A French Revolution Lecture | PCP University 

They actually got a lot done, like an insane amount done. See, there's a "serious" way to talk about the French Revolution and a "silly" way to talk about the French Revolution, this was a silly way. Everything I say is true, but I focused on the hilarious elements and in the end made the whole thing look pointless-- But it really wasn't. It's just that what made the Revolution so, well, revolutionary, wasn't very funny. Just to set the record straight though, think about how much changed, not just in France but in Europe. First of all, France came to control insane amounts of territory, created new countries out of whole cloth, and destroyed the Holy Roman Empire, which was an ancient and once-powerful state. That alone would be significant, but what makes the fact that France controlled so much of Europe so revolutionary was the fact that they exported so much of their new Republican and Nationalist ideals. I didn't get into it in the lecture, because again it's not very funny, but this was the dawn of nationalism, and the implementation of rationalism into state politics. Wherever the French went, they "liberated" the occupants-- Proliferating the idea that they were these things called "citizens" with "rights". Obviously, in actuality they were ruled by an absolute monarch, but sometimes window dressing tastes really, really good. This French Revolution instilled a sense in the entirety of western Europe that "constitutions good, absolutism bad, nationalism good, arbitrary rule of kings bad, etc. etc.". Of course there was the counter revolution and those ideas were squashed by the mainstream reactionary governments, but these tensions would continuously bubble up again throughout the 1800s and set the stage for the World Wars to truly create our modern world. TL;DR lol yeah it was pointless

@@mnchtnyht362 Haha, thanks for the reply :P

@@mnchtnyht362 Come on we all know this lecture was the serious one. The one they teach us in schools is the silly one.

@@mnchtnyht362 How the british parliament system comes into play in the liberasation of Europe? I mean, they were never ruled by France, but they had a parliament and a prime minister (all things that took power from the monarch) well before the revolution. It's interesting that before Robert Walpole England was poor, so maybe there is a connection between being poor and becoming more liberal? Either "the feudal system can't support itself and will collapse" or "poor people are pissed so they want to change things NOW" thing?

@@mnchtnyht362 TL;DR lol yeah it was pointless How very Nietzsche of you, we make our reason.

He's truly an absolute chad. Also, love your name and avatar! I'm listening through Robin Pierson's The History of Byzantium right now, I highly recommend it if you're not already fully schooled in Byzantine history.

But seriously though, how much against the odds was it for someone to survive through not just two revolutions, but in completely different countries, AND on completely different continents?

I didn't mention this in the lecture, but one of the things that made Napoleon such a genius was his ability to compartmentalize every problem facing him. As the ruler of France, he had to deal with issues concerning the army, civil administration, the economy, religion, his personal life, the fallout from the past decade of instability, and more. He was able to deal with it all and be an effective ruler because he could focus on one topic at a time, to the complete exclusion of all other topics. He described it like opening and shutting drawers in a cabinet. Basically, I'm just drilling in that he was a fucking anime protagonist and no one can tell me otherwise. He'd be a Human Calculator, for sure.

It's my personal theory he had a Geass.

@@Samm815 what would his geass power be?

Pooner of Strawberries everyone sees him 3 feet shorter 😂

@@toxicsmoke194 maybe that is why there is discorce around his height, the closer you get the smaller you get so he seems avarege hight when you are close by, but if you are further away, like on a large island of the coast of Belgium the Geass would have no effect on you

And yet this is more thorough than the three month history module I studied in middle school.

bro cringe

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Napoleon - Kirito but stronger

Thank you for time stamps, I listen to them when closing at work and often forget what part I'm at. Shit helped me alot

I fucking love that show so damn much. It's amazing. Also my favorite

Holy shit i want this now

This is more like Digi's calling.

yes please i beg

we were so close....

I knew this was my only chance to talk about it for extended periods of time and have everyone not think I was annoying as shit.

Munchy wtinyhats You did great imo. I thoroughly enjoyed every second of this. It’s by far one of my favourite pcp lectures ever.

@@mnchtnyht362 I loved this. You should make this a recurring thing. Maybe get your facts in order a little better next time though lol

I honestly wasnt aware as a pretty recent viewer, i gained a new found appreciation for Munchy

I was chilng when my fone range “Munchy save pcp” “yes” sorry for bad Englesh

@@biggayzai hmm.

Then immediately left and deleted his whole channel

Given how much he liked going down on his former wife...she might have found his oral techniques "inspiring".

I know it's been a while but did you miss the first couple minutes where he rants about people treating history like a popular commodity to get views

People who need to be roped in by stupid clickbait titles don't deserve to watch this video.

Willian Cruz You know some of the munchies last lectures I thought were dragged down by the autistic screeching, but now that he’s punctuating the lectures with autistic screaming I think it’s far far exceeded his previous attempts.

AYYYYOOO LOOK AT DONKEY GOOO

My brain's not the only thing I spread during this Radcon... ;)

@@mnchtnyht362 hell yeah bro!

Yeah but if you recall, Napoleon is actually Italian so it all ties together

YEAH WTF WHERE IS IT AT?!

anathma to the french name

weak

I bet you weren't expecting an actual lecture about history.

Underrated.

It's still in localization.

What happened?

In addition to*

Do… do we tell him?

@@Ironorchids :(.

@@Ironorchids I was so innocent and full of hope back then...

Same

Fuck, ugh. Nice catch. Well, as long as the audio's still in tact it's okay. I mean it sucks, but I don't think it's worth reuploading.

47:17 is it just me, or is this eerily synced with the video for like, 15 seconds?

Here, your guillotine, my fellow citizen!

@@zogwort1522 “without the cringe reddit dialog meme format” Me: oh so like an idiot that has nothing to do with his life??