What Caused the French Revolution? | The Life & Times of Louis XVI

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[@JackRackam]

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[@aeneas7381]

me when

[@xturtlexbattlex833]

Balls

[@brokenbridge6316]

I love your snarky-ness and your video's. They are so funny. Can't wait for parts 2 n 3 of this video.

[@GeldtheGelded]

Nice, now cover the other 17 louis'

[@andmake-qg5bi]

Please do a Lafayette viedo

[@InquisitorThomas]

Start of Next Episode, King Louis wakes up next to Dimitri Ivanovich: “First Time?”

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

Dimitri: Hey you, you're finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right? Walked right into that Imperial ambush, same as us, and that thief over there.

[@hoze1235]

@@akechijubeimitsuhide i was an adventurer till i took an arrow to the knee

[@SeruraRenge11]

So fun fact, while by all accounts Louis and Marie had a happy marriage and both loved their children a lot more than most kings and queens tended to (those 2 things being surprisingly rare among royal political marriages), apparently that part at the beginning of your video was actually even more awkward than you showed it. We have letters from Louis he wrote to either a friend or a relative (I can't remember which, it could've just been Marie's brother) basically saying, "help me, I don't know how to have sex with my wife!". It's not that he didn't know where to put it in, it's that Marie's body was still kinda underdeveloped before she really filled out in her later teens so it was painful for her, and Louis was thought by some historians to have phimosis so it would've also been painful for him. It's not that they didn't like the idea of sex, it's more that it wasn't worth what it did to them in the process.

[@just_radical]

There's no evidence of a surgery or of gaps in Louis XVI's public activities for a secret surgery and recovery to take place. It was that the two didn't sleep in the same part of the palace so Louis would have to walk down a public corridor letting everyone there know what he was about to do which he found embarrassing, that as she grew up Marie became a night owl so she wasn't in her room when Louis wanted to go to sleep for the day and he stopped checking in on her, and that Louis hadn't figured out he needed to actually move during the act and finish inside her until Joseph told him.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Well damn. Poor guy and gal

[@SymphonyZach]

Poor both of them. History just kinda screwed them over royally. Pun intended.

[@jestersareawesome4332]

@@just_radical Marie Antoinette was a night owl? Damn, now relatable. I just thought that was a modern thing. So, that certainly gives me a insight on Marie.

[@just_radical]

@@jestersareawesome4332 presumably much earlier than today because no lighting everywhere but yeah she would stay up drinking and gambling. Louis's hobbies like hunting required daylight so he would go to sleep sooner.

[@thnkng]

'the future of France rests on the shoulders of a young Louis Auguste' There's not gonna be much of anything resting on his shoulders soon

[@nathanseper8738]

Poor Louis felt that burn in the afterlife.

[@glasscardproductions4736]

He's rolling in his grave faster than his head rolled! ;3

[@nathanseper8738]

STOP! STOP! HE’S ALREADY DEAD!

[@kittywampusdrums4963]

His head popped off as fast as the revolution did ... OAH HEWL NOH I JUST DINT! Welp, see ya in hell comment section, we're all going there now.

[@joshuasepeda3289]

I would say "too soon", but it's been a couple of centuries.

[@kevkosk8289]

I feel bad for king Louis. It feels like hes genuinely wanted to make change but everything is stacked againts him from both the aristocrats and the people.

[@maddermanner7776]

He was a good person and a competent administrator. He was just very weak willed and that wasn't what the country needed.

[@michelsand5399]

Ehhh, he was a decent person but by NO MEANS was he progressive in any sense. He still saw himself as an absolute ruler, hell the previous King of France was the damn Sun King! Louis was not gonna be hopping into any reform plans (willingly) is all I’m saying.

[@maddermanner7776]

@@michelsand5399 he tried to reform the country. He didn't go the liberal democracy route, but that doesn't mean that he couldn't have fixed the economy and given the people more rights. If anything, having to share power with the nobility is what ruined him.

[@michelsand5399]

@@maddermanner7776 eh, far stretch. Austria already had the type of reforms France would have needed to stay afloat and it was by no means liberal. Stability and economic prosperity are not always in line with democratic-liberal minded reform. Hell, they tried introducing free market reform and that got them nothing but more popular resentment.

[@maddermanner7776]

@@michelsand5399 well, yeah, that was my point. You don´t need to be a liberal to make your country work.

[@spacejunky5126]

King Louis the XVI, just smart enough to get himself screwed over

[@PineappleLiar]

And too agreeable by half to those more than ready to stab him in the back whenever convenient.

