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My Top 5 most controversial people in the 21st century: #1 Benjamin Netanyahu #2 Volodymyr Zelenskyy #3 Jeffrey Epstein #4 Donald Trump #5 Harvey Weinstein
1) Oliver Cromwell was not prime minister. Prime Ministers didn’t exist back then. He was Lord Protector. 2) the UK also didn’t exist back then. It was formed in 1801.
There is a person that should absolutely be on this list: Fritz Habor. Habor was a German scientist who helped save half of the world's population, but at the same time, he helped kill millions of soldiers in World War 1. If that's not considered controversial, I don't know what is.
@@Jaime.Lannister I have no issue with well-reasoned criticism. But using the word "woke" lets me know you wear your head for decoration, not for thinking. - Th3Birdman
@@SirsasthNigam. Come on man. As a long time WatchMojo fan, they had gone to shit and dug itself as far back as they could. I used to love the lists they made both favorable and distasteful ones, but right now, it's no secret that the liberal bias is showing up big time. You can use your eyes and ears if you want
Henry VIII was king during the Tudor Period, reigning 1509 - 1547, Oliver Cromwell was a Parliamentarian and active during the reign of Charles I before leading the Commonwealth of England between 1653 - 1657. This is a full century apart. Please can you check the facts before uploading?
People literally and figuratively fight over his teachings for centuries. So the reason for the controversy was pretty much how we react to it. And we are taught to be good, but we just fight over whether or not what we do is good.
He was, actually. His father was originally Michael King and after a trip to Germany he legally changed his name to Martin Luther King and his son became Martin Luther King Jr.
Regarding Russia except for eight months in 1917 and about six years in the 90s. It has always been a authoritarian state. communism is exactly the same as fascism. They both require dictatorships to enforce it.
Or is it the standard IGNORANCE of the western education of him??? SAME OL' WARLORD, LUSTFUL AND GREEDY??? COME ON, BUDDY!!! Because HE forces you to question your already collapsing government and society???
Or is it the standard IGNORANCE of the western education of him??? SAME OL' WARLORD, LUSTFUL AND GREEDY??? COME ON, BUDDY!!! Because HE forces you to question your already collapsing government and society???
@@diyaa_ulqamar So your position is that Jesus is diabolical? Even though his message during the entirety of his life was one of love, acceptance, and forgiveness.
@@cinemaniac89I was questioning your understanding but your comment does not negate accountability, punishment and finally redemption. LOVE, MERCY, FORGIVENESS AND THE LIKE has its place. PROPBALY WHY THEY FEATURED HIM IN THE LIST. HIS STANCE ON HUMANITY ITSELF!!!??? Yes people have done a lot of bad in the name of religion. But that does mean it's on the person himself rather the people carrying the narrative..
Hey, WatchMojo, your list seems a little biased. You missed Mao, Stalin, Muhammed, Pinochet, Bill Clinton, Obama, Johnson, Abe Lincoln, Andrew Hamilton, King George 3, King Henry 8 and so many more.
Many, many years ago I saw an interview with that woman. She stated that she happy that the sick and destitute people of Kolkata, Calcutta then, could die in the arms of jesus. Of course she was talking about life long Hindus and Muslims. I was disgusted.
Really? I am not surprised, since female workers for Ford were treated differently for further decades. There is even a movie about it... It's a british movie called "Made in Dagenham". In 1968, the Ford auto factory in Dagenham was one of the largest single private employers in the United Kingdom. In addition to the thousands of male employees, there are also 187 underpaid women machinists who primarily assemble the car seat upholstery in poor working conditions. Dissatisfied, the women, represented by the shop steward and Rita O'Grady, work with union rep Albert Passingham for a better deal. However, Rita learns that there is a larger issue in this dispute considering that women are paid an appalling fraction of the men's wages for the same work across the board on the sole basis of their sex. Refusing to tolerate this inequality any longer, O'Grady leads a strike by her fellow machinists for equal pay for equal work. What follows would test the patience of all involved in a grinding labour and political struggle that ultimately would advance the cause of women's rights around the world.
Yeah, I might have ordered them slightly different, but I think you mostly list the right people. If you're going to list Jesus (which I will accept) then you should also mention Mohammed. Classical Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, are all based on the same Old Testament. They are 3 different flavours of what is essentially (at its beginnings) the same religion. Yeah, I know, those 3 religions don't get along today, but they all come from the same starting beliefs. Allah, Yehweh, and God the Father, they're all the same animal.
tell me how it turns out when you confront those abrahamic religions with such a strong and broad statement. Even Buddhists and Hindus cannot agree on whether Gautama Buddha was another avatar of Vishnu or not.
Many Christians don't even realize that we don't really know anything about the historical Jesus, his life or teachings. The Gospels are not historical writings or contemporary writings.
