. And in Capitalism there is an inequal distribution of blessings" - Winston Churchill

[@mephisto4618]

Ah yes communism when misery

[@ankur.mahajan]

💯

[@susfringgaming4018]

@@mephisto4618 exactly.

[@gigaazzahrawani6456]

I just gonna leave a comment here to see a civil discussion between communist and capitalist below...

[@ShazyShaze]

"socialism is when the government does things, and when it does a whole lot of things, that's communism" -Carl Marks

[@zihanzheng7569]

I am a first year International Relations student. We have just covered European imperialism, colonialism and companies as a 19th century phenomenon. This video provides excellent context to it and Im glad you've uploaded this video now.

[@harshvardhan5893]

From which university?

[@zihanzheng7569]

@@harshvardhan5893 Well, it’s in the Netherlands.

[@babagandu]

@@zihanzheng7569 Great Britain 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 💪🏻💪🏻

[@osamabagdadi5789]

@@zihanzheng7569 another Chinese spy in the Netherland

[@babagandu]

@@harshvardhan5893 Great Britain 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 💪🏻💪🏻

[@MennoJdeVries]

As a dutch person, it should be mentioned that 'our' ambitions to capitalise the world was initialy strongly motivated by a need to gain money to fund our war against Spain (1568-1648). The VOC, as you mentioned as the blueprint for capitalism, was founded in 1602 and made all the difference in the war. Fun fact, the reason we were ahead of Britain was because England was in a civil war in those days. When this civil war ended, 'we', the dutch, found it quite hard to compete against a nation with triple/quadruple the size in population. Eventually, in the end (see 1780s), we lost.

[@patricktjia]

Thank you for your comment Menno. I am an Indonesian and wondering that are the dutch learning about their past colonization in Indonesia? like at school or perhaps as general knowledge in the Netherlands

[@CMDR_MAJIC]

@@patricktjia I recently spoke with a Dutch teacher I met in Vietnam. I asked her how they teach about colonisation in countries like Indonesia. She said they basically teach that it was a dark part of their history and that they were wrong for invading other countries. She was a primary school teacher so it would have been a simple version. I'd also be interested to know how it's taught for older students in secondary or university level. I'm Irish by the way and I have been to Java, you have a fascinating country with so much cultural diversity and historical influences. Amazing place!

[@patricktjia]

@@CMDR_MAJIC hi thanks for your reply. I have a Dutch friend but I don't know how to bring this topic to him politely or casually haha Thanks for the compliment too You should visit other islands too to see how diverse Indonesia really is, sometimes it feels surreal even for myself

[@CMDR_MAJIC]

@@patricktjia I would encourage you to be direct with your friend as for Europeans, we generally don't take it personally when asked questions about our history as it was a long time ago and we are not responsible for what happened. Thanks, I would be very interested to explore the other islands. I have seen some documentaries about the more bizarre traditions like the preservation of ancestors in Sulawesi and the strange 'food' of the Karo tribe made with cow stomach juice lol. I know regular Indonesian food is delicious, but I don't think I would enjoy their speciality haha. Also, the wild Orangutans in Sumatra and Borneo would be incredible to witness in their natural habitat!

[@CMDR_MAJIC]

@@patricktjia Also, I would love to know how they teach you in Indonesia about East-Timor? 😅

[@cyrilio]

One of the main reasons the Dutch were so successful is due to the windmill. Specifically the wood cutting windmills and therefore the ability to build massive amounts of ships at scale.

[@1mailpigeon1]

common Dutch W

[@cameronf3343]

Wood cutting windmills are seriously among the more fascinating things I’ve ever seen.

[@HardShooter76]

@@1mailpigeon1 And common wind turbine W

[@aloha6736]

Dutch is just interest of dirty Capital by Mayersk.

[@mdjey2]

Also Gutenbergs press helped to replicate information about these machines and from that moment it went fast.

[@Knardsh]

The majority of slaves were captured by fellow Africans of larger more powerful tribes and sold to the Europeans. Very significant distinction

[@infinitekaister]

Your ideology is entirely different of African tribe leaders. African tribe leaders were simply warring with each other throughout history- nothing ever notable enough. But nobody thought of each other as "subhuman" until European ideology came around. Slaves have never been treated so horrifically until Europeans started acquiring those people. "Races" is a false concept made up by Europeans to justify a cruel history of treating human beings as second rate animals and playthings.

[@BasicNoobs]

​@@infinitekaisterracism has begin pretty much when human variations was a thing it wasn't made by a European plus slaves in Africa own by African are treated like shit as in burned alive, dismemberment, or even impalement. I'm black btw

[@paulm2467]

⁠@@infinitekaisterbs, slavery was how the powerful tribes gained and retained their power, they enslaved and sold the tribes they defeated, the slave trade was primarily to Arab countries originally, the North Atlantic slave trade was a late development that many African rulers exploited for their own benefit. Europeans didn’t go far from the sea, (how could a few hundred seamen capture thousands of slaves?), they relied on buying slaves from established African slave markets. You need to study some history, the Romans had slaves, the word slave comes from Slav (Europeans that were enslaved by Turks and Arabs), North Africans enslaved Southern Europeans for the Barbary coast slave trade, slavery goes back to ancient times and every society. England is the reason that the slave trade was massively reduced although it’s still going on in the Middle East.

[@atlanticrf]

@@infinitekaister I lived in Africa (Ghana), and believe me, many tribes think of the other tribes as inferior and subhuman.

[@lancelittrell369]

The indigenous tribes themselves believed that land could not be "owned" in the sense that other cultures owned land. Humans, throughout all of history, claimed and fought wars over land. A technological advantage usually meant victory. Europeans from approx 1600 on fled to other lands to escape religious persecution, not with the intent to spread it. Slavery has already been adequately addressed by other commenters. Just to cover a few points. The fool that made this video takes his "progressive influenced education" and spins a tale filled with misleading half truths, outright lies,and assumptions, and the weak of mind fall for it.

[@anthony212459]

It's crazy how trading companies would cause a civil war on a land that wasnt claimed yet.

[@brendenhuerta21]

@umbrellastudio7481 no, the land was definitely claimed.

[@hughmungus5686]

@@brendenhuerta21*laughs in smallpox*

[@deadaccc]

​@@hughmungus5686 😂😂

[@mikotagayuna8494]

It is known that the easiest way to get Johnny to stumble into your house is to randomly fill a room with maps.

[@ImaxNZ]

It is known.

[@valishaad]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@happyhelen1988]

He would only come over to sell you something... life insurance.. hoover... double glazing... why did he sell out

[@JimBanksy]

can't stop laughing thanks for this he's a great guy lol.

[@SukacitaYeremia]

Johnny-summoning ritual

[@JCGeography]

As a Plymouthian, I don't know much about our local history. Before this video, all I knew was the Battle of Freedom Fields in the English Civil War. But I never knew we supplied these 'private companies' so much. This was so informative, thank you for making this!

[@ToastieBRRRN]

Where else do you think these local historical philanthropists earned their wealth from? Strongly recommend looking into the Muscovy Company as it was the architect for future private English companies.

[@harshvardhan5893]

Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of eton

[@Wither5000]

Plymouthian?

