@freddy46 And yet.... there's *more disinformation...* than EVAR right now... With even *LESS* incentive to isolate, and reveal... the *TRUUUUTH.* Thanks to a corrupt Globalist elite, ruling *BOTH* sides... in Washington. "We're fucked." *If this* keeps going on...
It is kind of sad that we have the greatest tool for information in our pockets. That can be used to look up information in seconds that other generations had to spend hours in library's, and class rooms to learn. Yet it is used to spread mostly misinformation.
And even that's is subjective. The cultural and political divide is so massive here in America that we're split on two different realities. Misinformation can be truth to some and their truth can be misinformation. It's a mess really.
@@DarthSoto78 you are so right but as some historian put in - ones the printing press was invented the most sold book was about witches and that started the witch hunts in 1450 up till 1750 ! Fake news and that same plague is back with vengace.
You’re one of the few youtubers who can explain American politics without coming across as preachy or taking a moral high ground. I give you a slow clap for that.
@@siabot4955 That wasn't him blaming women themselves. It was an unfortunate side effect of most women's work being automated, and a lot of women who had worked in factories through WWII having to sit at home, bored. Women insisted on doing something productive with their lives, and no other alternative was offered to them.
I'm kinda concerned that it seems like he didn't put the possibility of hyperinflation and currency collapse into his assessment, because that might change everything.
Yes, before it was mudslingers publishing cartoon clips in the papers, now EVERYONE can put in their two cents like a schizophrenic person with multiple voices going on upstairs.
Agreed, easily more crazy in the past. The social media/the internet is a double edged sword though. We are more aware and understanding of each other now more than ever yet the psychological effect of the internet on the general populous is unnatural and we're just now starting to understand how bad it is for us. Me: *Then goes on scrolling throughout the internet all day*
Talk to my grandparents about what it was like before Watergate, it was very naive. Nowadays we want to throw politicians in the meat grinder, but our military is still trusted because it has to be meritocratic and nonpartisan to have the ability to enforce widespread peace.
Most of Brazil has had some form of corruption or bad management in any level of institutions that just makes everyone annoyed (saturated) by even mentioning it. That is why most brazilians don't trust any institutions, or sees them with a bad look. There's always a case of corruption in something, even in the military, which most of the time people joke about it. So yeah, I'd say that Brazil is a country also falling apart day by day, independent of the political position of the government in power.
@@SuperMatthew128 Yeah, pretty similar to the generic steriotype of failing latin america political regime, at least one of our typical latin american dictatorships ended up being very helpful to kickstart the industrialization of the country, so as bad as things are, they’re somehow still better than some of our neighbours
Sort of we have trust institutions that that are seen as "apolitical" even if they can be very political such as the military or judiciary but less than 20% of Americans have trust in Congress and only about half trust the president at any given time
@@SuperMatthew128 We are seeing an improvement in infrastructure and several reforms in order to keep the state from falling apart and crumbling. That's why the current governament is so popular. Combine that with no corruption scandals involving the ministers and youve got the recipe for re election
You've talked about Rome, and it's dissolution, and "successors" being a reason for western advancement and dominance. And how China has remained practically the same since birth. What if China collapsed, similar to Rome, and never reunited? How would the East-Asian civilizations develop? Could they advance in patterns similarily to Europe?
China won't fall apart soon, its model is working thus far and it likes to learn from the world around it as it seeks to reestablish the Age of China as it comes out of the age of humiliation i.e. the age when the UK and USA ruled.
Er........ Chinese has been collapse before. In fact, it was concide with the Roman collapse. If you know about the 3 kingdoms period, you would probably have a picture about it. But still, I think you are misinterpreted the actual difference between the East and the West, or Asians VS Europeans. Asians most of the time forming their own chiefdom, which transform into kingdoms very early on. Most of these are indegenous tribes forming alliances and most of them having roughly the same military power in most cases. So the actual influence is more cultural. If China collapse and not reform, we would have the same ancient warlords period as Han Chinese being in one state, the Manchurian in another state, the old domesticated Yue people either join with Vietnam in the South (which shares pretty much 70% of the similarities in culture) or Taiwan/Hong Kong. So you would got 3 distinct parts of it, while the Koreans and the Japanese are basically the same.
And this is why this guys one of my favorite UA-camrs in an age where everyone around him is losing their minds he looks at all of this in a rational and objective way. In anycase I feel more optimistic about things now, thanks to this
He's not objective, nobody is nor can be objective. He is presenting his sources and data and saying how he drew his conclusions from them. But he's drawing a relation that isn't a cold hard fact, but his subjective take on it.
he is not blaming women nor are capitalists able to lower or raise wages freely. from an objective point of view women entering the workforce doubled the number workers which causes more people to compete for the same jobs and that gives employers the power to keep wages low as no matter how little they offer their employees there will be people looking for work
@@Michael-st9ky Makes sense that he is generalizing. About every 10 seconds of this video, a person could dedicate their entire LIFE to find out the full meaning behind it. I do agree that it is a bit crazy that some here think that it is over generalized. He has to generalize so he does not write a phone book, but a generalization is a trend of the minutia. If I say the data trends generally from 1 to 5, the number 19 will not show up in that range.
This is embarrassingly true. If he didn't come in with his 14 points. The treaty of Versailles wouldn't of been so ridiculous and world War 2 might of not happend. Also we wouldn't have the federal reserve base our money on faith, And print more every economic collapse.
@@ben69028 Honestly if he never existed or never signed the federal reserve we might’ve seen the Great Depression never happen or a much smaller depression
@@ben69028 without the federal reserve we would be an economic basket case. No modern economy operates without one. Each economic crisis was getting worse and worse throughout the 19th and early 20th century.
Absolutely love how this piece was produced, hard and fast with no added fluff that all too often serves to make a persons attention drift off. Well done, keep up the good work!
In many ways 1968 planted the seeds that have lead to the current insanity. I am honestly shocked that the effects of 1968 don’t come up more when discussing contemporary America and how we view politics.
1919: allow me to introduce myself. For let's see, -Post WW1, returning veterans aren't getting paid. -Some veterans being armed and revolts. -Strikes against the government happening everywhere. -Second largest battle in the Border War with Mexico at Nogales. -Sedition Act of 1918, a precursor to the Patriot Act, still in effect. -First Red Scare of Communist happened. -Spanish Flu pandemic sweeping the nation at the time from returning soldiers. -Wilson didn't bothered to stop the unrest. I recommend watching the Worst US president in history by Cynical Historian. I think it was him. *EDIT. It was Cynical.
I wasn’t around for 1860 and 1919 but I was around in ‘67-‘68 when the Black Panthers and Weather Underground declared war on the “establishment” . THOSE were Crazy times.
I don’t think Ohio or Iowa are swing state anymore. They seem firmly in the Republican camp now and Florida seems like it will be an uphill battle for any Democrat to win in the near future
@Kordell Swoffer Under any other western society, they would probably be even further left. The democrats are a centrist party by the standard of most modern nations, whereas the republicans are so far to the right that most nations don't really have an equivalent. Sure, other countries have conservatives, but what they try to "conserve" is about on the same level as the American democrats.
@Kordell Swoffer Dude, the republicans are religious nutjubs (not that common in most modern nations) who universal healthcare and education (a standard in most modern nation and supported by the conservatives in those nations) which makes the republicans a far right party. It's not even arguable.
@Kordell Swoffer No, I don't mean most religious people, since most religious people don't think that the world is 6000 years old, that homosexuals can and should be cured, nor that global warming is impossible because "god" You're either trolling or really badly want to be on r/shitamericanssay. Sweden is not a member of NATO and doesn't see a dime of defence money from the UK, yet it has universal healthcare. It's just a ludicrous assertion.
@Kordell Swoffer I meant the US, it was a typo, but no, since Sweden is not reciving any military aid from the US. The US has a higher GDP per capita, than Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Iceland, all of whom have universal healthcare. The reason why the US doesn't have universal healthcare is because in the US, what's best for the companies is what controls the politics, and since giving people healthcare would hurt the insurance companies, it hasn't been adopted. Sure, it'd cost money, but the US is already spending way more on healthcare than any other modern nation, so I don't see how you can argue that they couldn't afford to pay. Also keep in mind that having universal healthcare would lead to a more healthy population, capable of generating more money for the country. You can't pay a lot of taxes if you can't work and don't have money to buy things to be taxed.
I listen to a LOT of UA-cam videos, and this is one of the most brilliant I have ever heard. There is much to unpack here and so much truth. Thank you.
"No one wanted WW1" Boy are you wrong. There was massive enthusiasm for the war, especially the germans wanted to beat the French like they did in 1871. The only thing that happened is that the public mood changed dramatically, once they realized that the war would drag on for years and be lost in the end.
To be honest all of the major forces in Europe wanted the was and assumed their want of a short, sweet, war, like a sporting event, would defuse the pressure cooker of geo-politics and knock off the “Moral degeneration,” that the elites were worried would ruin their empires and would give reason in their lives and glory. That proved to be an idiotic gamble, as we saw World War I be a mass killing field in the west, and a tragic comedy of errors in the east, and it ended with loose ends that started up World War 2 and finally got a resolution, with the American and Soviet forces forming spheres of influence & domination. One can argue both world wars, and the wars in between, were a second thirty years war, from 1914-1945, that essentially reset the world order from the post Napoleonic world of British Domination, with smaller empires and world powers wanting to build spheres of influence and a place in the sun, to a post Victorian World of American/ Soviet Domination (Later American Domination) where everyone was subjugated under the American Rule with only small short term competition and efforts to stymie any competitors (like united Arabia, unified Africa, potential African competitors, Post War Japan, and today, Communist China). But as we all know these periods change, and things can fall. The question is how it can and how to ease it, for there are always risks of a third war happening. A third war could ultimately reset the world order once again.
No the French wanted to beat the German like back when the original Napoleon was in charge because of 1871 they lost so hard there king was captured so then the Germans had no one to negotiate with the war was over Serbia being a asshole to Austria-Hungry tension were high especially between Germany and the uk because Kaiser Wilhelm 2 hated them over what happened to his arm the last thing the Russians wanted was a war because they just lost to Japan and there people were restless and angry Japan joined for more islands and the Germans forced the US after all the BS Germany pulled Belgium was forced Romania joined to take Romanian land back from Austria-hungry Bulgaria joined because the weren’t satisfied with there lands and last but not least the ottomans joined because 2 of there leaders thought they could fight Russia and promptly had the 2 by 4 of reality when the Arabians rebelled the British wanted OIL also Greece and Belgium joined because they were attacked Italy joined they thought they would get more land then they did and because there relation with Germany and Austria-Hungry spoiled oh wait last one Albania joined because Austria occupied then when they were looking for the Serbian army
11:56 - I am an older Millennial, but I take issue with the idea that Millennials and the generation after us (Zoomers?) necessarily want a place in the “elite”, if that is construed to mean that we want to be particularly rich or famous. Most of us only want the things we were promised “if we worked hard, if we behaved” (to quote the Billy Joel ballad “Allentown”). We want the same things our parents, the Boomers and Xers, mostly got: We want a stable job that allows us the means to support ourselves and our families, without drowning in the debts of our forebears, or the debts we are forced to carry by institutional corruption. That should not need to be the privilege of any “elite”, yet the cost of such stability, if it can be found at all, has been the need to get more and more formal schooling before we are truly useful in the workforce. When my grandfathers returned from WWII, one became a factory foreman, the other a small business owner. Neither of them went higher in school than the eighth grade, because in their time, the skills for those jobs could be acquired by apprenticeship and on-the-job training. In contrast, both my parents were high school grads with at least some college education. My dad, a mechanical engineer, had an associate’s degree, and my mom, an elementary school teacher, got a master’s at night while working days. The amount of formal education needed for a stable middle-class job had increased. By the time of my youth, the amount of classroom time demanded for a middle class lifestyle had gone up yet again. Like most in my generation, I wasn’t able to earn much more than minimum wage until I finished a bachelor’s degree, and then I worked as a paralegal and accountant throughout graduate school. I am now a junior executive with two professional degrees (JD and MBA) and two state bar memberships, yet in relative terms I have just about the same standard of living as my grandparents did in 1960, or my parents did in 1990. The extra letters after my name might make me LOOK “elite” in some quarters, but I certainly don’t feel like it.
This is entirely true. As a Gen Z with a major in a good field, all I want is steady income and a middle class lifestyle. My grandparents were all able to achieve this with ease, get a job within Fordism, join a union, buy an affordable home. Trades in my state do not pay anywhere near what is needed to do any of that, and home ownership anywhere but the exurbs is out of the question.
You are outlining the "K" shaped economy. The issue is that the US has shifted from being an insular economy to part of a global economy, and at the same time the US "Golden Age" of post-war dominance diminished. Net result is that the high earnings of the US come from high value-add industries nowadays. Thus the need for high levels of education.
What you're describing is being part of the traditional "middle-class". But since the middle-class has been hollowed out, the only way to get the things you want is to be part of the elite. So even if you aren't asking to be part of the elite per se, you are doing so de facto. Because lower-class positions don't offer those benefits, and middle-class opportunities are going away.
