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The problem with this right wing uprising is it's based on false facts. And as much as I want to go into detail, I know the post will get censored. Let's just politely say they are being misinformed.
The biggest problem is giving the third world modern medicine in lands where they can't sustain the population. Because the west wants to feel good about themselves and the future is of no consequence.
This guy is basically just following the obvious social patterns of society, I think it's wild that people say he's too far out there. You only need to look at like 500 years of history, and not even in detail to understand the different societal patterns that lead up to massive wars or whatever. It's almost like people stopped believing in cause and effect, the basics.
There are groups out there that actively promote these things. You can go to their websites and read it in their own words. The _Mein Kampf_ plans were published in 1925 but was dismissed as conspiracy theory
Military back then was a couple thousand guys with swords, shields and horses. Maybe rifles or such at some point. What exactly do you think would happen in a conflict between an 'uprising' of 'insert disenfranchised group of choice' and the US Army? I think, that would be a very short conflict. Or are you proposing that the military itself would stage a coup against whatever democratically elected government/president happens to be in power? For the record...I'm not trying to start a fight. Just wondering, if you have really thought this through. People and their emotions and instincts might not have changed a whole lot in the last 500 years (or at all). But the organization of society and our technological capabilities sure have. And that makes these situations extremely hard to compare, imo. The military can survey and then take out with a drone whoever they deem a problem even in other countries. Never mind within the US. How would any kind of anti government resistance even form under such circumstances? That shit would be shut down in a hurry, if you ask me. And people's houses blowing up without warning would discourage wannabe revolutionaries pretty quickly, I think. You can have all the weapons you like stacked in your home... you're still no match for professionally trained military and their weapons and capabilities.
He actually has videos talking about this very issue. It depends on the situation. He's said before a civil war will lead to a military state. And that's going both ways. A left right civil war with the military shutting it down will lead to a totalitarian government and a military choosing a side will lead to it. But you can't ignore the growing problem. @@raraavis7782
I have to hand it to this guy. At 23, having this much perspective and a litany of history to fall back on is amazing. I'm familiar with much of what he's referencing but I'm 60. That's how long it took me to capture that much data.
but he is exaggerating a bit. In fact, way too much, and his naivety shows his youth. A civil war in a couple of years in the USA? doubt it. Even then Rome had many civil wars, but it wasn't the cause of their fall. Rome survived many civil wars. We'll likely see states spilting from the union during the next severe economic downturn/ depression. For the USA to survive, they'll need a 'dictator'. Having millions of sexless men is dangerous for any society, and its deluisonal to think these men aren't the power of the country, and if banded together, they won't yield their leader unfathomable power. There is also a huge outside influencers that won't get involved in any battle (China or Russia) but will spark the flames of discord.
@@roosevelttheodore1799 what says they wont be involved? When we are divided and fighting amongst eachother and our military is trying to quash the conflict, that’d be a perfect time for an attack. Tho then again they still gotta deal with our navy and air force potentially
Chris not getting that ppl are doing worse is evidence of his bubble. He truly believes he is friends with the average person. The fact that he knows them and they know him is evidence that they are exceptional because he and his life are exceptional.
He is biased in favor of his own experience. His world, like mine, doesn’t include enough of our fellow citizens who are truly struggling. I’ve had a revelation about this over the last year, thanks be to God.
I noticed that also. I am in the UK and have noticed that most people are on minimum wage. Most jobs advertised are minimum wage and I know that I am struggling on double the minimum wage. The UK is ripe for revolution. I can feel it my bones because the 25 and under age group have nothing to aim for.
Seems most YT podcasters doing well get caught in this bubble. If I was making $100k/month for just shooting the shit, I'd probably be in the same bubble. Once a podcast hits terminal velocity, I imagine remaining grounded becomes extremely difficult.
Agreed, but credit to him for at least acknowledging that. I'm of the 80 percent that struggles, so it was interesting to hear him say that he doesn't see the struggle. Has he looked at people's faces in the malls, gas stations, and grocery stores? Cheers to your comment.
@@MLCommythe happiest dude I know struggles. You wouldn’t know that by meeting them. Some of the most pleasant ppl I know work at grocery or common jobs. Some of the most miserable ppl I know make money. So for Chris, he’s an open relatively positive person and that’s what he’s gonna notice around him.
He gives me hope that I one day could be like him. Im similar too him in love of history and cultures and I read alot too (Im also on the spectrum which he likely is too)
Rudyard is popping up everywhere it's crazy, he certainly does deserve it he is a bright person and a much needed voice for sanity. I bet his sub's are blowing up right now.
Certain things are correct that he says, certain things are not. It comes with being young. People who didn’t grow up in a time always argue that said time didn’t exist and from a grand overview it might not have for everyone. My mother tells me about growing up in the 50s and 60s and I can say from a grand overview her experience never existed, but Rudy would tell me that my experience of being told to hurry the fuck up by security in ohare because I took 1 minute to empty my pockets in 2000 didn’t exist.there is some truth in lived experience that people who only take a grand overview can’t imagine.
1:26:32 Being critical of Israel does not make you "antisemitic." Being critical of black violence does not make you "racist." Being critical of the radical LGBTQ+ agenda does not make you "homophobic."
Being critical of Israel no, but lying and saying they’re an apartheid state or are committing an ethnic genocide is anti-Semitic because those words have definitions and the parameters of those definitions are not met.
Also to mention, being critical of israel doesn't make you left wing either. I would consider myself as conservative, and I'm deeply concerned about what israel is doing to the Palestinians, that is not being antisematic.
@komodocomedy1809 No. Jews do not get special protection, special words, or a special status that exempts them from criticism. They are running an apartheid state. The fact that you need DNA proof to be a citizen, is all the evidence needed. Whether that's justified, or not, is the issue.
@@komodocomedy1809or you could just be incorrect. Assuming intent when dealing with attitudes about a specific subgroup and then criminalizing behaviors because of that assumed intent is misguided at best.
@@komodocomedy1809imagine being kicked out of 1063 class rooms and 112 formerly 109 schools now swap schools those for countries & you have the numbers for israhel but its never their own fault trust me 😅
I've lived 60 years in Western society. The last 5 years has been the worst period using any metric that you can come up with. Personally, I'm stronger than ever since I saw this coming & I never follow the sheep route, BUT 90% of the people around me are much worse off. This is going to BLOW UP into extreme violence. I can sense it.
Same... I can feel it. When you're a basically happy person, the amount of unhappiness around can be truly... energy absorbing. I stay to myself ALOT trying to protect myself from that.
Everyone else is the problem according most people who believe the West is doomed. When you ask them, they will tell you that things are pretty good in their own lives. Why is that?
I dreamed about it when I was young. I was shocked by the dream as a teen, where in the dream I was in my 40's and a commander in a very well funded militia. In the dream America was EMPTY, like 95% of America dead.
YUP. It completely trumps the great depression and the 2008 crash, it also marked people genetically as children fell behind in development because of the social isolation.
The recovery was worse since the capital that flooded the markets ended up benefiting primarily asset holders and property owners while raising cost of living inflation massively for those on the lower rungs. Classic K-shaped recovery.
Prime example would be Larry Silverstein and 9/11.
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No one is even threatening to take their wealth. Just to pay their fair share. Their wealth has gone for insane to mind boggling. 100 billion dollars? This is a figure the human mind can't even really wrap itself around.
They are a minority among the masses. Within the masses exist a subset that recognize the "rules" were made before (and without their input) them. The "rules" have intentionaly degraded societies (the masses) ability to progress and succeed. The "masses" have enabled this through apathy, ignorance, or fear. And here we are. The "elites" are convinced of their invincibility, and the masses are the reason for that view. . That "subset" previously mentioned, are neither apathetic, ignorant, or afraid. Once the realization that there's everything to gain, and nothing to lose, a reality will manifest itself very quickly. Underestimating one's adversary facilitates defeat. The "elite" are not underestimated, and the subset are not unprepared. "Still waters run deep"...and are dangerous.
He’s spot on when he says, “it’s worse than the 1960s.” The median salary in 1960 was 5,600 dollars and the average house cost 11,900 dollars. About double a year of work. Now the average salary is 59,228… the average home price is 412,000 dollars. About 7 years of work.
At his age I had a mediocre, poorly paid job, I owned my home, had a stay at home wife and two kids.. we lacked nothing.. 3B+gar SD home, £3,400.. salary £1,113. My daughter, aged 40, with 2 masters bought a smaller house for exactly 100 times as much.. actually no that's not true: I had to give her 50% of the price from my savings because her salary was a 10th of €340,000.. She was single, had no dependents, no car and no savings.. that was 2010.. my story was set in 1973..
@@oftbanned101they talk about how bad the Great Depression was in the 1930’s (which I know only the effects of Americans) if you really look at the data… today is even worse for Americans.
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It is way different today because of the wealth inequality. You can still buy a house for 10k in Detroit and Memphis btw.
What does wealth inequality have to do with the price of housing? The difference between those 10K houses and 10k houses in 1960 is that the ones in 1960 were livable.
Thats removing other living expenses from their savings too. Nowadays mortgages will be a lifelong debt, and any life changing occurrence or world event may cause them to foreclose on their home. The situation is fucked.
I’ve heard a lot of people say that his opinions don’t matter because he doesn’t have a degree. Never mind that he speaks more knowledgeably at articulately about the topics he studies than most people I know with degrees. People need to get over their fixation on credentials.
Sorry, but Chris' example of "all my friends are doing well, so I don't think there's anything wrong" was one of the dumbest things I've ever heard him say. I'm sure many celebrities can relate
@williamtuite1120 it's literally the same "logic" As saying you don't believe in global warming because where you live it snows every year. Anecdotes are not arguments.
@@ianweir3608 Veering somewhat off-topic, but your use of language (regarding global warming) is, imo, rather revealing, and is indicative of a _religious indoctrination_ - or a cult - not a rational, scientific position. Consider the similarities: "What!? You don't *believe* in global warming?" "What!? You don't *believe* in fairies at the bottom of the garden?" "What!? You don't *believe* in ?" "What!? You don't *believe* in Santa Claus?" If it's a matter of _belief,_ then it's an article of _faith._ Note: I'm not saying climate change _isn't_ happening, I'm just pointing out how it's being marketed; as a cult-like, ersatz *religion.* It's being sold in the same manner as a fairy tale for children. (Not even having a go at you, btw - just reminded me of an irl conversation I had).
I am a college educated Electrical Engineer. Calling out potential flaws in evolution or climate change isn't an issue IMO. We should never stop asking questions. They is no such thing as settled science. The left accepts everything from 'experts' without question. There is no reason for the right to do this as well.
Only flaw with evolution is pretty big. We can't prove it scientifically without time machines. And I reject your use of the orwellian phrase "climate change". There has never been a debate that climates change. The debate is in catastrophic anthropogenic global warming. Which was supposed to kill us 20 years ago, and since then has only been supported by massive fraud. There is no debate.
