@Theshropshireratter your English is still resembling the third worlds interpretation of English. Regardless of whether or not TH-cam deletes my comment. Work on it.
"Rebellions grow in strength over time; the more they're left unchecked. Always act quickly in these instances, otherwise the uprising may capture a region. "
Reading about arab spring made me realize that I don't believe in revolution or rebellion. Rebels can lose like in Syria. Or like in Egypt after throwing away old leader, after less than a year new dictator took power. Or like in Libya state fell after rebells won to the point that there was(is?) open slavery and no state. Only in Tunisia rebells won and state continued and even threre last time I read living conditions haven't really changed for a better.
Donquixote Doflamingo from One Piece has a quote that is as follows "Pirates are evil? The Marines are righteous? These terms have always changed throughout the course of history! Kids who have never seen peace and kids who have never seen war have different values! Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and what's right! This very place is neutral ground! Justice will prevail, you say? But of course it will! Whoever wins this war becomes justice!" A very accurate statement for a lot of things but especially for Rebellion.
Yep. This video was super comprehensive, especially since it was only 28 minutes long. I would only add that "revolt" generally refers to a underclass of some kind overthrowing elites of some kind, while "revolution" usually refers to a complete restructuring of the overall society i.e. the Americans overthrowing British rule versus the Iranian clerics turning their country into a theocracy. However, I think those subtleties are beyond the scope of a video like this, and I think Simon and his team did a fantastic job! Also, did anyone else notice that weird cut between the summaries of the American and French revolutions, where Simon mentioned the American Civil War for a split second and then immediately moved on without changing his inflection? what was up with that?
This is Simon and his team coping hard about their preferred ideologies failures. He would never give lip service to one that would offend him and his.
@ZG-h9s or it could be that Ireland's rebellions are basically completely uninteresting until you hit the 1990's? It is like listening to a sad song on repeat a dozen times and then someone pops in a heavy metal album and turns it up. No one cares about the third play of the sad song, but everyone is asking about the sudden metal.
@@Patson20 ...yeah, that is kind of embarrassing for me. In my defense, I was writing that comment at one in the morning and not exactly thinking straight. I do stand by the general theme of what I said, though. The Apache fought a 400 year long war against the Spanish and then the US, but it isn't really heavily studied because it gets summarized as: "and then the Apache got pushed back." The 500 years of rebellions are not that interesting to anyone not Irish. (My family, funnily enough, is Irish. I'm adopted, so I'm not, but they are part of the diaspora). The most interesting part of Ireland is, to me at least, is the fact England was so terrifyingly incompetent and malicious at managing things.
There is a small nation that stood alone not for one year or two, but for several hundred years against aggression; that endured spoliations, famine, massacres, in endless succession; that was clubbed many times into insensibility, but each time on returning to consciousness took up the fight anew; a small nation that could never be got to accept defeat and has never surrendered her soul?" - Eamon De Valera
I mean, that would be impressive if you don't happen to know how Britain managed Ireland. There really isn't much spirit required to choose "rebellion," when the choices are rebel or die. Like, I can't imagine people were keen on a "Potato Famine: Part II."
It's problematic to use historical precedence because contemporary military and surveillance technology has advanced so much even in the past few decades. Totalitarian regimes have also learned from the mistakes of failed ones. The best way to stop totalitarianism is to not let it start.
Democratic backsliding is pretty prevalent right now. But you're right, fighting against a totalitarian regime is basically impossible now. The only possible way to pull it off is having the military actually on your side
no one who has ever won a revolution concerned themselves with the superiority of the regime. Revolutions are the ultimate popular vote in that if they get enough people of the nation involved and or at the least not supporting the Regime it doesn't matter how much surveillance, tracking or other intelligence measures they have they have as long as the revolution is unified in its purpose. death and fearing for ones life must have long ceased being a concern before joining a revolution.
Most people are just too stupid to understand who they´re voting for. Truth is that there will always be more people with below average inteligence, it´s just how gaussian curve works. Those who understand what is going on around them mostly can´t do anything if they´re not in positions of power. That´s why historically after revolutions, academics and university studnets are the first people who´re silenced, imprisoned or just killed. All of the mentioned is the reason why you can´t just stop totalitatiansim, most of the population simply doesn´t understand what is happeining until it´s too late.
