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"I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit." - Woodrow Wilson. Wilson himself realized how awful the Federal Reserve Act was in his dying days, but this documentary praises it and glosses over how it was passed in the Senate two days before Christmas, with only a few Senators present.
Really has little to do with the Feds, those guys are private bankers. Jefferson had warned of the dangers of a centralized national banking system & Jackson opposed it with a passion. All I know is "American Dream" began turning into nightmare in the '70s.
Except he was from NJ. Democrats have always danced with the devil to maintain power, they do it now and they did it then. The most vile party is history.
“The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interest. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.” Woodrow Wilson
On his deathbed he would regret all the horrible things he did. Far too late. He had no humility until death. The opposite of what God wants from us humans
“Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.” ― Woodrow Wilson (Perhaps he was ordered to do all those horrible things out of fear for himself / loved ones.)
If Wilson wasn't such a squalid and overt white supremacist (back when this was still a thing), his name would still be up there. The rest of his agenda and legacy are unproblematic to America's elites.
@@effewe2 Oh ffs. Income tax is a feature of every civilised country. Sure there's room for criticism on details but how else are basic services we all enjoy paid for.
No, it wasn't Wilson's fault. The European Entente powers would've slammed Germany with even more punitive measures in the wake of the war if he wasn't involved. Though it didn't mean much in the grand scheme, Wilson actually convinced some of the delegates to scale back those various retribution clauses in the Treaty of Versailles. The League of Nations WAS an excellent idea and the precursor to the UN, but they didn't give themselves enough power to take active steps to curb the possibility of a war. Their lack of collective power combined with the Treaty of Versailles all set the stage for WWII.
@@Loe_Jistyes it was. The reason we got into world war I in the first place was because of Firestone Henry Ford and the other businessmen who had foreign interests.
@@Loe_JistIndeed. Georges Clemenceau once said that Wilson bored him with his Fourteen Points on reconstruction of the European order after the war, as “God Almighty has only ten”.
1:00:55 "on the issue of the size of reparations that Germany was expected to pay, Wilson proposed a modest sum of some 30 million while Clemenceau and his British counterpart David Lloyd George advocated much larger sums. Wilson wanted to show some mercy to the defeated nations."
First people forget that America is a democracy so he have to ask the American people do they want this certain things like the treaty of a side or the or the League of Nations is the American people decision because they don't want to vote him in and they can also vote him out if they don't like the way our president do things in the next four years we can vote him out
In 1919 Ho Chi Minh made a special appeal to Wilson so that the USA would help Vietnam achieve independence. Woodrow Wilson refused to take Ho Chi Minh seriously or even respond.
This is why I love the Internet. Ho was a 20-something year old nobody in 1919. It was to Eisenhower he wrote in the 1950s asking for help, to no avail.
@JohnSmithNadowa what, a 20-something year old expat living in France is entitled to an an answer from an American president? Ha Ha. The Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam 30 years later is a different story. Leave Wilson out of that, he was dead.
I absolutely agree with the comments. In 2024, with the hindsight that we have Woodrow Wilson would have been a bad president for today’s times. But he wasn’t President today, he was president well over 100 years ago. What he did was remarkable for his time. I know many of you have never studied it in school, but this is what history is about. Sure, in June 2024, he seems like a repulsive person. In today’s standards, he likely is. But by the standards of that day, and that time, he was a well respected diplomat, and World leader, who came up with the idea of a League Of Nations, 20+ years before the actual United Nations Unfortunately, or fortunately, we cannot change what has happened in the past. Woodrow Wilson and his times were what they were. We can learn from what happened in his times so that hopefully we don’t make the same mistakes again, but we can’t cancel the period in which he influenced the world. Again, that is wha history is all about. It’s not a pretty story in many cases, but it is what it is.
The criticism of him that I remember, when i had history class in school many years ago, was that he spent so much time in Europe, and little time in the United States. The League of Nations was a good and noble idea. History should give him credit for that. WW I was supposed to be the war to end all wars.
@@patland1762 I know history. History and time changes. Making good character decisions based off of morals don't. Anytime you accept bad morals decisions and pass them off as law or normalize the behavior, the civilization or society will be eventually destroyed.
Ah, the good 'ol Woody Wilson. As I begin watching this, the first thing I'm thinking about is how much of the *NOT* so good Woody Wilson will get talked about.
Just a little clarification: Texas was not "conquered" by the US from Mexico. Texas fought a war of independence against Mexico in 1835 - 36 and became an independent nation from 1836 to 1845. Texas was then admitted to the US by treaty at the very end of 1845 and formally annexed into the US. The remaining states of the Southwest came into the US as a result of "conquest" but Texas did not.
It's crazy when you notice the birth to death years of everyone mentioned in this documentary: almost no one lived to see 60 years. Almost all died in their 50s, what is now considered later middle aged. And this is less than 100 years ago. Will we see an average adult live to 120 or longer in the next century?
The crazy part about his decision is if the American people truly felt disgruntled about the federal policies about gov. oversight and central banking, then why do they continually support those policies today. This wasnt prez Wilsons decision but Americans alone. When will Americans begin to accountable for their own mistakes? And until we do we dont deserve the freedoms we've been so graciously given!
Super videos. Really enjoying the US presidents ones and the James Connolly episode was very informative. I'd love to see a Michael Collins episode. Ireland's greatest man. 😊
Unfortunately Woodrow Wilson has been overshadowed by FDR but this doesn't detract from the proposition that he started the country on its path to the creation of the administrative state.