[@pagansbasin6657]

The french: thank you for freeing us from tyranny! Robespierre: I wouldnt say ‘freed’, More like ‘under new management’

[@michelsand5399]

As the man himself said “You can’t have a revolution without a revolution” and the revolution was by NO MEANS over.

[@TheFiresloth]

Robespierre was never in charge of France.

[@defaulter264]

@@TheFiresloth then who was in 1793-94

[@TheFiresloth]

@@defaulter264 The national convention, wich was itself led in majority by the jacobins montagnards. It was a complex system of small parties, but two comitees stood out : the comitee of general safety, wich is the one that effectively did all the guillotine stuff, and the comitee of public salvation, wich was led officiously led by Robespierre and was more concerned about preserving the revolution from internal treasons. For a year, the comitee of public salvation was given predominance. Robespierre was the most influential member of his party, but he never ruled over it and his ideas were disliked by the Marsh and the Plain (the moderates). In Thermidor, he was betrayed by fellow montagnards who wanted to scapegoat him for the excess of the revolution, and brought down by a coalition of politicians from his left and his right.

[@anthonytaylor9232]

@@TheFiresloth Seems to me we could do with something similar today!

[@SeruraRenge11]

A lot of historians believe that if Louis didn't essentially try to have Austria invade France (and the French REALLY hated the Austrians) to take back his country, the straw that broke the camel's back wouldn't have happened and they would've either just made him step down from power or go live in exile in another country.

[@drunkenthoughts6072]

Then again with people like Robespierre running around it might really be just how long until everything goes tits up, execution start rolling in and Louis getting killed.

[@SeruraRenge11]

@@drunkenthoughts6072 At that point Louis would've already been out of the country

[@cyrilmarasigan7108]

Yeah! Probably

[@gorilladisco9108]

They wouldn't let Louis went to other country. They were afraid he might rally counter revolution while in exile.

[@minhvuongtran5544]

LOL people like Robespierre were those who told the Girondist Jacobin to chill the fuck out with the war and the republician like Danton to chill the fuck out with the radicalism like Danton at Champs de Mars massacre

[@Fordo007]

Louis and Marie were such a tragedy. From all I've read they seemed genuinely good people who loved their subjects and wanted to do what was best for them. But they were young, immature, weak willed, and had everything stacked against them. No matter how much Marie loved her new people, no matter how much good she could do for them... they'd never forgive her being an Austrian.

[@vinnie144]

They were good people, just not very fit or be rulers.

[@michaelsayavong2656]

I feel kind of the same way about Tsar Nicolas. Like he was genuinely a nice person, just out of touch. People didn’t like his wife either because she was foreigner (German), so they have that in common.

[@tannhauserr]

@@michaelsayavong2656 Tsar Nicholas is a tragedy, he was cheerful and down to earth. He wanted to be remembered as the great warrior king by visiting the frontlines of WWI only to have the court back home ruined.

[@minhvuongtran5544]

LOL Jesus fucking christ they literally sold the military secret to the Austrian and ran off despite of having agreed to be the Constitutional Monarch A person is not a fucking playtoy. You can't fucking say someone loved their people when the moment they said they wanted their right,you abandoned and backstabbed them. Hate for being an Austrian? More like hate for being a reactionary traitor.

[@kevinbayu7621]

Sounds like something a commie would made up. Russia is far better under Romanov absolutism than Bolshevik terror.

[@emptank]

King Louis on the execution platform: "Little by little we will find reason to sacrifice the many for the happiness of the many." Later in the after life to Robespierre: "I meant that as a warning! Not as a suggestion!"

[@javieraravena5345]

'Well, now that I think about, I might have taken the executions a little too far. Just a tiny bit.'

[@michelsand5399]

eh, that's rich coming from an infallible absolute monarch who would rather put into his country into even more debt rather than challenge the nobility and church in a meaningful way.

[@Seraphim91]

@@michelsand5399 Yeh, but still. There's being an ineffective leader who puts his country into further debt, and then there's being a kill crazy zealot like Robespierre. Apples and (mass murdering) oranges.

[@Fordo007]

@@michelsand5399 Didn't France go through decades of the nobles ruling France after weakening the monarchy when it tried to force it's will on them? By Louis' point of view, really trying to reform and anger the Nobility and the Church would be going up against all the powerful in France alone. And he was a weak willed person to begin with. He was an 'absolute' monarch only in that what he wanted didn't go too far against the nobility. If he was 'absolute' he'd have just demanded the nobles do their job and help fix the economy with their wealth, but he knew he couldn't do that as they'd never go along with it.

