The Evolution of World Democracy - An Infographic Time-Lapse

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  • Опубликовано: 3 май 2017
  • The 200-year history of democracy, told through an animated time-lapsed map showing how government systems have evolved over time.
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    Video by Bryce Plank and Robin West
    Map Data Visualization:
    ourworldindata.org/democracy/...
    Music:
    "Double Drift" Double Drift by Kevin MacLeod
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    "Consequence" and "The Search" by Matt Stewart-Evans:
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    Sources:
    www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_c...
    www.historyworld.net/timesearc...
    news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/...

Комментарии • 7 тыс.

  • @TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel
    @TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel  7 лет назад +1122

    Some of you have raised various issues with aspects of this presentation. I'll address some of them now:
    1) The map comes from this source: ourworldindata.org/democracy/#world-maps-of-political-regimes-over-200-years
    It's creators based the visualization on this data: ourworldindata.org/grapher/political-regime-updated2016.csv
    The data-scientists behind the project intend to inform, not to propagandize or mislead. They are transparent about how the conclusions presented in their visualization were reached.
    The visualization was produced by a team of three at the University of Oxford: The economist Esteban Ortiz Ospina, the web developer Jaiden Mispy, and Max Roser, the founder of Our World In Data.
    2) This is how the creator of the visualization views democracy and the other government classification criteria: “A democracy is a political system with institutions that allows citizens to express their political preferences, has constraints on the power of the executive, and a guarantee of civil liberties.
    This entry presents the empirical research on the slow rise of democratic regimes over the last two centuries.
    Democracies are distinct from autocratic countries in which political preferences cannot be expressed and citizens are not guaranteed civil liberties. Anocracies - a term used often in this entry - are regimes that fall in the middle of the spectrum of autocracies and democracies. Anocracies are countries which are not fully autocratic, but which can also not be called democratic.”
    3) The map uses current borders. Anyone that has spent time working in animation/visual design/motion graphics understands that accurately tracking and changing the borders over 200 years would have made this video (and the map it is based on) nearly impossible to create.
    4) Yes, we accidentally used the flag of Puerto Rico instead of Cuba...but in all fairness, they are remarkably similar:
    Cuba: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Cuba
    Puerto Rico: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico
    5) Some areas are gray, indicating that there is "No Data." Gray also means "country in transition," we should have indicated that on the map key. It seems this partially explains why Russia (the former Soviet Union) is gray for much of the animation. I will follow up with Max Roser and offer more clarification here if it is needed.
    6) This video is intended to offer a broad historical look at the trends of 200 years of history. By calling out certain key events, we sought to enhance the visualization.
    From the creator of the map, Max Roser: “It is necessarily controversial to measure a complex concept such as the type of a political regime in a single metric. But since it can be useful to quantify the political regime characteristics so that it is possible to compare political regimes over time and between countries and to study the drivers and consequences of political regime change quantitatively.”
    Also, from Roser: “The Polity IV measure used here is certainly also questionable - as would every other alternative - but we chose it as my main source because based on our comparison with alternatives and the paper by Munck and Verkuilen (2002) it is the best available option, particularly if a long-run perspective is the main objective.
    We also have to keep in mind that this measure cannot capture everything that matters for a political regime.”
    I hope this provides more insight into the project. Our effort is to inform and educate, not mislead or propagandize in any way.
    -Bryce

    • @icameherejusttocomment550
      @icameherejusttocomment550 7 лет назад +154

      The Daily Conversation What about you saying the US is the first consitutionally governed nation? Isn't that biased? There's Britain, who had literally 4 consitutions before the US even came into existence? Also the UK was the first democracy in all the world, being a democracy since Cromwell's death at the least.

    • @icameherejusttocomment550
      @icameherejusttocomment550 7 лет назад +32

      MineralOrb Alright, it's a closed Anocracy as only the rich and over 30 (!) were able to vote, and also with restrictions on freedom of thought and religion.

    • @A.J.456
      @A.J.456 7 лет назад +116

      Soo, you're saying that the Netherlands only became a democracy in 1916 and just before the first world war Belgium suddenly and briefly turned into a colony? I have no clue what kind of data these oxford guy's used here, but it's clearly not in any way, shape or form accurate. The Netherlands was turned into the Republic of 7 United Provinces in 1588(!), which was without direct popular rule, but was also FAR from autocratic and more of a oligarchy. Then it instated popular voting rights for every man not on the dole in 1795, changed this system a couple of times, briefly came under French rule in 1801, became a monarchy again in 1813 and subsequently became a constitutional monarchy in 1848(!). So. without further ado I would suggest that you put that data back where you found it and start over.
      PS: Where in the world did you get the idea that the US was the first country to turn democratic when there were no voting rights for more than 80% of the population. By modern standards it isn't democratic even today without a direct proportional vote.

    • @johnm2345
      @johnm2345 7 лет назад +15

      Guus Janssen the United States was the first *modern* democracy and gave much more power to the people than any other nation in the world at the time, and as time passed more people who lived in America were given more freedoms than most other countries at the time.

    • @Eu2619
      @Eu2619 7 лет назад +55

      The Daily Conversation colonies in mainland Europe? this is the biggest mistake ever. Some of informations aren't right. Shut down the video and do it again, but right this time.

  • @christiangottwald692
    @christiangottwald692 7 лет назад +7916

    Problem is the map is made of modern borders which is confusing

    • @wolfizee6516
      @wolfizee6516 7 лет назад +120

      Example: WWI Begins and the Ottomans have the same borders as turkey... And apparently, Syria's a colony already!

    • @patricklarionov7119
      @patricklarionov7119 7 лет назад +87

      I believe colonies also mean "occupied" - as such, Syria was apart the Ottoman Empire at the time.

    • @wolfizee6516
      @wolfizee6516 7 лет назад +18

      Good point

    • @damianich4824
      @damianich4824 7 лет назад +90

      That would still not explain why interwar Czechoslovakia would be blue, as it was an independent country during that period. And there are other issues with the video as well - why do Austria and Hungary have different colours in 1917? Why are the colours of post-anschluss Austria and Germany different? There are some weird things going on in this video.

    • @skippersthepenguin3591
      @skippersthepenguin3591 7 лет назад +22

      And they called Eastern Europe a colony when a colony is a nation owned by another person overseas from their master nation if germany owns its neighboor its neighbor isnt a colony.

  • @cholloway0046
    @cholloway0046 4 года назад +2468

    How countries turned democratic over the last 200 years.
    Ancient Greece:

    • @ThobiasTutorials
      @ThobiasTutorials 4 года назад +15

      Heyo

    • @sneer0101
      @sneer0101 4 года назад +47

      Typical yanks

    • @cholloway0046
      @cholloway0046 4 года назад +7

      @@ThobiasTutorials hey lamin xD

    • @ajavisk
      @ajavisk 4 года назад +113

      By this video's definition, Greece would not have been a democracy. Power was not avaliable to everyone and only men could vote

    • @cholloway0046
      @cholloway0046 4 года назад +33

      @@ajavisk I guess so. Though, there are still ideological differences between direct democracy and representative democracy.

  • @MartinozO
    @MartinozO 2 года назад +341

    This map has so many errors that I'm speechless.

    • @officerbug7089
      @officerbug7089 Год назад +23

      i mean the map isn't that bad its just that it didn't update depending on the year instead it just showed a modern map leaving out many historical fallen democracies and it also labeled everything that wasn't independent as a "colony"

    • @Drannn54
      @Drannn54 Год назад

      It has not errors lmao

    • @rndmguy7617
      @rndmguy7617 Год назад +5

      @@Drannn54 yes it does

    • @aminadoce
      @aminadoce Год назад +7

      @@Drannn54 I spotted at least 5 clear errors on this map without even looking the comments. You need to study before say anything

    • @Drannn54
      @Drannn54 Год назад

      @@aminadoce THE TITLE SAYS THAT COUNTRIES ON THIS MAP ARE REPRESENTED BY TODAY'S STANDARDS AND TELL ME WHICH ERRORS YOU HAVE SPOTTED?!

  • @kristynapolackova1531
    @kristynapolackova1531 3 года назад +760

    I didn't know that Czechoslovakia was a colony for the whole 20th century (which country exactly colonized us? It is a mystery). In history class at school, we were told that Czechoslovakia before the World War II was one of the greatest democracies in the world. Like seriously, wtf.
    However, it was an interesting idea to make this video and I'm sure it must have been hard work.

    • @epicmatter3512
      @epicmatter3512 2 года назад +112

      I believe they are referring to the Soviet Union as it literally invaded Czechoslovakia to prevent reformations bringing some freedom to people. They did the same to Hungary as well. So eastern block was definitely colonies of the Soviet Union.

