- Yay, we hate dictators, but we love their food!
- Fire!
That was a little too excited for a tyrant's...
(quietly) Fire.
- (PvF) We are going to be trying and rating
dictator's favorite foods.
- Dict... (laughs)
- Oh, that's, so it's history and food.
That's me.
- That's so weird,
and kind of exciting.
- I'm gonna try to like psycho analyze the shit out of this,
like these foods, and it's gonna have no meaning.
- (PvF) You ready to get started?
- Yes, I'm ready to be a dictator.
- (PvF) You know who this is?
- No.
- He definitely seems holier than thou.
- Is that Mussolini?
- (PvF) That is Mussolini! - Okay.
- Oh, Mussolini.
That last name is very familiar.
- His name sounds like a good dish.
- (PvF) Benito Mussolini founded
and lead Italy's fascist party from the 1920s.
Consolidating power and creating a totalitarian state.
He allied with Hitler during World War II,
but was later removed from power and executed.
He also thought French food was worthless.
- What?
- With him not liking French cuisine, I would love to know
what this trash human being thinks is good food.
Let's find out.
- Ta-dah!
- Is that just straight up raw garlic with lemon?
- He's a freakin' psychopath!
- I might be on Fear Factor right now.
- I love garlic!
I don't think this is a meal though.
- (PvF) Despite having a stomach ulcer Mussolini loved raw garlic.
He also had a few weird thoughts about food,
mainly that meals should be consumed in three minutes or less,
and humans shouldn't spend more than 10 minutes a day eating.
He loved a simple salad of roughly chopped garlic
drenched with oil and fresh lemon juice.
- That's insane.
- Okay, so we know for sure Mussolini was not a vampire.
- You didn't even saute it. It's just raw.
- He's such an intense person. Like this is so chaotic.
- As a whole, it's scary.
- You know this is some serial killer type bull[censored].
- Should I go fast or slow? Fast!
- Yo.
- Spicy.
- Okay. (gags)
- This man is (coughs).
- I tried, my mama didn't raise a punk, I really tried.
- Mussolini is full of hate.
- But like, garlic is a great food.
He just was using it for evil.
- I dare to say it's kind of refreshing,
'cause it, ooh, I can smell, ooh.
- I would rate this a seven,
because kind of iconic, a very bold choice.
- A one out of 10,
and the only reason why it's one,
is because of the fact that I can't give it a zero.
- I'm gonna rate this a negative zero.
I know that doesn't exist.
- I would rate this a one.
- Kind of doable, it's bearable for sure,
so it's a four out of 10 for me.
- Ugh!
- Ew, we don't like him.
- We all know this guy.
- Hitler.
- (PvF) Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician
who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945.
He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi party.
He was closely involved
in military operations throughout the war,
and was central of the perpetration of the holocaust,
the genocide of about six million Jews and millions of other victims.
He was also notoriously a vegetarian towards the end of his life.
- What?
- He's still sick in the head.
You know, those greens wasn't really doing too much for him.
- (PvF) Here you go.
- Mashed potatoes?
- I love mashed potatoes, but what in the heck?
- I feel like I'm on a slippery slope
with complimenting Hitler, but man, I love mashed potatoes.
- (PvF) Hitler's vegetarianism
has been attributed to ideological reasons,
but it's widely believed that the fuhrer believed
a meat-free diet would curb his chronic flatulence and constipation.
- (laughs) Oh God, yeah what a [censored] human being, am I right?
- (PvF) He had a team of 15 food testers.
If none of them dropped dead after 45 minutes,
then the food would be considered okay to eat.
- Honestly, smart for the time,
like, poisoning, I feel like would be an easy way
to kill a dictator.
- (PvF) By the end of World War II,
his favorite meal was simply mashed potatoes and clear broth.
- Really?
- What is clear broth?
- Clear broth.
Ew, I don't wanna have that. I'll have a little.
It literally tastes like fricking nothing.
- Get that out of here.
- The broth ruined (gags), ruined everything.
- Okay, what if the mashed potatoes makes it better?
No, it just makes it more watery.
- Mmm!
- What this is matching up with is the fact that
he was like really regimented.
- He was an extremist on every level.
- I think mashed potatoes is also one of my favorite foods,
but this broth ain't doing it.
- This is not bad, this is also depressed person's food.
- I rate this a six out of 10.
It's definitely above average.
- As a whole, this is like a three out of 10.
- No, he doesn't deserve a six out of 10,
if you're talking about Hitler, he gets a three out of 10.
- This is like a two out of 10.
This is really bad.
- I would rank that a cool seven.
- I'm gonna say it's a three.
- I wish I could go higher, but it's just like,
since it's associated with Hitler...
- Who is this?
- I have no idea who this is.
- Is this the last king of Scotland?
- (PvF) Oh, maybe he was. - He was, woo!
- Idi Amin?
- (PvF) This is general Idi Amin.
He overthrew an elected government in a military coups in Uganda,
and declared himself president.
He ruled ruthlessly for eight years,
during which an estimated 300,000 civilians were massacred.
- God.
- Oh!
- Fried chicken and oranges?
- A man with taste, low key.
- Fire!
That was a little too excited for a tyrant.
(quietly) Fire. (laughs)
- (PvF) Idi Amin reportedly ate up to 40 oranges a day.
- What?
- (PvF) Believing that they were nature's Viagra,
earning him the nickname Mr. Jaffa.
- (laughs) What?
- (PvF) He was also a huge fan of KFC
while living in exile in Saudi Arabia.
- Fried chicken, great.
- The oranges are fire, as we all know.
- This is probably one of the only things he did right.
