Why Monarchies disappeared: Americas, Europe

With the help of the Enlightenment, World War I and the Colonialism the kings and emperors of the Earth have vanished. In this video you'll learn why Sweden has a king and Romania has not.
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March of the Spoons Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@MrRemicas]

Hungary after WW1, a kingdom with no king, ruled by an admiral with no fleet.

[@TribuneAquila]

*Karl Donitz shifts uncomfortably*

[@beszmi]

good

[@andraslibal]

Hungary had a legitimate monarch, the Habsburgs but they were forbidden from ruling after WW1 by the Allies. Also it had a legit fleet in WW1 but as you can see at 4:50 the Allies cut off all sea access when they took 2/3 of its territory. So admiral Horthy was legit too it fought the Italians in WW1 in the Adriatic. Not that unsuccessfully.

[@soysquid4312]

@@andraslibal not that much of being reported on history books tho, since most of the fight were disputed between the alps.

[@soysquid4312]

@Coelophysis That's a goddam nice quote, gonna borrow that.

[@christiangaming-fy6rv]

Monarchy support is 20% in Germany. MUST.RESTORE.GEORG FREDERICH

[@pqbdwmnu]

Restore the Kaiserreich

[@italiangarbageposting]

jesus are you serious? 20% that's a lot

[@pascal_2121]

@@italiangarbageposting support for constitutional monarchy so dont worry lol

[@italiangarbageposting]

@@pascal_2121 doesn't matter, still a monarchy

[@Retardeano]

Nobody really knows the actual number. It varies from 10-40%. But yea there's a lot of us who want the Prussian emperor back.

[@nickrunyon1129]

Absolute monarchs in Austria, Prussia , and Russia loved the enlightenment, it was only after the french revolution shocked europe that they shut it down

[@jsaba3521]

Nick 303 The original Wilhelm Of Prussia ( not the Bismarck-Ditching idiot in your profile pic) and Peter The Great Of Russia kinda morphed and bastardised the enlightenment, Wilhelm to the greater level, and I’m pretty sure Voltaire hated the Revolution

[@viorelviorel2324]

Bismarck was going to die sometimes you people know that and his so called peace was not going to hold russia and france were getting closer and a war was planed to check germany power first second that idiot in his profile saved the lives of working factory men that were on strike when your hero bismarck wanted to send the army to gun them down

[@newingvaeona8907]

Jaun Jaffery Voltaire wasn’t alive during the revolution and unstable Wilhelm ii started a war that killed almost 30 million simply because of his hormonal hatred for England. In fact Hindenburg ran the country for most of the war.

[@viorelviorel2324]

> Wilhelm ii started a war that killed almost 30 million simply because of his hormonal hatred for England ever word is wrong maybe you should open a book mate stop reading english propaganda (he started and he a hater) not only wilhelm tried his best to stop the war you can see the letters with his cousin the tsar second he did not hate england in fact he loved it and wanted to be equal to it (fair is fair since germany was set to surpass britain) he maybe hated his mom who was a cunt who put a young boy to basically torture to "fix him"

[@arthurg.calixto3338]

He refused to bomb London so he did not hurt the royal family,that is true.

[@pqbdwmnu]

I can’t tell because it’s so small, but Liechtenstein better be on that map

[@stung39]

Poor Liechtenstein it is like out baby

[@peterlonergan]

Why?

[@blackhokage1744]

😆😆😆

[@benhaley9811]

Wow! The entire population of Lichtenstein liked that comment

[@rovstam7989]

@@benhaley9811 Thats not even a country

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

3:52 Actually, after the fall of Napoleon III, royalists became a majority in the new French Assembly. The offered the throne to a Bourbon pretender Henry, Count of Chambord, but never became King because he wanted France to change its flag back to the way it was when the Bourbon's ruled. The assembly said no, he refused to drop the issue, so he never got to be King. The assembly decided to play the long game and what for him to die, and then offer the throne to another candidate, but by the time Henri died, the Republic became the popular system.

[@gabrielheraud41]

It failed mostly because monarchists couln't chose between a Bourbon or a Orléans

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

Pipsy Nope. Both the Legitimists and Orléanists agreed to support Henry, Count of Chambord, the legitimist pretender to the French Throne on the condition that he would be succeeded by the Orleanist pretender because Henry had no children.

[@YT911YT]

Imagine the year is 1795 and Geroge III is beheaded and a republic is made for like 2 years then a Guy named William Pitt the Elder makes Himself Emperor for 5 years then gets beaten up by Hungary then his son William Pitt the younger is made monarch for 10 days,then George IV is made Monarch for 8 years then dies then his Brother William IV is made Monarch for 5 years then abdicated and makes his Brother Edward Monarch for 5 minutes then his niece Victoria is made Monarch for 3 days then they make Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover monarch for 5 years then he abdicated on his son George V Of Hanover and ruled for 1 day then they make William Pitt president for 2 years then emperor for 13 years then loses a war agianish Sweden then They say Victoria to be made Monarch Agian then she says she won't and wants a Black and white Flag and they end the Monarchy and make a republic Bruh. Elizabeth II : Legitimate Prince Ernst August of Hanover : Hanovers ( i orniginaly wrote Orlienslist lol/Edit2) Neil Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery : Pitts

