"He had the shapely hands of the Orleans family" Which is, I'm sure, the last time that we will be discussing hands and King Leopold II at the same time. In fact, I'm so sure of that that I'm just going to go google 'King Leopold' and 'Hands' and th-ohdeargod.
I am SO watching a movie about Willie Wonka that's basically a retelling of Leopold II's terror in Congo for rubber, except presented as Willie Wonka exploiting the natives in the Congo for chocolate.
"He thought he had the most beautiful hands in all of Europe." Oh... oh, no...
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Did he ever meet Wilhelm II? (Checks) They did.... they sat next to each other at dinner. Oh, to be a fly on that wall. "What are you doing to that steak? Do you want me to give you a hand?" "Bitch, I will cut you"
14:55 Supposedly some guy remarked that Leopold would make a great "president of a republic". Leopold turned to the court physician and asked "How would you feel if you were greeted as 'a great veterinarian'?"
Livingston was an anti slavery and evangelical preacher. A man of his time, but I believe history shows him as a nice human being. As for Stanley, I had no idea he was such an evil bastard.
FYI: Belgium was part of the Netherlands until 1830 when they had a mini-war of independence. And Luxembourg stayed with the Netherlands for 6 more years until the country got a queen in stead of a king and they broke off at that point.
I always think it is interesting that Leopold I was originally married to Princess Charlotte, who was directly in line for the British Crown. She died in childbirth (as did the infant), but, if she had survived, Charlotte and Leopold would have become Queen and King instead of Victoria and Albert, and Leopold II of Belgium wouldn't have existed. It is interesting to think about how many things would have changed as a result.
Genghis Kahn did kill a lot of people, not saying he didn’t……… But he was actually kinda based sometimes about it. He would go conquer a place, then he’d kill all the royalty and ruling class because he saw that they added nothing to the community/country, and would basically guarantee safety and peace to the artisans, farmers, and trade people, because he knew they were the ones doing the actual work keeping nations afloat. He also raped and killed just like, A TON of other innocent people though, so definitely isn’t completely based. A mixed bag of a human being.
i mean the thing about the Mongols was that they really didn't care what you believed in as long as you gave them your shit in a lot of ways they where just the Mob but scaled up over most of Eurasia
One of GK’s sons was insulted by the ruler of bagdad, so he told him something like “god already knows what I’m about to do to you.” Then the Khan personally beat him to death after he surrendered then brutally sacked the city.
Fun fact: I'm pretty sure the main reason the UN sent Belgian peacekeepers into Rwanda was mostly because of Leopold II's horror show in that country. Before a bunch of them were butchered by the Hutus and the UN ordered them out rather than giving them weapons--one burst of heavy gun fire over their heads a few dozen times probably could have saves hundreds of thousands of Tutsi lives. Maybe we can have a "Behind The Bastards - The UN Security Council Secures No One"...
@@edjevanginneke4944 fair. I only say "I am pretty sure" because Philip Gourevitch's book on the genocide (aptly named "We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed with our Families") discusses that they were Belgian peacekeepers and adds a sentence discussing how the UN tended to send European peacekeepers back into the same areas they had colonized. They did it throughout the end of the 20th century when peacekeepers were needed in Africa and parts of Asia.
"He had the shapely hands of the Orleans family"
Which is, I'm sure, the last time that we will be discussing hands and King Leopold II at the same time. In fact, I'm so sure of that that I'm just going to go google 'King Leopold' and 'Hands' and th-ohdeargod.
“Belgium’s a wee little country-you can drive across it in a couple of hours.”
Germany liked that.
I am SO watching a movie about Willie Wonka that's basically a retelling of Leopold II's terror in Congo for rubber, except presented as Willie Wonka exploiting the natives in the Congo for chocolate.
"He thought he had the most beautiful hands in all of Europe."
Oh... oh, no...
Did he ever meet Wilhelm II?
(Checks)
They did.... they sat next to each other at dinner.
Oh, to be a fly on that wall.
"What are you doing to that steak? Do you want me to give you a hand?"
"Bitch, I will cut you"
14:55 Supposedly some guy remarked that Leopold would make a great "president of a republic". Leopold turned to the court physician and asked "How would you feel if you were greeted as 'a great veterinarian'?"
Leopold had a craving that only hands could satisfy.
Livingston was an anti slavery and evangelical preacher. A man of his time, but I believe history shows him as a nice human being. As for Stanley, I had no idea he was such an evil bastard.
FYI: Belgium was part of the Netherlands until 1830 when they had a mini-war of independence. And Luxembourg stayed with the Netherlands for 6 more years until the country got a queen in stead of a king and they broke off at that point.
When they started joking about Leopold 2 hands... I had to cringe because unlike Andrew Ti, I know where Leopold's story with hands is headed...
I always think it is interesting that Leopold I was originally married to Princess Charlotte, who was directly in line for the British Crown. She died in childbirth (as did the infant), but, if she had survived, Charlotte and Leopold would have become Queen and King instead of Victoria and Albert, and Leopold II of Belgium wouldn't have existed. It is interesting to think about how many things would have changed as a result.
Hey for next Columbus Day you guys should do Hernan Cortez
Good idea. Francisco Pizarro would also be good
I suggest reading anything by Mathew Restall on Cortes.
WTF did Will Wheaton do,
It’s a joke; like how they pretend to be sponsored by Raytheon and their “knife missiles” all the time…
Be an easy target.
24:39 i think ab how my hands look constantly
25:18 the opposite of Kaiser wilheim
I love the title ❤❤❤❤
Genghis Kahn was a somewhat legit ruler... as far as rulers go
Genghis Kahn did kill a lot of people, not saying he didn’t………
But he was actually kinda based sometimes about it. He would go conquer a place, then he’d kill all the royalty and ruling class because he saw that they added nothing to the community/country, and would basically guarantee safety and peace to the artisans, farmers, and trade people, because he knew they were the ones doing the actual work keeping nations afloat.
He also raped and killed just like, A TON of other innocent people though, so definitely isn’t completely based. A mixed bag of a human being.
i mean the thing about the Mongols was that they really didn't care what you believed in as long as you gave them your shit in a lot of ways they where just the Mob but scaled up over most of Eurasia
Still a bastard, and a rapey one at that.
One of GK’s sons was insulted by the ruler of bagdad, so he told him something like “god already knows what I’m about to do to you.” Then the Khan personally beat him to death after he surrendered then brutally sacked the city.
Fun fact: I'm pretty sure the main reason the UN sent Belgian peacekeepers into Rwanda was mostly because of Leopold II's horror show in that country. Before a bunch of them were butchered by the Hutus and the UN ordered them out rather than giving them weapons--one burst of heavy gun fire over their heads a few dozen times probably could have saves hundreds of thousands of Tutsi lives.
Maybe we can have a "Behind The Bastards - The UN Security Council Secures No One"...
Using fun fact, and following it by; "I am pretty sure". 😂
@@edjevanginneke4944 fair. I only say "I am pretty sure" because Philip Gourevitch's book on the genocide (aptly named "We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed with our Families") discusses that they were Belgian peacekeepers and adds a sentence discussing how the UN tended to send European peacekeepers back into the same areas they had colonized. They did it throughout the end of the 20th century when peacekeepers were needed in Africa and parts of Asia.
@@edjevanginneke4944It's the same as people saying ".. is literally like..." It is an immediate self-contradiction.
Your co-host is very very funny.
_sighs_ This is so pleasant to listen to without Sophie interrupting constantly.