Victoria 3: When you play as the British
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- I say, hello chaps! Today's sketch is based on Paradox's new game, Victoria 3. They were kind enough to sponsor this for some reason, so please go and check it out here: play.victoria3game.com/Squire
- Komedie
When Paradox asked us to make a video about the new Victoria, we initially thought about making a video around the many complex mechanics that make up the game and its live economy, but then realised I could dress up as Michael Caine from Zulu, so please do go and check out Victoria 3 here, to support the channel. It makes us look good, not that we need the help when dressed like this. play.victoria3game.com/Squire
How
Noice.
😂😂😂
I've been waiting for your latest installment to drop and your keeping the quality epic. Though I am concerned that with the continuing production quality inflation we might never get to see a cardboard gun ever again!
now you just need michael cain to dress up as you to bring it full circle
"are we... international drug dealers" *holds webley sideways*
Gangsta
Damn, I didn't catch that! I did see him become suddenly conscious of his muzzle safety.
@@SquireComedy Everybody gangsta until Squire holds the Webly Gangsta Style :O
Straight Outta Surrey
“Hanz, are we the baddies?”
Yes joining the war on drugs
On the side on drugs
Hahaha!
Like the CIA. Profit and pacification, what's not to like?
Alternate history: The Medillen cartel takes over the United States. Then several states rebel, and Colombia establish direct rule.
@@joshuabessire9169 That's not alternate history. The Roosevelt and Kennedy empires ruled openly.
Ah a fellow man of culture #LegalizeOpium
I must say, that uniform looks very good on you guys.
It's awfully good, isn't it? I spent the ENTIRE day quoting Michael Caine from Zulu, and I'm afraid It slightly rubbed off on my lines.
@@SquireComedy I’m sure you can make a dashing outfit for halloween this year from all of the costumes you have after all of your videos. And please please please post a picture of you in it!
@@SquireComedy *Men of Harlech intensifies*
You could say it's genetic.
They are British.
"I cocked it up and crashed the economy in weeks. Can you imagine?"
Oof, shots fired. XD
," Joe Biden - 2020
@@popojoeexplode Um, no. Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwateng.
@@mulrich be honest the economy wasn't exactly its healthiest before them, they just rocked a sinking ship
@@mulrich It was a kamikwasi reference haha!
I choked with laughter! Beautifully delivered!
"Us Europans are the centre of the universalis, and that's a fact." This is my favourite line in the video.
They are not the center of the universe, but they are certainly the drama.
Until Woke people try to exterminate the white people for compasion...
You can say it's an Europa Universalis eh?
@@Edo_Ginting These two never heard of the Middle Kingdom.
@@LilStoops They certainly did.The did two wars to sell drugs to it.
I'm so glad to see they have upgraded from cardboard guns to actual replica guns. Patreon must be paying off.
Iirc, he's had the Webley for a good few videos.
Fr and he's only uses it to point and looks British
No, actually he’s just got some real good cardboard.
@@barneythepurpledinosaur7002 Forced perspective. Its cardboard and really really small
"Life was simpler back in the old days"
The old days:
In the old days we weren't on the receiving end so of course.
Colonization is evil and if you’re country was colonized by a more powerful country you would understand
6:02 When smokers used opium, "80-90 per cent of the active compound was lost from fumes which either escaped from the pipe or were exhaled unabsorbed". Frank Dikötter, Lars Peter Laamann, and Xun Zhou, Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China, 57
6:02 Dikötter et al. also make two important points about the opium smoking in China. Firstly, they observe that local Chinese opium had a much lower morphine content than Indian opium, so Chinese users of domestic opium were much less likely to become addicted anyway,
6:02 or at least it would take them far longer and far more opium to do so. Secondly, they note that smoking opium, which was overwhelmingly the preferred method of ingestion in China, produced a considerably weaker narcotic effect than eating it, which was popular in Britain.
"I am joining the war on drugs on the side of the drugs" -Queen Victoria
Based queen
First, the definition of a drùg dêaler is a person who sells íllegal drugs. But what is happening is selling opíum extract is légal in both UK and the Qing at that time. So his státement is untenáble.
The horrible Irony, God please help us
I do admit the British merchants are immoral.
