Comments by "Shorewall" (@shorewall) on "Whatifalthist" channel.

  1. I think that says a lot. Immigration is a big part. If successful people are leaving your country, your country is doing something wrong.
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  2. "Let them drive Teslas."
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  3. 2020 did a number on my mental health, although I've always been struggling. This channel was a real bright spot for me in gaining context and keeping stable.
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  4. I agree, but that all kinda goes with the video. Europe isn't currently designed to be a world power. It needs a lot of things, but it has that potential. I believe in the future of Europe, but we can't say it's on that track. It's not on the road to ruin either, but it needs to wake up a bit. :D I do agree on Russia. Long term, I think the Sino-Russian alliance is gonna end in tears, especially when the Polar Ice Caps start melting, being mined, and China realizes they can just walk into unpopulated Siberia and get access to all those resources. That ain't gonna end well for either side, and if Strong Man Putin ain't around, who knows what will happen.
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  5. I feel like this channel looks at the past to understand the present, and Isaac Arthur's channel looks at the future to understand the present. I like having both perspectives.
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  6. I think they push as hard and desperately as they can for the Status Quo, and then when the status quo changes, they try to change their spots and blend into the new status quo. Remember these people, don't forget who oppressed us.
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  7. I also think the AIDS epidemic helped promote porn over sex work.
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  8. I think you are right. Both are secretly rooting for the other to fall. Russia is WW2 Italy, and China is WW2 Germany.
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  9. I feel bad for anyone born after 9/11. 9/11 started the era of fear. I can remember the good times of the 90s, Cold War over, economy doing well. Since 9/11, nothing has felt good in the news. For anyone growing up in that, it would be pretty toxic.
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  10. There's not enough. Millennials took their time in the spotlight by being more and louder. However, Gen X has had an impact. Simpsons was written by Gen X, Peter Zeihan is Gen X. As a millennial, Gen X taught me to distrust those in authority, to follow the money, to oppose war for profit.
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  11. For real. Like this video said, every country is manipulating their currency to lower its value, so they can export and make money and have jobs. The US dollar being strong does not help Americans, except in buying cheap crap from China. Our Industry left, our jobs left, and we are struggling to make ends meet. If the Dollar goes down, it becomes cheaper to have industry in the US, more jobs, and more exports.
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  12. Jesus, when he taught the parables in the New Testament, said that they were stories that had a deeper meaning. To the uninitiated or uneducated, it was just a story. To those who believed and studied, it unfolded like an onion. It makes sense that the rest of the bible could be taken the same way. After all, interpretations of the bible have changed over time, and none of us were there anyway. Most people in the modern world don't study the bible. They are uneducated when it comes to religious matters. The difference in understanding for someone who actually reads and studies the bible is way different. And if you look into the history of Christian thought, you will find a lot more than the modern atheists will want to tell you.
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  13. We won in the real timeline, so alt histories are gonna be different. :D
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  14. @Bogdanmeoff Nice of you to decide for us. What about Gene Manipulation? Space Colonization? AI? What promising techs are "inherently" too dangerous for man? And who decides that?
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  15. I think everyone in this comment section would appreciate Isaac Arthur's Youtube channel, which talks a lot about space and future tech, and is pretty positive about humanity's future.
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  16. 😄 Exactly! It was a white peace. Like taking land in the Russian steppes, the emus reached the end of their logistics chain. While they may have achieved some impressive victories, there was no way they could win the war. Yet another example of how history is not always written by the victors.
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  17.  @thewarlock539  yeah, he said it was worst to be hated. Tyrants are hated.
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  18. Because the Chinese are famed for telling the truth about their society.
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  19. As the Joker said, "I'm glad he's dead. :D"
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  20. When you attack the "victim complex", you get the lefties coming out of the woodwork. :D Great video!
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  21. Yeah, that's what I think. American Patriotism is too strong. Compare our vision of what America should be, to those in Canada and the EU.