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

@@YT911YT Sorry to piss on you but there aren’t any living male-line descendants of the Pitt Prime Ministers or the rest of the family

[@YT911YT]

@@Edmonton-of2ec what about female lines

[@AEIOU05]

The enlightenment wasn't really against monarchy, Voltaire even said a King is necessary for an enlightened state

[@jsaba3521]

Make Austria great again An enlightened despot is very unreliable and doesn’t always give the results needed, you should read about Voltaire’s drama with King Wilhelm Of Prussia who was basically a super fan

[@AEIOU05]

Still, the enlightenment didn't really promote republicanism, it promoted freedom of though, self-determination and reason. It questioned the old values yes, but it tried to reform and not abolish them.

[@RomainM-rv5rw]

Voltaire said it because he didn't want that Frederic II kick him from the palace where he lived. He was an opportunist and one of the evilest people of his time. And The enlightenment was clearly against Monarchy, just read "Du Contral Social" from Rousseau. It was the worst thing that could happened to Europe, it led to French revolution, at least 3 millions of deads.

[@yoda34556]

But philosophers of the enlightment wanted democracies, for example Jean-Jaque Rousseau.

[@simaopereira3697]

Rosseau never said that Democracies are better than Republics. He said that the best form of goverment depends from state to sate. Keep in mid that in that time the concepts of "Republic", "Monarchy" and "Deocracy" were difrent.

[@Jessie_Helms]

“Rome fell into obscurity” *every historian in the world gasps at once*

[@gunarsmiezis9321]

Just as the west is now.

[@Jessie_Helms]

guntars mierins that’s not only a false statement, it’s fundamentally flawed. Greece was a nation[s], Rome was a nation, the Khans had nations. “The West” is a group of cultures in multiple nations across 2 continents. “The west” falling is the equivalent of saying “the east” will fall.

[@mrsupremegascon]

@@Jessie_Helms We can see Ancient Rome and Greece as civilizations, where nations within them are part of it. The West is a civilization, that encompass all of the cultural European descent nations. We can say that the "Western civilization" will fall. Although, especially in 2023, it's a really not the case. Western civilization was never so wide spread worldwide. If anything, the world became Westernized, like Europe became Romanized even long after Rome fell.

[@outerspace7391]

Something noteworthy by the way. Due to instability, Spain, Albania and Greece briefly turned into republics and then returned into monarchies during the interwar period. Also, the Netherlands has been working the opposite way, because they always used to be a republic but became a monarchy after the napoleonic wars.

[@arunmusunuri9276]

Today Spain has constitutional monarchy

[@Ludovicus1769]

The Netherlands basically functioned as a monarchy, even while a Republic.

[@ProductofWit]

The Dutch had a republic for two centuries then became a monarchy.

[@DaDARKPass]

well...

[@ComradeHellas]

They were not exactly a modern Democracy, their position of Stadtholder invited the Monarchy to return when they faced their period of crisis.

[@gabrielheraud41]

@@ComradeHellas he didn't say the Netherlands were a democracy, he said it was a republic, two very different concepts

[@DaDARKPass]

@@gabrielheraud41 This might still be the dumbest thing people say. A republic is just a type of democracy, NOTHING ELSE!

[@gabrielheraud41]

@@DaDARKPass no it's not, even though in theory the leaders of a republic are always elected, that doesn't mean it's a democracy, the election system is part of the definition of a democracy but there are more conditions for a system to be democratic than that. Venice was a republic but not a democracy, the Netherlands were a republic but not a democracy, nowadays China is a republic but not a democracy.

[@arandombard1197]

Technology is ultimately why monarchies disappeared. The three main inventions that did it: printing press, firearms and free market capitalism. 1) Printing press. Originally, only the powerful elite learned to read and could afford books. With the arrival of the printing press, books became widespread and so did the ability to read. This meant that knowledge and information was no longer restricted to the upper classes. Basic disciplines like mathematics, economics, logistics, propaganda were no longer solely in the hands of the nobility. Now the working classes could write books, leaflets and pamphlets that represented THEIR interests from THEIR perpsective. 2) Firearms. The early feudal system came about through martial capabilities. The nobles were also the warrior class. They had the best training, the best equipment, the martial knowledge. When a neighbouring country wanted to rape and pillage you, somebody had to organise the men to fight back. Those people were the nobility. With the arrival of more and more effective firearms, a few thousand peasants could be trained in 6 months to become high quality soldiers. Power was no longer held by the guy who had the most elite cavalry. It becomes a numbers game, which meant that the majority had the power. 3) Modern capitalism. A noble was an individual who had power through their control of the land. This land then generated wealth and resources. But now, a single guy with a building could produce thousands of cars a year. A 'commoner' could obtain tremendous wealth and with it power and status. Instead of status creating wealth, wealth created status. This was the final nail in the coffin forh the nobility. You may have noticed all three of these technologies were things that diluted power or made it more accessible by the masses. A king held power by delegating it to nobles. Those nobles in turn used their power to recognise that person as king. Some kings were powerful and their rule unquestioned, while other kings were weak and basically puppets. But it was always a symbiotic relationship. With the collapse of the nobility, kings found their power eroded. Professional standing armies replaced a king's need to muster forces. The monarchy continued for a while but then eventually people started to have the epiphany "wait...what exactly does the king do?" Even the French Revolution kept their king around for a little while because the idea of just abolishing the monarchy was a crazy idea at the time.