    • @kristynapolackova1531
      @kristynapolackova1531 2 года назад +78

      @@epicmatter3512 From 1968, sure. But not for the whole century.

    • @janszlaur766
      @janszlaur766 2 года назад +28

      @@epicmatter3512 yes, invasion happened at some point, 1968 for Chechoslovakia to be precise and 1956 for Hungary... and those invasions were the reaction to the ongoing changes in the political environment of these countries at that time. I'm not sure about Hungary, but in Czechoslovakia, even for a brief period of time, there was a definite shift towards a more liberal state (which the Soviet comrades could not "swallow", thus the invasion) .... but anyway - to simplify - yes, Czechoslovakia was a communist country under the direct influence of the Soviet Union (satelite state, not a "colony") and that was since 1948 till 1989 only. The whole time between the wars - 1918 to the beg. of WW2 - Czechoslovakia was one of the most democratic and liberal states in the world.

    • @adelabendova2912
      @adelabendova2912 2 года назад +19

      Exactly what I was thinking watching all this. I first thought Austria-Hungary was, for some reason, considered a colonizer. Later I found out Czechoslovakia wasn't considered at all in this video.

    • @augustooliveira518
      @augustooliveira518 2 года назад +21

      I'm Brazilian, but even on Brazilian school we learn that you guys and Poland were pretty democratic before German invasion. This map is hella weird.

  • @nicow_
    @nicow_ 4 года назад +568

    2:23
    “Cuba gains independence from the US”
    *Shows puertorican flag*

    • @mikicerise6250
      @mikicerise6250 3 года назад +14

      Murka

    • @elnationalista
      @elnationalista 3 года назад +10

      A simple Google search would have shown the difference of flags.

    • @husted5488
      @husted5488 2 года назад

      They’re the same

    • @fibonaccisequins4637
      @fibonaccisequins4637 2 года назад +4

      @@husted5488 no they’re not, Cuba’s flag is blue stripes with a red triangle.

    • @florida7362
      @florida7362 2 года назад +1

      If only Puerto Rico was independent

  • @kezzawozza
    @kezzawozza 5 лет назад +3088

    Ahh yes, my favourite government system
    *COLONY*

  • @onethreeify
    @onethreeify 3 года назад +300

    "World Democracy" Begins when the US was founded. Sure...

    • @FriedRice3519
      @FriedRice3519 3 года назад +19

      I guess representative democracy, not direct

    • @Ignacio.Romero
      @Ignacio.Romero 3 года назад +19

      Modern democracy yes, not old unsustainable "direct" democracy

    • @tuukkafadjukoff7467
      @tuukkafadjukoff7467 3 года назад +55

      @@Ignacio.Romero Looks at the Republic of Venice... Lasted for almost a 1000 years... Yes usustainable...

    • @Ignacio.Romero
      @Ignacio.Romero 3 года назад +3

      @@tuukkafadjukoff7467 Ever heard of the dux?

    • @tuukkafadjukoff7467
      @tuukkafadjukoff7467 3 года назад +19

      @@Ignacio.Romero It is a democratically elected office... Also didn't have total power over the goverment?

  • @janpech6423
    @janpech6423 3 года назад +82

    You know that Czechoslovakia was from 1918 to 1938 democracy and not a colony? In fact it was, from what I heard, the most perfect democracy in the world by that time

    • @mikihermann6045
      @mikihermann6045 Год назад +1

      Maybe not the most perfect democracy, but certainly the only democracy in Central Europe between the wars, i.e., between 1918 and 1938.

  • @wokehumanist958
    @wokehumanist958 4 года назад +1005

    Weimar Germany was definitely a full democracy not an "open anocracy". They had free and fair elections, an independent judiciary, and a civilian controlled military. All the more remarkable that Hitler was able to come to power there.

    • @FoxFox-lx3cv
      @FoxFox-lx3cv 4 года назад +3

      Germany Muslim shara

    • @chillaxo9863
      @chillaxo9863 4 года назад +127

      It was a good democracy
      But nobody wanted it

    • @kkon5ti
      @kkon5ti 4 года назад +11

      Fox 400 Fox 400 stfu

    • @jba.9385
      @jba.9385 4 года назад +18

      @@FoxFox-lx3cv ?

    • @whatabouttheearth
      @whatabouttheearth 4 года назад +2

      @@FoxFox-lx3cv
      German Muslim Cher??? Oh she would be hot!!!
      Death to bigotry world-wide finally and forever!

  • @monkeysgame172
    @monkeysgame172 7 лет назад +534

    How are Soviet states no data

    • @eitanbenzion7522
      @eitanbenzion7522 6 лет назад +24

      Monkeysgame because no one care about them

    • @delondestan8961
      @delondestan8961 6 лет назад +2

      Monkeysgame because no brainers I think

    • @arous22
      @arous22 6 лет назад +62

      Eitan Prian - Ben Zion i care

    • @eitanbenzion7522
      @eitanbenzion7522 6 лет назад +1

      snipst well so you are 0.05% of the population... Still no one care.

    • @vitorleite3095
      @vitorleite3095 5 лет назад +4

      Rad 303 *They where not powerfull as America, just a sligthly more influent but not powerfull.*

  • @amortalbeing
    @amortalbeing 2 года назад +83

    For those who dont know:
    Autocracy: a country, state, or society governed by one person with absolute power.
    Anocracy : or semi-democracy is a form of government that is loosely defined as part democracy and part dictatorship.
    Democracy: a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

    • @Heafsickle
      @Heafsickle 2 года назад +4

      Whats the differebce between open anocracy and closed anocracy?

    • @amortalbeing
      @amortalbeing 2 года назад +3

      @@Heafsickle basically it refers to whether the selection is limited to a limited group of people or not. ( In a closed anocracy, competitors are drawn from the elite. In an open anocracy, others also compete)

    • @AnnoyingAllie3
      @AnnoyingAllie3 Год назад

      Examples :3
      Autocracy; 🇰🇵,
      Anocracy; 🇧🇾, 🇸🇦
      Democracy; 🇺🇸, 🇨🇦, 🇮🇳, 🇯🇵,🇫🇷,🇩🇪,🇧🇼, 🇿🇦
      There's more democracies (thankfully)
      (I would've added more, but that would be biased)

    • @salsaproductions5859
      @salsaproductions5859 9 месяцев назад

      @@Heafsickle Both are between democracy and dictatorship. Open anocracy is more democratic leaning and closed anocracy is more dictatorship leaning

    • @HEIMOSOTURI889
      @HEIMOSOTURI889 2 дня назад

      How was finland partly dictatorship in 1930"s😂

  • @thisperson1654
    @thisperson1654 3 года назад +72

    I like how Czechoslovakia was colony till 1990, and Austro-hungarian empire was colony of who exactly ?

    • @Minees-up5zy
      @Minees-up5zy 3 года назад +1

      Austria Hungary was kinda a puppet og Germany tho

    • @forg3214
      @forg3214 2 года назад +2

      Chechia and slovakia didnt exist, so they just wrote colony. Same with ukrain

    • @Kavnn
      @Kavnn 2 года назад

      Modern Austria, for sure. Oxford guys are the best.

  • @awesomeavenger2810
    @awesomeavenger2810 7 лет назад +1043

    How the hell can you manage 'no data' on Stalin's soviet union?

    • @maddy4557
      @maddy4557 7 лет назад +8

      Awesome Avenger read what the author said in the comment section.

    • @kelevra5240
      @kelevra5240 7 лет назад +34

      because stalinism is too brilliant of an ideology and dont you try to rant to me about all those myths you wrote above

    • @awesomeavenger2810
      @awesomeavenger2810 7 лет назад +96

      Kelevra Just as there are still those who attempt to cover up the crimes of Hitler, there are those that try to do the same for Stalin. And you're one of them.

    • @MrrSilverr
      @MrrSilverr 7 лет назад +8

      Awesome Avenger where a you from you idiot? and why you think you know about USSR more than Russian

    • @awesomeavenger2810
      @awesomeavenger2810 7 лет назад +59

      Silver hornet The question is why do you think you know more about the USSR than those who suffered under it?

  • @guillaumefulconis6500
    @guillaumefulconis6500 4 года назад +477

    1960 France : this Republic where anyone can vote including women is defintely not a democracy
    1932 Soviet Union : I don't know boys there is absolutely no data on the period unfortunately

    • @cae2525
      @cae2525 3 года назад +72

      Czechoslovakia:
      -formed in 1918 as a fully democratic country where even women could vote
      -the video still puts it as a "colony?"