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  22. Yeah, my biggest problem with it is the anger at asking simple questions. It ticks off my BS detector. If it is a real concern, then the Proponents either don't know what we should do about it, or don't care. Like the video said, recycling goes in the trash, and anything we do on a personal level is way outstripped by the industrial nature of the world, and is worse in Asia. Going further, if Industry is the cause, then the cure is worse than the disease. Going back to pre-industrial levels would mean famine, genocide, and war, far beyond the worse estimates for Climate Change. Which leads me to believe that just like Covid, it is a power grab. The current elite trying to hold onto their power in a changing world. Climate Change might be real, but if it is, we will deal with it using industry. We can build levees to hold back the sea, we can launch solar reflectors into space to correct how much sun light we are getting. Hell, we could even launch ash into the atmosphere like a volcano, at a really cheap cost. The reality is that the elites don't want to solve Climate Change. They want a big problem to scare people with, in order to justify their power.
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  23. I have heard anecdotal evidence, but mostly as a, kind of a shame kinda thing. My mom didn't really care if we learned spanish, although we picked some up, because my dad was anglo and didn't speak spanish. We just spoke english. My grandma only spoke spanish, and I had some cousins come to live with us who spoke spanish, so that is how I picked some up. I still think I can learn it if I was immersed, but it never really mattered in my life. :D
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  24. Yeah, trade schools or apprenticeships are very important.
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  25. Yeah, the people who get up and move, are the hardworking ones. They are willing to leave the comfort zone to try something new.
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  26. This is one of my favorite videos from you. I majored in Sociology in college, and I took a Statistics class for my math req. The best thing I learned is how easily you can lie with data. The economy shapes our reality, and most if not all issues run downstream from it.
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  27.  @deriznohappehquite  Why?
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  28. I was just reading a passage in the Book of Mormon, that was talking about how in our time, preachers will deny the God of Miracles. They will say, God has done his work, there is no more, now we just live our lives. The point being made was that the true church of Christ needs miracles, needs faith, needs revelation and prophets. That kind of goes along with what you are saying about Christianity needing that esoteric and transcendant quality that it once had. There was a Mormon leader who said that laughter is of God, because when he laughed purely, he felt the spirit of God. And Mormons believe in having dances and parties, but also in morals. There are things like addictions that dull our spiritual sensitivity. People online even talk about how things like Porn, drugs, alcohol, etc. don't make them happy but actually make them miserable. But you need something to replace that lifestyle. We all have a hole in our hearts that we are trying to fill. The concept of a loving God who wants us to succeed is meaningful. And in these times, we need something greater than ourselves to hold onto.
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  29. Yeah, systemic problems are hard to even address, let alone work to solve. It takes a collective shift in consciousness, and in this case, fighting against a mainstream ideology.
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  30. America's enemies have a vested interest in sapping our will and cohesion. That's why America pulled out of Vietnam. China knows that if they can just keep us occupied, they can make their moves, unhindered. China doesn't want a conventional war, no one does. They want to win without a shot being fired. The irony is that if the rest of the world would just stand up to China, they would back down and war could be avoided. The longer we play this Cold War game, the more likely a conventional war becomes.
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  31.  @gwho  As long as you have honor, your life will have meaning. (from the video)
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  32. In the video, you get conquered and oppressed by the Japanese, so...good luck?
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  33. Automation helps every advanced nation. A lot of China's strength comes from its large population. If they begin to rely on automation, that puts their output on the same level as what the US, Japan, UK, Germany, France, etc. can achieve.
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  34. I think he talks more about in a Geopolitical way. As long as the US props Europe up, they have little to fear. But others have little to fear from them as well. But if they want to stand on their own two feet, they need to get over the World Wars, start having kids, and believe in something more than comfort. Something that motivates them through discomfort, which any worthwhile undertaking requires. I don't know what that is, but that is what is required. It can happen, but I think the American Safety blanket makes it politically unfeasible for now. I think the bubble will have to burst, and hard times come, for Europeans to gird their loins and stand up. It might require a more pan-european effort, especially due to the bad demographics. Less national, and more civilizational, which this channel has mentioned in the past. I think it can happen, and while the EU might not be its final form, I do think that is the right direction.
