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  1. I remember reading Winston Churchill's "The River War" around 2008 when Darfur was in the news. The book opens with the line, "The Sudan is divided into three regions, like Gaul." I laughed at the reference to the first line of Caesar's Conquest of Gaul. Latter upon reflection, it occurred to me that Churchill was writing for an audience who overwhelmingly would have gotten the reference, whereas today you would have to be a serious history buff to have even heard of either book. Fantastic video as always Whatifalthist!
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  2. When I studied in Germany I experienced the difference between masculine and feminine political philosophy first hand. During the first election, where our class was able to participate, we talked about who we would vote for and it turned out that most of the guys voted conservative or libertarian, while most of the girls voted social-democrat or socialist.
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  3. What if Lincoln made me his Vice President
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  4. We’re increasingly reaching warhammer 40k powers as humans, this is f*cking crazy! Psychic abilities, superhuman intelligence, the warp except without it being this horrible place and more like just another reality. I’m amazed 🤯🤯
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  5. I love how this video starts with the word "history" and ends with the word "history".
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  6. I'm so hyped to visit America and meet all the amazing cultures of it someday right now! As an European (polish living in a big as in polish standards city, meaning more left) we always hear about America being nation of full of themselves people that shoot guns all the time and honestly this chanel proved me this opinion was sooo wrong. I'm really gratefull for stumbling upon your chanel and learning about so many amazing historical connections. You made me feel really excited about visiting and maybe even moving to America one day
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  7. 0:52 the right answer is Woodrow Wilson
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  8. This was a fun video to watch on repeat while packing my stuff out of my over priced apartment to spend the forseeable future living homeless
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  9. When you mentioned you had a photographic memory and can draw any country at any point in history I had to pause the video and take a breath because I can do that as well and didn't know anyone else was like that as well. Growing up I thought I was a freak because it wasn't a particularly useful skill or something that was valued by anyone so its so nice to know that i'm not the only one.
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  10. For number 4, star wars was a symptom rather than a cause. I think you forget that American fu damental foundational myth is that of a fledgling republic beating the "tyrannical empire" of king George. Stars wars existing or not, Americans would always dislike the idea of empire and prefer freedom fighters as long as they didn't directly attack us. While the southern culture was perfectly fine with opression and empire building, the northern culture which won the war of Southern Agression, hated empire and opression.
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  11. Fun Fact: Humans are more closely related to Mice than we are to Cats & Dogs.
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  12. Tumbling further and further down the rabbit hole with Rudyard and friends. lol
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  13. Some spots will starve, most spots will pay way too much, and the glorious Floridian empire will face no problems whatsoever! HAIL EMPEROR DESANTIS!!!
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  14. I’m glad there’s someone who has a good perspective and is good at conveying it.
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  15. Plot twist: Whatifalthist is Santa
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  16. Well i mean just gors to show the mongols were ahead of their time😅
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  17. When I reached the age of 18 I fell into depression… so i started an apprenticeship as a cemetery gardener(in germany they are pretty much parks) … I learned that you could plant flowers on our ultimate destiny which got me the courage to live again
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  18. I mean, it's true Christian culture certainly romanticized the underdog, but I don't think a logical understanding of Christianity reaches the conclusion that "Underdog = Good." If Christianity truly promoted the idea that being the underdog is what makes you moral, then Satan would be more moral than God. It's a misunderstanding of the Christian message that lead to the idea that simply being the underdog (aka "oppressed") is what makes you moral.