I’m a college educated and practicing electrical engineer myself, as well as an ex-molecular biologist. I have listened to my fellow EEs debate evolution, and as someone who haspretty uniquely had a foot in both world, I can tell you it’s a case study in the Dunning-Krueger effect. Engineers tend to be smart in their area, so they assume they are smart in every area and draw simplistic “common sense” conclusions about evolution. In fact they just don’t have deep domain knowledge, and are not aware of what they are not aware of. People need to be careful not to get stuck with just enough knowledge that they’re dangerous, but not enough to really know what they’re talking about. It’s a major problem with the complexity of our age.
What is needed in our current era is for people to rediscover humility about deeply complex topics. Just throwing a few surface facts and some pop psychology at every problem solves nothing.
The beliefs of more than half of the left are non organic movements created by elites and foreign actors meant to control or disrupt our society. It's as easy as admitting we've been duped and are being controlled for nepharious reasons. Moving forward in a truly progressive manner will happen once the majority consciousness can see the common enemy we all share
@betelgeuse68 Most. Spengler, Durant, zeihan, _Man's search for meaning_ (can't remember the author right now). He has inspired to take a look at Carol Quigley and Amaruy de Riencourt, but i haven't gotten to them yet. Either way, though, I don't think that's relevant. Appeal to Authority is a logical fallacy. It's one's obligation to assess circumstances with their own senses and intellect in an attempt an honest conclusion. Also, as far as I can recall, none of those above authors touch on the topic of deliberate political corruption, which I think is a primary factor of our time. they are more about long-term systems and trends. Generally, anybody who doesn't believe in conspiracy and / or collusion is someone whom I have a difficult time taking seriously. Obviously people keep secrets. Holding the belief that nobody of importance ever does or would do anything in secret is an absurdity.
Authors, Books, and Philosophers: 1. Peter Turchin (5:39) 2. David Hackett Fischer - "The Great Wave" (7:42) 3. Norbert Elias - "The History of Manners" (1:00:53) 4. Ted Kaczynski (The Unabomber) (50:36, 58:31) 5. Saint-Simon (1:14:54) 6. Sam Francis - "Leviathan and Its Enemies" (1:16:25) 7. James Burnham - "The Managerial Revolution" (1:16:25) 8. Amory de Riencourt (1:43:42) - "Sex and Power in History" - "The Eye of Shiva" - "The Coming Caesars" - "The Soul of India" - "The Soul of China" 9. Tamim Ansary - "The Invention of Yesterday" (1:43:20) 10. Matthew White - "Atrocities" (1:43:36) 11. Thomas Soule (1:05:26) 12. Karl Marx (1:30:01) 13. Aristotle (8:12) 14. Lenin (32:15) 15. Norman Angell (1:22:29) Historical Figures and Events: 1. Abraham (1:29:37) 2. Winston Churchill (1:36:46) 3. Charles Darwin (4:41) 4. Thomas Edison (4:41) 5. Nikola Tesla (4:41) 6. Queen Victoria (4:41) 7. Herodotus (17:54) 8. Sima Qian (implied as "Chinese historians") (18:08) 9. French Revolution (6:49, 28:27) 10. Napoleon (6:49) 11. Religious wars of the 1600s (7:17) 12. Black Death (7:23, 10:02) 13. Fall of the Frankish Empire (7:29) 14. Bronze Age collapse (7:35, 1:23:20) 15. Fall of the Roman Republic (7:35, 20:09) 16. World War I (32:23, 1:24:00) 17. World War II (5:51, 1:38:15) 18. Russian Revolution and Civil War (28:58) 19. English Civil War (29:32) 20. American Revolution (29:09) 21. Jacobins (28:27) 22. Bolsheviks (28:58) 23. Puritans (29:04) 24. Stalin (1:16:00) 25. Castro (1:16:00) 26. Mao (1:16:00) 27. Nazis (55:03) 28. Aztecs (1:01:51) 29. Gracchi brothers (20:09) 30. Julius Caesar (20:58) 31. Marius (20:58) 32. Octavian (Augustus) (20:58) 33. Kanye West (1:26:28)
My God, man. Did you assemble this exhaustive citation index for this video by hand? Or, did you somehow enlist AI to do the job for you? Just curious, from a tech PoV ..
I'm a history graduate much older than Rudyard, and he has shown me what to (re)- read in history to glean the significance for today. Keep going, young man!
I am mother of a 22 y.o. I am very happy to see that there are young people interested in this kind of topics. I know the ratio is very low. But still there is hope.
They're more likely to start a revolution and we all know how those end up in most cases. Most young people I know derive their philosophy and moral compass from social media trends and popularity. It's extremely scary.
@@cloudlanding8258 It's very refreshing to see, and makes us older generations proud. Our son is 18, and very much like this. However, his school - in a conservative, rural area - was turning to such liberal ideology after bringing in new H. S. and Elem principals, new Superintendent, and transplanted students, he approached his dad and me near the end of 8th grade to ask if I'd home school him throughout high school as he didn't want subjected to the ideologies they were trying to impress upon the students. It makes us proud to see there are still so many of you who subscribe to critical thinking and individuality. Keep up the great work as we need young men like you as our future leaders.
Al Bundy from Married with Children was considered a loser. He owned a large home by managing a shoe store, while supporting a wife a kids. You can't do that today if you make 50K a year
Same with the Simpsons. When it came out in 1989, it was considered lower middle class...even poor. Now the Simpsons are well off compared to the average person. The decline happened so gradually but now it's glaringly obvious.
Y’all understand that the Simpsons was a fictional cartoon. What about Good Times, Sanford and Son, All in the Family? All made during 1970s inflation era. We can go back to that time too. I’d rather not. Or we can say that inflationary times are cyclical and keep going. My grandparents often said that as bad as the Great Depression was, they have great memories of that time. Everyone looked out for each other. I don’t buy that temporary economic situations make societies good or bad. We have been through much worse in this country. Our salvation thus far is that we have held onto our democratic principles and continued to look out for each other. Now that we are starting to embrace victim-based nationalism and autocracy all bets might be off.
He is spot on just because he is well read and versed in a variety of subjects. He says a lot of what other such scholarly people were saying years to decades to hundreds of years ago... he is good at what he does, but he falls into the young persons trap if thinking they're completely original and new.
Chris doesn't see the breakdown because he only lives with the top 5% , the devide between rich and poor is incredible. Great video. Too many commercials as usual 😅.
Oh my God, I hate the blank slate theory, personally. My mother was well educated, with a degree in Eastern Philosophy, and she went back to college to get some kind of biology degree, so that she could work as a medical lab technician. She was a smart woman, but she believed in the then latest theories in child rearing, and the blank slate theory was one of them. Also the idea of ignoring a baby's cries and feeding and changing the baby on a strict time schedule. Very inorganic and devoid of attachment and affection. It was a lifelong argument for me about the blank slate theory, because I denied it from the time I was a small child. "No mom, I'm myself. I'm my own person." She continued to deny it, and she considered me crazy for not doing the things she wanted me to do. She couldn't understand why I stubbornly resisted her program for me. She even denied my personal tastes, like that I didn't like mushrooms. And as I grew up, I saw the elements of the blank slate theory rampant in our culture. The government through the school and the media was trying to gaslight me the same way my mother had tried to gaslight me. I had something like an allergic reaction against anything anyone was trying to push on me, or to say I was supposed to think or speak. They could all piss off along with my mother.
@@HAL-ol1lh quite the contrary. Go watch some of Robert Sapolsky's MIT lectures. "Blank Slate Theory" aka Tabula Rasa is effectively dead to science, and Epigenetics was involved in its demise. Sapolsky is feverently left, hates Trump, but his lectures on the biology of human behaviour made me more convicted in my right leaning stances.
This guy was so close but didn’t say it out loud although he hinted at it: when he said the democrats would raise a foreign fighting force, that’s exactly what they are doing with open border policy.
Exactly & I have said it myself the right right now would destroy the American left, better yet the left would destroy themselves they would die in the inner cities without food! So the government aka the Geeews bring in 10 million + to have to fight the far right in america
@@parmenides2576 i dont see evidence of that yet though the idea makes sense, but as of now it seems like they are just here to take. I do wonder about trumps shooting tho since the shooter was using technology iran would’ve had to coach him about
Is he just Tim Pool? Selling that the “Culture War” is going to turn into an actual civil war? 😂 If this was 1979, this dude would say “Disco Vs. Rock is going to be the Apocalypse!!”
First They Ignore You, Then They Laugh At You, Then They Fight You, Then You Win. The conditions are there, we are just waiting for a spark to light the powder keg. It took 20-30yr before the American independence war officially started. We live in luxurious comfy times compared to the part so just mabye we can avoid this outcome if leadership smartens up.
I’m 52 years old , i’ve been listened to this young guy for a couple years now, and I didn’t realize he was so young good for him when I was 23 years old I was married had a house in suburbia, but not nearly as intelligent as this guy! I see he’s becoming quite famous and popular good for him. He deserves it.
You have no idea how excited I got when I saw the thumbnail, Rudyard has been my favorite RUclipsr for a couple years now. I will listen to this tomorrow at work. Thank you Chris so much for inviting him!
@@emmaverhey8352 I’m wondering how you guys view Rudyard’s political and social analysis, especially pertaining to men and women, as you’re in the 1% of female viewers?
Man, Rudyard’s been on a tear lately. This is like the 4 or 5th podcast I’ve seen him on recently, which is great because he has a huge message for the world right now.
care to direct me to any of the others he's done recently? I sort of "drifted away" from his content over the summer but I'd like to get back to seeing him more because I think his warnings for our near future, along with his reasonings, appear extremely reasonable and pertinent for our/my near future
I am no historian, not even a student of history, but I can see that things are unravelling in America like an old sweater. I listen to Channel 148 on Sirius because that culture and those people were so very different than today. It was a time and a culture that reminds me of how much stronger, happier, more mature and more optimistic people can be. We are broken. Our culture is broken and the decay is not hard to find. People are making videos of their walk throughs of the downtowns of the major cities on the West Coast. The storefronts are all boarded up now. Businesses have all moved out. The majority of pedestrians are homeless people. It’s not like that everywhere, but it doesn’t have to be. It is a sign of societal decay. I think it is spreading to other cities and you could say it is old news in a city like Detroit. Of course we all have different experiences and people are not all the same. I am old now and I have lived in times that were not like this. If you are young and not a historian, this present culture is all you know, especially if you haven’t travelled to places with entirely different cultures. Especially if you have been far too busy just trying to make ends meet, with no time to think about the bigger picture. Having the time to think about things other than survival is a luxury that many people do not have.
You are so right! I feel like people having too much free time is a big part of our problem. The luxuries of today have only created mental health problems, and we are all weak! Technology and decadence is what will destroy us. We became too well off in a way
We went from Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll to Porn, Antidepressants, and Headphones. The key difference? The first were social, done with other people. Kids are far less social. My kids (20s) friends and cousins usually can't communicate with me. Their phone is more important. There was Deep State in the 60s too, as Kennedys assassination. But we were less aware, yes optimistic.