@@ThomasG.-hh9gg Also, the Queen didn't have the decision-making power, it is on the MPs.
I must say I love Zulu, and the humour in this sketch strikes a beautiful balance between being overly drawn out and too subtle, resulting in a titterish dryness with impeccable timing.
you can tell this is accurate to the game because the commander is barely looking at the troops and letting them do their own thing
What else can you do?
Yeah I love viccy3 to death(got 30 hours in it already) but the combat is horrible, especially how sometimes the front lines just explode and you don't have enough generals to split out and then the AI just creates 10 more generals and traps all your troops on a few front lines and then just Blitzkriegs straight through your homeland and there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop it, cause front lines are sometimes small and many of them next to each other, very annoying.
6:02 When smokers used opium, "80-90 per cent of the active compound was lost from fumes which either escaped from the pipe or were exhaled unabsorbed". Frank Dikötter, Lars Peter Laamann, and Xun Zhou, Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China, 57
6:02 Dikötter et al. also make two important points about the opium smoking in China. Firstly, they observe that local Chinese opium had a much lower morphine content than Indian opium, so Chinese users of domestic opium were much less likely to become addicted anyway,
6:02 or at least it would take them far longer and far more opium to do so. Secondly, they note that smoking opium, which was overwhelmingly the preferred method of ingestion in China, produced a considerably weaker narcotic effect than eating it, which was popular in Britain.
After all these years; I never thought I'd see Squire dressed up for Rorkes Drift, discussing extremely simplified economics for Victoria 3.
6:02 When smokers used opium, "80-90 per cent of the active compound was lost from fumes which either escaped from the pipe or were exhaled unabsorbed". Frank Dikötter, Lars Peter Laamann, and Xun Zhou, Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China, 57
6:02 Dikötter et al. also make two important points about the opium smoking in China. Firstly, they observe that local Chinese opium had a much lower morphine content than Indian opium, so Chinese users of domestic opium were much less likely to become addicted anyway,
6:02 or at least it would take them far longer and far more opium to do so. Secondly, they note that smoking opium, which was overwhelmingly the preferred method of ingestion in China, produced a considerably weaker narcotic effect than eating it, which was popular in Britain.
"Pretty hard to spot our men sir, since they haven't actually been modeled into the game!"
You’ll have to get one of the 20 DLCs that will be released over the next ten years before getting the correct models
@@somethingelse516 £12 a time for a couple of tiny graphic files
@@james_9190 Bit like an opium scheme then ;)
Paradox letting you casually play out the Opium Crisis is certainly... something
Tbf they've already had colonial mass conquest and genocide covered several games ago
It feels like a rather natural development. They did allow you to drug your own populations in Stellaris. So why not export it to others as well?
I haven't played Victoria 3 yet (I've played 2 though), but why not?
If you're playing with the past as imperial Britain or any country with a colonial empire or slavery, you should feel that you're actively playing as "the villains", and hurting your very soul in doing so. Just like if you played as the Nazis in Hearts of Iron.
It's important that history isn't romanticised because it was dark and extremely messed up - just like the present. How are you meant to understand or help build a better world if you don't understand that?
@@antiochus87 Indeed. Better to have all the facts and understand the context of historical evils to prevent them in future.
@@snelhestarna Wait.. what? You can.. drug your population in Stellaris..?
The references to China and Afghanistan were absolutely killer lmao
Afghanistan? Aw, cripes. I thought they were talking about Turkey when they said "mountainous middle-eastern country that's hard to invade".
@@were-owlinwisconsin4441 he said landlocked. Turkey isn’t very landlocked is it
You can say that again.....
@@derinselanik1783 I missed the part where they said "landlocked".
@@derinselanik1783 Usually I'm pretty good at geography, but not at 3:00 in the morning when I've been awake for 20 hours already.
I just watched a few clips of the movie Zulu. Perfect timing.
I dare say you'll recognise a fair bit of this then.
@@SquireComedy In 1729, Yongzheng ordered a ban on smöking, but what was banned was the mixture of ťobacco and òpiùm - what we commonly call "Màdak", not the Òpium itself. Öpium imports are still used as médicinal materials.