[@babagandu]

Lots of false info in the video

[@johnnyharris]

glad you liked it!

[@The491t]

By the way, in Indonesia there is an unique and interesting term to call Dutch people who came to Indonesia during the colonial era, that is "Orang Kompeni/Kumpeni" (people from company). This term most likely derives from the word "compagnie" (company), referring to VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie). This term is very popular especially among the elderly and sometimes synonymously with the word "penjajah" (colonizers).

[@meatpuppet5036]

And I'm guessing the "oranj" is related to them being Dutch Protestants?

[@The491t]

@@meatpuppet5036 unfortunately it's no, "orang" means "person/people" in Malay/Indonesian.

[@rotua98]

@@meatpuppet5036 orang as in orangutan, means person

[@kremzle5688]

​@@The491t also, De Oranjes (plural of oranje, lit. "the oranges") is a shorthand term used to refer to the Dutch royal family.

[@jackimo22]

Guessing English isn’t your first language? The use of an and a are dependant on the following sound, not so much the following letter. Unique starts with a /y/ sound so is preceded with ‘a’ rather than an.

[@jangelbrich7056]

Idealism and Greed, the perfect recipe.

[@Whiterun_Gaurd]

Which gave us what we have today.

[@MikeWillis-si7lr]

@@Whiterun_Gaurdcompared to what it could have been. They destroyed the world point blank period. Their use to be great stuff all over the world. Yoh and see and learn and say wow experience. Lol now nothing is great anymore. Lmao like you realize the people who wanted to do this just wanted to be kings to someone else. Like it’s so easy to see. They hated living under the kings and queens of Europe and decided you know what let’s go be kings somewhere else. It’s sad because they already knew what greed could do they were smart people at around longer than America is until this day so that tells you they were far along in history and knew better. America could have still been made and probably a much better place.

[@brendenhuerta21]

Lack of morals

[@Rudi_Mentary723]

@@Whiterun_Gaurd yes, they us borders, borders that are still at war even today.

[@Immilounge]

This man can post a video on any topic in the world, and I would still watch the whole thing. A great role model in my life. I admire his work ethic and he still manages to travel and spend time with family.

[@johnnyharris]

thank you!! very kind comment. totally encourages me to want to make MOREEE

[@BonnieCassel]

same. no matter the topic, I am all eyes and ears. 🤩

[@boredsherbet]

@@johnnyharris and make more you must(tttttt?)

[@lawrence-yx1ew]

tik tok generation discovers watching a video longer than 15 seconds all the way through

[@profession-allie]

Seriously true statement

[@larsomat2]

As a former geography student I really like old maps, as well. But I have to say: They way you put them into a historic and social context is awesome! Old maps are not just "old and beautiful maps", they say something about the mindset of the time. Thank you for making that accessible for everyone.

[@Dutch_Uncle]

It is fascinating to see what their ideas were about the flow of rivers and what was known and speculated about the interiors of the Americas, Australia, and Africa. Before Greenwich was established as the zero meridian, in the US the zero meridian went right down 16th Street in Wahington, DC. There is a Meridan Park reflecting the designation.

[@lzh4950]

Also remember seeing a Nathan King video where he indignantly pulls out an old map with the phrase "Chinese kingdom" written over present-day mainland China to argue that that is proof that Western countries had already recognized China's rule over Tibet as early as in the 19th century. Though I remember that such maps don't draw out where international borders are, which I imagine has also made territorial disputes that persist until today more intractable too

[@Dutch_Uncle]

@@lzh4950 The maps and names from the first European contacts frequently reflect attempts to describe the unfamiliar by using familiar European concepts, like "kingdom." the US state of Kansas has a river, town, and county designated "Republican" or "Republic." The French are responsible for this. When they arrived, they asked through a chain of interpreters to be taken to the king of the tribe. The answerer that came back was that the Pawnee tribe did not have kings, they chose their leaders. This prompted the French, who had studied classical Greek and Roman history, to conclude that they had found Plato's Ideal Republic, the land of the "noble savage," uncorrupted by hereditary rulers. The French then called them the Republican band of Pawnee, and the name stuck.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Fun Fact: The Bengal region was a major Portuguese, Dutch, French and British sphere of influence. The first book in Bengali was published in Lisbon during the late 1600s.

[@avacadomangobanana2588]

Damn it’s like white peoples came in and refused to share their educations or learnings and then just oppressed the fuck out of the bengal region cuz they were brown. Logic

[@itsytyt5192]

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[@johnnyharris]

thank you for sharing. my favorite is when the comments turn into a place to add additional context, information, local perspective, and new ideas and analysis. so cool.

[@therealabean]

@@itsytyt5192 Agreed

[@Sid-mj1qf]

What book it is? I didn't know that as an Indian.

[@Datadog-1]

As a Dutch person I find it very fitting that our country so quickly tossed out religious reasoning and substituted it with practical thinking. So quintessentially Dutch. Im proud that we are still know for this way of doing things, but ashamed that we once used it for such immoral and short-sighted gains.

[@teddybearroosevelt1847]

Well, it also had to do with the fact that we were (predominantly) a Protestant nation. We were much more rational about our religion - in line with the modesty taught by Jesus - than most of the other countries which turned religion into a d*** measuring contest of who could build the most beautiful cathedrals. Instead, in Protestantism it was much more about innerly held beliefs and being true to them. In the Dutch golden age of the 16th and the 17th century there was also religious freedom in the Netherlands as long as one was not a catholic (which was still tolerated while being banned by law). This attracted lots of Portuguese Jews, among others, which made us rich. So going overseas and trading with people who had a very different religious background wasn’t all that different.

[@helderduarte213]

Everybody had to do it or they would fall behind. It’s like an evil that was needed for human kind to evolve and now some giant powers want to disrupt that by creating caos among common people.

[@_rd_kocaman]

No, slavery was NOT evil. I’m a descendant of slaves and have different perspective. My ancestors needed to work harder than their owners, so that their children will able to live in higher standards. I’m forever grateful for my slave ancestors for their hard work and their European owners for civilization of our society

[@Hwd371]

Your country used to be way more badass. Very weak country now

[@Rowlph8888]

It's not quintessentially Dutch.It was a factor of Protestantism, which both the British and the Dutch did wherever they went, bringing along free-market capitalism.Protestantism had made people more personally ambitious and responsible, with the focus on reading the Bible yourself, instead of seeking all knowledge in fact this being enforced upon you by bishops and cardinals. Also, the British East India company was the first-ever private corporation, created in 1600, the Dutch was created in 1603… But both sought private wealth for individuals independent of countries with absolute monarchies, which covers every other country in the world at the time

[@ahoraya1047]

You forget that the Aztec and Inca nobility became part of the Spanish nobikity. The King of Spain was called the Inca. Cortes married to a daughter of Moctezuma, and their dayghter was called Isabel Cortes Moctezums. Oñate, founder of El Paso was marrued to a grand daughter of Moctezuma. Pizarro arrived with just 180 soldiers, and the Inca Empire had one million soldiers.

[@ahoraya1047]

@Michelle it was not in any law. According to the law natives and spaniards had the same rights. That is why natives supported the Spanish Crown during the Independence Wars.

