Why Hitler was made "Man of the Year" in 1938

This video explains why Hitler was made "Man of the Year" in 1938 by TIME Magazine.
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History isn’t as boring as some people think, and my goal is to get people talking about it. I also want to dispel the myths and distortions that ruin our perception of the past by asking a simple question - “But is this really the case?”. I have a 2:1 Degree in History and a passion for early 20th Century conflicts (mainly WW2). I’m therefore approaching this like I would an academic essay. Lots of sources, quotes, references and so on. Only the truth will do.

[@AFGuidesHD]

Vegetarian, Dog lover, Man of the year and Nobel peace prize nominee.

[@Ismael_Malikshahi]

Right wing gamer nice

[@AFGuidesHD]

@@Ismael_Malikshahi Like most people i'm not right or left. mix of both.

[@pixelatedxenon9579]

Oh wow, You're here too!

[@derederekat9051]

@@Ismael_Malikshahihe was clearly a leftie, he only has his left eggie down there.

[@Ismael_Malikshahi]

@@AFGuidesHD that was joke man by the way love your videos keep up the good work 👍

[@newcourier7446]

Time also made Stalin Man of the Year in 1939

[@user-rc6oo6tw9z]

2022 - Зеленский дух Украины!

[@justuseodysee7348]

With that logic, they should make Wladimir Purin the man of the year now

[@billosby9997]

Zelensky@@justuseodysee7348

[@jefferyepstein9210]

​@@user-rc6oo6tw9z That guy is a joke

[@KillerofWestoids]

​@@jefferyepstein9210"Joker" who has stayed in power for nearly 24 years and survived multiple colour revolutions. Who must go ?

[@Alte.Kameraden]

Glad you finally brought up the hostility between the Austrian Fascist and Nazi Parties.

[@TheImperatorKnight]

It's curious why this dynamic is all-but-forgotten.

[@jojomathew8176]

@@TheImperatorKnightmaybe because it fits the narrative that National Socialism and Fascism are the same ideology

[@BigMeechEJ25]

@@jojomathew8176 Yes I think this could be leading factor. I'm a big history buff and I'm surprised how many times people call the Germans fascists when I talk to them.

[@helloicanseeu2]

@@TheImperatorKnight pple left these details out to shorten the story telling.

[@pikckazinkavicius1235]

@@BigMeechEJ25 There's another reason: when the Soviet-German war broke out, the Soviets had a difficult time explaining to the locals how Socialists fight Socialists, and thus the construct "German Fascism" was born. Naturally, the Soviets' Western "buddies" adopted this terminology, for it's simple, does not demand thinking, and does not insult the Commie "friends". :)

[@AnthonyEvelyn]

I like how TIK mimics the 1930's radio announcer style voice. Once again TIK delivers a informative and descriptive video.

[@TheImperatorKnight]

I'll be honest, I was worried people wouldn't like the impression

[@DaveSCameron]

​@@TheImperatorKnightOh no, get a grip Tikky, your middle English twang adds itself to any immitation and I can tell you are dying to let rip so please crack on Sir. 😉☘️

[@whiskey_tango_foxtrot__]

​@@TheImperatorKnightIt was kinda a Hitler Lite accent...

[@p.b.5107]

​​@@TheImperatorKnightI saw you don't have Albert Speer's "Inside the Third Reich" among your source books. If you read it, I guarantee that it will add a great deal to your perspective, and material for future videos. It seems that Hitler was more interested in his architectural dreams than anything else. Based on what I have red or saw or heard before it, I would have never thought the Germania Project had this much importance. Another new thing to me was Hitler's sickness. In the late thirties he thought he would only have years to live. This accelerated the execution of his plans. Thanks for the uncompromising quality.

[@SNOOPY_-]

your hitler impressions are amazing and funny at times,you definetly know how to pull it off in a convincing and great way@@TheImperatorKnight

[@whiskey_tango_foxtrot__]

2023. TIME cant even define a man

[@martinklawinski2933]

Damn right!

[@E_-_-]

Hahah stuff like this is why I instantly scroll down for the comments. You win sir

[@fredbays]

@@E_-_- I do same before i watch I read

[@bejoyful]

Good point.

[@SkyGlitchGalaxy]

Lol

[@rodneyrumsey7372]

I rarely comment on a video but this one was so exceptional that I had to leave a huge “thank you” for making this.

[@TheImperatorKnight]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@niclash]

@@TheImperatorKnight I recall reading in the late 1970s and early 1980s a lot of newspaper material from the 1930s, and it was obvious to me (~14-16 years old) that the Nazis were socialists more than anything else, yet the school system insisted that the "socialist" in the Nazi name was a "mistake" or a "symbol to garner support, but didn't stand for it" or something silly like that. And my older brother just made one quick comment to put it all in perspective "Winners write the history books". GREAT VIDEO...again.

[@peanutslayer]

I'm in the same boat; this was an amazing video!

[@pulsaran]

@@niclash That's in line with "real communism has never been tried" of course they deny it.

[@christopher9727]

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[@dercomedybrothel8161]

I've learned that "Man of the Year" has no rating in itself; At least not in an only glorifying, positive way. It's just a person that has done something very considerable/history-changing - let it be for the worse or better - and thus became "Man of the Year". Anyway, love your works. Interesting video & very informative, as always!

