Otto von Bismarck, the Prussian Prime Minister, held extraordinary political power in the German Empire, effectively ruling the nation despite technically serving as a prime minister rather than a monarch; his unique position allowed him to consolidate power above the Kaiser and implement his authoritarian vision, demonstrating how a skilled political leader can achieve de facto control over a state through strategic maneuvering and political acumen.
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The depression, depression and the German always worked very closely together for a long time, but they wouldn't at some point the Prussian Empire became so strong that they became their own country.
And that's when like Otto von Bismarck was like [ __ ] ruling and they they were they were just they were they were killing it like >> Yeah. They were killing it. They were they were killing it.
>> [laughter] >> They were they were evil and they were imperialist, but they were doing doing it very well.
Let me go back. Let me go back and start it off again, Permany.
Let's go. Permany. Permany, we'll start our own one. World War One, Germany and Prussia were allies.
>> slogan will be bring back the wings.
[laughter] Germany and Prussia were like, you know, they were super close. They were World War One, they were fighting together.
Um, and they were lost, so they got turned into democracies. All right.
>> And then all of the Prussians were like, I'd rather kill myself than ever serve in a democratic country, it's it's an evil. Yeah.
>> they, authoritarian? No, they were just kings. They believed in kings and queens.
>> Yeah. Yeah. To the death, like they were like super >> So, Bismarck was a king? Yeah, no, no, he was a prime minister, but he was Bismarck was he was built different like How do you mean?
>> He's built different like >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cyborg Bismarck. That man was built different. Bismarck was like, I'm a monarchist, but then also he had more power than the Kaiser. Like he was like uh he was like a little finger kind of guy, you know? Like he was he was he was level above the others. That was that's why he's like the most known one cuz he just ruled that whole empire by himself.
And everybody was like, okay, fine. He's doing okay. All right. [laughter] All right, that's what, 20 minutes?
>> Yeah, of Prussia. You met me at a very Prussian time in my life.
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