@@kurthill9070 ~ LOL. Kurt, it doesn't always go over very well. Some people, even ones who are believers, see it and accept it. Some get cranky and want to punch me. I am a cynical agnostic. I think if anybody is right, it's most likely the Atheists, but I don't know they're right any more than I know the Pope's unlisted private number. There are a few things I would accept as evidence, circumstantial, but there's nothing that comes close to 'Proof'. I would hope, if there is a 'supreme being' of some sort, it's nothing like the animal described in the bible. I'm not about to go back down that rabbit hole. I can see a logical case for a soul, which may live on after the body dies. It may not happen for everyone, but I can see a case it does happen sometimes. I can see a case one of those souls went off exploring, and had a look in a black hole, and found their way through the worm-hole, came out in a new universe. That new universe didn't just wink out again like a virtual particle, because the Observer was there to watch the fireworks display. My observer didn't create the universe, and has almost no 'power' over it. Anything she can't get her head around, it may not be able to exist. That's not the same as parting the Red Sea or killing a generation of little boys in Egypt. [aside] If you have got the power to part the Red Sea, then why didn't you teleport the Juice to their promised land, and stop the Egyptians from chasing them? Why was it necessary to kill thousands of little Egyptian boys? [end aside] Not saying I believe this ~ I'm saying it's something I could believe, with a bit of evidence. No, the King James is not evidence. It's junk mail. It's a sales brochure for a new Cadillac. It's a reason for Jim Jones to mix up some Kool-Aid.
@@Kneedragon1962lol glad we have an understanding. what I appreciate about atheism is at least one hypothetical imposition: if someone is in need of help, and there is no deity, what will you do? some folks believe that they need a deity to know morality, and it shows. atheists are world accepting and have contributed many good things to the world.
@@kurthill9070 ~ Morning. Still sorting through this one. Some folks do feel the need to invoke a deity when the subject of morality comes up. [sigh] Yeah, some do. Some can't accept there's any reason for existence at all without a deity. I don't know if there is a deity or not. I can see one argument which is quazi-scientific, which demands the attention and comprehension (at least partly) of some kind of sentient being, for 'reality' to even exist. I'm not sure that's right, but I'm not sure it's wrong either. But the concept that morality can't exist without religion, that's just dumb. Do they say we have no conscience or sense of right and wrong without God and Koom-bah-Ya? Have Atheists contributed? Well, I do love listening to Richard Dawkins. I don't always agree completely with him, but I do enjoy listening. Rather the same as I don't always agree completely with Bernie Sanders or Robert Reich ~ but I do enjoy listening to them. I'm trying for a TLDR way to say this. There is a central question to reality and life and character and personality, which everybody has to answer constantly, and that's the balance between selfish and generous, between self interest and the good of the group. The ideal, is a reasonable compromise. [aside: I do take a very similar view of political balance ~ Left Wing v Right Wing. My personal sympathy is slightly left of centre, but the 'Right' answer is the one that works with 'this' group of people. The ideal is some fairly moderate centre position that all sane people can occupy and live in.] Somebody who is too selfish and too self centred, is not good, but somebody who is too generous and too giving, they get presented as some kind of shining example, but in real life, such people are weirdos. Now we present those people as a shining example, but they're odd. Mother Terrisa is one example. Leonard Cheshire is another. Point is, all morality is a bit like this. We want to encourage people to behave in ways that are good for the group, the society, the race, the species. We bring up our children, teach them about decency and honour. We house-train our pets, so they don't dump in the hallway. The pets know all too well about being naughty or being nice. You don't have to sit on Santa's knee to know about it, and you don't need to Know Jesus to know about it. It's conditioning, and we have these moral concepts that tie it all together in almost sensible & logical ways. None of that requires fairies at the bottom of the garden or grand holy spooks in the sky. It doesn't mean there aren't any ~ it means they're optional.
No mention of Mao Zedong? Also is it surprising that almost every single person on this list was the subject of an episode of Epic Rap Battles of History?
“Netanyahu facing criticism for failing to anticipate and prevent the Israel-Hamas War.” Um Watchmojo it’s the not war he failed to anticipate that angered Israelis it was the failure to anticipate the Oct 7th massacre that started the war. Minor nitpick but don’t underestimate the power of word choice. Otherwise Netanyahu is absolutely controversial and I’m not a fan of him or his government.
@@kfirevenRubbish. Most of the Jewish people there are of Eastern European heritage. They were last there in biblical times and were given Palestine by the British.
I agree with all that's said in the video. But I find it curious that people despised Napoleon for the incessant wars, and the US continues financing and participating in senseless wars. They despise Che Guevara for the execution of people and yet have death rows and murder millions every year. They point out the fact that Karl Marx's ideology inspired totalitarianism, and yet all the countries they mentioned were deliberately influenced by US military forces, dooming them to fail as a socialist state and in some cases becoming so anti-capitalist that they indeed became the worst places to live. I do not defend any deeds that those men did. But I find it important to look at the other side of things and see how the US plays a big part in most of the current world's problems nowadays.
Many of these personalities are classified only as "controversial" because they are from the left; if they were from the right they would have been branded as ruthless killers.
Lenin's body is actually preserved in a mausoleum in Moscow. It's embalmed like a mummy, but without the wrap. I went there a couple years ago, really weird to see
The fact you blame Castro for Cubas economic problems and not the US blockade is ludicrous. He also wanted nukes because the US kept trying to kill him. Your bias is so clear it's sad
I couldn't have put it better myself. Castro greatly improved the living conditions of Cubans, which is a hard thing to do when you consider the embargo.
@@Skygrey2943 oh really why are they driving around in cars made in the 1950s? And why are Cubans still defecting to the United States? Now, having said that I believe the US should establish normal relations with Cuba. It is stupid not to. Cuba will never be brought to the 21st-century without the help of the United States. Communism is no threat to the United States. Fascism is. Oh, and by the way, communism and fascism is exactly the same thing. They are both enforced by dictatorship. And that is without exception in world history. No country in the history of the world has done communism the way Karl Marx laid it out in his manifesto.