West coast cities are vibrant and prosperous. Yes we have people on the street and doing drugs. 95% of us are not on drugs or on the street, we get up every day and work.
That's where he lost me lol. That's factually wrong. People used to hunt innocent women because they thought they were witches. You have to be literally disconnected from any semblance of reality to think today is more absurd
@@swickens930 I mean that was prett crazy but only in a small period but today there are still places that believe having sx with a virgin will cure them of aids or in the us idk mansons pretty crazy lol
He talks about history and that we are meant to repeat it and that’s why we have to study it. But I don’t think he’s study long enough to make that claim, either that or he’s caught up in the hoopla of the political world. I think he gives too much emphasis on the extreme parts of the current political systems. I believe the 90% of the US population are level headed. Only way I see what he’s saying it’s if our military gets corrupted enough.
@@garrettmartin9229 That is AN aspect of absurdity but how is hunting innocent women down under the guise that they're witches, how is that not also absurd. I think the conversation here is great but the opening statement is obviously hyperbolic. He spends the entire interview explaining how this type of absurdity literally happens cyclically throughout history.
There was one thing that Rudyard said in this episode that has really stuck with me over the past week. Something along the lines of "conservatives aren't all conservatives anymore. It's just a bunch of people who are anti-left." The more I think about it, he's spot on. My parents are conservative, and I am not. We disagree on a lot, but we all agree the democrats have lost their minds. And the same thing from more reasonable, center-left individuals (Tulsi, the Weistein brothers, Tim Pool, etc.). It's fascinating to me the amount of people from various political camps that have more or less joined forces because the left has gone so insane.
If you realize that the government itself is a left wing institution, you can start to see how revolutions occur. Rudyard has said before that when people move to supporting their ideology, or detesting an ideology, more than they support the state, then you get the ground work for revolution.
I don't see that at all. I understand several prehistoric cultures, a good deal about Rome, a working understanding of the Middle Ages, especially England after the Norman Conquest (1066). I have been fascinated by Tudor history since primary school. I love early modern English history (beginning about 1600). And ofcourse I know my own country's history. But I'm not American. I would say 50% of people I know over 30 know this much history.
@@grannyannie2948 A few explanations. You’re probably smarter than average, you probably associate with people of a similar level of intelligence, you probably have an interest in history, because of your intelligence you probably overestimate the amount that other people know, and finally, you’re probably European.
@@chrisf2636Slavery started way before the 1600's. The 1st century Egyptians inslaved the Jewish people there was a whole book about it called the Bible. Even if you discount the Bible ancient civilizations inslaved the people they conquered all the time it's how nations and monarchs formed.
@@LiberPater777I would like to argue this quote with a quote from a fictional character “history repeats itself.” But seriously… thinking that repeats instead of rhyming seems to be easier to understand and remember.
And yet he hasn’t figured out why the tiny hats get kicked out of all countries, let’s see what happens when he finds that truth and that our world wars were based off of lies.
In regard to Jewish history, read the first third of "The Origins of Totalitarianism", by Hannah Arendt. She goes through the history of the Jews in Europe, in order to show why they were targeted by the Nazis. Interestingly, she regarded the notion that Jews have been persecuted throughout history, as largely a myth.
INCREDIBLE SILENCE! . . . “If we don’t use history to study the world, what else are we supposed to look at?” When is the last time you heard 6 seconds of silence in a podcast?
Im a defense engineer/warfare tactician for the DoD and I can tell you that’s true in the past it was due to ignorance, but today it is a plethora of psyops reasons… I know I used to develop these tactics to topple small countries governments
@@ToedCobra33 his appearance put me off the first time I stumbled upon him, on a debate I think, or a hangout of somekind. I've made up for it since, by slowly listening to all his old stuff
@@ToedCobra33 How can you attack something that is merely an opinion of future events ? he reality is this guy is just like all the other doom mongers, making a living off selling fear to the masses.
@@dogstar8027 it shouldn't. We are not driven by logic though. I do my best not to judge books by their covers, but in absence of anything else, that's all there is to go on
yes...I just watch him Danny Jones.....He staying topic here I notice...On Jones he was all over the place...I like him....on Danny Jones he said start buying GUNs Glad I live in the south and we already have GUNs
In the late 80's I took a History of the 20's course and History of 60's course. My professor was not only a Historian, but also an Anthropologist. He was a world traveler. The courses were lectures given very similar to the way that Rudyard explains and lays things out. He gave an in debth view of things, from government, to economics, to media to societial crisises. Rudyard has corroborated everything and more to what I learned back then, and those courses were eye openers for me. What I'm getting at is, I'm listening to Rudyard, and I'm hearing what he has to say. BTW, I bought the book, The Great Wave. I'm looking forward to reading it. It looks really interesting. Rudyard, thanks for all of your hard work and love for what you do.
Hyperdemocracy and the gnostic impulse. The philosopher Voegelin said the same thing about the massive death toll toll and destruction that comes from the idea that humans are perfectible and that utopia can be reached. There is no limit to the amount of eggs that must be broken towards the great sacred omelette
Unfortunately that is a modern interpretive distortion. A few latter radical sects did act in such manner. These were likely religious people that had a flawed comprehension of the true spiritual teachings the Gnostics and other early Christians had gotten passed down to them from several thousands of years before. There is also the fact that religion was so prevalent that one could not present the spiritual foundational teachings without coloring them to avoid persecution in the local religious climate .Modern scholars do not take that into account because they usually bias their research in favor of their own religion or lack thereof. All religions have distortions built in to them by the time they become institutional. Pure spiritual/philosophic systems have never been openly presented to the masses to any large extent. There are two reasons why this is so. 1. Institutions are control mechanisms. They could easily present the practical teachings that lead to actual development if any of the priesthood still know them or they knew how to find them yet they do not do this. Why? It would eliminate the role of the church. 2. Humanity is not ready on a large scale due to a variety of reasons. Some cannot yet grasp or have any need to know about direct spiritual discovery. Some could not or would not accept that anything other than their view of the world is correct. If they were forced to witness it for themselves most would shatter and lead a miserable existence until death. That even happens to some who do want to know. Look at the political situation. How many know the Establishment is looking more and more like a totalitarian tyrant? Its global to boot. Way too many still believe the lies from the MSM. Over here in the U.S. they shit the bed in 2020 with their desperate election theft and cover up. After that we found this has been ramping up since 2013 when they started projects in our own federal agencies to create activist communities in every county to stir up trouble for the purpose of foundational transition of our systems. . They also set up tons of NGOs to orchestrate and organize all of it. We have the proof. Its treason but they don't care because they are backed by global entities and more money than God. Its just part of their agenda that we were interfering with and they got worried.
The Russian philosophers prior to their revolution said the same thing would occur. They were completely accurate. Like the soviets were literally waging war against everything that makes men men. As atheistic as it seems it is a war against God whether they are aware of it or not.
I recently left my job at a major Canadian university after 12 years. The reason? This seat of higher learning is a psychopathic entity made up of the sociopathic gestalt of the people that work there. For 2 months, a group of pro-Hamas, pro-Palestine, anti-Israel, anti-Jew (Zionist) "protesters" controlled a portion of the school. At the end, these anti-Colonialist, anti-Western, pro-terrorists (they would use the term:revolutionaries) were granted FULL amnesty by this school. I witnessed their performances first hand. The psychopathic entity agreed with them privately, disagreed publicly. That became obvious to me and so I resigned. Rudyard is also aware and Chris I'm sure that both Hitler and Lenin sought assurances from their seats of higher learning, as did Mao (before he murdered them during the Cultural Revolution, of course). Rudyard may or may not be correct as hiSTORY can only take us so far forward. Internal psychological aspects cannot be ignored. Milgram comes to mind.
@@liesecarey9494 There's only one, Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View. It's my belief that Milgram's experiments in authority eventually lead to his untimely death.
STEM is in the same position. I have sat in on round table debates to try and retract papers with scientifically accurate but politically incorrect conclusions. I hate to say it, but most of this seems to be stemming from liberal women. They are not interested in facts, only advancing their wold view.
This Young Gentleman guest is one of the most insightful and informed individuals I have ever heard on the topic of decay and decline of America and the adverse effects of leftist ideology. After listening to this discussion I will be doubling my efforts to prepare for whats coming.
@@nastasedr the level of falsehoods is actually stunning. I am 15 minutes in and it's just confused blahblah about half-baked internet knowledge paired with a youtube high school degree... Some name dropping here and there and all the confirmation biased fan boys applaud....
@@nifftycat I'll take your word for it. If it's got a tik tok water mark I don't consume it. I have seen young women dancing in the middle of a main street with a camera though so I def believe you lmao.
This guy is so young. I can’t believe in all the crap I listen to that I’ve never heard of him before. Unreal. Guy is a literal living book and it’s hard to fathom him being so young. That’s why age is meaningless. When you have the drive and passion for something, anything and everything is possible. Great episode as usual!
Black American here. I’d say most the “woke” black young men are more right/conservitive than radical/far left that i personally know. (The ones informed about world problems at least). There are also many different factions in the whole “wokeness sphere”. Also more and more blacks are being informed and are leaving the radical and far left. And the left as a whole.
Also the “wokeness” is pretty much a knee jerk reponse of a people who have no relocection of there former culture and have been lied to about history and many other thibgs shaping thier culture….No I am not sayin afro racist are cool..
I’m a young black man I’m the same age as Rudy and I’ve been watching his videos since he first started. And I’m all the way ok Rudy side I’ve been on his side for a long time. And also as a young black man are you red over blue
I’m 60. I’ve been at this since the 80s. Spent 25 years as a libertarian until pretty recently. The characterization of the right as “just wanting to be violent” is about as far from being true as I can imagine. Also, having been immersed in intellectualism throughout my libertarian phase, it is a matter of comparing theories back to reality and noticing the theories appear to be over simplifications in important ways.
It's also realizing that libertarianism is a pipe dream that can only exist in extremely high trust society which most of the West is not at all anymore thanks to a lot of reasons mostly demographic
My dad always said to watch out for a person with nothing to lose. They are extremely dangerous. Our post modernist 4 th wave feminist society has caused 10’s of millions of them!
@@swesleyc7It is different though. The guy with nothing is much more likely to commit acts and take risks trying to upset the system. The family man will protect his family and home but is far less likely to risk his own safety for politics because doing so puts his family at risk.
@@Nope-w2h You missed the part about who does something and how they conscript normies into the fight. Things have not declined to the point where people feel they have a reason to do anything much right now because calories are still cheap enough and entertainment is also cheap and plentiful.
