Is China the Next World Power?

[@WhatifAltHist]

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[@Movieplayer290]

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[@ortherner]

no

[@ortherner]

Glad you got some money from your sponsors, but i’m not playing.

[@nikolaevkatesla3823]

11th day of asking until you notice me What if the Spanish Armada was successful

[@peopleperson]

No, I don't think I will.

[@pabloarellano5485]

“If the West doesn’t sort out their social issues within the next 10 years China wins” 25:10 Aaaannnndd quote, this one will be useful later

[@johnpaulcross424]

Gg wp ez no re

[@plusxz821]

We need more avantgarde intelligentsia

[@buddythecow]

Boy, I sure am fatigued from all this partisan conflict... welp, time to go fight a war!

[@immaculatesquid]

@Alessandro Leto Immigration as an abstract term is a great thing, there's only one problem, an immigrant isn't abstract, it is a real human being with flaws and political views and when immigrants come from other countries that are failing and then vote their failing political beliefs onto your system, why should you be surprised when your system starts to fail?

[@johnl.7754]

@Alessandro Leto if America can no longer get the best and brightest to immigrate to USA then that will be the downfall since Americans as a whole don’t put education as that important.

[@kludgedude]

Nixon: “let’s be friends with China to counter USSR” Some future USA president: “let’s be friends with Russia to counter China”

[@athanasiusgamal5838]

That is exactly what Donald Trump was trying to do

[@theprofessor9789]

@@athanasiusgamal5838 And, like Nixon, he was removed. There is a pattern here... I know Nixon wasn't "removed," but the difference between forced resignation, removal, and disgraced exit is minimal.

[@theprofessor9789]

@@DavidVegaBurgos Not an exact comparison- the two in my mind are similar. I didn't say the scandal was forced. I meant he was forced to resign because of the scandal. Again the two aren't a perfect comparison- just thought it was amusing.

[@turningnull2538]

@@athanasiusgamal5838 Exactly, he works for them

[@billvilmezis5968]

@@theprofessor9789 yea but trump isnt fit to rule

[@ecksdee1637]

"Let China sleep, for when they wake up, the world will shake"- Napoleon

[@rattypie]

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[@Daniel-yz5qj]

@@rattypie kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKjRlHSHqtefp80

[@celebalert5616]

"I cannot see because the eagles on this island stole my eyes" - Napoleon.

[@--------352]

She*

[@andyroodoo]

@@Daniel-yz5qj ahahah nice one gave me a chuckle

[@RuttsGK]

"I find it disturbing that significant parts of the Western elite are more disturbed with microaggressions than a massive Orwellian authoritarian empire trying to take over the world." - Damn, that hit home.

[@MeidoInHebun]

People only care about what affects them, western 'elite' (urbanites) are disturbed by 'microaggressions' because discrimination and lack of equality impact their life daily, only those with who are not affected by such issues it can afford to worry about an "Orwellian authoritarian empire" on the other side of the world. If food prices keep rising I'm going to have a problem in my personal budget as I'll have to spend more of my hard earned money to buy groceries, meanwhile children in war-torn and completely undeveloped countries are literally starving to death right now. Which of these two issues is more important objectively speaking? Which one is any one person naturally going to care more about?

[@buddermonger2000]

sadly a lot of Europe seems to be bought by them as well

[@misterx6276]

I'm a "liberal" and that microaggression bs needs to be thrown away. It's crying over mere words. Sticks and stones, dumbass, is what I say.

[@silent_sniper3304]

Almost like its not orwellian

[@henkhenk7467]

@@silent_sniper3304 Tiananmen square? The PRC is a totalitarian state.

[@ДмитрийКудрявцев-т3ъ]

Alright, I respect your work but as a Russian I am obliged to voice my objection. No, Chinese are NOT projected to become a majority in Far eastern Russia in 2040, or 2050, or ever. Russian Chinese diaspora is tiny, and most of it is concentrated in Moscow ant Saint Petersburg, not in the Far East. Chinese aren't migrating to Russia for the same reason Japanese are't - China is now wealthier than Russia, there is no economic incentive for any sane Chinese to move there. I've seen some wild estimates of hundreds of thousands of Chinese living in Russia on English Wikipedia - that's probably where your ideas come from, and you are not the first one to fall for this - but they are batshit false, based on exaggerated numbers from 15 years ago (back when China was still poorer than Russia so Chinese immigrants in Russia still existed; they've largely returned to China long ago). It's also important to remember that while Chinese Notheast is indeed much more populous than Russian Far East, it is also the Rust Belt of China with one of the lowest standarts of living in the country, so its population is quickly declining due to internal migration to the much wealthier provinces of Southern China; it also has one of the lowest fertility in the world, way below 1 child per family. Chinese Northeast might look like a demographic Behemoth in comparison to Russian Far East, but it's going through lardge scale depopulation: there is no demographic pressure to expand there. I don't even mention the fact that Russia has nukes so going to war with it to annex one of its worst lands is pretty unreasonable to say the least.

[@hazzmati]

Thanks for correcting him. Half of what this guy says sounds like nonsense I don't take him that serious anymore

[@grassyvillain9549]

@@hazzmati some of his views are very worry,

[@grassyvillain9549]

@@hazzmati I want to say many but I don't want to be mean.

[@grassyvillain9549]

if China don't have one-child policy, billions of people will crush China. He also amplify the side effect of this policy.

[@CosmicValkyrie]

Imagine trying to attack Russia via land, as if the last few centuries weren't a good enough demonstration of the effects of such an action.

[@Lord_Inquisitor7]

Absolutely loving this new geopolitics series of yours, looking forward to more

[@rattypie]

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[@trollinape2697]

Man said China will be the next superpower for the 100th time

[@reeseman1932]

Whatifaltfut

[@alexanderballa6152]

Ikr its so good

[@FoxtrotYouniform]

You can tell it was what he always really wanted to be doing. Even his older alt history videos are just alternate geopolitics videos, but since 2021 is "the year history started again" it's far more interesting to look at the real world than alt history now xD

[@Enzaio]

"Life sucks and people need to believe in things to make it tolerable." Amen.

[@echidnanatsuki882]

Me who's a no fucks given person: *I don't have such weakness*

[@zachariahseed1048]

@@echidnanatsuki882 perceive all the soul crushing realities that are now possible in the future and then reassess whether or not you think that's true.

[@echidnanatsuki882]

@@zachariahseed1048 uhh, I'm just gonna pretend I understand what your saying. P. S. Dio is looking for you

[@goji5887]

I wish I believed in something substantial. Not because I wanna be religious but because life might suck less indeed.

[@Enzaio]

@@goji5887 Just disbelieving nihilism (cause believing in nothing is self-contradictory) might be enough to get you on your way.

[@akuinator6350]

"The Chinese elite thinks in terms of centuries." What? They couldn't figure out what mandating each generation be half the size of the one before would mean.

[@Speer788]

I will give that they think 5-10 years ahead but not more. If they really thought in terms of centuries, they would abandon communist as it never is a good idea to throw away the freedom and tradition of the People. The culture has taken a big hit as in many Communist countries as folks are not free to express themselfes and speak out about problems to solve them. The West is gonna fall and its down fall will be the short term thinking of just making it to the next election

[@polkka7797]

@@Speer788Weissmann'd say decades whereas western leaders think in years, as kings are to presidents. doesnt mean kings cant make stupid decisions

[@harshjain3122]

@@polkka7797 it's simply because the current governmental systems doesn't allow them to think further. Tho democracy was extremely stable in europe because of it's homogenity which is changing now. It's like....they are undoing everything they have worked for

[@mixrable1212]

@@harshjain3122 I believe that democracy does not have a future. I think the future lies in a meritocratic system where the most capable individuals have higher voting power. And by capable I don't necessarily mean more college educated, but more philosophically evolved people that are tested to be better capable of understanding viewpoints they don't agree with. they should have higher decision making power and communities should be catering more towards smarter, more stable, more well adjusted and empathetic people.

[@Arbaaltheundefeated]

@@mixrable1212 Nah, the rich will rule, more and more firmly as wealth continues to concentrate and companies continue to consolidate, until we have truly and finally destroyed our world in the name of profits for the elite, because humanity is a gaggle of f***ing morons.

[@yiyi3926]

I expected this to be all fear mongering about China's inevitable rise, or a superiority complex about China inevitably failing against the US. But it was actually one of the best commentaries on China, it's issues and power, that I've seen in a while.

[@andy.8444]

Actually I feel like he said many stupid things.

[@Sara3346]

@@andy.8444 I'm sure he did but a list from someone who's thought about this more would help.

[@johncunningham8213]

I wish he would have touched on the HK protests and the Uyger genocide going on in China. Those are very important events that I'm sure will cause a lot of internal problems and instability in China. I could be wrong, though.

[@johncunningham8213]

@mo gamer Hmm. I didn't think about that. Good point.

[@cuddlemuffin.9545]

@@johncunningham8213 the genocide is seen as a good thing in China lol

[@SoApost]

I'd like to hear more about the statement, 'Russia is a more natural American ally, but the US has hold ups.'

