Porfirio Diaz: Mexico’s Gentleman Dictator
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Source/Further reading:
Excellent podcast on Mexico pre-Porfiriato, and during the same (multiple parts): www.revolutionspodcast.com/20...
www.revolutionspodcast.com/20...
Podcast reading the Creelman interview, includes a (very biased) look at Diaz’s life: podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR...
Britannica’s biography: www.britannica.com/biography/...
ThoughtCo Bio: www.thoughtco.com/biography-o...
Diaz’s resignation in-depth: www.historytoday.com/archive/...
1915 NYT report on Diaz’s death: www.nytimes.com/1915/07/03/ar...
Library of Congress materials on Diaz: www.loc.gov/exhibits/mexican-...
Biographics on Maximilian I: • Maximilian I: The Aust...
Biographics on Emiliano Zapata:
Mexican American War (1846-48): www.history.com/topics/mexica...
The Reform War (1858-61): www.globalsecurity.org/milita...
French Intervention in Mexico: history.state.gov/milestones/...
A walk-through of Mexican history: www.britannica.com/place/Mexi...
The Cientificos: www.britannica.com/topic/cien...
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@olddogmaster6643 4 жыл бұрын
Just an idea for a future r biographics Christian X of Denmark A king hated early in life but loved at the end of his life.
@Derrick1996 4 жыл бұрын
People you should think about doing video on 1) Thomas Sankara 2) Patrice Lumumba 3) Sylvanus Olympio 4) Henry Christophe 5) Maurice Bishop
@shanedebarros7479 4 жыл бұрын
How about a piece on Antonio Salazar or Jean-Paul Marat
@shanedebarros7479 4 жыл бұрын
How about a piece on Antonio Salazar or Jean-Paul Marat
@shanedebarros7479 4 жыл бұрын
How about a piece on Antonio Salazar or Jean-Paul Marat?
@oslo6472 2 жыл бұрын
As a Mexican, calling "Gentleman Dictator" is a hit in the nail, since he was, he was an old-styled dictator, in comparison to the "new wave" of military uniforms.
@DeepThinker_6597 8 ай бұрын
But he did sport military uniforms basically all the time
@osoriomorales9714 8 ай бұрын
General Porfirio Díaz was one of the best presidents that Mexico could have had
@DogeickBateman Ай бұрын
@@osoriomorales9714 The account by Channing Arnold on Diaz's character in 1900 is one of the most interesting pictures of a man who did the impossible: Keep Mexico orderly
@theotherohlourdespadua1131 Ай бұрын
@@osoriomorales9714 And he set in motion a series of events that led to a 10 year revolution... All because he keeps breaking his promise not to run for president again...
@tjskelly100 2 жыл бұрын
When I was in Mexico City, my tour guide said if you want to watch two Mexicans argue, just bring up Porfirio Diaz.
@franciscovila550 4 жыл бұрын
Porfirio Diaz fought more than forty battles and lost only one: Icamole´s Battle, for which is known as the ¨Weepy of Icamole¨, but the most extraordinary feat of Porfirio Diaz is that among the huge progress of the country, he left no debt; instead, he left 63 million gold pesos in the mexican treasury, making him unique.
@jackmcnally9237 3 жыл бұрын
Correct!
@JosePineda-cy6om 2 жыл бұрын
Yep. The guy had his moments of corruption and nepotism, but he was almost an exemplar model of virtue and righteousness compared with 99% of the PRI presidents that followed
@elperrodelautumo7511 2 жыл бұрын
Heck Mexico could’ve done better under the American union flag 🇺🇸. The all Mexico movement could’ve been successful had they allow autonomy of the Mexican people, languages, and culture. Actions dictate things. Regardless of tongue.
@RicardoJoseReza 2 жыл бұрын
@@elperrodelautumo7511 ¿¿¿¿???? Sorry, but have you thought out what you wrote? Mexico under the U.S flag, or Mexico under the French flag or Spanish flag. Mexico is an independent nation, no matter what. I would not like to live in a reservation. Thank you
@antoniobatista884 2 жыл бұрын
No se les olvide que fue un genocida que casi desaparece al pueblo Yaqui.
@abelreyna8781 4 жыл бұрын
"Perro con hueso ni ladra ni muerde" -Porfirio Diaz That's how he kept power for so long. This is how every government keeps power come to think of it. Not pretty but effective.
@forcedtohaveahandle 4 жыл бұрын
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@darthdrake3095 4 жыл бұрын
@@forcedtohaveahandle "A dog with a bone does not bark or bite"
@forcedtohaveahandle 4 жыл бұрын
Darth Drake gracias
@marcyhoang 4 жыл бұрын
Give a dog a bone. He won't bark or bite.
@AnaGamer19 4 жыл бұрын
Al pueblo pan y circo.
@grandadmiralzaarin4962 4 жыл бұрын
Santa Anna going in and out of power was even more confusing than the UK trying to decide if they were pro or anti Brexit...
@generalthotslayer4623 4 жыл бұрын
Simple bro, it’s like in the United States, the cities are often liberal, in England’s case, anti brexit. Liberals are dependent on government intervention while the countryside is often conservative, or in this case pro brexit. Conservatives can go about their everyday life without ever needing to call on the government, while cities require government agencies to function. This leads to the cultural divide between the two, city goers often depict the country side as unintelligent and backwards people despite cities being the place where illiteracy, crime, and poverty strive. It’s quite interesting and toxic. Countryside people in Scotland, Wales and England didn’t like an unelected official in Belgium telling them when and where they could fish. Those unelected official’s rules resulted in fundamental parts of their life and work to suffer because they weren’t taken into consideration essentially.