@@JCPRuckus Too many generalizations in your comment. The middle class isn't being "hollowed out" so much as being subject to the same forces above. High skill positions are still middle class. Low skill positions are lower class. The only time in history that this was not true was in the 1950's in the US.
@@JCPRuckus Sure, but saying that Bernie Sanders supporters are grumpy college kids who want to be elites is a bit misguided. I want the middle class lifestyle that every industrialized generation before me had, and I don't think that Post-Fordist Capitalism is able to do that and should be reformed to what benefited past generations in ways that are still possible in the 21st century.
I have always said that the insane vagueness and pessimism of post-modernism is a danger to sociey that we should try to distance ourselves from quickly. But then again i am an odd ball out. A man in my early 20s who is far-left leaning but only in the traditional sense. I am strongly against the radical social justice movement. I will always stay left because i feel like it is the only ideology i can stand behind morally, but i will never let this influence my behavior to other people. The most strange thing is, that literally all my friends are either centre of right wing leaning. With my best friend from late high school and now in university being a supporter of a far rightwing populist party. We always stay civil and we like to discuss politics. It is important to stay in touch with rival ideologies, so you can understand the position their ideas come from.
I am also against the radicial social justice movement. Heck, I'd drink with a communist who was against SJWs than an SJW itself. That's how evil I think the movement is.
I know where you're coming from. I think what constitutes as "left" or "liberal" has shifted so much in these past few years. I mean, back in the 1800s many liberals were libertarians who hoped to free people from empirical rule, and in the 1900s they were the ones pushing for worker's rights and a more equal society. But today, I think the left has really "left" me on the social side (no pun intended). I'm all for the limiting the power of corporations and helping those in need, hell, I think there's still race and class divides in the U.S. that need to be sorted out, but I just can't stand the constant uproar and the core principles of the organizations that are supposed to be driving any sort of change. To be honest, I've just seen lots of turmoil but no change.
Identity politics is a terrible drug the bourgeoisie peddle to the masses; not to promote tolerance as advertised but very much the exact opposite. People will remain forever class unconcious and disunited when trending media tells them that they need to keep stuggle sessioning each other based on mere differences in race, religion or gender.
Spent a good dose of the weekend listening to @Whatifalthist - just amazed he’s just over 20 years old. Hard to find this kind of critical thinking based on historical trends. Great content. 👏 It would be helpful to keep some of the text and charts up just a little longer IMHO. Hope for the future - MICHIGANDERS love ya baby!
College Tuition hasn't exploded because they're charging for a chance to get into the elite. College Tuition has exploded because of guaranteed federal loans which allows Colleges to raise prices to levels the market could never have supported otherwise.
I'm likely much older than you (& my debt 50+ years ago was about $15,000 in 2021 US dollars), but I believe that your assessment accounts for close to 85-90% of the increase over this period.
@@voxveritas333 Let me understand this, Mr Voice of Truth: the loans those students got were gotten dishonestly & iniquitously, i.e., the students didn't realize that they'd actually need to pay the loans back at some time in the future. The students were conned into signing their names to the loan documents which they didn't understand or appreciate --- and when the students got money from the institutions that provided the money, the students believed that it was just a gift! And them dang institutions which lent the money are simply exhibiting "greed run amuck!" Am I correct in interpreting your words in this fashion????
@@rogerforsberg3910 - it’s immoral to charge the exorbitant amount of money colleges do just to attend. It’s almost a requirement to have a college degree in order to get into certain fields and that leaves them with no option but to have potentially crippling debt. So yes, the student did take out the loan but without other options what do you purpose they do? Strip their way through med school?
Hi Whatifalthist i really appreciate your content and im glad i discovered your channel as it has allowed me to appreciate history more and how we understand the present more (not just with these recent videos but also your older ones). Thank you
I'm surprised that "The Fourth Turning"" by Strauss and Howe wasn't mentioned. They described most of the cyclical issues 25 years ago. An interesting thing about that book is that it offers pointed predictions and offers advice on how to "survive" the upcoming storm. While they were off on some points by and large they've gotten it right. I recommend that book to those of you interested in the cycles that he talks about.
@@advanceit1377 There’s been a ridiculous amount of craziness in America the last few years. Ideas that were on the fringe 10 years ago are suddenly mainstream. It’s scary.
@@dongately2817 Surely you don't mean Acid Rain, Killer Bees, Kudzu, and the "coming ice age". Oh, I forgot, McDonalds Destroying the Rain Forest. Area 51?
This is a video that I can't say that I liked it. But you present a number of things that people need to think about, and that's a more important and valuable thing.
What we are forgetting is how fortunate we are compared to our grandparents. Those poor basterds actually had no internet, no TVs, little education and most ending up with a horrible job working in a dangerous factory for the rest of their lives. If you wanted to find a better place to work all you had were newspapers or word of mouth. Most people just sucked it up and stayed where they were because they were too afraid to change. Entrepreneurs take all the risk and with that more responsibility. Something most people don't understand or want.
@@garrisonnichols7372 Well, the fact is, said grandparents could even get a home, a car and support a family with their wages. (well assuming it wasn't one of those bogged down under horrible stuff like Jim Crow-era laws in the South) Try that same thing in these days especially in states like California and ask the homeless or people jumping states to cheaper states like Texas how "fortunate" they are compared to their granddads.
@@garrisonnichols7372 imagine saying this to people In $300,000 debt from medical college who will never be able to own a home no matter how hard they work
We become an Empire in 1898, when we took the title of empire from Spanish Empire, the cycle of Empire, it doesn’t matter the problems we have. The cycle of Empire can’t be stop!
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We at this point can only pray for a chain reaction to take place that reverse the adverse affect currently the world is facing as the world progress like it is adding climate change and other stuff into this mix might lead to the end of an golden age we are seeing we have to start questioning are self of extreme path why are run by few un qualified we must look towards reality towards science for answers of future if we are kept blind by media and dont think we are doomed unfortunately throughout history there are few who think while most blindly follow.
@ Tea comes not only from china but from sri lanka, india, japan, vietnam, etc. What i meant with my comments it's that etnic british people will become a minority in coming decades just like USA, both countries will going to see a demographic shift in their population, so whites will either mix or turn into a minority in their own country, no wonder yellow fever is popular in this countries...
@Pro Shooter yep, but the biggest problem isn't your culture degenerate, is the shockwaves that spreads towards the rest of the world... i'm from Brazil, i always tought that degeneracy in brazilian culture couldn't pass the botton of the barrel, turns out folks remember they can always dig, and because US exported the same cultural degeneracy to the rest of the world Brazil become culturaly worst... in other words: we imported this shovel from US... Ps: Search on Google about "Anitta" (brazilian pop singer) and you will know what i'm talking about...
The troops are not the field grade and above officers, who were corrupted throughout the '90s by "The Fellowship," which tried to take over the military on several different fronts that most people never heard about. The most successful was the military Chaplaincy. In the mid '90s, you couldn't succeed at getting promoted to Colonel without being a 'born again' Evangelical and loyalist to the Christian nationalist organization, "The Fellowship." They build three of the largest Evangelical churches in the country ON military bases, including the Army's two biggest induction/training centers and the AF Academy in Colorado. At one point they controlled nearly 85% of the Chaplaincy, until TROOPS raised the alarm the "The Fellowship" foolishly tried to sue the government so their planted Chaplains wouldn't be responsible for performing any religious activity but Evangelical. So if you were a fallen Jewish soldier hoping for last rites...or a Catholic...tough shit. They lost, of course, but it broad the military's focus onto them and the ranks were purged. However, they also succeeded in recruiting and placing White Supremacists all throughout police forces across the nation...then introduced and lobbied for the "I feared for my life" legislation...and we all know what happened after that. The corruption is in the upper echelons of the military and mostly centered in the Pentagon, through "Prayer Groups" to which most military leaders belong and to which they must pledge their services to Jesus. "The Fellowship" is the root of White Nationalism in the U.S. and around the world. #deathtoreligion #hailsatan #fix45witha45 #REDtarded
Even the farthest left, Gen Z liberals don't agree completely with most of the 'Modern left wing positions' you listed. Even the socialist democrats like Bernie and AOC don't fully embrace most of them. And the so the core of the Democratic Party and the left in the US is still quite centrist.
As a zoomer, I've seen many of the points listed at 9:49 parroted by my peers in academic circles. To the extent most truly believe in the ideals of "social justice" I'm not exactly sure. There were several girls in my old high school journalism classes who claimed to be Marxist, but many of them would refuse to elaborate beyond that. From what I've gathered a lot of gen z left wingers tend to view the world as a struggle between various oppressed groups and the "Western Establishment" and nothing beyond that.
Well As i am a student who studies Politics and IR And this is now my third year in college I have to say That I completely agree with you This is very possible We are witnessing a change in US A Change which i hope is for better
8:20 I can say from experience that the US Army does NOT promote based on talent. I saw an officer who had been a sports star in college and who was functionally illiterate (I helped him write some memos) get promoted to major. I saw another who would take so much dip in his mouth he would drool all over himself in meetings also get promoted to major. Meanwhile those that actually lead succesful platoons and companies dont get promoted if their bosses don't like them. To get promoted as an officer you must look and act in a way that pleased your boss and kiss lots of ass.
If you happen to read 'Soldier and State' by Huntington, officers are the grease between the military as a proper fighting machine and the politicians who's primary concern is to be reelected. Officers who resemble statemen are a rare breed, and are promoted quickly so they can serve longer as a liaisons. Which is why you see most senior officers retire as colonel, highest position in the field. I'm not saying those to talents are mutually exclusive, but they are rare enough as is.
@@condotiero860 Sounds like an interesting book; I heard a similar analysis in relation to Russia's war in Ukraine, that assassinations of generals might be a bad idea because it could clear incompetent political generals out of the way for competent colonels to get promoted. Interesting thought
@@kendomyers thats different. In america, what is corporatized and taught is the 'profesional soldier' as an administrator of violence. In russia, as a response to their bloody history is fealty, not to a system, but to each other. Which allowed russia to bunce back from the fall of the USSR. The capacity and skill to maintain an army and state resides with the intelligence services. Which creates the various cabals in russia. They have conflicting interests, but they speak the same language, like a mafia 'war is a racket' In such eviroment, a good officer is the most loyal, makes the american army look meritocratic in comparison. Russia is the norm, not the exception. Having so many competent officers is a huge advantage. Imagine if Iraq had an officer corp like america did back during the gulf wars, puts things in perspective.
Yeah that’s a non partisan opinion that everyone can agree with They are so bad.. Funny because in the 80s and 90s people thought that if everyone’s voices were heard the world would be a better place. Now it’s all gone to hell
"Social media and it's consequences have been a disaster for the human race" But seriously, political echo chambers (which are actually promoted by most social media algorithms, since they tend to engage the user longer) are probably a massive contributor to political polarisation.
@Joe Blow I agree! Minimum wage is so low, nobody would work for it! Might as well be a penny.It's some phony-balony thing that politicians dreamed up to make workers think they care about them. Didn't work!
@@squamish4244 do poor people make massive industries that provide jobs? "Trickle-Down Economics" is buzz word used by the left to make normal economic functions seem other and right wing as it's simply how a job works The company you work for has more money than you and by paying you, you get money you wouldn't have had before As for why you wouldn't have had that money before, throughout history those who make things or own land get money not those who can simply do and many workers simply do things and don't make
@@drachir7146 "...a 2020 study which analyzed 50 years of data concluded that trickle-down economics does not promote jobs or growth, and that "policy makers shouldn't worry that raising taxes on the rich [...] will harm their economies". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_economics
Probably the best video I’ve ever seen by you, and this video was not only informative, but it puts everything into perspective and allows me to have peace about some of the things going on. Thank you!
Postmodernism only really helped influenced to what became feminist epistemology and would evolve to encompass more marginalized identities in what like to broadly call a woke academia within academia. Which then informed and influenced woke culture today, who before were called left identitarians/SJW’s.
A great postmodern writer is frenchman jean baudrillard in his book simulacra and simulation. Postmodernism deconstructs everything and is fascinating but should not be applied to structured and organised entities such as government or anywhere you value stability lol
While I may disagree with a few of your assertions, I find your presentation to be rational and well thought out overall. It's very refreshing to hear someone not participate in the usual jingoistic partisanship that we tend to get these days.
You have amazing content, well presented, knowledgable, and easy to follow. You take the time to give as close to an objective analysis as you possibly can and you are not an ideologue condemning one side or another, rather it seems you sensibly acknowledge the strength and weakness of every action, belief, idea, or worldview for what it is. Needless to say this is a breath of fresh air, I will definetly subscribe and share this as much as I can.
@@destubae3271 As someone one really interested in Hyper pop, I disagree. I don't enjoy 100 gecs but the wave they are bringing to the mainstream is super interesting and unique. Glaive, Parker, brakence etc are all very interesting artists that imo indicate a far more interesting music scene / development than we had 10 or even 20 years ago in youth / underground music. Its one of the first genres to be born in the youtube age.
One factor to consider: I think that due to our human proclivity toward narcissism our egos tend toward expansion beyond healthy levels. Pair that with the addictive properties of social media and personal technology, and we create a perfect storm of individual and collective volatility.