[@hisstatus]

@@michelsand5399 he did try

[@theduchessofspring2395]

Interesting Fact: Louis 16th was a direct descendent of Charles 1st. There is a story that a large painting depicting Charles 1st execution was sent to Louis 16th as cruel joke to remind him of the trouble France was facing, what a failure he was turning out to be as a king, and what could happen to him if he didn't find a way to fix it. It's said he walked into his private apartments one day to find it intentionally placed in such a way that nobody would be able to miss it as they entered his rooms. He was already on edge to begin with, but this was said to have pushed him closer to a nervous breakdown...which eventually did have.

[@timfortune9]

Sounds right. After all, in the UK to this day the room in Parliament where the Monarch dresses for the State Opening has Charles I's execution order framed in plain view as a reminder.

[@Airay552]

stories are facts now huh

[@johnbennett7628]

So he wanted everyone to be happy with his reign. Well he failed spectacularly at it.

[@alexandrub8786]

"If you try to make everybody happy,nobody will be happy"-paraphrasing a saying

[@cgt3704]

"It is better to be feared than loved if you cannot do both" - Machiavelli

[@tannhauserr]

"Friend of Everyone, Friend of None"

[@anthonytaylor9232]

Would that he had had a Klause Schwab to hand, back then!

[@warlordofbritannia]

Charles I had a hated foreign wife Louis XVI had a hated foreign wife Nicolas II had a hated foreign wife Advice for monarchs: If you don’t want to be executed in a violent Revolution, don’t have a hated foreign wife…and have money…and don’t fight expensive wars, especially if you don’t have money…

[@jonathanjones3516]

Wait I think the first one was hated because she was Catholic but I might be wrong

[@rejvaik00]

And yet Catherine the Great, who was German, but loved by the people of Russia and her husband was hated and would end up stealing the throne from her Native Russian husband Basically if you want to stay a monarch get the people, and the army, to love you

[@johnlewis3891]

@@jonathanjones3516 You're correct. The wives of Charles II and James II were hated for the same reason.

[@nowhereman6019]

Or maybe just don't be a monarch and don't get in The People's way.

[@Wfalen]

Or maybe the people are pretty terrible in accepting foreign people. I don't see them coming out as the good guys here.

[@fifthcanuck1128]

One of three good lord. I knew his life was complex but g o o d g o d

[@InquisitorThomas]

**Louis Proceeds to Die in Episode 1** So my guess is either we’re covering Robespierre and Napoleon in episode 2 and 3, or we’re getting up to some Dimitri Ivanovich shenanigans.

[@tomaszzalewski4541]

@@InquisitorThomas well, there was a lot if conspiracy theories about him so it is possible

[@atomic_wait]

In the end it all came to a head.

[@alejandrokaplan7243]

Fun fact Louis’s cousin (who later became king of France) was that one vote that got him executed

[@mayukhmitra5819]

Oh no...

[@billcipherproductions1789]

@@mayukhmitra5819 Actually, that same person also ended up getting executed and his son became the King of France in 1830.

[@mayukhmitra5819]

@@billcipherproductions1789 I know that. His Son's regal name was Louis Phillippe.Right?

[@aleksandarvil5718]

@@mayukhmitra5819 Louis Philippes Father's Name Was Philippe of Orleans, later renamed *Philippe Egalite*

[@12345678900987659101]

It was actually Louis Egalité (the guy who voted on the death penalty) son, Louis Phillipe who became king.

[@Redx6504]

"Lafayette defender of truth, justice, and the American way." Holy fuck I love that. Thank you for that laugh.

[@Crankmyhog]

You forgot to mention that Louis was actually in favor of expanding the third estates voting power in the Estates general. The reason the Third estate walked out was because of the ORDER votes were taken. The King and the Third estate both agreed they should have double the voting power, but the King thought that they should follow traditional rules where the first two estates said their piece and cast their votes first. The third estate thought they should be able to speak first. Then later when all three estates were split up to discuss stuff among themselves the third estate said "screw it" and started their own independent meetings. The King and a bunch of the Clergy actually came over to the third estates meetings eventually. The problem with Louis wasn't that he was a hardline conservative it was that he was too wishy washy.

[@lewisirwin5363]

Mm. Often revolutions happen because someone lifts the lid slightly, rather than pressing down even harder on the unhappy masses.

