When America (almost) had a Caesar

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Today, DJ Peach Cobbler discusses The Business Plot, a conspiracy revealed by General Smedley Butler to the American government, what it says about populism, the modern American government, and the fall of the Roman Republic.

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@DJPeachCobbler Жыл бұрын

Get Surfshark VPN at surfshark.deals/cobbler - Enter promo code COBBLER for 83% off and three extra months for free! DISCORD: discord.gg/faxjJA9r These simply are not the kinds of videos I want to make. This video was a failure, and it had to be, it was written by a pillar of salt. I've finished my fall of the Republic video now, the next one I write is going to be fun. It will be about the inevitable Red Dead Redemption 2 show

@SahilMirza Жыл бұрын

I don't know if you are reading this but please once in a while make some gaming related video or essay that you used to make those videos were amazing and I really enjoy listening to your opinions on games. Thanks, hope this comment finds you.

@markymark4756 Жыл бұрын

If I win the lottery I will put it all behind you in a locked room with congress armed only with a 5lb rubber mallet and a 7lb silicone phallus.

@louiecarvalhoow8758 Жыл бұрын

you know what i dislike more than interrupting a video for the sponsor? Not beeing able to tell when the sponsor is over and video continues. (so i can skip there...) keep the great work

@josephghodsee1710 Жыл бұрын

God damn this video goes hard! How the fuck are you still active duty. If i released something like this 2 years ago my ass would have been grass.

@georgegreen711 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad the minimum wage wasn't increased. It would make our fiat currency even more worthless. Increasing minimum wage without instituting price controls would have only increased inflation. It was a rare act of (self-serving to secure votes in Arizona) patriotism on the part of the former porn star, now an alleged Senator.

@seenbefore2803 Жыл бұрын

“No one can buy a house anymore, no one can afford rent anymore. We just spent two decades fighting wars that did nothing but scar our men and line war profiteer pockets, and everyone is eating poisonous food that keeps getting more expensive. And when it inevitably makes them sick, they can’t afford to be made well again.” Holy shit you could throw that on a history book, that was fucking powerful

@Karlach_ Жыл бұрын

poggers

@thegethconsensus393 Жыл бұрын

I watched this video for the first time a few days ago and I still think about that quote.

@rumac4798 Жыл бұрын

@@thegethconsensus393 kkkkkkkmkkkkkkkkkklkkkkkkkkkkkkkm

@rumac4798 Жыл бұрын

@@thegethconsensus393 ppp

@xlimey2k12 Жыл бұрын

the "get a fucking grip" has been stuck in my brain all week

@saber8156 Жыл бұрын

I am looking forward to the pedophilia allegations in 3 years, it'll be hard but every youtuber will have to go through it.

@Edward-pw6zz Жыл бұрын

same, that is going to be a banger

@zendell37 Жыл бұрын

You think his name's going to be the only one on the Epstein client list when it's finally released?

@boustroop661 Жыл бұрын

My money on it being a harem of discord catboys

@jooot_6850 Жыл бұрын

Truly a sad day September 30th, 2026 was. Can’t believe my favorite youtuber DJ Peach Cobbler shot himself 3 times in the head with an anti-material rifle.

@Stiftoad Жыл бұрын

The day DJ does an apology video is the day they have won, don't ever give in my brother.

@schroederscurrentevents3844 Жыл бұрын

“What do you do next, you and your angry, combat trained friends?” I mean I don’t have legs

@PerkingKimchiman 4 ай бұрын

Still could make a hell of a turret though

@Endwankery 2 ай бұрын

You train the young men to fight the battles you no longer can

@abusedumpster8882 5 ай бұрын

“Roman people did not fail the republic. The Roman republic failed the people.” Subscribed.

@TheRealXenosapien Жыл бұрын

"They have sown hopelessness and will reap tyranny" fucking chills dude.

@King_Flippy_Nips Жыл бұрын

don't tyranny plants grow from hopelessness seeds or have i been buying from the wrong co-op?

@mattd5240 Жыл бұрын

Only one answer to that problem.

@mannypowers1688 Жыл бұрын

@@mattd5240 The answer will cause the republic fall

@mortarion9813 Жыл бұрын

@@King_Flippy_Nips Think you might just have the wrong breed or something. Mine grow from desperation seeds.

@riddell26 Жыл бұрын

@Mortarion *HELP* Planted *desperation* seeds got stuck with *consoomers*

@icarvs_vivit Жыл бұрын

A small criticism of the historical accuracy of the script: MacArthur did not say "let's nuke Korea", he said "let's nuke China to stop them reinforcing Korea".

@griggorirasputin6555 Жыл бұрын

Didn't he suggest nuking the border between north and south?

@irwinblair5494 Жыл бұрын

@@griggorirasputin6555 More the border between China and North Korea, a big reason its so hard for defectors to escape is because of the huge river between them, which you could make impassible with big bombs on bridges

@andreamagni8017 Жыл бұрын

Let's face it, he probably asked to nuke "asia". If that meant Korea, China, Eastern Russia or even Japan (again) depended on the moment. It was probably more like "give me the good shit and I'll use it wisely. Trust me!"

@Kirealta Жыл бұрын

Americans were happy to threaten nukes at anyone who didn't have them.

@mantea3481 Жыл бұрын

macarthur fanboys are probably seething that their wholesome war criminal murdered strikers and veterans.

@marreco6347 Жыл бұрын

"Bug people. Bug people shit. I'm sorry calling you a bug person Tim. You seem nice." -Cobler, DJ Peach.