[@jonayz8655]

@Michelle That's anglo saxon propaganda promoted by US universities and used by nationalists in the hispanic countries to gain their own political means. A caste system would be one in which you would never be able to ascend in society and would never abandon the caste you're born at. That didn't exist in the Hispanic America. Money and nobility were sometimes important limiting factors but interratial marriages were promoted by queen Isabel I in her will and by Spanish laws since 1514. A great achievement if you compare that to the US legalizing interratial marriages in 1962. I recommend you a documentary that is available on the youtube called: "Una arteria del Imperio". It deals with the finding by archeologists of several black women buried in a preferential zone inside the old cathedral of Panama.

[@tamarrajames3590]

I remember the map of the world in my classroom in the 1950s. Canada still flew the red ensign as our flag, and sang God Save the Queen at every public event. We were (and are) part of the British Commonwealth. My Teacher pointed to the map, and told us, “All the pink bits are British”. That was my first understanding of why the maps were coloured the way they were. There was a LOT of pink on that map as I recall.🖤🇨🇦

[@zzmmz3789]

The whole USA alliance countries that attacked Afghanistan are collapsing. Literally the next USSR . That what u get for attacking The Graveyard Of Empires. The whole USA and Europe is collapsing. Rekt europe.

[@tamarrajames3590]

@@zzmmz3789 unchecked capitalism is destined to fail…it is only a question of when.🖤🇨🇦

[@fweb3134]

As a Brit this is so strange to me. When did this die out?

[@lakhdeepsingh1983]

Hai Kanedda 💘

[@tamarrajames3590]

@@fweb3134 Somewhere in the 60s I think, after we got our own flag and constitution, other parts of the commonwealth were moving to self rule around the same time. The King still has a representative in Canada, but the role is purely ceremonial.🖤🇨🇦

[@cactus_vixen7093]

this felt leagues above the first part!!! Really glad you took all the feedback to make something really valuable and interesting, always love some good material analysis to shed better light on history when it's often taught with vague excerpts on something 'too old to analyze'

[@Kellycreator]

Love this guy! He’s made me more curious about lots of things in history, never my favourite subject at school but quickly becoming a hobby to research more. Thanks Johnny. ❤

[@dabrack9350]

He misses one important point (or rather skips over it). The Europeans had no idea the diseases they had survived and immunized themselves against would have the effect they did. Several generations of settlers later infections were used as weapons but not in the beginning. So very quickly the native inhabitants were killed off leaving the land mostly empty.

[@avagrego3195]

@@dabrack9350not in all countries such aschina

[@dabrack9350]

@@avagrego3195 sorry, I don't understand your point. We were discussing the European conquest of North America, at least I was.

[@MissTalmo]

​@@dabrack9350 he misses lots of important facts

[@alecsorensen6101]

I think an important part of joint stock companies that was glossed over maybe was the sheer risk of these early trading and exploration voyages. Splitting ships into separate shares as opposed to a single owner sigificantly spread risk for investors and incentivized more trading missions.

[@alexsauce5668]

Nice portofolio you got there Mr. Van Brockhorst

[@rogink]

Quite. All the pictures Johnny showed were of ships that looked like they were at risk. It would be interesting to find out the success rate of ships heading from Europe to the East Indies.

[@ratsun1723]

@@rogink good question!

[@aljonserna5598]

it's like going for a tour but price is high per person and you don't know if you'd like it so you opt for per pax offer

[@BisiLIFE]

As an Afrịkan it's always interesting hearing history from the European point of view Chinua Achebe, an Igbo author stated Until the tale of the hunt is told by the lion, it will always glorify the hunter. It would be interesting to look at the names of some of the places in the old maps of Afrika😊

[@rob9853]

When did he glorify the European colonisation ?

[@bernieralexandre1107]

@@rob9853 I think he means Africans defended themselves at some places in Africa??? But yeah I think he is wrong even if that’s what he means

[@Dutch_Uncle]

Names change. With the end of the USSR there was a wholesale renaming in eastern Europe of streets and places named Lenin, Bolshevik, Kosmokol, Aurora and other reflections of the Soviet years. In the US streets are being changed to add the pre-Columbian names and remove the names of Confederate generals. For US government purposes the highest mountain in North America is no longer Mount McKinley but Denali, the Athabascan Indian term for the big one or the great one. Likewise in Africa in places like the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire, and South Africa, still South Africa.

[@dlc2479]

@@rob9853 what an emotional reaction lol. He didn't say that Johnny glorified colonialism?

[@dlc2479]

@@bernieralexandre1107 Europeans have dominated the global narrative on African history. I think this is what OP is referring to.

[@insularumc]

Everything in this video looks fine, but there is one thing: the dutch east india company (voc) wasnt the first company to privatize voyages to the indies. There were actually a lot of different companies in the netherlands competing with each other but after a while the dutch government fused them all in to one company because they didnt want that the companies were competing with each other but with the other countries, what really emphasizes the government involvement in this.

[@kaitlyn__L]

Indeed. It wasn’t the first company, but the first modern multinational corporation.

[@RosesAndIvy]

@@kaitlyn__L But it was the first publicly traded company

[@williamritter1066]

“How the modern corporation stole the world but first a word from our sponsor”

[@Gaspar314]

I wish we had videos like these when I was in high school. Would’ve made our history lessons much more interesting - but at the same time much more depressing 😅

[@ickaruus4909]

if they only were always right...

[@rustyshackle917]

As an American, my history classes were mostly about American execptionalism.

[@RobNotANumber]

Hitory is written by the victors... currently the leftists are in power and as such history... ps I am also a leftist but a lot of this is trash

[@Liorgh]

Nahh fam… you cant appreciate this type of content when you are young hahaha… even if we woulda had that video in high school I would of slept through guaranteed 😩😩😩

[@vivalamop]

I’m from Scotland, we were taught that the UK did nothing wrong throughout school!

[@gustavocavalcantezilli6484]

As a Historian, I must say that this video is very accurate to what I learned at the Uni. I just wanted to highlight that although European powers expanded so rappidly, the Imperial China was still the greatest power in the world, at least until the 18th century. Idk if it was mentioned in the previous video, but just a few decades before Portugal started its maritime expasions, the Chinese were pursuing the very same goal, which was to "discover", spread their faith, and make comerce to other parts of the world. The Chinese boats were bigger and aparently superior to the caravels, and they had already reached the horn of Africa, but then the Emperor ordered that the fleet should be destroyed, because in his views (which makes sense considering the role of China in the world at that time), should be the other nations and civilizations that had to come to China, and not the opposite, since China was the center of the world.

[@gilligan1350]

Sounds suspiciously like somebody burned his fleet but he wanted to save face and stay in power.

[@gunsroses1293]

Because the threat from the north of China was greater, such as Mongolia and Jurchen, the Ming Dynasty put a lot of energy into building the Great Wall instead of exploring the sea.

[@schneestern3022]

Didn't Columbus go to the Americas before Portugal made the trade route around africa?

[@MrAlen6e]

I hope the next chapter dives more on how private empires really drove the independence movement in the Americas, this series has been incredible

[@ParallelPenguins]

Don't forget about the Hudson's Bay Company. It's one of those same companies you're talking about and it's still around today. Still very much a live and kicking.