He is considered an absolute hero, a liberator, for the small nations of Europe. Streets and institutions are named after him, he is one of the few US presidents who is taught about in schools... For example, I just checked and he is the only American (both in North and South America) who has a street named after him in my hometown.
His hatred of black people, who suffered so much with the Lynching that was going on back then, is second to none. He promised to do something to end lynching and did nothing. If he is in heaven, then send me downstairs. Eff him.
In spite of Wilson's glaring "Black" Stain on his Presidency, as far as world history goes, always considered the World Wars a making of European snobbery and hubris. Wilson had foresight and courage that almost bordered on naivete when he introduced his, 14 Points. After saving their bacon by winning the War, he was summarily pushed aside and crumpled under that malignancy which ruled Europe for centuries. Is my opinion payback finally arrived big time with Eisenhower crushing the "Powers" of Europe, England and France, when he squashed their (1956) Suez Crisis, giving them both a good swat on the nose before sending them scurrying in shame all the way home.
Regardless of who the painting is of, you can tell he's British cause he talks like that. 16:30 he pronounces "sexual" as "sect-sual", like Woody was an ape in a nature documentary.
Seeing a lot of ppl in the comments saying how bad he was as president. In short can anyone tell me why ? I’m British so I don’t have the same understanding as an American would
I’m gonna tell you something and hopefully you’ll get something out of this but Hitler and Wilson is burning in hell right now. There’s been the rest of the life in hell don’t make the same mistake. Learn to love people and stop with the hatred the first commandment in the Bible is to love love thy neighbor as you love yourself, don’t make the same mistake. They did your eyeballs open up in hell there’s no coming out of it. Ask the Lord to give you a new heart as you need one before you leave this world. Love you.
If you elect him it cant be a misfortune, its just stupid. Big chance there be stupid again in 2025. We are laughing oure asses of here in europe what a circus
@@ChuckHolland-i4b You are absolutely right about that, but I still think that it’s past time for that change. I think that Wilson is on the 1,000 Dollar Bill which should also be changed for the same reason.
I've stood beside Wilson's crypt in the National Cathedral in DC. He DID accomplish many 'progressive' reforms in the U.S. and tried to form a world alliance that MIGHT have gained world peace, and maybe prevented WW2 if his opponents had agreed to it. It's true he had the poor opinions on race that were very common in his day, but he TRIED to do what he could. He was a far cry better than many (most?) politicians today.
I won't say anything for or against him (yes I actually do have a position, but it isn't necessary to speak it), I will just say that he would be perfectly happy with where the country has gone since his Presidency, and where it is right now. He was a man that can understand that you need a few bumps in the road if you want an excuse to tear it up, move it, and repave it......
Ah, the good 'ol Woody Wilson. As I begin watching this, the first thing I'm thinking about is how much of the *NOT* so good 'ol Woody Wilson will get talked about.
I'm an FDR Democrat but Wilson had his head screwed on backwards. TR, Taft or Charles Evans Hughes would have been better choices as US President, Hughes in particular. Throwing a hand grenade into the map of Europe in 1918 with the phrase of "self determination" merely established a whole lot of countries that weren't nations and fell apart once Adolf came around. The old monarchies weren't that terrible when one saw what replaced them. Woodrow's arteriosclerosis hit his brain first.
Klansman on the Court In 1937 FDR appointed Alabama Senator Hugo Black to the Supreme Court. Black was a member of the Ku Klux Klan and built his career campaigning at Klan meetings. Black was well known for his anti-Catholic viewpoints. In Korematsu v. the United States, Black voted to uphold President Roosevelt's mass arrests and incarceration of Japanese men, women, and children based on race. President Roosevelt called Democrat Klansman Sen. Theodore Bilbo "a real friend of liberal government. Bilbo claimed himself to be "100 percent for Roosevelt...and the New Deal."[107] In a 1938 filibuster against anti-lynching legislation, Bilbo said on the Senate floor that the bill would “open the floodgates of hell in the South” by encouraging Black men to rape white women. Franklin Roosevelt nominated James F. Byrnes to the Supreme Court and was confirmed by the Democrat Senate in 1941. The NAACP opposed his confirmation in a telegram to the White House: “If Senator Byrnes at any time in his long public career failed to take a position inimical to the human and citizenship rights of 13 million American Negro citizens, close scrutiny of his record fails to reveal it.
Opposition to anti-lynching law Segregationist senators Tom Connally, Walter F. George, Richard Russell, Jr., and Claude Pepper filibustering the Wagner-Van Nuys Act, an anti-lynching bill, in 1938; all four were liberal New Dealers. Despite insistence by leftists that the Democrat opposition to civil rights legislation (including anti-lynching legislation) was exclusively from "conservative"/Southern Democrats, it's important to note that a 1937 anti-lynching bill passed the House with opposition from both the Southern bloc in addition to 15 Northern Democrats.[112] Of those who voted on the legislation by party, it got 96% support from Republicans and only 62% from Democrats. In late July 1937, Senate Democrats successfully tabled an anti-lynching effort (introduced by pro-civil rights DINO Royal S. Copeland) twice. On July 26, the Senate voted 41-34 to kill an anti-lynching amendment,[113] with the "Yeas" including future Supreme Court justice Hugo Black and future Vice President Alben Barkley. Over a dozen Northern Democrats voted with the Southern bloc to kill the amendment. 61% of Democrats voted in favor of tabling. Five days later, the majority of Senate Democrats (66% of them) voted yet again to kill the amendment in a 46-39 vote.