@danielevans5286 4 жыл бұрын
General Thotslayer The cities produce the money and are richer with higher living standards and services. Statistically the rural areas need our help, but all you do is moan about it when you get it.
@angelsaidferreira5193 3 жыл бұрын
@@danielevans5286 U just don’t like racism
@trollpolice Жыл бұрын
England was pro brexit, scotland, ireland wales are pro eu
@abrahamrodriguez3239 4 жыл бұрын
im mexican and remember the times of progress of the porfiriato makes me sad, the words of the general Don Porfirio Diaz was very rigth "Madero has unleashed a tiger, now let us see if he can control it." And until this times, nobody can control the tiger yet
@crazypato3752 10 ай бұрын
Who is the Tiger
@sebastianprimomija8375 4 ай бұрын
@@crazypato3752 Mexico
@muhammadashshiddiq8752 19 күн бұрын
@@sebastianprimomija8375 no,it's mexican revolution.
@ethanramos4441 4 жыл бұрын
“It was better that a little blood should be shed that much blood should be saved. The blood that was shed was bad blood; the blood that was saved was good blood” -Porfirio Diaz
@goxdie000 4 жыл бұрын
Only a psychopath would say that
@elemperadordemexico 4 жыл бұрын
@@goxdie000 more like pragmatic realist
@ElYeyuno 4 жыл бұрын
@Rios Salvajes ....Yup. Nobody knew what happened with those huge fortunes. Most Mexicans only knew about the misery Diaz helped create.
@arturobriones2644 3 жыл бұрын
@@goxdie000 More like something that Macchiavello would say.
@goxdie000 3 жыл бұрын
@@arturobriones2644 that doesn't make it any better
@terushinomiya 4 жыл бұрын
"Madero has unleashed a tiger, now let us see if he can control it." He was right.
@ElYeyuno 4 жыл бұрын
Diaz did a lot to make future chaos happen. And it did....
@robroux6074 4 жыл бұрын
Diaz was the one who created the issues. He enslaved the Yaqui and Mayans..he didn't think there would be political backlash. It's kinda like PRIAN saying.. Obrador has unleashed a tiger, now let us see if Obrador can control it... well el Gasolinaso and Gentrificatioin was created by you PRIAN.. so...
@alfredobecerra2878 4 жыл бұрын
Powerful quote
@OBS.Rey__ 4 жыл бұрын
Justinian the Great like how the US licks laws enforcement boots
@Ngl310 4 жыл бұрын
@@robroux6074 Obrador is a complete demagogue. All the promises that he made during his 10+ year campaign were useless. He said he was going to combat crime and murder with a "peaceful" approach yet that has been failing tremendously. He said the Gross Domestic Product was going grow at a rate of at least 3% yet during his first year it only grew 0.1%, worse than with EPN. He also said that he was going to end with corruption yet EPN, Salinas, and Bartlett are still free. As a matter of fact... Manuel Bartlett, who was in the PRI for DECADES and who participated in the 1988 election fraud, is in Obrador's cabinet... Obrador will go down in history as a president who promised everything but accomplished nothing.
@nitroustommy3668 4 жыл бұрын
"Make Mexico great again." Diaz 2024
@MrJuvefrank 4 жыл бұрын
You write like Díaz is still alive. Maybe you'll believe he's dead if you see the body.
@trollpolice Жыл бұрын
When was mx great?
@elpacho....9254 Жыл бұрын
@@trollpolice always.
@elpacho....9254 Жыл бұрын
Build the wall, and keep the gringos out. Make the United States pay for it.
@theconqueringram5295 4 жыл бұрын
Porfirio Diaz's rule was definitely a turning point for Mexico.
@trifulquita15 3 жыл бұрын
No. This señorito was the old system. The 19 century barbaric warrior
@robroux5059 3 жыл бұрын
Turning point was Lazaro
@victoriateague9012 3 жыл бұрын
And they are still in the gutter.🙄🙄
@kamehouseboxing7142 3 жыл бұрын
Mexico has a million turning points it sucks for the majority of ordinary people
@justinh6651 3 жыл бұрын
A turning point downward.
@rodrigonogueiramota4433 4 жыл бұрын
Diaz: I´m a gentlemen dictator Stalin: in Soviet Union there´s no such thing as Dictator. there´s me and everybody else who is not me and who will go to Sibéria, including gentlemen
@dddc2 3 жыл бұрын
which is how stalin controlled power until his death unlike other dictators who get fucked by america, or get overthrown because they werent as brutal as stalin
@therealalexi9312 2 жыл бұрын
@@dddc2 that doesnt make sense? The U.S rarely "fucked dictators" in fact they have an odd habit of creating dictators. And what does the. U.S have to do with stalin? What was the U.S gonna do? Invade Russia?
@blackvillain4479 Жыл бұрын
@@dddc2 yeah and the fact that successfully invading Russia is nigh impossible.
@kurtborkman9472 3 жыл бұрын
These mexican history videos are so fascinating. As an American, we really don't learn this stuff in schools, about how how bad it was south of border during this time period.
@exhaustedcoffee2603 Жыл бұрын
Well Texan history is vastly wrong, it’s the history of hero’s and independence in a story poorly told.
@TheArchangelSeth 4 жыл бұрын
*Mexican Guard bringing in a criminal before porfiro* Guard: Sir. this man was vandalizing the streets and homes. what do we do with him? Porfirio: TO THE RANCH! jolly ol chap!