Bro I lowkey needed this. It’s hard to live life normally when everyone and their mom is saying the US is on its way down and out and that we’re facing collapse in the next decade.
Hahah I'm still thinking of leaving the US to start a company in Africa. Not a big believer in my millennial generation, they don't understand the economy and how certain policies will work.
It's not necessarily women, immigrants, or globalization. The reality is that most of the decline of the working man is due to automation, which allows capital to take over much of the role of labor. I highly recommend the book The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang. You can listen to the audio book for free on UA-cam.
That sounds pretty interesting in fact, I don't realy like AJ or his solutions but at least he brings some new perspectives on real developments in economics.
Maybe this guy should be running the country. We need an intelligent person who won't be corrupted. Basically, a smart person who actually cares what happens to all people of America.
@@dantesinferno9circlesofHELL History isn't accidental. Cycles have been known since ancient Egypt. Smart people can easily become jaded and engrossed in getting personally wealthy. No one but you can bail out humanity.
What I found interesting is the assumption that social justice and “identitarian” ideologies exists purely on the left. They exist on the right too. Think about the Irish catholic community and their influence on politics in America in the 20th century, or the concept of liberation theology and Lutheran criticisms of the corruption in Catholic Church leading to a religious revolution. The utilisation of grievances over inequality as well as identities (whether racial and sexual in the modern day or ethnic and religious in the past) is attractive to both the right and the left because of their power in effecting social and political change. Second, culture is not a good indicator of degeneracy or the general state of society because it is inherently subjective, and because avant garde art movements have been vilified for centuries but have never led to the collapse of civilisation (just like how a perfect communist society have never arisen under Marxist framework) The term “impressionist” was first applied to Claude Monet as an insult, while Picasso, Cezanne and Degas were all ridiculed for their artworks early in their career, but are now widely respected masters of modern art.
@@VanderNugget hi, for the second part of my comment I suggest watching this very well-produced video by Nerdwriter, which provides a good overview of the philosophical and cultural currents of the 19th century, some of which influenced and others which railed against avant garde art: ua-cam.com/video/Iu2L7oA9QRg/v-deo.html
'Modern Art' is crap produced by and for pretentious elitists. It is popular culture that is displaying the degeneracy of America. Just compare how most people dress, talk, and act today to how most people dressed, talked, and acted in 1951.
@@gregb6469 in every age popular culture has been blamed as the symptoms of degeneracy and a herald of civilisational collapse. Yet society has trudged on as always. In addition, I’m not so sure that there is such a clear distinction between high brow art and popular culture as you think there is. “The free access which many young people have to romances, novels, and plays has poisoned the mind and corrupted the morals of many a promising youth…” - Enos Hitchcock, 1790 “Never has youth been exposed to such dangers of both perversion and arrest as in our own land and day. Increasing urban life with its temptations, prematurities, sedentary occupations, and passive stimuli just when an active life is most needed, early emancipation and a lessening sense for both duty and discipline…” - Granville Stanley Hall, 1904 “Cinemas and motor cars were blamed for a flagging interest among young people in present-day politics by ex-Provost JK Rutherford… [He] said he had been told by people in different political parties that it was almost impossible to get an audience for political meetings. There were, of course, many distractions such as the cinema…” - Kirkintilloch Herald, 1938 Source: qz.com/quartzy/1264118/the-2500-year-old-history-of-adults-blaming-the-younger-generation/
"What are you talking about? America's never going to be destroyed." "Never? Rome was destroyed, Greece was destroyed, Persia was destroyed, Spain was destroyed. All great countries are destroyed. Why not yours? How much longer do you think your own country will last? Forever?" - Joseph Heller, Catch-22
@@lamantinfurtif7465 "China". That's like saying that Ireland has always been around. Just broken or conquered on occasion. Or Egypt. Or Israel. Or Italy. All successor states to another. But not the same nation continuously.
Greece, Persia, and Spain all survived. Nations change regimes, but are notoriously hard to completely eliminate. Hell, the Mongols and Turks exterminated large fractions of Hungary’s population, and Hungarians are still around.
Demographics is destiny, as long as a culture remains homogenous and the geography pushes toward unity, there is the hope of a come back. China is a good example of this, as long as the Chinese culture exists, someone can unite all the Chinese and make China into a world power again Russia is the same. This is different from let's say the Mongolian Empire, the Roman Empire or the British Empire where a small culture relies on the domination of other cultures. At some point the Empire is scatered to the wind and the pieces are too different to ever get back. All the countries you cite still exist in some shape or form but they have shrank back to their core population.
@@Perrirodan1 Except none of those nations had small nor homogenous cultures. They're coalitions of various cultural groups, most of which died off when nationalism and globalism replaced culture as the primary unifier.
Found this channel recently. Find it very interesting from over twice your age and being a life long history student with college training. Would be interested in your thoughts on the past year. Keep up the good work.
And also remember that WhatIfAltHist definitely has a Libertarian-Capitalist,Supply-Side-Fundamentalist point of view. The argument presented is very much a misunderstanding of causation vs. correlation. It is completely uncritical of "market" economics, where rich people are described as "skilled in the market" and therefore deserving. On the other hand education is denigrated as being a means of getting subsidized by government. Also, all of the concern with inflation and national debt is based purely on a fundamental belief in the supply-side, lassiez-faire, every man for himself, economics that really has created the vast majority of our economic problems, and/or blocked their solutions, over the past 40 years. All that said, I have a decidedly socialist point of view, so take my criticism with whatever size grain of salt that you can afford in today's vulture capitalist, oligarch dominated, economy.
@@f.b.lagent1113 We may have the largest total economy, but despite that, most Americans have a lower standard of living than many other countries. Further, 40 years ago, we switched to supply-side Reagonomics, and since that time, GDP growth has dropped by about 0.2 or 0.3 per year and average wages have barely kept up with inflation, while all of the benefits of being the "richest country in the world" have gone to the richest 5% of the population, with most of that going to the richest 0.1%. So yes, economic problems. What will you brag about in 5 years when the Chinese take your precious "richest nation" title?
Yea it's clear this guy is an American Conservative when he talks about contemporary politics. I specify "American" not because having American nationality makes you more conservative, but rather because "American Conservative" is globally much further right than the local conservative party. Case in point the absolutely insane positions he lists as being (inferred) the general positions that those on the modern left hold at 9:49. e.g. #4: "Gender and sex are entirely divisible and there are at least 64 genders." is simply not something that is espoused by most people who identify as left-wing. It's pretty disappointing he took this tack as I've enjoyed a lot of his other videos. If you "unstrawman" a lot of the positions that he says the left holds, suddenly they sound a whole lot more reasonable to the average voter.
@@reedschrichte800 Are you making a joke? Obama is pretty hardcore Neoliberal. You have to become a monarchist or fascist to get further away from communism than than a Neoliberal.
@@reedschrichte800 Work on your sarcasm. There are a surprising number of people who sincerely believe both your statements at the same time. You need to be more obvious these days.
Definitely enjoyed watching this all the way through, I do feel though that there was a bit of overgeneralization of the analysis of the left side of the US political spectrum. Example being the thought of civil war being exclusively a leftist revolt while our last civil war was a right wing revolt seems a bit like a missed opportunity to address right wing social unrest in the modern day
You are correct about Civil War but without the context people will be confused. In the 1860's the Southern Democrats were on the Right and the Northern Republicans were the Progressive Left. This started to flip with FDR and the New Deal, then really flipped out in the '60s with the Civil Rights Movement.Those Dixiecrats became the Southern Republicans of today. Of course ,as we speak, demographic change will doom the Republicans as Whites become a minority and Blacks and Latinos become the majority and they mostly vote Democrat. This is not racism, it is a mathematical fact.
@@richardedwards5379 I have oft remarked that when the history books are written the greatest political failure of the first 20 years of the 21st century will be the failure of the Republicans and conservatives to embrace latinos.
@@Vecha302 look at the Republican "autopsy" study on their 2012 loss. Probably the last bit of open self reflection the GOP leadership allowed. It outlines a number of policies and changes they could undertake to push the voting percentage to 60%+. Also it suggests that without that infusion of new membership the Republican party will undergo a significant restructuring event in the, from the 2013 date, next 15 years. As demographic movements isolate and contract their core voting constituencies. Unfortunately the inclusion of the dixiecrat since the 1970s was a pact with the dark side and made the changes outlined in the report impossible to do without alienating large swaths of the Confederate voting block.
@@richardedwards5379 Your demographic point is what the Democrats have been banking on. What they haven't been banking on is that Latinos are moving toward the Right as they become wealthier. I don't know which of these two dynamics will move faster.
@@christianlibertarian5488 Yes you are correct it is a close call. Shifting to the Right will be generational and staying Democratic as a group more a matter of migration- rewarding the party that lets you in. My call is that an influx of Democrat rewarding immigrants will overwhelm the slower shift to the Right that comes with gradual increase in class and income.
You are a Great and Brilliant man. Keep on keepin' on! This is coming from a Princeton grad who got 5 As from 4 Nobelists at U of Chicago and does computer consulting for a living (i.e., my results have to work or I get fired and starve). I hope you go far.
@Kordell Swoffer No, I don't think so because the right wing in America is a minority with sparsely populated areas that are too poor to survive sustained warfare
@Kordell Swoffer Not really. Most democrat areas are on the coast and democrats generate 70% of America's wealth so we could just buy food if it came down to it and Republican farms wouldn't be able to survive without its government subsidies and most soldiers voted democrat and we have a larger population with more technology
@Kordell Swoffer Please put all your points in one comment, Jesus Christ. No, most soldiers voted for Joe Biden and he even shows it in this very video. 🤣 lmfao buy food from other countries *OBVIOUSLY* that's why i pointed out that we were on coasts Um ok? Its a fact that democrat counties generate 70% of America's wealth so if you're just uneducated on America's economics that's your own problem.
@Kordell Swoffer They've been getting more blue each election and they voted majority blue this election. The specific countries arent really relevant and we'd buy things at market price, although that's not really relevant either. Also it really doesn't need that much detail to say we'd buy food.... Other countries with smaller economies do this already so what you're doing is called a red herring fallacy because this is literally irrelevant to the argument. I already told you which counties create 70% of America's wealth. The democrat ones.... Are you a native English speaker? Your question there is really incoherent. Well you are pretty uneducated. Also you didn't ask for more details there, you said you didn't know what "wealth" meant and that you didn't know how blue counties made money. That's quite literally being uneducated in this subject.
@Kordell Swoffer "I asked you specifically which ones they're coming from" Again. Its Democrat counties. Why are you struggling with this? I'm not putting words in your mouth. You Verbatim said you didn't know how Democrat counties created 70% of America's wealth. If that's the case you literally don't know about basic U.S economics. Yes it is irrelevant. Other countries on the world stage would sell so which specific countries is irrelevant to the argument that we don't need Republican counties for food. Also the clear winner is the democrats so why wouldn't they sell to us? Well I didn't say they got more blue each year, I said each election. And here. news.gallup.com/poll/154904/veterans-give-romney-big-lead-obama.aspx www.google.com/amp/s/www.statista.com/chart/amp/22761/us-military-voting-intention-in-the-november-election/ And im talking about non veterans (i.e active duty) although I think even veterans went more blue than last time Thats literally irrelevant. Blue counties still make up 70% of America's wealth. Also 1. We have oil reserves we can tap into, 2. Renewable energy is a thing and 3. Things like Shale gas can be used and there's large deposits in Democrat areas as well. Well Republicans don't control the power grid so thats a moot point. Not really. You're extremely spread out and sparsely populated and we'd be technologically superior. So we wouldn't even really be outgunned. Also 1. Most manufacturing areas in America are Democrat, 2. Most of our manufactured goods ALREADY comes from other countries.
This guy is a national treasure for being as young as he is what 21 or 22 years old? With his intellect intellect and wit and insight an insight few people born these days has this much common sense too much common sense and logical critical thinking as this guy does I would love to talk with him personally for an hour or 2 about everything because it would be mind blowing and so off Is keep up the great work your videos are fucking amazing
7:51 - 8:30 this whole segment was absolutely fascinating to watch as someone who enlisted in the military partly for service, partly because military family, and partly to avoid school debt and get out of poverty, eventually getting a degree in social sciences with an interest in sociology and anthropology for a post-military career. Being in the intersections of all this makes for an interesting perspective
I wouldn’t count a subjective interpretation of music you don’t like as a sign that the country is “going downhill.” That’s been the calling card of conservatives since forever
@@gregb6469 if shitposting (this phrase works both ways in this situation) would be considered art to some, then farting into a mic is art to theose people. If there is symbolic intent behind it I would consider it art, but I don't know the specifics of this farting mic debacle
Well thought out. I've lived in Germany, France, and traveled long-term to over 40 countries. It does change one's world view to immerse in another culture. Anyway, good points.
Average wages have stagnated and not moved since at all since the 80s. Seems like a structural issue that is at the heart of the crisis. One that seemingly only socdems want to change :/
@Albert D Women worked before. Their work just wasnt counted. Most of the old jobs women occupied (cooking, taking care of children...) have been replaced by new workers one way or the other and count towards the economy now. If this is a full replacement or not is hard to say for me
The American republic may be over. That doesn't mean America is; who is beating it in a war again? There's one particularly glaring historical example of this.