[@wilsontheknight]

I love the Star Wars references 😂

[@ZUMTEZ]

I laughed when I saw the Palpatine pic lmao

[@Eastory]

I am a total noob at making and promoting KZbin videos, so if can give me advice where to look for an audience, then it would be appreciated!

[@adamor]

Its super good content and you aren't animating the full video which will help you produce content faster. Just a tip it may be helpful to include sources in the description as history videos will usually end up being questioned. You can try promoting on reddit by just posting videos there to /r/mealtimevideos, /r/curiousvideos and /r/videos (but /r/videos is by far the largest and promoting there is a bit random if you get noticed or not) that was how I found you but I am sure there are other ways. If start to grow a bit it may be a good idea to have some form of social media presence i.e twitter and use viewer interaction from things like video suggestions to not only help your decide on what you want to make but also help foster a community. In general if you keep up with making high quality content at a consistent pace your audience will grow. Good Luck!

[@Eastory]

Thanks for the advice, I'll try out the /r/mealtimevideos and will be putting sources in the description for future videos.

[@uziloka]

Just promote brazilian history, the monarch time is a good start.

[@xbox_cheeto5338]

0:03 not to mention most there arent even real monarchies but rather just "for show" lol (which you do say later on). Also why isnt the rest of the commonwealth shown like Canada which is blank here? Ya its in the commonwealth but its still a monarchy technically.

[@nonameisaname8480]

It’s a constitutional monarchy

[@rolebo1]

vatican city though. its king has full control.

[@xbox_cheeto5338]

Vatican is more like a theocracy, not a normal monarchy. There are mixes of theocracy and monarchy, but the Vatican is more like a true "pure" theocracy. At the least you could call it an elective theocracy (elective theocratic monarchy?)

[@xbox_cheeto5338]

Perhaps, but also a theocracy. A normal elective monarchy would be different as it is secular (and even minimal legitimacy made by saying your were voted in by god's will or something that they usually did would still not make it religious as they were not holding a religious office and that was not their main focus, etc)

[@charlesramirez587]

Well monarchies you must be born into (unless you refer to the original rule of one), generally the Catholic church takes it's popes from dedicated bishops and priests and are elected through the cardinals. It is a complete theocracy, even papal infallibility is limited and the pope can't do everything he wants and can be challenged. this has happened before and even without anti-popes.

[@Macner]

Monarchy isnt supposed to be only hereditary, look at the early HRE, The Prince Electors picked a king.

[@GandalfGreyhame]

Yep it was pretty common to elect a new king when the old one died. I know that Poland-Lithuania did it as well as Sweden during the Middle ages

[@10gamer64]

@@GandalfGreyhame And Vatican city

[@YT911YT]

@@10gamer64 Andorra as well

[@Mars_junior]

Your animation is by far my favorite among history channels

[@itskozy7618]

This is good man... I feel sorry that you don't have more views

[@veryinactiveukmapping]

Nice vid! I'm your 60th subscriber, btw.

[@Eastory]

Thanks! I guess, I'll have to speed up making new videos!

[@veryinactiveukmapping]

No problem!

[@mariasirona1622]

4:44 Finland had autonomy within Russia and has been a republic since 1907. Also, in 1918 Finland was technically a kingdom with a german king... The modern Republic of Finland was only established in 1919!

[@jrherita]

Please keep these awesome videos coming!

[@sebastianraduschmotz9499]

Nice work, nice accent, nice and simple illustrations and no over the top political messages. Charming :)

[@mederickv4780]

2:00 New France never had independence

[@roinymphornithorynque3282]

Of course it got invaded before and wasn't even much populated

[@lmaozedong6364]

It’s amazing how good you are at Microsoft paint

[@fangbiangongjiang4004]

A very visually stimulating and informative video of the world history of monarchies and republics.

[@sovietroll7880]

Your channel remind me of History Scope. Keep it up, I like this kind of history content

[@Kalleosini]

When a country finally stopped being a kingdom or changing between kingdom/republic. You forgot to say "so far" just like Rome was a republic for centuries and turned into autocratic empire, so can a modern republic turn into a dictatorship. Think of Germany before Hitler, they had a democracy but turned into a dictatorship.

[@catch_me_if_you_can6596]

Ebon Hawk the dictatorship is also a democracy

[@bobbyb2506]

they had a pretty unstable and enforced democracy in the weimar republic.