@anarchism 4 жыл бұрын
you people got a wrong idea about that dicktator
@__prometheus__ 4 жыл бұрын
undertakersarmpit woosh
@MrJuvefrank 4 жыл бұрын
That's what I think. Dictator should have a K. in it.
@Krypto-pz7el 4 жыл бұрын
Porfirio Diaz: ”Pobre México! Tan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de los Estados Unidos.” “Poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States”
@jmchez 4 жыл бұрын
The perfect quote for whiners. When Mexico became independent it was so much bigger that the USA, with so much more history and wealth. The Europeans expected it to become the great power of the Americas. Instead, well, the mess described in the video happened and they lost any chance at been a world power.
@jmchez 4 жыл бұрын
@@alerojas2952 Your opinion, but I have not stated any false facts in my posting. Did you watch Whistler's video?
@kreshnik13 4 жыл бұрын
@@jmchez do you realise Mexico(1821) became independent almost 50 years later than USA(1776), when the mexican-american war( 1846 -1848) started, USA was a more stable country than Mexico because of that reason.
@alerojas2952 4 жыл бұрын
@@jmchez again, it is not my opinion but a fact. You are MENTAL.
@jmchez 4 жыл бұрын
@@kreshnik13 Sure, but had the Mexican leadership from, Iturbide to Santa Ana and onward, had strived for stability instead of personal power, they could have lived up to the promise of all the resources that they had. It is because of Washington's refusal to be crowned king or to serve more than two terms as President that many say that his example (based on the Roman general Cincinatus) is the best thing that happened to the early United States.
@theoutlook55 4 жыл бұрын
Muchísimas gracias por haber hecho un video acerca del uno de las personas más importantes de México. Ciertamente, es una figura controvertida pero indudablemente fue transformador en el desarrollo industrial y hasta cultural del pueblo mexicano. Fue con él que se impulso más un nivel de apreciación como también exploración de las raíces indígenas mesoamericanas del Mexicano. He pensado por muchos años que él hubiera pasado a la historia como una figura muy positiva si hubiera muerto antes o si hubiera seguido con su plan original de no buscar su reelección en 1910.
@genesiahmusic Жыл бұрын
Amazing to learn more about my ancestor...I even have his facial structure 😮
@thecollector4332 10 ай бұрын
Si porfirio no hubiera anunciado la reelección en 1910 y hubiera dejado a Madero volverse presidente en lugar de meterlo a la cárcel, al dia de hoy seria considerado un héroe pese a sus muchos crímenes (de la misma forma que Benito Juárez)
@theoutlook55 10 ай бұрын
@@thecollector4332 de acuerdo.
@edgelord8337 4 жыл бұрын
Profiro diaz: i'm a dictator. Me: ok. Profiro diaz: i'm also a _gentleman_ Me: *(confused screaming sounds)*
@theparadigm8149 3 жыл бұрын
Profirió: “Que tal?! El es cierto...” 😏
@Akrata696 2 ай бұрын
Lo cortés no quita lo valiente
@guitardu 4 жыл бұрын
He was right about what would happen after him in Mexican history, the revolution was failure and we see its effects today
@guitardu 4 жыл бұрын
Rios Salvajes That sounds like a failure to me my friend, they might have won materially but they have let the tiger loose, like Diaz said, and have no been able to tame it, for example not a single foot of rail was added to Mexico until this day
@deadpoolcomics 4 жыл бұрын
Ben Siener what does that mean? Most people in Mexico are mestizo, of European and indigenous background, not exactly the classical definition of “white”
@theoutlook55 4 жыл бұрын
@Ben Siener Um, no it's not. The majority of people are described as mestizo.
@theoutlook55 4 жыл бұрын
@IRONMAN taking as objective historical view as I can, the PRI create a level of political stability that prevented Mexico from suffering the devastating Civil War that most other Latin American countries suffered during the mid or late 20th century. Gave a level a societal stability too, imperfect though that was undoubtedly.
@rotemplatino91 4 жыл бұрын
@Ben Siener México doesn't have a white people population majority (80% are mestizos). México is pluricultural unlike other countries in the Americas such as Brazil, Argentina or Canada for example.
@jmchez 4 жыл бұрын
Since, you've done the biography of, Maximilian I, as the second emperor of Mexico, why not do a biography of Agustín de Iturbide, the first emperor. The fact that he was the George Washington of Mexico (except for that power grabbing thing), makes his life really interesting. Well, that and getting shot by General Santa Ana. So much for being the George Washington of anything.
@seanbrazell6147 4 жыл бұрын
@Rafael Gonzalez And Washington had a vital, decisive advantage in the form of France. (an amusing irony given his role in the French Indian war back before he was wearing British red rather than American blue!)
@jmchez 4 жыл бұрын
@Rafael Gonzalez You make a very good point that applies to almost all revolutions but one. Whether it's the French Revolution or The Russian or The Cuban and on and on, they all devolve into a bloodbath between siblings/compatriots because the differences are so extreme and no one has any place to go. The previous government is still there, also, unless it's toppled. As you say, a major reason why the American War of Independence was an exception to the bloody settling of accounts was because of the safety valves the population had. Loyalist could move to the Canadian provinces and the hated government was thousands of miles away. That was not the case during the American Civil War. There the political differences were insurmountable and the bloodletting and devastation was immense. Had the South prevailed, we would be calling the Civil War something like, "The Confederate Revolution".