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  35.  @CantusTropus  From a genetic stand point it makes sense. Kill those who are different from you, and give your own genes better chances to spread. Which is why morality shouldn't be treated as relative.
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  36. When I moved to Utah, that was the first I'd ever heard of "Water Rights". It is a completely foreign concept. And I came from L.A., which should be worried about water, but we never were. :D
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  37. I think people hear stuff and then think they are an expert on Mormons. All without ever talking to a real practicing one. :D When I was a missionary in the Bible Belt, I heard from people who went to Baptist Churches that taught "classes" on the Mormons. All of it bunk to scare people off. Yeah, I can see how pastors who are paid to preach would feel threatened by a missionary church with a mostly volunteer clergy. ;D I even saw a church sign that said not to pray about the Book of Mormon, that's how they get you. :D And yep, SLC is a 'hole.
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  38. Corrupt, poor, about to be destroyed.
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  39.  @NeonAnimeDreams  Yeah, I think the War on Drugs, although perhaps well intentioned (perhaps), has had a lot of unintended (perhaps) negative consequences. But I think it will get better as the US and Mexico integrate more.
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  40.  @xp7575  Does X P stand for Xi Peng?
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  41. It sounds bad, but I love Russia getting drained in Ukraine. Maybe that will stop them from trying anything else. And I can only hope that China learns from it as well, and chooses peaceful excellence.
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  42. Out of all of our problems, I think that is the opposite of our problem.
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  43. Russia staying out or backstabbing China benefits them the most. They cut down their rival for power in Asia, and get some political clout in the west.
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  44. I think it will be fine. Women benefit from the success of men. Men do not hate women. There is a backlash against 3rd and 4th wave feminism which is anti men and family. But given how many countries are suffering from demographic decline, that might have a point.
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  45.  @ninamartin1084  We need to develop our space industry. So many of our problems will be solved when we are in space, looking down at Earth. For one, solar power satellites that can absorb or even reflect sunlight will let us tailor our temperature. And that's not even high tech, we just need to establish our foothold in space.
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  46. On the comparison to WW1, I think back then the populations and patriotism were so healthy and strong that people wanted war. That is different from today. Nowadays most people would probably rather overthrow their own government than go invade or defend some other country. Which is why I like the 30 Years War analogy of this video so much. I agree on nukes, the Major powers have too much to lose, and have thought about it so much, that I don't see them ever using nukes. Even the hardest red line I can imagine, if China invaded Siberia, I question if Russia would use nukes even then. But the smaller, less stable countries, who knows what could happen? As populations decline, I think the US will form a new Global race. Specifically with Hispanic and East Asians being merged into the White Identity. And depending on how bad it gets, like with the colonization of the New World, Americans might go to Japan, Germany, other places, to bolster and repopulate these areas. Especially if those countries don't want just "any" type of immigrants. Aside from that, migrations are something to watch. I have my eye out for the famines and destabilization in Africa and the Middle East to lead to another, much greater migrant and refugee crisis. If Europe does not control it, Europe will be overwhelmed and become New Africa. I think they will choose to work with Turkey, and the Maghrebi Nations in North Africa, to control the situation, but it will turn bloody, and millions will die either way. It will be ugly.
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  47.  @M30W3R  Exactly, criticism does not equal damnation. :D
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  48. And people talk a lot more openly online, because they don't see the other people, and they are in their room or on their phone, so it doesn't feel real.
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  49. Yep, the mother can give her child up for adoption right as it's born, or before. But how can we claim to care about the helpless, when we kill the most helpless? That is a big bit of hypocrisy in the modern left. Sometimes I think the political parties chose issues on purpose in order to divide people. :D
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  50. The reason rich people invest is because of inflation. They have to invest or their fortunes will evaporate. With inflation, you have to either invest for a return that's higher than inflation, or spend it right away so you get the full value. The poor often spend right away, which leads to consumerism, and the rich invest, with often leads to mal-investment and bubbles. Inflation is the cause, and it is engineered by the central bank.
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