[@ThatCrazyKid0007]

Russia has always leaned more to Europe than Asia, hell most of Russia on the map is just the imperial colony of the chunk of Russia that lies in the eastern part of the great Northern European plain. Russia was on good terms with America until end of WWII when the capitalist-socialist disagreement about how to manage the recovering European continent lead to the Cold War. As much as Russia wants to spite America, at least America can't encroach on their soil directly. Meanwhile China is right there just salivating at the opportunity to take the increasingly fertile chunk of land that is far east Russia which could really weaken the country, plus to take away the Russian influence in central Asia which Russia benefits from in terms of oil and natural gas. Ultimately if it hadn't been for the Cold War Russia would definitely be an American ally against China, but for now they are playing along with them for their gains, but they are more than cautious of letting China grow too powerful before and inevitably turn on them. Meanwhile, America's best bet of slowing China down and keeping them in check would be a strong Russia and somewhat capable India as they could suit a good support role to Russia in keeping China in check. Unfortunately America turned Russia away too much during the Cold War that until China starts directly fucking with Russia and their interests, America cannot count on them.

[@1j9hd97]

no cap: Corona virus is a bio weapon released by the CCP from their Wuhan lab. (not a man made virus or genetically engineered). China had already discovered a vaccine for it. That's how they got it under perfect control, their aim is to cripple western economies which they have successfully done. The WHO are corrupted by Chinese officials and funding. Their "investigation" relies entirely on info and samples provided by CCP, who agrees?

[@LudicrousTorpedo]

@@1j9hd97, I guess I agree with you. If this is true, I bet the EU and the US will just add more tariffs on China, forcing their companies to pull out and settle in another country, this will be a huge disaster for the CCP.

[@horsingaround1276]

@@1j9hd97 No if the virus was man made by the CCP they would make it much deadlier.

[@JimmyMon666]

@@ThatCrazyKid0007 Russia has always been an outlier, even though they lean towards Europe. They are unpredictable at best. No one really knows what will happen when Putin is out of power.

[@HunterV15]

"So how did you take over the world Xi?" "Well, there was this youtube video.."

[@jakepeto2496]

“which tbh was pretty boring, however there was this sponsor for this strategy game, i was hooked. Taught me all i need to know about world subjugation”

[@toledobranch1099]

Paid actor

[@imretardedbut7572]

@@jakepeto2496 lmao

[@1j9hd97]

no cap: Corona virus is a bio weapon released by the CCP from their Wuhan lab. (not a man made virus or genetically engineered). China had already discovered a vaccine for it. That's how they got it under perfect control, their aim is to cripple western economies which they have successfully done. The WHO are corrupted by Chinese officials and funding. Their "investigation" relies entirely on info and samples provided by CCP, who agrees?

[@donaldtrumplover2254]

@@1j9hd97 ye honestly they were just rolling the dice tho. The Chinese economy still shrunk because of COVID. They were essentially just trying to give themselves more time against the us and India.

[@smith2354]

28:20 "in built cultural forms of submission to the Chinese" I have to disagree, and this statement would come as a huge insult to the Vietnamese as they fought a bloody war against China in 1979 against a border dispute, not to mention they also fought to liberate Cambodia from Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge (who was surprisingly supported by both China and the USA).

[@ShivamVerma-uc5cy]

yuan people have fought chinese since yantze river has water

[@noahninetyone]

That’s what amazes me about all the leftists here in the west thinking China will be a kinder world power than the USA.

[@phuct4980]

@@noahninetyone yeah the Asian century will never come, when China tank their retired “golden generation “ worker class and left the seat for young people that have to deal with financial burden from family, no support from relatives ( because they have none anyway) and less likely to even have marriage ( imbalances male/ femal ratio and how picky female are when come to pick male). Overall give or take, the world have enough with China with it cover up, miss lead and mishandling of Covid-19 and even more annoyed about how being a dick toward basically everyone beside themselves will eventually make the world hate them more than the US and that would be impressively say the least.

[@ericchen776]

he's referring to ancient times not the last century

[@abnerdoon4902]

@@ericchen776In the past, all of Asia just pretends to recognize China as master the same way the modern world recognizes China as the real China. They don't actually have the means to enforce anything. As the saying goes, Emperor at home, King abroad.

[@bacon_1866]

It was the rise of Athens, and the fear that this instilled in Sparta, that made war inevitable. -Thucydides

[@Arcaryon]

Which is a scary thing to think about because should this war repeat herself, those nations would be devastated. But even more interesting would be to ask, whether or not America's & Chinas allies would all follow their call to arms. Because perhaps, history repeats herself in that case - with two powers burning each other with their glaze while others step in their place - as has happened to the European powers during the last two world wars.

[@brendakayyy]

Neither Athens nor Sparta had nukes

[@Arcaryon]

@@brendakayyy But their war lead to the destruction of a free Greece. And the rise of Alexander’s empire after his fathers conquest. Nukes make it easier to kill but you can still destroy a lot with traditional warfare.

[@SordMasta]

@@Arcaryon "free greece"? why wouldnt greece be free under alexander? it was more like a unification and transition to empire, instead of city states and kingdoms.

[@Arcaryon]

@@SordMasta It went from relatively independent democracies and kingdoms with individual cultures to a single state ruled by a king. There is little difference between a unification and an invasion if you actually take this as an example. You literally declare against others, take an army and then beat anyone who stands against you. If someone comes to your house, beats you up, empties your fridge and force your sun to join their gang, what does this sound like? A unification of the neighbourhood? I am not against unification via diplomacy and in a historic context, it was certainly a different time but overall, nothing about going to war against the Greek city-states was a "unification". He just conquered what was on the peninsula and then moved on to Persia. Just like the US of North America didn't "unify" the North American plains. Now, Alexander remains a brilliant leader and an inspiring figure and his victories ended up doing Greece (as a region) a lot of good but he was by no means someone who cared an awful lot about freedom. The only people who did at the time, were folks like the Athenians - who he and his father oppressed as all rules as the time did with their subjects. By force. He can pardon them as much as he wants, still literally a tyrant by the ancient definition of the word. www.britannica.com/topic/tyrant "Tyrant, Greek tyrannos, a cruel and oppressive ruler or, in ancient Greece, a ruler who seized power unconstitutionally or inherited such power. " And Athens and Sparta, the two local were never independent after the Macedonians invaded.

[@meneither3834]

The issue with all the "it's been that way for thousand of years" argument is that the Americas effectively did not exist 500 years ago. The connecting of the continents drastically changes everything. It does make sense geographically for Japan to side with the US over China for example.

[@alanetchetto8908]

You make it sound like if usa is a superhero "But there's a problem with your plan. -what? He was not there 1000 years ago to face you" or something like that, lol.

[@demun6065]

When did he say that? Timestamps help with context...

[@BraintrustDoesStuff]

@@demun6065 near the end he said that Korea and Japan would side with China "like they always have."

[@jwil4286]

​@@BraintrustDoesStuff Japan hasn't even "always" sided with China. the Yuan invasion of Japan (which failed), the Sino-Japanese war over Korea, the Rape of Nanking, and many more conflicts all come to mind.

[@KateeAngel]

Americas did exist. I think you meant the USA

[@theworld9247]

4:46 "The Chinese Elite thinks in terms of centuries, the American in weeks." Harsh, but true.

[@juliantheapostate8295]

Do they though? Or are they happy with us thinking that? Maybe they are the true subtle rulers

[@Agarwaen00]

@@juliantheapostate8295 For the last year they have been planning and setting targets for the next 5, 15 and 30 years.

[@theworld9247]

@@juliantheapostate8295 It's probably based on public / predictable plans.

[@anonymousanonymous4690]

@@theworld9247 we can't stick to a plan. Republicans set a plan the incoming Dems destroy it. The Dems set a plan and the incoming Repubs destroy it. Can't do shit. Not a problem for the Chinese.

[@beautifulworld4455]

@@juliantheapostate8295 llllll

[@Jake_AC]

I love the brutal honesty in his analysis

[@urphakeandgey6308]

"Chinese Wannabes" "More Chinese Wannabes" Then Japan went Westaboo, but it retained its Chinese Wannabe writing system.

[@times6283]

What's Latin script based on?

[@xxxlisandroxxx98]

@@times6283 greek

[@markevelyn412]

A friend that I referred to her just received $7,050 profit after 10 days of investing....I became jealous.. lol 😂

[@markevelyn412]

@Phil Thomas Tell her I referred you+

[@leonarddidier7963]

I'm from Brazil, I and two other of my friends tried her immediately we testified, her performing wonders

[@firelordmarklin6166]

Alright time to finally take a nap- "Sees new geopolitics video by Whatifalthist" I'm nocturnal anyways.

[@ThatCrazyKid0007]

Literally started watching this at 5:30am after an allnighter, definitely feel this hahah

[@1j9hd97]

no cap: Corona virus is a bio weapon released by the CCP from their Wuhan lab. (not a man made virus or genetically engineered). China had already discovered a vaccine for it. That's how they got it under perfect control, their aim is to cripple western economies which they have successfully done. The WHO are corrupted by Chinese officials and funding. Their "investigation" relies entirely on info and samples provided by CCP, who agrees?

[@The_Real_Grim_Reaper]

It's 6 AM right now

[@epicgamerzfail4575]

If this video still exists in 10 years, then no.

[@JohnSmith-vg6hb]

Then we should count each day it's still here as a small victory

[@naterlandsw2963]

@@JohnSmith-vg6hb nooooo, that excuse to rest on your well deserved laurels is exactly why this leviathan is so confident in themselves.

[@JohnSmith-vg6hb]

@@naterlandsw2963 True enough

[@demun6065]

KZbin will exist whether we become more authoritarian or more democratic. KZbin's existence isn't a great metric for China's rise, tbh. As Google wants nothing more than to penetrate the Chinese market - deeply, yet gently. And with lot's of lubricant...

[@m.otransformers4855]

Lol, funny and sad

[@zippyparakeet1074]

European history enjoyers: "Hey I've seen this one before! It's a classic!"

[@moritamikamikara3879]

Pass the opium...