[@miguelpadeiro762]

You can't compare a bronze age republic-> empire transition to a modern republic-> empire, with lots of human rights organizations nowdays if a country tried to become an absolute monarchy it wouldn't last long

[@comicbutserious263]

Mr. Karl McYoda Not really, if any nuclear power wanted to be a monarchy no one would intervene probably as long as they aren’t too hungry for war

[@steffengustavsen9678]

Germany had a monarchy stupid.

[@MijnAfspeellijst1234]

Nice video. But the Netherlands has one of the most stable republics in the world. The monarch is still the head of state, but has been losing power after 1600 century if I am not mistaken. It's complex but you could have atleast mentioned the Netherlands.

[@Ciscogrande]

It happens the same in Spain, Denmark, Belgium, UK, Sweden, Norway... Monarchs have no power, they just represent the country.

[@fookinboi2194]

spain did have a fascist monarch tho

[@Ciscogrande]

And so did every other country. My point is, nowadays, all of them are Parliamentary Monarchies.

[@fookinboi2194]

PIJUS MAGNIFICUS not really

[@LucasRodmo]

Netherlands are a monarchy, but democratic. Isn't a republic because it's a monarchy, it's that simple. Isn't about power, as you saw in the video

[@Mandemon1990]

Minor correction: Difference between Monarchy and Republic is that in Monarchy, leadership is a hereditary title, while in Republic leader is elective. That's the main difference. You get different types of republics based on how often elections are held and how much power these elected leaders hold... just like with Monarchy (Elective Monarchy was a thing in HRE...)

[@u235u235u235]

a republic doesn't have to be a democracy. republic just means leadership isn't through family succession (monarchy) you can have democracy republic, communist republics, dictator republics, etc.

[@antoni0482]

Like my country (Spain).We have a king ,but he only represents our country

[@melvinherkel]

Same in Sweden

[@FogoBr]

I hope Brazil would be a empire again, Dom Pedro II was a great leader

[@grimaldus1523]

@John McCrindle America, Russia and China are Empires.

[@theworldoverheavan560]

@@grimaldus1523 no

[@grimaldus1523]

@@theworldoverheavan560 Yes

[@thehumanoddity]

@@grimaldus1523 No.

[@grimaldus1523]

@@thehumanoddity How are they not Empires? They have hundreds of ethnic groups in them, they are massive and multi cultural, they are very centralized, especially China.

[@fangbiangongjiang4004]

One of the key differences between a monarchy and a republic is that in a monarchy, the headpersons inherit rulership by natural birthright, whereas in a republic, and in a democracy, the headpersons are elected into leadership by voting citizens.

[@vinifalleroliveira]

0:39 Oh, that reference!!

[@smallmouse1128]

Nice video!

[@joshdoz9234]

France: *Is in Debt* Marie Antoinette: "Hold my Cake"

[@izukawa8575]

Brazilian monarchy lasted much more. I think we became a republic only in 1889. In 1822, like we see in this video, was the Brazilian independence from Portugal.

[@RiceaFashionBossXPD]

"I think we became a republic only in 1889." U can't think, this is the true lol.

[@phil..rubi123]

Very interesting channel! Love you're accent! Where are you from?

[@eksiarvamus]

It's an Estonian accent.

[@ZioStalin]

0:24 Nope, there are (were) elective monarchies as well, and there are "hereditary dictatorial republics". The difference is not in the means of succession, but in the motivation of the power. In a republic (res publica) the people are sovereign and the leadership governs on their behalf. In monarchies the people are subjects and the sovereign is the direct owner of the land.

[@talete7712]

There are still elective monarchies in the world, like Andorra and Vatican city

[@ZioStalin]

​@@talete7712 Right about Andorra! But the Holy See is a theocracy.

[@bbenjoe]

People prefer republic where they've the (illusion of) power.

[@revolutionariesoffreedom2374]

indeed because people don't have power under absolute monarchy.... at least in a republic we can pretend to have the power, we the people !

[@bgcvetan]

Totaly worth watching.

[@risingtom8633]

Besides inherital monarchies, there have also been electional monarchies, like the Holy Roman Empire after the "Goldene Bulle" of 1356 as an usurpation of power by (in this case) 7, later 9 rulers.

[@Lee-qj6uz]

0:23 John votes for Ben (his opponent) in his own campaign

[@cheese9065]

0:39 loved the monty python reference

[@lowrider3913]

hey eastory, theres a number-typo in the video. at 2:57 you can see that one of the islands' population is 3,500000. just thought that you should know :)

[@radking9854]

Russia: *kills the zsar and says workers rise up* King of Denmark: oh shit *creates a state where he is still king*

[@savagedarksider5934]

Sovi Soulja Russia replaced A monarchist with A another monarchist.

[@alexekelmans1945]

You forgot the Dutch Republic, that ruled from 1578 to 1799.

[@jsaba3521]

Alex Ekelmans He literally said no on off monarchies and republics

[@rolebo1]

Jaun Jaffery and the netherlands started as a republic and became a monarchy later. so still worth mentioning

[@jsaba3521]

rolebo1 The Netherlands establishment had seen that it didn’t have a proper dynasty so it had to have been a republic, or at least, not a monarchy, in fact, I think it’s only pretty sad it’s republic fell, quite the opposite of how many monarchies fell to republics.