"Anyone looking for black shirts, mass parties, or men on horseback will miss the telltale clues of creeping fascism. In any First World country of advanced capitalism, the new fascism will be colored by national and cultural heritage, ethnic and religious composition, formal political structure, and geopolitical environment... In America, it would be supermodern and multi-ethnic-as American as Madison Avenue, executive luncheons, credit cards, and apple pie. It would be fascism with a smile. As a warning against its cosmetic facade, subtle manipulation, and velvet gloves, I call it friendly fascism. What scares me most is its subtle appeal. I am worried by those who fail to remember-or have never learned -that Big Business-Big Government partnerships, backed up by other elements, were the central facts behind the power structures of old fascism in the days of Mussolini, Hitler, and the Japanese empire builders.”
They've already contained trump(see vance-thiel etc) and he will be over soon enough either way--loses the election or 4yrs. Then what? He was always a terrible horse anyway the dude is a billionaire ffs lol No real challenge to the billionaire/elite class is ever going to come from the rightward direction. Rightwing philosophy is all about maintaining existing hierarchies. A real people's movement against the elite will always be leftwing by design. Which is why the left has been compromised so thoroughly. The people in charge understand these dynamics implicitly.
I've never really heard Rudyard speak from the cuff like that before. He's a really good speaker. He just slowed down for a minute and thought more for a second he'd be an amazing speaker. It feels like he gets and idea and just immediately tries to fill in the blanks. Overall I'm impressed.
Then for the love of god, please expand your media consumption. Rudyard isn't an historian, in fact he rejects history and historiography. He made an hour long video about Marx *without reading anything Marx wrote*. His scholarly negligence is so great as to be indistinguishable from malice.
this guy is only 23 yrs old i think, and i love listening to him. very smart and explains everything that ive seen happen in life in my 36 years. It is all spot on. When men cannot make money and get married at a reasonable age and maintain that....everything will fall apart over time.
@@lawv804I often think men of this ilk, and in procession of so much intelligence and knowledge must feel very burdened. To know so much, you are able to ‘predict the future’ must be a scary place to be in. Reminds me of Mo Gawdat and his insight into how AI will affect our futures.
A society or culture that deliberately hates and rejects the existence of any moral authority but itself has left only a disintegrating maelstrom of conflicting fantasies and delusions with which to tame its constituent human beasts.
At 23, Rudyard is as well-educated and erudite as someone two or three times his age, and still can, while applying foundational principles in the context of historical events, almost assure what and how will unfold over the near future. This young man is certainly one to watch over the next twenty years or more.
I strongly disagree. For example the initial part of the pod cast of on the upcoming crisis in 21st century is just bad logic and bad science. Finding equations that fit historical data is easy; however there is no guarantee that the same equation can predict the future
First time I see Chris adopt a near condescending tone. Uncharacteristic. He smells almost overconfident/dismissive, as though he is experimenting with becoming the Eric Weinstein of this interaction. But it was also the first time I noticed that he has not deeply studied his area, relying instead on conversational signposts that make him appear empathic and that probably work well among other lost content creators. I mentally compared him to Tom Bilyeu and the contrast was huge. Not that this is a problem overall, but once he starts trying to take-on one of his erudite guests, it exposes him.
With one hand, I can count the # of the young people (under 30 years old) who i feel are wise beyond their years, and who’s opinions i actually respect and value. This guy is definitely one of the few. Big up Rudyard
@@datnip79 " ...he has to be the most ...articulate.." Actually he stumbled a bit on the correct form of a few of the words he used. I think that can be attributed in part to his being in the middle of making a complex point when it happened. But clearly he is a voracious reader and those usually have gigantic vocabularies. He is impressive, though I don't agree with some of his positions.
The JQ is a genuine question that needs to be addressed. They can keep claiming it’s all “scapegoating” ad-nauseam but if society after society comes to the same conclusion over Millenia, then perhaps there is something to it. He says “they created Christianity.” That’s kiiiiiinda leaving out some pretty important bits 😂
He keeps claim straight white men have no reason to fight for the system but wont address what the reason for that is. Anyone that knows about Magnus Hirschfeld knows that "woke" was being forced into german society much like it is everywhere else now
Agreed. I doubt he even actually believes that, but he is (understandably) too afraid to speak the truth for fear of the enormous onslaught that would result. When Chris asked, "What has driven the recent rise in anti-semitism?" The answer is simple. Greater access to information and a burgeoning realization of who and what they really are and the effects they purposely have on other peoples and cultures.
Henry Ford was right about this. This sentiment didn't come from nowhere and for no reason. There are many reasons, and once you see, it you can't unsee it. The best thing we can do is address the question publically and honestly, because both sides have something to learn from it. Jews are not entirely wrong about the naivete nature of the gentiles. In anti-gentile writing I find myself agreeing with them in many respects, but that doesn't mean I approve of the system that's been constructed, or that we should be actively sabotaged because thats just the law of the jungle. Similarly, the Jews have witnessed the blowback of many a scheme in the past, but unfortunately those who perpetrate the most are the ones who are never actually held accountable, leaving the rest to suffer. I've even seen rabbis talk about this pattern.
As an anthropologist who had a super solid, non-woke education, I have always abhorred the blank slate theory. It is an idea that can be dismantled in a thousand different ways. Plus, the consequences of pursuing social change/engineering based on belief in the blank slate are demonstrably catastrophic
❤❤❤❤ Whatifalthist is blowing up!!! Totally deserves it for his hard work. Rudy is an Alpha Chad in his area of modern philosophy... Let's goooooooo!!!
The Early Lifer Daniel "Jones" from Koncrete kept doing that too, these people need to be quiet. Not everything needs le devils advocate or pushback, let the ideas breathe and expand on their own.
Rudyard sounds to me like a guy with political opinions about the present, where he's saying the same things a lot of other people are also saying, and he's reading through history and fitting what he reads according to what he thinks and hoe he feels about the prrsent. This isn't to say I disagree with everything he says, but top minds don't explore ideas this way. It's sloppy.
@Marmocet That’s my impression as well. Rudy are largely aligns with my own opinions but it’s fairly obvious he’s doing some “parallel reconstruction” and promoting an implication that these are novel conclusions. He’s no Curtis Yarvin (yet) but in Rudy’s defense he’s very young and is much more capable at conducting interviews than Moldbug ever was
@@Leathal He actually kind of reminds me of myself at that age. His mindset is that of a polemicist right now, rather than that of a scholar. I can also tell that, while he has read history broadly, he hasn't read much of it to great depth. One day, if he keeps reading, he will discover that the lessons of history that he thinks are so clear are often anything but clear, because many people who observed and recorded the same events often saw them from different and frequently conflicting perspectives. For example, not everyone agreed that the Gracchi brothers were populists trying to resurrect a Roman "middle class" (a concept that didn't really exist at that time). Some felt, with some justification, that they were merely adopting a populist stance as a form of branding and that, like Julius Caesar, who also styled himself as a populist, their real goal was power.
The "Right" is not against intellectual. We are intellectual. We are studying. We are learning. We are college educated. Get out of your bubble Chris. I love your show. For example, have me on your show. Normal person.
Thank you for having this guest. I'm 65 and try to be aware of other generations and those within it who are thinking and speaking. Not sure what I think of this guest yet, however much of merit to consider.
I'm 55 and have a feeling we should hold on to our family property in WV at the end of a holler with one way in and one way out on 70 acres surrounded by 500 wooded acres. Maybe the kids, grandkids, great grandkids will need it.
@@AFTdogmomas a zoomer, please God keep that for your children. Land is the most important thing to own, especially where we're headed. Giving thst amount of land to someone will insulate them from so many of the world coming problems.
So happy to see WhatIfAltHis have such a large platform. This guy is so damn smart and his analysis on current affairs and society is the sharpest among ALL of our generation.
@@Melkorleo103 Oh he's extremely smart. He does use other people's ideas in his theses, but still uses his own observation skills to assess what's happening and his intelligence to predict what's going to happen based on historical and universal trends. His video on the state of the current economy were extremely eye opening. Being a young man who's a bit lost in the world, he gave advice which only someone our age and crucially, his intelligence could give. If you want regurgitation, listen to the out of touch older generations giving advice or modern day academia in general.
@@sumtingwong2138 He's bright. But he's gaslit himself into somehow thinking the right is going to deliver on a philosophically leftwing based uprising for 'regular' people. It's absurd so I guess the title for the video is apt lol
You are over thinking it, they just needed women as consumers, then needed women to work . Women without kids treat society as their kids . It’s not some totalitarian society, it’s just women being women
This is like his history 102 channel. The host introduces Rudy and then he just spurgs out on history for an hour then throws it back to the host when he remembers he needs to breathe. Love it.
I dunno man, this guy was really over simplifying A LOT of complex historical ideas and drawing comparisons across absolutely HUGE time periods…almost NONE of which were post industrial.
@@schreinerkyleliterally… saying that history after WW2 started an era ending at COVID is not even just an oversimplification but just untrue. Completely ignores the shift from the post-war consensus to the neoliberal Reagan and Thatcher world, unfortunately so much of what he is saying is oversimplified/cherry picked to the point of propaganda. He also speaks like post-Modern philosophy hasn’t already begun asking and considering most of his questions/issues.
@@tahaanzar123On the scale of history, those periods were so small that I doubt they'd even be in history books as anything more than a brief paragraph or 2 a hundred years from now Meanwhile what is happening now will be the primary focus of what people learn about when they study the post WW period.
When someone is this well-read, there is no end to the synaptic connections that can be made, whether these connections are fully explanatory or not. It would be a comfort to once in a while hear Rudy take a breath and say, “I don’t know.”
I agree! He’s so certain about everything it actually makes him lose credibility. Some of his claims about people being equal is a Marxist idea… umm no, actually that’s at the heart of Christianity. I don’t take away as much from Rudyard as I do someone like Tom Holland (the historian, not Spider-Man). Maybe with age and wisdom he will accept he doesn’t know everything for certain.
In a discussion like this I really hate the fact that people don't realize it takes less than 5% of the population for there to be a standing army. People say that it's unrealistic that there will be some war like conflict all you have to keep in mind is that wars are fought by a fringe minority of the total population. And on top of that it is in a very biased group of young men. You get enough pissed off young men and all it takes is one person with a good sales pitch speaking towards their actual interests in a very partisan way off of the problems of the times and you've suddenly got a warlord. What do you think that quote is about "the child who is not embraced by his village will burn it down to feel its warmth"? The entire purpose of a sense of community can be boiled down to not wanting the young men to reach maturity and come back as conquerors or slaughterers. My own country is speedrunning that in hilarious fashion.
@@SilkSonic-c9z Your second comment is not visible on the thread. Our population has trippled in my lifetime due to crazy policies of mass immigration. And the less kids we have the quicker we get replaced. You are correct that our inland is too dry to sustain large populations. But last time I looked my state had 600,000 people. Not like the mouse utopias of our large cities.
Love conspiracy theorists, and Rudy is the best at it. But if you know history, Rome didn't really "fall" as such. It was never united except in terms of brute strength. When that changed in the 5th century, the power dynamics changed, but the influence of Rome across Europe still lasted for another 1000 years. The fall of Rome isn't the fall of a country, it's the beginning of the end of an Empire, which was effectively a civilization unto itself. Even so, people of the day continued working and living right along, likely not even noticing.