I am missing the Spanish rebellion against Napoleon. This is considered outside of Spain as the Peninsular War, but this is inaccurate. It was a popular uprising against a corrupt puppet government that gave Napoleon his first defeat ever in an open field battle, at the hands of a largely irregular Spanish army led by general Castaños. It was a war of independence. Córdoba is pronounced with emphasis on the first syllable. This is indicated by the accent: ó. Whenever you see the accent on a vocal in a Spanish word, that gives you the information on where to put the emphasis when pronouncing it.
Yes, it was essentially Napoleon's Vietnam war. His hubris leading him into a quagmire of a costly occupation with Guerrilla warfare as well as conventional fighting. The kicker was Joseph Bonaparte fleeing Madrid for his own safety because the Spanish people angrily refused him as their new king, erupting into rebellion.
It is a particularly fascinating motto to me. One that invites deconstruction despite only being three words long. See, choosing the word "dares" is quite unusual because it has some particular connotations. Namely, it leans towards "risk" and "unconventional," as opposed to a word choice like "bold," which might imply brave action, but not necessarily risky. There is a kind of social element to it as well. Like they achieve their goals by doing things no one would imagine anyone would "dare" to do, and so no one is prepared when they actually do it. Probably one of my least favorite mottos, all in all, because once you go this far down the analysis rabbit hole, you start asking: "so... does that mean if I "dare" to, say, level a populated city block to kill a target, I've won?" I write for a living, and spend a lot of my time working in education, so I get that I am way overanalyzing here. But I always do wonder if these shades of meaning actually have an impact on behavior. Funnily enough, it would have less of an impact - working under the presumption it has any all - if it wasn't a group like SAS. I generally find that the smarter someone is, the more likely they are to use a twisted meaning of a motto or phrase to justify something terrible. In other words, your average infanteyman isn't going to bother with the mental gymnastics I had to do to get here - but the more elite the solider, the more likely they are to follow the train of thought. >_
Okay nice list & vid on this relaxing fall Saturday... as usual here on Warfronts. Tbh though, all that talk of clandestine rebel forces banished to the rural jungle in an unending stalemate had me anticipating the notorious FARC revelationary guerillas in present day Colombia, would've been a good one to drop in there, but I'm sure it's hard to get everyone in the making of these... Thanks for putting the work in though, I watch every vid u guys put out! 💯😅😅
The video of the poor japanese journalist in Myanmar in 2007 who was shot and killed in a large street conflict breaks my heart. He was first to die in the conflict. He held onto his camera until the last second. The military killed him.
For a rebellion to succeed, it needs either foreign support or military support. Not a single recorded rebellion in history has succeeded without one or the other, not even the famous ones like the French Revolution, the Soviet Revolution, or the American Revolution.
@@thebiologist8662 not meeting fierce resistance and getting legitimate support from the army to remove the current government are *VERY* different The government was far to petrified at the idea of being captured by such a radical movement that most of them fled before the revolution even succeeded, thus removing any chance at retaining the current leadership. The people put the shah/the guards in that position, not any outside force or enteral sway/betrayal, so your literally wrong by your own standards.
“No revolution can ever succeed as a factor of liberation unless the MEANS used to further it be identical in spirit and tendency with the PURPOSES to be achieved. Revolution is the negation of the existing, a violent protest against man's inhumanity to man with all the thousand and one slaveries it involves.” - Emma Goldman.
I wouldn't fight the government unless I could convince the government to not fight back. Fighting a government is terrifying as can be especially is it's a government full of loyalist.
I would assume you could learn a lot from a country from how they handle this topic with their citizens. It might be interesting to go in depth on that.
Two quotes: one I coined when giving talks on insurgency and another from Mao. 1. Insurgency is politics carried out through violence. 2. The guerrilla is the fish that swims in the sea of the people. You forgot to talk about the fundamental that the usual tooth-to-tail ratio for any military is around 10 to 1. In other words, it takes 10 people to support 1 fighter.
I think at least today, rebellions _are_ like most wars, since most contemporary conflicts are civil wars or foreign interventions into civil wars, whereas traditional state-on-state wars once seemed to have virtually disappeared in the 21st century, which was a large part of what made the Ukraine war so shocking.
He ain't gonna cover everything, and the Intifadas are not very special in the grand scheme of things. And he said he wasn't focusing on political revolutions
Nice overview, but I wish he would have gone deeper in the necessities to ferment rebellion. The middles classes, the keys to power. E.g.: a poor starved isolated population (North Korea) does not have the resources to rise up without significant external support. Successful rebellions are not brought about simply by public discontent.