[@jsaba3521]

roye gabrialy And it was on off, no matter how long it was first a republic and then a monarchy, which it sorta is as it has a ruling family

[@Alphathon]

There are several long-lived European republics that weren't mentioned. Examples that come to mind are the Mediterranean merchant republics of Amalfi, Ancona, Gaeta, Genoa, Noli, Pisa, Ragusa and Venice, as well as a few others such as Novgorod. However, these weren't much like what we'd call a republic today. The Dutch Republic may have been called a republic, but it was for the most part a _de facto_ hereditary monarchy under the house of Orange-Nassau (albeit one with less power than other European monarchies, sort-of like a constitutional monarchy). Similarly, the "Most Serene Republic" of Venice was a _de facto_ elective monarchy. Genoa at least had term limits from the 16th century, although it was still an oligarchy. That said, "republic" doesn't necessarily have to mean a democratic state (hence the numerous "republican" dictatorships and one-party states) and the description used in the video is, let's say, somewhat lacking.

[@aquaseena5030]

The video should have acknowledged that a Republic does not always mean democracy. A republic is just a country which is ruled by a set of laws, ie a Constitution.

[@KingAgniKai]

Liked and subscribed

[@chrishall2594]

Good video. Can all be over simplified to say that because of the vast geographical distance between the new world and old and lack of quick fellowship between the two, independent minded nation's arose, and after the victory, or rather, enduring of the USA, it proved to the world that freedom can work, and once France took notice, all of Europe took notice.

[@bbenjoe]

I wonder in which countries the monarchy will be restored some day. My candidates are Montenegro, Serbia, Burundi and Georgia. Not too likely but they have more chance than the rest.

[@tearai7631]

Romania, Bulgaria and Iran too

[@chairmanmoe5372]

Ireland became a Republic in 1937. We changed our name to the republic of ireland in 1949 as our former leader had refused to call us a Republic until we were a united 32 county Republic but when he left office the next leader realised that wouldn't happen any time soon and thus declared us The Republic Of Ireland.

[@_Ryano]

Hi fellow irishman

[@ladydragon7777]

And Ireland as all countries are still ruled by monarchs,kings/president/pm Lords and ladies/Congressman,senators,Parliaments Surfs,peasants/people. There is no such thing as democracy or republic. All countries are ruled over by a monarchy just the names have changed nothing else has.

[@ladydragon7777]

The rich still rule over the peasants/people and Always will that will never change unless all forms of government are banished,outlawed and destroyed. As long as there is a government The peasants/surf's/people will always be ruled over opressed by the rich and wealthy.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

It's actually unclear when exactly Ireland became a republic. Here's proof:en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_state_of_Ireland_(1936_to_1949)

[@ComradeHellas]

@@ladydragon7777 You aren't wrong but I am not that pessimistic.

[@franbalcal]

Loved the video but when you showed the years where the south american nations gained independence, the map is anachronistic, those were not borders at the time of independence. It was disappointing as the maps for north america and Europe seemed to have accurate borders for the time periods mentioned. Also you kinda forgot about the Falkland Islands (and Bermuda and St Pierre and Miquelon but i am just being petty).

[@leonardodavid2842]

In Italy: Savoy a kingdom. Venice was a republic (the oldest until it's fall, first being Rome and today's oldest being San Marino ). Milan was a monarchy, which switched to republic before being conquered. Genoa was a republic. Lucca was a republic. Modena and Ferrara kingdoms. Tuscany was a republic. In which 80% of the time the same family got elected? Siena a republic (the most advanced actually) The papal state was a papacy. Elected king for life? Urbino kingdom. Naples, Sicily and Sardinia all monarchies. The knights of Malta a sort of republic it's short span. This are all the nation state that come to me right now during the renaissance in Italy. Other smaller states existed, but they where either subjugated duchies or republic.

[@Crazy-gi9ip]

2:54 there is a typo. It says Puerto Rico has 3,500000 population. It kinda bothered me

[@ryantheroman4331]

Crazy Muzik but it does have 3,500,000

[@m.w.6526]

cry about it

[@Deathstrider]

I mean Monarchy hasn't disappeared but there Power and involvement has disappeared. I like this video though it was quite nice!

[@pascalkane3272]

Nice vids

[@Gummibaerchen234]

love the star wars refrences

[@rasplez9889]

There's a beautiful scene from the danish TV series 1864 where the danish Kings advisors talk about Europe turning on the monarchies, and how England, Germany, Scandinavia, and a few others managed to survive by appeasing the people. Going to war when they supported it, elective monarchies, charity etc. This was also in a very tense time when Marxism was on a rapid growth, many South American and other nations were gaining independence from colonial empires such as Spain, and a steady rise in individualism and the bourgeoisie, where people were no longer peasants, but people in their own right. It was increasingly difficult to recruit people into the military that suddenly realised what war actually was, and that there's no glory or wealth to be found in it beyond staying at home and caring for yourself and your family. You no longer cared for whoever was ruling the country, as long as they didn't ship you off to die in a pointless war to line their own pockets. Funnily enough, a german character in the show also has a bit of exposition on Marxism and how the Danes are their brothers, not their enemies. That they are fighting the same war for the same reasons, just on different sides. It's also the realisation and development of humanism along with ideological thought that allowed people to be independent of any social class and decide for themselves who to support and who not to. With the ruler not able to stomp out opposition like they used to centuries ago, it forced them even more to be on their best behavior and made the political climate even more tense. More laws were put in place to protect the people, emergency and civil services like a police force, large investment into schools and education, and the mass publication and printing of written media (I'd hate to bring up Marx a second time). It's remarkable that so many monarchies survived to the 20th century, well before the first world war and when individual thought really started to swing into top gear.