He’s a non stop conspiracy generator. I guess people are enamored with his oratory skills. So far all his predictions have failed. I used to think he was interesting but he’s just spewing out random stuff and thinking it all makes sense.
@@artbyty Well, you never know, but as long as you don't take it all too seriously, it's definitely entertaining and even educational to a point. Dude knows his history for sure, more of the rest of us should.
We could be doing so much better. I'd almost say America looks a little neglected. The struggle is showing. Businesses are empty, cities are looking depressing with no soul and a lot of corporate chains that all look the same, most people are overworked and under paid, medical debt, insurance companies that won't cover treatments. Its a mess. America needs to invest in Americans. Stop guilt tripping people for having standards.
America has been a 3rd world nation since the new millenium. You think I'm exaggerating, or do not know what I speak of, but go to Poland or Hungary or some other European nations or Singapore, and try to compare the crime rates, drug use, and the things that matter.
Internet is the biggest propaganda tool of our time. It works remarkably well. I’m loving the philosophical rationale but reality is that people have their own algorithmic reality provided by the web. That’s a bigger issue than any.
@@JaxBespoked- Maybe. But his demeanor and body language seems a lot different from his podcasts with other guests. I think it was a good discussion, but methinks Chis did not agree with most of Rudyard's predictions. I too believe that advances in technology are a wildcard that could well blunt observed historical cycles.
@@Zen56103 - I think Rudyard makes some valid observations and has good points. But extrapolating those to predictions (like civil war in 3-5 years) is a huge stretch. I tend to agree with Chris that technology acts like a shunt for male frustration that might otherwise boil over.
Instead of googling him, you should google the "facts" he's stating....you would be surprised that he's basically wrong about everything he says....starting with optimates and poplars, going to to the Jacobins and the French Revolution. this dude starts with a bias, tries to bend history around his bias and then ends with a bias that he presents as an analysis. But hey, that's the internet: morons having a platform talking BS....
Don't fail to end up at his mentor, Curt Doolittle. Curt is not very well known because what he talks about is politically-incorrect (although the single most important topic on the planet).
Mostly that’s true, except for the point about the right. Saying the right rationalízes kílling people is ridicułous, who do we see doing these group attacks the most? Who do we stabbíng people the most and even chíldren? Who is it that is way disproportionately responsible for the rise of SA we see all over Eurøpe? Who is demonized all over the medía and who gets a pass no matter how horrifíc a críme is commítted? I’m an independent and I can see this.
I discovered Rudy a couple of weeks ago on the Danny Jones August 19 podcast called: ‘2025 US Civil War Psychedelics, Christianity & the Machine Rapture’ RUclips channel: Danny Jones It was Fascinating. Rudy, or Rudyard has a youtube channel under : Whatifalthist
Historical events follow predictable patterns, similar to the laws of physics. Historical events are created by people, and people's nature never changes. Events might be different, but eventually they lead to the same consequences.
Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) originally meaning alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination. Beginning in the 2010s, it came to be used as slang for a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial injustice, sexism, and denial of LGBT rights. @sup3414
@@txdmsk true, but I think it’s just because he doesn’t see it. He’s probably never experience a lower income lifestyle or lived in a crime abundant environment, he lives in a bubble
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Here's the timestamps:
00:00 How Unusual is the Time We’re In?
05:37 The Coming Crisis of the 21st Century
12:55 What Could’ve Happened if Trump Was Shot
26:04 Why There Will Be a Far-Right Backlash
32:43 Why People Are So Easily Swayed
44:40 The Primary Issues of the Left
48:57 Anti-Human Agenda of Climate Activists
53:22 How Dangerous is the Declining Birth Rate?
1:04:53 What is the Right Getting Wrong?
1:14:39 Why the Left Has Become Feminine
1:18:29 The Impact of Multiculturalism
1:25:09 Explaining the Rise of Antisemitism
1:30:17 Why Nick Fuentes Might Be a Fed
1:34:34 How Young Men Can Stay Positive
1:43:04 Rudyard’s Recommended Books
1:45:27 Where to Find Rudyard
The problem with this right wing uprising is it's based on false facts. And as much as I want to go into detail, I know the post will get censored. Let's just politely say they are being misinformed.
How TF is this guy 23? He sounds like a 35 year old professor...but he is a college dropout. Incredible!
The biggest problem is giving the third world modern medicine in lands where they can't sustain the population. Because the west wants to feel good about themselves and the future is of no consequence.
wow ! Your guest is SUPER interesting !
Smart guy. 👍
This is one of the best podcasts I've ever listened to.
"If you're not using history to study the world, you're making stuff up."
Excellently put.
2nd layer problem. Lots of historians just make stuff up.
What happens when a massive percentage of men have no kids and then there’s an economic crisis leaving them with nothing to lose?
The don't have to pay child support?
Or importing tens of millions of young men.
Good times!
They have incredible holidays
This is funny, nice one.
This guy is basically just following the obvious social patterns of society, I think it's wild that people say he's too far out there. You only need to look at like 500 years of history, and not even in detail to understand the different societal patterns that lead up to massive wars or whatever. It's almost like people stopped believing in cause and effect, the basics.
There are groups out there that actively promote these things. You can go to their websites and read it in their own words. The _Mein Kampf_ plans were published in 1925 but was dismissed as conspiracy theory
Military back then was a couple thousand guys with swords, shields and horses. Maybe rifles or such at some point. What exactly do you think would happen in a conflict between an 'uprising' of 'insert disenfranchised group of choice' and the US Army? I think, that would be a very short conflict.
Or are you proposing that the military itself would stage a coup against whatever democratically elected government/president happens to be in power?
For the record...I'm not trying to start a fight. Just wondering, if you have really thought this through. People and their emotions and instincts might not have changed a whole lot in the last 500 years (or at all). But the organization of society and our technological capabilities sure have. And that makes these situations extremely hard to compare, imo.
The military can survey and then take out with a drone whoever they deem a problem even in other countries. Never mind within the US. How would any kind of anti government resistance even form under such circumstances? That shit would be shut down in a hurry, if you ask me. And people's houses blowing up without warning would discourage wannabe revolutionaries pretty quickly, I think. You can have all the weapons you like stacked in your home... you're still no match for professionally trained military and their weapons and capabilities.
I agree, the first i saw of him i did not want to believe it. I apologize
@@raraavis7782 I can't rely to you
He actually has videos talking about this very issue. It depends on the situation. He's said before a civil war will lead to a military state. And that's going both ways. A left right civil war with the military shutting it down will lead to a totalitarian government and a military choosing a side will lead to it. But you can't ignore the growing problem. @@raraavis7782
I have to hand it to this guy. At 23, having this much perspective and a litany of history to fall back on is amazing. I'm familiar with much of what he's referencing but I'm 60. That's how long it took me to capture that much data.
He used his lockdown time well.
but he is exaggerating a bit. In fact, way too much, and his naivety shows his youth. A civil war in a couple of years in the USA? doubt it. Even then Rome had many civil wars, but it wasn't the cause of their fall. Rome survived many civil wars. We'll likely see states spilting from the union during the next severe economic downturn/ depression. For the USA to survive, they'll need a 'dictator'. Having millions of sexless men is dangerous for any society, and its deluisonal to think these men aren't the power of the country, and if banded together, they won't yield their leader unfathomable power.
There is also a huge outside influencers that won't get involved in any battle (China or Russia) but will spark the flames of discord.
People 60 years ago were worring about the same garbage. The cold war, anti communism, Mcarthyism,
@@roosevelttheodore1799 what says they wont be involved? When we are divided and fighting amongst eachother and our military is trying to quash the conflict, that’d be a perfect time for an attack. Tho then again they still gotta deal with our navy and air force potentially
Same but slightly under
Chris not getting that ppl are doing worse is evidence of his bubble. He truly believes he is friends with the average person. The fact that he knows them and they know him is evidence that they are exceptional because he and his life are exceptional.
He is biased in favor of his own experience. His world, like mine, doesn’t include enough of our fellow citizens who are truly struggling. I’ve had a revelation about this over the last year, thanks be to God.
I noticed that also. I am in the UK and have noticed that most people are on minimum wage. Most jobs advertised are minimum wage and I know that I am struggling on double the minimum wage. The UK is ripe for revolution. I can feel it my bones because the 25 and under age group have nothing to aim for.
Seems most YT podcasters doing well get caught in this bubble. If I was making $100k/month for just shooting the shit, I'd probably be in the same bubble. Once a podcast hits terminal velocity, I imagine remaining grounded becomes extremely difficult.
Agreed, but credit to him for at least acknowledging that. I'm of the 80 percent that struggles, so it was interesting to hear him say that he doesn't see the struggle. Has he looked at people's faces in the malls, gas stations, and grocery stores? Cheers to your comment.
@@MLCommythe happiest dude I know struggles. You wouldn’t know that by meeting them. Some of the most pleasant ppl I know work at grocery or common jobs. Some of the most miserable ppl I know make money. So for Chris, he’s an open relatively positive person and that’s what he’s gonna notice around him.
Rudy is becoming famous and he absolutely deserves it. Well done Chris, good guest choice!
He gives me hope that I one day could be like him. Im similar too him in love of history and cultures and I read alot too (Im also on the spectrum which he likely is too)
This is so cool. Listened to him for a long time. He deserves this 😊
Rudyard is popping up everywhere it's crazy, he certainly does deserve it he is a bright person and a much needed voice for sanity. I bet his sub's are blowing up right now.
Fame is the goal.
Certain things are correct that he says, certain things are not. It comes with being young. People who didn’t grow up in a time always argue that said time didn’t exist and from a grand overview it might not have for everyone. My mother tells me about growing up in the 50s and 60s and I can say from a grand overview her experience never existed, but Rudy would tell me that my experience of being told to hurry the fuck up by security in ohare because I took 1 minute to empty my pockets in 2000 didn’t exist.there is some truth in lived experience that people who only take a grand overview can’t imagine.
1:26:32 Being critical of Israel does not make you "antisemitic."
Being critical of black violence does not make you "racist."
Being critical of the radical LGBTQ+ agenda does not make you "homophobic."
Being critical of Israel no, but lying and saying they’re an apartheid state or are committing an ethnic genocide is anti-Semitic because those words have definitions and the parameters of those definitions are not met.
Also to mention, being critical of israel doesn't make you left wing either. I would consider myself as conservative, and I'm deeply concerned about what israel is doing to the Palestinians, that is not being antisematic.
@komodocomedy1809 No. Jews do not get special protection, special words, or a special status that exempts them from criticism. They are running an apartheid state. The fact that you need DNA proof to be a citizen, is all the evidence needed. Whether that's justified, or not, is the issue.
@@komodocomedy1809or you could just be incorrect. Assuming intent when dealing with attitudes about a specific subgroup and then criminalizing behaviors because of that assumed intent is misguided at best.
