A&E Biography of the Millennium Part 16, 22-20

[PringDaddyPring]

Oh my god... this is such nonsense the way the explain adam smith... He wasn't some libertarian "laissez faire" economist at all... this is totally falsehood...

[JudgeGrif]

The top 10 people on this list are all European!

That's what's WRONG with this list!

If it wasn't for Franklin Roosevelt, JFK, Truman, and Ronald Reagan - Europe would only be speaking German or Russian today!

[JudgeGrif]

Gloria Steinem says she doesn't like the list because it contains mostly "White males" with a few "token women".

If she thinks Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth the first and Marie Curie are "tokens" then she is "nuts".

Most of the World is run by men (even Gloria says that). Why the fuck would you be surprised Gloria if the list contained mostly men?!

[BeautifulCeilingTile]

...so, does anybody know what the song is that plays during the Adam Smith segment? :D

[TheBanditKing2011]

My thoughts and "grades" for each person in this part:

#22: Founded one of the most powerful empires in history, and was a phenomenal war tactician, though his methods of doing so are questionable at best. A+

#21: The impact he had on the USA cannot be understated. Even if America's gone in the next thousand years, he'll go down in history as a great leader/general along with Alexander, Caesar, etc. A+

#20: Pretty much founded the world's economy as we know it. Deserves more credit for that. A+

[ljevaispleurer]

Marx=so so bad, Smith=so so good, cause the invisible hand works so well for the vast majority of people on this planet... Adam is at its proper place, but the comment is such a joke

[industriebauten]

martha stewart. where is martha stewart? o yes, we are not in the top ten yet, right?

[thetevinguy]

woo woo Adam Smith is a damn genius....wow and if capitalism is so bad why is America one of the world powers with high freedom and quality of life.....dur

[ExodusPessoa]

Gloria Steinem that point you made at the end was dead on! That's the best comment of the entire program!!!

[Elizabeththegreatest]

@ExodusPessoa She's absolutely right! There haven't been very many women on this list!

[ExodusPessoa]

Adam Smith I thank you for the Great Depression and what's going on currently in the U.S. The Free Market shouldn't be that free!

[theinternetscholar]

Another great clip at the end. . . it's unusual for a show to openly express it's own biases

[push555push]

i dig what gloria said at the end. quite true

[ExodusPessoa]

Push555push, that point she made at the end was dead on! That's the best comment of the entire program!!! I keep rewinding so I can hear it again (lol).

[darkwspyder]

Genghis Khan's wife influenced him too. Woman unlike in chinese society, had a role in Mongolian Society! His wife was good too!

[xfiles1986]

I think for the most chinese ppl ,Qin Shi Huang is the 1st emperor,cuz he's the very 1st one to unified China,besides,Khan was a mogolian,he had no chinese blood.

but anyways..to me..at least two portugueses were mentioned on the show~~~

& I missed 2 comments here..dont know why:(

[xfiles1986]

aarrggg...the 1st part of my comment is missing!!!:(

Anyways..I was saying that I agree with both nicogum & civwarfan...cuz true it is an american program..so most of them are american..

[xfiles1986]

)..he's the 1st chinese emperor of a unified China,without him there's no China...

so....:(

Anyways..to me...at least 2 portugueses were also mentioned;)

again thx for posting this;)

[sesaflo]

@xfiles1986

Genghis wasn't chinese

[xfiles1986]

@sesaflo

I know...mongolian...

[civwarfan]

Well Americans have done quite a bit over the years. Others have as well but you have to know that this show was made by and American TV channel.

And without America the world would be a very different place. Like all of Europe speaking German for instance.

Peace.

[WillShakespeare2007]

@civwarfan Thank you for the upload but it is pretty offensive to claim Germany would have won WWII without the US. Germany was already on the back foot. They lost the battle of Britain before the US entered the war and Russia pushed them back alone. I mean thanks for the help but the idea that the US won the is just a fairy tale.

[JudgeGrif]

@WillShakespeare2007 The US bailed you anti-american idiots from Hitler and Stalin. two of "your "European creations".

The fact that you think you could have won against Hitler and the Soviet Union by yourselves is hilarious. You guys wouldn't even stand a chance against Vladimir Putin. who is another one of your "european" creations!.

Do me a favor, please say something remotely intelligent, even just one thing...you pathetic liberal ass euro trash shit!

[WillShakespeare2007]

@JudgeGrif - How is it "anti-american" to state a fact? The battle of Britain took place before the U.S. entered WWII and we won and it was Russia that took Berlin not the U.S. I actually said "thanks" in my post but to claim the U.S. won WWII simply untrue. It was an allied force of which thee U.S. was only one part. Also we were never at war with the USSR so what are you talking about? I'd add that being foul mouthed is not a replacement for being educated, learn to communicate like an adult.

[nicogum]

Pride goeth before the fall. Why do Americans think they're the most important people in the last thousand years? A thousand years from now (if people still exist), George Washington will be less important than Gutenburg is to us today. This exercise is fun, but frustrating for its America-centrism.

[bluetigerlily]

Agreed.

The obvious bias in this series is a joke.

[civwarfan]

Please watch all 25 parts. 3 hours total. Thank you.