[@MenschMair]

I didn't dissapear

[@christiangaming-fy6rv]

Neither did I

[@nattanosinging1978]

I want more english subtitle. and content is very good.

[@robertshuxley]

new subscriber here, what's that accent?

[@Eastory]

Estonian :)

[@Burner.Account..]

I like how your channel name is only a pun when it's spoken in your accent

[@Tantibus9]

0:26 John didn't even vote for himself and still won, what a chad

[@hypeninja4786]

The Map: "China and N. Korea are Republics" Me: *_BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA_*

[@don-jx2xn]

Hype Ninja technically they are republics

[@catsarekeytoawar]

Hype Ninja they are technically republics

[@like31000]

they are a republic in theory but not in practice, just like communism

[@sorcererberoll4641]

Hype Ninja only in name my friend only in name

[@matthewhemmings2464]

Hype Ninja I think its important not to mistake Republic and democracy. Totally different concepts.

[@szymondedek2240]

Thank you so much

[@martonk]

Great video and thx for the hungarian reference!

[@Frahamen]

Last week I was in two monarchies: a kingdom and a grand duchy!

[@thethirdsicily4802]

Belgium and Luxembourg I'd assume?

[@ItzSadu]

Are you Estonian? You have an Estonian accent.

[@sergiobosque7416]

It is worth mentioning that countries such as spain are monarchies in name only. A monarchy is a place where one 'mono' has the power. In Spain, the literal first article of the constitution states that spanish sovereignty resides in its people. That is why the throne in Madrid is always empty, and that is why the king never wears the crown (also because it is too big, he could sit in it).

[@Kasper3443]

underrated video

[@LetsGoGetThem]

Monarchies disappeared because of the presence of a ruling class aside from the mercantile class to represent the people meddled in their business too much. Far too easier to rule their subjects directly.

[@darklibertario5001]

We brazilian want our monarchy back! Avé Império.

[@will7816]

🤣🤣🤣

[@bebedor_de_cafe3272]

Ave

[@revolutionariesoffreedom2374]

eww dictator

[@darklibertario5001]

@@revolutionariesoffreedom2374 Monarchy in Brazil guaranteed much more individual rights and freedom than any of the Republican states that existed after that (many of which were dictatorships)

[@revolutionariesoffreedom2374]

@@darklibertario5001 no one cares what it guaranteed… having freedom and believing on it are 2 different things! For example the only way to believe in freedom is to believe in those who proclaimed themselves to be the defenders of liberty, and these countries were republics! (USA and France) ! So everyone must be submitted to American and French Revolutions and their ideals!

[@chadibn-based2803]

Thank you

[@klobiforpresident2254]

0:02 Classic Switzerland!

[@Blade57331]

The only absolute monarchy left in Europe - Liechtenstein The One of the most richest countries in the world, also being tax haven.

[@happifty2534]

Blade57331 what about the vatican

[@felipedesaxe-coburgogotha7669]

They are a democracy and also have a constitution, the people choose how much power the Prince has

[@Blade57331]

@Justin Y. History show otherwise. Monarchy dominated through thousand of years in both big and small countries. Edit: Hell, China is kind of monarchy in practise.

[@youngarchivest9092]

Restore the monarchy!

[@jokuvaan5175]

Young Archivest. Yea. Because everyone wants to become pawns in monarchs' games.

[@iuliusconstantcornelio2018]

Young Archivest WISE WORDS MY FRIEND !

[@crusadinalldaylong5591]

Jami Rahkonen at least we would know who really rules over us. I miss the time of the Habsburgs

[@jarogniewtheconqueror2804]

Young Archivest, sure and become a pleb that is a great life

[@m.w.6526]

Install a Workers' State

[@Alec11_43]

A lot of countries ended up as republics since by the time they gained independence from another country in more modern times, they felt no need to make themselves a new or restore an old monarchy.

[@plinkbottle]

More eastory more eastory

[@fritzman6483]

Because its easier to give people the false sense of liberty and choice

[@theusa4052]

0:04 So North Korea is a republic

[@genericmanchild]

supreme leader kim jong un does not need votes as everyone believes he is the best leader (insert north korean anthem here)

[@SoooooWhatt]

In a nominal sense, yes? The "Democratic People's _Republic_ of Korea", apparently. However, some call it a practical absolute monarchy due to most of the power in North Korean politics being centered on the descendants of their first leader. Depending on who you ask, it can be either one, or a dictatorship that falls under neither category. Either way, one thing most free men can agree on is this: if it's a Republic, it's not the "People's" kind of republic, nor is it "Democratic", for North Korea lacks the opposition candidates that define a democracy.

