The Greatest Lie Ever Told

[@WhatifAltHist]

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[@claudeyaz]

I was struggling to sleep, thanks for the video at this time this is great!.. I get a good mental workout listening to these videos, and they help me concentrate my thoughts

[@montypythonator]

Please interview Rafe Mankoo

[@claudiaxander]

You do realise the entirety of Pinker's "The Blank Slate' argues against it's title !?!

[@urosuros100]

Let's say, and I am saying, that in the human species for every 100 females 105 males are born. They are. And since men don't die in wars that much anymore, there is a consistent and rising disparity in male/female numbers. Now, these statistics are skewed by the fact that females live a lot longer, and in the older demographic, they are probably over 75%. Now, I took some UN data and restructured it so that it showed that for the marrying age males, there are 70 million of man more than women in the world today. It will get even worse as time goes by since children are even more often male than female (more than a 5% difference). What if WW3 is an actual demographic necessity needed to reset the demographic balance every 80 or so years. What if the oversupply of men is creating more pressure in society, and maybe not even from men, but from women, since they can now pick and choose and they are becoming overly confident and aggressive and they request males to be pure alfa-level, macho, harsh and dominant. Just a theory, so tell me what you think. 😛

[@mitsaoriginal8630]

Rudy. when are you debating destiny?

[@heluphicclovanass8954]

"Asking humans to be rational about sex is like asking a dog to be rational about steak" is such a great quote

[@andrewwilson9183]

@@heluphicclovanass8954 However, humans are rational creatures, so it’s not that bad of an idea.

[@zwatwashdc]

Except dogs are completely rational about steak. A better quote would be “like asking a dog to be rational about chocolate (they will eat it despite knowing it is poison).

[@andrewwilson9183]

@@zwatwashdc Yeah my dog is basically a smoker with chocolate

[@wurzelbert84wucher5]

@@zwatwashdc Then my dog is rational, she doesn't eat sweets ;)

[@bobbillboard9764]

@@andrewwilson9183 Human-beings are not rational.

[@Peak_Aussieman]

The lie is that progress would have always trended towards liberalism and openness.

[@jurassicthunder]

​@dhshebone can progress towards the right too.

[@bmx13andit52]

I’m just glad I found another fellow Aussie in the comment section 😅

[@constantineolkasis]

@dhsheb One can progress through immense slavery and suffering

[@Peak_Aussieman]

​@@bmx13andit52 Yes, Australia's civilisation as about a decade at the most from absolute collapse.

[@robk5427]

​@@Peak_AussiemanCanada here....hold my beer

[@user-wm4rj5jw6s]

"I'm a young guy stuck in a society in collapse". Felt that.

[@notsosuavemate]

Let It the vase has already been broken it’s inevitable

[@rey_nemaattori]

Rudyard mourns a society he never knew, like historians pining for Roman times, collapse is all he knows. I'm 41, I've realized this trainwreck existed around 9/11, I mourn the society we'll never be able to get back. Y'all don't even know what it's like to be in a high-trust society. And trust me, it's not the gen-x or the boomers who did this, it's the lie. The lie tries to bend reality around itself, but reality won't budge or crack, so society has to.

[@iagocasalderreycasalderrey8368]

Why is the society "in colapse"?

[@blackhatter-kl9gw]

@@iagocasalderreycasalderrey8368 they did not say it's in "colapse"

[@shanejones578]

@@iagocasalderreycasalderrey8368if you can’t see it at this point, nothing I can say is going to make you. People have been talking about this coming for 20-30 years now, and as of late it’s glaringly obvious.

[@soffren]

Hey, Rudyard. My fiance and I have been watching your videos for years. We love your channel, and we're real proud of how far you've come. Our favorite videos were always the alternate history videos because they were so creative and fun to think about. I wish you would make more of those sometimes, even if just as a throwback to give you and your audience something less existential to talk about for a week. She also says that she prays for you (she prays for a lot of people lol). Stay based, and best wishes. 🙏🏼

[@MiMysmelfandI]

Neo: “Why do my eyes hurt?” Morpheus: “Because you’ve never used them before.”

[@luddealgell2810]

G f

[@DrLicuid]

- Why does my ass hurt? - Well... erm... well you ate through a tube before and only now shit from your ass! Of course! Easy ha-ha...

[@understanding77]

Cringe af Im14andthisisdeep vibes

[@StratumPress]

@@understanding77 Grown ups don't "cringe".

[@LogicNG]

@@StratumPress yeah they do. But manchildren like you don’t understand the concept of second hand embarrassment

[@jonlannister345]

In an era where people have died because doctors were pressured into 'drug equality', denying the fact that different races often need different drugs to treat the same problems, I shouldn't be surprised that Anthropology is dead too.

[@klospike]

Our world is sooo fucked up!!

[@aaronaaron2405]

it's not due to race though.

[@QWERTY-gp8fd]

@@aaronaaron2405 race = genetics

[@owensubali4932]

@@aaronaaron2405 you know gingers need 2X the ammount of anestisia for them to fall under it's effects unlike a regular person. if that is a thing, then what else could there be differances?

[@eliseosterbrink8000]

Different races also have specific needs for donated blood. That's why it's important for people of every race to donate blood, because it can be very unlikely that a white person's blood will be an appropriate match for a black person in need of a transfusion, and vice versa. Sickle cell anemia is a big part of that. Pretending as if everyone is exactly the same is going to lead to people dying from preventable issues.

[@chickentoucher55]

All my homies hate the blank slate theory

[@TheGreenHeartofItaly-fl3wv]

It shouldn't even be called a "theory". It's a scientifically untested hypothesis at best. And every bit if observational data shows the blank slate is utter BS. Wishful thinking.

[@SEKreiver]

Locke's greatest crime.

[@andrewwilson9183]

@@SEKreiver Actually that is a misconception John Lockes “blank slate” was a commentary on the human intellect being a blank slate, or that we don’t have innate knowledge. We have innate instincts but that’s not the same thing. He didn’t believe human nature was infinitely malleable or perfectible. In fact the “tabula rasa” that he spoke of was merely a reiteration of the Peripatetic Axiom formulated by St Thomas Aquinas “there is nothing in the intellect that was not first in the senses”.

[@andrewwilson9183]

@@SEKreiver That’s not what Locke meant

[@andrewwilson9183]

@@SEKreiver His blank slate was merely a reformulation of the Peripatetic Axiom formulated by St Thomas Aquinas, that there is nothing in the intellect that wasn’t first in the senses.

[@alexmeier1]

When they say, "follow the science". They mean, "don't question authority".

[@andrewwilson9183]

@@alexmeier1 not necessarily

[@marcospina162]

They mean: "Don't question the authority... of science", not all forms of authority. For some people science has become a god.

[@mikerotchburns42069]

How can all people be equal when I’m not even equal to myself on two different days?

[@Endymion766]

BOOM! excellent point!

[@Fireball_og]

Ummm... yeah you are?

[@jordanmitchell2887]

He isn't. By a number of metrics. The amount of weight you can bench press can vary by more than 20 lbs across the space of your day. How you perform on cognitive tests can vary by >10 points based on time of day and blood sugar levels. Your ability to create an original composition varies wildly dependent on a non-measurable function called "inspiration". You're not even the same throughout the space of a single waking day.

[@epiccrusadr8583]

@@jordanmitchell2887I think he means mentally not physically

[@Caipi2070]

@mikerotchburns42069 people aren’t biologically/mentally equal but what is (purposefully?) omitted in the video that this doesn’t mean some people a worth less than others from a moral perspective. and this moral perspective is what is referred to by sentences like all humans are (created) equal. if you don’t make this distinction you can easily justify all sorts of horrible crimes. and yeah the video doesn’t talk about this distinction

[@Lemon9234]

I did my undergrad in psych (~80% female; profs are 80-90% left-leaning per Jon Haidt) at one of the most liberal colleges in the US. It was incredibly jarring to watch the cognitive dissonance and doublethink among many people there. They would sit through a class discussing twin studies, heritability of IQ, mental disorders, annual income (all >=50%), then outside class legitimately believe that gender or intelligence are social constructs, but then also get the questions correct on tests. There's this implicit but unrecognized belief that everything about a human is genetically influenced, except the human brain, despite clear evidence to the contrary. Non-psych humanities was even worse, because people just believe obviously incorrect things like "The way math is taught is sexist, because women score lower on math tests." Ignoring that most teachers are women, why would you ever believe this without hard evidence. At the time, no one actually believed that men and women had equal physical abilities, nor that men could menstruate, yet they would suggest that men and women "should" have identical mental abilities as if it was as self-evident as "the sky is blue." The beliefs in (1) inherent equality, (2) the inevitability of progress, and (3) the perfectibility of human nature, requires them to disbelieve their own lying eyes. Truly, the only thing I can liken it to is when Winston Smith is editing headlines in the Ministry of Truth, and describes doublethink as the ability to forget what must be forgotten, yet be able to draw it back into memory when needed, and then forget it once again.