    • @leviosadream2454
      @leviosadream2454 3 года назад +36

      And they say "no data" for French Guyana when it's actually a French department...

    • @dr.vikyll7466
      @dr.vikyll7466 3 года назад +31

      That was when france stopped cooperating with the USA, no? Pure American Propaganda

    • @reezlaw
      @reezlaw 2 года назад +16

      1816: Italy, a whole united nation with current borders, is a colony. The mysterious colonisers have done an excellent job at staying mysterious

    • @le_meme_man8983
      @le_meme_man8983 2 года назад

      @@reezlaw but Italy united in 1861

  • @vitormacedo3687
    @vitormacedo3687 3 года назад +92

    1820: Spain and Portugal start a constitutional monarchy = "Closed anochracy"
    1824: Brazil starts a constitutional monarchy, w/ even more voting rights = "Autochracy"
    ...CRITERIA?

    • @antoniofrancis1736
      @antoniofrancis1736 3 года назад +7

      The 1824 constitution of Brazil estabilished that only rich people could vote and gave the emperor almost unlimited power over the government

    • @tarcisiorm
      @tarcisiorm 3 года назад +4

      @@antoniofrancis1736 Actually for me it was weird that during 1945~1964 it's saying it was not a democracy in Brazil. I can understand during 1989~1930 as we had "Café-com-Leite" as it was not a real democracy, but as far as I know, from 1945 to 64 "anyone" could vote, including some populist and controversial Jânio Quadros.So, again: Criteria?

    • @Dream-ti8cz
      @Dream-ti8cz 3 года назад +1

      @@antoniofrancis1736 The Moderator power was not like that, not to mention that it was not only the rich who could vote. if you had an average of 500-800 Kings you could come back. Not to mention that the first dictatorships and coups in Brazil started with the end of the parliamentary Constitutional monarchy

    • @abacaxi4713
      @abacaxi4713 3 года назад +1

      @@Dream-ti8cz this. The first two "presidents" of Brazil were in fact dictators.

    • @Dream-ti8cz
      @Dream-ti8cz 3 года назад +1

      @@abacaxi4713 the republic started whit A coup, put by two dictators, then there was another coup, that they made them leave and the Farmers who were in favor of slavery began to change in power. Then there was ANOTHER COUP that this time put a Fascist Dictatorship in power. So this dictator gives a blow to stay in power, and finally he leaves with a coup. The answer of Democracy in Brazil is a bit obvious, With the Monarchy those who had more than 500 kings (Little thing at the time), could vote, and never had a dictatorship or coup. The republic started with a coup, it just brought more dictatorships and coups

  • @Crazylaika
    @Crazylaika 2 года назад +53

    I'm not sure why USA is considered democracy in 1816 when most people couldn't vote, and slavery was still legal. I'd be happy classifying the early US as a semi-democratic regime that gradually transitioned into a fully fledged democracy. That said, I love this video, very well made

    • @Buto.7103
      @Buto.7103 2 года назад +16

      This video like: “USA France and UK were Democracy’s even in the 9000BC

    • @VieleGuteFahrer
      @VieleGuteFahrer 2 года назад +7

      I can tell you why. You see the world in 1816 through your 2022 lenses. Nowadays, we wouldn’t consider the democracies in Ancient Greece democracies either because you needed to be a free *man* , a citizen of that city-state, and above the age of military service. Only 1/4 of all residents qualified as residents. Still, it is and was a huge deal.
      Lots of things have changed between 1816 and 2022 and more things will change in the future. That’s the point of a democracy.

    • @Crazylaika
      @Crazylaika 2 года назад +2

      @@VieleGuteFahrer Oh I don't disagree with you, standards have certainly changed. I'm just saying that there are different forms of democracy depending on how strong it is, and we need to distinguish between them using different terminology. The early US and modern US are both, in very broad terms, "democracies", but they are two very different types

    • @maxdavis7722
      @maxdavis7722 2 года назад +4

      @@VieleGuteFahrer how is the USA a democracy but the UK is not? In what way was the USA a democracy before the UK?

    • @VieleGuteFahrer
      @VieleGuteFahrer 2 года назад +2

      @@maxdavis7722 The Queen still has some power. She can dismiss a prime minister, dissolve the parliament, declare war and peace, open the parliament, veto bills, appoint ministers to the crown, grant royal pardon and she's the commander-in-chief. All that without ever being elected by anyone.
      Monarchs used to use these rights way more in the past, up until the 1830s.
      The U.S. constitution states that "All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives." The Congress gets elected by the people.
      and that "The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected […]". Also elected by the people.
      The first presidential election took place from 1788 to 1789, before the constitution took effect.
      Edit: The uploader linked the source and the UK is listed as one of the countries with the oldest democracies.

  • @tinmar1990
    @tinmar1990 7 лет назад +824

    So... Between 1955 and 1967, French Republic was an anocracy ? Simply doesn't make any historical sense. This video is US-centred and totally arbitrary.

    • @MiguelAlanCS
      @MiguelAlanCS 6 лет назад +44

      just look all the arbitrariness in SouthAmerica: 7:26 ALLENDE autocracy!?!?!?!

    • @ComradeHellas
      @ComradeHellas 6 лет назад +6

      only landed elites were allowed to vote back then

    • @channon3
      @channon3 5 лет назад +37

      Also Czechoslovakia as colony??....lol

    • @DR-54
      @DR-54 5 лет назад +7

      Channon3 Czechoslovakia was listed as a colony due to the fact that modern maps don't seem to have czechoslovakia.

    • @channon3
      @channon3 5 лет назад +7

      @PotatoChips23415 Of course. But it got democracy in 1918, so Czech Republic (Bohemian kingdom before, that was part of Austrian Empire and then Austira-Hungary during this timeline) and Slovakia had democracy. If your fact is valid, then "United Kingdom of Great Britain and NORTHERN Ireland" should be also colony before 1918, because modern maps dont seem to have "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland"(without word "northern") (Ireland got independence after WW1 as well...only northern part stayed).

  • @AllHaiLKINGTIsHeRe3
    @AllHaiLKINGTIsHeRe3 4 года назад +2575

    The best part of this video is "US invades Afghanistan and Iraq installing democratic governments by force." LMFAO. That's the perfect description of the entire vid pretty much.

    • @brandonford7026
      @brandonford7026 3 года назад +19

      Yeah

    • @brandonford7026
      @brandonford7026 3 года назад +21

      Joshua Fleming plz don’t make this a political debate

    • @brandonford7026
      @brandonford7026 3 года назад +4

      Kijana Moja no but this comment was a joke I was trying to shut down any chance of an argument

    • @Michael-mh2tw
      @Michael-mh2tw 3 года назад +14

      Does Iraq have a parliament or a dictator right now?

    • @AllHaiLKINGTIsHeRe3
      @AllHaiLKINGTIsHeRe3 3 года назад +43

      Judging by these replies I feel like no one is gonna actually understand the point of this comment. Everyone will thumb it up despite not understanding it. 'Tis the fate of any great artist I suppose.

  • @jorgealcala6909
    @jorgealcala6909 3 года назад +20

    Well as many here have said, this video has many issues: 1st and most obvious is map borders use actual borders, 2nd the lack of historical accuracy in many countries, ex: Mexico had his first President in 1824 Guadalupe Victoria, and Constitutions were made while fighting for Independance, and was a Constitutional Democracy till 2nd French intervention and later Porfirio Diaz Dictatorship.
    3rd and most important the title "The Evolution of World Democracy" is misleading to say the least, since it starts with 1789 US, it should be instead "Evolution of World Constitutional Democracy". "Democracy" was used notably in "Ancient Greece" (Athens mostly, and althought it has the oldest record, could not be the oldest), then thanks to Alexander the Great helenism was spreed and with it the ideals of Ancient Greece, to which as many Rome took after, Carthage too...
    Let me explain further: Each democracy has a cenate (or something equivalent, as in other cultures, elder council) and a Representant, that for democracies is elected by a fixed period of time (be it an Archon for Greece or Consul for Rome) that hasnt change much till now days where we vote a "President" which is granted "special powers" while in office, to command armies and take decisions that normally a "cenate" would take too much time to.
    PD: Yes this seems as US obvious propaganda that by the unlikes none believes, and instead of lecturing people, it misleads them with wrong/ incomplete info, as they say if you are going to do something dont do it half baked.

    • @Vectter
      @Vectter 3 года назад

      What a good joke of yours to say that México had democracy since 1824, when in fact we have had several dictatorships of "compatriots" including those of Porfirio Díaz, Victoriano Huerta and the "perfect dictatorship" of the PRI party for 70 damn years. In the best of cases we had a closed Anocracy where only the elite and the asskissers to the party had the opportunity to climb in society and have prosperity. What a shame that in the eyes of the world, true democracy just entered México as soon as the 21st century arrived.