@@komodocomedy1809imagine being kicked out of 1063 class rooms and 112 formerly 109 schools now swap schools those for countries & you have the numbers for israhel but its never their own fault trust me 😅
I've lived 60 years in Western society. The last 5 years has been the worst period using any metric that you can come up with. Personally, I'm stronger than ever since I saw this coming & I never follow the sheep route, BUT 90% of the people around me are much worse off. This is going to BLOW UP into extreme violence. I can sense it.
@@jennyt6159 You are unhinged Jenny
Same... I can feel it. When you're a basically happy person, the amount of unhappiness around can be truly... energy absorbing. I stay to myself ALOT trying to protect myself from that.
Everyone else is the problem according most people who believe the West is doomed. When you ask them, they will tell you that things are pretty good in their own lives. Why is that?
@@thomabow8949 why?
I dreamed about it when I was young. I was shocked by the dream as a teen, where in the dream I was in my 40's and a commander in a very well funded militia. In the dream America was EMPTY, like 95% of America dead.
The income inequality really spiked during Covid. The damage done during that time is unprecedented and has forever changed the world.
kind of odd how cancer rates have skyrocketed since then, too
Income inequality was a thing long time before covid.
@@GreenTeaViewer not to mention all the "other" issues that were cause medically that seem to be kept on the downlow.
YUP. It completely trumps the great depression and the 2008 crash, it also marked people genetically as children fell behind in development because of the social isolation.
The recovery was worse since the capital that flooded the markets ended up benefiting primarily asset holders and property owners while raising cost of living inflation massively for those on the lower rungs. Classic K-shaped recovery.
The multi millionaire socialite Chris Williamson isn’t experiencing the failing 80%? I’m utterly shocked
Can't comprehend what he's never known
"Let them eat cake"
He's so superior to us in every way we are just peasants.
@@ToedCobra33😂😂😂 just started watching kroll show again
At least he is open minded enough to try to understand and ask questions for the average person.
Never underestimate how far elites will go to remain rich.
Prime example would be Larry Silverstein and 9/11.
No one is even threatening to take their wealth. Just to pay their fair share. Their wealth has gone for insane to mind boggling. 100 billion dollars? This is a figure the human mind can't even really wrap itself around.
@@christianc8453 based
They are a minority among the masses. Within the masses exist a subset that recognize the "rules" were made before (and without their input) them. The "rules" have intentionaly degraded societies (the masses) ability to progress and succeed. The "masses" have enabled this through apathy, ignorance, or fear. And here we are. The "elites" are convinced of their invincibility, and the masses are the reason for that view. . That "subset" previously mentioned, are neither apathetic, ignorant, or afraid. Once the realization that there's everything to gain, and nothing to lose, a reality will manifest itself very quickly. Underestimating one's adversary facilitates defeat. The "elite" are not underestimated, and the subset are not unprepared. "Still waters run deep"...and are dangerous.
"Don't push the pink-skins to the thin ice."
Man, this guy just sat there and spit world shattering facts at a rate of about 3 a minute.
Did it seem to you like he was reading your mind, only he put it all more succinctly than you did? He nails it, comrade. Semper Fi
He’s spot on when he says, “it’s worse than the 1960s.” The median salary in 1960 was 5,600 dollars and the average house cost 11,900 dollars. About double a year of work.
Now the average salary is 59,228… the average home price is 412,000 dollars. About 7 years of work.
At his age I had a mediocre, poorly paid job, I owned my home, had a stay at home wife and two kids.. we lacked nothing.. 3B+gar SD home, £3,400.. salary £1,113.
My daughter, aged 40, with 2 masters bought a smaller house for exactly 100 times as much.. actually no that's not true: I had to give her 50% of the price from my savings because her salary was a 10th of €340,000.. She was single, had no dependents, no car and no savings.. that was 2010.. my story was set in 1973..
@@oftbanned101they talk about how bad the Great Depression was in the 1930’s (which I know only the effects of Americans) if you really look at the data… today is even worse for Americans.
It is way different today because of the wealth inequality. You can still buy a house for 10k in Detroit and Memphis btw.
What does wealth inequality have to do with the price of housing?
The difference between those 10K houses and 10k houses in 1960 is that the ones in 1960 were livable.
Thats removing other living expenses from their savings too. Nowadays mortgages will be a lifelong debt, and any life changing occurrence or world event may cause them to foreclose on their home. The situation is fucked.
not putting WhatIfAltHist in the title is a crime chris
im starting to think thats by his own request. seems he wants to move away from that name and just go with his own
@@harryc8433 He wants to claim he's now a historian and anthropologist. He's neither.
@@tuckerbugeater Why? It clearly obvious that he has studied both
I’ve heard a lot of people say that his opinions don’t matter because he doesn’t have a degree. Never mind that he speaks more knowledgeably at articulately about the topics he studies than most people I know with degrees. People need to get over their fixation on credentials.
It would probably get restricted if he did
Sorry, but Chris' example of "all my friends are doing well, so I don't think there's anything wrong" was one of the dumbest things I've ever heard him say.
I'm sure many celebrities can relate
Yes that's exactly what I picked up.
It wasn’t dumb. He just realized him and his friends are in that 20%
Guess the angry ones are coming for Chris ‘s friends
@williamtuite1120 it's literally the same "logic" As saying you don't believe in global warming because where you live it snows every year.
Anecdotes are not arguments.
@@ianweir3608 Veering somewhat off-topic, but your use of language (regarding global warming) is, imo, rather revealing, and is indicative of a _religious indoctrination_ - or a cult - not a rational, scientific position. Consider the similarities:
"What!? You don't *believe* in global warming?"
"What!? You don't *believe* in fairies at the bottom of the garden?"
"What!? You don't *believe* in ?"
"What!? You don't *believe* in Santa Claus?"
If it's a matter of _belief,_ then it's an article of _faith._ Note: I'm not saying climate change _isn't_ happening, I'm just pointing out how it's being marketed; as a cult-like, ersatz *religion.* It's being sold in the same manner as a fairy tale for children. (Not even having a go at you, btw - just reminded me of an irl conversation I had).
I am a college educated Electrical Engineer. Calling out potential flaws in evolution or climate change isn't an issue IMO. We should never stop asking questions. They is no such thing as settled science. The left accepts everything from 'experts' without question. There is no reason for the right to do this as well.
Only flaw with evolution is pretty big.
We can't prove it scientifically without time machines. And I reject your use of the orwellian phrase "climate change". There has never been a debate that climates change. The debate is in catastrophic anthropogenic global warming. Which was supposed to kill us 20 years ago, and since then has only been supported by massive fraud. There is no debate.
I’m a college educated and practicing electrical engineer myself, as well as an ex-molecular biologist. I have listened to my fellow EEs debate evolution, and as someone who haspretty uniquely had a foot in both world, I can tell you it’s a case study in the Dunning-Krueger effect. Engineers tend to be smart in their area, so they assume they are smart in every area and draw simplistic “common sense” conclusions about evolution. In fact they just don’t have deep domain knowledge, and are not aware of what they are not aware of. People need to be careful not to get stuck with just enough knowledge that they’re dangerous, but not enough to really know what they’re talking about. It’s a major problem with the complexity of our age.
What is needed in our current era is for people to rediscover humility about deeply complex topics. Just throwing a few surface facts and some pop psychology at every problem solves nothing.
@bassmanjr100 test. Let me guess, my former response is hidden but I get alerts for this conversation anyways?
The beliefs of more than half of the left are non organic movements created by elites and foreign actors meant to control or disrupt our society. It's as easy as admitting we've been duped and are being controlled for nepharious reasons. Moving forward in a truly progressive manner will happen once the majority consciousness can see the common enemy we all share
Blows me away how ostensibly smart people can bend over backwards, trying to justify how there can be so much smoke, but no fire.
@ianweir3608 although you may not see it in your area, just follow the smoke and then you will see the fire
They bend exactly because they are smart.
Have you read any of the books or authors he's called out?
@betelgeuse68 Most. Spengler, Durant, zeihan, _Man's search for meaning_ (can't remember the author right now).
He has inspired to take a look at Carol Quigley and Amaruy de Riencourt, but i haven't gotten to them yet.
Either way, though, I don't think that's relevant. Appeal to Authority is a logical fallacy. It's one's obligation to assess circumstances with their own senses and intellect in an attempt an honest conclusion.
Also, as far as I can recall, none of those above authors touch on the topic of deliberate political corruption, which I think is a primary factor of our time. they are more about long-term systems and trends.
Generally, anybody who doesn't believe in conspiracy and / or collusion is someone whom I have a difficult time taking seriously. Obviously people keep secrets. Holding the belief that nobody of importance ever does or would do anything in secret is an absurdity.
@@ianweir3608 it shouldn’t - because the elites don’t want to PAY anyone.
Authors, Books, and Philosophers:
1. Peter Turchin (5:39)
2. David Hackett Fischer - "The Great Wave" (7:42)
3. Norbert Elias - "The History of Manners" (1:00:53)
4. Ted Kaczynski (The Unabomber) (50:36, 58:31)
5. Saint-Simon (1:14:54)
6. Sam Francis - "Leviathan and Its Enemies" (1:16:25)
7. James Burnham - "The Managerial Revolution" (1:16:25)
8. Amory de Riencourt (1:43:42)
- "Sex and Power in History"
- "The Eye of Shiva"
- "The Coming Caesars"
- "The Soul of India"
- "The Soul of China"
9. Tamim Ansary - "The Invention of Yesterday" (1:43:20)
10. Matthew White - "Atrocities" (1:43:36)
11. Thomas Soule (1:05:26)
12. Karl Marx (1:30:01)
13. Aristotle (8:12)
14. Lenin (32:15)
15. Norman Angell (1:22:29)
Historical Figures and Events:
1. Abraham (1:29:37)
2. Winston Churchill (1:36:46)
3. Charles Darwin (4:41)
4. Thomas Edison (4:41)
5. Nikola Tesla (4:41)
6. Queen Victoria (4:41)
7. Herodotus (17:54)
8. Sima Qian (implied as "Chinese historians") (18:08)
9. French Revolution (6:49, 28:27)
10. Napoleon (6:49)
11. Religious wars of the 1600s (7:17)
12. Black Death (7:23, 10:02)
13. Fall of the Frankish Empire (7:29)
14. Bronze Age collapse (7:35, 1:23:20)
15. Fall of the Roman Republic (7:35, 20:09)
16. World War I (32:23, 1:24:00)
17. World War II (5:51, 1:38:15)
18. Russian Revolution and Civil War (28:58)
19. English Civil War (29:32)
20. American Revolution (29:09)
21. Jacobins (28:27)
22. Bolsheviks (28:58)
23. Puritans (29:04)
24. Stalin (1:16:00)
25. Castro (1:16:00)
26. Mao (1:16:00)
27. Nazis (55:03)
28. Aztecs (1:01:51)
29. Gracchi brothers (20:09)
30. Julius Caesar (20:58)
31. Marius (20:58)
32. Octavian (Augustus) (20:58)
33. Kanye West (1:26:28)
My God, man. Did you assemble this exhaustive citation index for this video by hand? Or, did you somehow enlist AI to do the job for you? Just curious, from a tech PoV ..