[@sdrc92126]

There are people who admire the skill of doublethink. And the related hypocrisy. It shows skill in what you can get away with

[@Graplernapler]

Those ‘three beliefs’ you point out.. I can’t think of a combination more dangerous. We’re on the precipice of something big I fear.

[@pcgamerz3081]

(1) Inherent equality….. in what? (2) progress towards….? (3) this is just your opinion, but i believe we can bring the best out of people by creating a better society, but they will never be "perfect" the idea of perfection itself is inhuman.

[@clm652]

@@pcgamerz3081 YNGMI

[@Lemon9234]

@@pcgamerz3081 #1 & #2 were afterthoughts that I did not address directly. Disregard on that basis, if you must. That said... 1. Leftist thought generally presumes that equality exists across a myriad objectively measurable human traits. Non-exhaustive examples: IQ/intelligence, aptitude for a variety of fields, earnings & earnings potential, rates of mental disorders, and softer things like political beliefs and religious tendencies. ALL of these things have shown significant genetic heritability in twin studies. Yet at both the individual level (e.g. my math skills vs. yours), or group levels (men's vs. women's average math skills), the general belief and assumption is that people and groups should be equal in all of these ways, and when they aren't, it must be due to social conditioning. The belief in the tabula rasa ("blank slate") essentially *requires* that they believe that in general, humans emerge from the womb equally capable in all areas. There is no reason to believe, much less assume, that this is the case. 2. Well, that's just it. A core belief that defines leftist worldviews in that progress is good, in and of itself. In general they overvalue the upsides changing the status quo, and undervalue the risks. Progress (or change, if you prefer) has never been a guaranteed good. Animal Farm was a satire of the Russian Revolution, and all the good progress did for the farm animals. "Progress toward...?" is not a question that leftist philosophy tends to feel compelled to answer before pushing for progress anyway; the goodness of progress is dogmatically taken as a given, not something that must be proven. They believe that change will necessarily bring about improvement because... 3. Leftist thought fundamentally believes that human nature is good, left to its natural course. To your point, suggesting that human nature can be *optimized* ("bring the best out of people"), which I agree with, is NOT the same as human nature being good and perfectible. Leftist thought believes that, for example, under a communist system, enough people to support a society will still become doctors rather than baristas, even though you've removed much of the structure that incentivizes it. They believe that even though there it is possible to not contribute to the society yet reap benefits, not enough people will do this to matter. That once everyone is equal, no animal will ever try to be more equal than the others. They believe this because they believe it is fundamentally within human nature to be good and forego self-serving behavior. Read up on Lynsekoist biology if you doubt that leftists ACTUALLY believe this; Lysenko, loved by Stalin, pushed the theory that if you densely planted crops, plants that had enough nutrients would stop taking more, so that the other plants could get what they needed. This led to crop failures. I do not believe these things. I believe that I got a B+ in social psych despite never having time to study for it, because I just guessed the answers that boiled down to "people will do whatever benefits them most, so long as no one is looking." I believe that, in general, humans will only forego self-serving inside systems that incentivize it; for example, I support capitalism because it is the only economic system that works best when people compete with each other, which people can be counted on to do. So I turn this back around on you: do you actually believe that humans are inherently good, or just that they can be made to act good under the right circumstances?

[@cro-magnoncarol4017]

"If you repeat a lie enough times someone is gonna start believing it..."

[@qwerty90615]

If you publish an offer of bounty on Trump's head, a lot of people will believe it, so what did LE do with Routh's offer?

[@elviadarkgrape2859]

Goebbels was genius.

[@arandomguest0089]

-Lenin. It originated from him. It turned out to be true, because it was projection describing his own methods

[@lidlllTTTTT]

People are eating dogs in Springfield

[@qwerty90615]

@@lidlllTTTTT Harris is an honest politician.

[@DavidM_GA]

Christianity DOES NOT say all people are equal (in the sense of intellect, ability, or morals), it says all people are equally valuable to God (which they are). Nor does it say all people should have equal authority to make societal decisions. Almost every single person who dislikes Christianity or points out its "flaws" gets some really key things wrong. My guess is they learn about it from other peoples' writings or culture.

[@noxplay4906]

Amen brother. They also don't realize they get all of their subconscious ideas about morality from Christian theology. We are literally living in a meta TV show like the Simpsons or something, the amount of contradictory ideas and cognitive dissonance that's spreading in the air is actually insane. I can almost sense it as physical stimuli. I can also sense the battle between good and evil, more clearly than ever. The left is progressively (haha get it) becoming more insane and they have no shame about it. I feel like we're at a critical juncture in human history right now.

[@bain5872]

Completely agree!

[@Awesomeguy37]

Then you haven't listened to enough people that disagree with you or haven't read enough probably both hell Frederick Nietzsche alone should be enough to dispute that

[@charliedontsurf334]

@@Awesomeguy37 You might want to reread Nietzsche. When he said, "God is dead," that was a lament. It was nothing triumph. And our understanding of the universe has come a long way since the 1890's.

[@alexboch8098]

Sun comes up for good and evil so no one can blame God. So people are not equal but God is good

[@derek4412]

Dropping these videos at 2 AM as I’m trying to fall asleep should be illegal.

[@MephiticMiasma]

but we're here

[@lukaede7172]

ADHD？

[@yasyas618]

36:38 aaaannnndddd it’s based

[@Lolinatorishere]

Watch it tomorrow

[@derrekvanee4567]

@@lukaede7172 Just an excuse for drug companies to Tell amphetamine for 99% profit!

[@ハク-q6e1j]

A minor correction: The healthiest food for humans is fatty* meat, not lean meat. Read: The evolution of the human trophic level during the Pleistocene Humans need fat, there are essential fatty acids, and we get a lot of good fat soluble vitamins from animal fat. A lot of studies are coming out confirming the benefits of saturated fats, don't let the nutrition fraternity deceive you. Humans are and were always hyper carnivores, meaning we derive at the very least ~70 of our needs from meat and animal fat.

[@andrewwilson9183]

@@ハク-q6e1j So does that mean I should eat more beef and pork? Good thing I live in the American south.

[@jirislavicek9954]

Absolutely 👍. Fat and protein are essential nutrients and their intake should be in balance. Carbohydrates are not essential at all and the body can function without them.

[@rdavel777]

There's a reason why fat was offered to God. Cain offered soy and the Lord was not pleased, but Able offered fatty sheep chops and boy, The Lord was well pleased with him.

[@leandersearle5094]

@@andrewwilson9183 Pork is loaded with parasites, shellfish aren't great, either. Other meats should be largely fine, though.

[@andrewwilson9183]

@@leandersearle5094 Don’t take this the wrong way, but are you Jewish or Muslim, or just happen to agree with them on pork and shellfish? Besides pork can be purified

[@charmyzard]

"Progress," but for who? For 30 years we were told in Mexico we were on the "transitionary period," progressing to a "proper democracy." Said "progress" led us to the bloody narco war of 2006 we're still feeling the ripples of to this day on both sides of the border. All the while, the poor increased, and the rich elites got richer. The USA said nothing. Not a peep. Neither did her puppets all over Europe and """civil society.""" To-day, as poverty decreases and the violence is tackled tactically, from the root, with a uniquely Mexican form of humanism, humans before numbers, we are told our "progress" democracy is "dying," and that we drift towards "national populism" (being popular nationally? I wonder why!) at our every move despite being possibly more liberal than ever. "Progress," as long as it benefits the hegemonic powers inside and outside.

[@j.c.denton2060]

The sick thing about the people that rule over our societies are people who will openly lie about wanting what's best for us. It's like having the worst type of narcissistic, abusive parent.

[@AtomickPixel]

How is jueee leader working fer yur country?

[@reviewspiteras]

Necesitamos verdadera guerra contra el narco, eso de "abrazos no balazos" de este sexenio era porque el gobierno no queria enfrentarse contra uno de sus aliados. Los zurdos son una cagada humana mientras que los derechistas unos vendehumo. Que no te cuenten el cuento que menos guerra es lo que ocupamos

[@olliefoxx7165]

At least your poverty is decreasing. In America ours is increasing exponentially. Washington DC clearly despises most of the American citizens. We are being treated like outcasts while millions of illegals from all over the world get benefits we cant get ourselves.

[@arsic094]

Being from an anti US Eastern European nation I find my experience exactly the same. With our politicians being nothing more than western governors who don't give a damn about their own people.

[@maceelliott3150]

Like a child believes in Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny, adults believe in democracy and equality.

[@dontcomply3976]

'The science' is not a thing The scientific method is ''The science' is merely the institutions that enforce a consensus.

[@andrewwilson9183]

@@dontcomply3976 But there does need to be a consensus Otherwise the method is useless

[@itsover9008]

Consensus is good. As more evidence for a topic is found, the consensus becomes stronger. The only issue is if the consensus comes prior to the scientific method.

[@andrewwilson9183]

@@itsover9008 I agree

[@dontcomply3976]

@andrewwilson9183 Errr no, it is the opposite of a consensus. It is all about falsifying hypotheses, which requires vigorous disagreement.