You're not wrong, but that isn't going to happen any time soon. America and It's Democracy will last much longer than what you may think, and Neither is likely to end within our life times. Both are likely to last at least a few more centuries.
Lots of interesting things here. Two things worth mentioning, very different -- the U.S. may very well stop being a world power, at least in the way it has been, but mostly by choice. Americans don't like being the world's policeman and it has been that because of the fall out from WWII -- but that ended 76 years ago. The Cold War has been over for 30 -- it's long past time for the U.S. to reassess it's national interests and disentangle from these international commitments. The other, vastly different comment is on women in the workplace -- it's pretty much a natural result of technological progress. Taking care of the home used to be a full time task, but with central air and heat, indoor plumbing everywhere, washing machines, dryers, everyone knows the list, domesticity became much easier. Taking care of children is hugely important and still recommends having one parent stay home, but it has become less of a necessity and instead just a good idea. Yes, a good deal of the extra income is eaten up by things like child care and private schools, but most of it goes to subsidize an easier ("higher") standard of living (not a "better" one -- is eating out really better than a home cooked dinner?) One last, forgot: China and Russia will not be long-term allies, they are historic rivals and right now only have a common enemy in the U.S. Neither one will stand being the junior partner in that alliance, and both look down on the other. Russia's economy may be far smaller, but it's land size and ego are both extremely big.
China Timelines. What if Tang won and battle of Talas/No An Lushan rebellion. What if Southern Ming converted to Catholicism. What if the Koxinga dynasty that ruled Tungning Taiwan succeeded in taking mainland China from the invading Qing and rescue their baptized Patriarch. What if pro-democracy Chinese take over in a revolution from CCP. What if Tungning Kingdom of Taiwan survived till present. What if the Naimans or another Christian Mongol Tribe is the tribe that does the whole Mongol expansion thing. (Also Nestorian Christianity is stronger in the Steppe) What if China converted to Islam. What if Korea Converted to Christianity in medieval or early modern times. What if Song Industralized. What if Taiping Rebellion won
These are all great scenarios that I'd like to see covered someday, especially since these alt-history scenarios don't get as much coverage. Especially more Korean alt-history that doesn't involve the Korean War (Christianised Korea was something I wanted to see after Whatifalthis did Christian Japan Industrial Song is a 'dark-horse' topic that I see proposed by the alt-history community so that would be cool to see as well.
If pro democracy activists overthrew the CCP the USA would rig an election to get those sweet trade deals and that anti Russian administration it wants so badly but at least there’s be more human rights and less cultural genocide (except the unavoidable mass killing and imprisonments of communist loyalists)
@@AW27007 Doubtful. Even the Russians would have trouble invading China. The thing about China is that they cover a large area with varying terrain and has lots of people. The best I see Russia could do is turn china into a client state or do what the Western Countries + Japan did to Qing China in OTL, namely control China economically but still leave government intact. Islamic China would also heavily affect Islam itself (Much like Persia did), they'd probably have their own way of practising Islam that spreads into neighbouring south-east Aisa. In modern times that means that China is uniquely an Islamic Superpower that rival western nations and other Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran with an economy not defined by oil exports. (assuming China is still a manufacturing giant and isn't communist).
KICK ASS!!! I looked up so many terms I thought I knew to keep myself from being overconfident about what I don’t know BEST VIDEO IVE SEEN ON YT IN A WHILE
Your analysis of education and health care costs has a much simpler explanation, and one which your cyclic thesis doesn't account for: Technology, or more pointedly, these fields' resistance to technology. Check out Baumol's Cost Disease. Technology also accounts for the diminishing value of unskilled labor. Any job which can be adequately performed by a computer/robot *will* be, which is why bank tellers have been supplanted by ATMs, why cashiers have been replaced by self checkout, why operators have been replaced with call trees, and why truck drivers will soon be replaced by autonomous vehicles. Nor is this a new trend, technology has constantly and relentlessly chipped away at the demand for unskilled labor, it's the theme of the poem "John Henry", and the reason why a person who breaks machinery deliberately is called a saboteur, and why someone who fears technology is called a luddite. In earlier eras, there was other work unskilled labor could be put to, and re-training wasn't terribly difficult or expensive to provide. But as the useful work for the unskilled shrinks each year, the slack in labor makets grow. True, immigrant & globalized labor does add to their burdens, but for every job sent overseas, two are replaced by automation.
The picking of produce is one of the main jobs for immigrants from Latin America and still has very little automation. I imagine that the constant flow of cheap labor has kept pressure off of innovation but people have constantly been working on it.
That video was strangely comforting. You didn't touch on something that I think is important to working class people. And that's the conservative rights breaking down of unions.
9:36 - These are certainly not the widely-held majority positions of “the Left” in the U.S. in general, but rather the manifesto of the radicalized “social justice warriors” or the “politically-correct Left” that is so extreme in their battle against perceived “oppression” that they would make Karl Marx blush. The only place where these positions reign supreme is in the rarified ivory tower of certain “elite” academic institutions, from Harvard to UC Berkeley. This politicized conception of learning has, in my opinion, thoroughly ruined the objective scholarly value of liberal arts curricula at many once-great institutions, to the point that the torch of truly valuable non-STEM scholarship in the U.S. is now borne almost exclusively by colleges affiliated with the Catholic Church and a few other traditional old-line institutions that still value knowledge and learning for its own sake. To claim that the views of this twisted cabal of radical wolves in progressive sheep’s clothing is representative of “The Left” at large, however, is just as wrongheaded as saying that the anti-intellectual, dogmatic, and mindless neo-fascist claptrap now emanating from the cult of Donald Trump is somehow coextensive with the entire viewpoint of “The Right”. There are plenty of sensible moderates like me on both sides, and that’s who voted for Joe Biden. Biden is still a believer in realpolitik, and decidedly NOT in favor of either of the brain-rotting, self-aggrandizing extreme factions.
“We live in a complex era, one rich in misinformation” couldn’t agree more
I dunno, compared to the past, we are a lot more informed. "The Truth" back in the past was even more delusional.
@freddy46
And yet.... there's *more disinformation...*
than EVAR right now...
With even *LESS* incentive to isolate, and reveal... the
*TRUUUUTH.*
Thanks to a corrupt Globalist elite, ruling *BOTH* sides...
in Washington.
"We're fucked."
*If this* keeps going on...
It is kind of sad that we have the greatest tool for information in our pockets. That can be used to look up information in seconds that other generations had to spend hours in library's, and class rooms to learn. Yet it is used to spread mostly misinformation.
And even that's is subjective. The cultural and political divide is so massive here in America that we're split on two different realities. Misinformation can be truth to some and their truth can be misinformation. It's a mess really.
@@DarthSoto78 you are so right but as some historian put in - ones the printing press was invented the most sold book was about witches and that started the witch hunts in 1450 up till 1750 ! Fake news and that same plague is back with vengace.
You’re one of the few youtubers who can explain American politics without coming across as preachy or taking a moral high ground. I give you a slow clap for that.
@ he’s right you know
@ When did he blame women?
@@stratant.8722 he said that the entry of women into the workforce depresssed wages
@@siabot4955 That wasn't him blaming women themselves. It was an unfortunate side effect of most women's work being automated, and a lot of women who had worked in factories through WWII having to sit at home, bored. Women insisted on doing something productive with their lives, and no other alternative was offered to them.
@@1mag1nat1vename I know but that was what boots Jew meant when he said that whatifalthist blames the bad economy on women
I want to say that I went into this video with a we are all doomed mentality but came out cautiously optimistic
I'm kinda concerned that it seems like he didn't put the possibility of hyperinflation and currency collapse into his assessment, because that might change everything.
@@Tyler_W this video was made 6 months ago it probably deserves an update or a part 2. I agree though
I'm cautiously optimistic that we are all doomed
I was fighting with pessimism then I realized Even if years of lead lay ahead don't let that poison your present.
Me too!
America is crazy because every 60 seconds, a minute passes here
Damn, that's rough
oh wow, i found the opposite of the Soshellist Turtle, nice
@@xymaryai8283 oh, I get it now. I've read this comment for awhile thinking you misspelled socialist, but it was a pun. I'm an idiot.
I thought that´s just happening in Africa
ITS ALL THE FAULT OF
*insert people I personally don’t like here*
IT'S ALL THE FAULT OF THE GOLDEN PATH!
it’s Jimmys fault
its those lowly peasants
Parisians.
It's bob fault!
everything is Woodrow Wilson's fault
lmao true
how so?
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Based
Lol can you imagine if we joined the league? Our government would unapologetically be Deutsche bank
I think we've always been crazy, We just didn't have social media to display it on.
Yes, before it was mudslingers publishing cartoon clips in the papers, now EVERYONE can put in their two cents like a schizophrenic person with multiple voices going on upstairs.
You're right! We were all pretty crazy in the 1860's too!
yep every idiot can now show the world just how stupid they are instead of just showing the people at the corner bar on friday night
Agreed, easily more crazy in the past. The social media/the internet is a double edged sword though. We are more aware and understanding of each other now more than ever yet the psychological effect of the internet on the general populous is unnatural and we're just now starting to understand how bad it is for us. Me: *Then goes on scrolling throughout the internet all day*
Or to link with others as massively and nuture our own favored craziness
"success has made you weak." - Bane
“Peace has cost you your strength. Victory has defeated you.”
"Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men and weak men create hard times." - G. Michael Hopf
Albara Qahtani this is real philosophy...
Me, a Brazilian, seeing how much the americans trust their institutions: Wow, you really trust you government don’t you?
Talk to my grandparents about what it was like before Watergate, it was very naive. Nowadays we want to throw politicians in the meat grinder, but our military is still trusted because it has to be meritocratic and nonpartisan to have the ability to enforce widespread peace.
Most of Brazil has had some form of corruption or bad management in any level of institutions that just makes everyone annoyed (saturated) by even mentioning it. That is why most brazilians don't trust any institutions, or sees them with a bad look. There's always a case of corruption in something, even in the military, which most of the time people joke about it. So yeah, I'd say that Brazil is a country also falling apart day by day, independent of the political position of the government in power.
@@SuperMatthew128 Yeah, pretty similar to the generic steriotype of failing latin america political regime, at least one of our typical latin american dictatorships ended up being very helpful to kickstart the industrialization of the country, so as bad as things are, they’re somehow still better than some of our neighbours
Sort of we have trust institutions that that are seen as "apolitical" even if they can be very political such as the military or judiciary but less than 20% of Americans have trust in Congress and only about half trust the president at any given time
@@SuperMatthew128 We are seeing an improvement in infrastructure and several reforms in order to keep the state from falling apart and crumbling. That's why the current governament is so popular. Combine that with no corruption scandals involving the ministers and youve got the recipe for re election
THE EXAM CAN WAIT THE MAN HAS UPLOADED
What if, in an alternate universe, Jedi Dault finished his exam?
That makes the both of us
Yea f*** my exams
Aussie?
Didn't know they had exams for hentai.
You've talked about Rome, and it's dissolution, and "successors" being a reason for western advancement and dominance. And how China has remained practically the same since birth. What if China collapsed, similar to Rome, and never reunited? How would the East-Asian civilizations develop? Could they advance in patterns similarily to Europe?
That's an interesting one... Here take my upvote
I think I saw something like that on r/imaginarymaps
China won't fall apart soon, its model is working thus far and it likes to learn from the world around it as it seeks to reestablish the Age of China as it comes out of the age of humiliation i.e. the age when the UK and USA ruled.
Er........ Chinese has been collapse before. In fact, it was concide with the Roman collapse.
If you know about the 3 kingdoms period, you would probably have a picture about it. But still, I think you are misinterpreted the actual difference between the East and the West, or Asians VS Europeans.
Asians most of the time forming their own chiefdom, which transform into kingdoms very early on. Most of these are indegenous tribes forming alliances and most of them having roughly the same military power in most cases. So the actual influence is more cultural.
If China collapse and not reform, we would have the same ancient warlords period as Han Chinese being in one state, the Manchurian in another state, the old domesticated Yue people either join with Vietnam in the South (which shares pretty much 70% of the similarities in culture) or Taiwan/Hong Kong. So you would got 3 distinct parts of it, while the Koreans and the Japanese are basically the same.
@@nromk We're talking alternate history with this comment here(As this is mostly a alternate history channel), Not predictions of the future.
“Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
Jesus wept.
@Pro Tengu
No, more Decentralized and also accountable, transparent power.
Except for Marcus Aurelius.
@@domja9389That which corrupts purifies.
Side? I am on nobody’s side, because nobody is on my side.
-Treebeard
Was that Entish?
Based and EntPilled
@@WhatTheFuckIsAHandle Yes
Ahhh yes a Lord Of The Ring reference
A fellow man of culture
the best i can explain my political stance.
I'm glad a streaming service is Ferdinand Magellan's legacy
You got some got taste in videos dude I see you under most videos I watch.
Ey
I am happy to not be the only one that notice the Avery the Cuban-American omnipresence.
What if Avery the Cuban-American is a Robot?