@@Kruppt808 agreed. Debbs, Roosevelt, and Taft each had their flaws, but Wilson was a madman convinced of his own moral and intellectual superiority -- a far more dangerous and authoritarian character than the othe three.
Wilson was an accidential President, who wouldnt have been elected by todays standards. 1) It would be more unlikely that The New Jersey party bosses would choose Wilson as their nominee, in 2024. They could see footage of Wilson on the internet. 2) Even if he won the Governorship, it would be unlikely that he'd get the nomination. Presidential Primaries would have a greater impact. Would Wilson's speaking skills come off as too condescending? Would Wilson's views on race be a hindrance to his nomination? 3) Could Wilson even get the nomination? The Democrats of 1912, had the infamous "two-thirds " rule, which is required for nominees. The Democrats of 2024, only required a simple majority of delegates. Speaker of the House Champ Clark had a simple majority of delegates in 1912. But, in an alternate 2024, that simple majority would get him the nomination. (An alternate 2024 would also give Clark, a strong support from Superdelegates. ) 4) Even if Wilson won the nomination, The Republicans would have had a more unified front. 2024 standards would have kept TR from being a candidate, because of the 22nd Amendment. (The 22nd Amendment came into effect in 1951.) TR would have likely supported Taft. But if the 22nd Amendment was not a factor, TR would have won the Republican Nomination, because of his victories in the primaries. Taft would have endorsed him. A unified Republican ticket would have the nominee with about 57 percent of the popular vote. The GOP nominee would have also won a majority of the Electoral College. (The only reason Wilson won the bulk of his Electoral Votes, in real timeline, outside the South, was because of the TR-Taft split in the popular votes.)
@DarthDread-oh2ne He couldn't win on a one-on-one match. Also, the Republicans had control of the White House for sixteen years. Other than the TR-Taft split (or fatigue of the Republicans being in charge for too long), were there any other factors that could have contributed to a Wilson victory?
Wilson's victory in 1912, along with Debbs finishing as high as 4th place, essentially sent a message to both political parties: don't split the vote. Don't break rank. Nominate a candidate and go all in. We're stuck with the two party system as it is today thanks to that election. You don't see serious 3rd party contenders because neither party's members break rank. Actual competition on the same political side gets suppressed. A rogue politician from one party running as a 3rd party candidate siphons votes from the main candidate. In that scenario, like in 1912, the other guy wins. Nowadays, people know how it works so they keep their party members in line.
I really appreciate this video. He was a brillant individual, had many good policies which are intact today. He has my respect for thinking of the workers and poor. 1:16:22
I mean, “Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era” by Thomas C. Leonard really illustrates that the whole racism thing was hardly exclusive to this particular progressive and even rather common.
Well, it is fine that Wilson is called out for his obvious racism. But how about his disgraceful contribution (as a historian) to lending academic credibility to the 'lost cause' myth (that still plagues the controversies around the American Civil War)? And how about his responsibility for the 'red scare' of 1919 - leaving a toxic legacy of curtailing civil rights in the face of political hysteria? The latter is probably the most regrettable omission in this documentary.
Given the soviet union spent millions a year since 1920 trying to subvert American culture and politics, while sending trained agents to take job in middle management of Washington, papers, and Hollywood, it's not really a hysteria, is it?
@@andrewfrancis7272 Oh, Wilson was horrendously prejudiced even by early 20th century standards. You should not worry about that. And the 'lost cause' myth was always flying in the face of established historical facts, no matter the calendar year.
@@TheLastAngryMan01Andrew Jackson was certainly controversial because of his treatment of native Indians However he was the only president to get us out of debt and was against the central banks and really took steps to eliminate that. And this was after the Rothchild war of 1812. Andrew Jackson was a pretty good president. If you look up what he did. Who cares about the Native American shit they did it to themselves anyway. Throwing out Central banks could’ve saved humanity from the New World Order
America's economic weight was AS strong in 1918 AS that of all the Others combined. America Had the Power to decide what the Peace was to be Like. So America was responsible for what happened at Versailles.
If Wilson had resisted the temptation to become involved in the war, the brutal outcome of the conflict may well have led to a more lasting peace. His ego couldn't resist the limelight of the postwar talks.
@@patland1762 the economy is crashing, the dollar is going to shit, mentally ill people are celebrated, communists are in our government and are supported by brainwashed sheeple.
@@adamhunter5766yep the same party that thinks a rape victim should raise the rapist child…the same party that insist to throw the constitution out to put religion in public schools…the same party that bitches about border security then vote down a reasonable bill addressing that issue…the same party that white supremacy supports now…the GOP is a joke…
Adamhunter5766 no different from the people who burned down their own city’s. You democrats and republicans are all the same…same clowns different circus
He was a horrible person now he’s swimming in hell don’t make the same mistake and lift up your eyeballs in hell first commandment in the Bible is love love thy neighbor as you would love yourself we think all that because there’s no coming back from hell you’ll be there for all eternallychange your ways before you leave this earth and your heart
I find it interesting that a large degree of people are rendering opinions most of criticism woithout considering what were the political issues of the time. And applying his administration’s policies to the issues of today. Its insanity.
The only thing I know about Woodrow Wilson is that Americans refuse to talk about him and you're not allowed to ask & probably more importantly, that Bart Simpson invented an alias using his photo and name 'Woodrow' responding to a personals ad placed by his teacher Edna Krabappel. Eager to listen hoping we'll hit these important points.