@anon2427 4 жыл бұрын
Rafael Gonzalez the loyalists didn’t all leave to Canada, there were many who stayed in the US throughout the war for independence and after. United States was created because of the split between the pro monarchy loyalists, tax collectors, and parliament and citizens of the eastern colonies. That’s the whole reason the US was created in the first place😂
@anon2427 4 жыл бұрын
Rafael Gonzalez in fact many in the American colonies wanted to join back with Britain after gaining representation
@jmchez 4 жыл бұрын
@Rios Salvajes Well, the more to have a Simon Whistler biography video to better understand all of that.
@edmundotzompa3733 4 жыл бұрын
Great video. I like that you and your channel have interest for Mexico, I appreciate so much that you give a non "american official history" being truly neutral in your analysis. Great Job. Saludos desde México !!!
@franciscobuenrostro3891 4 жыл бұрын
Diaz is the best leader Mexico has ever had, he wasn’t perfect but he had Mexico under control, something no other leader has been able to do
@terushinomiya 4 жыл бұрын
Exactamente!
@dattallaudiophile236 4 жыл бұрын
Amen
@arenasnefi 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@aaronlimeuchin7352 4 жыл бұрын
When I watched this video, it does kind of reminded me of a similar video about Lenin I watched years ago. Although of different nationality and background, both man are leaders of great nation and may had done unquestionable things at the back of their people but at the cost of stabilizing the country economy and welfare, but sadly in the end, their legacies were destroyed by rabid and corrupted mad dogs that were vying for power and wealth.
@stoffls 4 жыл бұрын
No, he was a president turned dictator. Sure, he was not the worst, but certainly far away from being the best. And his control was one with boots on the ground. Sure, he was the first president to give independent Mexico a stable time after all the unrest since independence. But since the late 1920s there has been again a period of peace in this beautiful country, not perfect but at least no president ever attempted to break the promise "no reelecion" anymore.
@mrmike2119 4 жыл бұрын
If more (USA) Americans understood Mexico's (still actually Americans) history, they probably would better understand and appreciate their own struggles and successes as a nation of mixed cultures.
@ericktellez7632 3 жыл бұрын
It would complicate things because I dont think us, as humans are ready to fully cope with guilt and responsability. Part of the problems with latin america came directly from US and Russian intervention during the cold war, that is something that Americans either arent aware of or fully reject, they feel that admitting this part of 20th century history would be like admitting blame, but there isnt any other way of putting it, the US in the pretense of stopping socialism and communism completly wrecked south america and Mexico which, combined with the history of those nations, it made the current immigration crisis and cartel problems that exists today.
@pplebite8844 3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, the reverse would more than likely happen. It would encourage certain subsets of society to turn America into Mexico...
@ericktellez7632 3 жыл бұрын
@@pplebite8844 Not true, sadly for you there is already hard data on this, most people who descend from immigrants are fully adapted into their host coutry by the second generation in average, by the third generation they are basically regular citizens that either forget their descendants language and culture or know almost nothing, making them an average citizen of that host nation.
@Nonamelol. 3 жыл бұрын
Mexico is very advanced economically speaking but politically speaking, No.
@dinosaurfriedchicken 3 жыл бұрын
NO
@daaniel_malik 4 жыл бұрын
Damn! I loved this video guys, it's very unbiased and makes some excellent points! Thanks for digging into some Mexican history; saludos from Cuernavaca, Morelos! 😃👋🇲🇽 Keep up the great work!
@anthonyraymundobarron1255 4 жыл бұрын
Saludos de Sain Alto, Zacatecas !!!😃👋👋
@gkm2928 3 жыл бұрын
I've always wanted to go to Cuernavaca. My wife's family lives in Tlalpan, DF and they say it's not too far a drive (by Mexican standards) to there. ¡Saludos!
@jakk7359 4 жыл бұрын
Please do a video about Stroessner, the former dictator of Paraguay and the longest serving dictator in South American history. I think he's too unknown.
@forcedtohaveahandle 4 жыл бұрын
Gipsy Danger *refuge
@weirdshibainu 4 жыл бұрын
Lot of Germans in Paraguay
@thekaiser6842 4 жыл бұрын
An ethnic German known for having communists chainsawed. A great man in my eyes.
@hakeemsd70m Жыл бұрын
@@thekaiser6842 Sicko...
@sbevexlr848 Жыл бұрын
@@thekaiser6842 pro Americans are not good guys I'm very confused since that is said from a wilhelmist
@alexanderveritas 4 жыл бұрын
Can’t help but notice how much Porfirio Diaz looks like a _19th century Mexican version of Freddie Mercury._
@victoriadaidone4594 4 жыл бұрын
When will you do Rafael Leonidas Trujillo? I his rule over the Dominican is interesting and had a huge impact on Dominican culture. I am Dominican and I think it would be cool to see something about him on this channel.
@jmchez 4 жыл бұрын
For anyone who read the books, "Killing the Goat" and "The Feast of the Goat", the stuff that went on during that time seem like something out of a mid Twentieth Century "Game of Thrones". Trujillo's son, Ramfis, played the role of Jeoffrey, the psychopathic heir frighteningly well.
@thegunslinger8806 4 жыл бұрын
I can also see you are a communist, would you like to board my tour copter?
@carlosmarte428 4 жыл бұрын
jmchez You should look at Saddam’s son as well. As far as dictator’s sons, that guy takes the cake.