Maybe Magellan TV will circumnavigate the internet
And this is why this guys one of my favorite UA-camrs in an age where everyone around him is losing their minds he looks at all of this in a rational and objective way. In anycase I feel more optimistic about things now, thanks to this
yes. He is chill
He's not objective, nobody is nor can be objective. He is presenting his sources and data and saying how he drew his conclusions from them. But he's drawing a relation that isn't a cold hard fact, but his subjective take on it.
he is not blaming women nor are capitalists able to lower or raise wages freely.
from an objective point of view women entering the workforce doubled the number workers which causes more people to compete for the same jobs and that gives employers the power to keep wages low as no matter how little they offer their employees there will be people looking for work
And some say he is over generalizing a-lot of issues and points
@@Michael-st9ky Makes sense that he is generalizing. About every 10 seconds of this video, a person could dedicate their entire LIFE to find out the full meaning behind it. I do agree that it is a bit crazy that some here think that it is over generalized. He has to generalize so he does not write a phone book, but a generalization is a trend of the minutia. If I say the data trends generally from 1 to 5, the number 19 will not show up in that range.
Still waiting on those guesses.
EDIT: Never mind
When the hell are you guys going to make new content??
I THOUGHT THIS CHANNEL WAS DEAD!?
We need the guesses!!
PLEASE MAKE NEW PARODIES
Hey, man, where are the guesses? That would really be a cool video.
What if Avery the Cuban-American is a Sentient Robot from the Future?
_No, No, No..._
Idk, why the Hell is she everywhere?
Sent by future Cubans!
@Dan oz He comments on Fairbairn films quite a bit
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The US is drunk right now. Well sober up when we throw up and shit hits the fan. We'll have no choice.
@@Account-jn7xu dude the LA riots and what happened with Hoover/vets is 10 times more crazy than what’s going on now
If we throw up, isn't it vomitus that hits the fan?
@@kylemason2836 Yeah now their storming the capital
@@montypythonandtheholygrail9687 Had to rewatch this today to try to make sense of what I just witnessed
@@scumworld841 same
0:52 the right answer is Woodrow Wilson
This is embarrassingly true. If he didn't come in with his 14 points. The treaty of Versailles wouldn't of been so ridiculous and world War 2 might of not happend.
Also we wouldn't have the federal reserve base our money on faith, And print more every economic collapse.
@@ben69028 Honestly if he never existed or never signed the federal reserve we might’ve seen the Great Depression never happen or a much smaller depression
@@ben69028 Not to mention the lost cause myth stuff
@Jasta 2 Truly warms the heart doesn't it
@@ben69028 without the federal reserve we would be an economic basket case. No modern economy operates without one. Each economic crisis was getting worse and worse throughout the 19th and early 20th century.
Absolutely love how this piece was produced, hard and fast with no added fluff that all too often serves to make a persons attention drift off. Well done, keep up the good work!
*2020* : America is crazy!
*1968* : Am I a joke to you?
In many ways 1968 planted the seeds that have lead to the current insanity. I am honestly shocked that the effects of 1968 don’t come up more when discussing contemporary America and how we view politics.
1990s: hey
1919: allow me to introduce myself. For let's see,
-Post WW1, returning veterans aren't getting paid.
-Some veterans being armed and revolts.
-Strikes against the government happening everywhere.
-Second largest battle in the Border War with Mexico at Nogales.
-Sedition Act of 1918, a precursor to the Patriot Act, still in effect.
-First Red Scare of Communist happened.
-Spanish Flu pandemic sweeping the nation at the time from returning soldiers.
-Wilson didn't bothered to stop the unrest.
I recommend watching the Worst US president in history by Cynical Historian. I think it was him.
*EDIT. It was Cynical.
I think we are out crazying 1968. In 1968, they didn't have an insane toddler in the White House. Yes, LBJ had his flaws, but at least he was an adult
I wasn’t around for 1860 and 1919 but I was around in ‘67-‘68 when the Black Panthers and Weather Underground declared war on the “establishment” . THOSE were Crazy times.
Everyone: This timeline is the craziest America
Kaiserreich Players: Hold my syndicalist
Let's force him to review the What if Belgium Won WWI scenario
Every man is an king
-Huey long
long dong long wins again, and HE WILL BUILD A BRIDGE ACROSS THOSE TWO SHINING SEAS!!!!!!!!!!
@@ariserusic >not going with the Every King a Qing timeline
I shrug my head and I shrug it again
Every Man A King
I don’t think Ohio or Iowa are swing state anymore. They seem firmly in the Republican camp now and Florida seems like it will be an uphill battle for any Democrat to win in the near future
A year ago the same could be said for Georgia.
@Kordell Swoffer Under any other western society, they would probably be even further left. The democrats are a centrist party by the standard of most modern nations, whereas the republicans are so far to the right that most nations don't really have an equivalent. Sure, other countries have conservatives, but what they try to "conserve" is about on the same level as the American democrats.
@Kordell Swoffer Dude, the republicans are religious nutjubs (not that common in most modern nations) who universal healthcare and education (a standard in most modern nation and supported by the conservatives in those nations) which makes the republicans a far right party. It's not even arguable.
@Kordell Swoffer No, I don't mean most religious people, since most religious people don't think that the world is 6000 years old, that homosexuals can and should be cured, nor that global warming is impossible because "god"
You're either trolling or really badly want to be on r/shitamericanssay. Sweden is not a member of NATO and doesn't see a dime of defence money from the UK, yet it has universal healthcare. It's just a ludicrous assertion.
@Kordell Swoffer I meant the US, it was a typo, but no, since Sweden is not reciving any military aid from the US. The US has a higher GDP per capita, than Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Iceland, all of whom have universal healthcare. The reason why the US doesn't have universal healthcare is because in the US, what's best for the companies is what controls the politics, and since giving people healthcare would hurt the insurance companies, it hasn't been adopted. Sure, it'd cost money, but the US is already spending way more on healthcare than any other modern nation, so I don't see how you can argue that they couldn't afford to pay. Also keep in mind that having universal healthcare would lead to a more healthy population, capable of generating more money for the country. You can't pay a lot of taxes if you can't work and don't have money to buy things to be taxed.
I listen to a LOT of UA-cam videos, and this is one of the most brilliant I have ever heard. There is much to unpack here and so much truth. Thank you.
“Check me out on Twitter.”
Oh, you poor soul... what have you done?
At that moment he knew, he fucked up
You fool you absolute brainlet
hwat is wrong?
@@minutemanchan7232 Twitter twitter is whats wrong
@@Account-jn7xu oh
"No one wanted WW1"
Boy are you wrong.
There was massive enthusiasm for the war, especially the germans wanted to beat the French like they did in 1871. The only thing that happened is that the public mood changed dramatically, once they realized that the war would drag on for years and be lost in the end.
Really puts the term "Gentleman's War" to shame after the troops get attacked by mustard gas..
Perhaps it would have been more accurate to say "no one wanted WW1 to turn out the way it did ..."
To be honest all of the major forces in Europe wanted the was and assumed their want of a short, sweet, war, like a sporting event, would defuse the pressure cooker of geo-politics and knock off the “Moral degeneration,” that the elites were worried would ruin their empires and would give reason in their lives and glory.
That proved to be an idiotic gamble, as we saw World War I be a mass killing field in the west, and a tragic comedy of errors in the east, and it ended with loose ends that started up World War 2 and finally got a resolution, with the American and Soviet forces forming spheres of influence & domination.
One can argue both world wars, and the wars in between, were a second thirty years war, from 1914-1945, that essentially reset the world order from the post Napoleonic world of British Domination, with smaller empires and world powers wanting to build spheres of influence and a place in the sun, to a post Victorian World of American/ Soviet Domination (Later American Domination) where everyone was subjugated under the American Rule with only small short term competition and efforts to stymie any competitors (like united Arabia, unified Africa, potential African competitors, Post War Japan, and today, Communist China).
But as we all know these periods change, and things can fall. The question is how it can and how to ease it, for there are always risks of a third war happening.
A third war could ultimately reset the world order once again.
he had another video stating the opposite in his history miswritings video
he clearly pointed those out as myths here
No the French wanted to beat the German like back when the original Napoleon was in charge because of 1871 they lost so hard there king was captured so then the Germans had no one to negotiate with the war was over Serbia being a asshole to Austria-Hungry tension were high especially between Germany and the uk because Kaiser Wilhelm 2 hated them over what happened to his arm the last thing the Russians wanted was a war because they just lost to Japan and there people were restless and angry Japan joined for more islands and the Germans forced the US after all the BS Germany pulled Belgium was forced Romania joined to take Romanian land back from Austria-hungry Bulgaria joined because the weren’t satisfied with there lands and last but not least the ottomans joined because 2 of there leaders thought they could fight Russia and promptly had the 2 by 4 of reality when the Arabians rebelled the British wanted OIL also Greece and Belgium joined because they were attacked Italy joined they thought they would get more land then they did and because there relation with Germany and Austria-Hungry spoiled oh wait last one Albania joined because Austria occupied then when they were looking for the Serbian army
11:56 - I am an older Millennial, but I take issue with the idea that Millennials and the generation after us (Zoomers?) necessarily want a place in the “elite”, if that is construed to mean that we want to be particularly rich or famous.
Most of us only want the things we were promised “if we worked hard, if we behaved” (to quote the Billy Joel ballad “Allentown”). We want the same things our parents, the Boomers and Xers, mostly got: We want a stable job that allows us the means to support ourselves and our families, without drowning in the debts of our forebears, or the debts we are forced to carry by institutional corruption. That should not need to be the privilege of any “elite”, yet the cost of such stability, if it can be found at all, has been the need to get more and more formal schooling before we are truly useful in the workforce.
When my grandfathers returned from WWII, one became a factory foreman, the other a small business owner. Neither of them went higher in school than the eighth grade, because in their time, the skills for those jobs could be acquired by apprenticeship and on-the-job training. In contrast, both my parents were high school grads with at least some college education. My dad, a mechanical engineer, had an associate’s degree, and my mom, an elementary school teacher, got a master’s at night while working days. The amount of formal education needed for a stable middle-class job had increased.
By the time of my youth, the amount of classroom time demanded for a middle class lifestyle had gone up yet again. Like most in my generation, I wasn’t able to earn much more than minimum wage until I finished a bachelor’s degree, and then I worked as a paralegal and accountant throughout graduate school. I am now a junior executive with two professional degrees (JD and MBA) and two state bar memberships, yet in relative terms I have just about the same standard of living as my grandparents did in 1960, or my parents did in 1990. The extra letters after my name might make me LOOK “elite” in some quarters, but I certainly don’t feel like it.
This is entirely true. As a Gen Z with a major in a good field, all I want is steady income and a middle class lifestyle. My grandparents were all able to achieve this with ease, get a job within Fordism, join a union, buy an affordable home. Trades in my state do not pay anywhere near what is needed to do any of that, and home ownership anywhere but the exurbs is out of the question.
You are outlining the "K" shaped economy. The issue is that the US has shifted from being an insular economy to part of a global economy, and at the same time the US "Golden Age" of post-war dominance diminished. Net result is that the high earnings of the US come from high value-add industries nowadays. Thus the need for high levels of education.
What you're describing is being part of the traditional "middle-class". But since the middle-class has been hollowed out, the only way to get the things you want is to be part of the elite. So even if you aren't asking to be part of the elite per se, you are doing so de facto. Because lower-class positions don't offer those benefits, and middle-class opportunities are going away.
@@JCPRuckus Too many generalizations in your comment. The middle class isn't being "hollowed out" so much as being subject to the same forces above. High skill positions are still middle class. Low skill positions are lower class. The only time in history that this was not true was in the 1950's in the US.
@@JCPRuckus Sure, but saying that Bernie Sanders supporters are grumpy college kids who want to be elites is a bit misguided. I want the middle class lifestyle that every industrialized generation before me had, and I don't think that Post-Fordist Capitalism is able to do that and should be reformed to what benefited past generations in ways that are still possible in the 21st century.
I have always said that the insane vagueness and pessimism of post-modernism is a danger to sociey that we should try to distance ourselves from quickly. But then again i am an odd ball out. A man in my early 20s who is far-left leaning but only in the traditional sense. I am strongly against the radical social justice movement. I will always stay left because i feel like it is the only ideology i can stand behind morally, but i will never let this influence my behavior to other people. The most strange thing is, that literally all my friends are either centre of right wing leaning. With my best friend from late high school and now in university being a supporter of a far rightwing populist party. We always stay civil and we like to discuss politics. It is important to stay in touch with rival ideologies, so you can understand the position their ideas come from.
I am also against the radicial social justice movement. Heck, I'd drink with a communist who was against SJWs than an SJW itself. That's how evil I think the movement is.
Props for not isolating yourself in a bubble like most people are wont to do.
I know where you're coming from. I think what constitutes as "left" or "liberal" has shifted so much in these past few years. I mean, back in the 1800s many liberals were libertarians who hoped to free people from empirical rule, and in the 1900s they were the ones pushing for worker's rights and a more equal society. But today, I think the left has really "left" me on the social side (no pun intended). I'm all for the limiting the power of corporations and helping those in need, hell, I think there's still race and class divides in the U.S. that need to be sorted out, but I just can't stand the constant uproar and the core principles of the organizations that are supposed to be driving any sort of change. To be honest, I've just seen lots of turmoil but no change.