@@Basackwrds oh really do you think we should empathize with people like Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini. Those people don’t deserve empathy. Because they didn’t have it. They didn’t have a clue to what that word even meant.
To quote Yakko, Wakko and Dot about Christopher Columbus "How did this guy get his own holiday?". Okay, those may not have been the exact words but you get the idea.
Henry Ford and Martin Luther where anti semite? Look at the time periods, when these people lived. Who wasnt an anti semite at this time? As sad as it is: before 1945 propably everyone was an antisemite in one way or another. Look at Walt Disney and nearly everyone else in the world industry, who hadnt jewish roots them selfes. Antisamitism was normal at this point of time untill we germans sadly showed the world how we dealt with it. If we wouldnt have done oure holocaust (of wich Im NOT proud of, I might ad) the jews would propably never ve gotten their own state and we would still hate the jews as we did before in all oft the wesetern (and the muslimic) cultures. In fact the jewish AND the islamic culture are BOTH Semitic cultures. so if you call one an antisemite, he doesnt only hate jews, but muslims as well, which is pretty ironic considering the conflicts between Israel and the arabic nations of the world.
I like how they use china and north Korea as bad examples, but don't use any of the Scandinavian countries or other countries in Europe, as good examples of socialism.
I don’t care about the first 19. Number one is undoubtedly Jesus Christ. No one has been more controversial, impactful and kind in all our history and writings Edit- glory to Christ the lamb that was sacrificed for the sins of the world.
@@Nola5427 I ask that you just do a quick google search of the historical evidence that he lived and died the way it’s recorded in the Bible. There’s more evidence of Christ than other historical figures like Caesar and Alexander the Great. Many have tried to prove he never existed or that his disciples lied. But they either failed and agreed he did exist or some actually came to the .faith of his resurrection
I kind of feel the "Expensive gear, but can't play" sentiment. One of my bands played a local gig at a major venue in our area. The opening band looked impressive considering they had premium gear such as an EBMM JP15 guitar, one of the high-end Warwick 5 string basses, what looked to be a mapex Saturn drum kit, Axe FX II Deluxe going DI, and Gallien-Krueger bass amp... The band just played generic breakdowns the entire set and was super sloppy when they weren't playing open chord chugged riffs. Turns out they were a bunch of Weekend Warrior tweens who came from money. More than likely didn't work hard to get their gear, decided that if Asking Alexandria could do it then so could they, and it was the last I'd heard of them as a band. I hope they stuck with playing music and progressed, but man that rubs me the wrong way for some reason.
Really? Hillary Clinton made the cut? 😂😂 So cult-leaders, historic European monarchs, African dictators, Industrial-era millionaires, etc...didn't make the cut?
Toronto did a pretty good job with the Panamerican games, which is significantly smaller. But they were under budget and had a significant legacy. I live in a city 4 hours away and we got a grant to start a wheelchair basketball program, because of the games. It costs $2-3,000 for a basic chair. A bunch of infrastructure projects were already needed, and in the works, and the games just supercharged the timeline. They utilized the Jays stadium for opening and closing and held track at a local university. They brought in temporary stands to extend capacity. The long term low income housing was a HUGE hit. Part of the athlete housing became part of a local college, another part a university, another part lower income (assisted) housing (IE national team athletes training at nearby facilities can access that housing for cheap, if they continue to meet training targets). Listen, it wasn’t perfect. But it was an example of how games can be done. With one being multiple athlete housing areas to spread out the sports to areas that were appropriate to host.
One of the main reasons for all this controversy is that we grow up with, and have trouble letting go of, the naive belief, nurtured by Disney films and such, that great leaders must always be idealistic and "nice." But it is not so. There never was a famous figure in history who did not cause harm or inconvenience of some sort, or who was not ruthless in exercising power when it was necessary to do so. Or, as Lenin himself supposedly (but probably did not actually) put it: "You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs."
Pretty cool. Two big gripes: Trump in the same breath/list as Jesus -- and the Insurance ad where the chick says she "LOVES her current insurance company, but..". Ay yi yi yi yi for freakin' yi
What "scholars" universally acknowledge that Jesus was a real person? The "Christian scholars"? Jesus likely never existed and was more than likely an amalgamation of messiah-type figures of the time.
@@reeceargo624 Then explain how the Roman empire, a group of people historians and scholars agree to as "Paperwork Nazis" had no record of Jesus or his execution? Also, explain how the bible, a book of immoral fictional tales, seems to be the only "record" of Jesus. Can I conclude, based on this trail of evidence, that Tom Riddle existed, recorded in Harry Potter? Same level of historicity.
I'm getting nervous. I'm down to #14 and haven't heard the name Trump yet. (I'll surely edit this later) Here's the first edit. I just passed Richard Nixon - who, I'm reminded, left office in disgrace because it was the RIGHT THING TO DO, Donald. Here's the second edit: Well done. Thank you. ps - Holy fuck I wasn't expecting JC to be number one!
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My Top 5 most controversial people in the 21st century:
#1 Benjamin Netanyahu
#2 Volodymyr Zelenskyy
#3 Jeffrey Epstein
#4 Donald Trump
#5 Harvey Weinstein
Vince McMahon is also very controversial
Worst list.
