Comments by "Tomas Vrabec" (@tomasvrabec1845) on "Whatifalthist" channel.

  1. "Test that has little relation to the work they will be doing" I am an architecture student and i was previously told that i put effort in my work that is not needed because i am not learning for the industry but for the university and that the industry knows and by now expect me to be sh*tty when i get out of uni. That combined with the covid chaos of last academic year (far far longer hours, working where you live, teachers telling us conflicting information about our briefs) just crushed me. Now i just don't want to be in education system as it seems like a waste of time.... Meanwhile i feel embarrassed to do my work once i finish because i know I'll just be bad at it because i was trained by the system to be bad....
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  2. ​​​ @ardsam6922  purpose of US? I mean it's a country so what are they meant to do? Split up? Also the other guys comment is a bit weak. NATO didn't have a threat for past 30 years? Is that why 15 countries joined in those 30 years? The same countries that saw a threat but we're always turned down for being Xenophobic or Paranoid by their Western NATO peers? The counties that also least participated in any foreign invasion NATO was part of. The countries which eight now are on the rise due to their actions in support of Ukraine.... Due to being ignored for so long? Btw- also the countries that don't participate in these NATO invasions are the ones that do get far far less, if any, terrorist attacks.
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  3. He is a criminal, so he gets charged. You don't have to be left winng to see that
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  4. And to me it reinforced my theory where the communitarian governments seemed to arise within the larger family structures such as were most of the Slavs and the Chinese. Even Poland who is nuclear, I know they still interact and know their cousins and extended family. More like a bunch of nuclear families working together.
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  5. Why would Iran collapse? Honestly I seen a lot about the protests but not enough to be called near collapse
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  6. Ha lol. It's not. In many countries the left represents the old as much as the new.. same for conservatives. Conservative British - the new Smer in Slovakia - left but Old. It's a case to case thing.. namely because Left-Right is a false concept of duality in a subject that is not binary.
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  7. To say the least, I see conflict among the Western Slavs as the least possible out of any conflict in Eastern or Central Europe. The relationship is good, on a state and people's level, there is a sense of Slavic unity which unites the people as a general trend, without it eroding national boundaries. There is of course a lot of shared history, especially post WW2, which also unites us vs the Western side. If a conflict would happen in central Europe, it would most likely be Hungary going bezerk, but the center does have attend from North to South towards a bit more conflict prone nations
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  8. 16:00 Is not Russian... Not sure why you used it but it has nothing with Russia
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  9. Watching "Manhattan" (project) TV show. There was one sad and through provoking idea. "There was an agricultural scientist whom managed to cause a boom in agriculture due to his fertiliser research. When the war came he thought he could try and apply his knowledge and create a weapon so disheartening and horrid that No would be willing to use it. And thus, we gained the horrors of chlorine gas in ww1 trenches. So when I ask, Is It Big Enough?, I do mean big enough for no one ever to be able to use it" -discovering nukes during ww2 So the actual story of "War to end all wars" was due to the mass of death but also the weapons being so hated and horrible that no one would dear to use them or go to war with those who had them.- kinda like we think about Nukes since the end of WW2. Which is perhaps the most scary though on it own.
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  10. I find it hard to believe that a successful Polish Lithuanian commonwealth would not try to get it's hands on the Czechs and Slovaks. Being closer to Polish identity than the Ruthenians (Ukrainians) and Russians and since Poland already controlled the region some 250/300 years prior. It would even be likely that Poland would try get the area of Brandenburg where Polabian Slavs loved since thee people's only disappeared around 18/19th century. Not 16th. This would unite all western Slavic regions and all Lechtic regions (northern-western Slavs)
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  11. I never felt so connected to the sad fate of ancient and classical Greeks and Roman colonialism. -east Europan
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  12. Well. My experience of 3 years at university was that year 1 was fun as I explored both the academics, the social settings but also went out and about a little. Second and third were extremely isolating as I was studying a subject which required more continuous work than other subjects (no test, all detailed coursework - doesn't matter what you remember) I ended up in my room working from the mornings till nights day after day... On one hand told that I am working harder than any full time worker (true as I found out now) but also that "this is the best time of my life" which it definitely wasn't... But hey so wasn't College either.