[@adrianalter8935]

we did the most fucked up shit for 2000 years, time for us to sit back, relax and enjoy the show lmao

[@buddermonger2000]

@@adrianalter8935 Either we start being better or they win

[@Makem12]

"The Americans are far more naive" you're the first person to neatly sum up what I've observed about my fellow countrymen

[@jomo2483]

"Far more" is putting it lightly

[@tritium1998]

Naive being a synonym for dumb. About themselves and others.

[@Arcaryon]

@Clint Loran Rand This is something that is kind of true in most places on the planet, at the same time, a man like D. Trump is symptomatic of the problems of claiming to be a democratic Republic while not fully committing to the concept and similar issues. The US is home to many powerful men and women but they do not always manage to make their mark.

[@kristopherbell7158]

Im american, most could care less what happens outside if their neighborhood, its crazy how careless theu can be.. Whats china lol, you mean food?

[@TrU_homie]

Could be a smoke screen

[@JustHatcheted]

I'm vibing with this geopolitics arc 🤙🏽

[@kyokyodisaster4842]

Same, this is really cool since there is just no real youtuber that talks about this.

[@rattypie]

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[@demun6065]

Can anybody tell me if there's a word/theory for what he describes at 12:20? Eg. "The force with the larger numbers usually beats the technologically advanced force" I want to look up other examples of this happening in history.

[@kyokyodisaster4842]

@@demun6065 Its a point of population that quality obessed nations (The Nazi Reich, Napoleon's france, Imperial Japan, etc) end up fighting nations that have qualitatively worse nations with enormous populations and lose horrendously usually with large marches away from the invaded nation's interior that causes enormous causalities. I don't know what to call it other then, "Quantity is always better then Quality."

[@p0sn]

Vibing? What you do in the confines of your bedroom is your own business xD

[@snowman6408]

America is playing call of duty while china is playing civilization

[@Arcaryon]

What if I were to tell you that they are one and the same game?

[@kinglee4517]

Are you saying that the US Navy conducts live-fire exercises in the South China Sea and the East China Sea every day? Americans look forward to war among Asian countries every day, so that he can sell more arms, no matter whether the people of other countries live or die. This is the fundamental reason why the United States is waging war all over the world. The United States has been founded for more than 200 years, but it has not fought a war in only 16 years. The United States has more than 200 military bases all over the world. Why do you always shout about the China threat? Just because China is the only country in the world that rises peacefully without war, why don't you think that the United States is a threat to the world?

[@impulsechaos]

@@kinglee4517 Are you aware of the Uighur genocide?

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

Are we talking Civ 1 or Civ 6?

[@DZ477]

@@impulsechaos Leave him alone, my man just wants some social credit points so that he can ride the bus again.

[@engineeredarmy1152]

7:05 You are wrong here. The rivers which flow into India gain plenty of water via rainfall in Indian region not Tibet. Even if China were to build damns it won't harm India infact it might help combat floods to some tiny extent in the northeast region.

[@mandersson6754]

You forget the fact that people older than 35 rarely migrates. Especially as the dependency ratio is getting worse in most countries. Fewer people will desire to move abroad creating a labor shortage. Please make a video: What if people stops migrating.

[@R3GARnator]

That's only for a certain threshold. If there is a failed state or starvation, they go too.

[@mandersson6754]

@@R3GARnator Could be, but older migrants will generally be harder to integrate well into a new labor force.

[@effervescentevanescenttran6331]

I'd say more like over 40, but yeah

[@Amaling]

Joe Biden: we're getting back to diplomacy Whatifalist: so with the US pulling out of the world stage due to oil-independence...

[@nutyyyy]

Doesn't change the reality that the US is pulling away from many areas of the world.

[@wilberdebeer4696]

I think he made the videos before Trump lost or hasn't paid attention to Bidens politics at all.

[@anonymousalias.5059]

joe isnt going to make big plays. the most i see him doing is getting involved with russia and maybe criticizing china

[@Munchausenification]

The US is pulling out of the Middle East because of oil being of a lesser concern. So maybe he should have said the US is switching focus from creating enemies in the Middle East to instead boost relations in Europe, Africa and Asia

[@bradwilles5152]

Probably more referring to the tactic of subtle negotiation and underhanded threats said with a smile, with slight concessions respecting foreign industry rather then the bully, assholish antagonism that Trump made the norm

[@williamstevenson8454]

I love these deep depth looks into geopolitics, I livvvve for it. Personally I think its clear that your alternate history is some of best thought out and informative available. Keep up the good work!

[@mariolis]

Polymatter has an excellent series called "China's reckoning" , highly reccomend after watching this vid

[@Dionisio97]

AN EXCELLENT SERIES

[@Dk-ie4te]

@@SamtheIrishexan 🤨

[@Baphomets_Kid]

I think the US needs the Chinese like we needed the Soviets and to a lesser extent Germany (twice), it serves to unify the nation against a common enemy… and a real enemy not that laughable Islamic terrorism bullshit.

[@mariolis]

@@Baphomets_Kid Given the current political climate in the US... a common enemy is badly needed ...

[@fullmetaltheorist]

Watched it and enjoyed it so much I watched it twice.

[@robertking4645]

"China is going to be the new Super Power and US is in decline" - this is the most depressing thing I could hear regarding Chinese way of life with social credit score (or whatever the f it's called), firewall, no freedom of speech, concentration camps, the list goes on

[@timstauffacher8663]

Lets hope it wont come this far

[@notlucas6859]

i can predict some troll coming in here saying the us did nothing good and blah blah blah etc

[@rattypie]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJjNZYGnp9qlmdU

[@notlucas6859]

@@rattypie no

[@robertking4645]

@@notlucas6859 only a moron can say that US did nothing good. If it was not for US, South Korea, Japan, Germany, entire Western Europe would have been a communist shit hole, the same as North Korea, countries of Warsaw Pact and so on.

[@iamgreat1234]

Something wrong here, Malaysia only has defence agreement with United Kingdom, Australia & New Zealand only not USA. Indonesia, Vietnam & Malaysia never sign any defence agreements with USA.

[@calvyncraven1141]

@@melvinklark4088 that's what most people think only. But that's not what the experts think.

[@guacre2675]

@DunklerJägerZach Nobody would or could attack US soil, but if it happened, I think the world would end, so yeah, I think everyone would probably care

[@patrickchung2697]

Malaysia, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Vietnam may side with China since they established the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership with China besides joining China-led Belt and Road Initiative

[@guacre2675]

@@patrickchung2697 Damn, those must be some shitty countries

[@zijun01]

Yeah, I gave up on this video shortly after that. Most countries in the area would rather be on good terms with both the US and China rather than be rigidly allied with either one of them. The video creator still seems to be stuck in a US-USSR-cold-war mentality where you have two competing powers trying to push their conflicting ideologies. Only Australia and to a lesser extent Japan and New Zealand (edit: and South Korea) can really be considered US allies in the region.

[@euprenumescu8275]

Now I would like a similar video about the future of the EU/European continent.

[@shibe3879]

especially in eastern europe, both turkey and poland will be trying to expand their spheres of influence

[@joseandrade7392]

I wouldn’t be particularly excited about that tbh. Conservative Americans like him or Zeihan tend to ignore most of the subtle, extremely intricate ways EU nations are intertwined. Because (at least until now) EU institutions mostly lack sweeping executive powers and visible charismatic heads, some American observers get annoyed by the EU and dismiss it as a glorified free market, that will lose its grip on its eastern (former Soviet or Ottoman) portions All of which ignores some of the most important features of EU politics such as its successful efforts for societal cohesion (Erasmus, common currency, interconnected energy grids...) the fact that Brexit has actually made the EU stronger by undermining “separatist” movements in other nations... Not to mention the EU’s lead in many technologies, sustainable development and the soft power and example it poses to many other blocs, like Latin America, the AU and ASEAN. In the end, the fact that Americans and Europeans tend to look down on each other for sport won’t help this channel get an accurate, nuanced view of Europe imo

[@ThatCrazyKid0007]