[@samneis128]

I've always heard this too, and the example that people always give along with it is "you know, Hitler was 'Man of the Year'". So I wondered if there were other examples of a negative awardee, and looked it up on wiki. And wow, I actually lost respect for the award. There's not very many really bad guys on there, and a few that are debatable. But there are a lot more entries that are kind of just dumb. For example, they just cop out a lot: one year it was just "the American Scientists", in 1982 it was "The Computer". I think the dumbest one though, was Wallis Simpson. She didn't do anything or have any political position, she was just in the news a lot that year. It would be like giving it to Kim Kardashian.

[@mitchotoole9876]

Indeed. That is why people get confused when someone like Hitler shows up on it. For better or worse anyone can end up on the cover.

[@TheImperatorKnight]

I think that's how it's sold, but I would point out that Churchill won in 1940, and Roosevelt won in 1941. If the reward is about the most influential person, why on earth did Hitler not win in either 1940 or 1941?

[@chedelirio6984]

@@TheImperatorKnight And there have been in fact repeats, even close repeats. BUT... let's just say by 1940-41 Time Inc. could know how that would be received. They're in the business of selling magazines. It's one thing to point to the "achievements" of "controversial" figures who are tearing down the old order, it's another when they are the ones bombing your cultural/economic partner (Britain). Last time they chose an overt antagonist of the US was 1979's Khomeini and they've never done that again.

[@old_guard2431]

There are those that interpret Time’s narrative on Hitler as being a bit hostile. I think they like to pick “good guys” but will veer toward significance and impact. Vladimir Putin should get a second mention for the impact of his invasion of Ukraine, but I am not holding my breath. (He was Person of the Year in 2007.)

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

If Lord of the Rings and Middle Earth had TIME magazine, I'm certain Saruman would've been on the front cover too. Just before the Ring was discovered.

[@asumazilla]

He had a dynamic economy with a lot of manufacturing.

[@freddykingofturtles]

@@asumazilla Huge population boom too. GDP was way up and he was investing in renewable hydrodynamic energy.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Yes. It's most influential not nicest.

[@ZER0ZER0SE7EN]

Would they also consider Sauron? I think he had a bigger impact on Middle Earth.

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

@@ZER0ZER0SE7EN Sauron got his strength from Morgoth and everyone thought Sauron was dead at but his spirit endured within the ring.

[@Joebob1119]

Could you make a video about the "fascism is capitalism in decay" myth, you should talk about national socialism in said video since lefties consider them to be synonymous.

[@Joebob1119]

​@@Darius0109 Sure, but I'm referring to an entire video on that subject, not a 5-minute conclusion from several videos

[@ClyDIley]

​@@Joebob1119 Ya know I could be wrong but I have been folllwing TIK for quite some time and I could have sworn he's done several videos dedicated to the subject

[@ClyDIley]

​@@Joebob1119 Here ya go, pretty sure he covers it quite well in this... kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3TOqop4hcaHeZosi=s_fe7JAFDmgb1Vra

[@Alex_Fahey]

"Socialism in decay" is probably a more correct statement. Trying to subordinate business into the socialist state, rather than immediately dismantling it into utopian communism, is what happens when the socialist ideologue realizes that the worker doesn't know how to manage the factory and a herd of workers is probably worse than the one at it (as well as being remarkably reactionary and needing to be 'educated' into socialism). These more intelligent socialists who realized that fact then rely on massively invasive price controls, rationing schemes, subsidies, replacing uncooperative industrialists with their wiser lieutenants, adding commisariat overseers to the hierarchy, and more to make the capitalist class's interest the exact same as the socialist state's interests.

[@AdamantLightLP]

@Alex_Fahey no such thing as utopian communism.

[@whiskey_tango_foxtrot__]

"Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses -because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened." Dwight D. Eisenhower (attributed)

[@Occident.]

Yeah they started their lies and justification for the war of aggression on Germany before Germany was even defeated. The Propagandists got to work with the lies as soon as the war started.

[@fredbays]

Ike was the last of the great Rup After him everything changed as the MIC took over our world and still has it by the balls

[@thhseeking]

@@fredbays He tried to warn against the MIC in his exit speech, but either it was too late (probably), or nobody paid attention.

[@fredbays]

@@thhseeking it was already to late by 1943 MIC was fully blown and in control WW2 was allowed to happen to make the MIC come into being U see rich ppl get a lot richer form war then they do from peace. They needed another real big war to finish what WW1 had started Rich ppl have been in control form day one (when the first village of farmers with a strong man in charge) So face it kid buy ur land in Antarctica now while it is still cheap and decide who u will take with u for food

[@jakublulek3261]

For a long time I thought that "Man of The Year" was kinda neutral thing, like highlighting somebody who was important for that year, in a good or a bad way.

[@paulos9900]

It kind of is. It doesn't really have a very fixed criteria it seems. Sometimes it's not even a person at all. Groups of people such as "American Women" or even a concept such as "The Spirit of Ukraine" have got it before.

[@dlchouinard]

"Man of the Year" used to be given to the person who made the most news that year, or were the most notable. In the last 40 years or so it has evolved into a more honorific title. If you read the article with this knowledge it sounds more critical of Hitler than the spin you gave it. The "magnificent" autobahn and social programs looked magnificent at the time. I'd call China's high speed trains magnificent, even though I know the government is a dictatorship with lots of blood on its hands. I remain a loyal viewer, and believe that you are doing important work.