@Karlach_ 8 ай бұрын

lol

@AL-lh2ht 6 ай бұрын

Schizo statement.

@johnnylarry4242 3 ай бұрын

Cringe shit wasn’t funny at all

@MOB-fz5vf 3 ай бұрын

@@johnnylarry4242 It's okay Tim, we still love you.

@Svistov 3 ай бұрын

@@MOB-fz5vfno reprecussions

@derptomistic Жыл бұрын

I once saw a video talking about world building, specifically on writing megacorps. One of the points he made was that it is incredibly difficult to convince someone to die for a paycheck, so a massive private army was illogical and would be doomed to fail. What I've learned in the years since is that you don't need to use money as the driving factor. Tell thousands of boys that they're fighting for their country, protecting their families, or "spreading democracy" and they'll kick in any door at your behest

@Astareia7312 11 ай бұрын

Yoko Taro approved

@62cky4powerthirst 10 ай бұрын

Which channel?

@MarikHavair 10 ай бұрын

"One of the points he made was that it is incredibly difficult to convince someone to die for a paycheck, so a massive private army was illogical and would be doomed to fail." And yet that's exactly what a professional standing army is, the etymology of the world soldier is literally that of the word mercenary, or a 'sold arm'. Then you have all the privateers and contractors like the conquistadors and the mountain men. Basically that statement is way off base, getting men to kill & *risk* death for a paycheck is actually pretty damn easy, why wouldn't it be? Death is certain in the long term anyway and certain in the short term without a paycheck regardless.

@blackwolf671 10 ай бұрын

Its Impossible to convince someone to die for a paycheck. The trick is nobody thinks they're the one that's going to die. Same mentality as gamblers playing the slots or the lotto, we've all convinced ourselves were the exception to the rule, regardless of the static's were confronted with.

@62cky4powerthirst 10 ай бұрын

@@blackwolf671 Exactly. It's easy to die for a paycheck when you think you're the main character in life. All the other mercenaries that died? The story wasn't about them, it's about me, obviously I'm going to be the one to kill the 10 million dollar bounty: because I'm the main character and the story is about me.

@Stingin_Roger Жыл бұрын

Thanks for educating us on Smedley Butler. I was in the Marine Corps and all they taught us was that he had two medals of honor, Like that’s all he ever was.

@PrebleStreetRecords Жыл бұрын

His book should be required reading in schools.

@johncalabria1607 Жыл бұрын

“Two Marines, two medals, Dan Daly and Smedley Butler” hahaha

@marceloantunes998 Жыл бұрын

A man with the power to change the world who fell at the finish line

@montylad4549 Жыл бұрын

Uploads are coming too frequently. Shut this shit down NOW

@marceloantunes998 Жыл бұрын

@@starcrawler77 Isn't dude cut from same cloth as tim eliot? Insane, bug people?

@quantumquake1092 Жыл бұрын

I have never felt so vindicated before in my life. I'm in the midst of moving out of my apartment to live with a friend because rent is impossible now and 2 grocery bags and a sack of potatoes costs eighty fucking dollars. Meanwhile my ancient coworkers complain the new genrration doesn't know how to finance and are getting in their own way of success. Meanwhile, the old fucks sell a half acre with a 1920 brick shithouse for $140,000. It is so expensive to live now that most people my age don't even go out. Don't believe me? Go to a bar Friday night. The youngest you'll see are 30 year olds. Go to a social hall or arts class, nobody has time. Everyone is either working a grueling job, going to college, or both. The only time I see someone my age is when they are working a register. But ask anyone older and they'll say we're just stupid, irresponsible children addicted to our phones. Fuck now I'm pissed.

@jokehu7115 Жыл бұрын

Revolution time baby

@laurioho2041 Жыл бұрын

Something something marx

@runningbetweenspaces Жыл бұрын

Time you check out some Mao and Fred Hampton reading. Also look into your community for any activism you can help. Whether it be spreading the news on Tik Tok or helping the group on the ground. It's time for revolution

@My_Old_YT_Account Жыл бұрын

@@runningbetweenspaces >Mao POV you want to kill billions

@highcouncil1302 Жыл бұрын

@@runningbetweenspaces You mean The butcher of China

@rainmanslim4611 Жыл бұрын

That closing momologue hits deep. Im 30, im never gonna own a house, i know that now, i'll never own land, ill never he granted a loan to go to college for a higher paying job and even if i did, i'll never pay it off. I eat poison and feel sick regularly, i cant afford to see a doctor and im gonna need to move again soon because sometime this year the rent is gonna go up again. All of this, while im working 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. The people have never once in human history, failed the state. In every single instance, it has always been the state that fails the people.

@kailara8002 Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry I hope you get the point you want to not in spite of what's kept you down but because what kept you down helped you realize your stronger then you actually are

@arithgutierrez Жыл бұрын

Go to Mexico you'll have enough to buy land but mind the cartela

@LiterallyAWesternHognose 11 ай бұрын

@@kailara8002That logic only works til someone blows your legs off for owning them money not gonna feel too strong without ya legs now will yah?