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  13. (Commment is not directly aimed at yhe content of the video) I always question the premises of Black History Month for two reasons. The more common one and bot as relevant... Why is this not covered as part of world history in most places. And secondly... Why is Black Slavery in the Americas the only topic that isbever mentioned... What about Ancient Egypt? What about old Namibians? The atrocities that went on is South Africa? The architecture of Africa? There is really a lot more to cover when looking specifically into history surrounding black people groups and hearing just about the slavery makes it seem like there is nothing more than slavery to black History.
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  14. Pretty much: we are do bad decisions and we all need help, so get over your difference and do the help
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  15. Slachta just means Nobility.
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  16. Your use of the term Agnostic seems rather weird. I will never understand why Agnosticism gets equated to Atheism, especially as there is nothing inherently Atheistic about it. An Agnostic often is part of a religion. They often hold a belief and are spiritual, that are just willing to consciously choose a religion they want to be a part of for X reason - eg gets married into one or moves into a locality where it's a norm. Heck, even many religions could be seen as Agnostic such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto ext ext. It's like an Axis of its own. For example I am Agnostic. I came from central European Catholic tradition mixed with historic pagan traditions (they are extremely strong in the region). As a result between these contradictory but well intertwined religious practices, I grew up Agnostic. I moved abroad to the UK, and I am still Agnostic and often adhere more to my pagan roots simply as religion is not well viewed here, and if there is a person who likes theology in some way, that are Agnostic pagans. I work in the public sector and as a career (2 jobs) and I often meet people who tell me their beliefs from within. They are undoubtedly very pagan in their beliefs but would not categorise as such.
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  17. Yes we can:.. Low levels of homeless And lots of international tourist destinations. Don't get me wrong, we don't like them but there is a good thing somewhere in everything. That is just how life works.
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  18. WTF. Never had it occurred to me that talking about death is a taboo subject that makes people uncomfortable. Like... When corrected I thought it was because it's morbid nad there are genuinely nicer discussions we can have at the given time. My family never had it as a taboo... I mean my large extended family. My dad would talk about death as of any other part of life ... Be it marriages, birth, owning a house. How people died, reasons and the impacts. Be it historic or familiar. They generally always had a Memento Mori background mindset and I do too. Heck... I have good and possible memories of conversation about death... Good death is a thing. Dying in admirable age, dying in sleep is what was described as desired death. A wish of end of life.. at the end.. Heck I even heard a positive story of a man that suicided. They described him, nana would not unpraise his attitudes and manners, his kindness and so on, amiting the signs of struggle internally. Whilst also honouring his letter and the way he cleaned the house, prepared all things for the funeral and his clothes before suiciding as to make it easier to those who loved him.
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  19. Personally I prefer Barocco on churches than gothic
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  20. Funny. So your new Right is a lot more Left. Meanwhile if you called this New Left, it would have been lot more right. It's centric, but not the normal centric, more an oposite of centric which equally has both sides.
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  21.  @cjadventures8840  By whos measurements?
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  22. Ironically... If Christianity went "backwards" and adaoted it's self inti a polytheistic Religion whilst jt would embrace more of modern lefty attitudes... It would likely cause a boom akin to the refilormation or making Christianity the Roman religion. Especially as it would likely create a religious bridge where mamy foreign groups could convert inti when they kove to the west.
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  23. I don't think that would work out well for the monarchy (though we till never know). Part of my recent research was observing and analysing the rise of socialism and democracy during 19th century (they were closely interlinked) and what i can see from it is that Industrial societies indeed had a push towards the "left" Because of the extreme wrongs it was doing to day to day people. Death, pollution, noise, accidents, housing crisis in urban cities, rural depletion in the country side. One can see why Marx thought it would be industrialised society like Britain, not pre industrialised like Russia. But really it was because whilst industry caused issues, it enables a lot and the British Parliament was weary of revolution... Hence you see them being 'kinder' through means of services, societies ext... Developing into democracy. But pre industrialised Russia already had extreme amenity/quality of life issue which they didn't solve... Then war broke out and the stabilised UK managed but destabilized Russia fell because of the discomfort and poor conditions of the working majority.... Hence all work related stuff was made central, as means of production, now enhanced by communist industrial efforts, could provide amenities.. But... They instead just provided a war warehouse and corrupted central power... So it fell. So really what the Tsars needed to do was simple... Provide for people. Get schools, clinics, parks ext. Prepare for the industry which is booming in the West... After all you have the advantage to see it's problems before you start...