It's pretty complicated. Russia will try to encroach further into eastern Europe as it always has, except this time the eastern European nations aren't going to wait to be sacrificed by the west to slow down Russia. There are strong movements already for collaboration and economic relations between the eastern European states, there is a good video about it over on Caspian Report. If Russia comes knocking, they will be ready to flip them off and will have enough western aid to stand by themselves. Crimea was a big red alert for them, especially Poland who knows all too well how it goes with Russia. I don't think Russia will be able to exercise its muscles militarily yet, but the economic influence is definitely going to be their main tool to strongarm the region, so expect a mostly economic tug of war for the time being. Unfortunately Belarus and Ukraine are stuck in Russia's sphere of influence entirely, Belarus especially is entirely fucked and might even cease to exist in the near future as they integrate back in Russia (though the people seem to be resisting so there is hope), while Ukraine could potentially split in half or entirely fall into Russia's hands due to historical and cultural ties between the two, as well as the mixed Russian population. The Balkans are interesting too. Turkey will try to influence the region once more, which again will mostly be an economic tug of war as they are limited militarily by NATO. Contrary to what this channel thinks, if there is one thing that could unite the Balkans it would be a Neo-Ottoman threat, so Turkey would have a really hard time to step a foot in the Balkans outside eastern Thrace. This is why they'll mostly focus in spreading influence and control over the Middle East and Caucases, leading and supporting Turkic nations such as Azerbaijan. The Balkans will see a continued stream of investment from all sides and it will be a real multipolar economic war of influence in the region. If they play their cards right, they could profit well off of it, unfortunately the corruption in most of their governments will make that difficult, but for the most part expect an economic growth in the region. The EU countries will continue to benefit from the Western alliance, while the rest of the Balkans will have investment from China, Russia and the Arabs. The only problem is the unstable Bosnian status quo that God knows how much longer will be kept and if Albania gets too aggressive with their minorities abroad trying to unify them. As for the EU, it entirely depends which direction the EU political elite wants to steer it. The British fucked off from the continent and are looking to establish their trading zone with their commonwealth allies, so continental Europe will largely depend on how well Germany and France play nice with each other. I expect it to continue functioning fairly well as a trading union, but as a unified political and legislative entity I can definitely see friction and tension with the Eastern European members as well as their own populace not being too keen on certain immigrants. For the most part it will be business as usual unless something really major happens of course. Nordics will continue as they have enjoying prosperity and being too far from any realistic external threat (don't think Russia is too keen to take on Finland once more for now). The central European countries bar Hungary and Poland will follow whatever Germany's lead is, France will continue to focus on their continental and abroad interests in Africa and I've no fucking clue where the Mediterranean EU nations (Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece) will be headed, their economies are struggling and are all too dependent on EU loans, largely from Germany. The Benelux states will be pretty much business as usual as well, while Switzerland gonna Switzerland some more. Like I mentioned, Poland is leading the charge in making Eastern Europe work together and to be strong enough to resist a potential Russian threat, meanwhile Hungary seems to be trending towards some moderately closed off conservative Christian society that is gonna stick out like a sore thumb from the rest of the liberal EU in Central Europe. This is a layman's expectations for the next 10, maybe 20 years. Farther than that there is a lot more take into account and who knows what'll happen.

[@x_croner]

@@shibe3879 poland?

[@mees9704]

@@ThatCrazyKid0007 I'm personly very interested in geopolitics. Where did you learn so much? I'm interested in learning more

[@juliannasreddin5226]

This is the only guy I trust when wanting to know the political situation without being propagandized. Keep up the good work!

[@comediangj4955]

Not propaganda doesn't mean not biased.

[@Meteorknite]

Theres been western bias but what can we say he is western

[@backpackpepelon3867]

Pretty heavy bias towards the west, but he's a westerner, so its kinda understandable. In politics, there's no right or wrong, it's just which side that are easier to agree with.

[@juliannasreddin5226]

Comedian GJ you know what I mean.

[@ukeusogo585]

No worry. Chinese love peace. China used to be superpower in last 2000 years before 1840. They did not invaded any country even they had gone to Africa, Philippine, Indonesia etc.... in 15 century many times. They were too pound of their own culture to reluctantly learn from western. As a result, they lost in industrialization and fall behind. They invented powder to make firework. The technique was transferred to Westerner and was made as gunpowder and bomb. They thought too well of western countries and trade with them fairly. Finally they were invaded by over 10 western countries and Japan from opium war in 1840 to the end of war II in 1945, they were suffered by over 100 years. Nowadays, they try very hard to develop economic to improve their living conditions and navy military be strong enough to protect themselves. They experienced and understood how a miserable life would be. They would not invaded any of countries and make other suffering. Confucius said, Do not impose on others what yourself do not desire. Those who create, spread and believe China threats are like the man who cheated on his wife is always in fear of being cheated always.lol....

[@innosam123]

“The Chinese Elite think in terms of Centuries.” *Remembers One-Child Policy.* Hmm.... The “think in centuries” part is honestly kind of overblown and is the perception is partially a product of Chinese Propaganda. I would also point out a minor point that, as a Korean, I doubt Japan would be a Chinese Ally even with a honorable government due to the pains of WW2. Korea still hates Japan due to its occupation by the Japanese. Ireland still hates Britain from the Potato famine. Arguably, the hatred amongst the South Slavs goes back to at least the rise of the Ottoman Empire, several *centuries* ago. Some wounds never properly heal.

[@najayanlama4048]

I think the one-child policy is like accelerating downhill or spending a month's salary in a week.

[@pujanshah7868]

It is a stereo type the Chinese aren't good planners and if you give the example of the Chinese economy well it was because of your capitalist greed you guys created this monster.

[@pababoyM2]

*Takes a look at the Chinese Miracle and their unprecedented economic growth* Yeah, no, they're terrible planners...

[@innosam123]

@@pababoyM2 It doesn’t take a genius to achieve enormous economic growth by dumping money into infrastructure and opening your economy to trade. Tsarist Russia also had enormous economic growth despite not really being run all that well.

[@nikolavideomaker]

@@innosam123 Why is not Africa or India rich yet? In the 80s China poorer than any country in Africa, not it is reversed.

[@rhemajumbo-nze154]

I live in a 3rd world country and we have a literal chinese learning centre at my school

[@realtissaye]

lmao

[@SoundsOfTheWild3]

what country?

[@Rudenbehr]

based

[@thatsaboat2882]

That’s cool

[@sinoroman]

very good

[@haha-ui3fp]

6:55 "By 2040 the Chinese are projected to become a majority in far eastern Russia" Projected by whom? 2002 census found 35 000 Chinese in all of Russia and 2010 census found 29 000 Chinese. Khabarovsk region had the most Chinese ( 3898 out of 1343869 people ) and the biggest share in total population of the region (0.29%). The numbers for 2002 census in Khabarovsk region were 3815 people and 0.27% There is another census ongoing and the results ought to be available by next year. Based on personal experience I'd say the share of each nationality doesn't change much and what changes do happen are driven mostly by the migration from Far East to warmer and richer European parts of Russia or by migrant workers from Central Asia.

[@v.suarez8383]

You're right 👍👍👍

[@oleunis7921]

he mean't that there are more 24 chinese to 4 russians in SIBERIA, not russia, china owns the southeast of siberia, that's what he was saying

[@haha-ui3fp]

@@oleunis7921 But he said "far eastern Russia" not Siberia. Besides Siberia in most definitions does not extend to the Pacific Ocean and is bordered by the Far Eastern region around the Baikal lake. That means the only border with China Siberia has is to the west of Mongolia and is less than 100km long and runs through the snowy peaks of Altay mountains. I've never heard anyone considering anything south of those mountains as part of Siberia, nor considering Mongolia or territories east of it as part of Siberia given how different they are from Siberian boreal forest. But even if you somehow extend the definition naming parts of China - Siberia and say there's a lot of Chinese in China's Siberia, it's still hardly a reason for concern in Russia. Only if they somehow cross the border into Russia can they do anything to Russia and for now Moscow is still very much in control of its territories and borders. And there is no ongoing trend to change that.

[@johnl.7754]

But nuclear weapons changes the rules of being able to conquer land with large force.

[@RainlineX]

Russia will fuck China

[@nekozombie]

this is now my favourite video on KZbin

[@XtoDoubt25]

I think the problems of modern Chinese society can be summed up with the quote, "But men are not piano keys" from Notes from Underground

[@OrangeJuiceDripping]

I dont understand the reference but it sounds interesting. Would you mind explaining?

[@XtoDoubt25]

@@OrangeJuiceDripping basically the CCP is convinced Chinese society is can be constructed rationally and if they give the people wealth then they will be happy. But that's not the case as it fails to factor in the more subjective parts of human nature. Heree's the link though Jordan Peterson has a good explanation of the passage: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpTcf55vqrV2bLM

[@OrangeJuiceDripping]

@@XtoDoubt25 cheers for taking the time to write that and give the link. Appreciated, im gonns watch it right now

[@thomaspynchon1868]

@@OrangeJuiceDripping I would also like to suggest that read Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It's provoking novella, either to you or fellow men. It shooks me.

[@BaneRain]

@@XtoDoubt25 well new china is one of the youngest most immature countries in the world. So makes sense that they dont really know what they're doing yet

[@greyscaleb1537]

People are joking around and trying to downplay China but it's coming, that's all there needs to be known.

[@Loading-lg6hs]

Bruh... the entire point of this video explain how it's not black and white like that, and it's a lot more nuanced than people make it out to be. The economy is not the only thing that qualifies to make you the World Power, there's geopolitical factors, their influence over other nations, the demographics etc.

[@tritium1998]

@@melvinklark4088 If anything you're crying either way because it's not turning out how you wish.

[@waterchicken4477]

@@tritium1998 either way I would rather not have China being a world player because of its authoritarian regime and its crimes against humanity

[@theZXDgames]

@@tritium1998 I was hopping around the comment section to see what people thought of the video, and my, oh my, was I surprised to see you replying everything which daresay something bad about China or not predict it a flawless smooth-sailing future. So I decided to just look a thing or two on your channel, and yeah, your "woke" videos are all about how China is going to be great and how the Western system is "failing", some made by channels owned by the CCP. Tell me, are you being paid to say dumb shit or are you that stupid for free? I'm really curious on whether your replies lacking any real facts about your position are the result of actual wishful thinking or an actual payroll, as the Chinese are known for doing.

[@igkslife]

Go to horny jail.

[@jonathanvilario5402]

I'm glad to see you branching out to geopolitics. Its really informative! You give a very nuanced perspective on things

[@prashantpatel1664]

12:49 this ain't going to happen ,INDIAN ARMY Standing there , we taught them in GALWAN valley , THEY KNow what INDIAN army can do . . .. jai hind

[@CarsoN648]

More videos dedicated to possible futures for other countries would be pretty awesome. The United States (a video you’re probably already making), United Kingdom, Russia, the European Union (and specific countries in the EU), etc would all be great options.