6:02 Dikötter et al. also make two important points about the opium smoking in China. Firstly, they observe that local Chinese opium had a much lower morphine content than Indian opium, so Chinese users of domestic opium were much less likely to become addicted anyway,
"Are we international drug dealers" - British captain during the south African war for luxury furniture market
@@vapaus831this is weird historical revisionism opium was understood to be a destructive and destabilizing addictive narcotic which is why the Qing emperor banned its import in 1796.
@@vapaus831 yes, both statements can be true. There are people who use and sell drugs like cocaine now, that doesn’t mean that we don’t know these narcotics are addictive and dangerous. My point is the Qing government knew that opium was dangerous in part due to the large growing population of addicts which was incredibly destabilizing which is why they banned it. Just everything you said is factually untrue. Opium became quite widespread in China which was the problem and why it became banned. The British most definitely knew it was addictive which is why they were pushing it heavily and fought two wars to force the Chinese market open. The Chinese didn’t want to open trade with the British at all, but the selling of opium creates a captive market due to its addictive quality which made it a reliable and profitable way to force Chinese demand for British goods. And opium was definitely a known drug before the 19th century its been used since the time of the Romans.
@@wolfror1 6:02 Dikötter et al. also make two important points about the opium smoking in China. Firstly, they observe that local Chinese opium had a much lower morphine content than Indian opium, so Chinese users of domestic opium were much less likely to become addicted anyway,
@@wolfror1 or at least it would take them far longer and far more opium to do so. Secondly, they note that smoking opium, which was overwhelmingly the preferred method of ingestion in China, produced a considerably weaker narcotic effect than eating it, which was popular in Britain.
@@wolfror1 6:02 When smokers used opium, "80-90 per cent of the active compound was lost from fumes which either escaped from the pipe or were exhaled unabsorbed". Frank Dikötter, Lars Peter Laamann, and Xun Zhou, Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China, 57
OH IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!! Always love to see the great squire showing off the might of the Great British Empire!!!
Not so great in this one I'm afraid, old boy.
@@SquireComedy so are “we the baddies “ in this one.
@@Irish381 Honestly not really considering this is against the Zulu, who themselves had spent the past half a century conquering nearby people's and enslaving anyone that was left alive and didn't flee. Most locals actually hated them more than they did the British at the time, since at least with the British you wouldn't be sold into slavery.
@@SquireComedy the most successful drug dealing organisation in history sounds quite great
Are you joking? They will killing blokes with spears with rifles. In their country. That is not Great that is monstrous.
"Nigel? Nigel? I saw you. You're alive. Say sir, officer on parade."
"I got ten of the bastards sir! Back home theied 'ang me! Here they give me a f**king medal. "
Oh, I am, thank you very much.
As a South African I love this video and especially love the use of the Drakensburg mountain range as the backround
I was searching the comments section for a South African comment, I'm glad you're here. :-D
@@Luredreier Hey I'm here as well, Squire is moer snaaks.!
@@markussnyman8695 Great! 😁
Mind you, I'm not South African, I'm pretty much the exact opposite.
*Cough* Norway *cough*
But seeing you guys here is just perfect. ;-)
@@Luredreier LMFAO
Rooi nekke( Red necks) as the Boers called the English and still do. Two explanations for the name is is the the red uniform worn by the British the other being the necks of the Brits after get sun burned from the hot African sun.😂
One of the big ironies in regard to this particular war is that the Zulu were pretty experienced imperialists themselves. They butchered their way through the surrounding country, occupying and stealing land and cattle of their neighbours as they went. The survivors fled to British and Afrikaans territory and were more than willing to sign up and help the British during their invasion of "Zulu" territory during the war. Kind of delicious irony I do say so myself 🙂
arwing, you forgot to mention how the Zulu’s made slaves of the tribes they conquered.
It really does send home the whole "basket of apples" analogy
@@stevefoster5138 🤣 ur comments are so true but for us who live amongst them we can't repeat such comments...we will lynched
Rinse and repeat, and you have the entirety of human history. Invade, enslave, colonize, repeat.
@@stevefoster5138 Most African tribes did that to each other.
The urge to listen to Sabaton Rorke's Drift intensifies.