@@rebelfriend9006 American's were already autonomies for like hundred yers beforehand with strong culture, identity, and industry before the tea was spilt.
I like the statement I read that said,: " Revolutions come from coffeehouse, not bars." I am paraphrasing. But you surely can tell the truth on your own.
While it's only been in war games, I have lead 3 successful rebellions using subterfuge. 😅 The process isn't down to an exact science, but there are several layers of segregated secrecy that I have found to be very effective at manipulating people on both the potential rebellion side and within the tyrannical group at the top. Consequences to a failed rebellion in games don't hold a candle to a failed rebellion in a game setting. However, I would make the argument that the basic psychology of the processes for manipulating people as a shadow leader and ingratiating yourself to the enemies to begin rotting the enemies from the inside should be comparable.
Amongst other examples they managed to shut down the London stock exchange for one day, and also where the catalyst for the truth of HMS Belgrano coming to light
@@dannyquilter8366other way around, donnies fans turned out in normal numbers, no one voted kammy. Unsurprising since they sorta just shoved her into the roll
Rebellion is something no society willingly does or happy to do. But sometimes it gets caught and ruled by the wrong people who take the despair of the people for their own benefits
usually Simon's videos are well researched and it baffles me that they left the Romanian Revolution of 1989 out. It is the only revolution in the entire world where communism was ended by executing the leader
I think the inclusion of the Chechen rebellion is kind of odd; most of the rebellions listed here are nationwide movements, but Chechnya was a regional rebellion by an ethnic group, which I think is something slightly different.
The Arab spring happened because the people in Arab countries were displeased with their poor living standers and the dictatorship regimes, it happened in north African countries like Egypt and Tunisia and Libia and in the middle east like Syria, but in the gulf countries people had a good economy and were wealthy and didn't have a lot to complain about, but there were some movement inside these countries to force the governments to allow more freedom of speech
I like that this comment has 2 replies - one well thought out, explains the situation, and communicates. One's a conspiracy theory. The conspiracy theory had 3 likes, and I was the first one to "like" the very simple, easy to understand, logical, and factually backed explanation. Ffs.
To paraphrase Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence: When citizens are living under a tyrannical government - ''it is their right, and their duty to throw off such Government". - Take that British King George!
Great video. Touched on some major rebel moments throughout history. If any one is looking to learn more about rebel tactics and guerrilla warfare. Read Invisible Armies, by Max Boot. It is a phenomenal historical account of hundreds of rebel movements, victories and losses throughout world history.
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
That's pretty unique to communist/socialist rebellions. For instance the Spanish Civil War led to 70 years of stability. The American revolution led to the world's first super power.
If you’re watching this and considering what it would be like if you participated in rebellion and toppled your government. Consider what it would be like to not be able to watch or read anything after that. Your life is not hard, neither is mine.
Simon forgot to mention that the Shah was foisted on the Iranian people by the us and uk because the democratically elected government decided to nationalise the oil industry and kick BP out of the country. So much for the right of self determination enshrined in in UN s declaration of human rights written a few years previously after ww2
the UN charter is a load of bullshit not even fit to fertilize a flower garden. power does what it wants. this nonsense about international law is just one nexus of power peddling a convenient lie to cover up their imposition of self serving rules.
@@AL-lh2ht that is the long term effect of us actions 37 years after they imposed the despot on iranian people the extremists within the country were able to take control and you now have a worse crowd than before. A leads to B leads to C its about time that the us takes some responsibility for the evil shit it has done. That's why people hate the us that why they fly aero planes into skyscrapers
Lots of people with few freedoms, but not rebelling. As long as their life is ok, aka economics. It's always money. You can't threaten maslows hierarchy.
I never knew someone in China claimed to be the brother of Jesus Christ. We haven't studied the east, yet, in HS. We're moving that way. We're still in Eastern Europe.
Gotta convince the people and the millitary that your revolt is the hottest bet and hope to all the gods things work out and you don't end up with a system worse than what you were fighting against in the first place.
As an inhabitant of -baguetteland- France, I feel like I'll be added to some kind of list for watching this video.
As an American. Welcome to the club.