Pavlov?
You: We wont be mentioning “eidolf” Hitler
Me: stopped the video and moved on.
“We will be leaving out people like Adolf Hitler”
*has multiple baby Hitlers on the list*
Same
Shows a video of Benjamin Netanyahu and speaks about “Adolf Hitler”. That’s when I decided to stop watching your video.
Baby Hitlers? In comparison to Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, and many more make Hitler look like a school boy
EXACTLY! I literally said that to my partner several times during the video.
As per robot chicken...little hiiiitler. Such a scamp!
Edison was a credit thief!
He was a business man, doing business...
@@50shadesofgeek41That sounds even worse.
@@50shadesofgeek41 There isn't a difference in his tale. He was an asshole and should be lauded as one.
Oliver Cromwell was pm of the Uk in 17th century, King Henry VIII was the king during the 16 century. That’s like a century apart.
Oliver Cromwell wasn’t a prime minister!!
Thomas Cromwell was Henry's buddy I think from childhood
That's when I stopped watching the video
1) Oliver Cromwell was not prime minister. Prime Ministers didn’t exist back then. He was Lord Protector.
2) the UK also didn’t exist back then. It was formed in 1801.
@@aaronpatton15 well in that case England
There is a person that should absolutely be on this list: Fritz Habor. Habor was a German scientist who helped save half of the world's population, but at the same time, he helped kill millions of soldiers in World War 1. If that's not considered controversial, I don't know what is.
"Future leader Henry VIII"?? Henry VIII died in 1547 and Oliver Cromwell died in 1658, over 100 years later
Superfascism
That's WOKEMOJO for ya
@@Jaime.Lannister I have no issue with well-reasoned criticism. But using the word "woke" lets me know you wear your head for decoration, not for thinking. - Th3Birdman
@@SirsasthNigam. Sometimes. A good amount of common sense does the trick, something you don't have
@@SirsasthNigam. Come on man. As a long time WatchMojo fan, they had gone to shit and dug itself as far back as they could. I used to love the lists they made both favorable and distasteful ones, but right now, it's no secret that the liberal bias is showing up big time. You can use your eyes and ears if you want
"Universally regarded as monsters, like Adolf Hitler" while showing a picture of Netanyahu... seems about right.
And Putin
It's pretty ironic.
I had the same thought
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Classy @watchmojo classy.
Mao Zedong anyone?
Stalin
Hoxha
The whole Kim family
Really Mojo?
None of those are controversial. They are like Hitler.
Where is Kim Jong-un on that list?
@@Didi-v2vhe's not controversial.
Demonetisation?
WHERE IS MAO TSE-TUNG?
They said they were not including people saying people such as Hitler so I think Mao falls into that category.
Henry VIII was king during the Tudor Period, reigning 1509 - 1547, Oliver Cromwell was a Parliamentarian and active during the reign of Charles I before leading the Commonwealth of England between 1653 - 1657. This is a full century apart. Please can you check the facts before uploading?
this is a US channel. Since when do they care about history?
Christians : Its crusade time
Jesus: (facepalm)
Christians: Its inquisition time
Jesus: (doble facepalm)
Showing Benjamin Netanyahu whilst saying "Adolph Hitler" - WatchMojo knew what they were doing 😉
It was kind of funny, I hate to say it. I’m not a fan of Netanyahu myself.
@@mamc1986I don’t think hardly anyone is 🤔
monsters am I right?
WatchMojo is antisemetic
@@MarquisDeSacks Netanyahu is Hitler 2.0, pretty much.
Goes to show these people are controversial when people are complaining about them being placed on this list.
Henry VIII was a past leader instead of a future one- as he was dead almost 40 years before Oliver Cromwell was born.
Jerry Heil and alyona alyona are so iconic that they created a real life Mama Teresa! 🥰
Oliver Cromwell literally banned Christmas, football, dancing, singing, horse racing and theatre because he was a Puritan.
Missed out Gandhi
Yeah, he sounds on par with Mother Teresa.
Absolutely! Ask any Indian native, they aren't too fond of him
@@Nahimokthanks Gen z or millennials 😂
Henry Ford also was known supporter Hitler, even taking pictures and giving Hitler a car for a present.
He even berated his son till he died
Y’all need to check your basic history facts. Henry VIII was dead 50 years before Cromwell was born!!
How is the Savior of the World a controversial figure? 🤦🏿
Who's the savior of the world?
@@alfredolarsi5600 Jesus
People literally and figuratively fight over his teachings for centuries. So the reason for the controversy was pretty much how we react to it. And we are taught to be good, but we just fight over whether or not what we do is good.
@HelloMichigan313 who has it saved? How many wars have been fought in his name?
I feel like Martin Luther King Jr was named after Martin Luther
What?
I always wondered!💖
He was, actually. His father was originally Michael King and after a trip to Germany he legally changed his name to Martin Luther King and his son became Martin Luther King Jr.
No ahit sherlock 😂
Figured Nixon, Putin and Napoleon would end up on this list. But Netanyahu, Trump and Jesus? WHOLE different story.
Convicted felon Trump was literally quoting Hitler during his Veterans Day speech last year.
Jesus was Jewish?