- Oranges as Viagra, questionable.
- (PvF) During his reign, there were rumors
of him eating his military rivals.
But once, when asked if he was a cannibal,
he replied I don't like human flesh. It's too salty for me.
- A little tyrant with a sense of humor.
- What kind of person responds that way
when they're asked that question?
- (PvF) We left that part of the meal out.
- (laughs) I hope.
- I'll give it like a seven.
- That's like a nine.
- I would rate this an eight.
- So I would rate this on a higher end of the scale.
- Six.
- Let's go seven.
- I already eat a lot of fruit,
and that's not just because I date.
- Oh, we know who that is.
- He looks mean.
- That is Saddam Hussein.
- (PvF) Saddam Hussein has the dubious distinction
of being the best known Middle Eastern dictator.
He ruled Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow and capture
by a U.S. led coalition in 2003.
Hussein's rule was a repressive dictatorship.
The total number of Iraqis killed by the security services
of Saddam's government in various purges and genocides
is conservatively estimated to be a quarter million.
- This is so sick.
- What did he like? (laughs)
- I'm kind of excited to see what he liked,
and disappointed almost, I hope it's some good Arab food.
- What?
- (PvF) Cereal!
- That's what I'm talking about.
- Did he say, he said, this is a joke.
Like he's trying to make fun of Americans for this or something.
- (PvF) Saddam Hussein loved Raisin Bran Crunch,
and ate it for breakfast almost every day.
- As he should!
- (PvF) Reportedly one of his soldiers incurred the dictator's wrath,
prompting the Iraqi president to shout "no Froot Loops,"
when offered the multicolored breakfast rings.
- You could never accuse Saddam for being irregular.
- Forget Saddam, this reminds me of my grandpa.
- Mmm.
- Who knew Saddam Hussein was a breakfast person?
- It's so great, I feel like Raisin Bran has like a bad rep,
like it's bland, raisins, but it's super flavorful.
- Old people cereals are underrated.
- But now that I know that he likes it, I worry. (laughs)
- This is a six out of 10.
- A seven.
- A seven out of 10 again. Pretty good.
- It keeps me regular.
- This is like an eight out of 10.
- I don't think I'm gonna feel good about rating
anyone's food 10 out of 10.
They don't deserve a 10 out of 10.
- I'll rate this a 10 out of 10.
You could eat this breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- I love Raisin Bran Crunch. He sucks though.
- Okay Saddam, I got to know you a little better today.
We're still not cool though.
- Another angry looking one.
- Oh, he has seen better days.
- (PvF) What vibes is he giving you?
- Ghoul.
- Is this Muammar Gaddafi?
- Gaddafi.
- (PvF) Colonel Gaddafi was a Libyan revolutionary politician
and political theorist.
He governed Libya from 1969 to 2011.
- Wow.
- (PvF) Many Libyans strongly opposed Gaddafi's social and economic reforms.
He was condemned by many as a dictator
whose authoritarian administration systematically violated human rights
and financed global terrorism.
- That's so deep.
- One life and you're gonna spend it terrorizing people.
- Whoa!
- Oh, whoa!
Why is it frothy?
- Yo, what am I drinking?
- (PvF) Gaddafi was famously flatulent on account of his love of camel milk.
He sometimes used his condition as a weapon to emphasize
important points in interviews.
- What is up with these dictators and farting?
- You have to be such a dictator to use farts as a weapon.
- I've ridden a camel before. I'll try camel milk.
- Huh.
(Anna smacks lips)
- Okay, I'm done.
- Tastes pretty mild.
It just tastes like regular milk.
- Oh okay, it's not like thick and textured, like...
- That is very surprising, and also very refreshing.
- It's surprisingly sweet.
- It's not creamy at all.
- I would rate this one a four out of 10.
- Two out of 10.
- I will for sure give this a two.
- I think I like a new thing.
- I'm not a baby cow or a camel.
- That's a six out of 10.
- This one is gonna be a nine out of 10.
It's so dessert-y.
- Alright, big beard boy.
- Castro!
Cuba, right?
- Is that the guy from Cuba?
- (PvF) Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary lawyer and politician
who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008.
Critics called him a dictator whose administration
oversaw human rights abuses, the exodus of many Cubans,
and the impoverishment of the country's economy.
- Classic dictator stuff.
- Yes?
- Oh, it's ice cream.
- Or is this poop?
- Fire.
- Yay, we hate dictators, but we love their food!
- (PvF) Castro had been obsessed with dairy throughout his life.
For a typical meal, he would consume
two pints of ice cream on top of his meal,
and had a chocolate milkshake every day for lunch.
He was so obsessed with dairy,
that he had one of the largest ice cream parlors constructed
on an entire city block in Havana.
This parlor was named Coppelia, and is still open today.
- Mmm.
- If I were a dictator,
and I had the capacity to just eat dessert, I'd do it.
- Why was he obsessed with dairy?
These guys are obsessed with farting or something.
- Nothing wrong with chocolate ice cream,
plenty wrong with him.
- Mmm.
- Chef's kiss, 10 out of 10. Chocolate ice cream for the people.
Fidel Castro, not for the people.
- Man, it's like I'll rate him a one, but I rate this a 10.
- Personally, I'm more of a vanilla guy,
so I gotta give it like a seven.
- An eight.
- This is a 10 out of 10.
I finally got a 10 out of 10.
- It's crazy that I do have some things that are in common,
but it's kinda hard to say that.
- I love this whole thing.
I think I learned a lot of new things,
and I realized that these dictators don't have high standards.
Hitler did, but not in his food.
- Thank you guys so much for watching.
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