I already am,brothers in watchlists
@Theshropshireratter we do. And you do as well. You just don't have the nuts to exercise your rights.
@Theshropshireratter your English is still resembling the third worlds interpretation of English. Regardless of whether or not TH-cam deletes my comment. Work on it.
@@t.j.poductions6462 👍
Well Simon, rebellions generally start when liberty dies with thunderous applause, started by Padme Amidala, Bale Organa and Mon Mothma.
A Star Wars reference? Unexpected, but not unwelcome
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And it’s from a deleted scene, so if Simon didn’t get it before, he DEFINITELY won’t get it now!
Liberty is dying in America right now. Ideal conditions I’d say.
“I love democracy”
Everyone likes to speak about the politicians, where’s the love for the true anarchists like Saw Gerrera 😢
"Rebellions grow in strength over time; the more they're left unchecked. Always act quickly in these instances, otherwise the uprising may capture a region. "
“When tyranny becomes law, rebellion is a right" ~ Simon Bolivar
Or as as Bertolt Brecht said translated to English
If wrong becomes right, resistance becomes a duty
Viva nuestro liberador
“A little rebellion now and then is a good thing” - Thomas Jefferson
@@Julian-eh5yy That's why Trump supporters will start doing fun things, because the left is wrong, and the right is RIGHT !
Reading about arab spring made me realize that I don't believe in revolution or rebellion. Rebels can lose like in Syria. Or like in Egypt after throwing away old leader, after less than a year new dictator took power. Or like in Libya state fell after rebells won to the point that there was(is?) open slavery and no state. Only in Tunisia rebells won and state continued and even threre last time I read living conditions haven't really changed for a better.
Next episode: Simon affixes a PKM to a Hilux
Next chanel: Tecinalografic
😂
Simon with tools seems like it'd be an absolute riot!
Donquixote Doflamingo from One Piece has a quote that is as follows
"Pirates are evil? The Marines are righteous? These terms have always changed throughout the course of history! Kids who have never seen peace and kids who have never seen war have different values! Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and what's right! This very place is neutral ground! Justice will prevail, you say? But of course it will! Whoever wins this war becomes justice!"
A very accurate statement for a lot of things but especially for Rebellion.
1:10 - Chapter 1 - The method
9:40 - Chapter 2 - The history
20:15 - Chapter 3 - The modern day
Everybody thinks this is specifically about THEIR cause.
Thats hilarious
only a handful of ideologies can make that claim.
Well obviously, I'm the main character, just look at the hundreds of people who agree with me! **like**
@@golagiswatchingyou2966 any fascists thinks they are the underdogs
Yep. This video was super comprehensive, especially since it was only 28 minutes long. I would only add that "revolt" generally refers to a underclass of some kind overthrowing elites of some kind, while "revolution" usually refers to a complete restructuring of the overall society i.e. the Americans overthrowing British rule versus the Iranian clerics turning their country into a theocracy. However, I think those subtleties are beyond the scope of a video like this, and I think Simon and his team did a fantastic job!
Also, did anyone else notice that weird cut between the summaries of the American and French revolutions, where Simon mentioned the American Civil War for a split second and then immediately moved on without changing his inflection? what was up with that?
The price of bread is one of the major indicators for a start of a rebellion
Somehow got through without mentioning any of the 500 + years of Irish Rebellions, well done
This is Simon and his team coping hard about their preferred ideologies failures. He would never give lip service to one that would offend him and his.
Simon already did a video about that. Weird, right?
@ZG-h9s or it could be that Ireland's rebellions are basically completely uninteresting until you hit the 1990's?
It is like listening to a sad song on repeat a dozen times and then someone pops in a heavy metal album and turns it up. No one cares about the third play of the sad song, but everyone is asking about the sudden metal.
@@noahgray543.....did you just forget about the majority of Ireland gaining its independence in the early 1900s?
@@Patson20 ...yeah, that is kind of embarrassing for me. In my defense, I was writing that comment at one in the morning and not exactly thinking straight.
I do stand by the general theme of what I said, though. The Apache fought a 400 year long war against the Spanish and then the US, but it isn't really heavily studied because it gets summarized as: "and then the Apache got pushed back."
The 500 years of rebellions are not that interesting to anyone not Irish. (My family, funnily enough, is Irish. I'm adopted, so I'm not, but they are part of the diaspora). The most interesting part of Ireland is, to me at least, is the fact England was so terrifyingly incompetent and malicious at managing things.