@neonenayoy3997 4 жыл бұрын
he killed thousands of Haitians sugar workers and tried to make his country more European.
@joshuacoleman8000 Жыл бұрын
@@carlosmarte428 Which one?
@denissediaz3640 3 жыл бұрын
I love how much effort you put into pronouncing these words correctly. Thank you for putting so much care into it. It makes such a difference
@petercroves8562 4 жыл бұрын
I said before and will say again, What of one, on Benito Juarez
@johncate9541 4 жыл бұрын
Without Porfirio Diaz, would modern Mexico even exist at all? They were well on their way to being like modern Somalia when he got control.
@skantiloak 3 жыл бұрын
Ask any conservative in Mexico , we all agree Diaz was one of the best leaders of Mexico and enabled a railroad system to be built . He was gifted Napoleons sword from the battle of austerlitz from France , that alone should tell you how badass he was
@skantiloak 3 жыл бұрын
@Rios Salvajes I bet you love the current administration of Mexico , do you believe in socialist policies ?
@skantiloak 3 жыл бұрын
@Rios Salvajes are you a socialist ?
@ferrosascordoba7177 3 жыл бұрын
John Cate 🙄🙄🙄 Modern México births thanks to Mexican Revolution , whitouth this revolution México in the 20 century maybe being something like Guatemala or other se southamericans military dictatorships and his horrible genocide
@DGLA13 4 жыл бұрын
Profirio Diaz was a better leader than what people are willing to accept.
@josejonhson674 4 жыл бұрын
What stupid statement. He was a tyrant, committed genocide against Yaqui and Mayan natives. Made slavery legal again. He's one the reasons the Mexican revolution started.
@DGLA13 4 жыл бұрын
@@josejonhson674 I agree Porfirio had his flaws. And his decline was a defining factor that sparked the Mexican revolution. But he had positive contributions to Mexican society overall. Modern education system in Mexico does not like to acknowledge that. Let's not forget the power void left after Diaz which led to one party rule in Mexico for 70 years.
@MarketChange 4 жыл бұрын
@@josejonhson674 yes. Y no por eso se va a desprestigiar lo que hizo anteriormente a la revolución Y aun hoy en día hay gente que lo apoya y lo recuerda por sus contribuciones pero también conoce lo que llevo a la revolución And don't come with that only minorities still support his ideas because is that so you need to talk more to people and actually ask them why they still support him today regardless of his negative actions
@skantiloak 3 жыл бұрын
One of the best leaders of Mexico 🇲🇽
@teamcanaloficial8358 2 жыл бұрын
Only the 2 emperor's of mexico were better, Agustin y Maximiliano
@RicardoJoseReza 2 жыл бұрын
Well if you consider slave labor as an element of progress, and if you considr that same progress should aply to a selected few. Yes, he was great.
@Ville112358 4 жыл бұрын
Porfirio Diaz was the man that modernized Mexico. Yes he left many behind but we are who we are because of him. History has no goodies or baddies just those who transcend.Great Video Simon
@elperrodelautumo7511 8 ай бұрын
Exactly.
@YouAintGotNoTegridyBoi 4 жыл бұрын
He seemed like a quintessential benevolent dictator type.
@MrJuvefrank 4 жыл бұрын
Benevolent dictator looks like an oxy moron.
@MrJuvefrank 4 жыл бұрын
Women must have thought he was very cute guy who needed to die.
@mariano98ify 4 жыл бұрын
@@MrJuvefrank cough cough Caesar and Napoleon cough cough
@theoutlook55 4 жыл бұрын
Accurate. It's worth noting however, they even benevolent dictatorships are harsh when they are defied.
@JosePineda-cy6om 2 жыл бұрын
@@MrJuvefrank Not really. Look at Singapur's Lee Kwan Yew, or today's Rwanda's Paul Kagame: 400% authoritarian, but as long as you followed the rules, didn't cross the dictator nor agitated the waters asking for democracy, you'd be safe. Heck, you could even become rich, taking advantage of the stability these "enlightened despots" typically bring to their countries. Russia's Peter the Great or Japan's emperor Meiji are other examples of the same, as is Gaspar Francia of Paraguay
@limeyndixie 3 жыл бұрын
I completely enjoy your concise and informative videos, but it’s the flashes of dry Albion wit that make them truly memorable. Thanks for that, mate.
@mandalor45 4 жыл бұрын
thats quite the moustache
@susanaortiz8322 4 жыл бұрын
I'm always amazed at how much I enjoy and how different and interesting I find history now that I'm a young adult as opposed to when you're in school and you're having these subjects shoved down your throat, learning all these dates and people just to pass an exam. I'm like, 'oh, yeah I remember that' but have no real idea of what it is because I just glazed over it at school....anyway, loooove your content. Thank you!!
@ignitionfrn2223 3 жыл бұрын
1:40 - Chapter 1 - Chaos nation 4:50 - Chapter 2 - The inferno 8:45 - Chapter 3 - A warrior's rise 12:35 - Mid roll ads 13:45 - Chapter 4 - "No reelection !" 17:15 - Chapter 5 - The porfiriato 21:00 - Chapter 6 - The creelman interview 23:55 - Chapter 7 - The end of order
@explorer1968 4 жыл бұрын
During the Porfiriato, Mexico had the only Golde Age it ever had. In exile, Porfirio Díaz was honored by kings and presidents of Europe and celebrated as an exemplary statesman; sad that in his native Mexico both liberals and communists have manipulated Mexicans to condemn Díaz as an abhorrent tyrant, all so despicable that Díaz is seen like the devil himself...