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  24. Ngl but even as a young adult that uses social media far far less than others of his age is hard... Since you are then seen as the odd, antisocial and can't actually socialize that much because everyone around is on it.
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  25. ​​ @captainfury497 actually. No. The IndoEuropean migration did not have conquest within it. There was not even any state and was not particularly cruel (relatively compared to any other parts of history). That because of the very sparsity of the development and Population - and due to the lack of developmental differences between Indo Europeans and the archaic Europeans. It was largely a mixing of people's where you had Indo Europeans with more advanced farming techniques and ability to move but not more advanced in wars. So essentially they spread due to advancement in movement and they stayed because they were able to work the lands more efficiently meanwhile the pre Indo Europeans were still partially hunters who had to stay on the move. So naturally the settled population was more successful at rulljng the land and this spreading the Language - intermarriage was extremely common. It's one of the rare instances where no colonialism actually occoured as : 1. No Original State entity and Now unified entity of origin (unlike mesopotamia or Egypt that had states). No military advancement compared to the other population.
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  26. Your map in 20:20 is incredibly outdated. Czechia doesn't have German population along it's edges. Poland doesn't have German population in half of its territory The Hungarian diaspora is overrepresented by a heavy margin. And there are no more significant Greek populations in Anatolia.
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  27. (Everyone reading) Just out of curiosity, if you know your genetic lineage, are there many people who are 90%+ of a single group? I am from central Europe and few years back I found out I am 97% from the region i was born in. The fun thing was that it agreed with what we knew about family history as far as my great great great grandparents (not all of them of course). 😂 many would call this "vanilla" As you said but I find it amazing how embedded it is to the region.
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  28. How can you not be sure if climate change is real? Wtf. Do you live somewhere where there is basically only one season a year? I am from central-eastern Europe and traditionally there would be 5/6 seasons a year (more than the anglo 4 seasons). It's like saying "i am not sure it's a rose" when there is a rose visible outside of your window. You don't even need to be that old to observe it directly. Heck I am in my mid 20s and I have observed the climate of a region shift drastically - and jt was already drastically changed from my starting point. Being young we had snow every winter. Now there is barely any, and if there is it arived more than 2 months later. It's more sudden and doesn't last as long. I grew up when we were having 0.5-0.75m of snow every year. It would not come down. My grandpa was ised to 1-1.5m of snow rhat kasted for over 3 months. Summers arive earlier and are much more dry. The overall Humidity/wetness of each month shifted. They were oredictable and now they aren't. It's very hard to do farming this way.
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  29. Ironic honestly. When you look at sci-fi or any well perceived functional world which people would pick to live in and or inspire real life by ... They are always culturally diverse. Start wars or Mandolorian? Look at the architecture and their clothing first... Very neo classical but also futuristic. Same for star trek- the exploration and meeting people of such varied cultures. Heck, the most popular "alien" race are the ones that are the most Classical in cultural appearance and even philosophy of life (Vulcan, Romulan). Whe we imagine the world of horror and future... It technologically there, but polluted, filled with exploration and cold metal, sleek but dark. People dressed modern but usually poorer... What o mean to show here is that Entertainment can reveal a lot about ourselves. Whether it is US, Korea's, Europe or China.... The moves and costumes as well as world building and architecture that are always popular are the "classical " ones. Korean dramas are on rise set in mediaeval and classical Korea, or else heavily inspired by it. Same for China. US and Europe with said Start Wars, Game of Thrones, Lord of the rings. Entertainment is a seekers game. People like what they see and they seek it in return. What's ironic is that even when we have Apocalyptic movies or TV shows which kill most humans on earth... The survivors rarely Rebuild.... No.... They almost always form a Neo-Classical sort of societies with district art, architecture, folk and even stories.... And even if Futuristic, the Classical/Historic inspiration prevails such as in Marvel Universe. It such a common similarity shared across so many cultures and nations that it does beg you to stop and entertain the idea of WTF Humans actually desire as their Urban or Societal Environment.