There is a small nation that stood alone not for one year or two, but for several hundred years against aggression; that endured spoliations, famine, massacres, in endless succession; that was clubbed many times into insensibility, but each time on returning to consciousness took up the fight anew; a small nation that could never be got to accept defeat and has never surrendered her soul?" - Eamon De Valera
God bless sacred isles.
I mean, that would be impressive if you don't happen to know how Britain managed Ireland. There really isn't much spirit required to choose "rebellion," when the choices are rebel or die.
Like, I can't imagine people were keen on a "Potato Famine: Part II."
It's problematic to use historical precedence because contemporary military and surveillance technology has advanced so much even in the past few decades. Totalitarian regimes have also learned from the mistakes of failed ones. The best way to stop totalitarianism is to not let it start.
I'm afraid it's too late. Totalitarianism is taking hold everywhere. Democracies ate becoming fewer and further between.
Democratic backsliding is pretty prevalent right now. But you're right, fighting against a totalitarian regime is basically impossible now. The only possible way to pull it off is having the military actually on your side
no one who has ever won a revolution concerned themselves with the superiority of the regime. Revolutions are the ultimate popular vote in that if they get enough people of the nation involved and or at the least not supporting the Regime it doesn't matter how much surveillance, tracking or other intelligence measures they have they have as long as the revolution is unified in its purpose. death and fearing for ones life must have long ceased being a concern before joining a revolution.
Most people are just too stupid to understand who they´re voting for. Truth is that there will always be more people with below average inteligence, it´s just how gaussian curve works. Those who understand what is going on around them mostly can´t do anything if they´re not in positions of power. That´s why historically after revolutions, academics and university studnets are the first people who´re silenced, imprisoned or just killed. All of the mentioned is the reason why you can´t just stop totalitatiansim, most of the population simply doesn´t understand what is happeining until it´s too late.
@@pooryorick831At least the US has finally rejected the totalitarian tendencies of the previous regime
I wouldn't be here without it (USA)😊
Blasphemous rebel! how dare you dump the tea! down with the US ;D (Coffee drinking Brit)
As a yank i love hearing simon talk about the american revolution. Lol
Thanks for the magna Carta, and you're welcome for the constitution. Lol
I am missing the Spanish rebellion against Napoleon. This is considered outside of Spain as the Peninsular War, but this is inaccurate. It was a popular uprising against a corrupt puppet government that gave Napoleon his first defeat ever in an open field battle, at the hands of a largely irregular Spanish army led by general Castaños. It was a war of independence.
Córdoba is pronounced with emphasis on the first syllable. This is indicated by the accent: ó. Whenever you see the accent on a vocal in a Spanish word, that gives you the information on where to put the emphasis when pronouncing it.
Yes, it was essentially Napoleon's Vietnam war. His hubris leading him into a quagmire of a costly occupation with Guerrilla warfare as well as conventional fighting. The kicker was Joseph Bonaparte fleeing Madrid for his own safety because the Spanish people angrily refused him as their new king, erupting into rebellion.
What happened to the people of Iran is so sad....Truly horrible what the Khomeini government did to its people.
As Churchill said islam is to man what rabies is to a dog. It's the destroyer of nations.
Beautiful culture and people, I hope one day they can be free❤
It really is, especially considering Shiaa Islam is not real Islam.
@@Anti-Zionist777 said the genocide advocate
@@Anti-Zionist777 Many Iranians are pro-Israel btw 😉
I think it would be very interesting to discuss rebellions on a personal and modern (2024 ) level
To the gentleman who said my life is not hard...I agree. However, that can change in seconds...not days or hours but in seconds. Good luck, my friend.
"Who dares wins"-SAS Motto
“Who whoever dares but loses, simply didn’t dare enough.” - Me, Myself, and I.
It is a particularly fascinating motto to me. One that invites deconstruction despite only being three words long.
See, choosing the word "dares" is quite unusual because it has some particular connotations. Namely, it leans towards "risk" and "unconventional," as opposed to a word choice like "bold," which might imply brave action, but not necessarily risky.
There is a kind of social element to it as well. Like they achieve their goals by doing things no one would imagine anyone would "dare" to do, and so no one is prepared when they actually do it.