  • @abacaxi4713
    @abacaxi4713 3 года назад +16

    I see many mistakes in my country, sometimes changing too soon or changing for no reason at all

  • @Nick3301
    @Nick3301 4 года назад +3128

    1900
    U.S: DEMOCRACY!
    Black person: Can I just drink a water near you guys?
    U.S: NO!

    • @anhanh8724
      @anhanh8724 4 года назад +57

      Hahaha... That's right..!

    • @vincesimon8115
      @vincesimon8115 4 года назад +215

      That has nothing to do with the fact, that the government system is democracy.
      Racism can be (and was/is) an issue in democracies.

    • @Nick3301
      @Nick3301 4 года назад +21

      @@vincesimon8115 fodase meu irmao

    • @smjesniagent5552
      @smjesniagent5552 4 года назад +117

      @@vincesimon8115 nice democracy 🙈

    • @flopsinator5817
      @flopsinator5817 4 года назад +58

      Vince Simon
      But particularly in America where minorities are suppressed by restrictive voting laws and gerrymandering

  • @DiegoSita
    @DiegoSita 4 года назад +871

    "Democratic government established by US invasion"
    You've saved my day with this one 😂

    • @crkcrk702
      @crkcrk702 3 года назад +46

      This is true, but a democratic government serving us interests :’)

    • @swagkachu3784
      @swagkachu3784 2 года назад +12

      @Just some Austrian kid that won't cause any wars what a cute kid

    • @what6893
      @what6893 2 года назад +4

      @Just some Austrian kid that won't cause any wars Hey, lil' buddy!

    • @alessandrocanale6189
      @alessandrocanale6189 2 года назад +6

      That was a good thing and is a shame it didint last

    • @emresario001
      @emresario001 2 года назад

      @@crkcrk702 democratic but if they chose a "bad" president they get invaded or a military cue happens

  • @alexxiao9997
    @alexxiao9997 3 года назад +13

    nobody:
    Greenland: N O D A T A

  • @williamduke1756
    @williamduke1756 3 года назад +45

    This is just US propaganda, and I'm saying this as an American.

    • @deanjordan6053
      @deanjordan6053 3 года назад +1

      I agree.

    • @Gokaes
      @Gokaes 2 года назад

      yeah this video is BS
      it is more false than correct
      it so ridiculous
      its easier to count things it did Right that it is to count what it did WRONG

  • @MrSnertje
    @MrSnertje 7 лет назад +831

    This seems to be extremely arbitrary. Some countries apparently only become democracies with female suffrage, but that doesn't go for the US? And if the US was a democracy at its foundation, many countries that adopted a new constitution in 1848 or close thereafter should also count. In fact, if slave-owning, indian-exterminating, male-centred USA of the 18th century was a democracy, I think you could say the same for several other, and far older republics.

    • @Twinson1
      @Twinson1 7 лет назад +15

      I don't think the details of each country matter on a big map like this. Just the general trends. Look at the bottom graph that is the point.

    • @ArjanHier
      @ArjanHier 7 лет назад +89

      +Andy Davies Of course each country matters, especially since all the things that makes a democracy, were created in other countries and not the US.

    • @tyttiMK
      @tyttiMK 7 лет назад +57

      And there is no mention of the first country with equal and universal suffrage and the first female MPs in the world. Apparently at the time Finland was a "colony".

    • @bejoysen4468
      @bejoysen4468 7 лет назад +8

      +MrSnertje if you're referring to Switzerland, it clearly changed color to green in 1848 even though it got female suffrage like in the 1970's. And just because there are older republics doesn't mean they were constitutional democracies.

    • @MrSnertje
      @MrSnertje 7 лет назад +30

      I was just trying to work out what the hell their apparent definition of democracy even was. They've since divulged a bit more information on their thought process and sources, but still... 'A democracy is a political system with institutions that allows citizens to express their political preferences, has constraints on the power of the executive, and a guarantee of civil liberties.' Literally this could apply to ancient Athens: citizens could vote, the executive was constrained (voted for by lot for short terms: a major constraint I'd say) and the state guaranteed certain liberties to its citizens. Was ancient Athens a democracy? I'd say certainly not by any definition that we use in the modern age, if only for the fact that it had a shitton of slaves. Same goes for the US in the 18th century, so what gives? Either democracy starts a hell of a lot later than 1776, or it starts waaaaay earlier.

  • @LucasHenrique-it2io
    @LucasHenrique-it2io 5 лет назад +695

    too many historical errors, I feel glad to see so many people perceiveing it... ( 10 years ago most people would believe in this map)

    • @reezlaw
      @reezlaw 4 года назад +44

      Americans maybe.

    • @jaredsilvers2782
      @jaredsilvers2782 2 года назад +16

      The map is mostly correct. Pretty difficult undertaking.

    • @jaredsilvers2782
      @jaredsilvers2782 2 года назад +4

      @@reezlaw The map is mostly correct.

    • @ps92809
      @ps92809 2 года назад +2

      Guys you know this is the modern map?

    • @ps92809
      @ps92809 2 года назад +2

      @@jaredsilvers2782 wow ur comment only 34 minutes away from mine

  • @Archimedestf
    @Archimedestf 2 года назад +8

    Brazil was a parliamentary monarchy from 1822 onwards, not an "autocracy"

    • @Beowulf_93
      @Beowulf_93 2 года назад

      Th is is a American map to destroy others history. Not fact. Usa was a Anocracy.

  • @vitmadle8206
    @vitmadle8206 2 года назад +4

    Czechoslovakia was an open democracy from 1918 until 1939. One of the most free ones…not a colony

  • @Pikachu47
    @Pikachu47 4 года назад +414

    If the UK isn't counted as an earlier democracy as only the rich could vote, then the USA shouldn't either. I must have missed the history lesson where all the slaves and women went and voted.

    • @jaydenbonney-jones5924
      @jaydenbonney-jones5924 4 года назад +65

      Not to mention Canada somehow wasn't a democracy when it became a country despite having a free and open elections

    • @mikicerise6250
      @mikicerise6250 3 года назад +6

      Murka

    • @henrikfitch4017
      @henrikfitch4017 3 года назад +41

      Or the Weimar Republic, one of the first countries to give the vote to EVERY adult is somehow not a democracy

    • @zacharyfelder6604
      @zacharyfelder6604 3 года назад +13

      its because it was a constitutional monarchy at the time, which is a type of anocracy, an open anocracy means everyone can vote. to be a democracy you just need full power in elected officials. why can no one understand this?

    • @zacharyfelder6604
      @zacharyfelder6604 3 года назад +2

      @@Gallowglasser yep dosen't matter who gets to vote in democracy, guess to be democracy by your definition everyone of every age has to be able to vote.

  • @puglosipher1666
    @puglosipher1666 6 лет назад +402

    8:43 "installing democratic sytems" hahaha wtf

    • @erwannleligerien3771
      @erwannleligerien3771 5 лет назад +66

      "by force" !

    • @cosmicpearl5497
      @cosmicpearl5497 5 лет назад +67

      @@erwannleligerien3771 USA: for oil!... sorry, i meant democracy

    • @egecagdas9506
      @egecagdas9506 5 лет назад +18

      Generally they install virus.

    • @matyaspiller3942
      @matyaspiller3942 5 лет назад +28

      You will take our democracy or you will suffer. It is your free decision.

    • @oaka5639
      @oaka5639 5 лет назад

      Mátyás Piller: if you put it that way, i mean..

  • @Cruxair
    @Cruxair 3 года назад +5

    This map basically shows the influence of America on the world, democracy is just a word to call it something else.

  • @gigavirgin
    @gigavirgin 3 года назад +5

    Great. Im from Czechia and I cant know how democratic my country was because its considered as a colony.

  • @door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978
    @door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978 5 лет назад +499

    Oil discovered in foreign soil...
    *Democracy intensifies*

    • @fluteboystump1296
      @fluteboystump1296 4 года назад +7

      Its gotta be FREE!

    • @bartoszjankowiak3157
      @bartoszjankowiak3157 4 года назад +11

      "Open the f*****g door! Democracy is coming and takes no prisoners!"
      Sounds familiar? 😂😂

    • @no-gracias9863
      @no-gracias9863 3 года назад

      *Sounds like someone needs freedom!*

    • @dfdf-rj8jr
      @dfdf-rj8jr Месяц назад

      Do you have any evidence that the US invaded Iraq for oil?