[@andrewwilson9183]

@@dontcomply3976 Yes but at the end of all that testing there should be a consensus, otherwise what is the point of trying to objectively understand something

[@bacchusinstituteofscience8650]

The accusation of "pseudo science" carries no weight anymore, as it rightly can be rationalised away as just another rhetorical powerplay. If you want to undermine critical theory, epistemologically, you need to understand the obsession with power. Henceforth, all knowlegde construction is viewed through a power lens, which justifies the focus on emanicaption. Here the inherent flaw, is that it is never explained of who decides who the opressed/opressors are. These categories are take on religious faith, and there the mere suggestion that there could be criticism here, becomes an accusation of opression, revealing the circularity in the logic.

[@charmyzard]

So wise. Get this to top!

[@j.c.denton2060]

Exactly. I think a good hypothetical question for someone who is stuck in Leftism is to ask "Could someone in a historically oppressive society get away with claiming they are oppressed?" And of course as we know, they can't. To call out infringement of our speech, our economic activity, our religious beliefs, or our interests is always met with callous dismissal and mockery. I know people who can't have bank accounts because of their beliefs and speech.

[@AtomickPixel]

Noel Ignatiev would disagree !

[@andrewwilson9183]

@@j.c.denton2060 Actually yes, black people were oppressed in the Jim Crow south and got away with saying it.

[@wisentropy]

Good analysis, thank you for sharing

[@thejoker3151]

Daily dose of existential crisis

[@borderjumper232]

Literally

[@AngryNegativeHistoryProject]

It makes me wonder if we are in a bad spot now or are we as bad as we were 500 or 1,000 years ago and on. Are we ideologically where is now than we have ever been? Possibly not.

[@rmar1957]

That was a Great lecture... It deserves a Replay. Wow. Very good.

[@bannedmann4469]

He tries, he’s too much of a doomer.

[@_Dovar_]

After this night of civilization will come the day...

[@cmd31220]

The greatest lie ever told is "violence never solves anything" and it's not even close. Violence solves EVERYTHING. To quote Heinlein, "And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived."

[@edyknight9218]

God I am so sick of that saying. It only exists to castrate our society.

[@noxplay4906]

It's also why we had to use force to defeat the Axis.

[@nathanielacton3768]

True and the sad thing is that men, who are the controllers of violence and the best at it have also seemingly forgotten how to deal with it civilly. For violence forms all laws as society is based on the willingness of men to withhold it. When two men argue they do so up to the point of being able to assess the other willingness to take things to the next stage. Social systems are built up around this. It's where the word "respect" comes from and has nothing to do with women at all. Showing "respect" to another man is to honour his capability and first in that list is his capacity to do you harm.

[@stronensycharte64]

So fucking true

[@ilovejettrooper5922]

@@nathanielacton3768 Can you run that past me again in a different way/ phrasing?? What you said addresses a problem I've had and didn't know how (or who) to ask for clarity on.

[@jjosborne1982]

"If you're not using History to understand the world, then you're just making stuff up." - Rudyard

[@jolima]

One of the most naive claims ever made - even physicists will only say the have a model of the word that can be at any time proven wrong (and has been again and again been proven wrong); history in comparison is a made up story we tell ourselves of the past, of which most things can’t be empirically tested - we actually basically make it up

[@daniamaya]

The problem is... "History" is the interpretation of the events that the narrator is using to make themselves look good.

[@MattieK09]

My teacher said this before Rudyard was alive

[@jjosborne1982]

@@MattieK09 cool!

[@jjosborne1982]

@@daniamaya interesting

[@7gromojar]

Christianity does not say all people are all equal. It says all people die and will be equaly judged not by wealth or talent.

[@stevecooper7883]

Precisely. The parable of the talents explains this

[@remyllebeau77]

Maybe he was referencing the "All men are created equal" line from the Declaration of Independence.

[@HansZimmer-b1r]

Furthermore letting evil go unpunished because you want to feel virtuous is exactly the kind of vanity Christ preached against.

[@remyllebeau77]

It says we are all sinners and doomed without Jesus as our Savior. Romans 3 : 23 , John 3 : 36

[@hidekitojo2277]

On the upside Christianity helped create the idea of the individual and equality before God and his judgement. This idea then went to equality before the law, which is noble Unfortunately modern society has morphed this idea everyone is equal even to the point ideas and actions are equal Don’t judge anyone now

[@Stygard]

C. S. Lewis Abolition of Man 1943 predicted all of this

[@nerdygrl647]

His Space Trilogy also touches on similar points about progress as well. It's definitely well worth a read.

[@kyleesposito2248]

@@nerdygrl647it’s crazy how close hideous strength is to our current world. Maybe Merlin will show up soon.

[@MicahGlasser]

​@@kyleesposito2248I'm waiting for King Arthur

[@laststand6420]

It's impressive how well he understood what was happening, and where it would lead.

[@feliciaf8]

thats what i thought too, one of may fav authors

[@MattieK09]

I remember being in college and the students were completely shocked that anthropologists could tell the difference between Europeans and African skeletal remains.

[@boltinc2334]

That's so hilarious cos at 17 as an African...I can tell the difference between African and European heads and skulss, it's just so obvious from head shapes

[@derKrampus]

​@@boltinc2334 In German we call this "Verbildung". People who are too authority believing tend to ingore the most obvious things because of education and ideology. It is wild and shows how deeply idiotic our modern crisis really is.

[@honkytonk4465]

Why didn't they know that beforehand?

[@MattieK09]

@@honkytonk4465 blank slate theory post ww2

[@gregangelmusic]

Just looked it up and it is much more obvious than I expected. Glad I came across your comment.

[@hardrockuniversity7283]

To paraphrase my wife, "We are going through the greatest mass psychosis in human history." IMO things are going to get 'very interesting' in the next few months.

[@d-fens-1993]

The cope is amazing. I wake up every day wondering if I'm crazy or if everyone else is.

[@danieldigiuseppe7912]

It seems most humans are just dumb.

[@hardrockuniversity7283]

Verify the data first then the theory. Have confidence when something feels 'off' but don't over react.

[@dougefresh8029]

Your wife listens to vinnie Paz

[@dougefresh8029]

The chasm between what we are told is going on and what’s really going on is absolutely enormous

[@jn8027]

Bro found the post liberal heart of darkness

[@charmyzard]

Neo-liberal, even :)

[@__-bz7wh]

Really I like this guy but he's at the 2015 red pill stage but thinks he's the only one having the revelation (except HHH, and ... Ed Dutton...)? Ok buddy

[@Yohemchannel]

"In equality we will perish, together "😄

[@shanejones578]

@@__-bz7whwe’re the anomaly, just as the super leftists are. Just like he said if you are the sane guy in a mental asylum, you’ll be the mental one comparatively.

[@hismajesty6272]

I became a postliberal a few months ago. It’s so liberating.

[@elderbob100]

As a semi-independent observer, many of these points are self-evident. It is frustrating to try and point out the truth to people, they simply don't have the inclination or the energy to accept new concepts. The whole covid thing is a perfect example of where knowing the truth could be existential, but that knowledge is the forbidden red pill that will kill your whole reality and must never be considered. It's like the Matrix movie where everyone partied when faced with imminent invasion instead of preparing for war. It is like the collapse of the Soviet Union, but that was a peaceful transition, where this one is being led by the most nihilistic, suicidal psychopaths in history.

[@pcgamerz3081]

Rather be led by nihilism than religous christo nationalists that want to revert back all the progress made in the past century. You can keep your cult just keep it the hell away from government.

[@midgetydeath]

There is no independent aspect to this. It's normal people versus the batshit insane.

[@turolretar]

The collapse of Soviet Onion spawned several pretty brutal military conflicts

[@westonmj14]

Ive had this subconscious feeling since age 17 in 1998, that this video perfectly describes. Most people don't even want to know what the truth is. Great video

[@SimpleFluorescence]

Equality was the greatest lie ever told, because it was the first lie ever told: "For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will become like God..." Gen. 3:5

[@td9302]

you made me realize I might just need to continue rereading my Bible looking for different things.

[@mw9297]

Eat da shrooms 👁

[@shamicentertainment1262]

How’s that a lie?

[@JakobusMaximus]

It's a lie because God is God, and humans are humans. Us knowing good and evil is fundamentally different from God knowing good and evil. Imagine telling a child to enter a sexual relationship, so they will know about sex like you do. The very idea is horrid, because you know they don't have the ability to know as an adult does, they will be traumatized by it.

[@Orisitdonald]

​@JakobusMaximus that or gods omniscience and omnipotence is a lie maybe?

[@schalitz1]

"Academia" didn't look into why the rust belt collapsed, because they simply don't care. They view blue collar workers, like myself, with complete and utter contempt.

[@wulfsorenson8859]

Exactly. And they will pay dearly for it.

[@noxplay4906]

@@wulfsorenson8859 They also have contempt for God so that will definitely screw them over as well. That never works out lol

[@gedofgont1006]

I would say it's an indifference indistinguishable from contempt, which is perhaps worse.