@shadow6543 11 ай бұрын

Not with that attitude

@vidlonc3936 11 ай бұрын

Bro you live in a third world country, what else do you expect from your life lol

@Warmaker01 Жыл бұрын

It's fascinating you brought up the Late Roman Republic. The Roman Republic after the Second Punic War was catapulted to become a super power of the Mediterranean World. Her Legions would be sent abroad more times and for longer than ever before. Slaves, loot from these military campaigns flowed into Rome. The Republic flourished. For some. The demise of the Roman Republic was brought about internally. The pieces that would bring the end of the Republic was born slowly in the post-Second Punic Wars era of Rome when it was riding high. Rome's borders and influence expanded to cover the Mediterranean World, the Legions conquered their way into our history books. Rome had never been so large, rich, and powerful. Yet the number of land owning Romans became less and less. Land owning Romans would be called into service, serve abroad, then return to find nothing. They were adrift with their family. They lost their farms to some rich guys that were buying out everything. It's kind of a big deal because traditionally, to be eligible for service in the Legions, you had to be a Roman citizen. *A land owning Roman citizen.* The kind of Roman citizen that became scarcer, yet Rome was sending her Legions out more frequently and for longer duration. What Gracchus was talking about with these soldiers and their families having nothing, wandering like ghosts... That was real. Gracchus tried to remedy this by distributing land so more Romans owned property to call their own and be part of the Republic once again, but he got assassinated by the rich and their butt buddies in the Senate. His brother tried to do the same thing and he got murdered, too. This problem wasn't being fixed, and the precedent of the Romans now resorting to assassination for internal politics opened the next set of doors that would lead to the fall of the Republic. Some guy named Marius recruited straight from the poor. HE paid them. Not the Republic, not the Senate. The new Legions raised were his. Paid by him, loyal to him. Not the Republic. He took care of them since the Republic would not do that itself. More assassinations would follow. Rich men raising personal armies, not the Senate. This was happening long before Julius Caesar came onto the scene. Ceasar wasn't the one to make the first stabs in the heart of the Roman Republic. That started long before him. The Roman Republic was in reality destroyed long before Augustus Caesar became the first Emperor. The Romans destroyed it themselves much earlier.

@talkingmudcrab718 Жыл бұрын

"Here is a man who would not take it anymore. A man who stood up against the scum, the cunts, the dogs, the filth, the shit. Here is a man who stood up."

@nice3333333333 Жыл бұрын

Gamers rise up from your gamer chairs, and go outside. Not only to touch the grass, but to light it as the torch, that shall see the world burn down before they may take our chicken nuggies.

@jumpupdown2556 3 ай бұрын

"Here is...."

@UnhealthyStateofMind Жыл бұрын

Jesus. After 19 years in the military, 3 tours overseas, and continuing questions on how I am going to secure my future, this video almost brought me to tears on a public flight. Don't stop cobbler.

@King_Flippy_Nips Жыл бұрын

you would think the actions of the CIA and the country being dismantled from the inside by politicians who are nothing less than treasonous throwing their own citizens under the bus to enrich themselves would bring you to tears.

@Hambo325 Жыл бұрын

Same man... SAME

@NautilusSSN571 Жыл бұрын

Only one more year and you're free.

@AlphaBushido Жыл бұрын

Ditto. I just keep trying to ask myself what the fuck was it all for. So many of us bought into the war we were sold. We fuck off, civilians are slaughtered, the enemy takes over, and they say we won. We didn't win, they did because we were expendable. Men like Butler are why they keep trying to add service members to lists.

@gatling216 Жыл бұрын

Man, I broke down. I got out at 13 years, broken physically and mentally, and I'm still lost years later. This shit struck a nerve.

@steel8231 Жыл бұрын

Damn the American Legion has changed a lot over the years, when I was a kid there was a chapter in our town that was a soup kitchen run by veteran's club (because most of the veterans were homeless and had mental issues that the VA refused to help) and basically nothing else.

@joeschmo4646 Жыл бұрын

Yeah at first I thought he meant the Silver Legion of America, but no, it was THAT American Legion.

@burtreynolds8030 11 ай бұрын

Same, all they do on my town is sponsor a youth baseball league

@Rays_Bad_Decisions 9 ай бұрын

They did the same back then. They just hated commies

@cliffhooper3558 4 ай бұрын

Maybe I missed this part but Major General Smedley Butler refused those oligarchs and the only reason we are talking about this because he made it his life's work to bring this to light.

@viysnjor4811 2 ай бұрын

basically the american legion was poised at the perfect confluence of power, wealth, and popularity and with a famous well respected man at its head. It could very easily have become American Fascism and ended the Republic if not for the honor of one man, Butler himself.

@MojavewastelandNCR Жыл бұрын

I love that he is seemingly insane but in reality is just frustrated that he feels like the only sane person left.

@obitosenju3768 Жыл бұрын

Funnly enough I stopped calling Cobbler unhinged. He is the only one actually hinging to reality

@warlordofbritannia Жыл бұрын

I know how that feels. On the bright side, in the eventuality of being proven right from the start, there’s no such experience as cathartic and validating.

@Karlach_ Жыл бұрын

DJ may not be pregnant, but he never fails to deliver

@volgar2045 Жыл бұрын

Amen

@gunship0995 Жыл бұрын

Fake news, I've heard he deliberately get pregnant just so he can abort it on the 8th month. In fact, he has done it so much that Texas is trying to ban him doing that (it backfired because he just move to a different state).

@v.s.4166 Жыл бұрын

Fu$%, that is GOOD Well played

@Seeker12789 Жыл бұрын

WHAT DID BRO MEAN BY THIS???

@alexanderstrickland9036 Жыл бұрын

Unless….

@thaddeusgigachaddeus2954 Жыл бұрын

Dj peach cobbler videos are like drugs. You click on one, then you count the hours until a new one releases.

@jesustyronechrist2330 Жыл бұрын

This doesn't make any sense. Where the hell do you live where drug dealers have such fierce competition they try to beat the market through rapid development of new products to the point that people have developed a culture where they're excited for a new drug that's going to be released any day now?

