Ronald Reagan: The Man Behind the Icon

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  • @Biographics
    @Biographics  4 года назад +145

    This video is brought to you by Raycon, earbuds with great sound at a great price. Check them out at buyraycon.com/biographics. More on them in a bit.

    • @igorflexus9493
      @igorflexus9493 4 года назад +5

      Well done Simon. Keep ém coming...

    • @ianharvey4406
      @ianharvey4406 4 года назад +5

      The add before was "RAID! SHADOW LEGENDS!"

    • @vita9010
      @vita9010 4 года назад +14

      You really glossed over his racist attitudes.

    • @krokodilpil8335
      @krokodilpil8335 4 года назад +6

      Ronald Raycon. When you need a good ear.

    • @Predator42ID
      @Predator42ID 4 года назад +1

      Please do John Moses Browning next please.

  • @APerson-by7oi
    @APerson-by7oi 3 года назад +1115

    I can’t believe they made the president from Cold War into a real person.

    • @themechanic.9545
      @themechanic.9545 3 года назад +27

      Don't forget Gorbachev

    • @MarshallChems
      @MarshallChems 3 года назад +66

      I cant believe they made a whole war over a video game 😭

    • @socom54321
      @socom54321 3 года назад +6

      Comment of the video, sir. Hahahaha

    • @wmeemw994
      @wmeemw994 2 года назад

      He was VERY real and very much part of your likely grandparents’ generation.

    • @craigstewart1532
      @craigstewart1532 2 года назад

      I can't believe you are so uninformed. I guess you are one of the reasons we now have Biden.

  • @maxversthappening8166
    @maxversthappening8166 4 года назад +2227

    “Ronald Reagan? The actor?”

    • @raymondwatt9773
      @raymondwatt9773 4 года назад +65

      Doc Brown haha

    • @Dr.RichardBanks
      @Dr.RichardBanks 4 года назад +45

      Every time I hear his name 😂💀

    • @mikemarsh7387
      @mikemarsh7387 4 года назад +129

      Whose the vice president? Jerry Lewis?

    • @SkinnerNoah
      @SkinnerNoah 4 года назад +49

      Who's Vice President? Jerry Lewis?!

    • @shradman93
      @shradman93 4 года назад +74

      "And I assume Jane Wyman is the First Lady!"

  • @benselectionforcasting4172
    @benselectionforcasting4172 4 года назад +743

    Just to show you how youthful I am, I intend to campaign in all 13 states.

    • @michaelb1761
      @michaelb1761 4 года назад +39

      I won't make an issue of my opponent's youth and inexperience. (Or, something like that)

    • @benselectionforcasting4172
      @benselectionforcasting4172 4 года назад +76

      @@michaelb1761 its
      "I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit... for political purposes, my opponents youth and inexperience."

    • @jakenapier6925
      @jakenapier6925 4 года назад +8

      @@benselectionforcasting4172 Bc dude was literally not much younger and past his prime as well made it too hilarious and great! Just exposition for people who haven't seen that clip, before. Illinois, Baby! Lincoln and Reagan represented very well!

    • @steveskouson9620
      @steveskouson9620 3 года назад +10

      At least he didn't say 57, with 2 or 3 more to go.
      Reagan was cracking a joke, and it worked. Obama
      wasn't and it didn't.
      steve

    • @the10thfloor37
      @the10thfloor37 3 года назад +3

      Of course someone with the name @The Confederate Restoration Plan would say Lincoln of ALL PEOPLE was terrible😂😂😂😂🤷‍♂️

  • @Spanishdog17
    @Spanishdog17 4 года назад +1171

    Ronald Reagan created the slogan "Make America Great Again" in 1980. Trump even admited in an interview that he took the phrase from Reagan.

    • @flowertrue
      @flowertrue 4 года назад +109

      I'm surprised he actually read something. Besides the Forbes 100

    • @jamiecarroll1627
      @jamiecarroll1627 4 года назад +54

      I believe the term was coined by Carter in 1976 during his campaign against Ford. He definitely used it at a campaign address.

    • @jacobwells810
      @jacobwells810 4 года назад +54

      It's actually "Make America Great"

    • @gingerman5123
      @gingerman5123 4 года назад +80

      @@jamiecarroll1627 Bill clinto also used the MAGA slogan in his 1992 run. Funny how everyone was MAGA until they get bought off by China...

    • @upstateNYfinest
      @upstateNYfinest 4 года назад +11

      Im pretty sure it was just "make america great"

  • @keithtestaverde3712
    @keithtestaverde3712 4 года назад +855

    *Balloon pops in the room during his speech after his assassination*
    Reagan: "Missed me"

    • @loganveach9499
      @loganveach9499 4 года назад +46

      One of the best moments

    • @AverageJoe483
      @AverageJoe483 4 года назад +24

      Didn’t even flinch Reagan was the GOAT

    • @chrisenglish4380
      @chrisenglish4380 4 года назад +6

      I wonder if Reagan or Brady would have approved of the second amendment infringement’s affected by John Hinckley’s action?

    • @syafsmith5085
      @syafsmith5085 3 года назад +31

      I'm a Democrat, but Reagan was a legend.

    • @joethompson543
      @joethompson543 3 года назад +5

      Chris English was Brady’s wife that led the charge, as I recall.

  • @LuckyDT
    @LuckyDT 4 года назад +764

    Reagan was a huge proponent of the Raycon earbuds. He used to blast artists like The Weeknd, Run the Jewels, J Cole as well as some dubstep while in office using his earbuds. This is well known but wasn’t mentioned for some reason.

    • @evananderson1455
      @evananderson1455 4 года назад +2

      RTJ

    • @ChubbyTeletubby
      @ChubbyTeletubby 3 года назад +28

      "We must reject the idea that every time a Raycon is broken, society is guilty rather than the earbud breaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his Raycons."
      -Ronald Reagan

    • @bivvystridents3752
      @bivvystridents3752 3 года назад +13

      I remember that. He let Gorby listen to some Black Flag on them at one of their meetings. It was said this event really pushed Gorbachev towards his ideology of Perestroika.