[@averyshaw2142]

Check out Peter Zeihan, he does tons of presentations on stuff like this, just type his name into youtube and some will come up. He has some really interesting theories and ideas, but can be a bit too alarmist sometimes

[@hughmungus2760]

@@averyshaw2142 Zeihan is amerian exceptionalism embodied, he totally ignores the same problems that plague america's rivals when it comes to dealing with the US itself.

[@jdputt8329]

This geopolitics videos are great, I’d love to see more of this

[@Asdf-wf6en]

7:36 how the hell is Antarctica a Chinese ally

[@リアプロ]

You see, Antarctica has been part of China's sacred territory since ancient time

[@Asdf-wf6en]

@@リアプロ in case of war would Antarctica send business geese to fight for the Chinese

[@bigboineptune9567]

It's neutral, although he picked a bad color for neutral

[@Asdf-wf6en]

@Kue Eh Htoo are the penguins going to fight for the chinese?

[@vyktorehon5995]

IMAO

[@chairde]

China is almost landlocked. Has no replacement generation. Has a fast aging population. It’s armed forces are awful. China is dependent upon exports and lacks oil.

[@thelivingstorm6600]

Like an old man I'm to early for this also how about a video explaining how Christianity ended up how we know it as today or in better terms the history of Christianity and maybe other religions.

[@אוהדאריאליופה]

Christianity was created from a sect of the qumeran community, id recommened reading the study of israel knohl.

[@1j9hd97]

no cap: Corona virus is a bio weapon released by the CCP from their Wuhan lab. (not a man made virus or genetically engineered). China had already discovered a vaccine for it. That's how they got it under perfect control, their aim is to cripple western economies which they have successfully done. The WHO are corrupted by Chinese officials and funding. Their "investigation" relies entirely on info and samples provided by CCP, who agrees?

[@verigumetin4291]

i would like an analysis on the falling influence of religions, the rise of atheism and a prediction on how islam will become moving forward, if it will follow in the footsteps of christianity or not.

[@martytu20]

Christianity had the benefit of Pax Romana that allowed safe and easy travel for Christians to preach, an appeal that resonates with the poor (works doesn’t save a person, but faith), and being one of the few groups that actively treated the sick during the Antoine Plague. By the third century CE, the Greco-Roman pantheon already declined. The two religions vying for supremacy by the late Roman period was Christianity and Sol Invicta.

[@irenejohnston6802]

@@martytu20 the 1st century true Christians became the heretics and the heretics became the Church of Rome and the holy (unholy) Roman Empire. Christendom a political construct. True Christians are persecuted for their Neutrality.cf. Russia, Sth Korea, Eritrea, Tajikistan etc. Loss of employment in certain countries cos their refusal to hve a political party card. Historically: cf. Google Purple Triangles. You know who they are. Scripturally, the 6th world power is Rome+ it's daughter off shoots until 1700s 7th world power GT Britain-Anglo American ( 2horned) it looks lamblike, benign cos ideology of so-called freedom and democracy. But it is still a beast. US 7th and last world power since WW1. Book of Revelation. UN is its image 8th 'king', can only reflect the authority invested in it by the 7th 'king'. Daniel 2:44.

[@donovan5656]

“China’s spent 800 of the last thousand years unified.” Taiwan: exists

[@oniichanmk7346]

Taiwan was never really integral part of china and before ww2 Han chinese weren't really ethnic majority,

[@oniichanmk7346]

@La nova renaissance Before ww2 there was a large Japanese population which was repatriated back to Japan , +after a ww2 Kuomitang pursued a policy of sinification. "For much of the KMT era the government definition of aboriginal identity had been 100% aboriginal parentage, leaving any intermarriage resulting in a non-aboriginal child. Later the policy was adjusted to the ethnic status of the father determining the status of the child." This is why the mathematics don't add up

[@bobjones2959]

@@oniichanmk7346 So much misinformation. Japanese rule over Taiwan started in 1895 and lasted 50 years until the Japanese ceded it to China in 1945. Taiwan was officially a part of Qing China since 1683, and truthfully it was a part of China even before then, since 1664 when the Ming dynasty remnants expelled the Dutch from the island. It's pretty dishonest of you to ignore the over 200 prior years of Chinese rule over the island in favor of 50 years of Japanese rule that ended with them ceding the island to China anyway.

[@oniichanmk7346]

@@bobjones2959 you guys are completely missing the original point and creating strawman argument so I see no further point in this discussion, so this is last message, Taiwan was a colony of qing china the same way it was colony of Japan afterwards and just like Tibet is colony of china today, you dont need Tibet to claim you unified china just like you dont need Taiwan because its only been part of chinese empire for a relatively short period of time given how long China exists.

[@oniichanmk7346]

@Information why would Mossad pay me for this? Are you payed by CCP?

[@trevormurphy6042]

As someone who lived in China, Beijing may be gray but most of its cities are incredibly beautiful. I lived in Hangzhou and the picture you used for how beautiful china “used to be” is literally just a picture of how Hangzhou looks today.

[@williedigital]

You mean the 2km ring around west lake. Walk 10 kilometers straight in any direction and it's not beautiful.

[@trevormurphy6042]

@@williedigital I lived about 10km north, not beautiful per say. Most cities aren’t beautiful but I’d put in on par with Boston, NY, and Chicago.

[@xinyeyang7515]

@@williedigital Another Chinese hater ....

[@williedigital]

@@trevormurphy6042 So you think Chicago is "incredibly beautiful"?

[@scottwilliamson7703]

Kunming is a stunning city, best in China IMO. Hangzhou, Wuhan (I know) and Nanning aren’t far behind.

[@adrianmahdian2683]

Amazing research! Nice work! This video has been broken down by other channels into smaller pieces with better graphics and gets millions of views. But this video sums everything up in such a nice manner! Don't need graphics to get quality info!

[@craftthemoon]

When the aging population is sus!!

[@Shusiareed]

Scenarios for future Videos: - What if Frederick the Great and Maria Theresia married (maybe with the extra that these two had also a son who inheritated prussia and austria and Title of holy roman emperor)? - What if Germany was unified with prussias greater german solution? - What if Prussia splitted up Austria after the German war and annexed all Habsburg lands into the new german empire? - What if germany backstabed Austria hungary with their war with serbia? - What if the 30 years war never happend? - What if America/the USA became a Monarchie, under Fredericks brothers, after their independence? - What if the Confederacy took over the whole USA and implemented slavery in the north? - What if Germany became communist after ww1? - What if the Qing Empire never fall/never was pushed around by the european powers (Opium wars n stuff)/never lost territory to russia, japan and the europeans - What if Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemberg and Switzerland became Part of the german empire (maybe a Greater German Empire Version with Austria, Bohemia, South Tyrol, Slovenia and Istria+ Switzerland and the Low-Countries)? - What if germany formed earlier like france and britain, maybe due a sucessfull Roman conquest of germania or out of east frankia? - What if Maria Theresias father had a son? - What if the spanish Habsburg never died out? -What if the HRE was able to hold nothern Italy? - What if Catholic christianity never gain influence and was replaced by Orthodox christianity? - What if the jews instead of the Christians became dominant in europe? - What if the US colonized the whole american continent (North and South) - What if Germany kept their Alliance with Russia? - What if an German royal House was on the Russian throne (Like in Britain) - What if Russia was able to colonize further into North America and was able to develope the Region? - What if Luxemburg didn't lost Bohemia? - What if imperial china never fell/ was able to colonize and westernize (Qing on it's largest extent) and so werr able to rival europa and japan/was able to hold them out of their sphere and never lost any territory at all, maybe where also able to grow - What if the Dual Empire between France and Germany happened? Thats a short scenario i saw on reddit. The scenario is like this: A french phyrrhic victory in the battle of Leipzig lead to a Hohenzoller-Bonaparte Alliance. - What if the catholics won the 30 years war? - What if the Netherlands lost their revolution? - What if there was never a spanish Austrian Habsburg split? - What if the Bourbons never took over spain? - What if no european power outside the HRE got involved in the 30 years war? - What if there was never the free and slave state system, instead slavery in all US States? - What if the Lands of Preußen and Pommerian got inherited by the Habsburgs? - What if Karl V never split up his lands between his brother and his son, instead giving Austria, Spain and the HRE to his son? - What if then Yuan Dynasty never fell/ stayed in power until the time where the Qing Dynasty took over? - What if China became Christian? - What if the allies conquered Berlin first? - What if the allies never supported the UDSSR during WW2 instead fight germany independend from Russia? - What if China joined the central powers in ww1?

[@imperator791]

🔥

[@strategicfriedrik7976]

-What if Jurassic park was real? -What if dinosaurs never went extinct?

[@King-tm9fy]

Your questions are euro centric. There are many factors outside Europe too! Like India! Islamic World !

[@imperator791]

@@King-tm9fy The Cinema for so many decades has only known European Kings and Queens and from Europeans Perspective It will change slowly as Other nations are rising economically

[@Arcaryon]

@@imperator791 The reality is that people don't need to understand much about things that no longer impact the world and that what needs to be understood can be known in a few short books. I love history and cinema but entertainment outweighs historical relevancy most of the time. And entertainment is tied to the viewers, so Americans make movies for other Americans while ( the ? I honestly don't know ) Chinese make movies for other Chinese.

[@jakepeto2496]

i understand these sponsorships are what makes all of this viable but by god do you sound depressed when pitching that hoi4 wannabe

[@williedigital]

Haha. I caught that too.