Identity politics is a terrible drug the bourgeoisie peddle to the masses; not to promote tolerance as advertised but very much the exact opposite. People will remain forever class unconcious and disunited when trending media tells them that they need to keep stuggle sessioning each other based on mere differences in race, religion or gender.
Ah I see a man of culture as well
If America wasn't the global power house that it is, it'd be seen as the weirdest nation on Earth
Nations, It would probably had fracturee by now into 2 to 4 countires
Oh, it is definitely seen as the weirdest nation on Earth right now.
Its seen as both.
Porqe no los Dos?
@@Chris14_ yup that's basically it
Always has been.
Wassup Vegeta
West verginiaaaaaaa
Noice
@John Coletti Fuck yeaaaa
@@yogurt4life358 comin' again to save the mothafukin' day!
Spent a good dose of the weekend listening to @Whatifalthist - just amazed he’s just over 20 years old. Hard to find this kind of critical thinking based on historical trends. Great content. 👏 It would be helpful to keep some of the text and charts up just a little longer IMHO. Hope for the future - MICHIGANDERS love ya baby!
College Tuition hasn't exploded because they're charging for a chance to get into the elite.
College Tuition has exploded because of guaranteed federal loans which allows Colleges to raise prices to levels the market could never have supported otherwise.
I'm likely much older than you (& my debt 50+ years ago was about $15,000 in 2021 US dollars), but I believe that your assessment accounts for close to 85-90% of the increase over this period.
poor people with access to cheap credit while telling them a job was secured after they graduate, it was bound to happen
those loans are now crushing the student class. Greed run amuck.
@@voxveritas333 Let me understand this, Mr Voice of Truth: the loans those students got were gotten dishonestly & iniquitously, i.e., the students didn't realize that they'd actually need to pay the loans back at some time in the future. The students were conned into signing their names to the loan documents which they didn't understand or appreciate --- and when the students got money from the institutions that provided the money, the students believed that it was just a gift! And them dang institutions which lent the money are simply exhibiting "greed run amuck!" Am I correct in interpreting your words in this fashion????
@@rogerforsberg3910 - it’s immoral to charge the exorbitant amount of money colleges do just to attend. It’s almost a requirement to have a college degree in order to get into certain fields and that leaves them with no option but to have potentially crippling debt.
So yes, the student did take out the loan but without other options what do you purpose they do? Strip their way through med school?
0:32 this man really hate lil pump enough to mention him in the video
Perfect example of the decline of "culture".
@Jasta Two Nowhere did he imply he listened to lil pump. I think you're the only but hurt guy here.
@Jasta Two ohhhh geeeTT REkttt
@Jasta Two a dog only howls when it gets it
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Hi Whatifalthist i really appreciate your content and im glad i discovered your channel as it has allowed me to appreciate history more and how we understand the present more (not just with these recent videos but also your older ones). Thank you
yep. gives me a view of events which arent as biased
I appreciate the breakdowns you do it constantly makes me think about our position in the world and what I can do to further it
I'm surprised that "The Fourth Turning"" by Strauss and Howe wasn't mentioned. They described most of the cyclical issues 25 years ago. An interesting thing about that book is that it offers pointed predictions and offers advice on how to "survive" the upcoming storm. While they were off on some points by and large they've gotten it right. I recommend that book to those of you interested in the cycles that he talks about.
I’m surprised he didn’t mention The Turner Diaries.
@@dongately2817 -_- Come on Man.
@@advanceit1377 There’s been a ridiculous amount of craziness in America the last few years. Ideas that were on the fringe 10 years ago are suddenly mainstream. It’s scary.
@@dongately2817 dafuq?
@@dongately2817 Surely you don't mean Acid Rain, Killer Bees, Kudzu, and the "coming ice age". Oh, I forgot, McDonalds Destroying the Rain Forest. Area 51?
This is a video that I can't say that I liked it. But you present a number of things that people need to think about, and that's a more important and valuable thing.
People constantly ignore how great their life can be.
What we are forgetting is how fortunate we are compared to our grandparents. Those poor basterds actually had no internet, no TVs, little education and most ending up with a horrible job working in a dangerous factory for the rest of their lives. If you wanted to find a better place to work all you had were newspapers or word of mouth. Most people just sucked it up and stayed where they were because they were too afraid to change. Entrepreneurs take all the risk and with that more responsibility. Something most people don't understand or want.
@@garrisonnichols7372 Well, the fact is, said grandparents could even get a home, a car and support a family with their wages. (well assuming it wasn't one of those bogged down under horrible stuff like Jim Crow-era laws in the South)
Try that same thing in these days especially in states like California and ask the homeless or people jumping states to cheaper states like Texas how "fortunate" they are compared to their granddads.
@@garrisonnichols7372 Irrelevant.
@@garrisonnichols7372 imagine saying this to people In $300,000 debt from medical college who will never be able to own a home no matter how hard they work
He answers the question in the first 2 minutes, social media has created an environment where misinformation is everywhere.
@Pro Tengu yes, but in the past it wasn't mass mis information like what social provides
2:14 Oh hey it's me
Also Argentina an ally of the US in 2010? Um, I'm pretty sure the US didn't like Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
...
Kimmy really knows his facts
Obama/Biden the bolsheviks did.
Argentina is still classed as a Major US non-nato Ally
Hello Supreme Leader.
We become an Empire in 1898, when we took the title of empire from Spanish Empire, the cycle of Empire, it doesn’t matter the problems we have. The cycle of Empire can’t be stop!
We at this point can only pray for a chain reaction to take place that reverse the adverse affect currently the world is facing as the world progress like it is adding climate change and other stuff into this mix might lead to the end of an golden age we are seeing we have to start questioning are self of extreme path why are run by few un qualified we must look towards reality towards science for answers of future if we are kept blind by media and dont think we are doomed unfortunately throughout history there are few who think while most blindly follow.
What about Britain?
@@xanshen9011 Britain can expect more kebabs, curry, chinese noodles and less tea in the coming years, but that's what they wanted...
Unironic username, Non cynical sarcasm what’s funny is you direct hate at non British foods and people and don’t realise that tea comes from china
@ Tea comes not only from china but from sri lanka, india, japan, vietnam, etc. What i meant with my comments it's that etnic british people will become a minority in coming decades just like USA, both countries will going to see a demographic shift in their population, so whites will either mix or turn into a minority in their own country, no wonder yellow fever is popular in this countries...
"american culture seems to degenerate"
based af
hehehehehe funny joke, _cries_
@Pro Shooter yep, but the biggest problem isn't your culture degenerate, is the shockwaves that spreads towards the rest of the world... i'm from Brazil, i always tought that degeneracy in brazilian culture couldn't pass the botton of the barrel, turns out folks remember they can always dig, and because US exported the same cultural degeneracy to the rest of the world Brazil become culturaly worst... in other words: we imported this shovel from US...
Ps: Search on Google about "Anitta" (brazilian pop singer) and you will know what i'm talking about...
@@efxnews4776 lol the musically illiterate autistic internet larpers are complaining about modern music again
@@bolsomitofortnite7966 mordern music is crap! Honestly any idiot who consider Anitta as anithing but a big ass, is an idiot.
@Pro Shooter don't worry, we can hold a conversation in english, no problem!
"The military is not very politically biased."
💀
When the impostor is the higher ups in the us army
The troops are not the field grade and above officers, who were corrupted throughout the '90s by "The Fellowship," which tried to take over the military on several different fronts that most people never heard about.
The most successful was the military Chaplaincy. In the mid '90s, you couldn't succeed at getting promoted to Colonel without being a 'born again' Evangelical and loyalist to the Christian nationalist organization, "The Fellowship."
They build three of the largest Evangelical churches in the country ON military bases, including the Army's two biggest induction/training centers and the AF Academy in Colorado. At one point they controlled nearly 85% of the Chaplaincy, until TROOPS raised the alarm the "The Fellowship" foolishly tried to sue the government so their planted Chaplains wouldn't be responsible for performing any religious activity but Evangelical.
So if you were a fallen Jewish soldier hoping for last rites...or a Catholic...tough shit.
They lost, of course, but it broad the military's focus onto them and the ranks were purged.
However, they also succeeded in recruiting and placing White Supremacists all throughout police forces across the nation...then introduced and lobbied for the "I feared for my life" legislation...and we all know what happened after that.
The corruption is in the upper echelons of the military and mostly centered in the Pentagon, through "Prayer Groups" to which most military leaders belong and to which they must pledge their services to Jesus.
"The Fellowship" is the root of White Nationalism in the U.S. and around the world.
#deathtoreligion
#hailsatan
#fix45witha45
#REDtarded
@@ridetillidie8090 So you're a Satanist and a Marxist? Well, sounds like you'd fit right in with our current military leadership and/or PR department.
@@ZoltronLaser I don't think you understand what your own insults mean?
Oh don't mind me, I'm just here after the shitshow brewing in D.C.
I saw this video before that whole event but now I’ve come back to it just to reflect on what’s been going on I guess
Mmm well this is happening
I see
At least you don't live here...
I'm dreading Inauguration Day
Even the farthest left, Gen Z liberals don't agree completely with most of the 'Modern left wing positions' you listed. Even the socialist democrats like Bernie and AOC don't fully embrace most of them. And the so the core of the Democratic Party and the left in the US is still quite centrist.
He’s really not as smart as he wants to be. Most of his points skew illogically right to the point he’s ignoring reality.
As a zoomer, I've seen many of the points listed at 9:49 parroted by my peers in academic circles. To the extent most truly believe in the ideals of "social justice" I'm not exactly sure. There were several girls in my old high school journalism classes who claimed to be Marxist, but many of them would refuse to elaborate beyond that. From what I've gathered a lot of gen z left wingers tend to view the world as a struggle between various oppressed groups and the "Western Establishment" and nothing beyond that.
Well
As i am a student who studies
Politics and IR
And this is now my third year in college
I have to say
That I completely agree with you
This is very possible
We are witnessing a change in US
A Change which i hope is for better
I bet you 5$ it won’t.
@@garrettbarnes4531 You don't seems too convince...
Unless Biden wins, then the elites will win and the SJWs will bring a new form of communism to the country.
I bet you will not find a job in your field.
Hahahah!! Masters grad International Relations here. Any famous last words?
This video ran me through more plausible ideas per minute than any video I've ever seen on UA-cam. Subscribed.
8:20
I can say from experience that the US Army does NOT promote based on talent.
I saw an officer who had been a sports star in college and who was functionally illiterate (I helped him write some memos) get promoted to major.
I saw another who would take so much dip in his mouth he would drool all over himself in meetings also get promoted to major.
Meanwhile those that actually lead succesful platoons and companies dont get promoted if their bosses don't like them.
To get promoted as an officer you must look and act in a way that pleased your boss and kiss lots of ass.
Well, at least Forest Gump was only a Grunt ...
@@Ribulose15diphosphat
God damn it, Gump! You're a god damn genius!
If you happen to read 'Soldier and State' by Huntington, officers are the grease between the military as a proper fighting machine and the politicians who's primary concern is to be reelected. Officers who resemble statemen are a rare breed, and are promoted quickly so they can serve longer as a liaisons.
Which is why you see most senior officers retire as colonel, highest position in the field. I'm not saying those to talents are mutually exclusive, but they are rare enough as is.
@@condotiero860
Sounds like an interesting book; I heard a similar analysis in relation to Russia's war in Ukraine, that assassinations of generals might be a bad idea because it could clear incompetent political generals out of the way for competent colonels to get promoted.
Interesting thought
@@kendomyers thats different. In america, what is corporatized and taught is the 'profesional soldier' as an administrator of violence.
In russia, as a response to their bloody history is fealty, not to a system, but to each other. Which allowed russia to bunce back from the fall of the USSR. The capacity and skill to maintain an army and state resides with the intelligence services. Which creates the various cabals in russia. They have conflicting interests, but they speak the same language, like a mafia 'war is a racket' In such eviroment, a good officer is the most loyal, makes the american army look meritocratic in comparison. Russia is the norm, not the exception. Having so many competent officers is a huge advantage.
Imagine if Iraq had an officer corp like america did back during the gulf wars, puts things in perspective.
It’s the fault of 24/7 news channels and Social media.
I’d say social media more because it helps spread large amounts of misinformation
Well yes, but they aren't the only reason per say.
Yeah that’s a non partisan opinion that everyone can agree with
They are so bad.. Funny because in the 80s and 90s people thought that if everyone’s voices were heard the world would be a better place.
Now it’s all gone to hell
Damn straight.
"Social media and it's consequences have been a disaster for the human race"
But seriously, political echo chambers (which are actually promoted by most social media algorithms, since they tend to engage the user longer) are probably a massive contributor to political polarisation.
16:45 actually, the US postal service is the most trusted governmental organization (or at least was) with about 92% approval.
Everyone wants to get their mail on time. Even the radicals.
Mailman dictatorships
@@DireAvenger001 i for one welcome our new postal overlords
The only people that don't trust the US postal service are seedy types whose ricin was intercepted
i think trump tanked that one
Minimum wage hasn’t gone up since 2009. How much has the cost of living gone up.