    • @peterdicak9133
      @peterdicak9133 2 года назад

      0p

    • @maggotmusic757
      @maggotmusic757 2 года назад +4

      I can't even play along with this joke knowing that Killer Mike from RTJ has a song speaking out against Reagan lol

  • @lovelessissimo
    @lovelessissimo 4 года назад +555

    Legend says right before he was put under for his assassination attempt injuries, he said to the ER surgeons:
    "I hope you guys are republicans."

    • @chigwesibanyama1148
      @chigwesibanyama1148 4 года назад +147

      To which one of the doctors replied, "Mr. President, today we are all Republicans."

    • @jasonlong8754
      @jasonlong8754 4 года назад +140

      Legend also says that when Nancy arrived at the hospital and demanded to know what had happened, Reagan said, "I forgot to duck."
      Plus, there's the outdoor speech he gave where one of the extremely large balloons popped and echoed. Reagan, mid-speech, didn't miss a beat, just paused and said, "Missed me."
      At least he had a sense of humor about this assassination attempt.

    • @joew2236
      @joew2236 3 года назад +20

      The doctor was a lifelong Democrat too

    • @patricktsai2303
      @patricktsai2303 3 года назад +30

      Only 80s kids remember when America had a president everyone could love, not just one side of the country 😁
      IMO the closest I've seen in my lifetime to that kind of man post-Reagan (besides Bush Sr.) was probably Obama in his first term. If I had to wager I think he had like 90% of the country behind him, that 10% being just the birther racist nutbags. Then he made disappointment after disappointment and got just like 60% left by the time he was reelected.

    • @GhostRider659
      @GhostRider659 3 года назад +21

      @@patricktsai2303 You could put the greatest man in the world in the white house and half of America would hate him today.

  • @Bitchslapper316
    @Bitchslapper316 2 года назад +364

    "Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying."
    - Ronald Reagan

    • @NymbusCumulo928
      @NymbusCumulo928 Год назад

      Thomas Jefferson owned 600 slaves and had sex with many of them, later abandoning the children.
      (I know the comment is a joke, just making sure people know this because it was never taught in schools)

    • @bezllama3325
      @bezllama3325 Год назад +2

      😭😭

    • @tomlxyz
      @tomlxyz 11 месяцев назад +1

      Ironically he barely did any actual work in the whitehouse besides giving general directions from time to time

    • @johnhazlett3711
      @johnhazlett3711 9 месяцев назад +3

      That's one thing I really miss, Reagan's 2nd to none humor.

    • @OrangeBoiiii
      @OrangeBoiiii 9 месяцев назад

      💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY 4 года назад +645

    “There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.”
    ― Ronald Reagan

    • @williehardiman6766
      @williehardiman6766 4 года назад +29

      *evil

    • @FM_DOOM
      @FM_DOOM 4 года назад +15

      Ironic

    • @CupOhCoffeeTwitch
      @CupOhCoffeeTwitch 4 года назад +19

      That's just sounds like "even if it's bad and I did it, no one knew it was me so I'm not the bad guy"

    • @sophiaageitos2763
      @sophiaageitos2763 4 года назад +15

      Good quote, it’s a shame it came from a deceitful mouth

    • @oldesertguy9616
      @oldesertguy9616 4 года назад +33

      @@CupOhCoffeeTwitch that is nothing like what that says. I can understand people hate Reagan for whatever their reasons are, but try not to twist things to suit your opinions.

  • @GrievousReborn
    @GrievousReborn 4 года назад +247

    Doc Brown: “Then tell me, future boy, who’s President of the United States in 1985?”
    Marty Mcfly: “Ronald Reagan.”
    Doc Brown: “Ronald Reagan? The actor? Then who’s vice-president? Jerry Lewis?”

    • @stanleysmith7551
      @stanleysmith7551 3 года назад +49

      Marty: So Doc, heard you returned from the year 2020. Who's the President of the United States of America?
      Doc Brown: Donald J. Trump.
      Marty: The real estate guy? Who's his VP, Michael Jackson? 😏

  • @Mrgunsngear
    @Mrgunsngear 4 года назад +384

    The accent + nicknames= gold

    • @ArimaKihe1
      @ArimaKihe1 3 года назад +8

      Ha Ha wow what are you doing here, GunsG?!

    • @RJM1011
      @RJM1011 3 года назад +6

      Nice to see you here Mr G ! :)

  • @0311Mushroom
    @0311Mushroom 4 года назад +311

    In his last public speech, he made fun of himself, Bill Clinton, and Lloyd Benson.
    In 1988 VP nominee castigated VP nominee Quaile (who referred to himself to JFK) saying "You are no Jack Kennedy.
    Fast forward, and Bill Clinton was comparing himself to Thomas Jefferson. Reagan copied the earlier speech. "Governor Clinton, I knew Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was a friend of mine. Governor, you are no Thomas Jefferson."
    I watched that live, not knowing he would never speak again in public.

  • @josephcollins1607
    @josephcollins1607 4 года назад +259

    Not long after the injury he was speaking in Berlin when a balloon popped loudly, he paused his speech for a quick joke...missed me. Noe that's awesome 😆

    • @chipmunkhunt
      @chipmunkhunt 4 года назад +9

      I remember that moment like it was yesterday

  • @dalezapple2493
    @dalezapple2493 4 года назад +404

    Surprised you never did a bio on Reagan before this.

    • @LegiyonEhellout
      @LegiyonEhellout 4 года назад +14

      I don't think he did one on Thatcher either, surprisingly.

    • @nutty422
      @nutty422 3 года назад +1

      @@LegiyonEhellout he's done one about a week ago

    • @LegiyonEhellout
      @LegiyonEhellout 3 года назад +1

      @@nutty422 Yeah, I saw it the same day it was posted

  • @jackd5089
    @jackd5089 4 года назад +243

    My grand mother who imgrated to the US in 1954 at the age of 16 does not remember Regan as man who was president of the united States but as the man in the general electric advert

    • @constancemiller3753
      @constancemiller3753 3 года назад +11

      Reagan himself talked about his time with G.E.'s rubber chicken circuit being where he met the American people.