[@vixozas]

Because many people were leaning towards communism, socialism, etc... at that time even more people believed in communism. Nowadays we know this is wrong, so in that case xi jinping will never be man of the year

[@hershmysson]

as he’s reading it I can’t help but give the text a massive sarcastic undertone. it’s like “hey you all silly little freedom loving democrats, look at was this massive fuckhead is doing and you all are just staring blankly”

[@readhistory2023]

Time listed Rachel Leivine, Lia Thomas, and Michaela Jae "MJ" Rodriguez in their top 100 women of the world in 2021. It doesn't look like much as changed at Time Magazine in nearly 100 years.

[@fredbays]

note not a single woman activist from the early part of the 20th century and there were a lot of them The womens suffrage movement was and still is going on. It was and is a lot more then just giving women the right to vote. If u dont know what i mean i think u need to get urself a little more education

[@ZER0ZER0SE7EN]

Who has more balls, Hitler or Rachel Levine, Lia Thomas, or Michaela Jae "MJ" Rodriguez?

[@fredjohnson9833]

​@@ZER0ZER0SE7ENaccording to "Hitler was a British Agent," Adolf only had one ball, which is less than Lia Thomas.

[@Thomas-xd4cx]

I've never even heard of any of these people lmao

[@wyattcole5452]

Well with man of the year it’s for better or for worse the people who have had profound impacts on the world, it’s weird the video doesn’t mention that. Times isn’t saying he’s the greatest man to breathe that year

[@andreyevstavew]

Hi! I live in Russia and I'm leaning english. I like history. Your channelis one of the best channels about History on KZbin. I wish you to gain a hundred million subscribers!

[@karl_3885]

you seem smart. get out while you can.

[@SepticFuddy]

@@karl_3885 And go where? We're all fucked.

[@queuedjar4578]

@@karl_3885 why leave your country when you can stay and improve it for future generations. Fleeing a fault country prolongs suffering.

[@karl_3885]

@@queuedjar4578 you think current Orcville is worth saving? lol

[@choosecarefully408]

Andreyev, please don't learn how to behave _or_ how to speak English from the comments section. What terrible examples these all are.

[@adriatikkapaj3814]

Like it on how you shed light on (mostly)forgotten history,keep it up

[@mattosborne2935]

Not to defend TIME: their choices of "Man of the Year" have frequently been about who is important, not so much who deserves admiration.

[@TheImperatorKnight]

Then why wasn't Hitler made Man of the Year in 1940 or 1941?

[@MatthewCobalt]

​@@TheImperatorKnightMight be because the fact the war was already happening and him being the bad guy was too obvious.

[@TheImperatorKnight]

But that still contradicts the idea that it was about the most influential person

[@spiderknight9893]

@@MatthewCobaltsooooo all the stuff he did in the 30s didn’t make him the bad guy? 😂

[@MatthewCobalt]

@@spiderknight9893 Hey, when the propaganda machine basically out does your publishing output, covering someone else is preferable. (Unless they already did that and just picked another Axis leader, in which case just roll the dice again.)

[@user-et5hg9wx5l]

Fantastic and informative video as always. The keys to understanding our current situations and what could portend for our future are in understanding our history

[@thehistoryrepublic]

Will you ever do a video about Stalin being "Man of the Year" by TIME?

[@fredbays]

yes do it

[@Flegmation]

In the UK it was 27 March 1974 that we became aware of the horrors of the Holocaust (well pre-internet). That was the date "The World At War" episode "Genocide" was broadcast.

[@tomricketts7821]

The prime minister of NewZealand at the time tried to have that episode censored fortunately he failed the war veterans opposed his attempt loudly

[@ArgentWolf95]

So I always got confused even as I tried putting myself into the shoes of an American of that era seeing that. This give me so many more answers and I really am impressed by how you use one part of the past, to give nuance and answers to other questions, especially how the narrative changed. You're right. We need to look back as if we were there as much as possible, not our current standards. This gives me a surprising insight, the subversion of the west started much earlier than we expected, as you described. I honestly has no idea that the fist decades of the Cold War, the Holocaust was unknown. Though I should not be surprised as much as I am that the Marxists are the ones behind the narrative as the west accepted it. This falls in line with the time Herbert Marcuse and the other academic Marxists had taken over education, Paulo Freire being the one who changed education for the worse. I look forward to your videos on eugenics, not because I support the idea, but because you're the right guy to present that kind of topic. Tanks are fun to learn about, and I love tanks, war strategy, but sticking to them has allowed some truths to get buried. This is why I say don't "stick to tanks!"

[@TheImperatorKnight]

Good insight, but just to clarify, the Holocaust was known because Eisenhower made it known. However, due to circumstances, it wasn't really a popular subject to talk about. The interest in the Holocaust only really came about in the 1970s, but it was known about.

[@ArgentWolf95]

@@TheImperatorKnight It's understandable, being a dark period of history, so i'm glad Eisenhower made it known as he did. I kind of grew up with the marxist narrative for much of younger years, I did have a good history teacher who did teach me to question things, so there were some questions I had about it since he taught me Nazis were Socialists at least, I just thought the Holocaust was more talked about for much longer before this video. I hope one day, Japan's Unit 731 also gets more attention, since so few know about that too.

[@timbushell8640]

@@TheImperatorKnight see comments 'above' but then there is that 'Big X connection'... And yes Eisenhower was right, as have 'Shchindler's List' and 'Band of Brothers' and the English and german dramatisations of the Wannesee Conference.