[@benvanfossen7614]

the point you mentioned about China’s cultural problems is good, but unfortunately i think the U.S. is starting to suffer from this problem as well

[@priyanks91]

This is fantastic, it is so well made. As an Indian, I feel your assessment about India being the sole holdout being spot on. We're pretty insecure about Chinese economic influence and feel pretty negatively about them in general as compared to our neighbors. What doesn't help is an absolute absence of Chinese citizens from these platforms that doesn't help us to understand them better. I have zero idea of what an average Chinese mindset is, because of lack of conversations. On another note, your content and maps are fantastic, it really takes me 45 mins to get through a 25 min video of yours, to stop and loom at the maps & comments! I would love to get my hands on your merch but it's extremely expensive getting it here, shipping wise.

[@baskapat5239]

You just need to plant a flag on Mars before China.

[@patrickgreen8023]

No big deal about CN economic influence. It will collapse in one decade.

[@doomslayer4276]

@@patrickgreen8023yes indeed its going to collapse today according to experts predicted before a decade lol

[@yoghurt888]

@@doomslayer4276 @Пётр Калистратов 哈哈哈 笑死 我在2008年就看到China collapse的一系列文章了。今天这样的文章没有了，更多是关于中国威胁的文章。 10 years ago( i was taking the ToEFL test then, the articles in the Economist and other medias had lot of articles on China will Collapse within 5 years. However, today, articles on China Collapse just become less and less ,and articles on "threats from China" emerges as the mainstream. In my view,Chinese people usually do not care about international political issues and viewpoints from various channels of anti-China youtube. The reason, i guess, is the heavy mortgage on us. in Tier 1 Cities, the entrance price for an apartment of 100 square meters is 1M USD. in Tier 2 Cities, the entrance price for an apartment of 100 square meters is 0.3M USD. And usually, people in China is always industrious, so many of us have at least 2 apartments. Chinese people do not worship God, we just worship MONEY. make more money, use our every precious second. then you know, we just want to pay the mortgage. the consequence, for example the economy is just the result we did not expect. i admire the mild life in western countries, However, the world is even.

[@zijun01]

@Priyank. You can consider watching videos featuring Kishore Mahbubani. He can offer a lot of insights on the Chinese mindset, and as his parents are Hindus of Indian ancestry (before the partition), he can also relate it to the Indian mindset. He is a former Singaporean diplomat and used to be president of the United Nations Security Council.

[@kamanashiskar9203]

Qin Empire wasn't atheist; their god was the Emperor himself.

[@OkurkaBinLadin]

The author gets basic stuff about religion wrong all the time. He doesnt seem to realize how important it is either.

[@kamanashiskar9203]

@@OkurkaBinLadin Same with the Empire of Japan; I think it was Buddist or Shinto.

[@sinoroman]

i think the people then still had some monotheism or polytheism in them

[@DilbeardAlbeard]

No, Qin Empire was never atheist and worshipping Emperor doesn't equate him to God. Still, Qin is no worse than communist, truly Atheist.

[@kamanashiskar9203]

@@DilbeardAlbeard The Qin Empire united China.

[@dcoulter2685]

20:56 you didn’t have to call out the demographic who watches your channel

[@ervandrafadhlil403]

I feel personally offended

[@francesconesi7666]

Ouch.

[@mf18591]

Ouch.

[@ricarbo.]

Ouch.

[@comm154]

*BANG* AHH MY HEART

[@silversnakeproductions3241]

Imagine if they were American friendly and not communist they would be damn near unstoppable

[@eriksantoso1741]

Japan actually got experience for that .Back in 70s to 80s japan also same as china growing very fast and almost surpass usa.Japan is liberal democracy country same as usa and the alliance of usa.When usa find that japan was like "dominated" the country with tech and the economy that almost surpass usa and same as this day anti asian sentiment happen.Its make usa giving some tariff or some "sanctions" or something that make japan weak forced down and become stagnant.And now japan is developed country but they never surpass usa and now just stagnant.If china was democracy not communist,I bet china was "down"become western alliance.And when they growth very fast,the us will put anything to forced china down and stagnant.But the reality china was communist socialist country and so they are never as western alliance .So when they growth,the us hard or cannot forced them down because different ideology means different policy different way between two country. Edit:What I means it's just make stoppable,because usa like and always "espionage"another country and forced them to alliance with us.When there is some of american friend country or alliance that having growth very quickly and almost challenging usa,the america will put some tariff,or sanction forced them down to it's knees and become stagnant even it's developed country(most usa alliance or they very close friend was stagnant developed country) if china (let's just say not communist but another ideology that combined democracy and communist or whatever) I bet america will do anything to giving some "freedom or democracy" to china and maybe even worst like they do in middle east.Because america always forced to all of the country follow they path.

[@booaks2980]

Yeah what if one day, china just decided to unban KZbin google Instagram etc. I feel for the Chinese living in china, but since the population is so big, so is basically like their own future earth/world in their own country

[@harshthakur1]

@@eriksantoso1741 actually China was a secret alliance of US during cold war. And China used US and Soviet for it's own personal gain and US ignored their growth at that time as they were fighting Russians. But now China has become super strong US is trying to stop them up. And if China has their Authoritarian rule permanently they might screw themselve up sooner or later.

[@Jrookus]

They’re not communist tho. Their economic practices are incredibly similar to America. China is a capitalist nation now

[@silversnakeproductions3241]

@@Jrookus No they are run by an egomaniac who will be dictator for life. Any billionaires like Jack Ma are punished.

[@Shark87211]

I don’t think China will over take the us as the super power at least not for a long time. Mostly because of geography and natural resources they also have an aging population which isn’t good. Unlike America they don’t sit on both oceans so they need larger oil reserves which they don’t have the capability for right now and by definition they would have to be able to exert influence anywhere in the world to be a superpower

[@theebs1]

Right. China's population is rapidly aging, and China NEEDS to develop quickly before this demographic crisis gets out of hand. Poor and old is not a good recipe for success and Russia is the perfect example!

[@amrahmed7856]

China's main objective is _regional_ hegemony, not world hegemony.

[@fpsserbia6570]

it is hard to predict the future, "The world will run out of oil in 2030, and other fossil fuels in 2050." but it is odd to me that no one ever talks about Germany, i think they are going to slowly get their independence back and when they do.......... Germany already got most of the things prepared, almost whole Balkan is under German control, if they get their independence from USA and France there is nothing to stop them they will cut Europe in half without a bullet fired. and growing military powers in Asia is only playing in their favor because USA will have to deal with that and have less time to watch over Europe, Africa is slowly growing as well but very slow. i would like ti hear others people opinions on Germany

[@55hondafit53]

The thing is the Chinese have the belt and road initiative, if that gets completed that means China would no longer need to rely on the sea for trade thus cutting out their dependency of a already U.S controlled ocean.

[@constantinethecataphract5949]

>implying they'll give their boomers pentions instead of covertly killing them >implying they dont have secret artificial womb factories to shit out bug men worker drones for the Chinese empire >implying they wont annex resource rich siberia and central Asia

[@fabianmax9006]

Wow your intellectual assessments of the current geopolitical, economical situation of China is beyond amazing. Great job

[@nbayoungboydagoat5376]

Lmao HK housing is more depressing than Chinese housing at least in China you will buy a big ass house but in HK most houses are as tiny as the size of a toilet

[@bobmocarsky7943]

Hong Kong, the First World City with Third World Housing

[@hzmx727]

Well if u don’t mind the building quality Well most Chinese in China will it called the tofu building

[@lif3andthings763]

@@bobmocarsky7943 What city doesn’t have that?

[@calvyncraven1141]

@@lif3andthings763 no.. HK housing is the worst. Luxury housing starts at 400sq ft. Public housing is btw125& 250 sqft

[@jakefastf]

IKR, people spend their whole lives working for a 4x4 feet slot. Really sad

[@artevoyin5938]

As a Chinese, there are a lot of differences between the video and my perception, but I don't want to point out them one by one. But I want to say that competition is good. The US government says that democracy is the best, while the Chinese government says it is fighting for the interests of the Chinese people. The world is realistic and cold. For 30 years, the United States has dominated the world and fostered allies to suppress competitors. Now it has a strong competitor. Competition will expose the opponent’s shortcomings, and a good government will try to improve the shortcomings. World peace will not be achieved overnight, and political struggles and technological development will continue for a long time. Everyone must be strong and take good care of their relatives and friends!

[@Clarity520]

这up主作为一个美国人就单纯以美国利益角度出发，bias那肯定是有的，不过也不怪他

[@GenocideWesterners]

The only thing CCP cares about is staying in power. I know that they implemented reforms but they keep spreading fake news. It wasn't so bad before covid but after covid, they started spreading fake news everyday.

[@Clarity520]

@@GenocideWesterners the US is doing nothing less than what CPC is doing. Imagine having 622k death toll due to their own negligence yet still managing to blame the country on the other side of the planet.

[@PhilCrimmins]

Part 4: Cultural View - Just passed 10 years as an American living and running a business in China, and I can say that this whole section is off the mark. People often assume the cultural revolution succeeded in its stated goal of eliminating ancient Chinese culture, but it didn't succeed. It should be framed as "the memes that have been passed down for thousands of years in the region & created the foundation of the culture are so robust that even a concerted attempt by the people in power failed to eradicate them." TCR undoubtedly wounded the civilization and they are still healing, but there are Daoist, Confucian, and Buddhist influences everywhere, especially in the language itself. You can't ignore these things and have an accurate view of modern Chinese culture. Also, like the USA, China is not a cultural monolith. I live in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan in the Sichuan basin. The culture here is remarkably friendly, focused on a good work/life balance, tolerant, and highly optimistic. There are countless more examples I could give of the nuance that is missing in the section, but my recommendation would be for folks to expand their research on the cultural topic. @Whatifalthist Overall, excellent video.