@JohnDoe-jy7ep 3 жыл бұрын
Leftists are absolute scum, I know I'm Mexican myself and highly admire porfirio myself.
@kocholawis1851 Жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention that during his government most of the Mexicans were basically enslaved by a minority of landowners who used to hang them at will, in a mandatory system of debt, and that is the life experience of the ancestors of most modern Mexicans.
@unthawedwater747 4 жыл бұрын
CAN YOU DO A STORY ABOUT PATRICE LUMUMBA?? He was a figure in the middle of the cold war and his assassination was muddled because he had dealings with the CIA and KGB.....
@falangemexicana8554 4 жыл бұрын
Mr. Diaz was a necessary evil in Mexico. Diaz kept corrupt politicians in-check or when needed, eliminated. Diaz encouraged foreign investment which allowed Mexico to modernize rapidly (it was forecasted for Mexico to start rivaling powers in Europe). Mexico was gaining respect all around the world. However, this was all quickly thrown out the window after the Revolution and Mexico went through a period of stagnation. And now we are where we are now. Thanks for the information in the video! Really enjoyed it!
@ilo3456 4 жыл бұрын
That is the same thing I believe about the man, he was a necessary evil since the country was a mess when he took over, he wanted Mexico to be a country to rival any other of the major powers of the world, to have the riches and splendor of the old world, to modernize it since it was a rural country at the end of the day, he truly loved the country, the country needed a man who could bring order to a lawless land. Here we owe some of our most beautiful architecture to the man's efforts, our first railway, the man had built a cabinet of advisors who were highly educated professionals. People love to malign him, and I believe it is a shame because if anyone is to be maligned it should be those warlords who cared not for the country but their own power and personaly greed, had Madero not been backstabed he could have stabilised the country and avoid the long decade of civil war that the Revolución was.
@goxdie000 4 жыл бұрын
FYI, readers: Synarchists are the ultra-right wing of conservatives in Mexico. Google it up!
@edchampion3720 3 жыл бұрын
@@goxdie000 based
@crazyhb4 4 жыл бұрын
Mexican here. Listening to you say the names of these famous figures of my country is awesome. Never heard a brit do it.
@jbvmty 4 жыл бұрын
As a Mexican, I have to say, your video is SPOT ON !!!!!!!
@mussicanttakegreece7296 2 жыл бұрын
One of the few dictators that did not used a country's wealth for his own pleasure, instrad grew the wealth of his country.
@danim2897 4 жыл бұрын
Many Mexicans, including myself, have a new appreciation of Porfirio Diaz. We need him today to bring in order.
@SVC96. 4 жыл бұрын
So you want a suddam Hussein or a Gaddafi
@dwaynepeters4520 3 жыл бұрын
@@SVC96. Those are actually good examples, though not for the reasons you think. Hussein and Gaddafi were brutal dictators--but after them came civil war, anarchy, and ISIS. Is Gaddafi worse than ISIS? Definitely not.
@danim2897 3 жыл бұрын
@Rios Salvajes I’ll take that over what we have right now in Mexico. Murders, kidnappings, theft etc etc etc We need law and order. Funny how most of what we admire especially in Mexico City is due to Porfirio Diaz. Death penalty in Mexico is much needed
@GustavoRodriguez-cv5qw 2 жыл бұрын
Ahuevo que si.
@The_king567 2 ай бұрын
@@dwaynepeters4520he is
@erickdaza5020 4 жыл бұрын
Unpopular opinion:Porfirio Diaz was the best leader Mexico ever had.We owe Mexico's infrastructure, standing, modernizing and overall push towards whatever Mexico has achieved to him
@teamcanaloficial8358 2 жыл бұрын
Not importante to me, Pero viva porfirio Diaz! El mejor presidente que hemos tenido en México!
@sofiasalum2878 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! Really needed to refresh this part of history in my mind. I’ve always had mixed emotionS about porfirio but I cannot deny the architectural boom there was in his presidency is stunning. You should do a video on More Mexican characters!
@barboshaa 3 жыл бұрын
Small correction... it wasn't Diaz who led the battle of Puebla, it was Zaragoza :)
@yaddar 3 жыл бұрын
they did say he was SECOND in command
@arturolicona 4 жыл бұрын
We need another Porfiriato in Mexico, meritocracy instead of nepotism. A government that truly gets rid of bandits.
@zico739 4 жыл бұрын
Angelina No country has ever prospered because of free market policies.
@ebonymaw8457 4 жыл бұрын
@@zico739 Literally every country that's prospering is doing so because of free market policies
@Eevcee 3 жыл бұрын
Ebony Maw literally every country that’s prospering is doing so because of a MIX of public and private enterprise. No country that relies on one extreme or the other exists without massive social problems.
@ebonymaw8457 3 жыл бұрын
Erik Castro true
@ferrosascordoba7177 3 жыл бұрын
Ebony Maw the CCCP : Hold my Beer in Venus and Saturn ...literally Russia was an agrarian country and has a feudal system, feudal in the last 19 century !!! Then pf Rusian Revolution...in less than 50 years the russians go to the Space , 50 !!! this is progress, i no support the soviet system but is the fact that free market has not the only way for prosperity a country in the 20 century ...
@odinson364 4 жыл бұрын
Great Video. Just one observation. The name of the plan was Plan de San Luis, from the city in which Madero was imprisoned: San Luis Potosi.