[@ArgentWolf95]

@@GarteBera His remark where he says "the Jesus?" TIK is being slightly sarcastic, meaning everyone knows of Jesus from Christianity. He's talking of how the narrative changed from Nazis were Socialists, to Nazis are Capitalist or Fascists.

[@deanzeichner4738]

@@GarteBera "The War" in a German or French accent, referring to propaganda that had to be manufactured during WWII when the Western Powers had to ally with the Soviets

[@jarmstrong6811]

It was "international" in the sense that it extended beyond the boundaries of what comprised the state of Germany post Versailles but it was very different from Lenin's international focus.

[@titanicisshit1647]

Not really it was within germany,and they wanted to exterminate everyone to replace them by germans if you don't remember

[@keithplymale2374]

What Tik is talking about highlights the mistake of not only judging events of the past by current knowledge but talking about events of the past without the context. That does not mean excusing or apologizing for what followed. It means talking about the event according wot what the people of day knew and thought, to the extent that can be done of course. One of your best Tik. Shared on both Facebook and X.

[@fredbays]

this why we need to talk the history of where we are to this day not just isolated parts of it. How we got to where we are is the important thing not so much what happened to get us here. No event happens in total isolation. Each effects the next and the others at that time and into the future from that time. There are so many things that gave us uncles Frank, Wennie, Adolph, Joe, Benito, Franko and so on. To really understand why we got these ppl we must look at the history of the Ww not just parts of it and more then just the last 3 centuries (18th,19th, 1st half of 20th),

[@FKYT]

Great video. Thanks for doing all the work you do.

[@autystycznybudda5012]

Babe wake up. New Tik History just dropped

[@openeroftheway8596]

TIK is the wide awake historian. God bless him and his viewers. Amen.

[@loki-bq3dl]

Yes, honey

[@alexfilma16]

But is this really the case?

[@openeroftheway8596]

@@alexfilma16 more of a six-pack than a case tbf

[@lkrnpk]

At the time “man of the year” meant the guy who has the biggest balls to go and conquer something

[@TheImperatorKnight]

That's why Churchill was made Man of the Year 1940, not Hitler... wait.

[@lkrnpk]

Actually going through the list to me it seems like the title has always been more or less about who ''stirs some shit up'', with global consequences of course. And then followed by people who mopped up the shit that was stirred, if it was too stinky... And if there is no single defining person, then they go for some current and relevant movement or idea. I know people complain about this, but it is good that Hitler, Stalin, Khomeini and Putin were these people because they were really important at their specific period, and each of them have Churchill, Roosevelt, Zelensky, Gandhi and Gorbachev as a counter force... And then there are pretty much all recent US presidents which sometimes makes much less sense

[@fredbays]

@@lkrnpk of those u say r "counter forces" only one was a pacifist Can any one guess whom it is? U must remember that time is a mag used by corps to control the working class with the flawed capitalistic system

[@hardanheavy]

@@TheImperatorKnight Possible explanation: because Hitler a) got it already and mainly b) was the enemy (yeah, not officially yet. Cash-and-carry and later lend-lease show where America's loyalty lay). 'Cancel culture' may not have been called that at the time, but there were lines you didn't cross, also back then.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Most influential not nicest.

[@theforgot3n1]

Awesome video again Tik! Thank you for the research.

[@JackRyan73]

Have you ever seen the documentary "The Soviet Story"? It contains many of the parallels between NS and Bolshevism/Communism. This video here reminded me of that documentary. Many Thanks for your work! I really enjoy your videos on this topic.

[@hex2637]

Saying nazi Germany was not fascist because it had problems with Mussolinis Italy is like saying communist china wasn't communist because it had problems with the USSR after the sino-soviet split. The argument falls apart if you think about it for 10 seconds.

[@firesb7791]

Except it doesn't, the USSR and PRC had a dispute over Marxist-Leninist theory. German Nazism and Italian Fascism were not the same, and had major divergence. They were both socialists, however the Fascists were nationalists primarily, where as the Germans were racist(in the literal sense, Nazi ideology was based upon race, not nationalism)

[@hex2637]

@@firesb7791 how was it socialist if it's based on race or nationalism, not class

[@firesb7791]

@@hex2637 socialism has nothing to do with class, it predates class. Socialism is an economic system where the means of producing and distributing goods are controlled by a centralized government (the public)

[@firesb7791]

In short National socialism - Race Socialism Fascism - Nationalist Syndacalism Communism - class socialism

[@hex2637]

@@firesb7791 the means of production are owned by "the community as a whole" - or in praxis a government that is controlled by the public/community as a whole - the notion that only a certain race or nationality is entitled to the means of production and controls the government goes against the notion of the public controlling the means of production, the core notion of socialism

[@C0NSTANTINUS]

first time i caught a video on time. Love all your vids

[@TheImperatorKnight]

Thanks! Glad to see you here early

[@hovikarnian6035]

Thank you so much, TIK, keep these up.

[@stefanstoyanov2126]

One of your best videos! I always wondered about this topic. Thank you!

[@Akadia123]

Hi TIK, great video man, i had a question though, do you think one day you could make a video on the frankfurt school and its influence on the mainstream view of fascism? I personally need to look into this more, however i heard (and read briefly) it was one of the main driving forces which influenced the conflation of national socialism and Fascism together. How true is this? Anways, cheers man, keep up the good work!

[@leewright7623]

Yes. Klaus Analschwabs school!