    • @lonelywalrus5327
      @lonelywalrus5327 3 года назад +3

      thank you pablo escobar

    • @jackd5089
      @jackd5089 3 года назад +2

      @@lonelywalrus5327 no bother

    • @LauFiu
      @LauFiu 2 года назад +1

      @@lonelywalrus5327 thabk you walt disney

  • @MrJustbrowsing12345
    @MrJustbrowsing12345 4 года назад +38

    Not exploiting his youth and inexperience has got to be one of the best lines ever 👏

  • @seanbrazell6147
    @seanbrazell6147 4 года назад +364

    I'd love to see Hinckley's face when he learned that Jodey Foster is gay.

    • @wrathford
      @wrathford 4 года назад +40

      Jodie Foster probably heard about this guy and said, 'oh HELL no, guys are fuckin crazy. where the vagina @'

    • @pyromania1018
      @pyromania1018 4 года назад +26

      From what I heard, mentioning the topic to her will prompt her to just walk away. She HATES when people bring that up.

    • @jgjgjg739
      @jgjgjg739 4 года назад +18

      Jackson Rushing well I don’t see why she would want to hear about it.

    • @tenhirankei
      @tenhirankei 4 года назад +3

      @@jgjgjg739 Not exactly good PR.

    • @tenhirankei
      @tenhirankei 4 года назад +3

      Was that known about her then? He might have said "when did that happen?"

  • @jessallard6851
    @jessallard6851 4 года назад +73

    They finally got married because they were in love.
    Yeah pretty sure their daughter born 7 months after their marriage was the reason they finally got married

    • @zuverzagmail
      @zuverzagmail 4 года назад +14

      yet they had a great marriage. who would have thunk?

    • @RealGooberTron
      @RealGooberTron Месяц назад

      They had a fantastic love filled marriage, your point being?

  • @brentgranger7856
    @brentgranger7856 4 года назад +21

    Ronald Reagan's humor even after he had been shot was unbelievable!
    To his wife, Nancy - "Honey, I forgot to duck."
    To the doctors about to operate on him - "I hope you all are Republicans!"

  • @ethanramos4441
    @ethanramos4441 4 года назад +70

    “We can’t help everyone but everyone can help someone.”
    Ronald Reagan

    • @imbluz
      @imbluz 10 месяцев назад

      That statement is more believable than "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."

    • @mopnem
      @mopnem 9 месяцев назад +5

      Regan def believed in not helping everyone lmao

    • @imbluz
      @imbluz 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@mopnem He was espousing brotherly kindness, not institutional welfare.

    • @mopnem
      @mopnem 9 месяцев назад

      @@imbluz What are you referring to? Do you even know what your referring, expound a little if you can

    • @imbluz
      @imbluz 9 месяцев назад

      @@mopnem If you can' understand that statement. You wouldn't be able to understand anything.

  • @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs
    @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs 4 года назад +171

    "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

  • @bertgernaat4746
    @bertgernaat4746 4 года назад +77

    After the assination atempt he held a rally. A balloon popped and there was a bang. Reagan's respons "Missed me".

  • @themaninblack7503
    @themaninblack7503 4 года назад +86

    The scene with Nancy laying on the casket was heartbreaking.

  • @JingleJangle256
    @JingleJangle256 2 года назад +36

    After finishing this video, I went back and watched all the entirety of Reagan’s 1964 speech. I’d seen clips from time to time but never watched it beginning to end. It really is a brilliant speech. His voice, delivery, and passion is awe-inspiring. It disappoints me that modern politicians aren’t as eloquent or engaging.

    • @joshuasill1141
      @joshuasill1141 2 года назад +4

      That's because there isn't any pride in being an American and helping your fellow Americans. It's all "me, me, me" and "give me, give me, give me"

    • @balabanasireti
      @balabanasireti Год назад

      Reagan was even worse than any modern president

  • @jamesclark9479
    @jamesclark9479 4 года назад +164

    If there hasn't been a correction already... Just for clarity it was not jipper. But Gipper. With a hard g as in go.
    Interesting bio thank you

    • @billh230
      @billh230 4 года назад +1

      Hmmm. To think I had been pronouncing 'go' incorrectly all these years. :)

    • @thegreatitudecoach
      @thegreatitudecoach 3 года назад +1

      you mean it's not Joogle.. and Jangster?... Damn...

  • @armedrealtorakasheepdog6914
    @armedrealtorakasheepdog6914 3 года назад +87

    When Reagan was on the operating table after being shot, he looked up at his surgeons and said “I hope you’re Republicans”. The head surgeon replied “Mr President, today we’re all Republicans”

    • @jessgunn6639
      @jessgunn6639 Год назад

      so was hinkley lol, the following day his brother was to hold a political fundraiser with niall bush and hinkleys dad was assistant ceo in bush seniors oil company, yes that bush that came charging in to take control after the assassination attempt and said there was no need to investigate hinkley any further as he was just another nut like lee harvey oswald lol

    • @Tavat
      @Tavat Год назад

      Republicans don’t believe in higher education.

  • @nicholasdepina2944
    @nicholasdepina2944 4 года назад +49

    9 scariest words in history,I'm from the govt and I'm here to help

  • @melvinwilliams5449
    @melvinwilliams5449 2 года назад +5

    You forgot about Iran/Contra, Crack cocaine, and where he chose to start his presidential campaign 🤔

  • @khalidhenry3857
    @khalidhenry3857 4 года назад +159

    I've always wondered how an actor became President

    • @weirdshibainu
      @weirdshibainu 4 года назад +10

      What difference does it make that he was an actor?

    • @khalidhenry3857
      @khalidhenry3857 4 года назад +16

      @@weirdshibainu Nothing. I'm just curious.

    • @weirdshibainu
      @weirdshibainu 4 года назад +13

      @@khalidhenry3857 Ok. He was much more than an actor. U.S. Presidents have come from a variety of backgrounds as has many in Congress.

