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  • Опубликовано: 15 янв 2025

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  • @FreeDocumentaryHistory
    @FreeDocumentaryHistory  12 дней назад +5

    Episode 1: Watergate - 00:00:00
    Episode 2: Civil War - 00:16:17
    Episode 3: Trancontinental Railroad - 00:30:51
    Episode 4: Cold War - 00:44:25
    Iconic American history has its standard versions, endlessly promoted by school books and popular culture. In HISTORY, NPR's Peter Sagal takes us on an irreverent romp behind the myths to reveal the fascinating truth of how money makes the world go around.
    - Watergate reveals that Nixon wanted money and power, and his personal greed lead to the infamous break-in.
    - What drove the Civil War was slavery, and in 1860 southern slaves were worth more than all the land and all the cash in America.
    - Those rugged individuals that movies taught us settled the West actually lived at the mercy of tycoons who ran the Transcontinental Railroad.
    - and the Cold War was history once Russian citizens learned that capitalism makes for a material world.
    If you want to understand history, you need to follow the money.

    • @asg666btx
      @asg666btx 2 дня назад

      @@FreeDocumentaryHistory ...Read the Howard Zinn's book The People's History of the United States of America

  • @FacesofHistory-uss
    @FacesofHistory-uss 7 дней назад +5

    This video is a captivating deep dive into how money shapes history and human behavior. The storytelling is sharp and engaging, weaving through iconic moments like Nixon's downfall, the Watergate scandal, and even the Cold War. The "follow the money" theme brilliantly connects these events, revealing the hidden motives behind historical decisions. It's a fascinating reminder of how power and greed often drive history, leaving us to question the true cost of progress. Definitely worth a watch!

  • @Dr.Z_VT
    @Dr.Z_VT День назад +1

    Excellent work. Finally makes it clear what happened at Watergate.

  • @neilca2987
    @neilca2987 12 дней назад +9

    President Wilson later came to regret signing the bill: "I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated

  • @asg666btx
    @asg666btx 12 дней назад +11

    R. Nixon, in 1971, lifted the gold standard on the dollar as a backup. That's where all the worst economic disasters started...

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy 11 дней назад +2

      It kicked off a period of high inflation that lasted until the mid '80s.

    • @danscott3880
      @danscott3880 9 дней назад

      Suggested by HENRY (WAR CRIMINAL) KISSINGER

    • @craigorlikowski2507
      @craigorlikowski2507 3 дня назад

      ​@@kiwitrainguywhat are you even talking about? Inflation continues to skyrocket.

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy 2 дня назад +1

      @ The inflation of today started mostly because of the pandemic. 1984-2020 was very low inflation.

  • @KevinN-df8eo
    @KevinN-df8eo 12 дней назад +8

    To me, as an Englishman who lived through this from afar, the most shocking thing was Gerald Ford's pardon of Nixon. It really appalled me that such blatant cronyism was allowed.

    • @FreeDocumentaryHistory
      @FreeDocumentaryHistory  12 дней назад +4

      @@KevinN-df8eo you ain’t seen nothing yet

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy 11 дней назад +1

      "I welcome this kind of examination because (the American) people have gotta know whether or not their president's a crook. Well I'm not a crook."
      I'm sorry, I just couldn't resist doing that.

    • @david3549tw
      @david3549tw 10 дней назад

      Nixon did not kill or hurt anyone physically in this scandal when he could have like Johnson would have.

  • @JoeyBribes-me2xr
    @JoeyBribes-me2xr 8 дней назад +6

    The pentagon has failed 7 straight audits and 2.3 trillion was reported missing from the pentagon balance sheet on 9/10/2000.

    • @RioDuek
      @RioDuek 4 дня назад

      1 year n 1 Day before 9/11

  • @kidnplay3978
    @kidnplay3978 12 дней назад +3

    This was freakin amazing 😮 Who is this guy? Is there more than one episode?

    • @FreeDocumentaryHistory
      @FreeDocumentaryHistory  12 дней назад +3

      @@kidnplay3978 Peter Sagal he’s a writer and humorist. There is another documentary he wrote and hosted called Constitution USA. Not sure yet if we’ll be showing it here but it sounds good. I’ll let you know.

    • @mikemurdoch9882
      @mikemurdoch9882 9 дней назад +2

      yes great and slick presentation, makes history so interesting, great work Peter

  • @Jayjay-qe6um
    @Jayjay-qe6um 12 дней назад +2

    "Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out."
    -- Richard M.Nixon

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy 11 дней назад

      "I welcome this kind of examination because (the American) people have gotta know whether or not their president's a crook. Well I'm not a crook."
      I'm sorry, I just couldn't resist doing that.