[@LumenP1023]

this video gives much more accurate information, and doesn’t misinform as much as the first video did. thank you Mr. Harris for improving yourself and your videos, for not misleading your audiences with embellishments and vagary.

[@ericp.7769]

if someone wants to learn something start read books, and do not blame youtuber! be responsible for yourself..

[@Neuroguy100]

@ERIC P. Books can mislead people and be factually incorrect. There is nothing wrong with criticizing a KZbinr, who is trying to inform a general audience, about making errors in their video. Hopefully, the youtuber will read/understand these criticisms (if the criticisms are valid) and try to improve their videos.

[@89Djm]

He’s still applying ahistorical intentionality to events though & he places the origins of racism before race theory which is obviously an embellishment.

[@zzmmz3789]

The whole USA alliance countries that attacked Afghanistan are collapsing. Literally the next USSR . That what u get for attacking The Graveyard Of Empires. The whole USA and Europe is collapsing. Rekt europe.

[@ericw712]

@@89Djm The addition of music, graphics, transitions, and other video editing are all embellishments.

[@syls3198]

hey man, I am completely addicted to your documentaries! you doing such good journalism!

[@johnnyharris]

wow thank you. very kind of you

[@king_halcyon]

@@johnnyharris irrelevant to all this, but mind if I ask about where your ancestors came from? England? Germany? Mixed?

[@Stickery]

@@king_halcyon Africa

[@JoseChavez-ob2wj]

@@johnnyharris whats the title of part one of the series??

[@matpk]

@@johnnyharris How about evil Chi Na?🎉

[@pudyastomo]

I add another comment as an Indonesian. This is a fresh perspective about how imperialism work and affect globally. We as Indonesian blinded in school education that Dutch (in overall, not only Dutch Indies Company or VOC) is the biggest problem in the nation (and even the world) without thinking of European imperialism as a bigger scene. Thank you Johnny!

[@EricvanDorp007]

Indonesia wasn't such a huge country if the Dutch didn't got al those islands together. Dutch history in Indonesia is a kind of dark and not right but we did also many good things thats is very positive in this period of history for Indonesia. I have been from Jakarta to Bali in one hell of a nice trip in Indonesia, people are very nice to Dutch people so History is History and go on...Have a great 2024 Bother!

[@vozdelibrepensante]

I would like to make some complementary remarks regarding the Spanish Empire and the US: - Regarding the Spanish Empire, it had some differences in comparison with the other Empires. Firstly, there was no private companies ruling the colonies and this Empire didn´t just remain in the coasts (such as Portuguese and Dutch one), but it went inland as well. And the reason was because they were interested in "save souls" and "educate people" as much as possible. Beware this was XVI century mentality. The last will of Isabella I of Castile in 1504 said "it was my intention to try to get, induce and attract the people who populate them to the Catholic faith, and to send to the Islands and Mainland prelates and religious people and priests and other learned persons... in order to instruct the inhabitants of those lands in the Catholic faith, and to teach them good customs. As well, I beg the King my lord very lovingly, and I charge and order the Princess, my daughter, and the Prince, her husband, that they do it thus and that they carry it out, and that this is its main purpose and that they should put much diligence into it, and not consent to nor allow the Indians, neighbours and inhabitants of the Indias and Mainland, won and to be won, to receive any injury to their persons or possessions, rather to the contrary, that they should be well and fairly treated, and if they have received any injury that it should be remedied and provided for so that in nothing does it go beyond what was ordered and established in the apostolic letters of the said concession." Unfortunately, "encomenderos" (people who had to educate the "Indians") took advantage of their power and exploit them. This bad treatment to the Indians was denounced by Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, and firstly he achieved that Emperor Charles I of Spain (grandson of Isabella I of Castile) signed the "New Laws" in 1542 where "encomenderos" were suppressed and secondly in the Valladolid debate in 1550, considered the first humans right debate in the world, Fray Bartolomé de las Casas defended that Indians were equal in rights as the rest of Spanish people. No other Empire in the world considered these topics in XVI century and this different consideration made that Spanish and Indians mixed whereas in other Empires such as British or even the US, white, Indians and blacks remained unmixed. - Regarding the US when it became independent from Britain, it kept doing the exact same thing. US took land from Indians (indeed there are a lot of American films with good white guys shooting bad Indians in the West), enclosing them in Indian reservations until today. US also took land from independent Mexico (almost half of the country), the entire Kingdom of Hawaii, and from Spain Puerto Rico and Guam, remaining nowadays as "unincorporated colonies", a fancy name for US colonies which don´t have a say in the Parliament. Other "unincorporated territories" are American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands. Then, are you sure that Empires were only European? Or maybe US is a non-European Empire currently in operation? Indeed, quite recently US also tried to educate some Muslim countries with Western democracy while getting oil from them, isn´t it familiar?

[@lordalex8342]

Bien, al fín alguien q dice lo dice.VIVA LA HISPANIDAD

[@gogobrasil7185]

Shows how society really takes off when people have the freedom to form their own organizations and invest in their growth, with advancements in science, medicine, technology, etc, but at the same time, it shows how letting that go unattended and unregulated can result in people coming up with some horrific solutions. As always, we should strive for a middle ground.

[@living_well_18]

well said, and that's why rights to free speech and press are so important, without them, one would not hear and see program like this video, and therefore, no chance to reflect on mistakes in the past

[@PatarikiTB]

As a Dutchie, this series is quite fascinating. I wrote an essay on the Black Legend when I studied history. I'm curious if thats going to be highlighted in the third part, as it is about politics.

[@thijs6758]

Toen ie zei van: “The Dutch were like: who cares about Jesus, we want profit”, ik ging stuk😂

[@AXELVISSERS]

🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪

[@likemysnopp]

Can it be twisted into a leftist ideology and make capitalism look evil? If so then you know he will cover it. If not.. and if oh dear lord forgive the words im about to type but.. if it makes capitalism look good in any way then this dude will never even talk about it. Yes im annoyed at his latest videos tbh.

[@CaveTuumCanem]

@@likemysnopp what hasn’t he covered that in your opinion makes capitalism “look good”? And why should he cover your topics?

[@apidas]

@@likemysnopp it's just what happened, not necessarily either capitalism is just good or evil. that's just what people draw out of conclusions and it so happened that in the past, they really use it to exploit every land on earth regardless of the economic model they use or to justifies it. and frankly a lot of neighboring european countries follow at the time. so it become trends amongst their elites

[@adamhall5298]

Loving the economic history content, Johnny! A fascinating academic field with plenty of insights that, imo, are underrated.

[@lovetrustandpixiedust]

Still waiting on part 3 of this series. Really insightful stuff, Johnny.

[@alvarrodriguez9345]

As a half Haitian (who his ancestors were brought to this island Hispaniola to be slaves) and half Spanish guy ( who probably some ancestors had to do with slavery) it destroys me the thought of how humans can treat other humans so poorly (even thought still 80 million of us humans live in slavery) it’s a shame that we aren’t doing anything to help them even though we can

[@zzmmz3789]

The whole USA alliance countries that attacked Afghanistan are collapsing. Literally the next USSR . That what u get for attacking The Graveyard Of Empires. The whole USA and Europe is collapsing. Rekt europe.