@tamalepapi4692 3 жыл бұрын
“I feel like I’m governing a mental hospital” - Porfirio Diaz about Mexico.
@Zorbak962 4 жыл бұрын
I was just watching your videos a few days ago and hoping you would have more episodes about Mexican history. Thanks!!
@jmchez 4 жыл бұрын
You did not mention that Santa Ana introduced chicle (bubble gum) to the USA when, for a while, he was an importer in Staten Island, NY. Our bubble gum infested sidewalks and table bottoms are his revenge.
@MakaveliRaider 4 жыл бұрын
Just as I was about to watch a video on Mexican history this pops up. Great timing and as always great work.
@forcedtohaveahandle 4 жыл бұрын
Ayy didn’t think I’d see a fellow Pac fan here, it’s like he’s everywhere lol
@MakaveliRaider 4 жыл бұрын
@@forcedtohaveahandle yeah I'm everywhere.
@forcedtohaveahandle 4 жыл бұрын
Makaveli Raider Productions First time I’ve seen you though (unless you changed your pfp)
@MakaveliRaider 4 жыл бұрын
@@forcedtohaveahandle I did change my profile pic. Are u also a fan of this channel?
@vasilkokinovski9212 4 жыл бұрын
Since you guys are doing Biographics on dictators, how about a bio on Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier.
@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs 4 жыл бұрын
Yet another crazed authoritarian
@crazypato3752 10 ай бұрын
Papa Doc from 8 Mile?
@bodyloverz30 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making this video, I suggested it, you all must read our requests!
@shaunmattice6413 4 жыл бұрын
I finally caught up with all your biopics. Keep them coming. Also you should do one on Marry Shelley.
@anirudhkumar4507 3 жыл бұрын
7:14 The most Mexican Exit Ever! XD 😆😆😆
@mr.joshua6818 4 жыл бұрын
Great video. Instantly one of my favorites in the history of the channel. Viva Mexico!
@vincentrooseveltcompany1330 3 жыл бұрын
*He’s not a dictator, he’s my great great Grandfather*
@GustavoRodriguez-cv5qw 2 жыл бұрын
Si wey claro.
@rafaelmarquez3948 4 жыл бұрын
Simon, lets get CUAUHTEMOC the last aztec emperor...
@spectreshadow 4 жыл бұрын
I truly love this channel and geographics!! Thank you so much.
@GoodGuyPlayer2 4 жыл бұрын
Great video! To my perspective, Díaz could be described as how Bane described himself: He was not pure evil, but necesary evil. The only correction to the video (imo): The 5 de mayo Battle or Puebla was lead by Díaz yes, but commanded and planned by General Ignacio Zaragoza (another great mexican warrior btw)
@Schelmisch1820 4 жыл бұрын
Interessting would be a biographics about henry dunant, the founder of the red cross. Always like your videos. Keep up the good and interesting bios!
@louthegiantcookie 4 жыл бұрын
So he still oppresses people, but sometimes wears a monocle and top hat whilst he does it?
@henrywood1356 4 жыл бұрын
Lots of people in Mexico still support him. He did a lot to build up industry and the economy of Mexico. I personally sympathize much more with the people who overthrew him, but he isn't just an evil monster like many dictators.
@josejonhson674 4 жыл бұрын
@@henrywood1356 no they don't. Only a minority/conservative groups supports him, and usually on online post.
@henrywood1356 4 жыл бұрын
@@josejonhson674 I agree its a conservative minority that supports him. But I also don't think he is a monster compared to other dictators.
@kleinegirl87 4 жыл бұрын
Of course not, that's too British, he would wanted to emulate the French.
@cosmicdude8282 2 жыл бұрын
@@josejonhson674 actually no, more and more people in social networks (usually young people), starts to see that he wasn't a "villain" as the history books and school wanted to make us believe (there are even memes about making fun of Benito Juárez and praising Diaz)
@BrainsApplied 4 жыл бұрын
They did have quite some style in those days 😍
@johnnysinsgaming1568 4 жыл бұрын
You are very good i learn every day more stuff
@TheeDrGroyper 4 жыл бұрын
More Mexican Revolution videos, por favor. It’s a unique revolution known to mankind. To us Mexicans, it’s an unfinished one..
@MB-ez7lf 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliantly concise presentation of a very complex history. Thank you so much.
@vascosilva5942 4 жыл бұрын
Please make a video about Dr. António de Oliveira Salazar. Greatings from Portugal!
@GerSanRiv 4 жыл бұрын
This was well researched.
@alexarnold4721 4 жыл бұрын
Can we get a biographics episode on Thomas Edward Lawrence(of arabia )?
@kennethbyrd4807 3 жыл бұрын
Porfirio Diaz is my 3 times great Grandfather, I’ve known this all my life but never the history for obvious reasons. Thanks for the video and history lesson of my lineage!
@beanmachine311 4 жыл бұрын
Business blaze is the best of your channels Simon, more people should subscribe to it.
@waceyseufer7083 4 жыл бұрын
Lol dude! At 18:30 when you said Diaz wanted to "Make Mexico great again" you should've totally put Trumps hairstyle on his picture xD hahaha
@OBS.Rey__ 4 жыл бұрын
Wacey Seufer 🤣
@str8edgerockstar956 4 жыл бұрын
Watch "El Vuelo del Auila" Mexican soap opera about Porfirio Diaz's life.
@alfredobecerra2878 4 жыл бұрын
Love it
@alfredobecerra2878 4 жыл бұрын
It made me emotional when I saw it
@herencia2j321 3 жыл бұрын
Where can I find it?