  • @jindrichveleba6593
    @jindrichveleba6593 6 лет назад +157

    Just realized that my country (Czech republic) was until 1991 a colony XDDD I wonder whose

    • @user-cp7bc7qq1h
      @user-cp7bc7qq1h 5 лет назад +15

      Colony of Chechoslovakia lol.

    • @movedaccount9958
      @movedaccount9958 5 лет назад +10

      It was technically controlled by the Soviet Union

    • @user-cp7bc7qq1h
      @user-cp7bc7qq1h 5 лет назад +11

      @@movedaccount9958 Yes, but I don't think it's the reason Czech republic and Slovakia are colonies on this map.

    • @mxcpxr2532
      @mxcpxr2532 5 лет назад +10

      yeah it technically was but so was poland and its not a colony

    • @Vaticanmapping63
      @Vaticanmapping63 5 лет назад +11

      A satellite is different from a colony

  • @nicholasharris14
    @nicholasharris14 9 месяцев назад +1

    there's a major issue: Alaska was not originally part of the US so it should not begin with democracy in the presentation

  • @tadesubaru1383
    @tadesubaru1383 2 года назад +1

    Extremely interesting video, thanks!

  • @radekskaroupka7829
    @radekskaroupka7829 7 лет назад +659

    I am sorry, but whoever made this video was either out of their mind or just didn't know enough about history/have't used right resources. Czech republic, or at that time the Lands of the Czech crown were never a colony of anyone, these lands were under personal union with Austria the same way as Scotland was under the personal union with England, so I am asking how come is not Scotland painted purple if the Czech lands were? I am also asking how come the Republic of Czechoslovakia is painted purple in the period in between both world wars? Czechoslovakia was a sovereign country, that was actually one of the first European countries to grand voting rights to women since 1918 (earlier than the USA or most of the European countries) it was also the 6th most developed country in the world (ahead were just those countries which exploited other countries by means of colonialism).

    • @clemensblum5946
      @clemensblum5946 7 лет назад +4

      Radek Škaroupka you play eu4?

    • @JaroslavHampejs
      @JaroslavHampejs 7 лет назад +65

      I have to agree, some of the data is completely wrong ... sad

    • @enlightedenlightment1065
      @enlightedenlightment1065 7 лет назад +2

      European history, boohoo. IDC about Europe.

    • @Ostrovak
      @Ostrovak 7 лет назад +35

      As i don't care about individual US states, but USA as whole. Problem is that this video is just wrong.

    • @evolvedape2161
      @evolvedape2161 7 лет назад +3

      Radek Škaroupka Wow... settle down. How about appreciating the overall picture?

  • @padinspi11
    @padinspi11 5 лет назад +281

    San Marino and Andorra were democracies before the USA became independent

    • @OcaenNam
      @OcaenNam 5 лет назад +13

      Padinspi too small to show on a world map

    • @sanic9177
      @sanic9177 5 лет назад

      No it didnt

    • @padinspi11
      @padinspi11 5 лет назад +20

      You're right, Andorra was not, but San Marino was

    • @j_mundane
      @j_mundane 5 лет назад +5

      Before the US even existed

    • @totallyordinaryguy7570
      @totallyordinaryguy7570 5 лет назад

      True but this like propaganda

  • @nether_yoshi
    @nether_yoshi 3 года назад +5

    How did you get "Colony" for North Korea and "No data" for South Korea in 19C? Those two were the same country until 1945.

  • @FRISHR
    @FRISHR 3 года назад +4

    I love democracy. I love the Republic.

  • @smekty9027
    @smekty9027 5 лет назад +275

    Czech lands until 1991
    *Colony*

    • @smekty9027
      @smekty9027 5 лет назад +14

      @@fplancke3336 sentence you wrote doesn't make any sence 🤷‍♀️

    • @kxxxk_
      @kxxxk_ 5 лет назад +2

      @@user-no1nj9ji1d, Ну нихуя ты смелый, чеху на русском ответить.

    • @Akaki1999
      @Akaki1999 4 года назад +5

      Ahaha yeah same is about Georgia and other soviet countries..... this is just lazy for using today's map

    • @stellarktg5149
      @stellarktg5149 4 года назад +1

      Петр Врангель Пипец стереотипы у тебя, если один англоязычный канал делает какую-то хуйню, это же не значит что ВСЕ АМЕРИКАНЦЫ ТУПЫЕЕ! Есть тонна американских каналов с очень хорошей и непредвзятой подробной историей, правильной картой и так далее. Тот же Emperor Tigerstar делает неплохие карты.

    • @reezlaw
      @reezlaw 4 года назад +1

      @@smekty9027 r/woooosh

  • @michaelkregnes9119
    @michaelkregnes9119 5 лет назад +106

    Wait? How is Norway democracy in 1943 when they're occupied by the Germans?

    • @user-yc3ht1vi9d
      @user-yc3ht1vi9d 4 года назад +7

      Germans did not care about the level of free speech there as long as you not the jewish or commie.

    • @Harrassmus
      @Harrassmus 4 года назад +18

      @@user-yc3ht1vi9d Well that still makes it a non-democracy. Not being able to express communist or zionist ideas and viewpoints is still controlling free speech.

    • @user-yc3ht1vi9d
      @user-yc3ht1vi9d 4 года назад +5

      @@Harrassmus In america you not able to express idea of White supremacy without being claimed "rasist". Is this makes America non-democratic? Oopsie))))

    • @marcomartins3563
      @marcomartins3563 4 года назад +16

      @@user-yc3ht1vi9d lmao that's not comparable at all

    • @user-yc3ht1vi9d
      @user-yc3ht1vi9d 4 года назад

      @@marcomartins3563 think again.

  • @Lucasxd331
    @Lucasxd331 3 года назад +2

    1889 "Brazil becomes a presidential republic" and apparently that made the country more democratic... except for the fact that it did the opposite. Brazil was a constitutional monarchy since 1822, and this guy has THE BALLS to say that a military Coup d'état that replaced a beloved emperor and established a military dictatorship made the country more democratic.
    But again, that's the same guy that said that the US established "Democracy by force", so I don't even know what to think.

  • @GamesTube80
    @GamesTube80 2 года назад +2

    I like how Russia during communism says "no data" and Venezuela a democracy

  • @giorgiobelluscio2970
    @giorgiobelluscio2970 7 лет назад +641

    this is just a slightly pro-US video.

    • @eitanbenzion7522
      @eitanbenzion7522 6 лет назад +12

      Giorgio Belluscio how? #troll

    • @andresherrera5247
      @andresherrera5247 6 лет назад +103

      Eitan Prian - Ben Zion because it shows the us as the only democracy in the start (which is false) and shows other democratic countries as anochracies or autochracies

    • @theragingcyclone
      @theragingcyclone 6 лет назад +33

      Some brainwashed American must have made it after taking drugs which is cool thing to do in the land of the free.

    • @thomasemond2173
      @thomasemond2173 6 лет назад +39

      the US was the first republic of modern history

    • @y0urs03pic
      @y0urs03pic 6 лет назад +2

      damn right the Supreme Nation.. Commies are Dead !!

  • @of1564
    @of1564 3 года назад +151

    Your Atlas is wrong, lacks key data and is declaring Chile a Democracy in years when Pinochet was rulling with an Iron Fist.

    • @mauriciotorres8983
      @mauriciotorres8983 3 года назад +4

      Oscar Fuentes Solís doesn't, if you check Chile is painted in red from 1973 to 1989 which is the time period of his rule over Chile

    • @sebastianjuara
      @sebastianjuara 3 года назад +10

      well at least you get some democracy in the xx century, argentina was on full autocracy the whole time acording to this map

    • @cesarpietrocalathaki9539
      @cesarpietrocalathaki9539 3 года назад +1

      @@sebastianjuara Aunque es cierto.
      Dictaduras permatentes y el gobierno autocrático de Peron y de de los conservadores.

    • @danielechassendague3536
      @danielechassendague3536 3 года назад +2

      @@cesarpietrocalathaki9539 la democracia se estableció en Argentina con la sanción de la Ley Saenz Peña de voto secreto en 1913, pero bueno

    • @cesarpietrocalathaki9539
      @cesarpietrocalathaki9539 3 года назад +1

      @@danielechassendague3536 Y duro de 1916 hasta el golpe del 30' seguido de períodos que difícilmente se pueden llamar democráticos (Decada Infame y 2do y 1er gobierno de Perón)

  • @avroo
    @avroo 2 года назад +1

    bro Brazil's dictatorship from 1964 wasn't an autocracy at all, is like saying the empire was a democracy.

  • @DrozhCom
    @DrozhCom Год назад +2

    "Czechoslovakia was a colony" 💀

  • @KingofKpop
    @KingofKpop 7 лет назад +93

    North Korea was colony in 1816? did author studied real history?