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  19. As to the point about the cult of authenticity, which I wholeheartedly agree with you on, I think the explanation for how it came about and where it's headed is a tale in itself. Historically, people were sincere or insincere. You were more or less born into a role, and how society judged you reflected a concern for how well you fit those mostly preassigned and prefabricated roles: How good of a mother are you? A man? A king? A saint? A peasant? A baker? A wife? A son? A warrior? A Christian? Or even a villain? A heathen? We still partially relate to one another via these displays of sincerity, as when we consent to consigning part of our identity to a traditional role like husband or wife through marriage. But we have put increasing cultural emphasis the past two centuries on being yourself, being authentic, as the traditional structures reinforcing sincerity-based identity structures began to either crumble or so radically transform as to become unrecognizble to themselves. This shift created an odd paradox since society's encouragement to not bend to society's will is self-contradictory. You no longer were asked to fit in but to stand out, to be who you truly are, and eventually the Gen X ethos would most fully embrace this distaste for ideology in place of a desire to be a fully authentic individual. But just as sincerity became gradually replaced with authenticity as the primary mode of identification and truthfulness, branding or "profilicity" (the construction and curation of a public profile) is today starting to eclipse the authentic. Think of it as the difference between an intimate photograph meant to capture a fleeting moment that deeply means something to perhaps only yourself versus a group of friends taking a staged photograph with them all jumping in unison with big grins on their faces. The former is authentic, the latter is profilic. To people raised to identify with authenticity, the profilic photograph looks phony, what with its carefully curated staging and artifice. But to younger generations, the profilic display demonstrates a form of honesty by virtue of how invested in a particular image or display one is, by the cultivation of a profile and the labor invested in maintaining that socially accepted image. I don't think the internet demands authenticity. Instead, it demands this mode of profilicity, where the injunction is not to fully integrate one's actions into a cohesive narrative about one's identity but instead to successfully promulgate a personal profile as it relates to second-order observations in a self-referential social system. So, when we are observing and engaging with an identity formation, it is as a means of communication, external, first and foremost and not as an expression of an internal consistency. Gen Z is close to fully embracing this new paradigm, it appears.
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  20. So can we normalize calling Steven to kind-hearted men who are the complete opposite of Karens? You know..the most wholesome men are named Steven (Steven Carell, Steve Irwin, Steve Rogers...)
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  21. I identify as an American progressive, pretty solidly on the “Left”™️, I genuinely enjoyed your video and thought it was an interesting, thoughtful analysis. You have lefties in your audience who find what you say agreeable, even though there’s obviously things we would disagree upon. We exist, I promise! Keep up the good work
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  22. Greetings from India, I really like the quality you consistently bring to the table.
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  23. 14:40 I’ve been to Nogales Arizona, they did speak way more Spanish but I was insanely shocked at their Americanness. I expected a frontier gradient of half American half Mexican. Nope. Shit looked like your average Pennsylvanian/foundry town. People acted the exact same too except they preferred soccer there lol. Maybe it’s just my bias when approaching the southwest because the whole region is more mexicanized. As for ecotopia, I actually believe a new civilization will develop out of the region at some point based on a reformed new age religion mixed with parts of Wicca, social justice and environmentalism, I’m integrating it into my American collapse like Rome story.
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  24. Whatifalthist is Christian / Darwinist.
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  25. In the late 1980’s, there was a British political comedy show called Yes Minister, and a sequel called Yes, Prime Minister. The beauty of this show is that Civil Servants contacted the writers and shared their experience, so the show captured an accurate account of how the political mercenary in No10 works, and more importantly; why. In one of the Yes Minister episodes (clip entitled: Yes Minister - Selling British Arms to Terrorists), we learn that Britain was selling detonators to Communist in Italy. Near the end of the clip, Sir Humphrey Appleby tells his Minister that “Government isn’t about morality. [It’s about] Stability; keeping things going; preventing anarchy; stopping society falling to bits; still being here tomorrow. … The government isn’t about good and evil, it’s only about order or chaos. … It’s not my job to care [about the Italian terrorists getting British bombs], that’s what politicians are for. My job is to carry out government policy.” This is truly startling that Civil Servants actually believe this, however throughout the rest of both shows, there are far too many examples where they let a conflict of interest affect their decision making; they were effectively taking bribes, giving themselves honours, and quid pro quo. The point the show subtly makes is that, even though Civil Servants are like robots who think themselves as serving the greater good, the corruption side of things is ultimately going to undo society and bring about chaos. This show came out nearly 40 years ago, and the damage that came about because of corruption is nearly complete. It’s a really good series and it sheds a light on why things are getting progressively worse decade after decade, but more crucially, imagine this happening but in every country, every day.