[@TIMOTHY1993100]

The part when TIME refers to NatSoc’s and Commie’s as religions was undeniable that what TIK has been saying this whole time is correct, these are religious cults not political ideologies, even journo’s in the 1930’s understood this, thanks for highlighting that point TIK 👍

[@shiningcartoonist]

A very good, informative video! Thank you, TIK

[@helpmereach45ksubswithoutvideo]

Congrats to all who is early and found this comment ✨

[@tomricketts7821]

Another great episode love your work it makes me take my biases out and re-examine them

[@danielpray6049]

TIK, I know you struggle with people fighting against the evidence you put out there, but I have to give you a pat on the back for how well your scripts are written. Your wording and explanations are very clear and precise and easy to understand. That may be part of the pushback you get as your information is so clear on its face that Dorian Grey dies when he looks at his painting. Keep up the videos and don't be disheartened. You are making a huge difference.

[@arrow1414]

Time Magazine had often stated that the term "Man of the Year" (as well as "Woman of the Year", and "Person" of the Year") was not meant to be a honorific, but just to note what personage affected the World the most, for good or ill, which is why as pointed out Stalin would be MotY a year later and in more recent times Yuri Andropov (1983, although he shared the title with Ronald Reagan). Just who agitated the World the most.

[@kevinnoren9725]

Time magazine must have explained that many dozens of times. The guy in the video reads all these awful things and seems to think that Time is writing approvingly, but I don’t see that at all. Well, he got me to view anyway, and maybe that was the point.

[@tabletopgeneralsde310]

Wow, what a great video. You are doing a awesome job, thanks for your work.

[@tscholack945]

Hi TIK! Maybe you could make a video about the similarities between NS Germany and GDR. That would certainly weaken the irrational belief that national socialism has nothing to do with socialism.

[@pringlel]

Fascinating analysis. I had to watch twice in an effort to digest the many points you bring up. This word 'fascism' has always bewildered me as to its true meaning. The present generation doesn't seem to have that problem. For them it's been boiled down to someone, or some group, they fundamentally don't agree with.

[@wyattgeorge9696]

The funny thing is they think the right is fascist, yet the left supports censorship and no free speech, forced vaccines, they prosecute their political opponents and nearly every institution in society shares their viewpoint. If you don't have a high ESG score, you will lose money and investors. All of this shares a similarity with the fascist nazis and how tyrannical they were.

[@vonzipper7854]

TIK's videos are so informative and dense, in a good way, that I need to and enjoy a repeat viewing.

[@bobjohnson1633]

Fascism is a very simple concept. Government authoritarianism for the benefit of the people and nation. The government must unilaterally have absolute power to do anything, for your own good. Theoretically, it could work. Also theoretically, nobody would allow the people who would make it work to be in charge. Also in theory, if those right people were in charge, they would establish some sort of democracy, a la the US founders.

[@wyattgeorge9696]

@@bobjohnson1633 Imagine a country ruled by a genius philosopher king

[@wyattcole5452]

@@bobjohnson1633the issue with true democracy is that the masses are the deciders, and the masses are also, en masse, fools. America, on the other hand, has issues too. To have anyone vote based age alone is an issue, not allowing territories’ votes to be valid while under American rule is a problem, immigrants have to learn more to enter this country than Americans do to vote. I don’t see why any immigrant coming into the country would need to know all this information unless they’re planning on voting and being involved in politics (I’m not saying they shouldn’t learn, mind you). Having Public schools isn’t enough to assume the masses know what they’re doing. For some reason we were taught in second grade about the branches of government just so we can forget them, meanwhile the school will have us go over the same math and history for for the most part for six years

[@TheDon266]

"I don't mind telling you in confidence that I'm keeping in fairly close touch that admirable Italian gentleman. [Fascism] is the cleanest, most efficiently operating piece of social machinery I've ever seen. It makes me envious" - Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Benito Mussolini and Fascism

[@v1ntex740]

Thanks a lot for such fascinating videos. Hello from Crimea! I really enjoy ur explanation and video montage. It's awesome

[@russ1542]

Thankyou for the video. I've always wondered the reasoning behind putting Hitler on Time. This video was very imformative. Great job, as always.

[@MissingTheMark]

It always surprises me that people don't understand that socialism necessitates authoritarianism since if "the people" own the means of production, "the people" will have to say what is done with their means of production or it's not theirs.

[@OnTheThirdDay]

Funny seeing you here. I think the creation of fake unions also is a sign. You join the union and do what you're told because the govt represents the people so you can't actually unionize. TIK has talked about this with nazi germany. The old video about whether China is communist by China Uncensored also says this happens in China (which is nowadays just fascist).

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

It's surprising that people can't put two and two together, but then again, a lot of people also have massive credit card debt, are informed that interest rates on their credit card are high, but will spend spend up to their credit limit anyway. Destructive cognitive dissonance over simple things is quite common. Maybe it's just that 40 hour work weeks make some people dumb and unable to focus on anything else? I dunno

[@bobjohnson1633]

The people always vote for others to take responsibility away from them, so it must also be a dictatorship.

[@kylereece5511]

This is why the operating word in “dictatorship of the proletariat” is “dictatorship” and not “the proletariat”.

[@nathanielmathews2617]

​@@kylereece5511Dictatorship as it was being used by Marx is that the proletariat are the ones in control. If you have class dynamics the bourgeoisie will end up in power and take it away. It is a term meant to mean the end of hierarchy in a sense. In the end this has been used in many ways and it comes down to interpretations. Socialism necessitates democracy. I believe we must overthrow the status quo with the will of the people. Issues such as climate change will never be handled properly if we rely on profits. The spending will never happen. I want America, the economic centerpiece, to lead this change globally. We are uniquely in the position to do this.