    • @delondestan8961
      @delondestan8961 6 лет назад +27

      Kochigachi only studied American history...

    • @adikumar6536
      @adikumar6536 6 лет назад +1

      Delonde Stan Well if you're from America that is a course you need to take.

    • @RedaMahdi-be1vs
      @RedaMahdi-be1vs 5 лет назад +14

      Well yeah Korea all of Korea also known as Joseon was a colonized vassal state of the china's Qing dynasty... So yeah it could be a colony...

    • @varietynic17
      @varietynic17 5 лет назад +8

      Joseon Korea was not a vassal state, it was an independent state that paid tribute to the Qing. Very different.

    • @andrestorregrosa8604
      @andrestorregrosa8604 5 лет назад

      Korea colony of Japan!

  • @parthiancapitalist2733
    @parthiancapitalist2733 6 лет назад +393

    America isn't a democracy. It's also not the oldest constitutional nation. Colony is not a government system

    • @AsscrackistanMapping
      @AsscrackistanMapping 5 лет назад +26

      It is a democratic nation, it is the oldest democracy that remained (clearly) a democracy. A colony is an entity that is governed by another foreign land that tends not to give the same rights to the colonial subjects, and tends to install a semi-autonomous (usually autocratic) leader in charge. There is a clear distinction between the governments of a nation and the ruling authority over a colony.

    • @okano.638
      @okano.638 5 лет назад +14

      @@AsscrackistanMapping
      Greece is the oldest democracy and the roman empire was also a democracy

    • @ericcopeland3434
      @ericcopeland3434 5 лет назад +13

      @@okano.638 The Roman Empire was never a democracy, democracy means everyone votes on the decisions on hand (which is what happened in Athens), while I think you're confusing the imperial period with the republican you're still wrong on that.

    • @brydonthunder
      @brydonthunder 5 лет назад

      @@okano.638 oof

    • @dvd7800
      @dvd7800 5 лет назад +5

      Osmanischer Kamerad the Roman Republic you ment I think

  • @somno6878
    @somno6878 3 года назад +2

    Changes from 1900 to 2000: colonies turned into puppets.

  • @trinhnguyenba597
    @trinhnguyenba597 2 года назад

    Thanks you TDC very much

  • @inaki5989
    @inaki5989 3 года назад +202

    Just to point it out, you put argentina as a democracy during 1981, but it was under a military dictatorship at the time, though its not rare that you put it that way, because the dictatorship was funded by the CIA
    Thanks USA!

    • @cae2525
      @cae2525 3 года назад +33

      This map is all wrong. For some reason Czechoslovakia is a "colony" until 1991. You can't even count it as a puppet state of the Soviet Union because it was established before the Soviet Union even existed...

    • @KennedY3X
      @KennedY3X 3 года назад +25

      Same thing going on in Chile. Aparently Pinochet wasn't a dictator for the same reason.

    • @cesarpietrocalathaki9539
      @cesarpietrocalathaki9539 3 года назад +12

      @@KennedY3X Is not wrong cuz chile is painted red from 1973-1989

    • @KennedY3X
      @KennedY3X 3 года назад +8

      @@cesarpietrocalathaki9539 oh I got confused with the dates, my mistake.

    • @cesarpietrocalathaki9539
      @cesarpietrocalathaki9539 3 года назад +7

      @@KennedY3X No problem dude

  • @JorgeGomez-um9qb
    @JorgeGomez-um9qb 7 лет назад +158

    Chile under Allende 1971-1973: Autocracy.
    Chile under Pinochet: 1986, Closed Anocracy, 1987-1990, Democracy.
    Yeah, sure.

  • @user-bn1ob5rd9i
    @user-bn1ob5rd9i 2 года назад +1

    As a Russian, I can now say with confidence that sometime in 2012-2014, Russia should have changed the color from pale yellow to red (from open anocracy to autocracy)

  • @janbubenicek6335
    @janbubenicek6335 3 года назад +5

    Dude its so historically inaccurate! Like Czechoslovakia being a colony after WW 1 WTF???

  • @aurel724
    @aurel724 4 года назад +202

    Switzerland was a confederation republic since the 1291 come on.

    • @theuglykwan
      @theuglykwan 4 года назад +10

      You democracy too early so not included. jk

    • @venmis137
      @venmis137 4 года назад +28

      History started in 1776

    • @captainjackpugh6050
      @captainjackpugh6050 4 года назад +3

      Venmis Everything before that was a mistake

    • @bbrdbr
      @bbrdbr 3 года назад +7

      yes anything that someone did before the US did it didn’t actually do it

    • @Hitomarokun
      @Hitomarokun 3 года назад

      @Minecraft Veteran re Ron Swanson, "Parks and Rec"

  • @pulakitbharti7687
    @pulakitbharti7687 5 лет назад +49

    India was a democracy between 1947 and 1950. From the day 1 of our independence we have been a democracy. In 1950 we just shifted to a universal adult franchise. It that is the definition of democracy... Universal adult franchise.. then no country was a democracy before world war 1...

    • @user-pr9vi4ze4j
      @user-pr9vi4ze4j 5 лет назад +1

      India's constitution makes it clear that India is a federal, sovereign, socialist, secular democratic republic.

    • @thesportsguy3088
      @thesportsguy3088 5 лет назад

      @@user-pr9vi4ze4j India is now capitalist...

    • @user-pr9vi4ze4j
      @user-pr9vi4ze4j 5 лет назад

      @@thesportsguy3088 most of country is… powerful c

    • @ephraimboateng5239
      @ephraimboateng5239 5 лет назад

      Wow true

    • @kishore369
      @kishore369 4 года назад

      @@thesportsguy3088
      Socialism is not reliable..

  • @billibu4602
    @billibu4602 3 года назад +1

    Pretty good job! Its probably wrong in some ways, but I admire the job that he did

  • @adrio19
    @adrio19 3 года назад +2

    Despite being a good exercise to have in mind how recent is the representative model of government, the use of modern borders make it really awful

  • @yuanshih3261
    @yuanshih3261 6 лет назад +50

    The Weimar Republic from 1919 -1933 in Germany was a democracy.

  • @EmSee1223
    @EmSee1223 4 года назад +66

    The map is REALLY inaccurate most of the time, like, it shows Poland's borders from 1945 (from communist times) in 1918 (when Poland gained independence)

    • @mariasolpersico7115
      @mariasolpersico7115 2 года назад

      Mapped on current borders (:

    • @EmSee1223
      @EmSee1223 2 года назад +1

      @@mariasolpersico7115 that means it's wrongly mapped lmao

  • @sminsmin3456
    @sminsmin3456 Год назад +1

    It’s quite funny to see that Korea is split in two, while in the 1800s it used to be one country. And it wasn’t a colony, it was a kingdom. (I might call it an autocracy)

  • @scottuk66
    @scottuk66 2 года назад +7

    Hahaha I love how you think the US is the oldest democracy yet they copied the British Parliament 🤣

    • @KFP_Prophet
      @KFP_Prophet 2 года назад

      Then they will bang on about having the oldest constitution - which they partially copied from the Iroquois

    • @douroumou1094
      @douroumou1094 2 года назад

      *Greece wants to know your location*

    • @scottuk66
      @scottuk66 2 года назад

      @@douroumou1094 Obviously Greece invented democracy, but it hasn't been continuous only being restored in the modern period

  • @cgbenvenuto
    @cgbenvenuto 7 лет назад +131

    hard so see something so innaccurate in youtube

    • @enity1363
      @enity1363 5 лет назад

      ITS hard
      I would like to see you try

  • @federicoallegretti3798
    @federicoallegretti3798 4 года назад +324

    So this video starts when the US became a democracy while the first democracies formed in Greece 2300 years before. This video uses modern borders to show countries from 200 years ago. No country is a real domocracy (expecially usa) because if you don't have money you are going nowhere
    Edit: I forgot all the democratic city states formed in northern Italy from 1100 to 1500

    • @Delgen1951
      @Delgen1951 4 года назад +18

      @Elle Poop wrong, its a Federal Representative Republic and not a democracy at all, and never has been, its called a Democracy due to people being lazy and unlearned about what America is. Civics 101 take it sometime.

    • @unchatmagnifique
      @unchatmagnifique 4 года назад +2

      BS. The author explicitly says "Modern Government" neither of the two you mentioned would be considered as "Modern" as the notion of an Ethnic homogenous state based on nation was not prevalent back then. No country is a real democracy, what we have is "bourgeois democracy".