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  26. I am a depressed follower of your channel for awhile recently going through a break up your channel has made me realize that it is ok to be who I am. I am starting my own YouTube channel about history and I look forward to watching more of your content and hopefully collbarting with you soon
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  27. Just want to congratulate you on your success Rudyard. I saw you got on Timcast. I think youd make a great regular with Tim Pool. Its awesome seeing you get on big name podcasts.
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  28. Where’s the 2018 intro music for this top 10 video?!
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  29. One thing you didn’t consider is international competition. Technologists in America will always be in power for as long as technologists in China are in power for fear of falling behind, and technologists will always be in power in China for as long as they are motivated to catch up to America. Also, I can see Techno-Confucianism becoming the dominant ideology of East Asia, since Confucianism has a long history of putting intellectuals and scholars in power, and it provides a secular moral framework without needing divinity, and over a 2000 year period it has proven to be just as robust as Christianity
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  30. Im gonna be honest, your channel is hugely amazing! I have not even watched the video but Im 100% my knowledge will be bigger after finishing this video. Keep doing this amazing work!
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  31. I wish to be a big indian buisnessman
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  32. This has to be your Magnum Opus video. You've finally done it. You've unlocked the god particle truth to this Cycle and Epoch.
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  33. I wonder if exceeding Dunbar's number makes women feel too insecure to settle down and have kids, since they are biologically hypersensitive to environmental uncertainty.
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  34. "Let them drive electric vehicles."
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  35. Way back a well recognized trader named Bill Bonner and his friend Addison Wiggins did research into 600 fiat currencies to determine their use and outcome over periods of time. They discovered that all fiat currencies end in the same place ... zero! I didn't understand how at that point in time. Watching government actions since 2008 has clearly show why this is so.
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  36. Didn't some democrat say in response of someone asking about rising gas prices they literally said to just buy a Tesla
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  37. Thucydides' traps seems like what happened between Pewdiepie and T series
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  38. Sadly, i knew all of them. Sometimes i wish i could forget all history that i know and learn it all again. History is just so fun
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  39. I’ve only gotten about thirty minutes into the video before writing this, but when I see how miserable my life can be(20 white college educated man, single, well read, currently bordering on near insanity from social isolation and extensive drug use that’s addled my brain, addled by relatively extensive trauma, very few close friends, usually go months without having sex yet I’ve had sex more than the vast majority of men in my age group) I find that there’s truly no way to not let the melancholy and bleakness of modern life affect you, besides ignorance and faux-positivism. Faux positivism is worse than the abyss. It is a lie. Ignorance is just ignorance. As stated in the blurb, recently I’ve been bordering, and perhaps sliding into insanity. My mind hasn’t been working correctly and a decent chunk of the time I’m not lucid. This morning I felt extremely nervous, nauseous, paranoid, and dissociated. Occasionally I have moments of near schizophrenia, (hallucinations, voices, irrationality). Living in this world truly kills, though I wouldn’t refer to it as “late stage capitalism” as I feel it’s a doomsday term, the current capitalist system has destroyed society and alienated everyone. The family today is not a close group, my experience with family is sadly the normal. Though my home isn’t broken, my parents teeter between reluctant cohabitation and not speaking to each other for weeks on end. My mother and father both, at multiple points in time have left major psychological impacts on my psyche that have blossomed into major hindrances of my life, and when I compare my experience with others mine is way better than most. Let’s face it, communities today are lame and shallow and do not fulfill any aspect of the inner soul. They’re built on shallow ideals, and are incredibly ineffective as they usually boil down to “you should just be positive”. Positivity and optimism are another form of opium for the masses. Sincerity is the answer, in my opinion and experience. Being sincere to the people who are in your life and building relationships that are worth having will save you whilst also accepting, as ugly as this truth is, your life can very well continue in the relative misery it has been defined by. I’m not gonna say that romantic love is dead, but it’s not faring well and is in rough shape. There is no blueprint for this, humans are randomly evolved animals, consciousness is a coincidence. Before self determination in romantic relationships, most women were subjected to daily rapes by someone they were forced to marry. However, in the same way that communities are lame and shallow and possess little to nothing, so are most relationships. Many are about satisfying sexual urges. Many are right place right time and have very little substance. Many are because of trends(see tik tok trends for tall skinny boyfriends, white women dating black men(further footnote: I am not espousing racist views with this, plenty of white women date black men for the trend, look at any college campus)). Love isn’t preordained either, there isn’t someone just waiting there for you. There are no stars that align, there is no fate. There is simply coincidence, and to be happy you have to take those chances. For example, I’m currently in a partnership, however it’s a near entirely online thing. I’ve seen her in person once. The first chance I get I will take it with her, because she is very important to me and having her in my life makes it that much better. The final thing that I will say is crucial for not putting a bullet in your head is abandoning expectations and hope. Our generation was sold a false bill of goods in childhood, and since pretty much most aspects of western(I’m an American so this may be different) culture are built off of an either constant living in or a nostalgia of childhood, when the world doesn’t line up to our childish ideals, everything falls apart or we choose to delude ourselves and continue living in this faux world. Abandon those expectations, even abandon the idea that you will be happy and you will lose about half of the desire to kill yourself.