[@kaixiang5390]

China is not monolithic, yes, but there are certain themes which are sufficiently present to still be useful, like Confucianism. Confucianism never dies. Mao tried his best to remove it but its obviously still built into the minds of the people all the way to the top. That’s something Americans fail to realize about China

[@donaghb7307]

Like the US, China is just too big and wealthy to ever not be a relevant power even if it doesn't become a superpower

[@khangminhlo2886]

@@1j9hd97 I agree , the CCP is the most dangerous threat the world right now , they need to stop as soon as possible

[@frangelo9733]

@@khangminhlo2886 he’s a bot bro

[@curtiswong7280]

@@khangminhlo2886 That's purely subjective. It can hardly control its own people, how do you expect it to become the next evil? Knowing the greys of the world can bring you far.

[@grassyvillain9549]

@@frangelo9733 I don't think he is a bot

[@frangelo9733]

@@grassyvillain9549 He has replied the exact same thing to EVERY single comment in this comment section. Check his account

[@StoutProper]

13:50 "The government prints lots of money and gives it to top banks, hedge funds and companies to invest. This leads to a mis-allocation of capital" You're talking about China but that sounds a lot like the US to me

[@sinoroman]

same here

[@williedigital]

The difference in China is the govt controls the banks and they don't release 10k. If you don't believe private actors allocating capital with a profit motive is more efficient than state actors allocating capital at the whims of unelected bureaucrats...

[@StoutProper]

@@williedigital you mean it's not state actors in the government in the US changing the regulations to help wall street and big corporations and bailing out the banks and car industry and printing money? It's not the government stopping the free market allocation of capital that would otherwise have seen banks and hedge funds go bust?

[@williedigital]

@@StoutProper Bailouts of banks and car companies were an extreme measure in the face of a specific economic threat, that is sill discussed and derided today, openly in the free press. As I recall there was a political movement (Tea Party) borne of this and huge losses in the 2010 midterms. In China the majority of GDP is allocated like this all the time, in complete secrecy and without any accountability.

[@StoutProper]

@@williedigital congratulations, open corruption to enable corporate communism in the face of the threat of the free market is much better than a country that openly admits to communism and runs capitalism better than the US, and where corruption is severely punished. I'm no fan of China but to dismiss the USA's problems by pointing the finger and saying they're the bad guy is ludicrous

[@ayush_t13]

after seeing around 10 of your videos on a single day..... I will definitely be sharing some as much as possible .... you definitely need more subs... great work

[@willsilent]

"Life sucks and people need to believe in things to make it tolerable" *cries in nihilism*

[@khoaluong9982]

nihilists believed that nothing is more important than anything else

[@nowdefunctchannel6874]

Nihilism is stupid

[@nowdefunctchannel6874]

@TJ lmao no he isnt

[@nowdefunctchannel6874]

@TJ his point was that atheist societies generally have a hard time avoiding nihilistic tyranny. And they do. America wasnt an atheist society, they were religious but knew theocracy was tyrannical

[@nowdefunctchannel6874]

@TJ i never said that religion made america the power it is today. I dont believe in God, or any deity, i am not religious. Stop putting words in my mouth

[@curiousworldview]

man, I cannot overstate just how good this video is. Your insight into geopolitics is one of the best corners of youtube. I would love to interview you!

[@andy.8444]

Honestly he said so many things that don’t make sense at all.

[@ShinobiHOG]

Great video. I've kept a close eye on China for the past 10 years and I've come to the same conclusions as you but this is a great presentation......

[@glntv5217]

25:16 tbh in germany the situation is different because of the very complex voting system which encompasses two votes for each person to determine which parties are chosen and which representatives are elected. Most elected representatives are conservative, but the conservative party has just about 30% of the seats

[@boladenon]

These videos are like a drug to me. I have 10 minutes of video left and have spent an hour and a half researching into everything you showed and mentioned. This is some HIGH quality content. Keep it up, bring more (please).

[@ilikepiracy1264]

I think Italy might make a massive come back, long live the Roman Legions!

[@jayhind4640]

But there economy is in very bad nowadays

[@ufuker5754]

There is Hard bad news all of you roman fans none can build roman empire without turks so you coperate or deplete all of recourses on them thats why greeks have %130 depth and Will collepse without eu

[@lobstered_blue-lobster]

It's funny to think but realistically not possible. Bad economy and along with bad dempgraphic/population growth. But Turkey on the other hand...yeah let's just say they are too nostalgic with their former glory as the Ottomon Empire....

[@lobstered_blue-lobster]

@@ufuker5754 ahhhh not really the Romans were more responsible for Rome not the Turks or Greeks. I don't recall any major contributions from Greece or Turkey/Anatolia to the Romans. The Turks simply carried the Roman legacy without taking Rome or their culture and religion...even that is a bad analogy, The Roman Empire and the Ottomon Empire were too completely distinct empires with different cultures and stuff. When the Ottomons conquered Constatinople they simply changed the entire culture there, they didn't copy any form of Roman culture other than the Hagia Sophia which was changed into a Masjid/Mosque.

[@ufuker5754]

@@lobstered_blue-lobster no Mean without alling with turks it would be painfuly Hard to retake Romen terotory

[@SilvanaDil]

China is neither self-sufficient in food nor energy. It is in a competitive neighborhood; it has few friends. Its linguistic and cultural influence is tiny. It has a separate, censored internet. Innovation requires taking risks and being able to accept failures -- not very Chinese. Its population is aging. Its per capita GDP is approx. 70th in the world.

[@taro7145]

Linguistically it is influential regionally , Japan, Korea and Vietnam adopted Chinese writing system in the past.

[@joshbentley2307]

@@taro7145 that’s the past. China changed there writing system and now it doesn’t even have that as cultural influence.

[@LuisGutierrezG123]

@@taro7145 Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese are now different languages so that doesn't really count. It's like saying we're all speaking Latin just because it had influence on a lot of languages. English is way more influential due to amount of media is produced in the language.

[@orboakin8074]

China may have the title of world's 2nd largest economy but they have so many underlying issues (all ignored by western MSM) that currently and will later severely hinder/undermine the country: 1. Demographic crisis (rapidly aging population, declining birth-rates, gender imbalances) 2. Water security and purity issues due to pollution and desert encroachment 3. Energy insecurity 4. Food insecurity (China imports most of its food) 5. Infrastructure degredation (wobbling sky scrappers, broken dams, exploding sewers, poor flood drainage systems etc) 6. Flawed economic management 7. Multiple border disputes 8. Unsustainable debt (it's actually way worse than that of the USA!)

[@llubay3970]

关于你说的“中国有粮食危机”我不赞同，中国虽然进口粮食，但中国同样是世界上最大的产量国，而且中国进口的粮食中，有很大一部分被用作改善口味、动物饲料，而非主食。相反，印度的人均粮食消耗远低于中国，却还在对外出口粮食，这才是对自己国家人民的不负责 I disagree with your statement that "China has a food crisis". Although China imports food, it is also the world's largest producer, and a large part of China's imported food is used to improve taste and animal feed. rather than a staple food. On the contrary, India's per capita food consumption is much lower than that of China, but it is still exporting food. This is irresponsible to the people of its own country.

[@jwil4286]

It's interesting how each country sees only their own weaknesses while not seeing their enemies' weaknesses. It really feels like the world order built by the Allies after defeating the Nazis is starting to fall apart.

[@scrambledeggy]

I like how the birthrate is 1.69, I'm starting to wonder if that was intentional

[@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986]

Clearly they’re not doing enough 69 otherwise it would be higher and they wouldn’t have a birth rate problem at all😏

[@praisethesun.praisedeussol6051]

@@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986 no maybe they should do something different than only 69

[@avix8987]

@@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986 how tf u want to get preganant with 69

[@vyktorehon5995]

nice

[@SOULAANI_]

ever since i first saw your "Why is the world so crazy now" vid ive been hooked on your channel, and I've especially been anticipating this vid after you mentioned china being a superpower deserves its own vid, nice context bro hope you grow as a content creator👍

[@1j9hd97]

no cap: Corona virus is a bio weapon released by the CCP from their Wuhan lab. (not a man made virus or genetically engineered). China had already discovered a vaccine for it. That's how they got it under perfect control, their aim is to cripple western economies which they have successfully done. The WHO are corrupted by Chinese officials and funding. Their "investigation" relies entirely on info and samples provided by CCP, who agrees?

[@MK-rw1on]

@@1j9hd97 probally not. China works because nobody gives a fuck about them. Them building a bioweapon and maybe gettin the whole world attention is just to risky for them, it just isnt their way.

[@Davemillerson]

12:11 I see your point but the reasons the Germans failed to capitulate the Soviet Union during operation Barbarossa is because of arrogance from Adolf Hitler, he expected to take it in a few weeks and didn’t expect the winter to affect his troops that badly, same with napoleon, they were not ready for the winter, which was a massive problem. One more point, Hitler had multiple enemies, he had to keep up with multiple fronts so in retrospect to that. Hitler could’ve won. There were only small mistakes that turned out to be his biggest failures. I don’t think big population really means anything.

[@davidb708]

Time to grab some popcorn, this is gonna be a good one

[@mobley4890]

I honestly feel like I learn more from your geopolitical videos than most news, like barely any news near me at least covers all this international news

[@vyktorehon5995]

yes I also feel like he covers news most news channels do not even touch

[@edk487]

The news is more concerned with what Donald trump ate for breakfast

[@gibariangaborski8334]

If you’re interested in geopolitics of Eurasia, then you should check out the Jamestown Foundation. Their main focus is on the Russian world, as the organization was founded for Soviet dissidents, but they also publish monthly articles on China, Africa, the Middle East, and global terrorism.