Alexander Hamilton was his favorite?, well my favorite founding father was my ancestor thomas jefferson and I've got the thick cave lions mane to prove it, and even with people like mtg, I'm sure he'd still advocate for limited presidential power, with ridiculous battles against the insane and inane even amongst the best types.
So is he your ancestor through his legitimate family, or Sally? How could he be anyone's favorite anything? Don't idolize slave holders. Or worse, a known slave rapist dude. An his family tried to disinterest and keep his descendants from Sally from having access to what is rightfully theirs. Do better.
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"I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit." - Woodrow Wilson. Wilson himself realized how awful the Federal Reserve Act was in his dying days, but this documentary praises it and glosses over how it was passed in the Senate two days before Christmas, with only a few Senators present.
In hindsight it was still a good thing it passed no matter what
@@memorymeme51why
No it wasn't.
sit down
Really has little to do with the Feds, those guys are private bankers. Jefferson had warned of the dangers of a centralized national banking system & Jackson opposed it with a passion. All I know is "American Dream" began turning into nightmare in the '70s.
The Epitome of the old "Dixiecrat".
Overrated
Set Civil Rights back 50 years!
@@familykaplan1341that's depends
Except he was from NJ. Democrats have always danced with the devil to maintain power, they do it now and they did it then. The most vile party is history.
So today's dem, like joe bribem? Lol
“The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interest. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.”
Woodrow Wilson
Avarice
@@SuperGreatSphinx jews
communist jews
On his deathbed he would regret all the horrible things he did. Far too late. He had no humility until death. The opposite of what God wants from us humans
@@matthewbigelow5096I don't even believe he regretted it. I think he was just scared of his fate.
“Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.”
― Woodrow Wilson
(Perhaps he was ordered to do all those horrible things out of fear for himself / loved ones.)
The board of trustees at Princeton removed his name on campus in 2020. I wonder hoe many of todays politicians will meet the same!
If Wilson wasn't such a squalid and overt white supremacist (back when this was still a thing), his name would still be up there. The rest of his agenda and legacy are unproblematic to America's elites.
@@Jason-gg4lmwell you seem to be moonbat
@@Jason-gg4lm
You do, poppet. You commented.
Toodles
Great President...
Why did Princeton remove his name ?
I have to say, you have the best biographies. If I want to know about someone, I go straight to your channel. Excellent production.
He started the "administrative bureaucracy of experts" that has been the downfall of the nation.
He should be reviled, and universally loathed.
Théodore Roosevelt Was Right When He All But Called Him Yellow
How so?
He was Bernard Baruch's boy
And the Income Tax. Ripping off hardworking Americans!
@@effewe2 Oh ffs. Income tax is a feature of every civilised country. Sure there's room for criticism on details but how else are basic services we all enjoy paid for.
He ,for me, was one of America's worst president list
Let’s not forget Jackson’s treatment of the natives
@@AJP_17omg I get so tired of hearing this sob story. That was the way of the world and it helped create our vast Nation.
@@goldentaco4970 Sob story,you need help
@@goldentaco4970yes so the flood of immigrants is the way of the world too so i dont want to hear any sob stories 😂😂😂
@@goldentaco4970 oh, so segregation is the way of the world now? You progressives never quit.
this man's policies helped lead to WW2.
No, it wasn't Wilson's fault. The European Entente powers would've slammed Germany with even more punitive measures in the wake of the war if he wasn't involved. Though it didn't mean much in the grand scheme, Wilson actually convinced some of the delegates to scale back those various retribution clauses in the Treaty of Versailles. The League of Nations WAS an excellent idea and the precursor to the UN, but they didn't give themselves enough power to take active steps to curb the possibility of a war. Their lack of collective power combined with the Treaty of Versailles all set the stage for WWII.
@@Loe_Jistyes it was. The reason we got into world war I in the first place was because of Firestone Henry Ford and the other businessmen who had foreign interests.
@@Loe_JistIndeed. Georges Clemenceau once said that Wilson bored him with his Fourteen Points on reconstruction of the European order after the war, as “God Almighty has only ten”.
1:00:55 "on the issue of the size of reparations that Germany was expected to pay, Wilson proposed a modest sum of some 30 million while Clemenceau and his British counterpart David Lloyd George advocated much larger sums. Wilson wanted to show some mercy to the defeated nations."
First people forget that America is a democracy so he have to ask the American people do they want this certain things like the treaty of a side or the or the League of Nations is the American people decision because they don't want to vote him in and they can also vote him out if they don't like the way our president do things in the next four years we can vote him out
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In 1919 Ho Chi Minh made a special appeal to Wilson so that the USA would help Vietnam achieve independence. Woodrow Wilson refused to take Ho Chi Minh seriously or even respond.
I bet Woodrow Wilson was thinking: "I don't care for a poor man's coolie," when reached out from Ho Chi Minh.
Bit America in the ass decades later.
This is why I love the Internet. Ho was a 20-something year old nobody in 1919. It was to Eisenhower he wrote in the 1950s asking for help, to no avail.
@@andrewwhite1968hes right, calm down
@JohnSmithNadowa what, a 20-something year old expat living in France is entitled to an an answer from an American president? Ha Ha.
The Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam 30 years later is a different story. Leave Wilson out of that, he was dead.