@Joe Blow Like there's zero rationale to trickle-down economics and cutting taxes on the rich but the myth goes on...
@Joe Blow I agree! Minimum wage is so low, nobody would work for it! Might as well be a penny.It's some phony-balony thing that politicians dreamed up to make workers think they care about them. Didn't work!
@Joe Blow What ?
@@squamish4244 do poor people make massive industries that provide jobs? "Trickle-Down Economics" is buzz word used by the left to make normal economic functions seem other and right wing as it's simply how a job works
The company you work for has more money than you and by paying you, you get money you wouldn't have had before
As for why you wouldn't have had that money before, throughout history those who make things or own land get money not those who can simply do and many workers simply do things and don't make
@@drachir7146 "...a 2020 study which analyzed 50 years of data concluded that trickle-down economics does not promote jobs or growth, and that "policy makers shouldn't worry that raising taxes on the rich [...] will harm their economies". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_economics
Probably the best video I’ve ever seen by you, and this video was not only informative, but it puts everything into perspective and allows me to have peace about some of the things going on. Thank you!
Whatifalthist:"Postmodernism was invented by french intellectual's!"
Me:"Ah yes when in doubt it's Frances fault."
Postmodernism only really helped influenced to what became feminist epistemology and would evolve to encompass more marginalized identities in what like to broadly call a woke academia within academia. Which then informed and influenced woke culture today, who before were called left identitarians/SJW’s.
@@ourfatherinthegreen4065 - Don't forget the Small Hats, like the Frankfurt School.
@@elcidleon6500 careful though, you don’t want anyone to think you’re touting an anti Semitic conspiracy theory
@@elcidleon6500 I have a playlist exploring a lot of this stuff, it’s historical background and the communities it’s influenced if you’re interested
A great postmodern writer is frenchman jean baudrillard in his book simulacra and simulation. Postmodernism deconstructs everything and is fascinating but should not be applied to structured and organised entities such as government or anywhere you value stability lol
I love these kinds of videos. Your commentary is god-tier
Same
All your videos add a lot of value with unique analysis and insights. Much appreciated.
While I may disagree with a few of your assertions, I find your presentation to be rational and well thought out overall. It's very refreshing to hear someone not participate in the usual jingoistic partisanship that we tend to get these days.
That’s why I like this man comment section most people are rational and can comprehend other people opinions
You have amazing content, well presented, knowledgable, and easy to follow. You take the time to give as close to an objective analysis as you possibly can and you are not an ideologue condemning one side or another, rather it seems you sensibly acknowledge the strength and weakness of every action, belief, idea, or worldview for what it is.
Needless to say this is a breath of fresh air, I will definetly subscribe and share this as much as I can.
ah yes, 100 gecs, a great example of the decline of america.
I listened to their album the other day and yeah I kinda agree. Call me a small truck as much as you want, idc.
@@bigboineptune9567 that's not very money machine of you
They basically copied Farrah Abraham and put vapewave graphics over it
@@destubae3271 As someone one really interested in Hyper pop, I disagree. I don't enjoy 100 gecs but the wave they are bringing to the mainstream is super interesting and unique. Glaive, Parker, brakence etc are all very interesting artists that imo indicate a far more interesting music scene / development than we had 10 or even 20 years ago in youth / underground music. Its one of the first genres to be born in the youtube age.
@@bigboineptune9567 it's just avant garde pop lmao it means nothing
One factor to consider:
I think that due to our human proclivity toward narcissism our egos tend toward expansion beyond healthy levels.
Pair that with the addictive properties of social media and personal technology, and we create a perfect storm of individual and collective volatility.
MAKE THE GUESSES.
You still dubbing
Lmfao wtf you doing here nigga
@red leader's fav dude not necessarily democracy's fault, just that of an outdated system.
Yes make the guesses , for sure make the guesses
@@jairozapata7297 My exact thoughts, but fuck it, it's nice to see him somewhere.
Bro I lowkey needed this. It’s hard to live life normally when everyone and their mom is saying the US is on its way down and out and that we’re facing collapse in the next decade.
Hahah I'm still thinking of leaving the US to start a company in Africa. Not a big believer in my millennial generation, they don't understand the economy and how certain policies will work.
@@rqks1581 and previous generations did? haha
They're giving us a decade?!
@@bebs626 no body knows more about the economy than me
If we don’t get control of immigration then it will
It's not necessarily women, immigrants, or globalization. The reality is that most of the decline of the working man is due to automation, which allows capital to take over much of the role of labor. I highly recommend the book The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang. You can listen to the audio book for free on UA-cam.
That sounds pretty interesting in fact, I don't realy like AJ or his solutions but at least he brings some new perspectives on real developments in economics.
I've just heard more common sense in 30 minutes, than probably I've heard over the last year. Thanks for this video!
Maybe this guy should be running the country. We need an intelligent person who won't be corrupted. Basically, a smart person who actually cares what happens to all people of America.
@@dantesinferno9circlesofHELL History isn't accidental. Cycles have been known since ancient Egypt. Smart people can easily become jaded and engrossed in getting personally wealthy. No one but you can bail out humanity.
IDK why but I can't stop watching these videos. something about the maps I think. I just love maps :)
What I found interesting is the assumption that social justice and “identitarian” ideologies exists purely on the left. They exist on the right too. Think about the Irish catholic community and their influence on politics in America in the 20th century, or the concept of liberation theology and Lutheran criticisms of the corruption in Catholic Church leading to a religious revolution. The utilisation of grievances over inequality as well as identities (whether racial and sexual in the modern day or ethnic and religious in the past) is attractive to both the right and the left because of their power in effecting social and political change.
Second, culture is not a good indicator of degeneracy or the general state of society because it is inherently subjective, and because avant garde art movements have been vilified for centuries but have never led to the collapse of civilisation (just like how a perfect communist society have never arisen under Marxist framework) The term “impressionist” was first applied to Claude Monet as an insult, while Picasso, Cezanne and Degas were all ridiculed for their artworks early in their career, but are now widely respected masters of modern art.
I’m not well-informed enough to have any comment, except that is fascinating!
@@VanderNugget hi, for the second part of my comment I suggest watching this very well-produced video by Nerdwriter, which provides a good overview of the philosophical and cultural currents of the 19th century, some of which influenced and others which railed against avant garde art:
ua-cam.com/video/Iu2L7oA9QRg/v-deo.html
He kinda lost me at 9:36 with that silly list.
'Modern Art' is crap produced by and for pretentious elitists. It is popular culture that is displaying the degeneracy of America. Just compare how most people dress, talk, and act today to how most people dressed, talked, and acted in 1951.
@@gregb6469 in every age popular culture has been blamed as the symptoms of degeneracy and a herald of civilisational collapse. Yet society has trudged on as always. In addition, I’m not so sure that there is such a clear distinction between high brow art and popular culture as you think there is.
“The free access which many young people have to romances, novels, and plays has poisoned the mind and corrupted the morals of many a promising youth…”
- Enos Hitchcock, 1790
“Never has youth been exposed to such dangers of both perversion and arrest as in our own land and day. Increasing urban life with its temptations, prematurities, sedentary occupations, and passive stimuli just when an active life is most needed, early emancipation and a lessening sense for both duty and discipline…”
- Granville Stanley Hall, 1904
“Cinemas and motor cars were blamed for a flagging interest among young people in present-day politics by ex-Provost JK Rutherford… [He] said he had been told by people in different political parties that it was almost impossible to get an audience for political meetings. There were, of course, many distractions such as the cinema…”
- Kirkintilloch Herald, 1938
Source: qz.com/quartzy/1264118/the-2500-year-old-history-of-adults-blaming-the-younger-generation/
"What are you talking about? America's never going to be destroyed."
"Never? Rome was destroyed, Greece was destroyed, Persia was destroyed, Spain was destroyed. All great countries are destroyed. Why not yours? How much longer do you think your own country will last? Forever?"
- Joseph Heller, Catch-22
China has always been around, and always reunited when broken.
@@lamantinfurtif7465 "China". That's like saying that Ireland has always been around. Just broken or conquered on occasion. Or Egypt. Or Israel. Or Italy. All successor states to another. But not the same nation continuously.
Greece, Persia, and Spain all survived.
Nations change regimes, but are notoriously hard to completely eliminate.
Hell, the Mongols and Turks exterminated large fractions of Hungary’s population, and Hungarians are still around.
Demographics is destiny, as long as a culture remains homogenous and the geography pushes toward unity, there is the hope of a come back.
China is a good example of this, as long as the Chinese culture exists, someone can unite all the Chinese and make China into a world power again
Russia is the same.
This is different from let's say the Mongolian Empire, the Roman Empire or the British Empire where a small culture relies on the domination of other cultures.
At some point the Empire is scatered to the wind and the pieces are too different to ever get back.
All the countries you cite still exist in some shape or form but they have shrank back to their core population.
@@Perrirodan1 Except none of those nations had small nor homogenous cultures. They're coalitions of various cultural groups, most of which died off when nationalism and globalism replaced culture as the primary unifier.
Found this channel recently. Find it very interesting from over twice your age and being a life long history student with college training. Would be interested in your thoughts on the past year. Keep up the good work.
remember guys this is just an opinion, one perspective. its not fact.
And also remember that WhatIfAltHist definitely has a Libertarian-Capitalist,Supply-Side-Fundamentalist point of view. The argument presented is very much a misunderstanding of causation vs. correlation. It is completely uncritical of "market" economics, where rich people are described as "skilled in the market" and therefore deserving. On the other hand education is denigrated as being a means of getting subsidized by government. Also, all of the concern with inflation and national debt is based purely on a fundamental belief in the supply-side, lassiez-faire, every man for himself, economics that really has created the vast majority of our economic problems, and/or blocked their solutions, over the past 40 years. All that said, I have a decidedly socialist point of view, so take my criticism with whatever size grain of salt that you can afford in today's vulture capitalist, oligarch dominated, economy.
Paul Peterson
economic problems over 40 years? wasn’t the USA the richest country in the world?
@@f.b.lagent1113 We may have the largest total economy, but despite that, most Americans have a lower standard of living than many other countries. Further, 40 years ago, we switched to supply-side Reagonomics, and since that time, GDP growth has dropped by about 0.2 or 0.3 per year and average wages have barely kept up with inflation, while all of the benefits of being the "richest country in the world" have gone to the richest 5% of the population, with most of that going to the richest 0.1%. So yes, economic problems. What will you brag about in 5 years when the Chinese take your precious "richest nation" title?
It's social credit time everybody
@@paulpeterson4216 How many countries? Last time I checked only 10 countries max are competing with us on most measurements.
9:35 The Democrats have only moved far to left if you start your benchmark in the 90s when they were the most right they had ever been.
Yea it's clear this guy is an American Conservative when he talks about contemporary politics. I specify "American" not because having American nationality makes you more conservative, but rather because "American Conservative" is globally much further right than the local conservative party.
Case in point the absolutely insane positions he lists as being (inferred) the general positions that those on the modern left hold at 9:49.
e.g. #4: "Gender and sex are entirely divisible and there are at least 64 genders." is simply not something that is espoused by most people who identify as left-wing. It's pretty disappointing he took this tack as I've enjoyed a lot of his other videos.
If you "unstrawman" a lot of the positions that he says the left holds, suddenly they sound a whole lot more reasonable to the average voter.
Europe: has actual Socialist and Communist parties. USA: Obama is a communist.
@@reedschrichte800 Are you making a joke? Obama is pretty hardcore Neoliberal. You have to become a monarchist or fascist to get further away from communism than than a Neoliberal.
@@tcironbear21 Duh
@@reedschrichte800 Work on your sarcasm. There are a surprising number of people who sincerely believe both your statements at the same time. You need to be more obvious these days.
Definitely enjoyed watching this all the way through, I do feel though that there was a bit of overgeneralization of the analysis of the left side of the US political spectrum. Example being the thought of civil war being exclusively a leftist revolt while our last civil war was a right wing revolt seems a bit like a missed opportunity to address right wing social unrest in the modern day
You are correct about Civil War but without the context people will be confused. In the 1860's the Southern Democrats were on the Right and the Northern Republicans were the Progressive Left. This started to flip with FDR and the New Deal, then really flipped out in the '60s with the Civil Rights Movement.Those Dixiecrats became the Southern Republicans of today. Of course ,as we speak, demographic change will doom the Republicans as Whites become a minority and Blacks and Latinos become the majority and they mostly vote Democrat. This is not racism, it is a mathematical fact.
@@richardedwards5379 I have oft remarked that when the history books are written the greatest political failure of the first 20 years of the 21st century will be the failure of the Republicans and conservatives to embrace latinos.
@@Vecha302 look at the Republican "autopsy" study on their 2012 loss. Probably the last bit of open self reflection the GOP leadership allowed. It outlines a number of policies and changes they could undertake to push the voting percentage to 60%+. Also it suggests that without that infusion of new membership the Republican party will undergo a significant restructuring event in the, from the 2013 date, next 15 years. As demographic movements isolate and contract their core voting constituencies.