Wow, you put the work in.
Thank you so much for this list!
Authors 11. Thomas Sowell
👏 👏👏
This is why history is important
his channel is about ALTERNATE history
@@tuckerbugeater ill check it out
@tuckerbugeater looks like his main channel is a mix, his second channel is more factual.
The only thing that we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history....
@@tuckerbugeater he sarted as alternate history but now he is more focused on speculating the current timeline
I'm a history graduate much older than Rudyard, and he has shown me what to (re)- read in history to glean the significance for today. Keep going, young man!
I am mother of a 22 y.o. I am very happy to see that there are young people interested in this kind of topics. I know the ratio is very low. But still there is hope.
They're more likely to start a revolution and we all know how those end up in most cases.
Most young people I know derive their philosophy and moral compass from social media trends and popularity. It's extremely scary.
My Son is 18 and I feel the same
Help it to grow!!!❤
be aware that this is in the minds of most of us young men.
@@cloudlanding8258 It's very refreshing to see, and makes us older generations proud.
Our son is 18, and very much like this. However, his school - in a conservative, rural area - was turning to such liberal ideology after bringing in new H. S. and Elem principals, new Superintendent, and transplanted students, he approached his dad and me near the end of 8th grade to ask if I'd home school him throughout high school as he didn't want subjected to the ideologies they were trying to impress upon the students.
It makes us proud to see there are still so many of you who subscribe to critical thinking and individuality. Keep up the great work as we need young men like you as our future leaders.
Al Bundy from Married with Children was considered a loser. He owned a large home by managing a shoe store, while supporting a wife a kids.
You can't do that today if you make 50K a year
Same with the Simpsons. When it came out in 1989, it was considered lower middle class...even poor. Now the Simpsons are well off compared to the average person. The decline happened so gradually but now it's glaringly obvious.
Y’all understand that the Simpsons was a fictional cartoon. What about Good Times, Sanford and Son, All in the Family? All made during 1970s inflation era. We can go back to that time too. I’d rather not. Or we can say that inflationary times are cyclical and keep going. My grandparents often said that as bad as the Great Depression was, they have great memories of that time. Everyone looked out for each other. I don’t buy that temporary economic situations make societies good or bad. We have been through much worse in this country. Our salvation thus far is that we have held onto our democratic principles and continued to look out for each other. Now that we are starting to embrace victim-based nationalism and autocracy all bets might be off.
@@Johnno010writers of Simpsons were part of Illuminati
Lol yes you can, maybe not in the urban jungle but out in the sticks 100% you can
@@shadow6543 Al Bundy lived in a city, though.
The median home price in my town is 600K.
I really admire this young man, As an 82 year old I have lived through these latest historical events.
He is so spot on.
He is spot on just because he is well read and versed in a variety of subjects. He says a lot of what other such scholarly people were saying years to decades to hundreds of years ago... he is good at what he does, but he falls into the young persons trap if thinking they're completely original and new.
@@AkaeusProof?
@@Akaeus That's youth and we need young folks to disseminate the knowledge.
Why would you start admiring a Fraud at 82?
have you seen the documentary, THE GREAT TAKING ? every state must fight this.
Chris doesn't see the breakdown because he only lives with the top 5% , the devide between rich and poor is incredible. Great video. Too many commercials as usual 😅.
Oh my God, I hate the blank slate theory, personally.
My mother was well educated, with a degree in Eastern Philosophy, and she went back to college to get some kind of biology degree, so that she could work as a medical lab technician.
She was a smart woman, but she believed in the then latest theories in child rearing, and the blank slate theory was one of them. Also the idea of ignoring a baby's cries and feeding and changing the baby on a strict time schedule. Very inorganic and devoid of attachment and affection.
It was a lifelong argument for me about the blank slate theory, because I denied it from the time I was a small child. "No mom, I'm myself. I'm my own person."
She continued to deny it, and she considered me crazy for not doing the things she wanted me to do. She couldn't understand why I stubbornly resisted her program for me. She even denied my personal tastes, like that I didn't like mushrooms.
And as I grew up, I saw the elements of the blank slate theory rampant in our culture.
The government through the school and the media was trying to gaslight me the same way my mother had tried to gaslight me.
I had something like an allergic reaction against anything anyone was trying to push on me, or to say I was supposed to think or speak.
They could all piss off along with my mother.
I feel that vague and opaque ideas use of the fashionable idea of "epigenetics" is often politically motivated along the same lines
when you put it like that, it's clear how the idea of a blank slate is more or less a license to manipulate people
... Good.
Me too
@@HAL-ol1lh quite the contrary.
Go watch some of Robert Sapolsky's MIT lectures. "Blank Slate Theory" aka Tabula Rasa is effectively dead to science, and Epigenetics was involved in its demise.
Sapolsky is feverently left, hates Trump, but his lectures on the biology of human behaviour made me more convicted in my right leaning stances.
This guy was so close but didn’t say it out loud although he hinted at it: when he said the democrats would raise a foreign fighting force, that’s exactly what they are doing with open border policy.
Exactly & I have said it myself the right right now would destroy the American left, better yet the left would destroy themselves they would die in the inner cities without food! So the government aka the Geeews bring in 10 million + to have to fight the far right in america
Stop wearing your tin foil hat
The Republicans are too. Both parties are controlled by either bribery or blackmail by Israel.
I love how he spits a bunch of facts and in return you hear people say “I feel” when they don’t agree. That’s the problem.
@@parmenides2576 i dont see evidence of that yet though the idea makes sense, but as of now it seems like they are just here to take. I do wonder about trumps shooting tho since the shooter was using technology iran would’ve had to coach him about
YOOOOOOO let’s go Rudyard. Stoked to watch this. Our boy is only going up
Is he just Tim Pool? Selling that the “Culture War” is going to turn into an actual civil war? 😂 If this was 1979, this dude would say “Disco Vs. Rock is going to be the Apocalypse!!”
First They Ignore You, Then They Laugh At You, Then They Fight You, Then You Win.
The conditions are there, we are just waiting for a spark to light the powder keg.
It took 20-30yr before the American independence war officially started. We live in luxurious comfy times compared to the part so just mabye we can avoid this outcome if leadership smartens up.
@@sthubbins4038 edgy brah
Maybe he is. But these type of figures always resonate for a reason
@@sthubbins4038he reads alot tim doesnt
Nothing ever happens
I’m 52 years old , i’ve been listened to this young guy for a couple years now, and I didn’t realize he was so young good for him when I was 23 years old I was married had a house in suburbia, but not nearly as intelligent as this guy! I see he’s becoming quite famous and popular good for him. He deserves it.
You have no idea how excited I got when I saw the thumbnail, Rudyard has been my favorite RUclipsr for a couple years now. I will listen to this tomorrow at work. Thank you Chris so much for inviting him!
So glad Rudyard is starting to become mainstream. I’ve been listening to this guy for years, and he’s absolutely brilliant and deserves this!
Ooo fellow lady whatifalthist fan!! It’s awesome seeing rud on these podcasts.
I agree was a subscriber very early on. Glad to see him getting more mainstream
@@emmaverhey8352 The 1% sighted!
@@emmaverhey8352 I’m wondering how you guys view Rudyard’s political and social analysis, especially pertaining to men and women, as you’re in the 1% of female viewers?
he's honoring rudyard by using his name ~ 100%
i can't believe this guy is 23
can you imagine him at say 40's???
this man is unbelievable!
I would imagine he would be exposed and make an apology video for be a fraud at 23
@@jnottoday9866 exposed on what? and a fraud about what?
Following the vein of "knowing history" in this video... it's surprising to me how many people forget how YOUNG a ton of historical figures were.
On average age of the The founding fathers was 44.
A dozen were 35 or younger.
A few were teens
Hopefully by then he'll realize Augustus and Octavian are the same person.
This guy absolutely blew my mind. I don’t think I have ever heard anyone giving these kind of perspectives, I love it!
Man, Rudyard’s been on a tear lately. This is like the 4 or 5th podcast I’ve seen him on recently, which is great because he has a huge message for the world right now.
"he has a huge message for the world right now."
Unfortunately my monitor might not be big enough.
@@thomasmaughan4798 Indeed, indeed. Think of the poor fools watching on phones.
care to direct me to any of the others he's done recently? I sort of "drifted away" from his content over the summer but I'd like to get back to seeing him more because I think his warnings for our near future, along with his reasonings, appear extremely reasonable and pertinent for our/my near future
Most likely he joined a talent agency.
@@calvinjewett8216
He was recently on multiple BIG podcasts.
Search for his name, or his online alterego called "Whatifalthist"
I am no historian, not even a student of history, but I can see that things are unravelling in America like an old sweater. I listen to Channel 148 on Sirius because that culture and those people were so very different than today. It was a time and a culture that reminds me of how much stronger, happier, more mature and more optimistic people can be.
We are broken. Our culture is broken and the decay is not hard to find. People are making videos of their walk throughs of the downtowns of the major cities on the West Coast. The storefronts are all boarded up now. Businesses have all moved out. The majority of pedestrians are homeless people. It’s not like that everywhere, but it doesn’t have to be. It is a sign of societal decay. I think it is spreading to other cities and you could say it is old news in a city like Detroit.
Of course we all have different experiences and people are not all the same. I am old now and I have lived in times that were not like this. If you are young and not a historian, this present culture is all you know, especially if you haven’t travelled to places with entirely different cultures. Especially if you have been far too busy just trying to make ends meet, with no time to think about the bigger picture. Having the time to think about things other than survival is a luxury that many people do not have.
You are so right! I feel like people having too much free time is a big part of our problem. The luxuries of today have only created mental health problems, and we are all weak! Technology and decadence is what will destroy us. We became too well off in a way
@@gkkelle81And that free time is spent indoors in front of a screen where the constant state run and funded propaganda feeds their delusions.
We went from Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll to Porn, Antidepressants, and Headphones. The key difference? The first were social, done with other people. Kids are far less social. My kids (20s) friends and cousins usually can't communicate with me. Their phone is more important. There was Deep State in the 60s too, as Kennedys assassination. But we were less aware, yes optimistic.
West coast cities are vibrant and prosperous. Yes we have people on the street and doing drugs. 95% of us are not on drugs or on the street, we get up every day and work.
Democrat policies got us here.
He had me at "We are the most absurd era in history by a significant margin"
That's where he lost me lol. That's factually wrong. People used to hunt innocent women because they thought they were witches. You have to be literally disconnected from any semblance of reality to think today is more absurd
@@swickens930 I mean that was prett crazy but only in a small period but today there are still places that believe having sx with a virgin will cure them of aids or in the us idk mansons pretty crazy lol
He talks about history and that we are meant to repeat it and that’s why we have to study it. But I don’t think he’s study long enough to make that claim, either that or he’s caught up in the hoopla of the political world.