[@kosiak10851]

It is People's republic which means democracy unlike your capitalists republic which is rule by minority

[@theusa4052]

kosiak10851 and we found the 13 year old communist lover on KZbin.

[@kosiak10851]

@@theusa4052 I know that in your beloved zombieland USA there re no adult communists. You are just a tiny fraction of the world.

[@bbenjoe]

By the way, Spain is pretty much missing. In 1873 the monarchy was abolished, but after the failure of successive governments, it was restored by the end of the next year. In 1931, after disastrous election results, king Alfonso XIII left the country and a republic was declared. Soon civil war broke out which ended in 1939, with the victory of general Franco. In 1947 Franco declared the restoration of the monarchy, but he remained in power. Nevertheless he had the late king's grandson, Juan Carlos, tutored to be his heir as king. In 1975 Franco died, and Juan Carlos was indeed declared king. However he defying francoist expectations , he chose democracy and gave up most of his power with the constitution of 1977.

[@DanRyzESPUK]

Spain has had two attempts to become a Republic: 1873 and 1931. The first one lasted a year (a military coup brought it down) and the second one lasted 5 years, the military made a failed coup that became civil war for 3 years and devastated the country. In both cases we left the royal family go,band they came back. I wonder what should be done in case of a III Republic...

[@Wanderer628]

And yet despite this six out of the top ten countries in the world in terms of overall freedoms are constitutional monarchies, as judged by the US based Cato institute. The USA comes in 17th lol.

[@jokuvaan5175]

Wanderer628. Monarchs don't really have any any actual power in those countries so you can't really thank them for that freedom. The president of USA has more power than those six monarchs combined.

[@blue_pingu]

Mirogod how so?

[@Wanderer628]

The common factor of those countries is that they are all constitutional monarchies, otherwise they share little economically or culturally. You can dismiss facts all you want, that doesn't change them.

[@emanuelmax944]

Brazil Empire will rise again

[@miguelpadeiro762]

O brazil está a ter muitas greves ultimamente, existem muitos criminais e a pobreza tambem é um problema grave, uma monarquia não ajudaria mas iria piorar esses problemas

[@profeagle2470]

Conquering a part of paraguay with 100 other nations doesnt make you an empire

[@profeagle2470]

@Alyson Loubet my bad then, i thought empire was a consecutive country that governs multiple cultures like the mongols or ottomans.

[@otisludwig1277]

@Alyson Loubet eu prefiro uma parlamentarista igual a da época de Dom Pedro II

[@otisludwig1277]

@Alyson LoubetKKK foi mal falha minha

[@luisdaa]

I’m from the the State of Jalisco in Mexico. Before independence from Spain, my state (together with three more neighboring states) used to be called Kingdom of New Galicia. Making reference to the modern region of Galicia in Spain. It wasn’t an independent kingdom. It was a highly autonomous kingdom that formed part of New Spain.

[@nibbanibba7202]

You dare stand in the way of the restoration of the Aztec empire!?! You are a traitor, so you will be brought to justice. Those Spaniards should’ve kept their filthy hands off of my hemisphere! I’ll assume the Aztec crown after I conquer Mexico and expel all other races including you damned mestizos! You cowards, bear this in mind, that if I ever succeed I will be coming after you!!

[@omniscience9631]

We went from 180 day holidays per year to 6 days per year and only after a whole year of work.

[@rubisco9190]

*China* "republic" *Russia* "republic"

[@lehatikhonov]

There is no thing such Russian republic. There is Russian Federation instead

[@rubisco9190]

Alexey Tikhonov I never mentioned Russia being a republic

[@kylethechicken]

Rubisco I don’t like the over simplifying but they are Republics it’s just that in China it’s high officials who vote well I guess not anymore after recently. Russia is controlled by oligarchs which is kinda a republic might change soon with all the liberal movements, a liberal doing something good hell of a world. Wow I can’t believe I really just wrote out a reply to a random KZbin comment and it’s stuff you probably know I gotta rethink what I’m doing here

[@adamcollins1551]

"where all of the submarine crew members got a chance to vote." Nope; just the captain, first mate, and political adviser.

[@hetenyiandras7914]

They're tyrannical republics. Being a republic and being a democracy is completely independent from each other. There are: democratic monarchies (UK or Japan) democratic republics (the USA or Germany) tyrannical monarchies (Saudi Arabia or Vatican) tyrannical republics (North Korea or Cuba) The sentiment that the usa is not a democracy, but a republic, is a false one (I think this is why you made this mistake). Being a republic means, that a country does not have a monarch, who is (by divine right) the sole source of law. It means that law comes because it is needed for the community, it is a public affair, or res publica in Latin. Being a democracy means that power is invested in the people, they are instrumental in the direction of the state, either because they elect the policy makers or because the themself are the policy makers. Tyranny means that power is hold a single person (and/or a small group) who can act independently form the will of the people. In a representative democracies (like the usa or any other current democracy with the exception of the Swiss) the will of the people is enforced by the fact that officials could and will be ousted, should they not do what the people expect from them. Russia an China are republics, because they don't have monarchs, but they are not democracies, because power is invested in comrade Putin and Xi Jinping. Ofcourse with a small "aristocracy" of oligarchs and party officials. And yes I know that Russia is not the ussr, but there is no real difference in the power structure between the two.