[@learningagain4094]

@@lewisirwin5363 Its one of those examples of, give them and inch and they'll take a mile. Anything from the left-side of politics works like that, its a gigantic slippery slope fallacy that just so happens to come true each and every time.

[@hirocheeto7795]

@@learningagain4094 Somehow painting deposing an absolute monarch as a "gigantic slippery slope fallacy" is a big "yikes" moment. How the comments in this video always seem to dissolve into someone going "everything would've been fine if the peasants stayed peasants/if the serfs stayed serfs" is just beyond me.

[@Laotzu.Goldbug]

​@@hirocheeto7795it would have. hierarchy is the rule of nature, end of man

[@hirocheeto7795]

@@Laotzu.Goldbug Your definition of fine begets human suffering. We have outstepped our niche in nature a very long time ago, and this naturalistic argument for why humans should be violent towards one another is worn out, illogical, and trite.

[@benr.4238]

" ....and the people with all the money made all the tax laws." Why does that sound familiar?

[@seanmcloughlin5983]

It really creeps me out when I hear people even today say they deserved everything they got, when while they weren’t saints, you have to be a special type to think that having their heads chopped off was the most just solution.

[@jonathanjones3516]

Yeah I know it's like saying there son. Louis the 17 deserves to be abused, neglected, and tortured just because his parents made other kids lives miserable. It's just so sick and discussion😔

[@cyrilmarasigan7108]

Then they will not joined robespierre in that conversation because he liberated the french but killed many people than marie and her husband, really french are narcissistic who doesn't even know that the economy of france was broken even before louie and marie became rulers

[@jonathanjones3516]

@@cyrilmarasigan7108 yeah because of greed and corruption

[@AirQuotes]

Unfortunately the winners write history. Recently they are getting a bit of break with modern people so there's that

[@baneofbanes]

There tends to be a fair amount of overlap between those people and the same people who say that the Romanov kids deserved getting murked by Bolsheviks.

[@aslandus]

"He was never actually in the room, that would have been ludicrous" Honestly, given how a lot of royalty acted back in those days, the thought's not that ludicrous...

[@louiscallahan3720]

I feel like every single one of Louis's actions post-1789 can be punctuated with "Because that worked so well for Charles I"

[@floris.927]

It’s interesting that Stephen Zweig noted that Louis had a painting of the English Civil War hung in one of his offices to remind himself to avoid the mistakes Charles I made, only to summarize that he failed to understand that the French Revolution was inherently different from the English Civil War.

[@NightDocs]

These videos usually get a chuckle out of me but that whole bit with the “can we not?” put me in the grave 🤣🤣💀💀

[@anthonytaylor9232]

I just found the Narration too irritating, possibly an 'age' thing!

[@EugenioMenotti]

Indeed: Terry Jones, did make a lot of history of documentaries for the BBC. The very best of those docs are: "Ancient Inventions", "Medieval Lives" and "Terry Jones' Barbarians"

[@Kill3rballoon]

Also “The Story of One” which has the most adorable animated numbers you’ll ever see.

[@avantelvsitania3359]

"If we accept the proposition that one person can be sacrificed for the happiness of the many, it will soon be demonstrated that two or three or more could also be sacrificed for the happiness of the many. Little by little, we will find reasons for sacrificing the many for the happiness of the many, and we will think it was a bargain." Just to be clear, this a phrase from the XIXth century historian Jules Michelet.

[@anthonytaylor9232]

Seems like the same principle is about to be applied in this present day!

[@blackmoon2128]

Michelet himself deserves an episode, the guy is really interesting, and his work still is a good read today.

[@maverick7291]

"To be continued"? Wait you mean Louis survives the guillotine? Or was that his secret twin brother? Or was that a clone of himself..no, way too early for any spiderman/star wars references. Oh I wish there was a way on this interwebs to know if he lives or not!!!!

[@bloodstoneore4630]

Somehow, Louis returned

[@GateCaptain]

Of course, you have the revolution, the counterrevolution, and the War in the Vendee in which somewhere between a quarter to a little over half of the population of a region was killed for not liking the idea of rule by the majority.

[@joshuasepeda3289]

Louis survived just like Dmitri did. I'm just waiting for the alt history video showing how Louis took back his throne with help from the Doctor. Then, he led a revolution to restore the Roman Empire with a French Emperor. C'mon Jack, where's that video?