[@ThePandafriend]

I mean that was the case since pretty much forever. Slavery and exploitation like that was already a thing in the stone ages. Less industrialized, but morally seen on pretty much the same level. Of course that doesn't make it any better.

[@mennio100]

I think that, from a certain point of view, societies, civilizations , countries can be compared to a single human being: they take some time to grown up, to get used to certain human tendencies, to refine the way to live together . They can still make big mistakes and act as animals, but I hope time will bring some wiseness

[@randyross5630]

Stuff It Colonizer

[@Subiemal]

African slavery is a lie. Please go watch actual videos of it. Irish were more enslaved then blacks. Please don’t spread disinformation not cool.

[@DiskoNixon.]

I honestly thought he gave up this mini-series. I'm so glad he didn't

[@johnnyharris]

nope. i learned from the feedback on the missteps of the last steps. but I still believe in the need to tell this story

[@PeriodicallyRational]

@@johnnyharris You're doing an amazing job. You just keep getting more nuanced and better each time. Honestly thank you for that.

[@c.rutherford]

I always found it somewhat touching that Queen Isabella of Spain, who was the reason Columbus ever came to America...though she had the audacity to declare Native Americans her subjects.... then went to her deathbed refusing to allow them to be slaves or even to be abused, since she considered them her citizens. Says this in "A Plea for Isabella", Lucas Barron: "Isabella insisted that the Indians be counted as her “vassals” and potential Christians, not as the Portuguese had classed the Africans. When the first shipment of enslaved Taínos arrived in Spain, she upbraided Columbus for defying her command to treat them well and ordered the captives freed and returned home. Few of them made it. As reports came back to her of Columbus’s continued abuses of both natives and colonists, Isabella had him arrested, brought back to Spain in chains for investigation, and definitively stripped of his governorship." But it doesn't stop there: "On her deathbed, Isabella dictated a codicil to her will, enjoining her heirs “that they not consent or allow that the Indians […] receive any injury in their persons or effects, but I command that they be well and justly treated. And if they have received any injury, that you should remedy it.” Sadly Californians still toppled her statue in 2020 from their state legislature, since it also had Columbus. "A Beaux-Arts showpiece by the American master Larkin Goldsmith Mead entitled Columbus’ Last Appeal to Queen Isabella. It depict(ed) three figures, Columbus, Queen Isabella and an attentive young page, at a moment of singular consequence for world history (when she approved the first voyage to America)." Eh well. Maybe its a fitting confused ending for a statue of a woman who demanded confused mercy for millions.

[@jonayz8655]

Americans have being promoting Postmodernism and postcolonialism ideologies but now they have realised that they could be confronted with the reality of having erased from earth millions of native americans in the US territories, Hawaians and Philipines. So they decided they will accuse and put the blame on Spain, Spaniards old or modern and at the same time will use the same shot to shut Latin Americans since they are a growing force within US society that they fear and want to demonize. The attemps by US polititians like Trump and others are more than obvious. They want Hispanics to feel ashamed of who they are while they get away and shovel upon us their own shit.

[@DanielHerrera-rl1vw]

Isabel

[@c.rutherford]

Is the 'la' at the end optional? She was the one who backed Columbus. Her husband just sort of went along with it. He really was ordered to be brought back in chains too. A bit of a "how do you like it yourself." But when he arrived in Spain, he was told he could take them off at the port, and he refused. Instead he made a big production of walking through the streets wearing them and went to court that way. So then he kneels in front of the court and says, "This is my reward for your most loyal subject bringing you all the gold and realms" etc etc. Of course then she was almost apologetic. He knew how to schmooze the lady! She was having none of the slavery though. Or so the account I read goes.

[@TURTLEISLAND1491]

Thank you for explaining our indigenous first nations genocide and European illegal occupation of our continent with such accuracy, this video is one of many that I will watch, please keep up the good work on working to properly educate the general population on true history.

[@nonono9194]

Thanks now that I've read this I stopped the video, thought it was informative and not a racist rewrite of history, how disgusting this is allowed to occur.

[@DarViajar]

I can't even watch Johnny's videos for entertainment anymore because my brain goes into full on analysis mode, poring over every frame and just wondering how they did that. Another incredible video!

[@UmarAftab-eb8zf]

Yeah, it is more analytical and you start thinking how and why, really, why. They are really thought provoking, rather than entertaining.

[@1963luv]

My head truly hurt, looking at him. I put him on paused and just read comments 😊

[@harryzain]

As a Malaysian, we were colonised by the Portuguese then Dutch then English then occupied by the Japanese then back to English again. What I like is your explanation on the reasons and the company perspective in the early 16th century. Thats something not talked about much. We fell to the Portuguese in 1511 and it would take us another 446 years before wee were independent. Imagine that time frame…

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

The Iberians (Portugal and Spain) were under the Roman boot for 600 years, then 500 years under visigoth boot, than 400 years under Saracen boot. That's a lot of boots on our neck and still we overcame. Stop bitching and moaning about how the world works. That's the same as bitching about old age, diseases and death.

[@rayrobinson9832]

First comment all the way from Cambodia 🇰🇭. I’m your biggest fan in Cambodia. Johnny, please make a video about Cambodia’s history.

[@Notimp0rtant523]

I actually also think a visitation of 1960-present Cambodia specifically would be beneficial to the world. This Cambodian has American support.

[@h1z1forever99]

I’m from Cambodia too , but part one was wrong, I dont want this guy make anything wrong about our history.

[@Aymar1234]

No

[@CiaoBello21]

You and Mr. Ballen are the most amazing dudes on youtube. Terrific journalism and amazing storytelling.

[@dylannaylor6283]

Johnny is a legend you can really take criticism and improve! Thank you for making history interesting and easier to understand!

[@TOCC50]

The bought the slaves legally from their African enslavers

[@TooLittleInfo]

Love this series. As a Malaysian (former British colony) who is also a map and history nerd, i’m always like, y’all didn’t know this?? This was such a hugely important period of human history with so many intertwining threads running across the entire world and thanks to you, more people will know this story. It’s not woke, it’s just history. Thanks for your work on this story. Always a fan.

[@Mr2greys]

"woke" is villainizing the Europeans without admitting that if the shoe had been on the other foot the same thing would have happened in reverse. Humanity will screw itself over if given the chance just for resources and the ones who say otherwise end up being under the boot sooner or later.

[@joshexpressingdreams]

Fellow Malaysian here too, and agreed!

[@quackitytheasker9977]

What's actually woke would be saying only south African or black people suffered because no?

[@helderduarte213]

@@quackitytheasker9977it’s woke because he said they stealed people and forced them to work, when most of them were already being forced to work in Africa and other places. Must slaves came from internal wars between tribes and Europeans just paid the winners to purchase their slaves.

[@arnoldfrancis5266]

I’m a long time listener, first time caller and I honestly have to say this has to be one of your greatest pieces of work thus far. I really mean this. The historical education I received growing up never explored the makings of the modern world, in the way you have EXPLAINED it (pun intended 😂). I found my self having various revelations throughout this episode. I really value how this story tells the makings of the world we live in now. I’ve often questioned why the world functions the way it does, and although I understood the makings of the world from a macro level, to see how the world is the way it is in the way you have broken it down, it has really made me appreciate the quality work you produce and your ability to storytell. Thank you so so much for this spectacular masterpiece.