[@keqet12]

​​​@@gedofgont1006No they feel a deep visceral hatred for the "lower" classes. Mainly, because the "uneducated" masses oppose their utopias by simply not buying into their demented bullshit. Never underestimate the hatred utopians feel for percieved obstacles in their way to utopia

[@someone3533]

"Academia" didn't look into why the rust belt collapsed, because they are remote controlled cyborgs that mindlessly serve their Master that killed the rust belt.

[@peterg76yt]

One problem with academia is the obsession with peer-reviewed "scientific" results. Peer review sounds good in theory, but the observable outcome has been groupthink and echo chambers, and peer review has forced academia into politically acceptable conclusions, which is essentially the opposite of actual science.

[@andrewwilson9183]

@@peterg76yt Then widen the scope, but don’t get rid of it

[@itsover9008]

Clearly, you do not know what peer review is for, and what it does.

[@peterg76yt]

@@itsover9008 What it is for and what it does are not the same thing.

[@itsover9008]

@@peterg76yt Yes, and you know neither.

[@wurzelbert84wucher5]

@@itsover9008 Or you are just naive. The overton window of what is allowed to say and what not determines if something is getting peer reviewed or not. Nobody will peer review a study of vaccine dangers/inuries for example.

[@Scolecite]

Genocide is a bad word on KZbin? How is anyone supposed to talk about history?

[@bidencrimefamilymottof-cky953]

We’re not.

[@civotamuaz5781]

Juice tube. Little hat tube. Nose tube.

[@Jianju69]

@@civotamuaz5781 Mm, yes, right, the Jooz don't want us to mention the word. Good theory there, bro.

[@brandoncyoung]

Liberal media loves to censor the truth

[@curtisbryce5096]

Try the word ***mohammeded****. You will get cancelled.

[@GoronCityOfficialBoneyard]

"It's not the end of the world but you can see it from here"

[@charmyzard]

"Don't they know - it's The End of the World? It ended when you said: Good-bye..."

[@celiacresswell6909]

@@charmyzardstop playing fallout and do your homework

[@Billy_B_Goat]

Said the little boy in the car speeding toward the train wreck already in progress

[@michaelpease2103]

He's saying the greatest lie ever told is, at least in part, that we're all "equal". I agree with him. We're not equal AT ALL. I'm far worse off, more stupid, less attractive, and less impactful than most people.

[@andrewwilson9183]

@@michaelpease2103 You don’t look unattractive, your too hard on yourself

[@tonyp.bahama9368]

You're right.

[@michaelpease2103]

​@@tonyp.bahama9368😂😂😂 Lmao I've never been more hesitant to accept an agreement

[@susangoaway]

Nobody ever believed that. ALl you need is to look around. You would have to be heavily indoctrinated to believe in something that has no signs of being true.

[@joachimschmidt7662]

I've been saying this to whoever will listen, for years. (Contemporary) Humanity's capabilities, as seen on a bell curve... From literal 100xer geniuses, to mindless dolts... Nothing in life is un-equal, as humans.

[@bluemym1nd]

"We grew fat while the elite fed us the most ridiculous lies" goes hard

[@2pairOfAces]

Just encountered you on timcast, in the last 6(?) years of irl, you are the first guest that I've ever stopped the stream to go find and subscribe to so I wouldn't forget. I cannot give higher praise than that.

[@justinhadley2583]

I remember a mainstream reporter being confused when a Hong Kong protester was dissatisfied with rhe takeover since they still had food and shelter. The protester retorted "I am not a dog"

[@Terran.Marine.2]

That's a superior retort.

[@victorn5870]

Shelter is overpriced in hk, even worse than new york

[@LynetteTheMadScientist]

All of this sounds very Tower of Babel. Believing everything is a man-made construct and trying to construct our way into paradise, only to collapse into individual pieces unable to communicate

[@thorpeaaron1110]

Spot on!

[@Lusa_Iceheart]

There's a good reason stories like the Tower of Babel cropped up in basically every culture; there's a universal truth to them. Other stories like the Flood might better be thought of oral historical records since they have an absurd level of uniformity to them. Oral traditions can keep a coherent story intact for a LONG time, we see this with the Iliad and Odyssey. Now that the Troy of those stories has been found and excavated, it's thought by some experts that the Trojan war of the stories refers to the Mycenean layer of Troy, so they're stories from the Bronze Age Collapse and over 500 years older than the "classical" greek period of writers like Herodotus. So oral storytelling can easily keep a complex story intact for many centuries before diverging. The story of the Flood, as ubiquitous as it is in numerous mythologies, is probably thousands of years old, potentially going back to the end of the last Ice Age when sea levels last rapidly rose globally. There's more truth buried in our myths and stories than academia has wanted to admit for a long time.

[@Afrologist]

Perfect analogy

[@noxplay4906]

@@Lusa_Iceheart Christ isn't a myth. If you pay attention all the evil forces are on one side, and they're all pitted against Christ. That's why Christianity is the religion the left goes after almost exclusively. It's the biggest threat to evil right now.

[@metamorphos0]

Who Wrote it?

[@woodsghost9088]

People have been falling for this for thousands of years. It's called "Humanism." It's a religion. A bunch of people like to worship the idea there is nothing greater than themselves and they can achieve anything they want.

[@ethanmoon3925]

Yeah, my dad is the hard- working Bible- memorizing kind of guy, and he taught me this worldview: Human progress is a tower of Babel that we build higher until it becomes evil and collapses under its own weight. When we are humble and faithful we improve the world, but when we are too successful we become arrogant, abandon God and morals, and bring about our own destruction.

[@woodsghost9088]

@@ethanmoon3925 I can agree with your dad. I'm actually big into the Bible too. What I see from history, particularly Babel, is we believe we can achieve Heaven on Earth through our own efforts. We don't need anyone's help achieving Perfection and a world without Sin (sin being defined as whatever "society" or moral entrepreneurs think is "bad" at the moment). And the big message from the Bible is "ya wrong about that bro."

[@buffgarfield3231]

That's not a religion its just Psychopathy/Sociopathy.

[@doombybbr]

@@woodsghost9088 "the road to hell" People do not realise that when they seek to create a "utopia" they have already created an idea of a world that would be inherently immoral - go ask literally any philosopher what the "perfect world" is an they will not be able to define it without requiring an injustice so large as to make the Christian hell preferable. Utopianism is a sickness that pops up over and over, it is the worst form of religion, its most basic and fundamental tenant is a commandment to make hell on earth.

[@CodyseusRex]

@@ethanmoon3925both our dads and me too😂👍

[@SalkisRe]

Women dont care about people, we care about what people think of us. That distinction needs to be made

[@AliciatheCho]

This is 100% true. Also, women tend to become envious toward other women don’t feel beholden in the same way.

[@hempenasphalt1587]

Where are you based ladies in real life? I am so lonely (I am a woman and misogyny-adjacent)

[@pro_154]

Men really need to look at women's culture and how it affects us as a whole.

[@pro_154]

Based​@@hempenasphalt1587

[@nikobellic570]

When I worked in sales, the girls would generally sell more than the boys. Building rapport with customers and all that

[@HiwasseeRiver]

My favorite method for these times is to assume anything is more or less the complete opposite of what it seems or the consensus narrative. For example: Spain extracted a lot of gold from the Americas. Sounds like wealth right? Well all that gold caused painful inflation back home in Spain. It's hard to have a mono-polar outcome, things find balance. It's like the world is a chess game and our society plays it one turn at a time vs. working to win the whole game.

[@tann_man]

Spain was 1 of the 109 to kick a certain tribe out. Coincidentally their golden age started the very next year....

[@skyspring7704]

Turns out you can't eat gold.

[@rey_nemaattori]

Yeah people forget how much it cost to pay a military to actually keep the colonies subjugated, especially if you consider the numerical disadvantage the Europeans had.

[@DrLicuid]

Germany was wrong, forces of good won and everything was alright.

[@ilovejettrooper5922]

@@tann_man Can you specify which tribe?? Or would the Big Red play button get mad at you for that?

[@alexdavis1541]

I read Pinker's "The Blank Slate", the whole time waiting for him to discuss one of the most obvious conclusions that could come from his own work. When it came down to it he was brief; "The (intellectual) differences between races is scientifically uninteresting.". That's how deep this problem runs

[@JakobusMaximus]

See, though, admitting there is a genetic aspect to intelligence does run into problems. It opens up eugenics talks, and runs the risk of shutting down intelligent people from "unintelligent" races. Even people with intellectual disabilities, genetically caused, are still human. And that's a perspective that I don't see on the right enough.

[@alexdavis1541]

@@JakobusMaximus I always bear a couple of points in mind regarding this debate. The first is that reality is reality. Whoever denies it is really helping no-one. The other is that levels of intelligence don't make for levels of humanity. Anymore than someone's height, for example, can be a measure of their humanity. I think there is much too much sensitivity around the issue of intelligence. Especially when it is abundantly self-evident we all have different levels of it, and in different spheres

[@celiacresswell6909]

Wow - ‘scientifically uninteresting ‘. Such a dishonest shut-down

[@alexdavis1541]

@@celiacresswell6909 For a widely acclaimed book, truly dishonest

[@denisl2760]

​@@JakobusMaximusTalking about it isn't automatically going to lead to genocide.