I absolutely agree with the comments. In 2024, with the hindsight that we have Woodrow Wilson would have been a bad president for today’s times. But he wasn’t President today, he was president well over 100 years ago. What he did was remarkable for his time. I know many of you have never studied it in school, but this is what history is about. Sure, in June 2024, he seems like a repulsive person. In today’s standards, he likely is. But by the standards of that day, and that time, he was a well respected diplomat, and World leader, who came up with the idea of a League Of Nations, 20+ years before the actual United Nations
Unfortunately, or fortunately, we cannot change what has happened in the past. Woodrow Wilson and his times were what they were. We can learn from what happened in his times so that hopefully we don’t make the same mistakes again, but we can’t cancel the period in which he influenced the world.
Again, that is wha history is all about. It’s not a pretty story in many cases, but it is what it is.
I disagree. Morals are Morals.
The criticism of him that I remember, when i had history class in school many years ago, was that he spent so much time in Europe, and little time in the United States. The League of Nations was a good and noble idea. History should give him credit for that. WW I was supposed to be the war to end all wars.
@@andrejamison2723 Time you learn some history. It will be good for you. Morals change with time, change drawmatically.
@@patland1762 I know history. History and time changes. Making good character decisions based off of morals don't. Anytime you accept bad morals decisions and pass them off as law or normalize the behavior, the civilization or society will be eventually destroyed.
And that's why it must be taught in the schools. Who wants to repeat some of this stuff.
He was a giant of his time. Complete with prejudices of hos time. He could have done more for black Americans but thats his story.
Ah, the good 'ol Woody Wilson.
As I begin watching this, the first thing I'm thinking about is how
much of the *NOT* so good Woody Wilson will get talked about.
Woodrow Wilson's 14 points
Clemenceau said the Good Lord himself only had 10 .
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Just a little clarification: Texas was not "conquered" by the US from Mexico. Texas fought a war of independence against Mexico in 1835 - 36 and became an independent nation from 1836 to 1845. Texas was then admitted to the US by treaty at the very end of 1845 and formally annexed into the US. The remaining states of the Southwest came into the US as a result of "conquest" but Texas did not.
A war where the USA did also fight on. If you look for a example in the current age, the Krim annexation of Russia is good example.
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You would think someone with his means would have visited a dentist. The man had rotten teeth which probably led to his poor health.
Saint Apollonia
Federal reserve smh
It's crazy when you notice the birth to death years of everyone mentioned in this documentary: almost no one lived to see 60 years. Almost all died in their 50s, what is now considered later middle aged. And this is less than 100 years ago. Will we see an average adult live to 120 or longer in the next century?
The crazy part about his decision is if the American people truly felt disgruntled about the federal policies about gov. oversight and central banking, then why do they continually support those policies today.
This wasnt prez Wilsons decision but Americans alone.
When will Americans begin to accountable for their own mistakes?
And until we do we dont deserve the freedoms we've been so graciously given!
Super videos. Really enjoying the US presidents ones and the James Connolly episode was very informative. I'd love to see a Michael Collins episode. Ireland's greatest man. 😊
I better remember him as one of the suspects in Heisenberg case.
The mastermind behind the Great Depression because of the interest rates going poor in the Federal Reserve.
What a terrible president.
What a terrible person!
He will always be the gutless coward that sat back and excused Britain's actions in ireland.
@@MMerlyn91You are the dumbest person I have ever heard
@@MMerlyn91yeah right Versailles Treaty was a half baked treaty that directly led to WW2 breaking out but whatever stay in your ivory tower.....
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Unfortunately Woodrow Wilson has been overshadowed by FDR but this doesn't detract from the proposition that he started the country on its path to the creation of the administrative state.
How's that a good thing?
I still prefer FDR better. So is Coolidge
He is considered an absolute hero, a liberator, for the small nations of Europe. Streets and institutions are named after him, he is one of the few US presidents who is taught about in schools...
For example, I just checked and he is the only American (both in North and South America) who has a street named after him in my hometown.
His so called 'liberation' in Europe has given rise to the birth of one of the world most terrifying tyrant Adolf Hitler.
better listen to the Great war channel post WW1. See what those new liberated nations did to each other.
Damn the health deterioration in the lead up to his death made me think he was like 86 by the time he died 😂
if only it would have been before he was 5 instead of 67
Grand Wizard
Two words frightening in their accuracy
His hatred of black people, who suffered so much with the Lynching that was going on back then, is second to none. He promised to do something to end lynching and did nothing. If he is in heaven, then send me downstairs. Eff him.
And a democrat like bubba Clinton and crooked Hillary
I'm have been surprised and a little puzzled at this renewed interest in Wilson, a man whose 2nd term ended over 100 yrs ago!😮
In spite of Wilson's glaring "Black" Stain on his Presidency, as far as world history goes, always considered the World Wars a making of European snobbery and hubris. Wilson had foresight and courage that almost bordered on naivete when he introduced his, 14 Points. After saving their bacon by winning the War, he was summarily pushed aside and crumpled under that malignancy which ruled Europe for centuries. Is my opinion payback finally arrived big time with Eisenhower crushing the "Powers" of Europe, England and France, when he squashed their (1956) Suez Crisis, giving them both a good swat on the nose before sending them scurrying in shame all the way home.
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You can tell this guy is British. At 6:03 he mentioned Hamilton but shows a painting of Thomas Jefferson with Hamiltons name under it.
You need to look closer, since that is a famous painting of Hamilton. Its in the National Gallery in DC.