There are people out there who'd say it's simpler to grasp the basics of running an actual country than learning the bare necessities of how to play Victoria.
Mainly because Victoria makes less sense.
So, what you're saying is that Paradox got an economy system right then?
Those people are right.
Because the rock and splitting some heads is easier than the Game.
Depends on the government, and the size. But yes, in real life you have a board of cabinet members to advise you while you make the hard decision and take the blame.
While in game you rule like the czar, run the government like the czar, have no advisors while you make all the hard deivisions and blame it on the game for your failures.
Always a good day when Squire drops a new video!
Glad to hear it old sport, thank you.
@@SquireComedy In 1729, Yongzheng ordered a ban on smöking, but what was banned was the mixture of ťobacco and òpiùm - what we commonly call "Màdak", not the Òpium itself. Öpium imports are still used as médicinal materials.
@@SquireComedy 6:02 When smokers used opium, "80-90 per cent of the active compound was lost from fumes which either escaped from the pipe or were exhaled unabsorbed". Frank Dikötter, Lars Peter Laamann, and Xun Zhou, Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China, 57
@@SquireComedy 6:02 Dikötter et al. also make two important points about the opium smoking in China. Firstly, they observe that local Chinese opium had a much lower morphine content than Indian opium, so Chinese users of domestic opium were much less likely to become addicted anyway,
@@SquireComedy 6:02 or at least it would take them far longer and far more opium to do so. Secondly, they note that smoking opium, which was overwhelmingly the preferred method of ingestion in China, produced a considerably weaker narcotic effect than eating it, which was popular in Britain.
Perfect timing as always
Yes, only a few days late! Not bad for us...
It's almost as if it were a paid promotional video planned by paradox to be on this exact time :O
@@teaser6089 Meant more in the fact the last 3 or 4 of their videos I had just pulled out my phone to take a break.
"As you know, history is written by the -"
"Victorious?"
"-British."
6:02 Dikötter et al. also make two important points about the opium smoking in China. Firstly, they observe that local Chinese opium had a much lower morphine content than Indian opium, so Chinese users of domestic opium were much less likely to become addicted anyway,
6:02 or at least it would take them far longer and far more opium to do so. Secondly, they note that smoking opium, which was overwhelmingly the preferred method of ingestion in China, produced a considerably weaker narcotic effect than eating it, which was popular in Britain.
I must say for an Englishman your trigger discipline was splendid.
Trigger discipline is for cowards
I guess some people who have poor discipline never actually get to upload their video.
This is my safety 👈
@@SquireComedy They probably ended up on Brandon Herrera’s Darwin Awards
Love those videos of people shooting their own legs and feet, they thought their safety was their finger too.
At least it's not like anybody ever gets accidentally killed by guns, that would be just terrible.
Thanks to Paradox for sponsoring this video. And with the money they paid us we can almost afford the DLC for a Paradox game.
amazing that these guys can engage in serious conversation for hours without brewing and sipping hot tea.
There was more combat in that skit than in all of Victoria 3
That movement for Isolationism went es well as one would expect.
It's a shame
British commit human rights violations in South Africa, and China. "Surely, noone can top this?"
King Leopold II: "HOLD MY BEER!"
"hold these hands!"
@@dinamosflams Hold my hand
This is scary
King Leopold: "Will do!"
China throught all of history : HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN ALL MY WORK!?
@@ManCheat2 6:02 When smokers used opium, "80-90 per cent of the active compound was lost from fumes which either escaped from the pipe or were exhaled unabsorbed". Frank Dikötter, Lars Peter Laamann, and Xun Zhou, Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China, 57
@@ManCheat2 6:02 Dikötter et al. also make two important points about the opium smoking in China. Firstly, they observe that local Chinese opium had a much lower morphine content than Indian opium, so Chinese users of domestic opium were much less likely to become addicted anyway,
Paradox's Victoria games are where you learn why the phrase 'Perfidious Albion' rings true all over the world...
Particularly if you play another nation other than Britain. You will find yourself cursing London.
Not really, considering it was just one of many imperial powers throughout history, I am actually quite impressed with what such a small island was able to accomplish with such limited resources and manpower.
