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💬Learn about history, economics, and the humanities at large with CallMeEzekiel in this fun and informative video presented in the Polandball/Countryball style.

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[MahDryBread]

So THAT'S why my economy always does best in Victoria 2 under Laissez Faire! It's because I'm a useless bureaucrat!

[djemseyfi]

Sickest opening and ending ever. Libertarian-countryball anime series when?

[userofscience]

Dude, legit, your channel is amazing. Criminally underrated and unappreciated. At least I’ll know I’ll have been a fan of your channel since 5 figures (though that’s not much) when you hit a million. Thanks for the entertainment and for informing me in philosophy, war, and much more now, and hopefully long into the future. I appreciate the work man

[vladislavdamianov]

I can't even tell you how much i love your channel. You have been giving me so much to think about in such a fun way. Thanks

[wofless]

"This is where the fun begins"

[dingusdean]

Excellent video, but there's one small problem regarding the grain dole and countryside farms. Mostly that there were none. or rather, they were in a sharp decline. Since the rebublic used a citizen levy system, its long wars meant that the farmers were unable to plant and harvest because they were out at war. When they would return, money having been spent on the equipment needed for the war, the only thing they could do was sell their land to the rich patricians and move to the city. These Patricians merged these farms into massive estates worked by slaves. These estates quickly became inefficient, and urban poor grew in number. The grain dole wasn't just a handout. Caesar also instituted a system where estate land would be bought by the state, and then distributed to the urban poor via a lottery. The idea of the dole was to tide the poor over until they could move onto an estate and become productive.

[djemseyfi]

>Laizzes-nous Faire
>Strong leader in crisis
>government somewhere in the distance that leaves you alone
>individuals let do as they please as long as they don't brake any laws or rights
Did J.R.R. Tolkien had it right with his Anarcho-Monarchism?

[luisdergroe]

That’s a good video and really sums up the theory well. I like the synergy with the video about any rant, you can see her ideas reflected here very easily. But I think this video is missing a bit of criticism, after all the libertarian attempt to explain the end of Rome is famously full of counter intuitive statements, oversights and a weird disregard for the massive time spans that happened between the alleged causes and the eventual fall of Rome. After all Rome survived and flourished, not as a republic, but as an empire that had much more influence on its citizens in nearly every way. Due to my own field of study I happened to be informed about this and thought it would be worth to mention how this theory was criticised over the decades since its inception.

This is not meant as overwhelming criticism, at the end of the day it’s still a Good overview of an little known historical theory, but more as constructive feedback. I hope it’s clear that I overwhelmingly enjoy your work and am always happy to watch your videos.

[arturoquirantesros]

I learn more from your videos than from 2 years of history of philosophy at highschool. Cheers E-zekiel!



Btw nice use of countryballs as always. I didn’t know I needed to see hero smuggler polandball until now ;)

[saltyfis]

You are god damn amazing for what you do! To be able to convey ideas, teach history, and discuss literature, while being incredibly enjoyable with crazy good art, is something to be championed by all!

[potatosinnato]

I really hope this channel grows, it has such good content

[monsieurspky]

God I love pre-20th century French history.

[CallMeEzekiel]

*BONUS READING BELOW: The Judeo-Christian Origin of the Libertarian Theory of History and Islam...*

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*Bonus reading:* Something that our more religious viewers will particularly appreciate is that the two women who developed the Libertarian Theory of History both argued (much to the disapproval of their atheist colleague Ayn Rand and her Objectivist philosophy) that the moral justification of freedom was Judeo-Christian in origin.

The argument goes like this... God is a free and creative being who made man in his own image. So if man is made in the image of his creator, then it follows that man should also be free and use that freedom to create.

Interestingly, Rose Wilder Lane takes this concept even further, and argues that Islam too - due to its own Judeo-Christian origin - inherited this moral axiom. In fact, she dedicated an entire chapter to this point, and goes as far as to describe Muhammad both as a self-made business man and the inventor of trench warfare. (Although that latter claim is a little dubious…)

[felixtrious]

Great video! Always a good day when CallMeEzekiel posts!

[cykanator]

As a turkish man seeing the state of his country spiral down more and more everyday, it is sad to see how close some of this hits home

[prisonislandhead]

Black Ops 3 Zombies.

I see, you too, are a man of culture.

[stuartjohnson]

You are my new favorite youtube channel.

[powerist]

What the Romans? There's still the East, the East survived for thousand more years even with grain dole and chariot race.
Also Roman being an example of "how come it hasn't died yet" (Third Century Crisis would have ended it early, Caliphate would have overrun Anatolia, and Turkey being the last one but they outlived many empires along the way).

[orshu]

2:35 is it a reference to defenestration? Anywhere I see a Czech near a window I take a sidestep

[gcarlson]

The entire graphic with the energy producers and parasites hypothetical was a great way to explain multiple layers of a complicated process in a quick easy conceptual manner. Dude. I actually had a bit of an epiphany watching this, knowing the basics behind libertarian ideas. Then onto a generalization of 2 basic human types, and how they have interacted for centuries, and the trial and error of finding the best way to deal with such a dynamic. Good stuff, mate. Knowledge applicable to my day to day life. Nice.