[@qutuveo6332]

Watch Krauts video on Trumps biggest failure and the first episode of the Mexico series, they both delve into this topic and are amazing videos as well

[@nyashovna]

If you care for historical accuracy please disregard from this video. It's absolutely riddled with short-sightedness & inaccuracies... This video has genuinely been a disservice to everyone that watched it... He really needs to hire some historian for when he makes these videos... This video was entirely unacceptable to present to the masses.

[@qutuveo6332]

@@nyashovna Care to share anything he messed up on specifically?

[@thabangmailula2725]

Dude, I can't like your video enough. Great production. Props to you and team. Well done

[@carlosjlanderos]

I would suggest everyone read a book called “Guns, Germs, and Steal”. It really explains why some civilizations were able to prosper while others were not.

[@Jamach92]

Really great video, Johnny. I can see you have put so much thought and effort into these enriching and entertaining videos. Thank you for making this wonderful series, I can’t wait for the final part! 😊

[@johnnyharris]

thanks James!

[@JustinJ802]

Johnny Harris is the best in the business at making informative and accuratly historical videos. I love your content. Keep up the hard work and amazing videos!

[@AnotherBadyoga]

loving this series, makes me wish we’d had good history teachers in high school (coaches taught history at North Surry, I had Triplett, my cousin has Coast Atkins- who showed football films during class

[@elisharaniasuleiman8013]

Generally, it was all because of these: ● Gold, Gospel and Glory. ● Trade, Treasures and Territories. ● Mercantilism, Colonialism and Imperialism.

[@marrzcapanang]

This is heavy, brutal, punch in the gut of the Private empire and their minions (and followers). Thank you for this powerful and rich narrative about our history in a nutshell. It is my mission and advocacy to dig our cultural identity through the layers of influences from different colonizers, it is challenging but worth it. We have lost 300 years of our real freedom. I really believe this is not us, we are just reflections of a big empire trying to imitate their way of life and way of thinking. I have been rooting to all of your new content, keep up the great work, you made it simpler to digest (although I have bits of information about this, and damn this was not taught in school). Thanks Johnny!

[@justinreynolds7158]

Don’t forget that black Africans were getting rich selling their own people as slaves and not to mention the black Africans had their own slaves aswell. History is ugly but it teaches us what not to do in the future. Can’t change the past.

[@babagandu]

Cool story woke apologist

[@gladitsnotme]

Agreed. As a Black American I've come to terms with the fact that I will never know my actual history, culture, or language, but I keep trying!

[@babagandu]

@@gladitsnotme come to Africa

[@johnnyharris]

Thanks for the generous and thoughtful words!

[@Mujahid_Mahmood]

Could you do a video on the British East India company? Loving this series, and coming from a former colony where Britain ruled for nearly 200 years, quite interested to learn more

[@Pfyzer]

I mean the British DID divide the greak kingdoms into India and Pakistan. Divide and conquer alll over again

[@anandsaini]

@@Pfyzer british divided india not kingdoms , india or bharat was already there

[@breezeanonymous6034]

@Dilshad There was nothing called India or Bahrat before British. There is hardly anything common in Dravidiafricans, Brumese dog eating nations, central Asian Persian Kashmiris etc etc. India or Bahrat is a very recent invention by Brits and African nations from Calcata to Madras as those were the racist black nations colonized first and they spread north north west with Brits. They are most obsessed too, without Brit gave Indian or Bahrat identity, they will be called another Africa, thats why they have make all fake history.

[@breezeanonymous6034]

@@Pfyzer There was nothing called India or Bahrat before British. There is hardly anything common in Dravidiafricans, Brumese dog eating nations, central Asian Persian Kashmiris etc etc. India or Bahrat is a very recent invention by Brits and African nations from Calcata to Madras as those were the racist black nations colonized first and they spread north north west with Brits. They are most obsessed too, without Brit gave Indian or Bahrat identity, they will be called another Africa, thats why they have make all fake history.

[@breezeanonymous6034]

@@anandsaini There was nothing called India or Bahrat before British. There is hardly anything common in Dravidiafricans, Brumese dog eating nations, central Asian Persian Kashmiris etc etc. India or Bahrat is a very recent invention by Brits and African nations from Calcata to Madras as those were the racist black nations colonized first and they spread north north west with Brits. They are most obsessed too, without Brit gave Indian or Bahrat identity, they will be called another Africa, thats why they have make all fake history.

[@kenvaxia]

In the case of Spain in the Philippines, the companies were the religious orders.

[@Isinlor]

Also, big simplification - it's Western Europe that's doing all of that. In the east, in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth we were establishing things like Nobles' Democracy, freedom of religion etc. until we got crashed with traditional imperialism by Sweden, Russia, Austria and Prussia.

[@KevinJohnson-cv2no]

"noble democracy" LMAO

[@joaquincimas1707]

Yeah. You guys were flying in cars and have liberal democracies while Spain, France, UK, Netherlands and Portugal were in colonial mode. 100% true, not a lie.

[@Isinlor]

@@KevinJohnson-cv2no Sorry for my English - it should be "Nobles' Democracy" or "Golden Freedom". Poland was electing kings according to the Henrician Articles (1573). We were also the second after USA to write down modern constitution, so called Constitution of 3rd May 1791. Unfortunately, final partitions of Poland happened in 1795.

[@Isinlor]

@@joaquincimas1707 Sorry for my English - it should be "Nobles' Democracy" or "Golden Freedom". Poland was electing kings according to the Henrician Articles (1573). We were also the second after USA to write down modern constitution, so called Constitution of 3rd May 1791. Unfortunately, final partitions of Poland happened in 1795.

[@joaquincimas1707]

@@Isinlor But it have nothing to share with democracy. And i know, Eastern Europe dont take part in colonials affairs. But the comment looks a little bit off in the first read. Nothing against Poland or your comment 👍

[@chidalunwaimo876]

Johnny get your facts right the slaves were not stolen they were sold those are two different things...

[@ayeaayush]

Johnny's storytelling skills are so compelling that people probably don't care when he glosses over gaint factual inaccuracies to generalize his ideas, for example (when it comes to India and the east india company, it wasn't a bunch of unclaimed land whose people were just some hunter gatherers and didn't know a word about agriculture, it already had bigger and much modern kingdoms than most European countries at the time and unsurprisingly the EIC had to admit it. Yet how india still ended up getting colonized(how many kings joined hands with EIC or lost to them) is where we must get into the details. I don't think an accurate display of history can happen w/o going into these details, millions of such truths.

[@ayeaayush]

Before i get any hate comments, I know it's youtube, that I might be on the wrong platform to get the knowledge I wanted. And goes without saying that I just love these videos, been a fan of Mr. Harris since he was a producer on Vox!

[@nyashovna]

So disappointed and honestly a bit angry at how poorly various things were presented, explained and interpreted in this video...