[@robert48044]

I'm currently listening to the book, "The Wages of destruction" by Adam Tooze. I'm not far into it but something that's come up is the U.S. Trying to get the Allies to ease up reparations to protect American investments in Germany and everyone trying to change their monetary system's. I feel there's a video topic in there somewhere. Heck many in America don't even realize it took a coalition for the Nazis to get the ball rolling. It wasn't merely an election and the Reichstag is on fire.

[@sylvainvanduyl6143]

This is a great topic! I love the videos about these topics!

[@dragon3dnet]

What you said at 27:32 makes me think of the quote Mark Twain once said that “History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.”

[@Digiidude]

An excellent video and an example of why I support TIK on Patreon

[@kapitanleutnantschneider2076]

This is why I love media of that time period, it gives us a glimpse of what and how people thought back then, as it was actually happening. Gives us some perspective we otherwise wouldn't have.

[@aazz9676]

Or that New York elites have been totalitarian leftists for far longer than most realize.

[@drscopeify]

Fantastic video as always!

[@BALLASAFC]

Wow 😯 amazing vid Tik thanks

[@blankfrankie3747]

Going forward, this video should be required viewing for every modern history class in all institutions everywhere. That brilliant conclusion encapsulates so perfectly the things many of us learned about collectivism years ago and have been screaming into deaf ears ever since. Thank you, TIK.

[@CArchivist]

There is also another underlying issue as to why do little was written about the Holocaust, in America at least, until the 1970s is that the victims just didn’t want to talk about what happened. This unbelievable trauma in an era where mental health help is nearly non-existent meant that if you managed not to succumb to the horrors in your mind, the best solution was to often just get on with your life as best as you could. You had families to raise, bills to pay, life went on. It’s not until an entire generation of survivors hit middle age, their kids now off into adulthood and life more settled that the conversations began. And even then it took decades for some to tell their stories, often as life neared an end and with systems in place to keep the stories. And those children of the survivors, now as adults, looking to understand the lives their parents lived through also drove interest in reading or watching those stories spiking a boom in Holocaust literature and histories.

[@eze8970]

A fair point, a lot of WW1 & WW2 veterans also didn't discuss their wars for the same reasons.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

It was harder for "victims" to brainwash the public, as people in those years understood much better who they were - John 8:44

[@handroids1981]

Do not confuse your opinions on the decisions made by many people, over many decades with FACT.

[@Axisjampa]

Nothing better than sources from the time, just before all hell let loose. Great video TIK. What an enlighting video.

[@veryrancid3128]

Another great video!

[@AlbertComelles1970]

Thanks again, TIK! Let me add that I believe Franco was not a Fascist, but a Nationalcatholic who managed to assemble under his cape (after General Molas's death in accident at the start of the uprising) different and dispersed political movements of very different ideology: Monarchists (for the Borbons), Carlists (a different Borbon sect), Falange Española (nacionalsindicalists), JONS (fascists, Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista) among others...

[@julianshepherd2038]

I see the argument that Italy was fascist but Spain and Germany did think they were fascist despite the reactionary v revolutionary contradiction. Probably grifters making it up as they went along, so as to suit their own needs.

[@Dario-uj6qo]

I can confirm, as I have said several times Franco took away the little power the fascists had after some time passed and started to do his own doing, tha fascists hate him for it

[@psier11]

Perhaps the plane were not so reliable, but other nazionalist generals all falling from the air was not an accident.

[@j.manuelp.vicens3888]

Franco was not a fascist, but initially, his regime was.

[@Quantum_Humanics]

Isn't the Time magazine man of the year award supposed to go to whoever made the biggest and most news of the year whether it be for good or bad? So Hitler winning time magazine man of the year isn't saying he was the best man of the year but rather the worst... I could be wrong but that's how I always took it.

[@christopherconard2831]

That's largely a rationalization they started using years later when called out on their choice. Time had many people who laminated the fact that Roosevelt was kept in check by Congress and the Supreme Court. They wanted a "Nice" Hitler in charge of America.

[@anonymousgmo1]

enjoyed this video, thank you

[@mc-lb9dk]

Great job again, thanx

[@ArakeenArchivist]

It's inaccurate to describe the Dollfuss government as "fascist." Despite having close ties to Fascist Italy, Austria under "Austrofascism" (a highly inaccurate term) resembled Salazar's Portugal a lot more than Mussolini's Italy. It was an authoritarian government largely focused on Catholicism, with an intact free market system (Austrian school economists even acting as advisors to Dollfuss). Please look into the Austrian Vaterland Front more! Im sure you will find it an interesting topic in and of itself.

[@tenkoles9784]

Will you in future make a video about George Orwell's "Democratic socialism" (Ryan Chapman made a good video about it), debating if socialism can be democratic? Also maybe a video about anarcho-comunism, because i think that you have gone over it to quick and not gave it to much insight. Would be very interesting.

[@MichaelT199]

Thanks. I've always wondered about this.

[@crownic]

Great video tik

[@peterv1054]

Dollfuss was not a fascist, he was a catholic traditionalist. His views idolized feudalism, completely contrary to the modernism of fascism.