Even stevie wonder could tell its not Jefferson
Regardless of who the painting is of, you can tell he's British cause he talks like that. 16:30 he pronounces "sexual" as "sect-sual", like Woody was an ape in a nature documentary.
@@Gordon-hx8cp actually, the guys right. I googled it. I think the people who own the painting miss labels it because it’s clearly not Hamilton.
What a horrible human being.
Right you are
He was Bernard Baruch's boy
Beyond evil. That man is right up there with Hitler. I hate him forever!
And a democrat like Barack Hussein Obama
@@martinalarcon3108 Yes, the number race hustler was Obama.
Seeing a lot of ppl in the comments saying how bad he was as president. In short can anyone tell me why ? I’m British so I don’t have the same understanding as an American would
Privately owned federal reserve act, owned(at least in part) by the same people who own the bank of England
Income tax, Federal Reserve, ...etc
Progressive socialist
He was a furry
Hitler would have admired woodrow wilson,he was truly obnoxious.
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I’m gonna tell you something and hopefully you’ll get something out of this but Hitler and Wilson is burning in hell right now. There’s been the rest of the life in hell don’t make the same mistake. Learn to love people and stop with the hatred the first commandment in the Bible is to love love thy neighbor as you love yourself, don’t make the same mistake. They did your eyeballs open up in hell there’s no coming out of it. Ask the Lord to give you a new heart as you need one before you leave this world. Love you.
He was just basically, a product of his time.
Good timing on this Bio!
Wilson was one of the worst Presidents we had the misfortune of electing.
If you elect him it cant be a misfortune, its just stupid. Big chance there be stupid again in 2025. We are laughing oure asses of here in europe what a circus
And black folks continue to vote Democratic.....SMH!
@@dennismerlijn7459you think this is funny?! What an idiot!
This documentary thinks Wilson playing Birth of a Nation at the White House was worse than creating the Federal Reserve.
I beg to differ.
The Income Tax was the worst.
If anyone asked me about Wilson all I know is the League of Nations
The 20 Dollar Bill should have been changed long ago.
Absoeffinlutely
@@Jason-gg4lma hate monger shouldn’t be lionized!
$20 cent piece ?
That's Andrew Jackson not Woodrow Wilson....?
@@ChuckHolland-i4b You are absolutely right about that, but I still think that it’s past time for that change. I think that Wilson is on the 1,000 Dollar Bill which should also be changed for the same reason.
I've stood beside Wilson's crypt in the National Cathedral in DC. He DID accomplish many 'progressive' reforms in the U.S. and tried to form a world alliance that MIGHT have gained world peace, and maybe prevented WW2 if his opponents had agreed to it. It's true he had the poor opinions on race that were very common in his day, but he TRIED to do what he could. He was a far cry better than many (most?) politicians today.
He was Bernard Baruch's boy
BS.
He hated Black people and had no plans to improve their living conditions
I won't say anything for or against him (yes I actually do have a position, but it isn't necessary to speak it), I will just say that he would be perfectly happy with where the country has gone since his Presidency, and where it is right now. He was a man that can understand that you need a few bumps in the road if you want an excuse to tear it up, move it, and repave it......
Ah, the good 'ol Woody Wilson.
As I begin watching this, the first thing I'm thinking about is how
much of the *NOT* so good 'ol Woody Wilson will get talked about.
When a nation speaks against its greatest men and ideals,under false slogans ,it is doomed!
I'm an FDR Democrat but Wilson had his head screwed on backwards. TR, Taft or Charles Evans Hughes would have been better choices as US President, Hughes in particular. Throwing a hand grenade into the map of Europe in 1918 with the phrase of "self determination" merely established a whole lot of countries that weren't nations and fell apart once Adolf came around. The old monarchies weren't that terrible when one saw what replaced them. Woodrow's arteriosclerosis hit his brain first.
Klansman on the Court
In 1937 FDR appointed Alabama Senator Hugo Black to the Supreme Court. Black was a member of the Ku Klux Klan and built his career campaigning at Klan meetings. Black was well known for his anti-Catholic viewpoints. In Korematsu v. the United States, Black voted to uphold President Roosevelt's mass arrests and incarceration of Japanese men, women, and children based on race.
President Roosevelt called Democrat Klansman Sen. Theodore Bilbo "a real friend of liberal government. Bilbo claimed himself to be "100 percent for Roosevelt...and the New Deal."[107] In a 1938 filibuster against anti-lynching legislation, Bilbo said on the Senate floor that the bill would “open the floodgates of hell in the South” by encouraging Black men to rape white women.
Franklin Roosevelt nominated James F. Byrnes to the Supreme Court and was confirmed by the Democrat Senate in 1941. The NAACP opposed his confirmation in a telegram to the White House:
“If Senator Byrnes at any time in his long public career failed to take a position inimical to the human and citizenship rights of 13 million American Negro citizens, close scrutiny of his record fails to reveal it.
Opposition to anti-lynching law
Segregationist senators Tom Connally, Walter F. George, Richard Russell, Jr., and Claude Pepper filibustering the Wagner-Van Nuys Act, an anti-lynching bill, in 1938; all four were liberal New Dealers.
Despite insistence by leftists that the Democrat opposition to civil rights legislation (including anti-lynching legislation) was exclusively from "conservative"/Southern Democrats, it's important to note that a 1937 anti-lynching bill passed the House with opposition from both the Southern bloc in addition to 15 Northern Democrats.[112] Of those who voted on the legislation by party, it got 96% support from Republicans and only 62% from Democrats.