[@johnmuellner8188]

I’m a vanguard baby boomer. I grew up during the happy time when the “American Dream “ was true for many people. One wage earner could support a family, buy a house, one car, and send children to religious school if desired. There wasn’t much difference in standard of living between unionized workers (there were many) and college graduates (far fewer than now). As an early teen, I was surprised to learn the USA controlled a hugely disproportionate share of the world’s economic output and gold reserves. I thought “This can’t last”. It didn’t as the rest of the world recovered from WWII.

[@Gaenzdad93]

I was fascinated in my psych 200 courses to realize we have basically quantified how much of a trait is genetic vs environmental.

[@Arcetype11]

What you're describing at 22:40 is called hypernormalization. It was a Russian anthropologist named Alexei Yurchak who coined the term. It describes the process of Soviet citizens being blatantly lied to through mass media control while seeing and experiencing the exact opposite and eventually just going along with it all. Also, you should do a video on usury and the banning of it in European societies throughout the last 2000 years and the effects it had on said European societies.

[@arostwocents]

Wouldn't be allowed. Banning usury is linked to a certain people you can't make true videos about

[@yeetman4953]

capitalism and italian banking families.

[@DegeneratePrimate]

​@@yeetman4953brazilian

[@blooeagle5118]

Anti-enlightenment bros... We are so back..

[@stevencooper4422]

Fuck it, we ball

[@Spamlure]

I see it as a return to enlightenment.

[@NickB1967]

@@Spamlure Exactly. We are not rejecting The Enlightenment, but rather we are bringing it back to where it was before the Marxists went off the rails.

[@Armory_4]

​@@Spamlure More like common sense.

[@KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd]

The enlightenment and its consequences...

[@reviewspiteras]

My wake up moment was when I started thinking "Ancient civilizations were not backwards, or at the very least not idiotic enough to not get such great technological achievements like us". Then I understood that our modern technology is almost a miracle in it self and yes I believe this is all posible due to Christ. But when we started with the enlightment project on society we believed that this leaps on tech and quality of life were natural and this trend would continue forever; we were on the shoulder of giants but the next generations will be on shoulders of men made of sticks

[@charmyzard]

Enlightening experiences. Gotta get this to tip!

[@andrewwilson9183]

@@reviewspiteras Technological progress was good Even the ancient people laid the foundations for progress.

[@dougefresh8029]

I don’t believe these advances are through the hands of God… too many people idle which invites the devil in thus these creations have all been created with sinister agendas

[@outbackgearforu]

So true ,our society is no longer the place where giants are made,it’s down to the stick men ,how that’s going to end I can’t only guess,I think a more vigorous group of people are going to take over from the stick men ,they won’t be from the west

[@LynetteTheMadScientist]

It’s the Tower of Babel all over again

[@paytonirby4904]

We need some sort of network for young men like us who are tired of sitting back watching our society commit suicide. Like if you agree

[@luijsderoth8835]

I'm in! Count me on! 🤚🏻

[@mightiestalone9851]

There is. But its not here.

[@davidblack4426]

Fight club. But you won't find it whilst plugged in to the Matrix.

[@Dystra_Dagar]

Genuinely.

[@k_man]

Amen to that. No more sitting back and watching the pyre burn

[@stanisawmuszel3912]

Wave function collapse in quantum physics does not prove consciousness affects change in material world. This is a common misconception

[@andrewwilson9183]

@@stanisawmuszel3912 Right it proves that interference affects the material world. And form what I know of Ancient and Medieval psychology I don’t see any way human perception could effect the material world, since it’s the material world effecting us that gives us consciousness.

[@mw9297]

It’s all connected. Entangled. The material is conscious, we’re material.

[@susangoaway]

What? I'm a physicist. I have no idea what you are talking about. Nvm, he mentions it in the video. Yeah, it's a stupid misconception of people who seem to subscribe to the weird concept of 'metaphysics', which has absolutely nothing to do with physics. It is basically a belief in physical theories as cope for the missing religious component in your life.

[@luigimrlgaming9484]

@@susangoawayEssentially saying “God exists” because the universe itself can’t be conscious.

[@kaizen2095]

it proves that observation and measurement of particles change how those particles behave, you can do this experiment from half way across the world and it still changes how the particles behave, its proof that consciousness effects material, undeniable proof even.

[@lmchankins]

Infinite growth is impossible in a finite world, and all things must end.

[@charmyzard]

WISDOM. PREACH! 🙏

[@JohnTrasher]

Nope, you can always be more effective... thus growth is still possible

[@shanejones578]

@@JohnTrasherlol, for who? I can’t afford to live and we’re more productive than ever. Zero sum game.

[@lmchankins]

@@shanejones578 Ex: if wages had kept up with production, federal min wage would be just under $25/hr, yet it's still 7.25/hr

[@lmchankins]

@@JohnTrasher to what degree?

[@hunterhoose9375]

Let me be clear, I am not a marxist. I am an anti-marxist by a lot. That being said, I think you are sorely mistaken in claiming marxist is solely materialistic. Marxism is extremely mystical by pretending to be purely materialist version of hegelianism. I highly reccommend checking out TIKHistory on youtube's videos relating to this as he explains, from a very similar position as you, that marxism is extremely mystical in pretending to be purely materialistic. These ideas of reality being constructed by perception is very similar to esoteric religions of the past because these esoteric religions went on to inform hegel and marx. As we live in a predominantly marxist/liberal hybrid society today, they have created a synthesis once again akin to that of hermeticism, using the dialectic as hegel does. These 'sciences' that provide 'evidence' for reality not being locally real come from the same marxist "the science" style of academics. NOT from a real form of study using the scientific method. These proofs are very manipulative in the same way you describe pseudo-science. It becomes hard to tell if their evidence is real due to their obfuscating methodology.

[@peterg76yt]

Marxism is one of many religions that will say: our belief system can't be a religion because unlike religions our beliefs are true, and we have circular reasoning to prove it. Part of the cognitive dissonance required by Marxism is the claim that it is materialistic despite being completely anti-empirical.

[@orjansora5076]

Mr. Lewis has a very wonderful mentality and is a very humble man

[@Lusa_Iceheart]

Thank you, I agree, Rudyard needs to check out TIK and these two need to smash their brains together. The insane suicide cult of the left makes perfect sense when viewed thro their mystic religion. They're a gnostic cult and gnostics believe the material world is a lie, reality isn't real and that if they could cause the Matrix to "crash" we'd all wake up in utopia/ merge souls and form the true god, ect. They are an outright religion, still a death cult, but they're honest belief in the destruction of reality makes sense when you understand the religious background of their ideology. These two REALLY need to combine their theories. Rudyard needs to get the paradigm that the left is materialistic/atheist and that the Nazis are "right wing" out of his model and TIK needs to accept that Christianity's focus on study of the material world is why we even have science and Objectivism. TIK ironically proves Rudyards thesis that all humans need a religion of some sort by gravitating to Randian Objectivism, which as Ayn Rands later detractors right pointed out of her, had become a cult of personality. Probably the least problematic one, but still developed a quasi-religious flair. TIK needs to get over his assumption that religion is the source of all problems (like mystic cults) the same as Rudyard needs to get over his assumptions about the WWII political doctrines. We need the specialist and the generalist to come together, combine their theories and see the flaws and biases in their own niche parts of the subject. A peer review of the Counter- Academia as it were.

[@niriop]

Why is our society in any way “Marxist”?

[@Bo0tmun]

It's pretty easy to see that marxism isn't purely materialistic when you notice how zealous marxists are today. It's no longer and ideology and more of a cult that requires fervent devotion.

[@AmericanSandman-ow1yy]

The best quote I’ve heard in a long time “if you’re not using history to understand the world, you’re just making stuff up”

[@mrsamtheman80]

Even if you are born as a blank slate (which any parent of 2+ children knows to be false by personal experience), you have very little say over the first decade of your life, and only slightly more over the second decade. The slate is already covered with writing by the time you have freedom to make substantial choices.

[@ktoth29]

In regard to tribal peoples not being noble savages I call this the brown mans paradox….you see polynesians/ native Americans celebrate their warrior heritage while simultaneously having a huge chip on their shoulder their ancestors were conquered by a technologically superior foe.

[@Graymenn]

You have a point but might still doesn’t make right

[@janelleh128]

​@Graymenn it has been done that way all throughout human history. The fact that it wasn't a total and complete g*n*cide is due to Western morality and civility

[@Graymenn]

@@janelleh128 which is why i said he had a point

[@midgetydeath]

Heck, I think part of it is that they weren't even conquered. The technologically superior foes basically just rolled in and started building their own cities and stuff and largely ignored the locals. Being conquered is one thing, being so utterly outmatched and inconsequential that you're all but _ignored_ and completely helpless about it is something entirely more insulting and hilarious.