[@MarkSiefert]

Fun fact: The Guillotine blade didn’t slice all the way through Louis’ thick neck, nor did it kill him outright. The executioner had to push the blade do the rest of the way to finish the job.

[@falconeshield]

Oh that poor lad

[@Farzonalmfao-ly1uj]

Bro can't catch a break

[@Phoenix-ks8sc]

And that's fun because...?

[@Swissswoosher]

English monarchs: Charles, George, Henry German Emperors: Wilhelm, Friederich Wilhelm, Bourbon France Kings: Louis

[@williamgunderson7365]

You forgot Edward for the English.

[@lewisirwin5363]

Also Phillip and Henry

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

Spanish kings: Philip

[@Swissswoosher]

@@aleasyah3032 Amen 😂

[@Swissswoosher]

@@lewisirwin5363 I did have Henry and to my knowledge there was no King Philip

[@wakadakacocopuffs6492]

0:00 to 1:09with Louis and Marie interacting was strangely wholesome.

[@rejvaik00]

_"And if there is one thing that I share with my each and everyone of my forefathers for the last 1000 years the very essence of what it means to be French it is this:_ _With god as my witness when I see a chance to stick it to the British I take it!"_ Sheds a single MANLY tear in respect 👍

[@Aellef]

I think, "[X] Louis ago," is my new measurement for temporal distance between two points of pre-Revolution France... Thanks for that!

[@Onepidia]

Oh my god the animation in the mirror from the scene at 3:38 ACTUALLY MATCHES WITH ITS COUNTERPART. THIS AMOUNT OF DETAIL IS AMAZING. I LOVE THIS CHANNEL

[@namename8734]

You physically HAVE to do an episode on Ignatz Treibisch-Lincoln. Born Hungarian and Jewish, converted to Christianity, became a fiery Presbyterian minister in Canada, moved to England, bet his vicar he could be an MP in seven years, did it in six years instead while barely being a British citizen, during WWI escaped to America after the British thought he was a German spy and tried to capture him, published a book while on the runs from the authorities about him being a spy, extradited back to Britain, imprisoned, developed a massive grudge and swore to make his revenge on the British, joined the 1920 Kapp Putch despite being jewish, met a young hitler, went to China, worked with three seperate warlords, suddenly converted to Buddhism, went back to the West to teach about Buddhism, went back to China and joined the Japanese, got mad they want to appoint some other guy as Emperor instead of him, claimed to be the dalai lama????, convinced Himmler and the Japanese to support this claim, and used his last known words to argue that the Jews shouldn't settle in Israel, but instead near Shanghai. That's not even everything - this man was more Duquesne than Duquesne was.

[@Eazy-ERyder]

Who?

[@logicgenius5229]

Bro what the fuck 💀 how has rackham not already covered this

[@iainhansen1047]

It was a conflict over the greatest question of French culture. Is it a chocolatine, or a chocolate croissant

[@Derkosson]

Un pain au chocolat, monsieur. Personne ne dit "Croissant au chocolat", à part peut-être les barbares qui osent prononcer "chocolatine".

[@lesenigma2536]

Croissant!

[@lordfridge491]

Croissants are Austrian, so that might have given way to conflict...

[@lesenigma2536]

@@lordfridge491 CROISSSAAAAAAAAANNNNNNTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Derkosson]

@@lordfridge491 Croissant originate in Austria, but it was in France that they were made edible.

[@judokick2117]

3:39 I just noticed you put that much effort into animating the mirror!!! You are incredible!!

[@coachgoltzbizpro23]

Wait, was that how Louis and Marie met? Damn royal weddings...

[@alexandrub8786]

Those are called child marriages and still happen. In my country is the most popular with the gypsie population,but less so now compared to a few years before.

[@ayushdwivedi2039]

@@alexandrub8786 which country though?

[@timfortune9]

Two teenagers meeting each other for the first time on their wedding day because their countries are trying to gain something from one another. Truly, the seeds of romance.

[@riograndedosulball248]

What's more sad about Louis is that he wasn't a half bad man, and was definitely better than those who deposed him. RiP, poor guy was unprepared for the task he got handed

[@historicalgarb8790]

Honestly the depiction of Marie Antoinette running away from the mob is pretty accurate.

[@viking670]

It's really sad what happened to Louis and Marie and the last thing Marie said before approaching the executioner after tripping over his leg was, excusez moi messieur.