Oh, that is not true. I play the tutorial als Chile and I am so glad that Britain spends some attention to South America that I can create trade routes to things I do not have.
Wow, 3 videos in, and I'm realizing this channel is the closest thing to a Monte Python successor that's come along. Spectacular work!
Thank you for always putting a smile on my face
Victoria 3 Just comes out and Squire comes out with a lovely video already, huzzah! But I must say as The History Maniac did too, the uniforms look quite lovely!
Zulu background sound effects are instantly recognisable!
Bloody brilliant, as always.
Yesssssss, another Squire upload. Its been too long! I am hoping to bump into you guys at tankfest one of these years....
Glorious as always sir squire
Thank you kindly
@@SquireComedy 6:02 When smokers used opium, "80-90 per cent of the active compound was lost from fumes which either escaped from the pipe or were exhaled unabsorbed". Frank Dikötter, Lars Peter Laamann, and Xun Zhou, Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China, 57
@@SquireComedy 6:02 Dikötter et al. also make two important points about the opium smoking in China. Firstly, they observe that local Chinese opium had a much lower morphine content than Indian opium, so Chinese users of domestic opium were much less likely to become addicted anyway,
@@SquireComedy 6:02 or at least it would take them far longer and far more opium to do so. Secondly, they note that smoking opium, which was overwhelmingly the preferred method of ingestion in China, produced a considerably weaker narcotic effect than eating it, which was popular in Britain.
don't forget the opiu- I MEAN tea and biscuits!
Ah yes...backbone of the Empire.
@@SquireComedy 6:02 When smokers used opium, "80-90 per cent of the active compound was lost from fumes which either escaped from the pipe or were exhaled unabsorbed". Frank Dikötter, Lars Peter Laamann, and Xun Zhou, Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China, 57
@@SquireComedy 6:02 Dikötter et al. also make two important points about the opium smoking in China. Firstly, they observe that local Chinese opium had a much lower morphine content than Indian opium, so Chinese users of domestic opium were much less likely to become addicted anyway,
@@SquireComedy 6:02 or at least it would take them far longer and far more opium to do so. Secondly, they note that smoking opium, which was overwhelmingly the preferred method of ingestion in China, produced a considerably weaker narcotic effect than eating it, which was popular in Britain.
Boy you lads know well on how to showcase a game. Jolly good show.
I always circle back and watch this one every once in a while. Truly hilarious work.
"We wanted to sell them... Stuff."
-the British
6:02 When smokers used opium, "80-90 per cent of the active compound was lost from fumes which either escaped from the pipe or were exhaled unabsorbed". Frank Dikötter, Lars Peter Laamann, and Xun Zhou, Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China, 57
6:02 Dikötter et al. also make two important points about the opium smoking in China. Firstly, they observe that local Chinese opium had a much lower morphine content than Indian opium, so Chinese users of domestic opium were much less likely to become addicted anyway,
6:02 or at least it would take them far longer and far more opium to do so. Secondly, they note that smoking opium, which was overwhelmingly the preferred method of ingestion in China, produced a considerably weaker narcotic effect than eating it, which was popular in Britain.
He's done it again
He has broken the CZcams algorithm
3:03 I was really thinking he was going to ask, "are we the baddies?"
Thank you so much for this! Zulu is my favorite movie!
Thank you for the lesson in understanding and communication.
I love the English country wall with South Africa green screen behind it
All the moss is a dead giveaway
For a Spaniard I have a lot of respect for the british empire. Especially for Lord Nelson that one-armed, seasick bastard.
Yeah we bashed you lot on multiple occasions
@@sugarnadsyou like Portugal by any chance?
@@CaesarAugustus18 i have no opinion on portugal Caesar. Its part of iberia hence one of your imperial provinces.
Send me there as governor with pro praetorian imperium.
@@sugarnads no, it has something to do with the oldest alliance.
@@CaesarAugustus18 id still like to be governor.
Carthago delende este
If your wondering the mountain in the background is called Giants Cup in the Drakensburg Mountain range
SQUIRE, I chuckled while watching your very good video. Enjoyed the way you wrote the dialog, and the acting (and the spears!). Well done lads!