    • @diandoxlee7346
      @diandoxlee7346 4 года назад +20

      Try checking Philippines... politicians and actors are interchangeable...

    • @OperationBaboon
      @OperationBaboon 4 года назад +23

      most presidents are actors... but only a few were as bad as reagan tho...

  • @fiorinifury
    @fiorinifury 3 года назад +5

    He fired the Air Traffic Controllers which kickstarted destroying labor unions.

    • @renealexander2703
      @renealexander2703 Год назад

      @fiorinifury, he gave them a chance to come back to their jobs. And why didn't the Democrats in the White House fix the problem?

  • @mikedocherty6160
    @mikedocherty6160 4 года назад +93

    "The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted it belongs to the brave."
    Ronald Reagan

    • @thedude4672
      @thedude4672 4 года назад +6

      "Facts are stupid things."
      Ronald Reagan

    • @jamalwalker
      @jamalwalker 3 года назад +2

      @MOHAMMED AAQIB dude look it up regan was an awful man he was horribly racist,homophobic,xenophobic and a war mongerer and he was the downfall of this country he was strictly for the upper middle class and rich

    • @icebreaker9995
      @icebreaker9995 3 года назад

      @@jamalwalker he was a good man but failed badly in the economy

    • @jamalwalker
      @jamalwalker 3 года назад +1

      @@icebreaker9995 no bruh during the aids crisis he was set on letting people die he was not a good man or president

    • @Love.Cook_Sanji
      @Love.Cook_Sanji 3 года назад +4

      @@thedude4672 facts taken out of context is also a stupid thing

  • @AGnorTheChannel
    @AGnorTheChannel 4 года назад +43

    I know it would be controversial, but I'd be interested to see a video about Joe McCarthy. Honestly I don't have an opinion about the guy, but it would be intriguing to see his life in Biographics fashion.

    • @josephgriffin2388
      @josephgriffin2388 Год назад

      He was the Trump of the 1950's.
      "Where's my Roy Chon?"
      If you don't know who that guy was, he was Mc Arthy's jerk-off lawyer.

  • @ravellxivrobinson4979
    @ravellxivrobinson4979 4 года назад +112

    You should do a biographic on the emperor of San Francisco… he wasn't a real emperor but everyone treated him like royalty.

  • @AdityaSingh-kx7eu
    @AdityaSingh-kx7eu 4 года назад +161

    Could you do one on J.Edgar Hoover I’m sure it would be interesting and he’s the kind of character who’ll probably get you atleast a million views

    • @richardmarty9939
      @richardmarty9939 4 года назад +11

      Especially anything you have about his cross-dressing/gay business.

    • @diypictures
      @diypictures 3 года назад +9

      @@richardmarty9939 My guess is that they would gloss over that much like the lingering effects of "Reaganomics" and the Iran/Contra ordeal.

    • @dleet86
      @dleet86 2 года назад +1

      @@diypictures Keeping the hostages from a recue to hurt Carter got GOP 4 SCOTUS seats and the end to democracy in favor of an oligarchic plutocracy or Feudalism Redux.

    • @r1explode1
      @r1explode1 2 года назад

      You should watch a RUclips video called “Passing for White.”

  • @aikikaname6508
    @aikikaname6508 4 года назад +34

    I would LOVE to see a video on the relationship between Thatcher and Reagan. Two conservative powerhouses whose policies cast a shadow over their countries for decades to come.

    • @mccleandazza4618
      @mccleandazza4618 Год назад +1

      We need a Thatcher now

    • @Sixxkagan
      @Sixxkagan Год назад

      ​@@mccleandazza4618 she was not needed then, isn't needed now. 90% of problems with capitalism stems from te politics of these two monumental assholes

    • @abc_13579
      @abc_13579 2 дня назад

      There's a great book on the subject by Archie Brown. It's called, "The Human Factor: Gorbachev, Reagan, and Thatcher, and the End of the Cold War." It's incredible.

  • @Redmartian2000
    @Redmartian2000 10 месяцев назад +6

    This man truly lived an incredible life, had no idea he was so pedigreed and accomplished

  • @mikemarsh7387
    @mikemarsh7387 4 года назад +40

    This dude lived quite a full life

    • @annescholey6546
      @annescholey6546 4 года назад +1

      Bedtime for Bonzo

    • @Scorpion122178
      @Scorpion122178 4 года назад +1

      His son hates him. That should tell you everything you need to know about a man.

    • @5280Comics
      @5280Comics 2 года назад +3

      @@Scorpion122178 Ron Jr doesn’t like his brother and sisters either, should tell you the man he is.

    • @raptorfromthe6ix833
      @raptorfromthe6ix833 2 года назад

      @@Scorpion122178 just because someone has different views doesnt mean they hate them

  • @brutuscraig
    @brutuscraig 4 года назад +40

    Hi Simon - loving your channels - this one in particular because you've also made it available as a podcast and which I listen to regularly when driving or walking. I'd love to see a few more Australians featured though. Some people that come to mind include notable politicians Henry Parkes, Robert Menzies and John Howard, sportspeople Greg Norman, Don Bradman and Rod Laver, and entertainers such as Peter Allen, Hugh Jackman, Mel Gibson and Paul Hogan. Keep up the good work mate!

  • @ForgottenInTheShadow
    @ForgottenInTheShadow Год назад +2

    The 3 greatest presidents of the US: Abe Lincoln, FDR, Ronald Reagan.

  • @laranaarana
    @laranaarana 4 года назад +66

    Met him in person when he was running for the election of the presidency back in 1980. Great personality and charisma. Miss him a lot.

    • @MaxRamos8
      @MaxRamos8 3 года назад +6

      That's the problem. Great cha is a but secretly screwing the poor

    • @GAURAV25855ify
      @GAURAV25855ify Год назад +1

      @@MaxRamos8 that true

  • @cortezfjy9
    @cortezfjy9 4 года назад +108

    Ronald Reagan has once said; “don’t hate the players, hate the game”. “The government is not the answer, it’s the problem “.