[@marcusdaniel7248]

Hearts of iron IV is a way better choice for anyone looking into a game about conquest and war, trust me.

[@Le-eu4bf]

Nah vic2 is the better one it has population and geopolitical stuff

[@bobdole6691]

Stellaris

[@genalynnesanjuan5788]

random ass painting game

[@largebubbahubba]

tbf in eu4 you get to play as ulm

[@goodcitizen4587]

Man this was a dope video. Really opened my eyes. Sub'd!

[@timurermolenko2013]

Just make their mandate of heaven below 50 and your Qiayna is done

[@sinoroman]

kek

[@joonpak]

What a fantastic breakdown!

[@jeffrey999]

I always take your opinions with a huge heaps of salt.

[@ThatCrazyKid0007]

As you should, no one can accurately predict the future on a timescale of decades.

[@sinoroman]

whatifalthist's analysis and prediction are listen-worthy but not really great

[@tony3003001]

He is more right than general public but definitely more wrong than political science undergrads

[@wartrix6046]

@TJ If you watched his channel you would know that is bullshit. He is very lightly Christian and does not go to a church. Stop being an idiot and talking about things you are ignorant about.

[@wartrix6046]

@TJ You watch his videos just to leave the same stupid comment on every one. He bashes atheism when it becomes rooted in the government and tries stamp out religion, that isn't anti-atheism, it's common sense. You have left the same comment on 10 other videos by him, all saying "I feel the narrator is deeply religious and right-wing". You're a troll with too much free time.

[@saulbasurto3627]

Your channel is amazing. Glad I found it!

[@BelugaTheHutt]

I know that this is not something I see people shouting about much in the comments, but I just wanted to say that your writing on this particular video, as well as your performance of it, was top-notch. Probably your best work. I've watched most of your videos, and gain valuable insights from them, while disagreeing with you on some aspects of each of your analyses, but this is the first time that I've listened to your videos and been really wowed by the script and also by the presentation of it. You make each of your main points sound impactful, while not over-dramatizing (mostly) any of it, and you have at least one very memorable turn of phrase in each and every section, catching the listener's ear. Particularly in your "How China wins" section, you do a fantastic job of presenting this very grave and frightening subject in a manner which feels genuinely scary for the listener, but without ever dipping into scare tactics or emotionally manipulative dogwhistles.

[@aanakk]

12:14 While it is correct that Russians had more men, it is not the only reason we've won. We had amazing generals and war-strategists that managed to break through enemy supply lines by manuevering divisions correctly, not just by throwing more men on enemy machineguns. Also, you need to account that most of us fought to our dying breaths because that war was for our country. Morale had a great factor too because, well, german soldiers were plundering Russian land for no justifiable reason basically. They all wanted to go back to their families alive. We had families here and nowhere to go back.

[@Twasforthevine]

Yes but Stalin threw so much men that some of them didn't even have guns *cough* *cough* Stalingrad

[@KPAU07]

India has plenty rainfall in the North East. Monsoon rainfall needs to be harvested. It just need better water management.

[@अश्वत्थामा-न4त]

not 'plenty' , it is the region that receives the most amount of rainfall in the world

[@KRYMauL]

In the South they have an Ocean named after them, so....

[@sachinsingh-in4ck]

@Hernando Malinche Right. most of north Indian states depend on waters of rivers originating mostly from Himachal Pradesh and uttarakhand. south India have their own rivers.

[@engineeredarmy1152]

He always brings it up but fails to realise that Chinese damming up won't trouble India.

[@pudding1870]

@@engineeredarmy1152 it does , fresh water is resource

[@Liam-up2wm]

Can you do a video about Japan as it's a prime example of country that naturally has a aging and declining population which is likely what rest of the world will follow and what rest of the world can learn from

[@gaminggamer2594]

I’m really liking this geopolitics series. Though honestly, the idea of having China as the de facto superpower of the world is honestly a frightening idea, given the many atrocities they’ve committed and how authoritarian they are

[@gaminggamer2594]

@@karakedi3726 Bruh.

[@papabear90]

Atrocities like in the middle East?

[@lif3andthings763]

@ッGalacthicc involvement started by bush and most drone strikes with Trump. Keep in mind that we got dangerously close to war with Iran. Maybe Trump has already set it in motion.

[@lif3andthings763]

@@gustini2146 Ahh so causing the death of 200,000 Iraqis and the rise of ISIS (who got most of their material from the US) isnt an atrocity?

[@scipioafricanus5871]

@ッGalacthicc Trumpomba, what is your point?

[@spandexter1234]

A future where China is a world power is scary to me Edit: Here's a nice debate to get involved in

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszykiewic3338]

20 social credit score has been deducted from your account, you are no longer eligable for a mortgage .

[@Amaling]

Honestly, Chinese diplomacy has been better than Western diplomacy, speaking as a westerner. Just look at the treatment of Africa for comparison. I will say the free speech stuff is concerning, but I'll rest relatively easy for now.

[@Renegade4_life]

Communism is the worst form of governance there is.

[@SweetPotatoDingo]

@@Renegade4_life Communism is an economic form not a government form idiot

[@Renegade4_life]

@@SweetPotatoDingo ight proffessor/philosopher/historian/economics guy. How did it feel to call someone an idiot on youtube for a small mistake

[@FelipeJaquez]

China is the candle that glows twice as bright, but burns twice as fast.

[@Rudenbehr]

They've been burning bright for about 800 years now, must be a huge fucking candle they're burning lmao

[@creativeopinion7609]

@@Rudenbehr I think you're overlooking the absolute shitshow that was the Qing Dynasty collapse during the 19th and early 20th centuries

[@5hiranai]

@@Rudenbehr China proper has only been united sporadically throughout history

[@alfalafelstine1536]

@@5hiranai 800 of the last 1000 years according to the video.

[@5hiranai]

@Hernando Malinche no it wasn't lol, both after each unifying dynasty fell they were punctuated with periods of warlordism, one being as recent as the 20th century

[@klown463]

If I were to agree with your assertion that military power ultimately determines the nation’s power, China would have the upper hand. On paper, the US is much more powerful but they have a crippling weakness; morale. The US, despite winning every battle in Vietnam and Iraq, have ultimately pulled out because the American people not only didn’t support the conflicts but actively disrupted the war effort (draft dodging, protesting, etc.). All China would have to do is inflict a few thousand casualties on the Americans and you’d instantly have at least 50% of the population (liberals) actively undermine the war effort because it’s trendy. The US is already defeated from within, so China doesn’t really need to do or be anything to beat us in the next couple of decades.

[@karenwang313]

That's because most Americans didn't want to be there in the first place. If there was a pearl harbor or 9/11 type of attack that threatened the existence of the country itself, you can bet there'll be hundreds of thousands of Americans lining up to go fight, my anti war ass included.

[@klown463]

@@karenwang313 and then you would be sent to combat, lose a few thousand people, start crying and pull out, as you have throughout all of history

[@svenkrules9855]

Me: **clicks on this video about China** KZbin: **plays an ad about a clothing brand named "American Eagle"** Me: *INTERESTING*

[@九阕子]

I am relieved to see that there are still so many people in the world who know nothing or are self-righteous about China. Pride and prejudice will ruin them. China has made such mistakes in the past.

[@starmaker75]

hell they already shoot themselves with the one child policy

[@sigmarule6477]

China no 1

[@Lado909]

I’ve always wondered if Chinese officials watch videos like these and say “ alright write all this down it might be useful”

[@hongchengdu889]

we don't care about what others say . thank you

[@pababoyM2]

@@hongchengdu889 Then why'd you comment? LMAO

[@bigboineptune9567]

@@hongchengdu889 How is it on the other side of the firewall?

[@bennygoodmanisgod]

@@hongchengdu889 we have a Chinese spy here

[@DarkTheFailure]

They know this already most likely

[@paulrouth5997]

19:10 'life sucks and people need to believe in things to make it tolerable'. Yep. Why it's important to have a personal philosophy as a framework for the decisions that come your way.

[@franzjoseph4218]

19:17 Imperial Japan wasn't atheist

[@total3117]

Enlighten me with your knowledge

[@franzjoseph4218]

@@total3117 the emperors of Japan were literally viewed as a descendents of the goddess Amaterasu

[@total3117]

@@franzjoseph4218 Interesting which religion was the one practised.

[@franzjoseph4218]

@@total3117 shintoism

[@total3117]

@@franzjoseph4218 Österreicher?

[@Narekz]

These geopolitical videos are catching me , damn

[@soumyasishbhattacharyya2805]

18:52 I had such a sad vibe. Speaking of which, don't you think this is the case in nearly all modern metro cities around the world? People chasing after money, becoming depressed, having no real ideologies,just a void. And many regions are becoming more and more athleist. I am from India and I can certainly say the issues you pointed out certainly exist in big cities here. People just go to work,return home after a long day,want more money,have take outs and repeat. The younger generation doesn't even wanna marry soon or at all. They don't care about being with a partner. Everyone wants financial stability,more and then more! I have an existential crisis thinking about it. In future will we all have ideological crisises? We all know life sucks,then on what we can have our beliefs if we are bound to turn to atheists?

[@MuseEgg]

:(

[@soumyasishbhattacharyya2805]

@@MuseEgg :")

[@opai1821]

being atheist is not the problem u can be whatever u want , but not recognizing the problem or potential threat is problem .

[@soumyasishbhattacharyya2805]

@@opai1821 true