@no___voice2539 Жыл бұрын

@@jesustyronechrist2330 🤓

@grimtygranule5125 Жыл бұрын

@@jesustyronechrist2330 he doesnt know 😂😂😂💀💀💀

@uronthefbiwatchlist341 Жыл бұрын

Instead of a comedown from the high, it's more like existential dread

@arandomcommenter412 Жыл бұрын

@@jesustyronechrist2330 I think he is saying that the videos are like drugs in the sense that a drug addict would count the hours until they take more hours

@ryanrusch3976 Жыл бұрын

It was wild, I do not come from money my entire family is poorly educated blue-collar people. And to go to College and become a Historian (lowe case h it's just my bachelor's but I do have a paper that should have been published) and to hear historians talk about certain topics is baffling. I wrote a paper about how George Wallace, the horribly racist govenor of Alabama, and how he gained support because the media insulted the poor and uneducated, both political parties were moving away from the actually impoverished and relishing in turning American cities into desolate hell holes where only the uberly wealthy can survive in peace... and the Historian's reaction was the fact that George Wallace was literally Donald Trump. I cannot fathom a more milk toast response in my entire life, I presented a paper which all but told people when you treat people like shit they turn to the worst ideologies and violence and I was met with that response. I cannot put it into words.

@bigboi1068 Жыл бұрын

I know that it’s painful to see people act in that way sometimes- almost as if they forgot how to think critically. But don’t you think they have a reason to act like that? Hear me out. Our world is crumbling around us. Not just the foundations, but the idea of history and our sense of purpose- our countries are built on lies and exploitation. Isn’t that what your paper proves? When confronted by this, what do you expect people to do? They could see it, process it, remember it. But it won’t change anything. It won’t put their world back together. They’ll just be able to see more cracks. Turning a blind eye to the destruction of your history and society is obviously the wrong choice, but for most people they just want to live in a dream. Ignorance is bliss, and those people who can’t see what you’re truly trying to say, will never hear you. Because all their lives, they’ve just been blocking out and removing the cracks in their world, because it makes them feel unsafe. Take solace in the fact that you are correct, and you know the truth. But do not expect others to be so eager to learn. It’s not your fault, but it’s their nature to be content, and our nature is to learn. Not to make any offense, but maybe instead of being unhappy that the historian does not understand what you have found, be happy that you, someone, knows it at all, and that makes it important.

@burtreynolds8030 11 ай бұрын

I had a college professor try to tell me that Donald trump is worse than Christopher Columbus

@stranded9225 11 ай бұрын

@@burtreynolds8030 god I hate liberals so much

@wasabiflavoredcocaine 10 ай бұрын

@@burtreynolds8030sorry your historian is a bug person

@AwesomeWholesome 9 ай бұрын

Bigboi and Wasabi are both right lmao.

@HalidYusein Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't mind if there were more videos like this. As long as they are this well researched and have your signature humour I'm all for it.

@mr.benchwormer7723 Жыл бұрын

I think the movie Amsterdam with Margot Robbie is based on that story but it is a over dramatized of course

@AL-lh2ht 6 ай бұрын

The schizo rant where he declare all “rich people” and journalists, and people with degrees, to be bug people is a bit extreme.

@bennyboyyonkers4649 5 ай бұрын

@@AL-lh2ht I've seen two of your comments already on this video. Thank you for your contribution to trying to cover up the obvious, FBI / CIA intern!

@Frymando93 Жыл бұрын

"The people did not fail the Republic, the Republic failed the people." Excellent quote.

@Ledabot Жыл бұрын

Common state L

@p0k3mn1 Жыл бұрын

In a good republic the people are the republic

@lolstalgic9602 Жыл бұрын

@@p0k3mn1 It becomes a bad republic when they become convinced they live in a democracy

@cameronmcleod8419 Жыл бұрын

@@p0k3mn1 That's called a Democracy.

@Casokat Жыл бұрын

@@cameronmcleod8419 still a republic

@marshaltito7232 Жыл бұрын

As soon as you said, "War is a racket," I knew exactly what this would be about. You summed it up perfectly, my sweet pastrie gaming video essay daddy. We do, in fact l, live in a society.

@nice3333333333 Жыл бұрын

I like to believe this is in fact a society, and my mom won’t give me any chicken nuggies *Bottom text*

@Snoop_Dugg Жыл бұрын

That's why they're talking about Taiwan right?

@stephenjenkins7971 Жыл бұрын

@@Snoop_Dugg "War is bad, therefore we should do nothing as our democratic allies get smashed by foreign dictators -oh, just because I am ideologically aligned with them doesn't mean anything" A lot of people mistrust pure anti-war types since there is a history of those kinds of people unironically concern trolling for their favorite foreign dictators. The Silver Legion and the Socialist Party USA both did that for the sake of Nazi Germany and the USSR respectively.

@Snoop_Dugg Жыл бұрын

@@stephenjenkins7971 Well to be fair - the US does not have an official position regarding Taiwan (seems to be changing now) Both Taiwan and the mainland consider themselves the 'One True China'. The US's position is that they should resolve their issues peacefully, and will only get involved if the mainland tries to annex it. Also since Taiwan produces the latest computer chips at 3nm scale, it is of immense value to American industries. Apple and other countries are starting to build their own manufacturing plants but it could take 10 years to catch up to the precision. In terms of ethics - The US independence was hard one and hard fought against the British. Surely Taiwan deserves the opportunity to do the same without foreign influence? ___________________________________ Concern trolling? I haven't heard about the Silver Legion etc. that's very interesting. I'll go research about them next. I will say that the rest of the world views war less... uh flippantly than the US does, many other countries label the US president as a warlord of sorts (hey it's the largest industry! 🤷‍♀)

@kylevernon Жыл бұрын

Yeah, his video was extremely predictable trite that is easily debunked.