[@HuckleberryHim]

@@janelleh128 It wasn't a total and complete g*n*cide? European colonialism extinguished thousands of indigenous languages in every corner of the world. It replaced the majority populations of two entire continents. No other entity ever to exist has ever done anything near that. Scarcely a single country was not impacted by colonialism outside of Europe. And their "civility", don't make me laugh. Read what white Europeans themselves, like Bartolomé de las Casas, wrote about the cruelty of their fellow white Europeans. They committed SA rampantly, they beat and murdered wantonly, they practically hunted humans for sport in Australia, they enslaved tens of millions in Africa, they committed massacres for no reason all the time, just see Pizarro at Cajamarca. And then they complain when immigrants non-violently replace them. They have violent riots in the streets when they get 1% of a taste of their own medicine, which is not even comparable. So much for all that civility.

[@clayhackney3514]

I was shocked but also not at how many of your recommended anthropology books are unavailable from audible, its like 1/3

[@Swisspastel80]

Many libraries don't have them either.

[@AtomickPixel]

@@Swisspastel80 someone was tasked with preparing a lists of "dangerous literary material" in free, liberal, democratic society.

[@jirislavicek9954]

Yeah, I listen to Audible a lot but their selection of book is very disappointing. And the leftists bias is unreal. Although I listen mostly to historic, religious and conservative books, it always pushes Michelle Obama in most categories. Recommended, recommended based on what you listen, popular.....🙈

[@Swisspastel80]

I would recommend to everyone to buy books and keep a personal library for your kids and friends.

[@lainiwakura1776]

Reading won't kill you, trust me.

[@Nemosaur]

I am a guy who grew up in India, 1 year in post-soviet Russia, 2 years in Singapore and 10 years in Japan. Living in various cultures, Anthropology has interested me a lot. Most videos on youtube, I watch at x2 speed. These are the only videos I watch slower so I can process and play with the idea in my head. Really enjoying your analyses and takes with a holistic perspective! Keep up the good stuff!

[@TimSlee1]

"Trust the science" is the most politically motivated quote of the century.

[@The_world_is_not_worthy_of_Him]

telling people to have faith in their gods is a time-honored tradition.

[@Dionyson678]

"We must retvrn to monke!" "NO JOHN, YOU ARE MONKE!" And then John stole a bunch of bananas from a Safeway while hooting erratically.

[@justadildeau]

eYe Don Wan piece, EYEWAN PROBLEM, ALWAYSS 🍌

[@Billy_B_Goat]

"Are those bananas Organic?", cried WOKE MONKE

[@MartinMizner]

Bro is the main character who one day woke up and decided to free the world from the curse

[@charmyzard]

Correct.

[@Jim-x1i]

he's a lunatic who is exploiting you and wants to start a movement that will get people watched by the feds on a list or get them 💀. he's dangerous. follow the money. he could be a russian shill like civil war time pool which is a meme now. tim pool saying civil war civil war civil is coming was working for the russian government. he knew so stop the cap with that. or a fed to root out nut jobs and put them on a list. a savior is like a jesus archetype jesus was very transparent you knew who he worked with. this guy has people working on his research and other things in elite circles his words not mine. you do not know who he is working with and he is not transparent. youtube is his full time job (his words not mine) so who is paying him? tim pool and lauren chen was being paid 10 million for doing videos for russia. this guy just so happens from doing youtube is a multi millionaire now at 22? 23? yeah this guy is dangerous. follow him at your own risk.

[@0HOON0]

Rudyard is doing solid work figuring out which modern lies can be spoken about and which truths will destroy your life. Provided he can dance this line, it's a fantastically profitable niche.

[@davidmays8974]

Cringe bro

[@grunchlk]

​@@davidmays8974how to disqualify one's opinion with just two words

[@Jetfire725]

As someone a bit older than you, you are wise beyond your years dude. I listen to a lot of people and some sort of kind of get at the ideas you do in a messy way that misses context. But when it comes to expressing these complex ideas with intellect and razer sharp accuracy you are in a class of your own. Don't get burned out, in the coming decades the world will need voices like yours if it has any hope of getting out of the mess it's made for itself.

[@yeetman4953]

Hes the definition of a mixed bag, dont praise him too much.

[@UncleDon226]

Careful, Icarus. I've seen more than a few content creators get bodied for saying there is a link between race and IQ.

[@andrewwilson9183]

@@UncleDon226 he hasn’t

[@vryc]

This is why READING is so powerful. Reading history, philosophy, the Great Works, etc. Reading gives you access to the best minds that have ever breathed a thought into this world and further, after having connected with their ideas VIA THEIR OWN WORDS, allows them to become part of your Council. They begin to whisper to you, to encourage you, to question whether that action you're thinking about taking is worth it or does it make you a better person (Aristotle's "magnanimity principle" sits with me always when it comes to any size or type of choice). It gives you as many unique and thoughtful perspectives as you can hold. And if you find you can't hold anymore? Grow stronger. You can always hold more.

[@VWbusmarketcrash]

Real estate is a good investment because real estate will always go up because progress is natural. ~every financial guru on KZbin. When will it go down enough so I can afford it is the big question.

[@nietname2468]

Well, when the demographics lower demand naturally.

[@AAhmou]

The trick is that value can also be driven by rarity. Which, at times, can be the result of the exact opposite of progress.

[@AmericanAdvancement]

@@nietname2468That can’t happen until immigration stops. Until then there will be increasing demand for fewer homes

[@friendlyfire7861]

Gold standard

[@beskamir5977]

@@nietname2468 Except the solution is to just keep indefinitely importing -slaves- I mean cheap foreign labor from regions of the world that have not yet been tainted by the insanity in the west and by the time the collapse will take place, we'll probably be going straight into hunter/gatherer tribalism where land/housing will only be worth anything to you if you can defend it yourself. Refer to South Africa or Rhodesia for examples of what a post collapse western society will look like.

[@pesh909]

Legend, mate. I’m new to your work. Only seen a handful of your interviews and videos, starting this year. I think you’re a very impressive young man and give me hope for future generations. Fantastic work. Love from Aus-jail-ya x

[@ChrisF-jt1qf]

We thought the future would be like the Jetson's, it's more like Event Horizon

[@outbackgearforu]

Or the hunger games

[@DJl3iohazord]

And I wanted madmax or fallout…

[@novanleon]

Give it time.

[@stevenscott2136]

We seem to be working pretty hard on being the Borg Collective.

[@lazysunside]

You’ll like Warhammer 40k. Human history in that universe went like Present day -> Star Trek --> future Star Trek ---> Skynet ----> Event Horizon ----> Mad Max/Fallout----> Warhammer 30k ---> Warhammer 40k.

[@sergeymyasnikov736]

Man studies humanities, finds out they're not "science", vents for 40 minutes. 2024, colorized

[@Tundra.]

The problem is all of the people taking advantage of pretending that it _is_ a science, just because people write papers about it. Hundreds of millions of dollars dumped into garbage year after year for decades needs to be addressed.

[@luigimrlgaming9484]

They’re treated like science, gospel even, but it’s a common misconception.

[@СергейПлугатырёв]

​@@luigimrlgaming9484 They are treated the way they are because we need immaterial fundamentals to base our society on and since we haven't come up with a more intricate system this is the one we're sticking to. If we stop treating them as science they'd stop being so fundamental to us and there's nothing of value to replace them with

[@luigimrlgaming9484]

@@СергейПлугатырёв I am talking of the modern humanities, which the establishment claims isn’t imperative, yet they treat it as though it was (because it has to). I understand your point

[@rakandy3878]

😂

[@watsjd1]

I know people who simply do not want to be told, do not want to know, that they've been lied to. When discussions about "ugly" truths comes up, they quickly retreat to the kitchen to make treats and coffee. Hence today's "safe spaces".

[@eindalton2638]

I'm Bulgarian and all my life I was taught and learned that the further back in time you went, the more savage and brutal and godless people were.

[@Abandonsoyciety]

False, people today are not different from people in the past. There's nothing new under the sun.

[@yeetman4953]

godless, really?

[@Petrosilius]

Do you view things differently today?

[@nikobellic570]

Did you grow up in communist Bulgaria? Communist regimes teach that they are utopian, and the past was degenerate

[@eindalton2638]

@@nikobellic570 Post-communist, and yes I know about that line of thinking. I was raised by historian-adjacent parents (culturologist mother and theologist father), so I did get a very objective view of history from a younger age.

[@tomtsu5923]

Rudyard is beginning to verge on art haus with these videos. I love just the stream of consciousness and approximations instead of getting technically bogged down in resolute analysis. It’s starting to come off like digital poetry. It’s really all anyone could hope for these days.

[@Swisspastel80]

After years of research I have come to the same conclusion.

[@tann_man]

All roads lead to 👃

[@yeetman4953]

​@@tann_manwhat?

[@tann_man]

@@yeetman4953 iykyk

[@allenturnage5024]

I would respectfully suggest Patrick Deneen, "Why Liberalism Failed." The wealthier we have become the more unhappy we are, as classical liberalism promoted the idea that economics was the primary means for public policy making. The resulting atomization of individuals leaves us lonely, fearful, stressed, and rich. Hardly a rational trade-off.