Probably one of my least favorite mottos, all in all, because once you go this far down the analysis rabbit hole, you start asking: "so... does that mean if I "dare" to, say, level a populated city block to kill a target, I've won?"
I write for a living, and spend a lot of my time working in education, so I get that I am way overanalyzing here. But I always do wonder if these shades of meaning actually have an impact on behavior. Funnily enough, it would have less of an impact - working under the presumption it has any all - if it wasn't a group like SAS. I generally find that the smarter someone is, the more likely they are to use a twisted meaning of a motto or phrase to justify something terrible.
In other words, your average infanteyman isn't going to bother with the mental gymnastics I had to do to get here - but the more elite the solider, the more likely they are to follow the train of thought. >_
That wasn't originally thier motto. I can't remember whare but it was taken from somewhere.
Okay nice list & vid on this relaxing fall Saturday... as usual here on Warfronts. Tbh though, all that talk of clandestine rebel forces banished to the rural jungle in an unending stalemate had me anticipating the notorious FARC revelationary guerillas in present day Colombia, would've been a good one to drop in there, but I'm sure it's hard to get everyone in the making of these... Thanks for putting the work in though, I watch every vid u guys put out! 💯😅😅
The video of the poor japanese journalist in Myanmar in 2007 who was shot and killed in a large street conflict breaks my heart. He was first to die in the conflict. He held onto his camera until the last second. The military killed him.
It's about time we actually did something about stuff
For a rebellion to succeed, it needs either foreign support or military support. Not a single recorded rebellion in history has succeeded without one or the other, not even the famous ones like the French Revolution, the Soviet Revolution, or the American Revolution.
Iranian revolution.
Haitian Revolution
@@bondsgoat25 The army did not fight for the Sha or defected. The Sha explicitly prohibited the army from firing on civilians. Next.
@@haavmonkey British intervention and Polish soldiers switching sides. Next.
@@thebiologist8662 not meeting fierce resistance and getting legitimate support from the army to remove the current government are *VERY* different
The government was far to petrified at the idea of being captured by such a radical movement that most of them fled before the revolution even succeeded, thus removing any chance at retaining the current leadership.
The people put the shah/the guards in that position, not any outside force or enteral sway/betrayal, so your literally wrong by your own standards.
“No revolution can ever succeed as a factor of liberation unless the MEANS used to further it be identical in spirit and tendency with the PURPOSES to be achieved.
Revolution is the negation of the existing, a violent protest against man's inhumanity to man with all the thousand and one slaveries it involves.” - Emma Goldman.
This is kind of topic I like. Good job man
He went almost 30 mins without mentioning the Irish Rebellion against the UK.
The dude sucks.
As an Englishman living in Poland, I have to say I've become well aware of the idea of rebellion, it's a national pastime here.
Simon wants people to rebel... i better call the FBI 😂
too late... I already did. He's fucked.
You called
They would only care if he was conservative and here in the US.
Found part of the problem!
That'd be the CIA buddy, FBI is only domestic.
This video is most definitely getting hit by the algorithm
I’m surprised the video didn’t cover slave revolts like Spartacus
Spartacus was the GOAT
Thanks for mentioning Myanmar.
Last time I was this early in the comment section was during the France revolution...
I wouldn't fight the government unless I could convince the government to not fight back. Fighting a government is terrifying as can be especially is it's a government full of loyalist.
Found the FBI man
I would assume you could learn a lot from a country from how they handle this topic with their citizens. It might be interesting to go in depth on that.
Basically the words rebels and terrorists are used interchangeably today, only depending on political/ideological/military/etc. standpoints.
they always were used interchangeably
This popped up in my feed right next to news about Andor Season 2. 😆
would be interesting to hear a review on 2014 maidan, in this completely neutral educational video
What do I sacrifice? Everything! - Luthen Rael
Two quotes: one I coined when giving talks on insurgency and another from Mao. 1. Insurgency is politics carried out through violence. 2. The guerrilla is the fish that swims in the sea of the people. You forgot to talk about the fundamental that the usual tooth-to-tail ratio for any military is around 10 to 1. In other words, it takes 10 people to support 1 fighter.
Thanks for the pointers.
I think at least today, rebellions _are_ like most wars, since most contemporary conflicts are civil wars or foreign interventions into civil wars, whereas traditional state-on-state wars once seemed to have virtually disappeared in the 21st century, which was a large part of what made the Ukraine war so shocking.
