Woodrow Wilson - The Divisive Democrat Documentary

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[davidcisco]

“Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.”
― Woodrow Wilson
(Perhaps he was ordered to do all those horrible things out of fear for himself / loved ones.)

[Clonetrooper]

The Epitome of the old "Dixiecrat".

[ethanramos]

“The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interest. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.”
Woodrow Wilson

[SW]

I absolutely agree with the comments. In 2024, with the hindsight that we have Woodrow Wilson would have been a bad president for today’s times. But he wasn’t President today, he was president well over 100 years ago. What he did was remarkable for his time. I know many of you have never studied it in school, but this is what history is about. Sure, in June 2024, he seems like a repulsive person. In today’s standards, he likely is. But by the standards of that day, and that time, he was a well respected diplomat, and World leader, who came up with the idea of a League Of Nations, 20+ years before the actual United Nations

Unfortunately, or fortunately, we cannot change what has happened in the past. Woodrow Wilson and his times were what they were. We can learn from what happened in his times so that hopefully we don’t make the same mistakes again, but we can’t cancel the period in which he influenced the world.

Again, that is wha history is all about. It’s not a pretty story in many cases, but it is what it is.

[danielsantiagourtado]

Thanks For this! Love your content guys!❤❤❤❤❤

[miyojewoltsnasonth]

Ah, the good 'ol Woody Wilson.

As I begin watching this, the first thing I'm thinking about is how
much of the *NOT* so good Woody Wilson will get talked about.

[bob_sled_]

"I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit." - Woodrow Wilson. Wilson himself realized how awful the Federal Reserve Act was in his dying days, but this documentary praises it and glosses over how it was passed in the Senate two days before Christmas, with only a few Senators present.

[babbybailey]

I have to say, you have the best biographies. If I want to know about someone, I go straight to your channel. Excellent production.

[annamaedevlin]

The board of trustees at Princeton removed his name on campus in 2020. I wonder hoe many of todays politicians will meet the same!

[Fliegerabwehrkanone-rety]

this man's policies helped lead to WW2.

[ruthie-Uy]

He, for me, was one of America's worst president list

[Cjephunneh]

In 1919 Ho Chi Minh made a special appeal to Wilson so that the USA would help Vietnam achieve independence. Woodrow Wilson refused to take Ho Chi Minh seriously or even respond.

[AlanRoehrich]

He started the "administrative bureaucracy of experts" that has been the downfall of the nation.

He should be reviled, and universally loathed.

[landsea]

Woodrow Wilson's 14 points
Clemenceau said the Good Lord himself only had 10 .
.

[Goodnewsglobal]

Super videos. Really enjoying the US presidents ones and the James Connolly episode was very informative. I'd love to see a Michael Collins episode. Ireland's greatest man. 😊

[chisomongongola]

He was a giant of his time. Complete with prejudices of hos time. He could have done more for black Americans but thats his story.

[tomm]

Just a little clarification: Texas was not "conquered" by the US from Mexico. Texas fought a war of independence against Mexico in 1835 - 36 and became an independent nation from 1836 to 1845. Texas was then admitted to the US by treaty at the very end of 1845 and formally annexed into the US. The remaining states of the Southwest came into the US as a result of "conquest" but Texas did not.

[maureenjackson]

Hitler would have admired woodrow wilson, he was truly obnoxious.

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[iamarobotninja]

Damn the health deterioration in the lead up to his death made me think he was like 86 by the time he died 😂

[Thecdccop]

You would think someone with his means would have visited a dentist. The man had rotten teeth which probably led to his poor health.