    • @shrek1140
      @shrek1140 4 года назад +5

      A true democracy is when everyone in a population votes on literally everything. A civics 101 class will also tell you it only works for small, and dense populations

    • @johnbarcenas5098
      @johnbarcenas5098 4 года назад

      Federico Allegretti it doesn’t say first democracy, it says first constitutional democracy

    • @ShayPatrickCormacTHEHUNTER
      @ShayPatrickCormacTHEHUNTER 4 года назад +2

      @@shrek1140 You get caught up in the little things buddy...to normal people, democracy is synonymous with voting...whether you get a representative or do it directly,nobody gives a damn...

  • @leandrorafael2664
    @leandrorafael2664 2 года назад +1

    In 1815 Brazil was a kingdom with Portugal and Algarves. Forming the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves. So Brazil was no more colony or state (to say state is more correct than colony when we talk about the political-administrative status of Brazil).

  • @nikitam9205
    @nikitam9205 2 года назад +3

    I think that the author doesn't understand the term 'colony'.

  • @Solo-vh9fm
    @Solo-vh9fm 7 лет назад +127

    Why does the Puerto Rican flag show when referring to Cuba's independence.

    • @ProTyle
      @ProTyle 7 лет назад +12

      They look alike. The audience that this video is intended for probably doesn't know there's a difference

    • @StevioGaming1
      @StevioGaming1 7 лет назад +22

      Solo12313 the maker of this video got a shut ton of facts wrong don't let the flag annoy you, let this BS video annoy you as a whole lol

    • @Solo-vh9fm
      @Solo-vh9fm 7 лет назад +2

      But I'm Autistic...

  • @medazizromdhane1823
    @medazizromdhane1823 4 года назад +154

    8:42 is the best joke :
    invading iraq and afghanistan to set democratic systems by force
    dude just say they wanted oil like come on everyone knows

    • @Atlas-uz4vt
      @Atlas-uz4vt 4 года назад +17

      So in order to get free middle east oil, the U.S spends 2.4 trillion dollars to wage war for oil that they could buy cheaper from Canada or just use there own vast reserves? Why would they spend more money on the war then the oil is worth? If your right then 100% of that oil goes straight to the U.S correct? You can prove this? One more question, whats 2+2 equal? Cause your math skills suck!

    • @ShayPatrickCormacTHEHUNTER
      @ShayPatrickCormacTHEHUNTER 4 года назад +34

      @@Atlas-uz4vtits not about the oil,but competition. The us is stuck in a "beat country of the world" mentality that they must eliminate competition in oil(the most demanded thing in the world right now). If the us didnt attack those countries, they would have made the dollar obsolete in the oil business...

    • @NathanRiess
      @NathanRiess 3 года назад +3

      Actually, the whole oil thing was from gulf war in the '90s because we defended Kuwait from Iraqis and somewhere in the middle we decided we wanted the secure as much of the oil we can. So that whole oil meme comes from that.

    • @libertyprime2921
      @libertyprime2921 3 года назад +2

      The us gets less than 5 percent of its oil from the middle east

    • @libertyprime2921
      @libertyprime2921 3 года назад +1

      Bruv the us does not have enough oil to export it. The us currently imports most of its oil from canada. Everything in the middle east after the gulf war was due to 9/11. We were livid and willing to destroy anything that was remotely responsible עבדיהו בן חכמה

  • @skylerrash9154
    @skylerrash9154 3 года назад +2

    WWII: Starts
    European Governments:
    *Cha Cha real smooth*

  • @BrianDgreat123
    @BrianDgreat123 2 года назад +1

    The Soviet Union under Stalin is considered "no data"? Thats weird.

  • @nataliasaavedra4626
    @nataliasaavedra4626 7 лет назад +66

    My country
    Uruguay, on that map, it appears as a democracy in 1950, in my opinion
    it is a mistake, because in 1899, the first constitutional president
    elected by the citizens was elected, Uruguay was the first country to
    approve the female vote, being A democracy as consolidated as the United States, which on that map, from the beginning appears in green.

    • @fabricioguido8202
      @fabricioguido8202 7 лет назад +5

      *first in south america, but apart from that you're right.

    • @AlvaroSaurus
      @AlvaroSaurus 2 года назад +1

      holi vine a decir lo mismo y me cagué de la risa encontrando a otro yorugua

    • @Beowulf_93
      @Beowulf_93 2 года назад +4

      Brazil too. This is a map made my Yankees to empowered them and destroy others history. Not correct

    • @queenbean7071
      @queenbean7071 Год назад

      @@Beowulf_93 litteraly . They really think they invented freedom 🤣

    • @PhilipposACosta
      @PhilipposACosta 5 месяцев назад

      Brazil and Mexico, for example, are super confusing. In many time points, they were democracy, but the map only shows the modern time..

  • @krizhownik2409
    @krizhownik2409 5 лет назад +179

    >other republics of USSR - colonies??? what the heck man
    >Czechoslovakia is not a *COLONY*

    • @michaeldrake1341
      @michaeldrake1341 5 лет назад +6

      Krizhownik satellite government

    • @orrismate139
      @orrismate139 4 года назад

      Krizhownik it a puppy state

    • @guayabito6946
      @guayabito6946 4 года назад +5

      They might not have been called colonies but they were. They were in control of the Soviet Union by force.

    • @adinsnock9462
      @adinsnock9462 4 года назад +7

      latengocomoburro especially Ukraine, when the half of the Soviet leaders were Ukrainian.

    • @guayabito6946
      @guayabito6946 4 года назад +1

      @@adinsnock9462 and none of them elected by the people.

  • @Levitationable
    @Levitationable 2 года назад

    amazing stuff

  • @MarwenTitouh
    @MarwenTitouh 3 года назад +1

    Tunisia being the only democoratic country in the arab world makes me proud 🇹🇳🇹🇳🇹🇳

  • @marou9492
    @marou9492 5 лет назад +137

    Map is completely wrong🤦🏼‍♂️

    • @basil9973
      @basil9973 4 года назад +3

      it'd take to long to animate every change, *Maybe get a brain.*

    • @mappeurnational8034
      @mappeurnational8034 4 года назад +4

      @@basil9973 actually it doesn't

    • @napsmaps9701
      @napsmaps9701 4 года назад

      Doesn't really matter

    • @captainjackpugh6050
      @captainjackpugh6050 4 года назад +2

      Naps Maps It does matter actually

    • @mappeurnational8034
      @mappeurnational8034 4 года назад

      @@captainjackpugh6050 Nope because people already did the history of the world in video

  • @hershkrukover7846
    @hershkrukover7846 5 лет назад +113

    why is alaska american in the begin?

    • @hershkrukover7846
      @hershkrukover7846 5 лет назад +3

      @Gabriel PLBR13 yea but its small and no one can see it

    • @kingdomofgreatbritain6478
      @kingdomofgreatbritain6478 5 лет назад +12

      US-Centered video.

    • @hershkrukover7846
      @hershkrukover7846 5 лет назад +1

      @@kingdomofgreatbritain6478 ok

    • @logan8638
      @logan8638 5 лет назад +3

      @@kingdomofgreatbritain6478 I'm sorry but Great Britain is not a kingdom its 3 kingdoms collectively United so it should be kingdoms of Great Britain

    • @deviladvocate21
      @deviladvocate21 5 лет назад

      @@logan8638 But they all have the same monarch. Also, the UK is the United Kingdom, not the United Kingdoms

  • @mololongothesequel5991
    @mololongothesequel5991 2 года назад +1

    I hate the fact that it is a modern world map even when it’s the nineteenth century.

  • @andromeda7651
    @andromeda7651 3 года назад +3

    Greenland really do be: [No Data]

  • @ikanu6906
    @ikanu6906 5 лет назад +229

    Italy has never been a colony. Go to study, man

    • @movedaccount9958
      @movedaccount9958 5 лет назад +58

      *cough* Napoleonic War *cough*

    • @luigibellini811
      @luigibellini811 5 лет назад +58

      Italy has long been a Spanish, Austrian and French colony

    • @Andrew-ii5gl
      @Andrew-ii5gl 5 лет назад +36

      @@luigibellini811 well, colony is a strong world. We were in their spheres of influence, sure, but colony is a bit too much here.

    • @antigonus1161
      @antigonus1161 5 лет назад +3

      @@luigibellini811 And Greek

    • @luigibellini811
      @luigibellini811 5 лет назад +4

      @@antigonus1161 Yes I know, I meant in more "recent" times

  • @MacoLmao
    @MacoLmao 3 года назад +28

    Why is Czechoslovakia a colony since its beggining? Like wtf

  • @aviationkid1286
    @aviationkid1286 3 года назад +3

    The map is wrong from the beginning itself. There were no 2 countries in the Korean Peninsula as North & South. Division started recently in the 1950s if I’m not mistaken.