    • @cortezfjy9
      @cortezfjy9 4 года назад +5

      Amy Sternheim that’s totally a false rumor. When poor gets poorer and the rich gets richer in South Korea. When poor people has no chance to get to the top. Followed by systematic hierarchy or caste system. That’s called capitalism.

    • @Saskobest
      @Saskobest 4 года назад +14

      @@cortezfjy9 The only way to move up in hierarchy is through capitalism

    • @cortezfjy9
      @cortezfjy9 4 года назад +1

      Saskobest when China becomes in control and benefits of the worlds globalization.
      Capitalism will not work in globalization and definitely not in one world order.

    • @cortezfjy9
      @cortezfjy9 4 года назад

      undertakersarmpit because we’re all slaves to globalization and the one world order.

    • @cortezfjy9
      @cortezfjy9 4 года назад +1

      xmr7 pt95 capitalism only works in countries led by the white supremacy.
      U go to asian like India, they have a big sign in their street’s saying “modernization, yes. But westernization, no.”
      By 2050, everything about capitalism and westernization will be an abomination just to talk about it.
      It creates racial hierarchy, rich and poor, winners and losers.

  • @maxdevlin4349
    @maxdevlin4349 4 года назад +109

    You didn't include his best nickname... "Ronnie Ray Gun" given for his Star Wars Defense Initiative {SDI) program:)

    • @skwervin1
      @skwervin1 4 года назад +4

      This is how I remember him. I also remember the day in 85 I think when he decided to bomb Libya and we hovered on the edge of WW3

    • @Matt_from_Florida
      @Matt_from_Florida 4 года назад +3

      *Ronald* Ray Gun

    • @AverageJoe483
      @AverageJoe483 4 года назад +2

      Wendy Beacall well after that we didn’t have any terrorists or problems from the country . I’d say it was effective

    • @shebbs1
      @shebbs1 4 года назад

      @@AverageJoe483 The Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie was after that, and was definitely Libyan sponsored, so you are definitely wrong.

    • @ronunderwood5771
      @ronunderwood5771 4 года назад +1

      Two things. The Lockerbie bomb exploded early leaving wreckage (clues) on land. The investigation took 3 years. Reagan was long gone from office by then. Jan. 20 1989 was his last day in office. The bombing was Dec. 21 1988. Also winter solstice, the shortest day of the year.
      Now a bit about "Star Wars" the derisive nickname the plan was given by Reagan's enemies. It was a giant effort at a defense against ICBM's. The program had many detractors. It was the butt of many a joke by those on the left in the US. Knowledgeable academics from leftist Ivy League campuses and the west coast universities railed against. Ironically the ONE group that believed it might be possible was the Russians. The mere possibility of its success worried them greatly causing them to double down on their own spending. Which they could not afford. It was a big part of breaking their financial system.

  • @petermitchelmore8777
    @petermitchelmore8777 3 года назад +7

    In Berlin, Reagan is still enormously popular. Of non-Berliners, he is as popular as Kennedy and Gorbachev.

    • @GAURAV25855ify
      @GAURAV25855ify Год назад

      Need to
      To do a video on Jimmy carter and Bill Clinton

  • @howardpope3932
    @howardpope3932 4 года назад +19

    Five things that shocked me about Reagan which aren´t mentioned in this video: He shut many mental hospitals and put thousands of patients on the street, he said that communism is worth than nuclear war and he remarked in regard to environmental activists who advocated against deforestation "A tree is a tree. How many more do you need to look at?"
    And then there was also his microphone joke and his "Ketchup is a vegetable." attitude concerning school lunch.
    But he did also good things: Winning cold war, running massive nuclear disarmament (as mentioned in the video), calling for a chemical weapons ban and helping to ban ozone destroying chemicals.
    And in addition I like his haircut and his dress style. (Especially in winter I myself like to combine a red pullover with a white shirt whose collar looks out of that of the pullover just as Reagan often was dressed in his spare time. I copied that look from the tv short series "The Reagans". And his haircut I also used to imitate.)

    • @Monster11B
      @Monster11B 4 года назад +11

      The closing of mental hospitals was due to the abuses through the three previous decades of the patients in them. Persons were committed for almost any reason. There was experimentation without consent. To include injections of plutonium. These abuses came out mid 1970s and needed addressing. Some were sponsored CIA programs. So it wasn't arbitrary to just close them down.
      However, we are now dealing with a large homeless population of SMI individuals and families that have to exert excessively to support the rest. This burden should be re-shouldered by the government due to the burden that it is.

    • @Darkangel9036
      @Darkangel9036 4 года назад +2

      Are you seriously just gonna leave out the fact that they were shut down because of numerous violations? He only shut down the ones that had cases of abuse and code violations. Which turned out to be nearly all of them.

    • @howardpope3932
      @howardpope3932 4 года назад

      ​@@Darkangel9036 Are you sure? I´ve heard he shut them in order to save expenses. Maybe I have been wrong. I was among other sources influenced by the mini-series "The Reagans" in which Reagan´s son Ron is shocked about closures of mental hospitals by his father (if I remember this already had been when Ronald Reagan still was Governor). His father murmurs then something about that these institutions didn´t help the patients but that comes across like a bad excuse.
      What do you think about the other issues I´ve mentioned? What is your position on nuclear war and communism and on deforestation?

    • @raptorfromthe6ix833
      @raptorfromthe6ix833 2 года назад +1

      @@Darkangel9036 and it was started by jfk due to his sisters mistreatment

  • @LtColShingSides
    @LtColShingSides 4 года назад +135

    Darn! I got here too early, the comment section hasn't gotten spicy yet.

    • @joshriles84
      @joshriles84 4 года назад +2

      Just wait

    • @williehardiman6766
      @williehardiman6766 4 года назад +6

      It literally will not let me comment if I say "White Devil". This comment will get deleted. Watch.

    • @williehardiman6766
      @williehardiman6766 4 года назад +1

      The Moderator has it out for me right now. 😭😭😭

    • @ilarious5729
      @ilarious5729 4 года назад +3

      @@williehardiman6766 I doubt

    • @williehardiman6766
      @williehardiman6766 4 года назад +2

      @@ilarious5729 seriously. I commented that like 10 times. I just think they don't like me saying "White Devil" but that's what he was. This is the only comment I've posted that says that and is still up.