@@mikeyburns4200 Trump literally has a cult
@@Groovey-kj6eu everyone was Jewish while Jesus was alive, at least in that region. There was no such thing as Christianity until after his death.
Valid to have Trump on here. Modern day Hitler and monster.
What about George W. Bush? Or Herbert Hoover?
How can Henry VIII fear oliver cromwell when he died centries before?????
Regarding Russia except for eight months in 1917 and about six years in the 90s. It has always been a authoritarian state. communism is exactly the same as fascism. They both require dictatorships to enforce it.
Didn't expect to hear the great Kevin Conroy as the narrator on a Thomas Edison documentary
4:56 Oh My God! I Learned About Maximilien Earlier Today In Summer School! What A Cool And Wonderful Coincidence.
Man you guys need better fact check
I'm curious which one you disagree with.
I'm not really - I just want to hear you say it.
This channel really needs to stop making historical/political videos, since they don't even try to hide their biases.
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Edison version of the light bulb is not that efficient today, the light bulb you use today is primarily from Tesla and is more energy efficient
Gandhi should be on this list.
Leaving out hitler while showing natanyahu is not right
What about Muhammad?
What? Compared to the diabolical people listed??? Come on, buddy. Use your brain!!!
Or is it the standard IGNORANCE of the western education of him??? SAME OL' WARLORD, LUSTFUL AND GREEDY??? COME ON, BUDDY!!!
Because HE forces you to question your already collapsing government and society???
Or is it the standard IGNORANCE of the western education of him??? SAME OL' WARLORD, LUSTFUL AND GREEDY??? COME ON, BUDDY!!!
Because HE forces you to question your already collapsing government and society???
@@diyaa_ulqamar So your position is that Jesus is diabolical? Even though his message during the entirety of his life was one of love, acceptance, and forgiveness.
@@cinemaniac89I was questioning your understanding but your comment does not negate accountability, punishment and finally redemption. LOVE, MERCY, FORGIVENESS AND THE LIKE has its place.
PROPBALY WHY THEY FEATURED HIM IN THE LIST. HIS STANCE ON HUMANITY ITSELF!!!???
Yes people have done a lot of bad in the name of religion. But that does mean it's on the person himself rather the people carrying the narrative..
Oliver Cromwell almost wiped out the entire Irish nation. It was practically the first holocaust.
Hey, WatchMojo, your list seems a little biased. You missed Mao, Stalin, Muhammed, Pinochet, Bill Clinton, Obama, Johnson, Abe Lincoln, Andrew Hamilton, King George 3, King Henry 8 and so many more.
Mother Theresa was not a kind and warm person, she thought suffering was good.
And deliberately withheld treatment so the people in her care could "get closer to God by suffering"
Yay my confirmation name, being a martyr 101.
@@hectorsmommy1717 She bought her way to Sainthood. It cost her millions of dollars, which she collected from various evil sources.
Many, many years ago I saw an interview with that woman. She stated that she happy that the sick and destitute people of Kolkata, Calcutta then, could die in the arms of jesus. Of course she was talking about life long Hindus and Muslims. I was disgusted.
@@gondwanaland3238 I still have the clippings of her interview.
Are you considering Mao in the list with Hitler?
Wow….I can’t believe Henry Ford actually said those things about women.
Really? I am not surprised, since female workers for Ford were treated differently for further decades. There is even a movie about it... It's a british movie called "Made in Dagenham".
In 1968, the Ford auto factory in Dagenham was one of the largest single private employers in the United Kingdom. In addition to the thousands of male employees, there are also 187 underpaid women machinists who primarily assemble the car seat upholstery in poor working conditions. Dissatisfied, the women, represented by the shop steward and Rita O'Grady, work with union rep Albert Passingham for a better deal. However, Rita learns that there is a larger issue in this dispute considering that women are paid an appalling fraction of the men's wages for the same work across the board on the sole basis of their sex. Refusing to tolerate this inequality any longer, O'Grady leads a strike by her fellow machinists for equal pay for equal work. What follows would test the patience of all involved in a grinding labour and political struggle that ultimately would advance the cause of women's rights around the world.
The guy tried to stage a fascist coup in America. It doesn't surprise me at all that he was a misogynist.
1:15 holy shit I didn't know the late Kevin Conroy did narrating in a documentary.
Yeah, I might have ordered them slightly different, but I think you mostly list the right people.
If you're going to list Jesus (which I will accept) then you should also mention Mohammed.
Classical Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, are all based on the same Old Testament. They are 3 different flavours of what is essentially (at its beginnings) the same religion. Yeah, I know, those 3 religions don't get along today, but they all come from the same starting beliefs. Allah, Yehweh, and God the Father, they're all the same animal.
tell me how it turns out when you confront those abrahamic religions with such a strong and broad statement. Even Buddhists and Hindus cannot agree on whether Gautama Buddha was another avatar of Vishnu or not.
Many Christians don't even realize that we don't really know anything about the historical Jesus, his life or teachings. The Gospels are not historical writings or contemporary writings.
@@kurthill9070 ~ LOL. Kurt, it doesn't always go over very well. Some people, even ones who are believers, see it and accept it. Some get cranky and want to punch me.
I am a cynical agnostic.
I think if anybody is right, it's most likely the Atheists, but I don't know they're right any more than I know the Pope's unlisted private number. There are a few things I would accept as evidence, circumstantial, but there's nothing that comes close to 'Proof'.