[@Samuelwastaken]

Isn't fascism pre-enlightenment also? I don't think it's really modernist, nazism on the other hand

[@peterv1054]

@@Samuelwastaken Fascism is very modernist. Many important actors were atheists, fascism was heavily influenced by futurism, which wanted to destroy everything old and build industry and machines instead.

[@die1mayer]

@@Samuelwastaken National Socialism is Reactionary Modernism, a symbiosis of revolution and tradition. Hitler hated modernist architecture and modern art, urban "asphalt literature" was destroyed in book burning. The Nazis thought cities were rootless and decadent, that mankind needed to return to Nature, they were Environmentalists.

[@FrancisFjordCupola]

I love these little dives into history.

[@mikecain6947]

Thank you for another great video.

[@eze8970]

Thanks TIK, interesting & informative video! 🙏🙏

[@Proud_Sex_Dungeon_Owner]

Remember when packing the court was viewed as a bad think?

[@JohnMahon]

Tik, an outstanding video, again. It makes me want to reach out to my old history teacher for A -level and show them these exciting revelations about communism and nazism. It's taken me years of watching Tik to come around to his holistic political understanding of the 20th century, especially nuances of fascism. The enthusiasm and diligence put into the videos is seriously breathtaking. Professionally sourced, transparently credited and altogether well thought-out arguments make these shattering conclusions more palatable. I think the summaries are so refined and conclusively cutting edge, we should be grateful that we are afforded free access to this content. To live in a time in history with such clarity in history, our conscious understanding of our past is the best we have ever had. I'm grateful that the battlestorm stalingrad series is being lovingly continued also. With consideration to the compensation return on that series being slightly less fruitful, it is all the more appreciated. All the best, John

[@stevelowe8980]

You are on fire this week Tik, that's good for me ,thank you

[@RealMrBruh]

Another great video Tik 👍

[@georgehenehan123]

I wasn't around in 1938. Over the years since the 1970s the editors have frequently made clear that Man and now Person of the year is an individual that had the most impact or consequence, not necessarily one to be admired. The PC was named one year. It could be how one views the overall context. Given the context of the time the article is fairly balanced, it does foreshadow the tradagdy to come. That said your presentation of alternative views demonstrates how complex the debate was in that year, no surprise that these issues are still difficult to gain concensus on today.

[@el4668]

Hmmmmmm, I wonder if something happened in the years after 1938 that stopped him from receiving the prize again?

[@undergroundphilly3118]

I love almost all of your videos, but this one has a special place in my heart haha.

[@jonathanbourke305]

Another magnificent analysis. Thank you!

[@Edward-dd9tf]

The problem was with the term "Man". If they had called him "Newsmaker" of the year there would have been no argument whatsoever. Let's be honest, in 1938 the entire world was standing around waiting to see what his next move would be. If anyone controlled or dictated the "narrative " of the day it was him.

[@RupertMDoc]

As someone whose actually read the Time article, it was pretty clear they were not calling him a role model with their nomination.

[@fredbays]

read that art back in '66 re-read it for this

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

I'd say it was ambiguous. The writer (or writers) of the article wanted to sound neutral so as to appear objective. It seems outrageous in hindsight when one is trying to adopt the center an extreme and moderate position; especially when contemporary to the period.

[@zackkilgore528]

Ah that is a question that I haven’t even thought to ask, thanks for the Video TIK!

[@anwi3966]

Marvelous! Great work TIK!

[@paulmears5330]

Another great myth buster. Thank you, Tik!

[@pixelatedxenon9579]

Hey man, Just wanted to say, Love the work you do! Please continue making more amazing content!

[@jakobquick6875]

I love that you actually use real hard sources, be it a posh self biography, or critical stats, thank you for bringing back the book, this youth missed out with bulls rap opinions and lunacy illusions instead. Thanks Tik, Canadian great again saying *were not worthy* 😂

[@badedit4624]

What an incredible episode, thank You for that kind Sir! Although i put foward an idea to stop using the name of Austrian painter in titles, so YT algorithm won't bury the video. I suggest codename aquarellist.

[@Tgungen]

Your oratory skills are really amazing, you sound like a professional VA with that accent, I would definitely listen to an audiobook by you

[@patrickmiano7901]

“Person of the Year” has nothing to do with good or evil. It reflects the person’s effect on the world.

[@ghiffaribara2949]

This

[@TheImperatorKnight]

That's why Churchill was Made Man of the Year in 1940, despite Hitler affecting the world much more than him, and why Roosevelt was made Man of the Year in 1941, despite Hitler being at the peak of his power...

[@AdamantLightLP]

Eh, kinda suspicious. People would be mighty upset is Putin was man of the year when arguably he's made a huge impact...

[@mengo0456]

@@TheImperatorKnight could be because he already got it in 1938 and the magazine doesnt need to have a rigorous criteria or because they would not risk being censored or having a very negative backlash for now Hitler was a declared enemy of the allied powers with a major war going on. Maybe Time and the public were just okay with jew and czech oppression but not with western european nations being oppressed afterwards.

[@readypetequalmers7360]

I think another interesting view on this is would Time have labeled someone they hate as "Man of the year"? would or do they want to risk publicizing someone to the entire world? If they made articles on people they don't agree with or hate what kind of article is that going to be? It seems like that could get into the comedy/mockery field.@@mengo0456

[@reubensandwich9249]

My grandmother always said the 1930s were a strange period in our (US) history.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

They were not strange, people simply had less Zio influence and brainwashing than today.

[@jet328i2]

Excellent video!