  • @ericdavid7389
    @ericdavid7389 2 года назад +3

    I love the story where the Telegraph lines we’re down and he just had to completely make up what was going on until the issue was fixed

  • @heracrossnt
    @heracrossnt Год назад +3

    Weird that this had almost no criticism in it, most in these series have been nuanced. His presidency sealed the date on the corporate takeover of America. Worth mentioning

    • @midori6756
      @midori6756 Год назад

      Reagan started the decline of the middle class!

  • @501ststudios7
    @501ststudios7 4 года назад +31

    Jimmy Stewart! Would make a great subject for a video, given his service in WWII and all his accomplishments before and after.

    • @QUARTERMASTEREMI6
      @QUARTERMASTEREMI6 4 года назад +2

      Yes, please do a bit on Jimmy Stewart! Also do other features of Hollywood actors and actresses who served & risked their lives in the Second World War.

    • @johnbaugh2437
      @johnbaugh2437 4 года назад +2

      He was a real hero and class act

    • @5280Comics
      @5280Comics 2 года назад

      Jimmy Stewart an American icon.

  • @TWE_2000
    @TWE_2000 4 года назад +43

    Can you please make a video about Allen Dulles, the first and longest serving director of the CIA?

    • @snowroaches
      @snowroaches 4 года назад +5

      Everyone that tries mysteriously disappears.

    • @nickschulte3915
      @nickschulte3915 4 года назад

      T WE that’s classified

    • @yepimheretoo2270
      @yepimheretoo2270 4 года назад

      The Corbett Report did a good one a few years ago, if you're looking for something that goes into detail about Dulles

  • @Knight860
    @Knight860 4 года назад +36

    You should of included Reagan's remark to his wife in the hospital "Honey, I forgot to duck."

  • @zanep67
    @zanep67 2 года назад +6

    I truly appreciate the unbiased vibes i get from your videos man, keep up the great work!

  • @alec2726
    @alec2726 2 года назад +18

    Thanks again for an insightful documentary on President Ronald Reagan. You mentioned that President Reagan developed Alzheimer's. Did your know that he was well aware of this? As the condition developed, President Reagan wrote letters to all his friends and colleagues saying a goodbye before the cloud covered. You didn't mention this act!

  • @YeeSoest
    @YeeSoest 3 года назад +16

    "His father was an irish alcoholic"
    Made it sound like a job title ^^

    • @NerdilyDone
      @NerdilyDone 3 года назад +2

      I was going to say it sounded like his religion, given how Nelle was mentioned as a Protestant just before that.

  • @estherstrek4796
    @estherstrek4796 4 года назад +10

    God, I wish the GOP still held him as true north...

  • @chigwesibanyama1148
    @chigwesibanyama1148 4 года назад +14

    Great video, as usual, guys. Surprised though that Iran - Contra wasn't delved into. I guess y'all need to make your vids 3 minutes longer (would be great for all of us, your big fans 😆)

  • @Sunny198325
    @Sunny198325 4 года назад +35

    Its through him I know the etymology of the word Contra. The cool sounding word used by popular arcade game has not so cool past.

    • @rolanddevil2692
      @rolanddevil2692 4 года назад +1

      Man you're old. I loved that game too. Lol

    • @Sunny198325
      @Sunny198325 4 года назад +3

      Missing the good ol carefree days of playing Mario, Contra and street fighter

    • @rolanddevil2692
      @rolanddevil2692 4 года назад +3

      I played qbert on the Atari 2600.

    • @Spanishdog17
      @Spanishdog17 4 года назад +1

      That's why they changed the sequel's name to "Super C" in the US.

    • @annescholey6546
      @annescholey6546 4 года назад +3

      Fiddling the Constitution to boot and dumping it on Olly North.

  • @darkshark98
    @darkshark98 4 года назад +16

    Well done. No cheerleading, no mudslinging. Impressive.

  • @luiginanichele6623
    @luiginanichele6623 4 года назад +20

    Thank you Simon and Biographics for these videos! They kept me company during the lockdown and are continuing to do so. Am also enjoying the podcasts! Keep it up.

  • @jhin8054
    @jhin8054 3 года назад +23

    You and your crew put together amazing presentations. This wonderful Reagan bio deserves a Soviet brother. Mikhail Gorbachev, please?

  • @TWE_2000
    @TWE_2000 4 года назад +75

    Can you please make a video on Henry Kissinger?

    • @henriqueoliveira3872
      @henriqueoliveira3872 4 года назад +10

      That would be a great one! But, today, he is still going with 97 years and they usually don't do videos on people who are still alive.

    • @annescholey6546
      @annescholey6546 4 года назад +4

      Bomb everyone

    • @acangial1
      @acangial1 3 года назад +8

      Kissinger the War Criminal?

    • @ieatgremlins
      @ieatgremlins 3 года назад

      Ufff yes

  • @wilbsoramaYT
    @wilbsoramaYT 4 года назад +10

    I've never been this early to a Biographics video.... guess the notifications are working

  • @elbrandon4775
    @elbrandon4775 10 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you so much for this one. It's so hard to find a fair summary on the life of Reagan. People either hate him or love him and you did a fantastic job telling his story in a fair way.

  • @oom5768
    @oom5768 4 года назад +8

    when I read the title my head finished it with "the man behind the slaughter"
    the interenet has poisoned me

    • @MaxRamos8
      @MaxRamos8 3 года назад +2

      Ur not wrong he started the mass incarceration and attack on minoriteis

  • @hannahstahl1857
    @hannahstahl1857 4 года назад +31

    At least Reagan had a degree in something that would help.

  • @eeshsinger
    @eeshsinger 4 года назад +61

    ronald reagan, the actor?

    • @Palinghufter
      @Palinghufter 4 года назад +8

      No wonder your president has to be an actor. He's gotta look good on TV.

    • @joshriles84
      @joshriles84 4 года назад +4

      Damn beat me to it

    • @weirdshibainu
      @weirdshibainu 4 года назад +1

      Yes. But he was much more than that.