[@91pp898]

Bro you are genius. Loved your content and presentation. Keep it up and keep growing. Love from India

[@wyatt2137]

You’ve been pushing out so much great content lately and I’m here for it

[@unboxingthetechworld6479]

Here in India till elementary school in our history books they teach us soo much, Never-ending stories of the European countries, which was not even relevant, not even the mention of the origin, in detail exploration, and from where the hell are they getting funds...., no clue. But glad my interest brought me to this video. Well researched.

[@KingdomOfStars]

Really great video, Johnny! A lot of details compressed into 15 minutes of knowledge + your own style on it. Perfect 😀

[@rishabhm10]

Hey Yoo Nice video man !!! As a History Enthusiast I quite enjoyed the Series .... Great Work .... Keep em coming !

[@motionpictures6629]

One problem with your explanation. Newton, Leipniz, Cavendish, John Locke, Galileo, Copernicus, Giordano Bruno, Spinoza, Descartes, Tycho Brahe all published before the riches of the world flooded to north-West Europe, craftsmen like Gutenberg and Harris created masterpieces of watches and printing presses before wealth from South America came to Germany and England and Artist like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti created their art without payments from wealthy merchants. The highest buildings in the world were build by Germans, paid for by wealthy merchants specialized in Danube-Rhein trade before 1492. Europe was far ahead before colonialism and over sea trade took off. There was no other country in the world with an English royal society that shared knowledge for the sake of the fame of being first to discover something. To talk about European capitalism and not mention the Hanseatic league and the Medici bank is impossible.

[@amfarrell42]

There was in Baghdad before the mongols. But Europe is a peninsula.

[@motionpictures6629]

@@amfarrell42 Ibn Sina the most prominent scholar in Baghdad was a captive from Transoxiana, the colonial empire of the Calif. The Ottoman Empire and the Han empire were far richer and bigger than any European empire in 1600.

[@ralphhulsman]

Great job Johnny! Thanks for including Jochem to the production as well, the result is great!

[@oriode2783]

I wasn't expecting this video to be as genuine as the first part. Thank you Johnny. This is therapy for me. Thank you 💗

[@PlayNowWorkLater]

As a musician I can say with certainty that the background music to this episode definitely helped move the storytelling along. I guess I learned some history, or something too.

[@thomasbale9945]

I'm also a map nerd. Always been. That's why I love your videos!

[@chrisnchips]

Love your videos! Editing is spot on! Look forward to the next one.

[@ArmchairAuthorities]

Hey Johnny! I watched your first video on this topic and was really disappointed with how far you pushed storytelling/entertainment over the facts. But I saw that you responded to The Present Pasts criticism to heart and even included him in the creation of this video. I think that’s commendable and not something most content creators would do! Really excited that you will be citing sources and focusing more on facts without loosing your unique visuals and storytelling techniques!

[@fgsaramago]

Well, it continues to be amateurish ti refer to Spain instead of Castille but then refer to England as such and not as the United Kingdom. That way its neither accurate nor consistent

[@wolfburner2262]

I think it was more the scientific method that allowed europeans to say. "Ohh we dont know anything about this world. Lets explore it" that allowed them to gain so much land so quickly and not the opposite.

[@handIe.]

As an "untouchable" "depressed class" in India, i thank british, because they tought hindus how to respect women, and they let the untouchables "drink water from common well and lakes". They showed our true history, India was all Buddhist, they told us about our glorious past which the brahmins completely destroyed(still trying to). they let the untouchables and shudras to study, before they were not allowed. Britishers banned child marriages, before that many old "upper caste" men were marrying a girl child. they introduced divorce system before that upper-caste widowed woman's life was as hell. they banned "sati pratha" meaning burning widow woman alive on the husband's dead body. many upper caste women were being forced to this. they saved us from the clutches of these parasites. i know the brits did not do this for solely our sake but this is the bright site of this.

[@handIe.]

read Why I Am An Atheist by Bhagat Singh. and search DEVDASI PRATHA.

[@RANDOM-pf1ve]

I don't think u know history

[@handIe.]

@@RANDOM-pf1ve i've redeemed myself from the fake world congres and brahmins created.

[@Ankit-d9f4u]

Lmao 🤣🤣

[@sushantmanandhar1387]

It means so much for the rest of the world that this is never forgotten, thank you so much for making these videos

[@breezeanonymous6034]

There was nothing called India or Bahrat before British. There is hardly anything common in Dravidiafricans, Brumese dog eating nations, central Asian Persian Kashmiris etc etc. India or Bahrat is a very recent invention by Brits and African nations from Calcata to Madras as those were the racist black nations colonized first and they spread north north west with Brits. They are most obsessed too, without Brit gave Indian or Bahrat identity, they will be called another Africa, thats why they have make all fake history.

[@a_d_a_m]

to understand that our entire worldviews and opinions on what’s possible, and how things should be done, are shaped by the behavior and ideas of the people depicted here is a very powerful tool. this understanding is a critical step towards our true freedom. thank you for giving us this help. I hope many people see it and can reflect on it with an open mind.

[@nyashovna]

Please see that the video creator viewed the actions of people from half a century ago through the lens of our 21st century values. He doesn't let the viewers compare what the alternatives to European imperialism were... These were times when slavery was commonplace all over the world, newborns were dying in droves, cannibalism existed in numerous places, human sacrifices in the azteks, black africans, berbers & arabs were "stealing" black africans... The video is absolutely riddled with inaccuracies & short-sightedness...

[@hannahjong4531]

As a Dutch person, I learned a lot about the VOC and trades between Europe and other continents. Not a part of our history to be proud of, ethically seen. I would have loved your video's when I was a student, just as an overview. Using normal language to explain the reactions of al sorts of parties after certain events in this trade industry.

[@Nata-rp6pf]

Don't worry! soon all these uncomfortable parts of European history will be rewritten or forgotten. As Chancellor Scholz said this year about WW2 that Germany was liberated from the Nazis. lool.

[@DustinStich-iy8eo]

So what country has a history to be proud of? The Ottomans? I find it interesting only Europeans focus on the bad parts of their past. Turks are like "the Armenian genocide didn't happen"

[@benjaminlessard8710]

Absolutely fascinating. Thank you for this insightful video!

[@yugankgupta207]

Johnny pls do one video on how India is so big coz it's history from pre colonial times to independence is really fascinating too .loved your vids on China n Russia n waiting for one on USA n India. ❤️❤️❤️❤️🇮🇳🇺🇲

[@vibeandchillradio]

Johnny, I am a big fan of these topics, world, history, maps and borders! I always love your videos, great job!

[@TomMercer-u1k]

I love this series. As I love all of your “How ____ Stole ____” videos. The best one hands down is “ How the Grinch stole Christmas”

[@joetheperformer]

I love these videos. I want to be like Johnny when I grow up. I, a 27 year old man, when I grow up.

[@Adam-cd7oo]

Great video! I feel like tying these past events to today is something that is sorely missed in History in general. It's crazy how much these ideologies and mental foundations can linger and stay around for generations.