I would hope, if there is a 'supreme being' of some sort, it's nothing like the animal described in the bible. I'm not about to go back down that rabbit hole.
I can see a logical case for a soul, which may live on after the body dies. It may not happen for everyone, but I can see a case it does happen sometimes. I can see a case one of those souls went off exploring, and had a look in a black hole, and found their way through the worm-hole, came out in a new universe. That new universe didn't just wink out again like a virtual particle, because the Observer was there to watch the fireworks display.
My observer didn't create the universe, and has almost no 'power' over it. Anything she can't get her head around, it may not be able to exist. That's not the same as parting the Red Sea or killing a generation of little boys in Egypt.
[aside] If you have got the power to part the Red Sea, then why didn't you teleport the Juice to their promised land, and stop the Egyptians from chasing them? Why was it necessary to kill thousands of little Egyptian boys? [end aside]
Not saying I believe this ~ I'm saying it's something I could believe, with a bit of evidence.
No, the King James is not evidence. It's junk mail. It's a sales brochure for a new Cadillac. It's a reason for Jim Jones to mix up some Kool-Aid.
@@Kneedragon1962lol glad we have an understanding. what I appreciate about atheism is at least one hypothetical imposition: if someone is in need of help, and there is no deity, what will you do?
some folks believe that they need a deity to know morality, and it shows. atheists are world accepting and have contributed many good things to the world.
@@kurthill9070 ~ Morning. Still sorting through this one.
Some folks do feel the need to invoke a deity when the subject of morality comes up.
[sigh] Yeah, some do. Some can't accept there's any reason for existence at all without a deity.
I don't know if there is a deity or not. I can see one argument which is quazi-scientific, which demands the attention and comprehension (at least partly) of some kind of sentient being, for 'reality' to even exist. I'm not sure that's right, but I'm not sure it's wrong either.
But the concept that morality can't exist without religion, that's just dumb.
Do they say we have no conscience or sense of right and wrong without God and Koom-bah-Ya?
Have Atheists contributed? Well, I do love listening to Richard Dawkins. I don't always agree completely with him, but I do enjoy listening. Rather the same as I don't always agree completely with Bernie Sanders or Robert Reich ~ but I do enjoy listening to them.
I'm trying for a TLDR way to say this.
There is a central question to reality and life and character and personality, which everybody has to answer constantly, and that's the balance between selfish and generous, between self interest and the good of the group. The ideal, is a reasonable compromise.
[aside: I do take a very similar view of political balance ~ Left Wing v Right Wing. My personal sympathy is slightly left of centre, but the 'Right' answer is the one that works with 'this' group of people. The ideal is some fairly moderate centre position that all sane people can occupy and live in.]
Somebody who is too selfish and too self centred, is not good, but somebody who is too generous and too giving, they get presented as some kind of shining example, but in real life, such people are weirdos. Now we present those people as a shining example, but they're odd. Mother Terrisa is one example. Leonard Cheshire is another.
Point is, all morality is a bit like this. We want to encourage people to behave in ways that are good for the group, the society, the race, the species. We bring up our children, teach them about decency and honour. We house-train our pets, so they don't dump in the hallway. The pets know all too well about being naughty or being nice. You don't have to sit on Santa's knee to know about it, and you don't need to Know Jesus to know about it. It's conditioning, and we have these moral concepts that tie it all together in almost sensible & logical ways. None of that requires fairies at the bottom of the garden or grand holy spooks in the sky. It doesn't mean there aren't any ~ it means they're optional.
What about Elon Musk?
what has done that was controversial
@@ahmedmaklad6527 he is a very polarizing figure.
@@vaibhavgupta6633 how
Sure and he even bought Twitter and I'm still in horror of him rebranding it as X.
Lol eat a Tide Pod
No mention of Mao Zedong?
Also is it surprising that almost every single person on this list was the subject of an episode of Epic Rap Battles of History?
Putin? Nixon? This is about the history of the world, right? Rome alone had 20 people more significantly controversial than half of this list.
“Netanyahu facing criticism for failing to anticipate and prevent the Israel-Hamas War.” Um Watchmojo it’s the not war he failed to anticipate that angered Israelis it was the failure to anticipate the Oct 7th massacre that started the war. Minor nitpick but don’t underestimate the power of word choice. Otherwise Netanyahu is absolutely controversial and I’m not a fan of him or his government.
Agreed. And can’t they just give that country back to its natives?? 🤷♂️
@@Superfan109 The native Jewish people are already back in their ancestral homeland in Israel, a real success story of decolonization.
@@kfirevenRubbish. Most of the Jewish people there are of Eastern European heritage. They were last there in biblical times and were given Palestine by the British.
@@kfireven they're just European colonizers. They aren't native to that land.
@@medazizmhenni2249 Wrong. DNA checks, and the Jewish traditions and physical history can prove this undeniable belonging.
Marx didn't know what Lenin and Stalin and those who came after them would do with his system!
Being pro Marx and anti Lenin is contradictory.
I agree with all that's said in the video. But I find it curious that people despised Napoleon for the incessant wars, and the US continues financing and participating in senseless wars. They despise Che Guevara for the execution of people and yet have death rows and murder millions every year. They point out the fact that Karl Marx's ideology inspired totalitarianism, and yet all the countries they mentioned were deliberately influenced by US military forces, dooming them to fail as a socialist state and in some cases becoming so anti-capitalist that they indeed became the worst places to live. I do not defend any deeds that those men did. But I find it important to look at the other side of things and see how the US plays a big part in most of the current world's problems nowadays.