In late July 1937, Senate Democrats successfully tabled an anti-lynching effort (introduced by pro-civil rights DINO Royal S. Copeland) twice. On July 26, the Senate voted 41-34 to kill an anti-lynching amendment,[113] with the "Yeas" including future Supreme Court justice Hugo Black and future Vice President Alben Barkley. Over a dozen Northern Democrats voted with the Southern bloc to kill the amendment. 61% of Democrats voted in favor of tabling.
Five days later, the majority of Senate Democrats (66% of them) voted yet again to kill the amendment in a 46-39 vote.
He helped set the tone, destroying the American aborigine 😢
He’s like Obama but white.
Big reason why Japan became a hostile country
Shout out to my dude, Eugene V. Debbs!! Terre Haute remembers!!
The only presidential candidate in 1912 worth voting for. Naturally, he finished in 4th place.
@andrewfusco8580 roosevelt was a far superior choice to him
@@andrewfusco8580 Prisoner 9653 ran for presidency in 1920 too
@@Kruppt808 agreed. Debbs, Roosevelt, and Taft each had their flaws, but Wilson was a madman convinced of his own moral and intellectual superiority -- a far more dangerous and authoritarian character than the othe three.
I don't think the country would have voted a Socialist POTUS,still a fringe Ideology
Wilson was an accidential President, who wouldnt have been elected by todays standards.
1) It would be more unlikely that The New Jersey party bosses would choose Wilson as their nominee, in 2024. They could see footage of Wilson on the internet.
2) Even if he won the Governorship, it would be unlikely that he'd get the nomination. Presidential Primaries would have a greater impact. Would Wilson's speaking skills come off as too condescending? Would Wilson's views on race be a hindrance to his nomination?
3) Could Wilson even get the nomination? The Democrats of 1912, had the infamous "two-thirds " rule, which is required for nominees. The Democrats of 2024, only required a simple majority of delegates. Speaker of the House Champ Clark had a simple majority of delegates in 1912. But, in an alternate 2024, that simple majority would get him the nomination. (An alternate 2024 would also give Clark, a strong support from Superdelegates. )
4) Even if Wilson won the nomination, The Republicans would have had a more unified front. 2024 standards would have kept TR from being a candidate, because of the 22nd Amendment. (The 22nd Amendment came into effect in 1951.) TR would have likely supported Taft.
But if the 22nd Amendment was not a factor, TR would have won the Republican Nomination, because of his victories in the primaries. Taft would have endorsed him. A unified Republican ticket would have the nominee with about 57 percent of the popular vote. The GOP nominee would have also won a majority of the Electoral College. (The only reason Wilson won the bulk of his Electoral Votes, in real timeline, outside the South, was because of the TR-Taft split in the popular votes.)
Basically, Wilson couldn’t beat TR or Taft in a the fair fight.
@DarthDread-oh2ne He couldn't win on a one-on-one match.
Also, the Republicans had control of the White House for sixteen years. Other than the TR-Taft split (or fatigue of the Republicans being in charge for too long), were there any other factors that could have contributed to a Wilson victory?
Wilson's victory in 1912, along with Debbs finishing as high as 4th place, essentially sent a message to both political parties: don't split the vote. Don't break rank. Nominate a candidate and go all in.
We're stuck with the two party system as it is today thanks to that election. You don't see serious 3rd party contenders because neither party's members break rank. Actual competition on the same political side gets suppressed. A rogue politician from one party running as a 3rd party candidate siphons votes from the main candidate. In that scenario, like in 1912, the other guy wins. Nowadays, people know how it works so they keep their party members in line.
There are NO STANDARDS TODAY IF YOU CAN ELECT 45!!!!!!
@@Contessa6363omg your TDS is hanging out all over🙄trust and believe bumblebiden wont be remembered fondly in history.
Booker T!!!!! Finally
Ruined this country with two amendments, 16th and 17th.
100% . He was Evil.
WILSON!
Nice reference to Cynical Historian.
Aha! You’re a fan of ‘The Inbetweeners’. Respect.
@@robertcottam8824 I thought it was a reference to the volleyball guy in Castaway with Tom Hanks.
I'm a fan of the Inbetweeners and Castaway, but I was referencing the Cynical Historian.
Johns Hopkins. Not John
Thats o.k....🙄
For a moment.
his Dirty Ass, done got it.
Can't hurt Nobody else.
he too, gonna give account
for his deeds.
isn't it Lovely 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I really appreciate this video. He was a brillant individual, had many good policies which are intact today. He has my respect for thinking of the workers and poor. 1:16:22
I mean, “Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era” by Thomas C. Leonard really illustrates that the whole racism thing was hardly exclusive to this particular progressive and even rather common.
He was a great supremacist.
And a true white privilege democrat 😮😢
Good video! Terrible person!😢
And a democrat no surprise there
Well, it is fine that Wilson is called out for his obvious racism. But how about his disgraceful contribution (as a historian) to lending academic credibility to the 'lost cause' myth (that still plagues the controversies around the American Civil War)? And how about his responsibility for the 'red scare' of 1919 - leaving a toxic legacy of curtailing civil rights in the face of political hysteria? The latter is probably the most regrettable omission in this documentary.
Given the soviet union spent millions a year since 1920 trying to subvert American culture and politics, while sending trained agents to take job in middle management of Washington, papers, and Hollywood, it's not really a hysteria, is it?
I don't defend those views but he was a man of his times. It does little good to judge anyone a century ago by the standards of 2024.