@orochirel 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this vid !
@thomaswateren3967 4 жыл бұрын
great job man! loved it!
@r.speirs 4 жыл бұрын
Unrelated but could you do an episode about William Poole from New York? He’s the inspiration for William Cutting in the movie Gangs of New York.
@luxembourgishempire2826 4 жыл бұрын
Now this is what I subscribed for!
@aptorres01 Жыл бұрын
Great video thank you
@conquistadordeamerica124 4 жыл бұрын
Great Job. Keep it up.
@ericq9579 4 жыл бұрын
Mi País es una tragedia tras otra.. Thank you for recounting our history in an interesting and dignified manner👍👍👍
@isakrodriguez1805 4 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video about the Alamo I really love learning about Mexican history because I am part Hispanic my dad is from Mexico and I love learning about the history of it can you do more videos like that please
@MrJuvefrank 4 жыл бұрын
The Alamo was a story of how my fellow Americans were screwing off when they should have been working and then the Mexicans grabbed the American's weapons and started firing. If he doesn't give you your documentay you'll probably get it anyway from somebody else.
@ericsan2009 4 жыл бұрын
Great video
@RicardoJoseReza 2 жыл бұрын
Mr. Whistler, I am new to your chanel, I suscribed yesterday and I have seen two videos, this one and Maximilian. I thank you for your work and candid way in which you present History. I look forward to many other videos, King Selasie will be the next, I have always admired him and his cruzade against the italian invasion of Ethiopia. Thanks again, I'll await for Juárez's biography.
@one-re2ub 2 жыл бұрын
You should do an episode on Porfiriro Rubirosa, the Dominican real life James Bond.
@ravenhill_the_cryptic_of_1968 4 жыл бұрын
an interesting vid, as a british man i like to learn about other cultures.
@JRVBG Жыл бұрын
The example of “Die as a hero or be president enough to become a villain”
@texaspatriot2038 4 жыл бұрын
As always you are the best channel on youtube
@brianpetersen3429 4 жыл бұрын
An excellent story.
@vanessamorenorosales1786 4 жыл бұрын
You have to make one on Benito Juarez and Emiliano Zapata now.
@JohnDoe-jy7ep 3 жыл бұрын
They were naive idealists they played their part in Mexicos ruination.
@Danny805123456 2 жыл бұрын
@@JohnDoe-jy7ep blah blah blah. No president in Mexico was great sadly 🤷🏽♂️
@bertoflores5046 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this.
@foxbodyblues6709 4 жыл бұрын
I have a buddy who’s ex wife is descended from Porfirio Diaz’s lawyer who followed him in exile...
@MrJuvefrank 4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you mentioned that. People act like Díaz was all that, but you have the courage to say he was exiled.
@foxbodyblues6709 4 жыл бұрын
MrJuvefrank he was exiled to France I believe, and he took a lot of money with him. The lawyer did too, and my buddy’s ex wife’s family still was living on that money. They were still rich.
@dianam2850 4 жыл бұрын
They need more people like that in Mexico/USA today.But seriously If Diaz was ALIVE today to see Mexico he would be so hurt to see Mexico being over run by the drug cartels and, the Mexican government being so Corrupt Diaz is a part of my culture's history he seemed ok
@JohnDoe-jy7ep 3 жыл бұрын
He was a hero!
@doloresvargas6450 4 жыл бұрын
My dad spoke highly of Porfirio Diaz.When I told him about these cobblestone streets,he pointed out that he was responsible for this accomplishment.Tony has spoken.
@JohnDoe-jy7ep 3 жыл бұрын
You know better Dolores! Saludos!
@isakrodriguez1805 4 жыл бұрын
I love your videos by the way they are so full of information in there so interesting
@kingphill456 2 жыл бұрын
Porfirio Diaz inspired most Latin American Countries like Argentina, Columbia, Vensuliza, Dominican Republic, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and other countries to try to replicate his style of stability for their country for most of the 19 century and into the early 20th century. Argentina was so inspired by DIaz and The USA campaign they end up genociding the Native population like the USA after the triple alliance war of 1865 and had GDP bigger than the USA at the turn on of the 20th century. My source is from The Penguin History of Latin America Paperback - February 23, 2010, That book I learned it taking a Latin American history course in 2012 at San Jacinto Community college CA.
@The_king567 5 ай бұрын
Mexico and all of the Americas killed the natives off
@jeffkemper8898 4 жыл бұрын
How about a video about Alferd Packer? It'd be great to give him the Biographics treatment.
@astaroth0316 4 жыл бұрын
As mexican I can only say: Porfirio Díaz was the best president ever, his only fault was to grab himself to power besides his age, if he could organize a well planned succession Mexico nowadays must be a first world country!
@franciscomm7675 4 жыл бұрын
BioFercho García, his rule had more cons than simply failing organise his succession
@astaroth0316 4 жыл бұрын
@@franciscomm7675 I don't think so, his regime was the only one allowing some people to enrich themselves after independence. Poor people is always poor no matter whose government is, but those who allow just a little fraction of their people to leave their poor origins and capitalize themselves should be remembered with greatness
@MrJuvefrank 4 жыл бұрын
If your last name is García, then that proves that you're related to Andrés García.
@astaroth0316 4 жыл бұрын
@@MrJuvefrank I see you're a man of culture
@MrJuvefrank 4 жыл бұрын
Thankyou.
@francisgerasi4547 4 жыл бұрын
Man this channel is awesome....
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