You didn't mention Muhammad.
Uh spoilers!
They like being alive
of course they didn't mention him because they don't want to be seen as Islamophobic considering the fact he was Pedophile and warlord
Ummm…
He is so controversial that putting him in a “most controversial” ranking would be too controversial.
To the victors the dictation of history. Castro was not the best, but he didn't destroy the Cuban economy, the US embargo on Cuba did that
Wrong, Castro did destroy the Cuban economy, you can't blane the entire thing on the embargo
@robertocazzaniga5548 how do we know that? I'm asking genuinely. What did he do?
@@BeefR_357 he did destroy the economy. He nationalized almost everything and you can't even go to the toilet without the governament's permission
Many of these personalities are classified only as "controversial" because they are from the left; if they were from the right they would have been branded as ruthless killers.
Lenin's body is actually preserved in a mausoleum in Moscow. It's embalmed like a mummy, but without the wrap. I went there a couple years ago, really weird to see
Why wasn't Mohammed on the list?? Islam has been just as, if not more, controversial as Christianity. At least Jesus didn't marry a 9 year old.
The fact you blame Castro for Cubas economic problems and not the US blockade is ludicrous. He also wanted nukes because the US kept trying to kill him. Your bias is so clear it's sad
*thank you*
I couldn't have put it better myself. Castro greatly improved the living conditions of Cubans, which is a hard thing to do when you consider the embargo.
Well put. We should not be afraid of our own history but also be able to empathize with descision makers as well as victims
@@Skygrey2943 oh really why are they driving around in cars made in the 1950s?
And why are Cubans still defecting to the United States?
Now, having said that I believe the US should establish normal relations with Cuba. It is stupid not to. Cuba will never be brought to the 21st-century without the help of the United States.
Communism is no threat to the United States. Fascism is. Oh, and by the way, communism and fascism is exactly the same thing. They are both enforced by dictatorship. And that is without exception in world history.
No country in the history of the world has done communism the way Karl Marx laid it out in his manifesto.
@@Basackwrds oh really do you think we should empathize with people like Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini.
Those people don’t deserve empathy. Because they didn’t have it. They didn’t have a clue to what that word even meant.
1:13 Hearing Kevin Conroy's voice again in various things makes me better again.🥲
Napoleon's wife was the reason he reinstated slavery in the French colonies.
Was that Kevin conroy talking about Edison?
Because of Nixon my parents were able to immigrate to the US and I was born and raised in the US. However Watergate was unforgivable.
Netanyahu should have been on the list with Hitler, there is very litter difference between the two men.
History isn't your strongest side huh?
Number 1 Jesse Katsopolis He married Rebecca Donaldson (Aunt Becky) and It pissed me off for some strange reason several decades In Fact
Have Mercy
He wanted to get Michelle Tanner. He's basically a monster.
To quote Yakko, Wakko and Dot about Christopher Columbus "How did this guy get his own holiday?". Okay, those may not have been the exact words but you get the idea.
Im also an animaniac ❤
21:21 "Dwindled the native population by as much as eighty per cent" makes no sense, grammatically, mathematically, or ideologically.
"If the world hates you, just remember it has hated me first" - Jesus Christ; John 15 :18
OMG stop
Not gonna lie, I listen to these while I play video games as some background stuff. When I heard “Number 1… Jesus Christ” I sat up so fast 😂😂😂😂
I'm just here to read the comments and eat popcorn.
Same 🍿
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Never thought i would hear Batman narrating about Thomas Edison
Henry Ford and Martin Luther where anti semite? Look at the time periods, when these people lived. Who wasnt an anti semite at this time? As sad as it is: before 1945 propably everyone was an antisemite in one way or another. Look at Walt Disney and nearly everyone else in the world industry, who hadnt jewish roots them selfes. Antisamitism was normal at this point of time untill we germans sadly showed the world how we dealt with it. If we wouldnt have done oure holocaust (of wich Im NOT proud of, I might ad) the jews would propably never ve gotten their own state and we would still hate the jews as we did before in all oft the wesetern (and the muslimic) cultures. In fact the jewish AND the islamic culture are BOTH Semitic cultures. so if you call one an antisemite, he doesnt only hate jews, but muslims as well, which is pretty ironic considering the conflicts between Israel and the arabic nations of the world.
Pretty funny that Ford and Marx are right next to each other on this list, given their rap battle.
I like how they use china and north Korea as bad examples, but don't use any of the Scandinavian countries or other countries in Europe, as good examples of socialism.
This is a interesting list 👏 good job WatchMojo
If you include Jesus , then you have to add other major religious figures. Mohamed and the Buddha come to mind.
Get Jesus off of there. As a former Catholic- put on all the Popes! Has nothing to do religion, it’s become a complete man made office and title.
These are the kinds of lists that, if I comment on an entry, I'll get banned.
We don’t care
Why would you get banned?
I don’t care about the first 19. Number one is undoubtedly Jesus Christ.
No one has been more controversial, impactful and kind in all our history and writings
Edit- glory to Christ the lamb that was sacrificed for the sins of the world.