No great change is bloodless.
As a cat, it is strange to be speaking in english......
Meow meow
Great Work
Interesting topic 🤔 Btw it’s Córdoba (COR-doba, emphasis on the first syllable)
cant wait for more content like this
How would we classify the rebellion of the ANC (African National Congress) in South Africa during and post Apartheid...
You forgot the Intifadas and the Maidan.
He ain't gonna cover everything, and the Intifadas are not very special in the grand scheme of things. And he said he wasn't focusing on political revolutions
@@jamesoconnor5908 Didn't mention the Irish Rebellion.
Seems sus.
Well, this is timely.
As an American I do hope the topic of the Rebel flag comes up, we'll see.
You forgot the Spanish Civil War of 1936 also would’ve been cold to cover the Easter rising and the Irish independence movement
Nice overview, but I wish he would have gone deeper in the necessities to ferment rebellion. The middles classes, the keys to power. E.g.: a poor starved isolated population (North Korea) does not have the resources to rise up without significant external support. Successful rebellions are not brought about simply by public discontent.
Sadly Rebels can lead rebellions, but they fail at ruling.
Rebellions never end well for rebels.
The American revolution…
The American Revolution led to the Civil War, KKK, Nazis, WW2 and Holocaust
Also Jan 6th and Trump
@@rebelfriend9006 American's were already autonomies for like hundred yers beforehand with strong culture, identity, and industry before the tea was spilt.
@@AL-lh2ht do you mean the natives, or the states themselves?
I was surprised he didn't mention the Servile Wars, the English Civil War, the Confederacy, or the Tamil Tigers.
The lions led by donkeys podcast did a great series on the taiping rebellion.
I like the statement I read that said,: " Revolutions come from coffeehouse, not bars." I am paraphrasing. But you surely can tell the truth on your own.
Ban coffee.
the American Revolution was organized, managed, and led from bars. The US Marines were stood up in a bar.
All except the most successful rebellion, the American revolution, that was started in bars and initially led by brewers.
@@mariusvanc No, no. It's the black water that gives me life.
@@sheldoniusRex Always exceptions. Thanks
Orwell was right about just about everything. It's just taking longer than he thought it would.
While it's only been in war games, I have lead 3 successful rebellions using subterfuge. 😅 The process isn't down to an exact science, but there are several layers of segregated secrecy that I have found to be very effective at manipulating people on both the potential rebellion side and within the tyrannical group at the top.
Consequences to a failed rebellion in games don't hold a candle to a failed rebellion in a game setting. However, I would make the argument that the basic psychology of the processes for manipulating people as a shadow leader and ingratiating yourself to the enemies to begin rotting the enemies from the inside should be comparable.
To see an example of rebellion in action watch There Is No Authority But Yourself - about the action and work of political punk band Crass
Amongst other examples they managed to shut down the London stock exchange for one day, and also where the catalyst for the truth of HMS Belgrano coming to light
I'm currently studying the art of war. Many many take ways from such book.
modern politics sure is depressing.
So it’s treason then
Depends on who wins the conflict...
Are you saying..... we should raid Washington?
They tried that on January 6th 2021. Didn't work.
No, just actually vote next time
@@Ottobon they did. They just underestimated the support for Donnie
@@dannyquilter8366other way around, donnies fans turned out in normal numbers, no one voted kammy. Unsurprising since they sorta just shoved her into the roll
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Will we be getting another installment of “Shock and Awe In Lebanon” ??
Rebellion is something no society willingly does or happy to do. But sometimes it gets caught and ruled by the wrong people who take the despair of the people for their own benefits
usually Simon's videos are well researched and it baffles me that they left the Romanian Revolution of 1989 out. It is the only revolution in the entire world where communism was ended by executing the leader
What's the difference between rebellion and revolution
Well it's about time
British citizens take notes!
I think the inclusion of the Chechen rebellion is kind of odd; most of the rebellions listed here are nationwide movements, but Chechnya was a regional rebellion by an ethnic group, which I think is something slightly different.
What's the difference between a region and a nation? The success, or lack thereof, of a rebellion.
@@zackn8745 Every other example is about replacing the government in the center rather than a region breaking away.
@Elyvilon he used the American Revolution as an example
That's fair, I wasn't thinking of that. Would argue both of those fit in a different category.
Welp, the comments on this one could get spicy.