[@stevenelson25]

I started visiting colleges, and people kept telling me they thought I was an anthropologist, but all I ever did, was study the mental health, recovery, jail, economic. idk I study local societies and communities and how people function day to day. But I burned all my studied long ago because it ruined my peace of mind. (contemplating the reality of our mental health facilities gave me nightmares.) Our jails are overflowing, and there is still lead in the pipes in hospitals. I don't know how to actually study because I'm a construction worker though. I just build things, and solve problems, and move on to next site.

[@J31]

> The greatest lie ever told He's going to have his channel banned *Watches video* Oh, he was talking about something else.

[@ootmaster1]

Same thought

[@J31]

@@ootmaster1 Love the pfp

[@C61-y9s]

I feel as though he is priming his viewers to be more susceptible to that, but there's no way to know for sure.

[@J31]

@@C61-y9s Reality is making people more susceptible to that

[@AVisionofTruth]

Soon

[@usov656]

History as a field has already decayed a lot because of revisionism. Anthropology might as well be dead because the current ideas dominating the field are just assumptions that came out of the blank slate argument and that progress must always trend towards liberalism (any other direction is just called regressive). Psychology is easily the most suspect field ever since, since psychology is an entire field composed off wild assumptions of people who assumed with enough methodology they could basically read thoughts and predict behaviors, and that humans are some sort ot machine which will output x if it gets y as an input. Whats worse, it has infected psychiatry to the point doctors are giving the same medicine to people of different ethnic backgrounds because equality must remain a constant in any field, apparently, even when it causes harm to people. Despite that, current western society is willing to go as far ruining the lives of people that say maybe mutilating your genitals because of your mental issues isnt such a great idea.

[@DJEkilibrium]

Do you mind giving us your books in which you are basing yourself, or are you going to tell us your assumptions based on your PC-Gamer or Cellphone pseudo-Intellectualism?

[@danx1216]

If you want any wisdom in Psychology Study Jung ... brilliant mind and was big on our connection to our ancient world..and there is a reason WHY Jung is NEVER allowed in University Psych.. even though he's one of smartest dudes in last 250 years!

[@tann_man]

"revisionism" Lmao that's not the issue. The official narrative is far worse. Written by the "victors" as the "good guys". Those in power👃 have manipulated distorted and outright lied about the official narrative, history, and people groups

[@borderjumper232]

It seems we’re in for a rude awakening. Interesting to note, I have a math degree and in various college math and science courses, we were always learning theorems and concepts that humanity has known for a long time. From Einstein to Gauss, lagrange etc. it’s like these theorems were proven hundreds of years ago and we don’t learn about newer stuff. Nikola Tesla knew 100 years ago what is weaponized and classified by our pentagon today

[@stevenscott2136]

We do learn newer stuff, but it's more specialized and less relevant, which leads to most people never hearing about it. The metallurgy of iron or Maxwell's equations have been hugely useful... the details of Jupiter's orbit are pretty trivial... most of the quantum stuff might as well be fiction, for all the difference it makes in the human world. The only reason we support the exotic studies is that we're afraid of missing out on something cool. Quantum mechanics may be mostly playtime for nerds, but if anything is going to give us a teleportation booth, it'll be that. And it's always fun to spend other people's money.

[@Bbmin0rBmaj0r]

I just had a conversation with one of my close friends and classmates regarding the nature/nurture dynamic. He literally said “I refuse to believe that” when I told him that genetics plays at least some role in life outcomes but didn’t even disagree with me. This is a guy who is a student at a top 3 law school, former management consultant who also worked for the Senate. He’s super smart and is a good guy, but seeing how the status quo has made him feel like he is forced to believe or not believe certain things that are not factually up for debate is scary.

[@joachimschmidt7662]

An important way to understand Rudyard, is whenever he says "the Left does/did something i disagree with"... Remember, that the Right you're thinking is supposed to keep it in check (Reagan/Thatcher years, et al) isn't really the Right, because they loooove big government too. And on balance, do more Left things than Right things. A long-winded way to say "Uniparty?" or "Rudyard fears invisible elite bogeypersons?" but important to position his perspective, more out-of-step with today. Because today is out-of-step with the past

[@JakobusMaximus]

Just because the right that is supposed to keep it in check isn't doing so, doesn't mean the left isn't doing batisht crazy things that should be called out.

[@epicphailure88]

@@JakobusMaximus He thinks Democrats are the Left and Republicans are the Right lmao.

[@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986]

Cthulhu swims slowly but he always swims left. Compare your average right winger to any from a century ago and the modern one will be more left wing, repeat the process of the right winger from 1924 with one from 1824 and you see the same pattern. It goes on throughout history.

[@JakobusMaximus]

@@epicphailure88 Perhaps, perhaps not, I'm not privy to what someone else thinks. But republicans are generally to the right of the democrats, for what that's worth. Out of curiosity, how would you phrase it in a manner likely to garner views in an internet video?

[@tann_man]

Zionist occupied government

[@pedrobarbosaduarte3704]

Whatifalthistory didnt killed himself

[@epicphailure88]

If he did the world would lose another cringey edgelord.

[@Jim-x1i]

@@epicphailure88 exactly.

[@pedrobarbosaduarte3704]

@@epicphailure88 but he is my cringe edgelord...

[@techpriest6962]

*The Greatest Lie Ever Told* Democracy is a good thing.

[@eazee5324]

weird take

[@techpriest6962]

@ It's the truth, and I highly doubt if we talked I couldn't get you to understand this perspective. My perspective on democracy is in the same vein as Aristotle, Socrates, and many other great thinkers of ancient Greece's critiques.

[@excalibro8365]

@@eazee5324 It stops being weird when you realize democracy is quantity over quality.

[@mrusername5]

God bless you Rudyard. You are doing amazing things for the world.

[@weston06.]

I have to get up at 5am but screw that, Rudyard’s uploaded.

[@tiistai9696]

I can enjoy this at morning :)

[@smiterofbarbarians4711]

"5. War is a nasty reality to accept". not "except" two different words. just saying

[@lainiwakura1776]

It's okay, one of the slides used passed instead of past and that hurt to see.

[@pro_154]

​@@lainiwakura1776he's typing at schitzospeed, there will be typos

[@keylanoslokj1806]

War is the default state of humanity. 33:10 In the words of Clausewitz, human history is one of constant war, with a few breaks of peace here and there... .

[@talisikid1618]

There is a flaw here. Equality is important. Too much inequality destroys everything. The real problem is “equality” is not what is being promoted but inequality and a power agenda by a group seeking control. History shows that inequality leads to revolution and war. A proper balance must be maintained. As it says in The Bible, “to whom much is given, much is required” and “all things in moderation”. Wisdom for the ages.

[@SwornInvictus]

Fairness and justice is good, Equality is a falsehood.

[@arandomguest0089]

We are equal under the rule of law, despite our many differences. Why? Because 1. We must demonstrate whether we are a net benefit to society, and allow ourselves to be domesticated or selected out if we are deleterious to our peers, 2. As our peers are expected to insure us in the event of harms, so to are we obligated to insure them: We are all obligated to be members of the unorganized mili tia, for the defense of the person and the body politic which we owe our own protection in kind, regardless of our preferences or individual desires for self-preservation; partake in the jury, and decide the innocence and/or guilt of citizens who have either adhered to or betrayed their peers, their rank and file; and enshrine freedom of testimonial speech (truth before face regardless of cost), as it is the method to adversarial test and discover the most effective and parsimonious solutions to problems as they come, for the benefit of the whole, amongst other responsibilities.

[@Abandonsoyciety]

Wrong in the Bible it says people who can do good with a little can do well with a lot, people who can't handle a little don't deserve anything more then what they can handle. Literally a system based on the individuals capabilities, not equality. The reason you think equality is necessary is because you forget that most people in power, do not deserve to be in power, and most people who can handle power well, will never be in said positions.

[@Terran.Marine.2]

​@@arandomguest0089 we are more certainly not equal under the law. We are supposed to be, but we are not. Take a little look at the sentencing disparity between men and women for nearly identical crimes and nearly indentical circumstances for one rather large collection of data.