@bvailcards44 Жыл бұрын

People had to die for weekends and 40 hour work weeks. The IWW used to be a pretty strong union organization, if it was still strong today maybe things could be better, but capital will always fight to get ahead and crush the people that decide to organize against it. Obviously I’m a lefty commenting this. I’ve been trying to get to the bottom of your videos for years now peach! Your content is fucking fantastic and keep posting for as long as you can. All love

@pierren___ 6 ай бұрын

Do you associate your socialist views with progressive ones (like minorities gender etc) ?

@colonel__klink7548 4 ай бұрын

One of the things that I keep screaming at people getting upset at "woke communist brainwashing" is that the surest way to prevent a communist, or a fascist takeover is to simply *FIX THE PROBLEMS IN SOCIETY THAT HAVE PEOPLE UPSET.* That's it! The blame isn't on people exploiting your broken society for their political gain. It's on the people who failed to deliver on their promises in the first damned place.

@dorianrisse4079 2 ай бұрын

I mean that is basically how Germany didn't descend into civil war and rebellion after world war 2 their government put food on the table and roofs over their heads and suddenly having another go at fascism didn't seem that appealing to most !

@comradeshadles4967 Жыл бұрын

I’m working as a history teacher right now I teach 6th grade world history at a charter school This week I’m getting into the fall of the republic, from Cicero to the brothers Gracchai to Caesar himself And I’m I’ve the moon for it, these videos have been not only fun in a general sense as weird history nerd but as a massive coincidental parallel to the lessons I’m trying to bring across to a room full of kids. (No I don’t recommend these videos to 12 year olds but I do take some relevant talking points) Keep doing you desert man The republic is dead, long live the empire.

@DJPeachCobbler Жыл бұрын

Show my videos and get fired, you coward.

@nice3333333333 Жыл бұрын

Show the videos before that silent kid in the back of the class decides nobody really gets it, and tell his few friends to wear red shirts on Monday.

@OsnoloVrach Жыл бұрын

@@DJPeachCobbler i made a sonic oc for you it costs 50 bulgarian levs buy it

@darksu6947 Жыл бұрын

Seventh grade civics class was the beginning of my disdain for the American gubment. My teacher, Mr. Frye was an alcoholic with a poker habit, but the man could teach. Him and his buddies would play poker on the weekends in the second floor of a gas station my mother happened to work at. My mother would warn me when he had a losing night. You didn't want to forget your homework when your teacher had a hangover and was in the red, lol.

@tennicksalvarez9079 3 ай бұрын

I did it 455 to 455 likes

@xqt6339 Жыл бұрын

As a Marine Vet I thought this was going to be very Anti USMC and showing that Smedley Butler was garbage because he is one of the best the Marine Corps has ever had, but it was the exact opposite, he was even better than his legacy would lead you to believe.

@DJPeachCobbler Жыл бұрын

He was a better Marine than the Corps could handle, was my reading of him. Lots of fun anecdotes about him. When he was leaving the Philippines, some locals came up and showed him some IOUs his Marines had signed "George Washington" or "Uncle Sam" and the like. Butler knew his 50+ troops so well he recognized all their handwriting and made them pay up. While he was running Camp Pontanezen, Butler's superior lit up some young LT for some minor mistake in the mess hall. Butler personally walked into his superior's office and yelled at him for like 10 uninterrupted minutes. Slamming his desk with his fist, real biblical shit. Butler's superior respected Butler so much he gave the LT a public apology. I make videos about classical antiquity. Legends. Caesar, Alexander the Great, Augustus, and so on. None of them have impressed me as much as Butler.

@couchpotato2222 Жыл бұрын

@@DJPeachCobbler I feel like that's the fun of studying Modern history. Way more gray/horrific shit, but the hero-.....no....the truest human beings begin to shine the brightest.

@Bmc19234 Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's a shame how the Navy war college talks about him. They said he was bribed to make up the business plot and basically shit on him.

@gasterblaster9817 Жыл бұрын

@@Bmc19234 Just goes to show how deep the corruption goes nowadays.

@tannersdietcoke809 Жыл бұрын

As someone going to basic in 3 months for the USAF I’m still going but it gives me more for thought thank you

@tylertate3584 9 ай бұрын

Smedley Butler holds a special place in every Marine’s heart. For those like me, who joined after Afghanistan, he holds a very, very special place. War is a racket

@KTheStruggler 7 ай бұрын

I instinctually said rah when he said the name

@Ronfost89 6 ай бұрын

Probably holds the same place in every Marines heart regardless of if they joined before or after Afghanistan. Don't know what joining up after Afghanistan has to do with anything.

@KTheStruggler 6 ай бұрын

@@Ronfost89 Afghanistan for a lot of people both in and outside of the military was the war that made a lot of people realize that the idea we were 'spreading freedom and democracy' wasn't really true.

@TheSunderingSea Жыл бұрын

I knew about Butler and business plot from a great friend of mine who is an American Marine Corps combat vet, but this is also a great piece of political commentary and gave even someone well acquainted with the events something to chew on. Great job!