6:02 Dikötter et al. also make two important points about the opium smoking in China. Firstly, they observe that local Chinese opium had a much lower morphine content than Indian opium, so Chinese users of domestic opium were much less likely to become addicted anyway,
6:02 or at least it would take them far longer and far more opium to do so. Secondly, they note that smoking opium, which was overwhelmingly the preferred method of ingestion in China, produced a considerably weaker narcotic effect than eating it, which was popular in Britain.
Man, these videos have so much effort, keep it up old chap!
Thanks, will do!
@@SquireComedy The foreign involvement in the opium trade essentially ended at the treaty ports... Joyce Madancy, "Unearthing Popular Attitudes toward the Opium Trade and Opium Suppression in Late Qing and Early Republican Fujian," Modern China 27.4 (2001): 443
I love how they did this so well that you forget they are talking about the game and not history.
6:02 Dikötter et al. also make two important points about the opium smoking in China. Firstly, they observe that local Chinese opium had a much lower morphine content than Indian opium, so Chinese users of domestic opium were much less likely to become addicted anyway,
6:02 or at least it would take them far longer and far more opium to do so. Secondly, they note that smoking opium, which was overwhelmingly the preferred method of ingestion in China, produced a considerably weaker narcotic effect than eating it, which was popular in Britain.
Jolly good video you chaps made! I was thinking you were on a break for a hot second!
Always love these videos, so brilliant every time
6:02 Dikötter et al. also make two important points about the opium smoking in China. Firstly, they observe that local Chinese opium had a much lower morphine content than Indian opium, so Chinese users of domestic opium were much less likely to become addicted anyway,
6:02 or at least it would take them far longer and far more opium to do so. Secondly, they note that smoking opium, which was overwhelmingly the preferred method of ingestion in China, produced a considerably weaker narcotic effect than eating it, which was popular in Britain.
I love your guys British sense of humor! And Zulu is one of my favorite movies. When the kids were younger on our farm I would always use my Color Sergeant Bourne imitation on them..
“All right now.. nobody told you to stop working!”
Also listen to the battle cry of the barbarians in the movie
“Gladiator “ with Russel Crowe.
I swear it’s the same Zulu chant dubbed in.
It IS the Zulu's dubbed in!
@@CBfrmcardiff I figured it had to be.
This is the funniest thing I've seen in ages
This video makes me feel quite jaded. You could say it turned my heart to iron.
6:02 Dikötter et al. also make two important points about the opium smoking in China. Firstly, they observe that local Chinese opium had a much lower morphine content than Indian opium, so Chinese users of domestic opium were much less likely to become addicted anyway,
6:02 or at least it would take them far longer and far more opium to do so. Secondly, they note that smoking opium, which was overwhelmingly the preferred method of ingestion in China, produced a considerably weaker narcotic effect than eating it, which was popular in Britain.
Thanks for the video guys.
A British person’s “British” accent is something to behold
Blaming the problems of Afghanistan on the British is insane. It's been war torn and fractured since Alexander was there.
Well, someone never read Afghan history...
Great as always is
Lads, this is gold. Please keep doing what you do.
I guess that goes for Squire and Paradox equally. XD
Great video guys! Hell, _all_ of your videos are great! I love the whole Rorke's Drift scenario with Drakensberg in the background. I've actually gone to visit both sites back in 2018 and you should do the same. If you're into reading history books like I am, author Colonel Mike Snook wrote two books about both battles that are extremely accurate; _How Can Man Die Better: The Secrets of Isandlwana Revealed_ and _Like Wolves on the Fold: The Defence of Rorke's Drift._
Thought the reason why he didn't upload for a month was because he chocked on his tea and bisket and died
We actually planned to release a video a week ago, but it got pushed back, until around the 7th of next month. :)
@@SquireComedy maybe I'll get patron so I can see the progress of videos
Kudos for managing to make me laugh during the sponsorship segment.
Haha this is such a brilliant description both historically and faktually lol good work squire such a laugh X-D
Panicked observers guessed that China's wealth had been reduced by 50% - the reality was probably around the 19%. Despite this perception, it is far from clear that opium was exclusively to blame for the silver famine. Julia Lovell, The Opium War (Pan Macmillan Australia, 2011)
Jolly good show mate 🇬🇧
Not nearly enough muttonchop going on, jolly poor show!