[@liamnevard1591]

*when you spell Monsieur messieur

[@liamnevard1591]

*when you spell Monsieur messieur

[@floris.927]

@@liamnevard1591 She ACCIDENTALLY tripped over the legs of many executioners ...

[@cgt3704]

Louis and Nicholas were like those kids in the school who are blame by a prank made by bullies

[@hermitcrabbot]

The biggest player in the French Revolution was that evil lackey named Laki; the Icelandic volcano that erupted for eight months and caused massive crop failure throughout Europe.

[@Judah132]

Cheers for taking the animations slow ... my eyes aren't tripping anymore!

[@colliwer]

The use of the Bezos picture when describing the French Tax situation was really inspired. The modern US is not fundamentally different.

[@LordVader1094]

Makes you wonder if maybe there'll be a repeat

[@MrBassmann15]

@@LordVader1094 Not as crazy as this. America is too stable plus technology has brought the need and want to fight down.

[@awesomename2544]

Lafayette is actually a really interesting person himself, i think eventually you should do a video on him

[@sionsmedia8249]

One day late, but still good timing on Bastille Day (14th of July)

[@murrle1819]

Louis: Where do babies come from? Everyone Around Him: The best way to learn is hands-on experience so go get them champ!

[@timzappa8523]

I love the details with the mirror at 3:40 awesome work Jack

[@brenwolfskater]

This content is just wonderful Jack. The story telling and humor are original and genuine. I'm excited to see how you employ your talent. I hope to see play or television show created by you someday

[@tylerstobbart]

I almost died laughing at 9:05. Looking forward to the rest of the series!

[@bradleyburke559]

First off nice modern family joke I greatly enjoyed that :). Second, smart move making this a multi part video I feel like it opens up more opportunity for other subjects to do this kind of format bc a lot of historical events are far too complex to do in one vid. Overall love the content, you never disappoint my guy.

[@deadline93]

The part on the censur is really intresting. France had really strict laws on publishing and basicly nothing was allowed to be published untill its passed censurs. However one sligth issue the censur was really slow and also had to ban preaty much every book. So alot of books we think of today as french enligthenments philosphers finest works where actully banned and sometimes censurs tried to arrest them. But the nobility and middle class love those books as well as smut and pornography so most book salesmen operated a black market and most private liberies at this time could be found contaning banned books. Mostly the police of france and the censurs dident bother to enforce thire laws.

[@synkkamaan1331]

Psst, hey kid! You wanna buy some...books?

[@gontrandjojo9747]

Marie-Antoinette and the brothers of Louis XVI played as actors in a theatre play at Versailles (The barber of Seville) while this play was banned XD

[@ethanpetersen810]

“Little by little we will find reasons for sacrificing the many for the happiness of the many. And we will think it was a bargain.” Pretty powerful words

[@adrianainespena5654]

A historian commented on one bizarre belief of the revolutionaries: That prowess in debating societies (the clubs) qualified them to run a government. Following that you only need to watch a Three Stooges short to understand what happened. The definitive history of the French Revolution would bet the one written by Laurance J. Peter.

[@midshipman8654]

really good video jack. i like your way of being humourous and multifaceted all at once

[@Robert0Pirie]

First of your videos I've seen. Subbed at the "Congratulations!" Awesome stuff. Keep it coming.

[@garyjust.johnson1436]

Very nice graphics! I like simple history that doesnt pander. Your videos are enlightening and entertaining!

[@eacalvert]

Thank goodness another new video! ❤️

[@NathanLucas5]

The easiest way to understand the dichotomy of the French revolution is that it was two concurrent revolutions representing two political ideologies. The dominant revolution at the start, that led by the national assembly was the liberal revolution. The sans cullotes and jacobins were the leftist revolution. In leftist circles we typically see the French revolution as the split between liberalism and leftism

[@jennyh6703]

King Louis and Marie Antoinette were not bad people. They did not deserve to be executed. What happened to them and their children breaks my heart.

[@thenablade858]

I don’t think they were bad people, but you have to remember that they were symbols of the monarchy. Their children didn’t deserve to be locked up, but Louis’ lack of a strong will and Marie’s lack of political knowledge (she was easily manipulated by court factions) were contributors to their death.

[@Thommy2n]

Historians have also come across records that right before Marie finally got pregnant Louis underwent a surgery. Without getting into too much detail, a birth defect related to the foreskin being too tight around the head. So that *ahem* performance in the bedroom would have been physically painful. So around the same time that Marie’s brother went to give him “The talk” could have been his brother in law telling him “Dude, just get the surgery! People are starting to ask questions.”