@user-hb1bl7pj9s Жыл бұрын

I love you cobbler man don’t ever stop or I’ll find you

@god_anus8518 Жыл бұрын

Same bro

@ruxandstuff6622 Жыл бұрын

@happyjoe613 Жыл бұрын

Actually a great comment 😂 had me laughing my ass off

@jesustyronechrist2330 Жыл бұрын

I'm attaching thermite onto his rooftile as we speak. Big fucking hole, coming right up

@skinisdelicious3365 Жыл бұрын

Then cobbler stops making videos so that he can make a quasi dateline video with you as the centerpiece

@legateelizabeth Жыл бұрын

"They have sewn hopelessness, and will reap tyranny" is a line that goes way harder than it has any right to. This entire video kinda goes harder than it has any right to. Thank you KZbin Funnyman.

@notoriousriot250 Жыл бұрын

Legit as soon as he finished saying that I was starting to breathe the words thus always to tyrants as he said Sic Semper Tyrannis. I swear if he tried, the man could lead a coup.

@ajohnymous5699 3 ай бұрын

Historian here, particularly a historian for the Soviet Union. You better BELIEVE I acknowledge desperation as the 4th and most important ingredient for revolutions. No man would fight a revolution if things were good, he would be conflicted and think "I benefit, everyone benefits from the current system." They need desperation and a years long drought of hope before thinking "things will NOT get better. We have a moral obligation to end today's tyranny."

@MrSpherical 9 ай бұрын

Well put together!

@gunterxvoices4101 5 ай бұрын

@Kirealta Жыл бұрын

It's such a shame Cobbler overdosed on black tar chalk next Thursday.

@thetangaledbug7670 8 ай бұрын

I am the 300th like

@ggwp638BC Жыл бұрын

14:50 - It's not simply the great depression that had caused this issue. The US government would make the payments from the end of WW1 UNTIL 1945, with most people having their due dates closer to those later dates. And albeit having your entire life destroyed by physical and mental trauma caused by the greatest war in history (so far), these men were at the very least going to receive their money and they were sure it would be what it was promised to them because at the time the dollar was backed by gold. If the government told you you were getting 1000 USD, that had a real equal value in gold that would remain true regardless of when you received it. They were protected against inflation. But in 1932 the US government was in advanced talks about dropping the gold standard. Since their protection was the value of gold, removing that meant that whatever they would get in 1945 would be, at best case, the nominal value of what was promised to them in 1918, corroded by at least a full decade of inflation. I feel this is quite important, because it's one thing to think these veterans who put their lives on the line and suffered through the worst of the great depression, reached the brink and took a desperate measure to try and fix their lives. Another is to see that these veterans who put their lives on the line and suffered through the worst of the great depression, got swindled by the US government first when they got home after the war, and then again one decade later. These people gave everything they had, got nothing in return and were about to lose the little they were owed.

@sugarpuddin Жыл бұрын

What happened when the US removed the gold standard and given permission to create all the money they wish out of thin air? FDR withdrew the dollar gold standard. Resultantly, the Federal Government grew by illegal leaps and bounds and the purchasing value of the dollar crumbled as the private bankers, including the privately owned Federal Reserve Bank, created trillions and trillions of dollars out of thin air. Today the US Dollar is worth only one or two percent of what it was worth before FDR (later NIXON) removed the gold standard and opened the flood gates of money printing! In 1787, colonial leaders assembled in Philadelphia to replace the ailing Articles of Confederation. As we saw earlier, both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were unalterably opposed to a privately-owned central bank. They had seen the problems caused by the Bank of England. They wanted nothing of it. As Jefferson later put it: "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and the corporations which grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." To be sure, pursuant to the Constitution, it is illegal for Wall Street Bankers and the privately owned Federal Reserve Bank to create money. But it does. As a direct result, the Federal Government has grown exponentially, the wars increased in size, scope and tempo; and, inflation the ultimate result: Neo-feudalism! Without a gold standard, the banks can counterfeit and the government has unlimited powers of spending (current US Government debt is $32 trillion and unfunded liabilities $220 trillion). All Wars are Bankers wars - To summarize Butler’s solution against the Wall Street Banking Terrorist creating endless wars: Three steps must be taken to smash the war racket. We must take the profit out of war. We must permit the youth of the land who would bear arms to decide whether or not there should be war. We must limit our military forces to home defense purposes. "Military Men Are Dumb, Stupid Animals To Be Used As Pawns For Foreign Policy." - Henry Kissinger

@nicolasbesner9918 Жыл бұрын

PLEASE never stop making videos the way you like them. We enjoy watching them as much as you seem to enjoy making them.

@TheBestestKitty Жыл бұрын

Yeah I'd probably immediately volunteer to fight for someone who promised I'd be able to buy a house and have a family. An unfathomable rage is brewing in young people, a generation that genuinely has no hope for the future under the current system. When the water breaks, and the revolution is birthed, we'll experience a time of unparalleled violence directed at every group and person perceived to have caused our social ills.

@geniusreference Жыл бұрын

Finally cobbler comes out as a patriot

@jesustyronechrist2330 Жыл бұрын

I knew he was a white supremacist s/ just in case

@colonelkenpachi5009 Жыл бұрын

Such must be punished Take his crayons from him.

@l.e.b.3541 Жыл бұрын

And his chalks! Take them too!!

@the-snow-farmer-of-antarctica Жыл бұрын

@@l.e.b.3541 Don't forget the TV!!!

@artpkaful Жыл бұрын

Freedom from the corporate masters

@Frisky-Dingo Жыл бұрын

I got hit by a 250lb IED in Afghanistan on my 1st deployment which jacked me up a bit. On my 2nd deployment, my body was finally giving in to my injuries. Being infantry the physical toll was getting to be too much. I tried to reclass, but big army said no and med-boarded me instead. They only see you as useful if you are useful. If you're not deemed useful, then good luck, and thanks for your service.