W
Meh 🤷♂️
That' s not the only reason, there is controversy about if he is even real.
@chrism621 Z
@@Nola5427 I ask that you just do a quick google search of the historical evidence that he lived and died the way it’s recorded in the Bible.
There’s more evidence of Christ than other historical figures like Caesar and Alexander the Great.
Many have tried to prove he never existed or that his disciples lied. But they either failed and agreed he did exist or some actually came to the .faith of his resurrection
"We will not be including people who are universally regarded as monsters like Adolf Hitler"
*Shows Netanyahu*
What did WatchMojo mean by this
Not a monster but he will lead to the New New Testament 😅
3:27 Absolutely horrifying! God save the Irish ❤
I kind of feel the "Expensive gear, but can't play" sentiment. One of my bands played a local gig at a major venue in our area. The opening band looked impressive considering they had premium gear such as an EBMM JP15 guitar, one of the high-end Warwick 5 string basses, what looked to be a mapex Saturn drum kit, Axe FX II Deluxe going DI, and Gallien-Krueger bass amp...
The band just played generic breakdowns the entire set and was super sloppy when they weren't playing open chord chugged riffs. Turns out they were a bunch of Weekend Warrior tweens who came from money. More than likely didn't work hard to get their gear, decided that if Asking Alexandria could do it then so could they, and it was the last I'd heard of them as a band.
I hope they stuck with playing music and progressed, but man that rubs me the wrong way for some reason.
We need a 2020 version of what “controversial people” are 😂 that would be so funny but interesting
Anyone that has a different opinon than most ppl, ppl are to sensitive these days and they are looking for things to get offended at!
I completely disagree with #1 Jesus is a great person not controversial so there should be someone else like Mao
Is? He's dead
"We'll always be a villain in someone else's story"
Really? Hillary Clinton made the cut? 😂😂 So cult-leaders, historic European monarchs, African dictators, Industrial-era millionaires, etc...didn't make the cut?
Toronto did a pretty good job with the Panamerican games, which is significantly smaller. But they were under budget and had a significant legacy. I live in a city 4 hours away and we got a grant to start a wheelchair basketball program, because of the games. It costs $2-3,000 for a basic chair. A bunch of infrastructure projects were already needed, and in the works, and the games just supercharged the timeline. They utilized the Jays stadium for opening and closing and held track at a local university. They brought in temporary stands to extend capacity. The long term low income housing was a HUGE hit. Part of the athlete housing became part of a local college, another part a university, another part lower income (assisted) housing (IE national team athletes training at nearby facilities can access that housing for cheap, if they continue to meet training targets). Listen, it wasn’t perfect. But it was an example of how games can be done. With one being multiple athlete housing areas to spread out the sports to areas that were appropriate to host.
Jesus Christ and Martin Luther are the foundation of my religious background and unyielding faith
One of the main reasons for all this controversy is that we grow up with, and have trouble letting go of, the naive belief, nurtured by Disney films and such, that great leaders must always be idealistic and "nice." But it is not so. There never was a famous figure in history who did not cause harm or inconvenience of some sort, or who was not ruthless in exercising power when it was necessary to do so. Or, as Lenin himself supposedly (but probably did not actually) put it: "You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs."
I also would place Porfirio Díaz in the list, president of Mexico from 1876 to 1911, and Genghis Khan.
I didn’t know of Oliver Cromwell, Maximilien Robespierre, Benjamin Netanyahu, Niccolo Machiavelli and Silvio Berlusconi.
Your forgot Muhammad
putting christ on here while ignoring Muhammed is a blatant case of hypocrisy.
Tbf any inventor has come with their fair share of controversy. Edison was not the only one to have controversy
🤔 Quite a debatable list, but definitely interesting! 🌍
Pretty cool. Two big gripes: Trump in the same breath/list as Jesus -- and the Insurance ad where the chick says she "LOVES her current insurance company, but..". Ay yi yi yi yi for freakin' yi
What? Mother Theresa was friends with Papa Doc Duvalier? The known practitioner of voodoo?
And Haiti's Voodoo Dictator from Hell
#1 is totally Clifford the Big Red dog. Has to be.
L9l 🤣
You forgot Bill Cosby
You forgot Donald Somebodyorother.
Teresa was a monster
What "scholars" universally acknowledge that Jesus was a real person? The "Christian scholars"? Jesus likely never existed and was more than likely an amalgamation of messiah-type figures of the time.
Not true at all
@@reeceargo624 Then explain how the Roman empire, a group of people historians and scholars agree to as "Paperwork Nazis" had no record of Jesus or his execution?
Also, explain how the bible, a book of immoral fictional tales, seems to be the only "record" of Jesus.
Can I conclude, based on this trail of evidence, that Tom Riddle existed, recorded in Harry Potter? Same level of historicity.
You forgot about Joseph Smith, L Ron Hubbard, and Mark Zuckerberg
Where is the Roman Emperor, Nero?
I'm getting nervous. I'm down to #14 and haven't heard the name Trump yet. (I'll surely edit this later)
Here's the first edit. I just passed Richard Nixon - who, I'm reminded, left office in disgrace because it was the RIGHT THING TO DO, Donald.
Here's the second edit: Well done. Thank you.
ps - Holy fuck I wasn't expecting JC to be number one!
I wonder how salty the comments will be?
How about “Top 20 mixed Controversal people in history”