[@Wildrover82]

Love your astute analysis of the whole debacle. Lol. Will subscribe.🙌

[@bolivar2153]

The award is given to the person who "for better or for worse ... has done the most to influence the events of the year". The key is in how "influential" they have been on world affairs. It does not refer to any implication of "good" or "greatness".

[@TheImperatorKnight]

Except they do praise him. And they only mention Hitler's persecution of the Jews in one sentence. You'd think they'd mention that a bit more if they were trying to be even in their reporting.

[@bolivar2153]

@@TheImperatorKnight "Führer of the German people, Commander-in-Chief of the German Army, Navy & Air Force, Chancellor of the Third Reich, Herr Hitler reaped on that day at Munich the harvest of an audacious, defiant, ruthless foreign policy he had pursued for five and a half years. He had torn the Treaty of Versailles to shreds. He had rearmed Germany to the teeth- or as close to the teeth as he was able. He had stolen Austria before the eyes of a horrified and apparently impotent world. All these events were shocking to nations which had defeated Germany on the battlefield only 20 years before, but nothing so terrified the world as the ruthless, methodical, Nazi-directed events which during late summer and early autumn threatened a world war over Czechoslovakia. When without loss of blood he reduced Czechoslovakia to a German puppet state, forced a drastic revision of Europe's defensive alliances, and won a free hand for himself in Eastern Europe by getting a "hands-off" promise from powerful Britain (and later France), Adolf Hitler without doubt became 1938's Man of the Year." I'm not seeing it?

[@bolivar2153]

@@TheImperatorKnight Reading and rereading the article, I see recognition of Hitler's "achievements" (and I use the term advisedly), but they are always qualified with full recognition, apprehension and horror at the price paid by others to attain them?

[@Daseril]

Extremely good video! I appreciate all the research and context you bring to history!

[@Jonhistorymodel]

Absolutely brilliant video.

[@TheKamperfoelie]

Superb analysis once again!

[@czar6203]

I really want an in depth video on fascist economics. Especially on the difference between falangism, italian, legionarist, and rexist. Pretty please.🥺🥺

[@crazyyyyy2945]

Hi Tik, I saw you briefly mentioned the movie Oppenheimer near the end of the video. What is your overall opinion of the movie? Personally I think it was great!

[@TheImperatorKnight]

It was good, but I didn't think it was anything special and was a bit surprised to see everyone praising it so much. Then Terri explained that nobody really understood that they had no choice but to make the bomb because if they didn't then the Nazis would, and that nobody knew this. So, I don't think I appreciated it like others did because I already knew and understood this.

[@zbj4240]

​@@TheImperatorKnightSomeone told me it sucked so bad, they would rather watch the Barbie movie. Yeah I think I'll take my chances with Oppenheimer lol.

[@AK-hi7mg]

​@@TheImperatorKnightthis is not true. We didnt have any substantial bomb program at the time.

[@fredbays]

@@TheImperatorKnight Oh they knew it alright why destroy H2O2 plant and then what ever it had already made Spent a lot to do it too They knew German had the know how they just did not have the where=with-all to do so after H2O2 gone.

[@fredbays]

Me see flic Not yet I dont pay to watch flics when it comes out for free then

[@mobilegames3369]

Hello tik, I’m just getting into the eastern front and ww2 in general and I was wondering what books you would recommend?

[@TheImperatorKnight]

For Eastern Front, I'd say start with Fritz's "Ostkrieg", then followed by David Glantz's "When Titan's Clashed". Anything by Glantz is usually good if you enjoy his in-depth style of history, but some people prefer a general narrative, which is why I've suggested Fritz first.

[@milosmevzelj5205]

you can find that in his past videos.

[@mobilegames3369]

@@TheImperatorKnightthank you

[@mobilegames3369]

@@TheImperatorKnighthello again tik, I ordered the book you recommended on ww2. On a. Unrelated note I would consider myself a voluntaryist and anarcho capitalist (although I’m not a big fan of the term as it has negative connotations) and I was wondering what books you think would be good recommended reading for this topic as I’m finding it hard to locate credible and coherent literature on the topic. Thank you again and have a good day

[@Beezard1977]

This is a great one. Thank you.

[@vorynrosethorn903]

I seriously recommend the recent stream on CIA involvement in culture during the cold war by Academic Agent (here on youtube) to understand how the narrative shifted, it was deliberate policy and some important figures were involved. Also it reveals a faction so far hidden to your analysis, the American backed leftists, it wasn't just the Soviets who deployed such people. If you are going to continue research into ideology this is important information to factor in.

[@fredbays]

yes our world was shaped by those bustajds in the CIA expose them for the asjholes they were and still are

[@istandwithisraeI]

Man of the year isn’t based on being the best moral man it’s about being powerful and influential

[@insideoutsideupsidedown2218]

Like a criminal in commission of a felony …..

[@5ve1e79]

Like someone stealing billions in assets from Normal people then you get away with it. Bcz you know ppl of the same religion..

[@wyattgeorge9696]

It doesn't seem like it's good for society to feature evil people on the cover of a magazine. It's like how the news overreporting on school shootings inspires other school shooters so that they can get a lot of attention

[@istandwithisraeI]

@@5ve1e79 I don’t even know what you are talking about

[@istandwithisraeI]

@@insideoutsideupsidedown2218 a criminal isn’t influential

[@sebastiantv2855]

Great Video!

[@Alexander-xk2nb]

You are a treasure. I love the depth and objectivity!