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  30. ​ @fs1972.s  sure... Because you totally cannot know people who lived in it and see the landscape it created....
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  31. I've just been told that my country makes more sense in a world of horse carriages 😂. Ironically... They manufacture extereme amount of cars for Europe.
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  32. Ahh the Zulu. Best music in Civ 6
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  33. This is where the East European Catholicism is different from the US Christianity, even from the western Catholicism. It's far more about saints and rituals, than Jesus. Because it intertwined with Slavic old faith which was more akin to Hindu and Shintoism.
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  34. Being a foreigner from a traditional yet liberal upbringing (gay)I was always told by my peers that I seem like the person who would get onto one relationship and that's it. I did get into one and I am still in it. Meanwhile my pool of sexual partners was always low. In many ways I am a very conservative person (in terms of values, tradition... Not your idea of economical and liberal or Capitalist conservatives ---- to me the conservatives would be Commies) but as a gay guy I am liberal and so is my family. They value the old family values and structures without their underlying gender norms per say. Eg. Bringing a boyfriend for a Christmas dinner is a big deal for us... Not to my Western friends. Meeting their whole Family is a big deal for us... Not to western friends. There is still an expectation to be a parent even as a gay person (which would actually be near impossible where I from) but not to my Western friends. I know my upbringing was different as it's liberal side was obviously not the countries norm.... But as someone who comes from an ethnic nation state... My traditional upbringing was that much more around due to my families keen interest in traditions, out ethnic history and development ext ext. In a patriotic way (not nationalistic- you don't spread it, you celebrate it). So quite often I get stuck in the questions like : why kids? Why aim for marriage/partnership ext ext. With always having "some ridiculous answers" such as " so that when I am older there will be people around me whom I know, they know me, I love them, they love me, so that we can spend time together, so that I can pass on history and take joy out of their joy, to have someone to keep me on my feet and someone to keep my brain spinning whilst we explore nature and environment around us". That's apparently ridiculous, selfish and unrealistic reasons to have kids I get told by every peer.... Yet it's litteraly the only thing that you do when you have a good relationship with your parents and grandparents... As what better reason do I have to have kids than to have them and to let them be the way they are whilst spending time together?
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  35. Lol. Majority of this about current state of Britain isn't true. The jabs are to be offered to people as a treament via NHS, since 70% of the UK population are overweight and it costs the social system a lot. It's not a mandatory jab, nor is it planned to be one. Just most people cannot afford it via private means. Thus because people cannot aford it, the whole system loses cash via health drag.
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  36. I think your point about Duality is incomplete. Duality is a rule. But it's not total. It's more like a "Relative duality" than a total duality. Eg. Sure. You may have Men and women. That does not mean all men and women would work well together. There has to be a duality to their personalities and characters, not just the sexual one. Equally, you can have a gay couple where their characters and approaches to life can act duality and loose but complete, and they would work well. Then you get multiplication of life. Eg. Duality in couples as mentioned may work for a couple, but this is then stacked for a duality within a village of 100 couples. These 2 points also support physics as an explanation as they somewhat mimic entropy, which is a quintessential part of physics
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  37. I get that you are producing for US audience but it does get very very very confusing when you keep talking about European culture, demographics and directions as well as history... And then you mention something like "racial cast system". Something that doesn't apply to Europe what so ever. Heck I come from a country that is 99.9% white and 86% single ethnicity. Meanwhile I live in a country that is 85% white.
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  38. Yeah it's a big difference that gets underestimated by all sides. From Central Europe to the UK... I knew my great great aunt, great grandparents, cousins from the third knee and all... Here it's all very nuclear. Heck they were confused why being invited for a Christmas dinner with my boyfriend's family for the first time was a big deal for me and for my family too heh.
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  39. Now imagine being born in 2000 and moved to UK at the age of 12 from a Post-communist nation as a closeted gay teen. Sometimes I don't wonder why I am so anxious and why I always feel so intimidated around a group of lads... It can be just 3 lads passing by and i feel threatened for no reason. Most people don't even know their cousins and for some dumb reason they seem to be spoiled... Petty spoiled. I don't mean just the rich but the poorer of my generation too... With the need to branded phones and following 'best before dates' even on fruit and veg.... (Seen people throwing perfectly hard and fresh grapes because "they are out of date") Ahhh... I feel like i jumped 40 years sometimes. Heck, there barely was a McDonald's when i was little and at 10 it was a specialty treat to go to one.