[@excalibro8365]

@@Terran.Marine.2 add affirmative action and family courts to the list

[@DShaw1776]

My father raised me with the statement, “respect authority but always question authority,” which has guided me well. Although I am annoying at times, but I realize the more annoying I become is only because I am not getting correct or appropriate answers. I too, in the last decade, have definitely 💯 seen the reality & design of our societal demise. And it’s rather a simple matter except that we have been intentionally manipulated. I can reflect back through my life since a young girl & recall getting “brushed off” most likely because I was on to something that most didn’t want to grow in knowledge. I just recall all to well feeling like “what just happened” & “why do I still not have an answer” plus, “why are “they” telling me to shut up?” 🤫

[@g-ray7121]

your dad was very based ngl

[@DShaw1776]

@@g-ray7121 so much makes sense now!! He was, and he had his reasons. 😉

[@susangoaway]

Because academia is fully taken over by finances. I don't know how to call that. Simply: If you're a scientist you need to look into things that get you money, otherwise you won't survive and will go bankrupt. That's the first issue with modern academia. it is not about curiosity, it is about making money. The second issue makes this even worse, since you may make more money if you mention certain things in a certain way... like climate change. I've noticed that despite your comments on academia, you seem to have no idea how it works and instead opt into a description of it as a group. It is not a group, it is more of a conceptual place, basically a job. Either way, this second issue is how for example the propagandists get that 99% quota. The third issue is even worse than the above combined, sometimes you only get money if you make a paper that has a certain pre-determined result. This is how most of climate science works nowadays, that you have to write that way, otherwise they will pull the money from you. Not to mention that this extends to the point of certain groups making you basically and actually lose your job for "denialism". That latter part is what causes most people in academia to either avoid these topics or toe the line. I've also noticed you saying that you actually never went to university, which is okay and would explain why you do not exactly understand how academia works. And Academia always works like this. If there is a heavily politicized issue, you will find that 99% agree, because the others get cancelled. As for myself: I actually work in it. And I despise every bit of it. At least I'm not in any of the "soft sciences" that went completely mad in the past few decades. But physics is partially taken over by crazy leftist as well (see climate), and it would seem like biology is currently in the process of being politicized, at least sex is. Also the blank slate theory was a theory at my school and was given as such. It was not presented as truth. And as for myself, I've never believed it. I do not exactly understand the point of this video. 25:45 I don't know what you're trying to imply here. You may think that, but it is what it is. Particles that go back in time do not exist though. At least that's just a theory that has yet to be proven. The other things have been proven to exist. Quantum Physics is real, but it has nothing to do with that last part, that's just pseudoscience. I've never heard of anyone claiming that "consciousness" would somehow have an impact on the environment. Only some pseudoscientists, that is, some random people confusing their weird version of philosophy that has nothing to do with actual Physics, Metaphysics. Metaphysics looks to me like a cope mechanism against the atheist indoctrination people underwent. A really bad one, since you can see how it gets abused. Also the concept of spacetime has yet to be combined with Quantum Physics in a solvable way. General Relativity and Quantum Physics are the current frontiers of physics, and it becomes too complicated if you were to combine them until now. 41:55 "Negative". And yet you parrot what the elites have taught you x) 43:56 No you wouldn't. You would look at it how much damage it could do, what good it would do and whether it is better to publicize or keep in secret. That's how it works. And I do not believe in that.

[@danielwatcherofthelord1823]

No, people are not most motivated by sex in and of itself but by intimate relations which will no doubt also contain sexual relations but also companionship, emotional support and most importantly a family unit. Freud was very misguided when he contributed every drive to sexual lust. Its deeper than that just as our minds are deeper than that.

[@excalibro8365]

I get what you're saying but you can't separate sex from intimate relations. Lust is an inherent part of romantic love. It is the difference between being just friends and being a romantic couple. It is a fundamental part of being a human, and its derivates such as families and children are in my opinion the main driver of what gets the world moving. Remove sex from the equation and the world will collapse overnight.

[@danielwatcherofthelord1823]

@excalibro8365 intimate relations aren't always romantic relationships. For example people have intimate relationships with their parents and children. Intimate doesn't equal sexual. Intimacy denotes a closeness of the relationship or a deep understanding of one another. The definition has nothing to do with sex. Only in our modern day world has intimacy come to mean only sexual relationships. In other words, I'm saying our world moves and operates on relationships between people. All relationships.

[@brianjohnson5272]

Well, he finally figured it out. Rudger, buddy now ponder a "simple" truth, how to attain truth when those in power need the sheep to velieve the lie. The powerful will quite literally destroy the rest of the world if it means staying in power.

[@charmyzard]

Correct! Neoliberalism at its worst.

[@brianjohnson5272]

@charmyzard im not talking about neoliberism. Im talking about neoaristocracy or neooligarchy trying desperately to cling to near absolute power and how do we bring it down, preferably peacefully, but Fk it is perfectly viable when all else fails.

[@PodreyJenkin138]

Holy war

[@stevenscott2136]

​@@brianjohnson5272 Part of the problem is that as long as the tech exists, the power structure will keep reappearing. Humans seek advantage. As soon as someone realizes that a camera or a rifle or the concept of fiat currency can bring him advantage, we're back on the road to 1984.

[@luigimrlgaming9484]

@@stevenscott2136Well, if you use their own tactics against them and remove all the tools you can from being used, then you remove the risk.

[@Aerdonikius]

man really trying hard not to bring up juice

[@yeetman4953]

or maybe you have a weird obsession with jews

[@leonardocastelletti68]

Being a European is so good, I can listen to to this new Whatifalthist video whipe I sip my coffe in the morning ☕

[@Mogmanhatengr]

You can do that even in the poorest coutry in africa

[@notallowedtobehonest2539]

@@Mogmanhatengrnot with clean water

[@justadildeau]

​@@MogmanhatengrAfrican coffee and dookie mud cookies. Samidam eheh wakawaka eheh, samidam ahah cuz this is afreeka

[@cliffordjames4462]

​@@notallowedtobehonest2539You do realize Africa is a continent right? There are different countries in it and even those countries, there are different regions. You indirectly claim to be European and smart but you're not even intelligent enough to understand this simple fact or at least try and be exposed to real facts before making blank statements about 1billion+ people.

[@alissiarosadelaguatl6140]

​@@cliffordjames4462 this guy's audience is sub 90 IQ

[@enclave1165]

Honey wake up whatifalthist posted a new video

[@shanejones578]

Lmaoooo at 2:45 am!

[@Jim_Eagle]

Uploading at the buttcrack of dawn? Really brother? Jk. Hey what do you think about doing a video on the warrior class of America? As a Marine Infantry vet I see a lot of my brothers consistently are far far right, myself there as well. The warrior class of America is more than just us though. It would include 2A practitioners, gang members, and LE. Would like to see a vid on the different groups of the American warrior class and their history

[@ultimaetsolder]

Lol. Warrior class? Veterans did nothing for us. Cant protect the border. Just meddle with other far away countries.

[@TheDonSP]

This is a topic that should be discussed.

[@Jim_Eagle]

@@TheDonSP I think it would be really cool,

[@gerryconstant4914]

You're telling me Milliy & Austin didn't banish you as super white even though whites died at 76% in the Middle East Wars which is double its number of the population (yes, I follow Victor Davis Hanson).

[@owenbrandon8370]

That actually sounds like a really good idea. I’m actually leaving for boot camp in about a month. Do you have any advice? (If you are actually telling the truth)

[@performancetesting1]

So glad Timcast had you on, Rudyard! Your channel is like none other because your memory, storytelling ability, and ability to draw connections, implications, and overall main narratives from facts among various sources are second to none. You are on the level of intellectuals like Thomas Sowell, in my opinion, and very few are in his league. Big fan of your work, and hope you never quit producing your truly excellent work.

[@otterconnor942]

It's depressing when you look at the early life of all these pseudoscience authors

[@leopardone2386]

Power: *Out* Candles: *Lit* Hurricane: *Outside* Lets watch some Whatif.

[@ganemrahman3424]

Good luck out there

[@roscoejones374]

It's lit!! -Candles

[@Billy_B_Goat]

Hunker Down and Party On Wayne.... May the Transformer Gods bless you with a replacement sooner than later. Peace Goat

[@collinb.8542]

God Bless man that must suck

[@starwarfan8342]

Ayeee Helene gang 👍

[@rlp8182]

Imagine teaching kids in school that another group of people were superior than your group, and your group were inferior to some others groups.

[@JakobusMaximus]

Shouldn't we teach kids in school that they are going to be good at some things and bad at others, so they should strive to form a network of friends to compensate for their failures? Teach them that they might be bad at math, or mechanics, or reading, or sports, but them being bad at that doesn't mean they are bad people? If you tell everyone that the reason they don't run like Usain Bolt is because of their unwillingness to do so, they'll think they are a failure. If you tell them it's due to a number of factors, including genetics, they'll accept their own ability better.

[@outbackgearforu]

I always thought that ancient Egypt was ahead of us in the west ,we still don’t know how they built the pyramids or how they machined hard stone and cut symbols into it without signs of chiselling

[@christopherhammond9467]

​@@outbackgearforuthe lack of chiseling marks could probably be attributed to weathering over many thousands of years

[@coldkill207]

What about the stone that's deeper in the pyramids where weather couldn't reach?

[@GearZNet]

@@coldkill207 Aliens. 👽🛸

[@Roufus55]

The esoteric bent led directly to Hegel, which inspired Marx and everyone that followed. It is the cause of the issues, not the solution. You may want to look into Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition by Glenn Magee

[@__-bz7wh]

More like the greatest story never told am I right

[@charmyzard]

Got me.

[@makingastardestroyer3066]

🤚

[@mrteco4236]

Yep

[@niriop]

What do you mean?

[@makingastardestroyer3066]

@@niriop ever heard about google

[@dionysius4353]

I will NOT take my meds!

[@christophersnedeker]

Why not?

[@Jim-x1i]

a lot of kids listening to this garbage aren't taking their meds.

[@michael-r4k]

@@Jim-x1i You're brain is mush.

[@metro9640]

Late night Rudyard posting

[@businessofrhythm2315]

Dark night of the soul 😩😫

[@JakobusMaximus]

Is your... Is your profile pic... You know, nevermind, it's the internet.