@@andrewfrancis7272 Oh, Wilson was horrendously prejudiced even by early 20th century standards. You should not worry about that. And the 'lost cause' myth was always flying in the face of established historical facts, no matter the calendar year.
He’s the reason for income tax. Automatic L
I will hate him forever and so will my kids and their kids....that man unleash hell on hard working Americans!
Presented well
He was One of the Worst Ever.
“Hold my beer”- Joe Biden 2024
7:05 SHOCKER
Worst president ? Has no one heard of Warren Harding, Richard Nixon or James Buchanan?
Andrew Jackson, Martin van Buren.
Nixon was a GREAT president...he brought our troops home from the mistake that Wilson, JFK and LBJ created! OK!
@@TheLastAngryMan01Andrew Jackson was certainly controversial because of his treatment of native Indians However he was the only president to get us out of debt and was against the central banks and really took steps to eliminate that. And this was after the Rothchild war of 1812. Andrew Jackson was a pretty good president. If you look up what he did. Who cares about the Native American shit they did it to themselves anyway. Throwing out Central banks could’ve saved humanity from the New World Order
America's economic weight was AS strong in 1918 AS that of all the Others combined. America Had the Power to decide what the Peace was to be Like. So America was responsible for what happened at Versailles.
Colonel Edward House as always been a political mystery man..😮
If Wilson had resisted the temptation to become involved in the war, the brutal outcome of the conflict may well have led to a more lasting peace. His ego couldn't resist the limelight of the postwar talks.
Always enjoy studying this man.
A monster
Please do Baruch Spinoza
Hank and walter white debunking WW, says 'woodrow Wilson'
Created income tax, the federal reserve and gave women the right to vote. The beginning of the end of the US.
@@pedanticradiator1491 yea and look where we are
@@dalesmith4778 Yes look, largest economy, world's largest oil producer, one of the highest standards of living.
@@patland1762 the economy is crashing, the dollar is going to shit, mentally ill people are celebrated, communists are in our government and are supported by brainwashed sheeple.
Thats on guy that needed to be deleted.
In my estimation, the worst President to ever hold the office
Biden
Biden’s trying to take that title - in half the time.
He behaved as if he was intellectually superior than most but was truly just a petulant human being loaded with prejudice. A real loser!
Woodrow Wilson AKA Bernard Baruch's emissary.
The damn income tax, come on man
A truly dreadful man and president.
By my time for my old parish the next year to be there
The 19th-23 is the first that you have anything for the excellent team
When are Democrats NOT divisive.
🤡
Says the party that threw a temper tantrum and stormed the Capitol because they lost
@@adamhunter5766yep the same party that thinks a rape victim should raise the rapist child…the same party that insist to throw the constitution out to put religion in public schools…the same party that bitches about border security then vote down a reasonable bill addressing that issue…the same party that white supremacy supports now…the GOP is a joke…
Adamhunter5766 no different from the people who burned down their own city’s. You democrats and republicans are all the same…same clowns different circus
@adamhunter5766 compare to the dems summer of love. 43 murders and billions of property damage.
ويلسن رئيس أمريكي رائع صاحب النقاط ال 14 المثاليه التي لو عمل بها العالم لعاش في سعاده
He was a horrible person now he’s swimming in hell don’t make the same mistake and lift up your eyeballs in hell first commandment in the Bible is love love thy neighbor as you would love yourself we think all that because there’s no coming back from hell you’ll be there for all eternallychange your ways before you leave this earth and your heart
Just another stock standard democrat. He just was willing to say what he really thought about people out loud.
And the Black folks bought that from him....ignoring the GOP who did so much for them after the civil war!
I have a biography of Wilson it's by HW Brands
I’m currently reading about Franklin Delano Roosevelt by H.W. Brands. I plan on reading about Wilson, by the same author, next. Happy Reading to you!
Brands is a fantastic author
‘It’s importance (of the FED) has been firmly demonstrated in recent times, in its role combating inflation in the 2020’s’
🤣 ROFL LMAO 😂
Who the hell names their child Woodrow 😅 says all you need to know
First name was Thomas. But yes Woodrow was definitely an interesting name
Why did they change the name of this episode
It was divisive democrat
I find it interesting that a large degree of people are rendering opinions most of criticism woithout considering what were the political issues of the time. And applying his administration’s policies to the issues of today. Its insanity.
🤔Did I miss it OR did this totally omit the Spanish Flu of that time frame🤔
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100,000-dollar bill man
Typical democrat
JOHNS Hopkins, ffs.
Thank you. I found that so annoying as well.
Democrat
The only thing I know about Woodrow Wilson is that Americans refuse to talk about him and you're not allowed to ask & probably more importantly, that Bart Simpson invented an alias using his photo and name 'Woodrow' responding to a personals ad placed by his teacher Edna Krabappel.
Eager to listen hoping we'll hit these important points.
Alexander Hamilton was his favorite?, well my favorite founding father was my ancestor thomas jefferson and I've got the thick cave lions mane to prove it, and even with people like mtg, I'm sure he'd still advocate for limited presidential power, with ridiculous battles against the insane and inane even amongst the best types.
So is he your ancestor through his legitimate family, or Sally? How could he be anyone's favorite anything? Don't idolize slave holders. Or worse, a known slave rapist dude. An his family tried to disinterest and keep his descendants from Sally from having access to what is rightfully theirs. Do better.
Thou shalt honor god and love others…self fails every time
Lucrative cotton trade?! That’s what we calling it 😂