Unfortunately the inclusion of the dixiecrat since the 1970s was a pact with the dark side and made the changes outlined in the report impossible to do without alienating large swaths of the Confederate voting block.
@@richardedwards5379 Your demographic point is what the Democrats have been banking on. What they haven't been banking on is that Latinos are moving toward the Right as they become wealthier. I don't know which of these two dynamics will move faster.
@@christianlibertarian5488 Yes you are correct it is a close call. Shifting to the Right will be generational and staying Democratic as a group more a matter of migration- rewarding the party that lets you in. My call is that an influx of Democrat rewarding immigrants will overwhelm the slower shift to the Right that comes with gradual increase in class and income.
You are a Great and Brilliant man. Keep on keepin' on! This is coming from a Princeton grad who got 5 As from 4 Nobelists at U of Chicago and does computer consulting for a living (i.e., my results have to work or I get fired and starve). I hope you go far.
It's all the fault of all of us. But _especially_ that guy who bullied me a while ago...
Left won in Portugal two times, First in 1910 when the monarquy ended and in 1975 when ditadura ended and democracy started
@Kordell Swoffer
No, I don't think so because the right wing in America is a minority with sparsely populated areas that are too poor to survive sustained warfare
@Kordell Swoffer
Not really. Most democrat areas are on the coast and democrats generate 70% of America's wealth so we could just buy food if it came down to it and Republican farms wouldn't be able to survive without its government subsidies and most soldiers voted democrat and we have a larger population with more technology
@Kordell Swoffer
Please put all your points in one comment, Jesus Christ.
No, most soldiers voted for Joe Biden and he even shows it in this very video.
🤣 lmfao buy food from other countries *OBVIOUSLY* that's why i pointed out that we were on coasts
Um ok? Its a fact that democrat counties generate 70% of America's wealth so if you're just uneducated on America's economics that's your own problem.
@Kordell Swoffer
They've been getting more blue each election and they voted majority blue this election.
The specific countries arent really relevant and we'd buy things at market price, although that's not really relevant either. Also it really doesn't need that much detail to say we'd buy food.... Other countries with smaller economies do this already so what you're doing is called a red herring fallacy because this is literally irrelevant to the argument.
I already told you which counties create 70% of America's wealth. The democrat ones....
Are you a native English speaker? Your question there is really incoherent.
Well you are pretty uneducated. Also you didn't ask for more details there, you said you didn't know what "wealth" meant and that you didn't know how blue counties made money. That's quite literally being uneducated in this subject.
@Kordell Swoffer
"I asked you specifically which ones they're coming from"
Again. Its Democrat counties. Why are you struggling with this?
I'm not putting words in your mouth. You Verbatim said you didn't know how Democrat counties created 70% of America's wealth. If that's the case you literally don't know about basic U.S economics.
Yes it is irrelevant. Other countries on the world stage would sell so which specific countries is irrelevant to the argument that we don't need Republican counties for food.
Also the clear winner is the democrats so why wouldn't they sell to us?
Well I didn't say they got more blue each year, I said each election. And here.
news.gallup.com/poll/154904/veterans-give-romney-big-lead-obama.aspx
www.google.com/amp/s/www.statista.com/chart/amp/22761/us-military-voting-intention-in-the-november-election/
And im talking about non veterans (i.e active duty) although I think even veterans went more blue than last time
Thats literally irrelevant. Blue counties still make up 70% of America's wealth.
Also 1. We have oil reserves we can tap into, 2. Renewable energy is a thing and 3. Things like Shale gas can be used and there's large deposits in Democrat areas as well.
Well Republicans don't control the power grid so thats a moot point.
Not really. You're extremely spread out and sparsely populated and we'd be technologically superior. So we wouldn't even really be outgunned.
Also 1. Most manufacturing areas in America are Democrat, 2. Most of our manufactured goods ALREADY comes from other countries.
This guy is a national treasure for being as young as he is what 21 or 22 years old? With his intellect intellect and wit and insight an insight few people born these days has this much common sense too much common sense and logical critical thinking as this guy does I would love to talk with him personally for an hour or 2 about everything because it would be mind blowing and so off Is keep up the great work your videos are fucking amazing
Damn, not gonna lie, that was a pretty good ad segway.
For which one? For the tv program or the military ad?
@@karaliusking6833 both
7:51 - 8:30 this whole segment was absolutely fascinating to watch as someone who enlisted in the military partly for service, partly because military family, and partly to avoid school debt and get out of poverty, eventually getting a degree in social sciences with an interest in sociology and anthropology for a post-military career. Being in the intersections of all this makes for an interesting perspective
Sobering, Based, and Cautiously optimistic all handed into one thing. Good job, I see this as America’s future as well.
"This video is sponsered by the US Military"
RUT ROE.....
I wouldn’t count a subjective interpretation of music you don’t like as a sign that the country is “going downhill.” That’s been the calling card of conservatives since forever
Blues, Jazz, rock, they were all considered evil because they appeal to the young
You think farting into a mic Is music? And it’s not a sign of this country going downhill, per say, but our culture going downhill.
farting into a microphone IS art goddamnit
@@experienceaeiou -- Only to the mentally disturbed.
@@gregb6469 if shitposting (this phrase works both ways in this situation) would be considered art to some, then farting into a mic is art to theose people. If there is symbolic intent behind it I would consider it art, but I don't know the specifics of this farting mic debacle
Well thought out. I've lived in Germany, France, and traveled long-term to over 40 countries. It does change one's world view to immerse in another culture. Anyway, good points.
So what is your view on the USA at this point?
Average wages have stagnated and not moved since at all since the 80s.
Seems like a structural issue that is at the heart of the crisis. One that seemingly only socdems want to change :/
Don't forget everything to the political left of socdems
@ he means women can work so there is double the supply
@Albert D
Women worked before.
Their work just wasnt counted.
Most of the old jobs women occupied (cooking, taking care of children...) have been replaced by new workers one way or the other and count towards the economy now.
If this is a full replacement or not is hard to say for me
Yes if theycdodnt support open borders
@ Wages don't get "determined"
I'm glad I have citizenship rights in iceland. If things get bad in the US, I have somewhere to go
nothing can last forever, that goes for every massive empire including the united states
The American republic may be over. That doesn't mean America is; who is beating it in a war again?
There's one particularly glaring historical example of this.
You're not wrong, but that isn't going to happen any time soon. America and It's Democracy will last much longer than what you may think, and Neither is likely to end within our life times. Both are likely to last at least a few more centuries.
Yeah, I'm betting america will balkanize in the next quarter century
I'm bored of elections and all that bread and circus. Bring on the military dictatorship lol
@@Wi-Fi-El Not very likely, especially considering the information the video gives.
Lots of interesting things here. Two things worth mentioning, very different -- the U.S. may very well stop being a world power, at least in the way it has been, but mostly by choice. Americans don't like being the world's policeman and it has been that because of the fall out from WWII -- but that ended 76 years ago. The Cold War has been over for 30 -- it's long past time for the U.S. to reassess it's national interests and disentangle from these international commitments.
The other, vastly different comment is on women in the workplace -- it's pretty much a natural result of technological progress. Taking care of the home used to be a full time task, but with central air and heat, indoor plumbing everywhere, washing machines, dryers, everyone knows the list, domesticity became much easier. Taking care of children is hugely important and still recommends having one parent stay home, but it has become less of a necessity and instead just a good idea. Yes, a good deal of the extra income is eaten up by things like child care and private schools, but most of it goes to subsidize an easier ("higher") standard of living (not a "better" one -- is eating out really better than a home cooked dinner?)
One last, forgot: China and Russia will not be long-term allies, they are historic rivals and right now only have a common enemy in the U.S. Neither one will stand being the junior partner in that alliance, and both look down on the other. Russia's economy may be far smaller, but it's land size and ego are both extremely big.
China Timelines.
What if Tang won and battle of Talas/No An Lushan rebellion.
What if Southern Ming converted to Catholicism.
What if the Koxinga dynasty that ruled Tungning Taiwan succeeded in taking mainland China from the invading Qing and rescue their baptized Patriarch.
What if pro-democracy Chinese take over in a revolution from CCP.
What if Tungning Kingdom of Taiwan survived till present.
What if the Naimans or another Christian Mongol Tribe is the tribe that does the whole Mongol expansion thing. (Also Nestorian Christianity is stronger in the Steppe)
What if China converted to Islam.
What if Korea Converted to Christianity in medieval or early modern times.
What if Song Industralized.
What if Taiping Rebellion won
An early Industrialized China...!?🥰
What if china converted to islam sounds really, REALLY interesting to me. The Russian would have been like "it's free real estate"
These are all great scenarios that I'd like to see covered someday, especially since these alt-history scenarios don't get as much coverage.
Especially more Korean alt-history that doesn't involve the Korean War (Christianised Korea was something I wanted to see after Whatifalthis did Christian Japan
Industrial Song is a 'dark-horse' topic that I see proposed by the alt-history community so that would be cool to see as well.
If pro democracy activists overthrew the CCP the USA would rig an election to get those sweet trade deals and that anti Russian administration it wants so badly but at least there’s be more human rights and less cultural genocide (except the unavoidable mass killing and imprisonments of communist loyalists)
@@AW27007 Doubtful. Even the Russians would have trouble invading China. The thing about China is that they cover a large area with varying terrain and has lots of people. The best I see Russia could do is turn china into a client state or do what the Western Countries + Japan did to Qing China in OTL, namely control China economically but still leave government intact.
Islamic China would also heavily affect Islam itself (Much like Persia did), they'd probably have their own way of practising Islam that spreads into neighbouring south-east Aisa. In modern times that means that China is uniquely an Islamic Superpower that rival western nations and other Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran with an economy not defined by oil exports. (assuming China is still a manufacturing giant and isn't communist).
One of the best videos on political issues I've ever seen.
Do not quit doing these under any circumstances, please.
KICK ASS!!! I looked up so many terms I thought I knew to keep myself from being overconfident about what I don’t know BEST VIDEO IVE SEEN ON YT IN A WHILE
This video is brilliant, precise and eloquent!
Great job dude!
Your analysis of education and health care costs has a much simpler explanation, and one which your cyclic thesis doesn't account for: Technology, or more pointedly, these fields' resistance to technology. Check out Baumol's Cost Disease. Technology also accounts for the diminishing value of unskilled labor. Any job which can be adequately performed by a computer/robot *will* be, which is why bank tellers have been supplanted by ATMs, why cashiers have been replaced by self checkout, why operators have been replaced with call trees, and why truck drivers will soon be replaced by autonomous vehicles.
Nor is this a new trend, technology has constantly and relentlessly chipped away at the demand for unskilled labor, it's the theme of the poem "John Henry", and the reason why a person who breaks machinery deliberately is called a saboteur, and why someone who fears technology is called a luddite. In earlier eras, there was other work unskilled labor could be put to, and re-training wasn't terribly difficult or expensive to provide. But as the useful work for the unskilled shrinks each year, the slack in labor makets grow. True, immigrant & globalized labor does add to their burdens, but for every job sent overseas, two are replaced by automation.
The picking of produce is one of the main jobs for immigrants from Latin America and still has very little automation. I imagine that the constant flow of cheap labor has kept pressure off of innovation but people have constantly been working on it.
This is one of your best videos I've enjoyed so far. Keep up the great work!
Your videos are very informative. I often watch/ listen to one of your videos while I have breakfast. Almost like reading a newspaper back in the day
Your videos are hugely informative
Why people make ethnicity relevant when PC has always been the master race? #smh
You are of my people.
join us the superior PC
That video was strangely comforting. You didn't touch on something that I think is important to working class people. And that's the conservative rights breaking down of unions.
90mins of content in a 20min video
Good shit man
What a concept! The author references settled history (as if there is such a beast) to make postulates and predictions. Excellent.
9:36 - These are certainly not the widely-held majority positions of “the Left” in the U.S. in general, but rather the manifesto of the radicalized “social justice warriors” or the “politically-correct Left” that is so extreme in their battle against perceived “oppression” that they would make Karl Marx blush. The only place where these positions reign supreme is in the rarified ivory tower of certain “elite” academic institutions, from Harvard to UC Berkeley.
This politicized conception of learning has, in my opinion, thoroughly ruined the objective scholarly value of liberal arts curricula at many once-great institutions, to the point that the torch of truly valuable non-STEM scholarship in the U.S. is now borne almost exclusively by colleges affiliated with the Catholic Church and a few other traditional old-line institutions that still value knowledge and learning for its own sake.
To claim that the views of this twisted cabal of radical wolves in progressive sheep’s clothing is representative of “The Left” at large, however, is just as wrongheaded as saying that the anti-intellectual, dogmatic, and mindless neo-fascist claptrap now emanating from the cult of Donald Trump is somehow coextensive with the entire viewpoint of “The Right”. There are plenty of sensible moderates like me on both sides, and that’s who voted for Joe Biden. Biden is still a believer in realpolitik, and decidedly NOT in favor of either of the brain-rotting, self-aggrandizing extreme factions.
Very interesting and well researched. And well presented. Kudos, Whatifalthist
Watching this video always makes me feel better
Thank you. This is a pretty fair interpretation of the times in the US right now.