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  40. Imagine the "Bloodlands" Under a federation.
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  41. I somewhat disagree with this video. You keep calling it Agnostic sociaty... When you keep complaining about lack of religiosity? That makes little sense. An Agnostic society would be a pluratllistic polytheistic society, akin to old Rome, Greeks, Chinese or Indians. One where multiple gods are worshiped and each house worships one that is their own, while they all pay tribute tina joined deity too. Thats far far from modern. And it has nothing to do with Today...
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  42. 16:51 Is wrong. You should first make sure you know what Agnostic means before you throw it into the video. You did it for the second time in one video where you equate Agnostics to Atheists and to Nazis whom used a very Atheist scientist approach... Agnostics are spiritual People... They are not akin to Atheists. Agnostics have more in common with religious people than with Atheists. The most akin to agnostics are pluralistic open-ended religions like Confucianism, Buddhism, Hinduism or Shinto...
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  43.  @GAndreC  he didn't use Reform as a word for Partition. Reform means reform. He mentioned Finland getting a relatively small strip of land... Which Stalin took from Finland. Reform mean that the federal states would become sovereign states... Which is not partition. Partition means that the land would be annexed which it wouldn't be.
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  44. If Europe will become more Culturally oriented as to opposose cultural shift... Oh boy :D there is so much already that is kept alive and the Western West doesn't even know.
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  45. Not sure why Agnostics get more compared to Atheists. "Although I am religious you should be able to watch it comfortably even if you are atheist..or Agnostic" Why would an Agnostic have a problem? All Agnostics are basically like a Polytheists, even the Atheist Agnostics who do not worship but keep an open mind for others gods same as polytheists would.
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  46. "or living in villages with less than 100 people" Speak for yourself. I live in a village with barely above a 100 people. Purposefully moved there. Nearest city is 15/20 min drive away
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  47. Somehow you started with middle east and israel. And halfway through you just talked about the US, Pax Americana and US internal politics... Kind of barely relevant when it comes to the domino effects of the region and to the world war. As US involvement would not be the first of the dominoes, but one of the last ones... The only relevant info is thatbUS is divided to the point that anyone is willing, and able, to make shots against their foreign policies and stances. But that's not a trigger, not the pattern of stating a ww3... I have been your subscriber for about 5 years now. This is thus far the weakest video from you due to not actually talking about the point of the video. The start was good. A lot of the middle east regional thoughs were excellent... But then it just west down after half of the video. Especially as US entering some middle eastern war at the start would likely not cause a world war, but in fact would prevent it. Not because US would win... But because it would be seen as yet another US conflic to bitch about to gain more PR qnd support. So more of a grinder before war than the world.war. Heck. I offen agree but very kften disagree with a lot of your ideas or conclusions but I see the oatterns you see and a lot of reasoning as to why tou see it. I personally distain Pax americana and it's the N3 in terms of dislike after 1.Russia, 2. China. (I am not American). But i do not mind the US as a country. Not to worry. I dislike the EU too... As an European... A gay one, and a migrant frlm east to west. Not due to the idea of unity, but abismal socio-economic approach.
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  48. ​ @silverhawkscape2677 Trump is an obvious criminal. It has nothing to do with far left politics lol. He is essentially an oligarch...
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  49. Ehm. Why no mention of Slavic Mythology? Like there are over few hundred different spirits which are comparable to Japanese Spirits. Plus Tolkien used it. Radegast is a Slavic.
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  50. "mysteriously pick up the mysteries of universe" Well, as for the black holes. If you take your fingers look at the edge (tips), concentrate hard enough whilst you move you fingers slowly across the air, with differently coloured backgrounds. You will might notice that the colour of the background does not tend to follow it's cut clear edge, but rather when close enough to your finger, it bends and "blends" into the finger shape. It follows the bending of light due to gravity, and it also looks like when you try touch water surface , and the edge of the water bends towards your finger (likely static), akin to when you have a plastic comb near a slow stream of water, you charge it and it moves away or to it. It's also similar in effect to solar eclipses.
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