[@thereviewers30303]

Jack.... keep this format pls its amazing

[@silencia08]

"If we accept the proposition that one person can be sacrificed for the happiness of the many, it will soon be demonstrated that two or three or more could also be sacrificed for the happiness of the many. Little by little, we will find reasons for sacrificing the many for the happiness of the many, and we will think it was a bargain." -- Louis XVI Pretty good Quote.

[@larryhinkle9390]

On the food, one of the biggest issues was the farmers not modernizing so they ended up with a lot of crop failures sticking to out dated methods

[@janwitkowsky8787]

One really needs to appreciate the impressive acting going into to young Marie's voice. I'm sure the young voice actress is gonna go far in life.

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

"OOOoooohhhh NNNNoooo!" -Louis XVI, probably.

[@cgt3704]

"Le horay" - Napoleon probably

[@maxthecharacter1296]

"Hey! I'm average height for the time, you jerk!" - Napoleon

[@AR15Si]

Quoting other channels?? Dude!... Uncool.

[@cgt3704]

@@AR15Si "I did not nee this coming"

[@aleksandarvil5718]

*"There's A Tax For That!!!"*

[@kingoliever1]

great stuff as always but also maybe some longer stuff would be great.

[@DidaMinecraft]

This had me rolling on the floor, great work

[@MrJking065]

It's important to remember and appreciate the aid that the French provided to America during the Revolutionary War. From 1778 to 1782, the French supplied George Washington and his Continental Army with essential resources such as supplies, arms, ammunition, and uniforms. They also sent troops and provided crucial naval support. The French navy played a significant role in transporting reinforcements, defending against British attacks, and safeguarding Washington's forces in Virginia.

[@davea.9927]

How does this man not have 1m subs?! Vids are great!

[@Silphwave]

Having been brought here by autoplay from Asha Logos beautifully presented, original and deeply thought provoking presentations of the French Revolution. The intro to this video was an assault on my senses.

[@walterlippmann6292]

youtube is trying to reign us in. similar to how they autoplay jordan peterson or ben shapiro after devon stack content.

[@Silphwave]

@@walterlippmann6292 ha legit, they always try and get us to return to the the Con Inc playpen. Con-tainment industry.

[@vennonetes4805]

I am brushing up on AC Unity's parkour gameplay and now I shall refresh my historical knowledge as well. Spot on, bring it on!

[@yessir_]

this is one of the silliest episodes you've done yet

[@alexandrub8786]

It is talking about french people. What do you expect?

[@jp_nog3462]

Louis: its hard to be a king with 15 years D.Pedro II:nooob

[@not_averge]

Me at 1 am:head go chop chop

[@JenniferinIllinois]

First of three videos about Louis XVI. Well this is going to be amazing!!!!!

[@nothingworksworks3511]

Worst part is how they tortured the child heir in prison. Allegedly rebels forced the child's "drunkeness"for amusement & he died the slow death of alcohol poisoning

[@thenablade858]

This is a myth. Although he was not incredibly well-treated, he most likely died of Tuberculosis. They did have him sign a document he probably didn’t even understand accusing his aunt and mother of incest. This accusation disgusted the revolutionaries and wasn’t taken seriously (Robespierre thought it was stupid).

[@mrpink8951]

"and a bunch of the priests go with them" - something new I learned today that I wish they mentioned during history class

[@oliversherman2414]

Great video 👍🏻

[@atticusrussel3485]

Part 1/3???? OMGGGGGG IT A SERIES

[@ELSTERLING]

Another great video.

[@uncivilsum417]

“Come to Brazi-….i mean Paris” 🤣

[@JDB-channel]

Jack even animated the reflection in the mirror at 3:39. I can't begin to imagine how much time goes into making a video like this. Great work Jack!

[@benstrong4497]

Louis also may have had a condition making ejaculation difficult, and that visit from Joseph II saw him convince Louis to have a surgery to fix himself up.

[@GerSanRiv]

Great cliffhanger!

[@ClairBear1989]

A 3 parter! A holy trinity if I have ever seen one!

[@riverbecomesastorm375]

Sometimes, I imagine an alternate history where Louis had simply listened to his people, taxed the nobles, and/or implemented more progressive policies to fight starvation rather than inviting a foreign army to invade. It seems so simple in hindsight. Like, if he had walked into the national assembly, bowed his head just a little, and admitted he needed help to fix the country's starvation and debt problems, then Robespierre, Desmoulins, and the other revolutionaries might have been more than happy to oblige some assistance rather than drag him to the guillotine.