(The opium trade on the other hand, can't see anything wrong with that, dunno what Squire was going on about there.)
Knocked it out of the park. Kudos!
Keep up the hilariously entertaining and semi-historical content! Another great vid for the books.
Opium war...
All I heard was *Emergency energy bill solution!*
Panicked observers guessed that China's wealth had been reduced by 50% - the reality was probably around the 19%. Despite this perception, it is far from clear that opium was exclusively to blame for the silver famine. Julia Lovell, The Opium War (Pan Macmillan Australia, 2011)
We should have a Zulu film remake and you two are in the cast
Zulu can’t and won’t be recreated any better than it already is.
This was so good
Stirling work as usual, old chaps!
Oh my, well, the jokes here are quite dense indeed!
Great video, as always!
6:02 Dikötter et al. also make two important points about the opium smoking in China. Firstly, they observe that local Chinese opium had a much lower morphine content than Indian opium, so Chinese users of domestic opium were much less likely to become addicted anyway,
6:02 or at least it would take them far longer and far more opium to do so. Secondly, they note that smoking opium, which was overwhelmingly the preferred method of ingestion in China, produced a considerably weaker narcotic effect than eating it, which was popular in Britain.
Ah Victoria 3, the game where I enjoyed playing as a minor nation neighboring Russia and trying to survive.
my finland run was pretty fun
until austrian market collapsed🥲
Very good jokes indeed entertaining, lighthearted and hilarious; keep up the good work, chaps.
That blonde guy mimics Eric Idle.
I watched this movie like 2 days ago! What’s the odds? It’s one of my favorites
I love your content Squire keep up the good work
Thanks, will do!
6:02 Dikötter et al. also make two important points about the opium smoking in China. Firstly, they observe that local Chinese opium had a much lower morphine content than Indian opium, so Chinese users of domestic opium were much less likely to become addicted anyway,
6:02 or at least it would take them far longer and far more opium to do so. Secondly, they note that smoking opium, which was overwhelmingly the preferred method of ingestion in China, produced a considerably weaker narcotic effect than eating it, which was popular in Britain.
Saving my evening here squire
All part of the service, sir.
@@SquireComedy glad I signed up for it then lad
love these guys haha
"Europans are the center of the universalis"
Did paradox sponsor squire to secretely announce EU5?
Didn’t the Zulu king commit genocide on his own people to get the crown? Yes, yes he did
you know how many kings have done that in history? leave "zulu" out and you've got yourself quite the list to sort through
@@nyctomint But we aren’t talking about other monarchs now are we? Monarchy stinks, no arguments
@@SouthernGentlemanyour argument is naught then since the British also committed atrocities
this video deserves an Emmy. jolly well done, chaps, all around!! Victoria Crosses for all, eh what!!
I've seen some gameplay of Vicky 3 and have to say, I will be really happy to play it when it comes out in a few years. After the add in the DLC for all the features they cut out.
you guys look great in those uniforms
“History is written by the victors” is actually only a portion of the full quote “History is written by the victors, that’s why the victors always have the bad things they did written for ironic reasons. Such as detailing the truth of numbers in a battle and losses and supplies and assets only for future generations to call them a lier despite them having no reason to lie.
Such an excellent classic Film.
Mad funny, keep up the historically correct work.
As a South African, I find this hilarious!! :D
is it me or does squire teach me more history then actual history at school? Lol
Most of his history claim are INACCURATE.
@@vapaus831 why tf did you reply to this a year later
@@daxwhatley3769 In fact, I have always criticised these claims, but I discovered this video too late.
@@daxwhatley3769 If you are interested in Opium Wars I can recommend some scholars to you.
I love the movie that squire has green screened himself into it's a good film to watch
I FUCKING LOVE THIS CHANNEL SO MUCH OMG
Love these guys so funny
Thanks, Adam.
Do quite admire the Webley the fellow wields
It's real, don't you know.
Don't worry about the health and safety, It's Victorian times.
@@SquireComedy Splendid point you have there!
I have failed you, I preordered the game, love your skits anyway.
So topical- nice one.