    • @SA-zoom1
      @SA-zoom1 3 года назад +1

      I suppose Jane Wyman is the 1st lady

  • @bewareofsasquatch
    @bewareofsasquatch 2 года назад +5

    Just shows that Reagan is one of the key issues of our problem. Never vote Republican

    • @tyler4093
      @tyler4093 2 года назад +4

      Because economic stability and prosperity is terrible right?

  • @aleezbayer1468
    @aleezbayer1468 3 года назад +5

    I'm surprised you didn't mention Iran-Contra, which was a big deal. Thanks for your vids- I'm enjoying them.

  • @williammetz7500
    @williammetz7500 4 года назад +25

    Do Dietrich Bonhoeffer!

  • @Steadymobbin711
    @Steadymobbin711 4 года назад +3

    I'm addicted to your channel... I now have a sweet pair of ear buds, looking slick in my new watch, while shooting down planes in war thunder... Thanks to squarespace. All joking aside, love your channel!

  • @SirBobbyDuncan
    @SirBobbyDuncan 4 года назад +14

    What about that war on drugs??? How many people need to die for a joint, man?

    • @frederickthorne2496
      @frederickthorne2496 4 года назад +2

      some of us will never forget his true legacy

    • @takis6900
      @takis6900 4 года назад +1

      Nixon started the war on drugs

    • @andysawyer647
      @andysawyer647 4 года назад +3

      @@takis6900 Reagan Escalated it

    • @frederickthorne2496
      @frederickthorne2496 4 года назад +2

      Nixon's legacy is impeachment and resigning. reagan's legacy is trickle down and the war on drugs

    • @jameylebel
      @jameylebel 3 года назад

      It wasn’t a war on weed my friend. It was a war on cocain and the drug cartels in central and more specifically South America. Remember Pablo Escobar?

  • @SheBeastJehanne
    @SheBeastJehanne 3 года назад +14

    Didn't he resolve the air traffic controller strike by just firing a ton of striking air traffic controllers instead of actually addressing the issues they were striking over?

    • @TwoDollarGararge
      @TwoDollarGararge 2 года назад

      Yes he fired everyone in sight of that until they went back to work I mean yes technically he did fix it if I have a paper cut cutting your arm off is an option

    • @raptorfromthe6ix833
      @raptorfromthe6ix833 2 года назад

      you could say it would have been detrimental to safety of others

    • @renealexander2703
      @renealexander2703 Год назад

      @jehannelabete9129, he gave them a chance to come back.

  • @RonnieOP
    @RonnieOP 3 года назад +5

    I'm kinda surprised you didn't talk at all about the Iran-Contra affair

  • @user-tk2lf1dv3s
    @user-tk2lf1dv3s 3 года назад +16

    You didnt mention once that his economic polecies caused wages to stagnate till today

    • @NerdilyDone
      @NerdilyDone 3 года назад +2

      That's because that isn't the cause.

  • @themasqueradefiles
    @themasqueradefiles 4 года назад +7

    Thank you for this great video Simon!!! I love that as a man from the UK whether you agreed or disagreed with his stance on issues or just American politics in general; you still were very respectful of the legacy that he left behind for Americans and just his life in general!!!

  • @clingdawg2229
    @clingdawg2229 3 года назад +42

    "The US economy boomed through the 1980s...." I was a young adult at the time. There was a recession in 1982, and the economy crashed in 1987.

    • @RUFFDRAFTCA
      @RUFFDRAFTCA 3 года назад +7

      ya i enjoy this channel, but this post left out a LOT of ugly truths... Simon just wants to make his $ without offending anyone (ie conservative straight white dudes) going into the scandals, i get it, but honestly its kinda offensive to the rest of us to gloss over all the long term damage initiated by that administration & entire era.
      I was just a baby, bit the more i learn about it as an adult, the more i can see its heinous effects on MY era. Especially The “war on drugs”s effect on the criminal justice system, weaponizing weed to disenfranchise POC & dem voters, screwing up mental health care for decades, screwing over countless veterans...
      this republican ploy of hateful jingoism, performative patriotism & faux piety to turn voters against eachother over emotional misinformation, xenophobia & fear, instead of actual policy... well its no coincidence how much Trump took from Reagan. “Make America Great Again” was first uttered in the 80’s, laying the groundwork for our current disastrous “MAGA” era

    • @ToneTraveler
      @ToneTraveler 3 года назад +8

      Unemployment lines, crack cocaine, highest tax increase in history, illegal drug and gun smuggling, Star Wars defense system. Yeah, Ronnie Raygun made a mess of things. Loved his jellybeans and plausible deniability.

    • @raptorfromthe6ix833
      @raptorfromthe6ix833 2 года назад

      @@RUFFDRAFTCA apparently any preisdent you dont like is somehow a conservative white dude

    • @raptorfromthe6ix833
      @raptorfromthe6ix833 2 года назад

      unfortunately there was mild recession but much like the 2008-2009 you could probably blame it one the last few administrations actions,87 i believe it lasted a few weeks

  • @nicolasmontecchipalazzi1402
    @nicolasmontecchipalazzi1402 4 года назад +4

    Congratulations, another great well-prepared video, I would indulge a little bit more on economic politics consequences and excesses of his presidency that are all around so much debated in this presidential election.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner 2 года назад +4

    Correction: Ronald Regan graduated with a single major that was designated as Sociology and Economics.
    There was a degree program at Eureka that offered that.
    Most degree programs only offer a single field of study but this college offered a degree where economics and sociology were combined as a single major and degree.

    • @btetschner
      @btetschner 2 года назад

      I am mistaken about that as apparently colleges will have people do two degree programs and then only consider it a single degree.
      It is technically two degrees.

  • @joshbethel417
    @joshbethel417 4 года назад +57

    Minor correction, my guy. "The Gipper" nickname has a hard G sound. Gipper, like dipper.

    • @flowertrue
      @flowertrue 4 года назад +2

      Yes, next he'll be saying "Leh-viss" is what's written on the zipper of his jeans.