[@katlicks]

It sounds almost less like Monarchies are dead, and more so the world has lurched into a republic age. Though with all the strains, pains, and people realizing that having no independent identity, along with the corruption of republics to warp them into oligarchs, Monarchies will make a return.

[@tetragrade]

lol no

[@Argantys]

if only

[@JohnDoe-zu2tz]

God I hope not.

[@jokuvaan5175]

Kat Licks. We are currently living the most peaceful period in human history. Why would anyone want to go back to time when monarchs used "their people" to solve their personal problems?

[@katlicks]

"Most peaceful" There's 2 continents where the majority of countries are at war. Europe is only at peace because of external threat One and a 1/2 continents are strangled by cartels and unelected murderers. We're most certainly not peaceful.

[@Daniel.Liddicoat]

0:30 fun fact: the date of time immemorial in English law is the 6th of July 1189. The beginning of king Richard's reign.

[@remkovdb]

the Netherlands started as a republic after their war of independence (1568-1648) and became a monachy in 1815..

[@sakunaritv3433]

this video is being so oversimplistic about such a difficult theme that its mostly wrong on all points except of bare facts... you should try making videos about much smaller topics because seriously you cant just cramp explanation of something that would take hours into a short vid

[@a05odst62]

Still a kingdom, a United Kingdom. 🇬🇧

[@krazykubz]

What about the Polish- Lithuania commonwealths elective monarchy? Would you consider that a republic

[@yomomz3921]

4:13 - "pointlessness" - I see what you did there. Well played. 😉😆

[@autisonm]

Something I've continually thought about is the viability of planet based bureaucratic democracies vs things like monarchies, dictatorships, and minarchies.

[@gunarsmiezis9321]

Absolute monarchie is the best system of govenrnment.

[@malluk7064]

@@gunarsmiezis9321 nope its the worst.

[@gunarsmiezis9321]

@@malluk7064 Oligarchy is the worst.

[@aaronpaul9188]

Vive le Roi. Republics are fleeting. Monarchies will return.

[@fookinboi2194]

I will destroy them

[@greatsageequaltoheaven8115]

via revolution

[@libertyprime3827]

There is literally no sign of Republics running out.

[@dsanalysis5013]

If the only opposition to monarchy is a flake like you, then I think this is promising.

[@fidenemini4413]

3:30 Damn! Mad respect to San Marino

[@KheptlaxaXonu]

Because the concept that one family is just naturally better at ruling is ludicrous.

[@Crashed131963]

I know it's so out dated that it's hard to believe they were in charge just 100 years ago.

[@SerBallister]

Yeah, It's much better to have the general public vote someone in via a popularity contest and have them replaced with someone radically different every 4-8 years.

[@rogofos]

Eceryone loves microsoft paint!

[@heroa6799]

#RestoreTheMonarchy

[@fookinboi2194]

I will be your king, what you don’t want me to? Make up your mind, monarch or democracy you can’t have it both ways

[@stealthboy5767]

#fuckkingsandqueens

[@dsanalysis5013]

No actually. You wont.

[@RandomPerson-me8do]

@@fookinboi2194 Monarchy but every time the monarch uses his power a popular vote is called to approve it or not. There you have it, both ways :)

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

Monarchies remain in: ▪︎ North America ▪︎ Europe ▪︎ West Africa, Africa ▪︎ South Africa, Africa ▪︎ The Arabian Peninsula, Arabia, Asia ▪︎ South-East Asia, Asia ▪︎ Oceania ▪︎ Australia Note: * Pacific Asia included in Oceania. * Caribbean included in Oceania and/or North America. (All Monarchical Pacific Asian countries have parts undisputably in Oceania anyway.)

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

Well done! But, not in all monarchies, the crown is passed down from father to son or daughter. In some monarchies, the crown is sometimes passed over from a brother to brother and some other monarchies such as Malaysia, the monarch is selected by the upper house.

[@lennycam1775]

Monarchy is best

[@rogerguillem3696]

Good one

[@sebastianraduschmotz9499]

Depends on the monarch. A well ruled, absolute dictatorship is even better :) ...but that was a rare thing in history and what are the odds? Successful, absolute rulers also tend to have accidents, illnesses, become mad and corrupt or fall to sudden regime changes ;)

[@ryantheroman4331]

Sebastian Radu Schmotz Parliamentary Monarchies are the greatest

[@heybeter9505]

Sebastian Radu Schmotz yes because the republic experiment is definetly working for latin america am i right ?

[@ryantheroman4331]

chillandgame Especially Brazil, during the Empire things definitely weren’t better than in the republic