Why no "Arab Spring" in Saudi Arabia?
The Arab spring happened because the people in Arab countries were displeased with their poor living standers and the dictatorship regimes, it happened in north African countries like Egypt and Tunisia and Libia and in the middle east like Syria, but in the gulf countries people had a good economy and were wealthy and didn't have a lot to complain about, but there were some movement inside these countries to force the governments to allow more freedom of speech
Why would the CIA foment insurrection in one of their client states?
Because the US does color revolutions and the Saudis are America's "allies".
I like that this comment has 2 replies - one well thought out, explains the situation, and communicates. One's a conspiracy theory. The conspiracy theory had 3 likes, and I was the first one to "like" the very simple, easy to understand, logical, and factually backed explanation. Ffs.
the CIA already run the joint.
To paraphrase Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence:
When citizens are living under a tyrannical government - ''it is their right, and their duty to throw off such Government".
- Take that British King George!
Great video. Touched on some major rebel moments throughout history. If any one is looking to learn more about rebel tactics and guerrilla warfare. Read Invisible Armies, by Max Boot. It is a phenomenal historical account of hundreds of rebel movements, victories and losses throughout world history.
Kind of weird you would leave out the Chinese civil war.
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
You neglected to add that most revolutions are instigated and supported buy foreign governments.
Now days sure, but back in the day not really
Starfishes hope for the best nowadays
The sad thing about rebellion is that most of the time you end up with even more chaos like USSR. 70 years of incompetence.
well yeah
That's pretty unique to communist/socialist rebellions. For instance the Spanish Civil War led to 70 years of stability. The American revolution led to the world's first super power.
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I think you have been playing too much Tropico Simon 😊
Anyone watch these and also play games like Victoria 3 and Civilization?
Growing up playing political strategy games has given me so much clarity on real world events it’s crazy
If you’re watching this and considering what it would be like if you participated in rebellion and toppled your government.
Consider what it would be like to not be able to watch or read anything after that.
Your life is not hard, neither is mine.
Simon is me favorite Limey.
Show me a rebellion and I'll show you NED's involvement.
Simon forgot to mention that the Shah was foisted on the Iranian people by the us and uk because the democratically elected government decided to nationalise the oil industry and kick BP out of the country. So much for the right of self determination enshrined in in UN s declaration of human rights written a few years previously after ww2
the UN charter is a load of bullshit not even fit to fertilize a flower garden. power does what it wants. this nonsense about international law is just one nexus of power peddling a convenient lie to cover up their imposition of self serving rules.
womp womp, blame stuff 70 years ago on the US like their evil actions of a thoecraticy was no other option.
@@AL-lh2ht that is the long term effect of us actions 37 years after they imposed the despot on iranian people the extremists within the country were able to take control and you now have a worse crowd than before. A leads to B leads to C its about time that the us takes some responsibility for the evil shit it has done. That's why people hate the us that why they fly aero planes into skyscrapers
rebel against project 2025.
lol
Yep. Resist at every level.
The single biggest reason -- loss of freedom!
I don't think so it's always money wise in my opinion
Lots of people with few freedoms, but not rebelling. As long as their life is ok, aka economics. It's always money. You can't threaten maslows hierarchy.
Simon what you mean by this?
This gotta be one of them read between the lines type situations
The UK is arresting people who have made violent or hate posts on social media, it's either that or he's a liberal lol
I hope it isn't it if you got to ask you will never know type of situation....
You guys do know not everything is about you Americans
@@chaosgamer016_5 u right but it’s relevant to me and its my comment dumbass
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I never knew someone in China claimed to be the brother of Jesus Christ. We haven't studied the east, yet, in HS. We're moving that way. We're still in Eastern Europe.
If you’re an American, you’re likely to learn little. US high school history class is unbelievably vague and whitewashed.
Love and peace ….
"Vandalism: As Beautiful As a Rock in a Cops Face"
-Kurt Cobain
Gotta convince the people and the millitary that your revolt is the hottest bet and hope to all the gods things work out and you don't end up with a system worse than what you were fighting against in the first place.
What about a Rebel Alliance?
Thanks for your work, you cheeky Czechs
Read Nemik’s Manifesto. It’s all we need to know.
Hi mom
The route cause of rebellion well humans get really unpleasant when their without food pissed off hungry and you carnt feed your family kids
Vive la revolucion!!!