  • @geoffrobinson
    @geoffrobinson 12 дней назад +6

    Watergate was an intelligence operation.

  • @flytopusa
    @flytopusa 12 дней назад +1

    nice war stories

  • @davechristian7543
    @davechristian7543 12 дней назад +2

    1:24 everytime single time with out fail when i see this guys head n face it straight away makes me think of Futurama 🤪

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy 11 дней назад

      "I welcome this kind of examination because (the American) people have gotta know whether or not their president's a crook. Well I'm not a crook."
      "I'm meeting you hippies half way"

  • @EranClaudette
    @EranClaudette 12 дней назад +2

    Great content, as always! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How should I go about transferring them to Binance?

  • @davdna
    @davdna 10 дней назад +1

    Here is a money figure. One billion dollars dedicated to a cause, at the rate of one million per month, would take nearly seven years to deplete. They got lots of billions and could make an impact, but alas, greed.

    • @FreeDocumentaryHistory
      @FreeDocumentaryHistory  10 дней назад

      @@davdna greed (not only for more money) seems to be the bane of humanity. Let’s see if enough of us can keep it all together

  • @AIdoessongtitles
    @AIdoessongtitles 10 дней назад

    1:53 well that aged well 😂😂

  • @Thomas-er9uf
    @Thomas-er9uf 9 дней назад +1

    The root of all evil is ignorant hypocrisy and self delusionment!!!

  • @ForbiddenHistoryLIVE
    @ForbiddenHistoryLIVE 12 дней назад +3

    THANK YOU
    Peace & Enlyghtenment Alwayz
    Dezert-Owl from OHIO USA
    Author / Translator / Journalist
    Polymath / Professional Speaker / Available for Interviews

  • @angeloavanti2538
    @angeloavanti2538 10 дней назад

    Poignant considering what's about to happen to US.

  • @KevinOge-ms4by
    @KevinOge-ms4by 10 дней назад +1

    If you want to understand human nature and history, follow the money trail.

  • @timothywalker4563
    @timothywalker4563 7 дней назад

    This is really good, I knew bits and pieces of history but sir you sewed 🧵 this together 😊

  • @campbellpaul
    @campbellpaul 12 дней назад +21

    Donald Trump and Elon Musk are the new Richard Nixon and Howard Hughes.

    • @geoffrobinson
      @geoffrobinson 12 дней назад +8

      Not really but an attempt was made on your part

    • @campbellpaul
      @campbellpaul 12 дней назад +6

      @@geoffrobinson yeah, Nixon was politically savvy and Hughes was a genius on multiple levels... can't say that about the other two

    • @mmax92able
      @mmax92able 11 дней назад +2

      they’re way worse

    • @danielscott3178
      @danielscott3178 10 дней назад +2

      That's an insult to Nixon

    • @DS-uo5ie
      @DS-uo5ie 9 дней назад +3

      MAGA👏🙏 0:19

  • @JimmiHidalgo-Lopez
    @JimmiHidalgo-Lopez 3 дня назад

    Who isn't a crook? Empires were built on crookery, looting and worst of all murdering. I am an actual saint in comparison to those who pretend.

  • @AxelFreeDog-ob9fg
    @AxelFreeDog-ob9fg 2 дня назад

    So cold war cos they go war we go cold and hungry

  • @joseph.langifisi
    @joseph.langifisi 12 дней назад

    Trump and Elon are like Nixon and Hughes?

  • @JOECITIZEN-i8t
    @JOECITIZEN-i8t 9 дней назад +1

    SOUTHERN STATES WERE BREAKING AWAY FROM THE UNION WAS DUE TO TAXES TARIFFS

    • @bwilliams6675
      @bwilliams6675 2 дня назад +2

      Nice try, taxes on goods produced by what kind of labor?

  • @DumbedDownData
    @DumbedDownData 2 дня назад

    Inaccurate

  • @amazeus1980
    @amazeus1980 12 дней назад

    Politicians that cannot be controlled are useless. Most if not all have done smth in the past 😂

    • @KevinN-df8eo
      @KevinN-df8eo 12 дней назад

      The nature of the beast and when they get power they all too often abuse it. They forget the words of Uncle Ben in Spiderman.

  • @missKushite
    @missKushite 11 дней назад

    I aint african 💯

    • @bwilliams6675
      @bwilliams6675 2 дня назад

      How do you have Kushite in your name but claim to not be African 😂😂😂