@almalone3282 Жыл бұрын

That's how every military works

@Noredlac_ Жыл бұрын

Most of the time it’s some asshat officer trying to make his numbers look good for awards, “my unit is at 100%, what? Somebody got hurt? Not in my unit”

@Noredlac_ Жыл бұрын

Then you’ll have the butt sniffer NCOs that would rather be in good terms with officers than help their joes

@xninewxw7559 Жыл бұрын

thank you for your service

@Hellhound23691 Жыл бұрын

I got smacked in the head with a baseball bat and struck by lightning while I was a police officer. I have tinnitus pretty much every day, have trouble focusing on anything, and my vision is deteriorating due to damage from when I was hit in the head. The state has told me that I am not entitled to disability because I was on duty the day after both incidents and therefore I was clearly healthy and I’m only trying to scam the government out of assistance with medical bills. Suppose that’s what I get for being an overachiever.

@thunderbird_7939 Жыл бұрын

I've never heard someone be so convincing and then quote a famous assassin, good shit man

@xB2KxRewindZ 9 ай бұрын

There was a long time that I was upset at myself for dropping out of school to start working full time to help around the house and felt like I ruined my future plans because I wanted to join the military after high school. I still remember the day my mom popped out of bed and came running to my room crying. My Grandpa that served in WWII came to her and told her to explain to me why he was proud that I didn’t go and how the military is just a big business venture now basically instead of being to protect our freedom.

@baneofbanes 8 ай бұрын

Military has been that’s at for a long time.

@legateexpendable9308 Жыл бұрын

Weird that American businessmen would have approached the most anti-big business American general for a pro-big businesses coup. Seems a bit counter-productive

@DJPeachCobbler Жыл бұрын

The mentality seems to have been that he was the only guy in America who could be the figurehead, and they probably assumed Butler was a disingenious lizard person like they were

@obitosenju3768 Жыл бұрын

If you have a guy that fights for people as a representative of your campaign you can easily pass anybullishit you want. Their critical flaw was thinking Butler was just pretending and not an actual people's man

@GaganSingh-nx2yv Жыл бұрын

Well they probably thought everyone has a price.

@comradeshadles4967 Жыл бұрын

Bug people logic

@rylog8 Жыл бұрын

Hirohito probably wasn't that big on military coups based on his reactions to all the couping. Fascism is about symbols, not reality.

@bandaid6550 Жыл бұрын

That whole ending monologue was perfectly written, DJ. You finally put words to feelings many of us have had for a while, thank you.

@jhopkins1515 Жыл бұрын

It truly was an amazing wrap up to the video it made me inspired, depressed, and nut all at the same time. Like boy are we totally screwed but at least we're all screwed together.

@nice3333333333 Жыл бұрын

@@jhopkins1515 I will come to your house tonight and tell your mom you’ve been looking up ways to poop the bed without getting caught on the internet

@007kingifrit Жыл бұрын

indeed, not a single institution remains functional in america, why preserve the republic?

@couchpotato2222 Жыл бұрын

@@jhopkins1515 and at least when we're all screwed, those who screwed us (the wealthy) will be dead by either us or their escape rocket exploding because they underpaid the workers

@bigboi1068 Жыл бұрын

@@007kingifritWhat makes you think what comes after would be any better? Not that the US is good as it is, but from the perspective of a European it’s pretty clear to see that as soon as a restructuring takes place, people are going to try and take advantage of a fredh slate from the very beginning. To think of it another way, what do you think will happen to a country that has more guns than people, if any significant change were to be made to the social order? Everyone is afraid of the US because we can see it’s on a tipping point. A brink. The precipice of an extremely slippery slope. Polarisation has got to the point where something bad is going to happen no matter who it’s for. You also have to think about new trends, people trying to get around the system, the huge anti-authoritarian wave going around right now with both red-pill losers and pro-life preachers. People are so sick of the system they have that they won’t even stand for a new one, even if it benefits them. Overall, the point is that the US is at place where, if their constitution and social structure breaks down, there is absolutely no assurance that anything will rise in it’s place. Similar to the Romans, in a way.

@JimJohnston-oh1vs Жыл бұрын

I learned about Smedly Darlington Butler and the Business Man's plot many years ago I am really pleased to see it becoming increasingly well known It should be taught in school Thank you for helping in this process

@funonthebun7662 10 ай бұрын

I like the skits in your regular videos but this video still felt funny but more impactful, more emotional. I loved how you connected these three points in history so well, describing the condition of modern day america in a very enlightening way. Keep up the good work!

@Aarygon Жыл бұрын

There is no upper, middle, or lower class, just people who work for people and who have people work for them.

@n1kk10ch1r Жыл бұрын

hmm, that sounds familiar.

@thuzan117 Жыл бұрын

I am very impressed you brought up the issue of land reform in ancient Rome, it's so rarely mentioned how big of a factor that was in the fall of the Republic. It literally lies at the heart of everything. The Roman army, pre-Marian reforms, was a levy army comprised of land owners. Too serve in the army you had to be a land owner and own a certain amount of land, it wasn't a profession it was a duty and a privilege. But as more and more land got bought up and there were fewer and fewer land owners the Romans had to keep lowering the land requirements in order to keep their military going until eventually they got their asses kicked by the Cimbri and were struggling to replenish their army. This as opposed to the Roman army of the Punic wars that could lose whole armies and navies and just keep coming back, that's how strong the Roman middle class was. But as Hannibal was burning everything he could in Italy those small farmers had to sell their lands when they came home after the war, which started or at least accelerated land consolidation. As a response to this problem and their defeat the Romans adopted the Marian reforms, lifting land requirements entirely and making the position of a soldier into a profession. Rome would now have a professional, standing, salaried army. Armies more loyal to their generals than to the republic. This directly led to the fall of the Republic, the rise of the Empire, the constant civil wars, all of it can be tied back to this single issue. And what did soldiers get at the end of their service? Land.