  • @4L-X
    @4L-X 5 месяцев назад

    You don't talk about Spain anytime but mentioned other countries several times, Spain so underrated as always 😮‍💨

  • @nugzarmikeladze
    @nugzarmikeladze 7 лет назад +790

    Soviet Union under Stalin not red but no data are you kidding me

    • @awesomeavenger2810
      @awesomeavenger2810 7 лет назад +99

      Incredible to think that sixty four years after Stalin's death we still have no data on how the country was run.

    • @Ostrovak
      @Ostrovak 7 лет назад +35

      Do you actualy know something about it? Im not saying that it was good, but it worked. Best guverment right now is democracy, but is far from perfect. Perfect would be utopian socialism, but it will never work because people are not perfect.

    • @awesomeavenger2810
      @awesomeavenger2810 7 лет назад +59

      Yes. Actually I do know something about it. Under Stalin Russia was a genocidal dictatorship. Which is why I don't understand the whole 'no data' thing.

    • @BlingSco
      @BlingSco 7 лет назад +20

      You are all lacking in knowledge. There is plenty of information about the USSR during Stalin Era. Plus it wasn't a genocidal dictatorship, it was a Soviet democracy. You lack critical thinking if you think such. Read Grover Furr books on the subject, he debunks plp like Robert Conquest - footnote by footnote and other propagandaists.

    • @BlingSco
      @BlingSco 7 лет назад +6

      guts the demon slayer Expect you have no idea what it was like.

  • @cesare_1302
    @cesare_1302 3 года назад +107

    Anocracy: an insulting umbrella term to describe anything betwin a democracy and an autocracy

    • @escopiliatese3623
      @escopiliatese3623 3 года назад +5

      How is it insulting?

    • @cesare_1302
      @cesare_1302 3 года назад +10

      @@escopiliatese3623 Beside the fact it takes no consideration of others forms of governaments like
      parlamentary monarchy (UK,
      Spain, Canada and most of
      northern Europe)
      constitutional monarchy (Monaco,
      Marocco and other states of arabic
      peninsula)
      parlamentary republic (Italy,
      Germany and most of the Balkan
      states)
      dual executive republic (France,
      most of eastern Europe and - de
      iure - Russia)
      presidential republic (USA and
      basically all south America)
      aristocratic republic (or whatever
      was the Holy Roman Empire)
      ancient Rome _Res Publica_
      (which is pointless to categorize
      with modern standard of politics)
      plus every other system known to
      man
      Beside THAT it's based on the assumption of a form of governaments can be a democracy AND dictatorship at the same time. Which is ridiculous since historical evidence clearly shows the opposit. Plus it denies the existance of multiple types of democracy like
      direct democracy (ancient greece)
      representative democracy
      (basically every modern states
      worthy of this name since both
      monarchies and republics can rule
      like that)
      social democracy (kind of
      the Third Way but not really)
      liberal democracy (USA before
      Trump)
      federal democracy (also USA,
      in a certain way the UE)
      social liberalism (the actual Third
      Way if communism was still a
      thing but it's not)
      And that without considering how the terms are used in the video (poorly)

  • @ElIisL4D2
    @ElIisL4D2 7 месяцев назад

    6:22 Fun fact about this: Were it not for Nasser, Egypt would be green.
    Naguib as stated within his memoir was planning on disposing himself as president in exchange for a democratically elected one.

  • @AkashAhmed-lh1uy
    @AkashAhmed-lh1uy 3 года назад

    Thanks for hard work

  • @flavio518
    @flavio518 5 лет назад +28

    Switzerland is a direct democracy.

  • @Pilgrim1st
    @Pilgrim1st 7 лет назад +297

    *video claims the USA is a democracy*

    • @theragingcyclone
      @theragingcyclone 6 лет назад +7

      A flawed democracy.

    • @Pilgrim1st
      @Pilgrim1st 6 лет назад +39

      The country is not a democracy at all. The people have almost no control at all.

    • @cursoreu2605
      @cursoreu2605 6 лет назад +3

      **Ding**

    • @parthiancapitalist2733
      @parthiancapitalist2733 6 лет назад +38

      People: *elect congress*
      Congress: *damn that was easy, well time for our plans*
      *passes laws abolishing half our rights*
      People: um, we don't approve
      Congress: *woah is this treason?*

    • @samuelnorton9146
      @samuelnorton9146 5 лет назад +6

      The Legend We were never meant to be a true Democracy.

  • @user-rq6ge4nx5s
    @user-rq6ge4nx5s 5 месяцев назад +1

    Very detailed map. You can also share new video in 2025.

  • @theshapeofthesword8973
    @theshapeofthesword8973 3 года назад +1

    This map gets Colombia wrong. It shows it as a democracy during the dictatorship of Roja Pinilla.

  • @brunobarcelos1093
    @brunobarcelos1093 4 года назад +33

    Actually, until November 1889, Brazil was a representative parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Then it turned into a tyrannical military dictatorial republic. And in 1895, into an anti-black oligarchic republic with fraudulent elections that only rich land owners candidates from two states were "elected" as presidents.

    • @joao.fenix1473
      @joao.fenix1473 4 года назад +7

      Não é atoa que muitos consideram os americanos burros, mesmo os que estudaram nas melhores universidades, veja só esse mapa, teoricamente feito pelos melhores.

    • @gabrielhenriquebrizolla46
      @gabrielhenriquebrizolla46 11 месяцев назад

      Fraudes eleitorais tbm aconteciam na monarquia, e negros não podiam participar, o Monarca detinha poderes autocraticos devido o poder moderador, e o parlamento tinha pouco poder real, podendo ser dissolvido a qualquer momento, assim como foi dissolveido mais de 30 vezes, mostrando a pouca coesão politica e pouca estabildade do Império.

  • @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791
    @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 4 года назад +92

    This is what Americans get taught in school... And they they're surprised when the whole world calls them idiots. LOOK AT THE STATE OF THIS!

    • @neopangean6218
      @neopangean6218 4 года назад

      No, We are not.

    • @DSVlad
      @DSVlad 4 года назад +8

      @@neopangean6218 You're right, we don't get taught anything in school.

    • @neopangean6218
      @neopangean6218 4 года назад

      @@DSVlad lol

    • @JohnMacbeth
      @JohnMacbeth 3 года назад

      😂😂😂

  • @ivaka141
    @ivaka141 3 года назад +1

    Edit - Bulgaria is an Oligarchy since the dissolvement of the USSR. Offically a "Democracy" though the parliament is so corrupt it's basically seen as a Oligarchy

  • @jahseyonfroy9130
    @jahseyonfroy9130 2 года назад +2

    Contacting the author of the video. 1. Why were the countries of Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Central Europe always listed as Kalonia? With the creation of the Soviet Union, these countries voluntarily became part of the USSR and cannot be called colonies.2. Why is no data set in the Soviet Union, because there was Soviet democracy, which is more democratic than in the bourgeois republics

    • @deva561
      @deva561 2 года назад

      "more democratic"? Based on what?

  • @Andypos
    @Andypos 7 лет назад +29

    Czech lands were never a colony

    • @davidrajtr8332
      @davidrajtr8332 5 лет назад +9

      And in 1918-1938 we were democracy and not colony.

  • @henriquefernandes7467
    @henriquefernandes7467 7 лет назад +127

    The Brazil Empire (1822-1889) wasn't a autocracy, It had constitution that guaranteed the civil liberties, and after 1847 we adopted the paralamentarism a way to people express their political preferences.

    • @mrklausjonza
      @mrklausjonza 6 лет назад +17

      I'm not a monarquist, but sure ever since Brazil turned into a republic, Brazil was never a real republic and surely was never really democratic

    • @neurofiedyamato8763
      @neurofiedyamato8763 6 лет назад +2

      What? Klaus, Empire of Brazil was a democracy. It was as democratic as you can get.

    • @mrklausjonza
      @mrklausjonza 6 лет назад +4

      Yes. I said the Republic not the Empire of Brazil. It's up there in the lines, read again.

    • @coe3408
      @coe3408 6 лет назад +7

      It was fairly democratic to its time, but nowadays it would not be considered a democracy.

    • @neurofiedyamato8763
      @neurofiedyamato8763 6 лет назад

      Mind explaining? Since from the looks of it it seems pretty much how it is today. The Emperor acted just a branch of the government hardly total control. So how is it different? No government is exactly alike, but it doesn't mean it is any less democratic. And it was because the imperial family was weak, the empire eventually fell. Along with a few other reasons.

  • @Neversa
    @Neversa 2 года назад +2

    Soviet Union was full autocratic and Russia now is too