    • @d.c.8828
      @d.c.8828 4 года назад +1

      I guess we were gipped! 🤷‍♂️

    • @ThomasBaxter
      @ThomasBaxter 4 года назад

      Yeah, totally sounded like a slur

    • @joshbethel417
      @joshbethel417 4 года назад

      @@ThomasBaxter like a slur? What?

    • @sjbrooksy45
      @sjbrooksy45 4 года назад +1

      Hard G, like dipper, got it

  • @billylangley1462
    @billylangley1462 3 года назад

    Excellent!! Thank you Simon!!!

  • @lew-e
    @lew-e 4 года назад +3

    I went to the same elementary school as Reagan in Galesburg. Thats a little fact that I am very proud of

  • @bossbeartherock6034
    @bossbeartherock6034 4 года назад +42

    Please think of doing one on huey long , the kingfish .

  • @montyollie
    @montyollie 3 года назад +5

    "He successfully navigated an air traffic controller strike". Is that what we're calling it these days. Yikes.

    • @maxshea4762
      @maxshea4762 3 года назад +1

      I think this is a Tory channel.

  • @bonniesaxe9460
    @bonniesaxe9460 4 года назад

    Very interesting video. Thanks for posting it

  • @wltube607
    @wltube607 4 года назад +11

    As much as I dislike Reagan you certainly can’t deny he was wildly impactful. I just wish the long term effect was a lot more positive for something other then pro big business, defense spending, and tax cuts.

    • @OperationBaboon
      @OperationBaboon 4 года назад +4

      ivan the terrible was also "wildly impactful"...

    • @b-genspinster7895
      @b-genspinster7895 4 года назад +1

      Well...he hated guns and the so-called Firearms Owners' Protection Act was ushered through during his administration leading the way for more gun control. So there's that. He kept big business from legally selling automatic firearms to the public instead of them making huge profits to pay taxes on.

    • @muthias4582
      @muthias4582 4 года назад +1

      Don’t forget trying to cancel the anti-apartheid bill.

    • @joeyr7294
      @joeyr7294 4 года назад

      As much as you dislike Reagan, were you alive during his term as President?

    • @wltube607
      @wltube607 4 года назад +3

      Joey R no but forming opinions on historical figures with research isn’t a bad thing

  • @mikegallegos7
    @mikegallegos7 4 года назад +7

    I'd like to see a bio of Nadia Comanci, the first gymnast who scored a 10 !

  • @KATZMANISGOD
    @KATZMANISGOD 2 месяца назад

    Dixon is the town I grew up in. I love that you did this one!

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner 2 года назад

    Very interesting, thank you for the video.

  • @spebenge
    @spebenge 4 года назад +19

    I have a feeling that you have left out a few details... unless you are working on a part 2

    • @thescopedogable
      @thescopedogable 4 года назад +18

      He has a lot on conservative viewers he does not want to trigger so he never covers the scandals. His biography of Trump was a fucking joke.

    • @cv4809
      @cv4809 4 года назад +19

      It's a biography video, not a political analytical essay on his presidency

    • @spebenge
      @spebenge 4 года назад +7

      @@cv4809 CONTRAry to what you may believe... I was simply pointing out that he didn't go into enough detail about his museum in California!

    • @michaelb1761
      @michaelb1761 4 года назад +3

      It's already a long Biography at 28 minutes. He even states over halfway through that they were going to gloss through the presidency.

    • @klikner4142
      @klikner4142 4 года назад

      thescopedogable Poor baby. How can you handle the RUclips channel staying reasonably out of politics.

  • @ConvoySeibatoron1313
    @ConvoySeibatoron1313 4 года назад +133

    Ronald Reagan the actor ha then who’s Vice President Jerry Lewis

    • @tenhirankei
      @tenhirankei 4 года назад +1

      @Jessica Jujubean No, better would be House Speaker. He can get a grip on spending!

    • @ajaxslamgoody9736
      @ajaxslamgoody9736 4 года назад

      You are gender confused

    • @economicist2011
      @economicist2011 4 года назад +2

      @Jessica Jujubean And Jane Wyman is the first lady!

    • @erikamarie5535
      @erikamarie5535 4 года назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @TheCheesydoll90123
      @TheCheesydoll90123 4 года назад +1

      Best film ever made

  • @krisking07
    @krisking07 4 года назад +1

    Hi guys, i recently found your biographics channel and i am loving it, But! lol have you done a piece on Orsen Welles? if so i cant find it and if not any chance you have one planned? Regards

  • @romegavadquez6310
    @romegavadquez6310 4 года назад +1

    Oh boy here we go, let’s see how this plays out.

  • @123tommychen
    @123tommychen 3 года назад +4

    This guy is a main character in real life.

  • @cameronhersey9087
    @cameronhersey9087 4 года назад +30

    You forgot the Iran-Contra.

    • @DaveT383
      @DaveT383 4 года назад +13

      Reagan was responsible for the torture, mutilation and deaths of many 1000s of people, many 1000s. He was a slimeball and a war criminal.

    • @michaelpreller4025
      @michaelpreller4025 3 года назад +1

      Im hardly shocked, are you?

  • @johnhegner6077
    @johnhegner6077 4 года назад

    Nice job with the presentation.

  • @TheWtfnonamez
    @TheWtfnonamez 6 месяцев назад

    It is truly chilling how hard it is to find positive videos about Reagan on youtube.

  • @keysersoze1889
    @keysersoze1889 4 года назад +6

    Ah Reagan and his soviet jokes

  • @ieuanbriers
    @ieuanbriers 4 года назад +5

    Yet another good video. I bet with over 40 presidents of the United States you won't be short of material. Out of interest are you doing a video on any of the following people: Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton, Captain James Cook and Tsar Nicholas II?

  • @YMHCoolGuy
    @YMHCoolGuy 3 года назад +2

    A little surprised the Iran contra affair wasn’t brought up

  • @mktrafton7042
    @mktrafton7042 4 года назад +4

    My great grandfather served under Reagan during the war before being sent oversees to film areal intelligence.