@AL-lh2ht 6 ай бұрын

Except what he brought up was literally centuries before the fall of Rome. He instead was saying that is the reason Rome became a dictatorship instead of its semi democracy it had at the time.

@Idur88 6 ай бұрын

@@AL-lh2htbetter democracy than what we have😂

@ingold1470 6 ай бұрын

Tacitus, paraphrasing the words of a demagogue who stirred the Illyrian legions to revolt during Tiberius' reign (that was later defused by Drusus), said that the land received was some worthless provincial bog, and the soldier was too old and worn out to make much of it by the time he was allowed to retire. It does seem to be a form of indirect wealth redistribution. Rather than break up the latifundia, ruining crop yields in the process, they were instead taxed to pay soldiers. But since the soldiers no longer had ties to anyone besides their comrades and the urban rabble they were recruited from, they simply banded together to extort the state for more money whenever the leadership let them, or failed to stop them.

@brandon9172 6 ай бұрын

@AL-lh2ht Yes, which is what lead to the collapse. Rome could have never survived as a dictatorship, especially not in the way it manifested in.

@Imperium83 5 ай бұрын

Implying the Republic was better than the Empire lol.

@nathanjon825 6 күн бұрын

I don’t know why. While I wait for new videos, I always come back to this. Good day, Bad day, When I need it, it’s here. Thank you.

@OyazWither Жыл бұрын

Got interested in Butler and found the book "Gangsters of Capitalism" pretty good so far. Goes into Butler's impact on the world after his conquests. Appreciate you showing me this bit of history.

@Aspire198 Жыл бұрын

It still blows me away to this day how international and domestic terrorists just straight up....go for the arguably least effective targets. Like wtf is attacking a bunch of random people gonna do? They don't know why, they just become more fearful and vote for their own demise

@plasmaxl8626 Жыл бұрын

My theory is that all of the actual effective plots (say against governments or corporations) get stopped, because they threaten capital As in- the government doesn't usually notice plots which will not end up directly affecting them

@charlesatanasio Жыл бұрын

Its almost like the FBI stage terror attacks to push an agenda.

@splatbot8091 Жыл бұрын

Their beef isn't specifically against the government, it's against the people. They hate our way of life, our ideals, ect ect

@nicholasgutierrez9940 Жыл бұрын

@@plasmaxl8626 That's exactly it. The big ones get killed before they can start and the ones that happen are the small ones that are overlooked.

@justarandomcommenter570 Жыл бұрын

@@plasmaxl8626 That also gets me thinking...how many of these 'plots' could be sponsored by governments/corporations themselves in a bid to scare people and boost their own power? It sounds a bit like a tinfoil-hat conspiracy theory, I know, but is it really so out of the realm of reality? We already have big businesses bribing influential politicians to turn a blind eye to their activities, proven cases of governments funding rebel groups for their own interests, corporations with enough power to exert their influence over an entire nation or even several, etc. With their abundant resources, would it be so hard for, lets say, an oil corporation to fund some 'eco-extrem1sts" to to sabotage some of their equipment or maybe even vandalize priceless museum artifacts, before publicizing it to create a negative image of environmentalism that will dissuade people from pushing back against them and keep their fossil fuel business running and profitable? Just my two cents on it and some food for thought...

@Diagonnadie Жыл бұрын

Don't care what direction you decide to take with what you put out. You're a clever and studious guy and I can't imagine you'll lose what makes you interesting to watch. I appreciate your current mission of educating people in a digestible and entertaining manner. It certainly makes learning about these subjects a bit easier on my tiny monkey brain.

@redherringoffshoot2341 Жыл бұрын

by "weirdos" he means sheltered and financially privileged from living in a bubble

@MetalActual 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this

@lambda760 Жыл бұрын

Just wanna say I don't really mind sponsors if it means you can get some extra crayons to eat while you make these amazing mad ramblings.

@mclarenf1gtr99 Жыл бұрын

As long as he doesn't make videos based on the sponsors (or directly financed by them), which many big educational channels like Wendover and Kurgscfsomething do but don't inform the audience of their financed bias.

@Oldass_Deadass_dumbass_channel Жыл бұрын

I agree with the high performance race car above me, as long as he doesn't do any of that, I whole heatedly support it.

@drx16111 Жыл бұрын

I thought it was chalk?

@Onlyitsmereid Жыл бұрын

He eats chalk

@K..C Жыл бұрын

@@mclarenf1gtr99 I knew about the Kurgestsbiznaodnxkoal one but what’s the controversy with wendover?

@Psilomyde Жыл бұрын

“This video is sort of weird” Yes, brother. That’s why we’re here.

@Skimeric Жыл бұрын

I think this is the first video I've seen by you, and I'm in love with your style and delivery. This is quality content at its peak

@arthurdurham Жыл бұрын

I never know if I should be laughing, intrigued, or outraged by your videos and that may be my favorite aspect

@mr.benchwormer7723 Жыл бұрын

You should learn from video. Thats it