[@harukrentz435]

Hed be deposed regardless. The nobles conspired with the clerics, Louis had no power to defeat them. The best thing he could do was to step down, abdicate as the king.

[@N0noy1989]

I think that point is already too late. Shouldn't have helped the American Colonies actually.

[@riverbecomesastorm375]

@@harukrentz435 True, but as the end result shows, the nobles still lost. Most either fled or were killed, and some of the clerics likewise switched to the side of the National Assembly. The National Assembly and its derivatives eventually took over France, failing only in their over-reliance on the ambitious and talented Napoleon who usurped power from them. If Louis deferred to the National Assembly, been more accepting to conditions of cooperation, the united front might have dissuaded or quashed rebellions among the nobility early, negating the creation or necessity for Napoleon's strength, popularity, or authority as France's civil war or the war with Austria waged during that period. The French people would have taken it as a sign of Louis' sincerity to help them, try to improve their lives with new ideas or policies. Louis probably would've lost the majority of his power over time if not all at once, but he might've retained enough popularity or goodwill among the common people - and more importantly, the people who held his life in their hands - to retain his head. Louis's execution was one of the main causes of war and strife that plagued France internally and externally for much of that period, besides the famine. Keep the more cooperative king alive, and there's no war with Austria and no civil war except the inevitable noble rebellion. But, you know, nobody really likes nobles, so - again - it wouldn't be a hard war to win, not with Louis's army and the National Assembly's army against one of the least liked parties in France. The real issue would still be that people have no food to eat, and are being bled dry. That was one of the major failings of both Louis and the National Assembly. Maybe once they defeated the nobles, they could've seized their lands and converted them into farming resources or taxable property put to sale to the French people. They could've had more freedom and flexibility in dealing with France's legal and economic issues.

[@heliedecastanet1882]

@@harukrentz435 The kings of France could not abdicate. It was a specificity of the French monarchy.

[@lukedanuser]

Yay French Revolution

[@dilladonuts8215]

Everyone’s reaction

[@lesenigma2536]

Oui oui! (Say that out loud by the way, speaking at a normal speed)

[@cgt3704]

Bastille topling. Head chopping. King popping

[@lesenigma2536]

@@cgt3704 OUI!!! VIVA LA FRANCE!!!

[@cgt3704]

@@lesenigma2536 le horray- Oversimplified

[@Jade_1872]

The thought of an older brother coming in and telling his little sisters husband how to properly plow her while he watches is both horrid and the funniest shit I’ve heard in a while

[@zuhayrah]

You’ve convinced me to get Magellan...

[@oliverenriquez6484]

Keep up the good job

[@KevinRAAMAAAGE]

How this channel isn't at least at 500k is a mystery to me. This channel fills the hole sam o nella left behind

[@padairua8129]

Btw the effort and time you must have taken for that mirror in the Louis/Turgot scene is greatly appreciated

[@JackRackam]

Believe it or not, the mirror was surprisingly simple. A harsh backlight that comes from behind a character but spills over objects in front of them on the other hand? Now that's a doozy. All the same, it brings me great joy to see people admiring the animation 😀

[@padairua8129]

@@JackRackam nice, I didn’t even notice it on my first viewing ‘‘twas so subtle. The animation is a big part of it tbh it’s why my Zeno video is my favourite. Though the Estates General was hilarious here

[@hermanmiller5549]

This video vas great in every way! 🥰

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

He was actually a good King. They were a lovely family.

[@thenablade858]

I don’t know what you mean here. He wasn’t a terrible person, but he was not a ‘good’ King. In the sense that he was terribly unfit for being King although he tried his hardest.

[@giladpellaeon1691]

Terry Jones did a couple excellent docuseries, Medeval Lives and the Crusades plus some others I don't remember the titles to. They were all made around the late '90's early 2000's.

[@michelsand5399]

A french revolution video?? It MUST be my birthday!!

[@arcadius7310]

Wait part 1... MY GOD HE IS CREATING FEATURE LENGTH FILMS! next thing we will see is the jolly roger flying high above Hollywood

[@synkkamaan1331]

Not a Hollywood, but a Jollywood if you will

[@CatsEyethePsycho]

This guy needs 1 million subscribers now.

[@zach7193]

This is going to be a series? Oh boy.

[@greenbutter3190]

Stable video 👍

[@norkimo8797]

i guess i'm not going to sleep after all