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  40. I verily enjoy this channel-- I flow back and forth with him from agreement into disagreement, yet allowing both to not smother the other to a 'right/wrong perspective' simplicity. And I'm also realizing how much easier it is to perform my own deconstruction of my personal beliefs vs this lecture, especially watching independently. Keep going.
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  41. Goethe did not invent physiognomy, it dates back to at least the ancient Greeks. A guy named porphyry writes that Pythagoras practiced it on prospective students to decide if they were worthy
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  42. I hope we can have internet Zoroastrianism. Either that or Aslan worship.
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  43. Hey Rudyard if the worst comes we'll have your back and support you emotionally spiritually physically and financially and we will never forget your contributions in geopolitical future history.
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  44. It seems to be the inverse, where the people must die for the sins of the government.
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  45. Damn this one might be your best video yet, especially that last line of "leaving God when your doing well and then crawling back to him when you're not" like an ex-gf who realizes she's dating a loser and you were better off.
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  46. I am a Zoomer from the Philippines coming from a Middle Class background with similiar-ish circumstance to North American Middle Class culture, my sister and I was pretty much barred from going outside without a nanny watching over us for example. Just entering college, its pretty disappointing how many of my classmates and friends are either depressed, unmotivated or radicalized by extremist ideologies like communism and feminism(I cringe so hard when professors bring up toxic masculinity when talking about the Ukraine War during class). This is obviously not the case with the majority of the country still trying to get ends meet but remember those people are future members of the leadership and upper strata of this country. Now my motivation is slowly switching from being decently wealthy to become an authoritarian centrist dictator.
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  47. A simple thought experiment about communism: a school setting. Everyone's grades are equal. At first it starts out really nice: everyone gets a nice grade. But the top performers will slack due to not getting what they actually earned, while others will slack because they count on the top performers to get a great grade for everyone. Eventually the class is in shambles. This is exactly how people will be with their jobs in communism as well. It also nicely shows why communistic countries often close their borders and are incredibly authoritarian. The top performers will want to leave the country to another country where they will get what they can actually earn, but they're required to stay (and still work of course, more on that next) to make things work for everyone. And the government needs to be incredibly authoritarian to ensure people aren't slacking off and still causing everything to fail as a result.
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  48. "Taiwan not even country": CCP credit score +10 "Taiwan is Dutch Colony": CCP credit score -500
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  49. I’ve been doing the same thing all my life and I’ve never seen a dime from it. Every day for me is I wake up 5:30, I go to seminary, then I go to school from 7:30 to 3:30 then I run until around 5:00, then I do homework from 5:30 to anywhere between 6:00 and 8:00 then I eat dinner, take a shower then go to sleep only to start it again. My ancestors are ashamed. Not because of any sin I could have committed but seeing the world they fought and died for being brought to its knees and made into a world of slaves and broken people.
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  50. “Imagine what a toxically feminine society would look like,” looks outside…
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