[@maressagarcia1828]

Thanks for this great video, as a Latin American this kind content has a huge impact in how I perceive the strcuctures of power in my region. I would appreciate if you could give us some bibliography about this great topic. Great job

[@BLOXKAFELLARECORDS]

Europe didn't steal the world... they conquered it. - *JX100* (Me)

[@AceXINFAMY]

Same thing 🤷

[@deadaccc]

Lol, they were home invaders 😂

[@sakshambhatia9273]

There's a chapter in the book Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, it talks exactly about how European companies were funded by private investors rather than empires and how they succeeded in doing so

[@breezeanonymous6034]

There was nothing called India or Bahrat before British. There is hardly anything common in Dravidiafricans, Brumese dog eating nations, central Asian Persian Kashmiris etc etc. India or Bahrat is a very recent invention by Brits and African nations from Calcata to Madras as those were the racist black nations colonized first and they spread north north west with Brits. They are most obsessed too, without Brit gave Indian or Bahrat identity, they will be called another Africa, thats why they have make all fake history.

[@Susieq26754]

Yuval Harari is a nutcase. He wants your free will so everyone can become transhuman. F that!

[@riyadougla539]

Private companies were just a front for empire, much like NGO's.

[@samsharma3216]

Hey, I'm from India & I've been watching you from quite a long time & i must say i've lost hope about whatever had happened & why it had happened is never going to come into realisation because western people are just too delusional although i knew not everyone were but yea, mad respect for you for covering these sensitive topics for the ones who really suffered just because of the unnecessary greed & whatnot that is still going on to this day. Thank you again, hope this series keeps going on.

[@justinarzola4584]

I don't think this will happen on grand scale again because the whole world is discovered but exploitation will still come through the money.

[@justinarzola4584]

I also know how it pains you as Indian because of what Britain did to your country.

[@AmanKumar-de1kc]

@@justinarzola4584 If the British had never come to India, India would still be a hellhole for millions of its own under the extremely regressive caste system (a form of material & psychological slavery that 10-15% of the population exercised on the remaining 80% and which has still not ended), the absence of democracy and democratic values (if not for the British it would still be a 100 years away as the caste system is the antithesis of democracy), a scientific way of thinking (we were a land soaked in the worst superstitions of all kinds) and a complete absence of anything even remotely resembling an intellectual/scientific/industrial revolution, an absence of a codified legal and policing system (legal delivery was completely arbitrary left to the regressive Brahmins, Kazis, local village chieftains or local rulers). The benefits of the British colonising India far outweigh the cons.

[@ayeaayush]

@@AmanKumar-de1kc haven't seen a more delusional person than you! You think the British had any role in "modernizing" india!?, and that selflessly??!

[@ayeaayush]

@@AmanKumar-de1kcBeing well-versed in this subject I have an argument for every comment you made about the pre-colonial india. What i don't have is time to explain.

[@wu2166]

This new upload schedule is great, keep it up!

[@johnnyharris]

lots more coming!!

[@Jhonnyoliv]

Europe took of the world because was there the first centralized States emerged and invested in Reasearch and Development as his main policies to garantee his own soveregnty. This was the first breaktrough that gave to the western Europe the advantage toward other continents never seen in history. Which set the Foundation for big private corporations.

[@Bald_Zeus]

Johnny: *Pulls out a map* Us, the audience: "Ah shit here we go again"

[@jhead3031]

Morning Mr Harris 🤙🏼 Thanks for the videos, keep up the great content !

[@johnnyharris]

Morning Jon! thanks for the comment!

[@RayaRSS]

I know this is about Europe, but as someone from Oman, slave trade was heavily practiced there. It wasn't just the west so maybe that map could be a bit more accurate just for the sake of completeness. Maybe it's also the effect of European colonization of Africa that made other nations do the same because "everyone is doing it"

[@mrmacho41]

This is a very interesting series. I see so many people that want to defend or add context to somethings that were brought up, but there is no need.

[@codygriffith1656]

@Johnny Harris - As always very compelling video. I recently read a book that I would like to recommend: "Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty" by Acemogulu & Robinson. The chapter on the Dutch East India Company is of course horrifying and parallels much of what you discuss here. But one very interesting bit was that of kingdoms within Africa becoming heavily involved in the slave trade themselves. I of course would agree that the slave trade was deplorable, but learning that much of the slave trade came from within and then evolved to become cheap/free labor once European/American powers abolished slavery kind of blew my mind all together. It has given me insight into how we wound up with the world we live in today.

[@Kevin-jz9bg]

"then evolved to become cheap/free labor once European/American powers abolished slavery" that seems kinda contradictory to me, could you explain?

[@codygriffith1656]

@@Kevin-jz9bg Yeah! The book does a much better job at laying the groundworks and explaining the situation across various kingdoms at the time. But in short: slavery in it's classic sense was commonplace while the external nations to Africa were actively participating. This meant the indigenous peoples in Africa being exported out of the continent. A few examples of participating 'Slave states' would be The kingdom of Kongo, Oyo (within Nigeria), Dahomey (within Benin) or Asante (within Ghana). So this meant literal kidnapping, raiding or even punishment by law could (and often did) end in exportation as a slave to say the UK or the US. But when the UK/US abolished slavery ( and later when they actually stopped taking slaves), the commerce around slavery was still there in Oyo for example. One would still be kidnapped/raided/punished into 'forced/cheap labor' without being exported as a slave and the resulting product of this labor was now considered 'legitimate commerce' in the eyes of external nations. You *could* say this was an improvement to exportation. But only marginally. But without a doubt, this model has shaped the entire world as we know it.

[@privaterizk4936]

15:11 right... I was never a fan of history and only knew the one of my country that made by its people. I started to have interest in it when _accidentally_ watch KZbin videos about history of other countries, either made by their own people or by people from other country. And now this. It's really mind-blowing to see each perspectives, each story, each history.

[@DavidWilliamsaz]

Slavery colonialization and global trade were the least original ideas the European powers had. There are all sorts of ancient regimes that practiced that. Private property capitalism joint stock companies and individual rights of citizens and enligthenment ideals was what drove European powers.

[@riyadougla539]

True. This is why Europe and later the United States progressed rapidly.

[@ninabooker2904]

Yay Capitalism ! Yay Christianity ! Yay Enlightenment ! I’m grateful to my Ancestors for the life I have today TY.

[@ransomew]

Excellent, balanced and informative. Thank you. Subscribed!

[@fedefummi]

Johnny is slowly becoming my “how to be interesting” daily appointment😂 thanks mate❤

[@fedefummi]

He truly deserves all the success he gets

[@Sanatani_Sherni]

_This Is One Of The Best Videos I Saw In A While Now.... Great Energy... Perfect Camerawork & Amazing Synchronization_ 💥💥💥💓💓

[@babagandu]

Cool story

[@PMundi]

How hard is it to acknowledge that the Trans-Atlantic slave trade was trade and not just theft? By the manner you phrase it you imply they by and large went in, scooped people up like thieves in the night and carried them off. In reality they were slaves before the purchase, Africans sold their fellow Africans, rival tribes, they were the ones that took ownership of people who before were free, and then transfered that ownership in a sale. European traders fostered a demand, they were not the suppliers at this step. This is not a moral argument in favour of slavery, Abolishing it and enforcing that ban is in fact one of the greatest humanitarian achievements of the west, even as today many millions are enslaved to non-European non-white slavers. But you always go for the angle that is bending the truth so far just to bring a bit more emphasis to your desired reading of history, it is a dissapointing failing in an otherwise stellar series of reporting that is rightly being recognized.