I think he gives too much emphasis on the extreme parts of the current political systems. I believe the 90% of the US population are level headed. Only way I see what he’s saying it’s if our military gets corrupted enough.
@@swickens930how is it not absurd that men think they can be women and women think they can be men? To me, that’s just as absurd.
@@garrettmartin9229 That is AN aspect of absurdity but how is hunting innocent women down under the guise that they're witches, how is that not also absurd. I think the conversation here is great but the opening statement is obviously hyperbolic. He spends the entire interview explaining how this type of absurdity literally happens cyclically throughout history.
There was one thing that Rudyard said in this episode that has really stuck with me over the past week. Something along the lines of "conservatives aren't all conservatives anymore. It's just a bunch of people who are anti-left." The more I think about it, he's spot on. My parents are conservative, and I am not. We disagree on a lot, but we all agree the democrats have lost their minds. And the same thing from more reasonable, center-left individuals (Tulsi, the Weistein brothers, Tim Pool, etc.). It's fascinating to me the amount of people from various political camps that have more or less joined forces because the left has gone so insane.
If you realize that the government itself is a left wing institution, you can start to see how revolutions occur. Rudyard has said before that when people move to supporting their ideology, or detesting an ideology, more than they support the state, then you get the ground work for revolution.
95% of people couldn't fill a single page with all the history they know prior to Napoleon.
I want to disagree, then I remember the last 10 people that told me slavery started with Europeans bringing slaves to the west.
It is probably a little less only because of the Amarican Revolution, but if you go before it, then it's probably 99%+.
I don't see that at all. I understand several prehistoric cultures, a good deal about Rome, a working understanding of the Middle Ages, especially England after the Norman Conquest (1066). I have been fascinated by Tudor history since primary school. I love early modern English history (beginning about 1600). And ofcourse I know my own country's history. But I'm not American. I would say 50% of people I know over 30 know this much history.
@@grannyannie2948 A few explanations. You’re probably smarter than average, you probably associate with people of a similar level of intelligence, you probably have an interest in history, because of your intelligence you probably overestimate the amount that other people know, and finally, you’re probably European.
@@chrisf2636Slavery started way before the 1600's. The 1st century Egyptians inslaved the Jewish people there was a whole book about it called the Bible. Even if you discount the Bible ancient civilizations inslaved the people they conquered all the time it's how nations and monarchs formed.
Anyone who has studied history deeply can see the signs of what’s coming. This guy knows his shit. I’m impressed with spot on he is.
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes."
@@LiberPater777I would like to argue this quote with a quote from a fictional character “history repeats itself.” But seriously… thinking that repeats instead of rhyming seems to be easier to understand and remember.
@@wqweqwet1804 Take it up with Mark Twain then.
He's delusional about the J6psyop.
And yet he hasn’t figured out why the tiny hats get kicked out of all countries, let’s see what happens when he finds that truth and that our world wars were based off of lies.
Every time Chris opens his mouth, he reveals he is ultra blue pilled
Yet he has guys like this on there maybe hope for him yet
Well he is gay not throwing a at-homonym just being descriptive
Well, he he’s very aware of the problems, but unwilling to draw the appropriate conclusions. I think it’s simply a case of self-preservation.
@@brianm5637 bingo it’s for the viewerships sake, he knows what he is doing.
Facts I hope he sees the light with this
In regard to Jewish history, read the first third of "The Origins of Totalitarianism", by Hannah Arendt. She goes through the history of the Jews in Europe, in order to show why they were targeted by the Nazis. Interestingly, she regarded the notion that Jews have been persecuted throughout history, as largely a myth.
INCREDIBLE SILENCE! . . . “If we don’t use history to study the world, what else are we supposed to look at?”
When is the last time you heard 6 seconds of silence in a podcast?
An actual Mike drop moment.
We can't study the world without history?
@@steveh485whose mike? Mic?
You're supposed to listen to Rich celebrities don't they know everything
@@Mike-rt2vp Rich celebrities don't all think the same. Their opinions are as varied as anyone else's.
Most people who were in a revolution didn't know they were in one.
Unless they are communist. That's like a communist founding belief
Im a defense engineer/warfare tactician for the DoD and I can tell you that’s true in the past it was due to ignorance, but today it is a plethora of psyops reasons… I know I used to develop these tactics to topple small countries governments
We've been inone since at least the 60s, with nobody really noticing until 2012-ish, and people only starting to talk about it in 2020.
@@martino8114lmao you lyin
@@nate0-rh6eh you make me laugh with your reply, but my friend I wish I were lying
This kid is a shining example of what happens when you use your time wisely.
Agreed. And he dropped out of college. A good investment in time for most people probably
Being like this guy? Nah that doesnt make me regret not using my youth wisley. 😂
@@ryanangeli5897 He also has a really high iq and memory.
A shining example of how to use that time to become the next young Fraud.
@@ryanangeli5897 check in after 5 years see where his civil war is
Our boy Rudyard has been really making it big for the past few months and bro completely deserves it
People will attack his appearance but never actually challenge what he's actually saying
@@ToedCobra33 his appearance put me off the first time I stumbled upon him, on a debate I think, or a hangout of somekind. I've made up for it since, by slowly listening to all his old stuff
@@ToedCobra33 How can you attack something that is merely an opinion of future events ? he reality is this guy is just like all the other doom mongers, making a living off selling fear to the masses.
@@dogstar8027 it shouldn't. We are not driven by logic though. I do my best not to judge books by their covers, but in absence of anything else, that's all there is to go on
yes...I just watch him Danny Jones.....He staying topic here I notice...On Jones he was all over the place...I like him....on Danny Jones he said start buying GUNs Glad I live in the south and we already have GUNs
He starts talking about anti white left and Chris changes the subject, cmon let’s talk about this
We know who
See Magnus Hirschfeld.
@@jB..33b854Juden
In the late 80's I took a History of the 20's course and History of 60's course. My professor was not only a Historian, but also an Anthropologist. He was a world traveler. The courses were lectures given very similar to the way that Rudyard explains and lays things out. He gave an in debth view of things, from government, to economics, to media to societial crisises. Rudyard has corroborated everything and more to what I learned back then, and those courses were eye openers for me. What I'm getting at is, I'm listening to Rudyard, and I'm hearing what he has to say. BTW, I bought the book, The Great Wave. I'm looking forward to reading it. It looks really interesting.
Rudyard, thanks for all of your hard work and love for what you do.
It's '80s...'90s...get the apostrophe right.
@@thinkingallowed6485 @thinkingallowed6485 Who pissed in your Cheerios? Noted and Thank you. Didn't realize I was turning it in for a grade. 🤪🥰
Have read the book. It is amazing
Same here. It's a chunky book! 😳😬
@@Iam...---... gotta keep on yer toes, the grammar police are always watching.😂
This kid is a brilliant mind and truly needs to be heard by as many as possible
Rudyard on Chris Williams pod!? Let’s go!
He should get invited to other podcasts
see the documentary, THE GREAT TAKING ? every state needs to fight this.
Hyperdemocracy and the gnostic impulse. The philosopher Voegelin said the same thing about the massive death toll toll and destruction that comes from the idea that humans are perfectible and that utopia can be reached. There is no limit to the amount of eggs that must be broken towards the great sacred omelette
Unfortunately that is a modern interpretive distortion. A few latter radical sects did act in such manner. These were likely religious people that had a flawed comprehension of the true spiritual teachings the Gnostics and other early Christians had gotten passed down to them from several thousands of years before. There is also the fact that religion was so prevalent that one could not present the spiritual foundational teachings without coloring them to avoid persecution in the local religious climate .Modern scholars do not take that into account because they usually bias their research in favor of their own religion or lack thereof. All religions have distortions built in to them by the time they become institutional. Pure spiritual/philosophic systems have never been openly presented to the masses to any large extent. There are two reasons why this is so.
1. Institutions are control mechanisms. They could easily present the practical teachings that lead to actual development if any of the priesthood still know them or they knew how to find them yet they do not do this.
Why? It would eliminate the role of the church.
2. Humanity is not ready on a large scale due to a variety of reasons. Some cannot yet grasp or have any need to know about direct spiritual discovery. Some could not or would not accept that anything other than their view of the world is correct. If they were forced to witness it for themselves most would shatter and lead a miserable existence until death. That even happens to some who do want to know.
Look at the political situation. How many know the Establishment is looking more and more like a totalitarian tyrant? Its global to boot. Way too many still believe the lies from the MSM. Over here in the U.S. they shit the bed in 2020 with their desperate election theft and cover up. After that we found this has been ramping up since 2013 when they started projects in our own federal agencies to create activist communities in every county to stir up trouble for the purpose of foundational transition of our systems. . They also set up tons of NGOs to orchestrate and organize all of it. We have the proof. Its treason but they don't care because they are backed by global entities and more money than God. Its just part of their agenda that we were interfering with and they got worried.
@@chuckjones9159 You were making sense until you started talking about election theft. He just lost. No conspiracy required.
The Russian philosophers prior to their revolution said the same thing would occur. They were completely accurate. Like the soviets were literally waging war against everything that makes men men. As atheistic as it seems it is a war against God whether they are aware of it or not.
Marx wrote his poetry stating his wish to burn it all down and reign over the ashes. He stated his goals many times in writing that aren't so known.
@@chuckjones9159Incredibly well said my guy. You nailed it!! 💯💯💯💯💯
I recently left my job at a major Canadian university after 12 years.
The reason?
This seat of higher learning is a psychopathic entity made up of the sociopathic gestalt of the people that work there.
For 2 months, a group of pro-Hamas, pro-Palestine, anti-Israel, anti-Jew (Zionist) "protesters" controlled a portion of the school.
At the end, these anti-Colonialist, anti-Western, pro-terrorists (they would use the term:revolutionaries) were granted FULL amnesty by this school.
I witnessed their performances first hand.
The psychopathic entity agreed with them privately, disagreed publicly. That became obvious to me and so I resigned.
Rudyard is also aware and Chris I'm sure that both Hitler and Lenin sought assurances from their seats of higher learning, as did Mao (before he murdered them during the Cultural Revolution, of course).
Rudyard may or may not be correct as hiSTORY can only take us so far forward.
Internal psychological aspects cannot be ignored.
Milgram comes to mind.
Could you make a reading recommendation for someone not familiar with Milgram?
My third grade daughter is being taught gender ideology in school here in the United States
@@liesecarey9494 There's only one, Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View.
It's my belief that Milgram's experiments in authority eventually lead to his untimely death.
@@GeLowBrando Of course.
STEM is in the same position. I have sat in on round table debates to try and retract papers with scientifically accurate but politically incorrect conclusions. I hate to say it, but most of this seems to be stemming from liberal women. They are not interested in facts, only advancing their wold view.
This Young Gentleman guest is one of the most insightful and informed individuals I have ever heard on the topic of decay and decline of America and the adverse effects of leftist ideology. After listening to this discussion I will be doubling my efforts to prepare for whats coming.
WhatIfAltHist is going main stream! Love it 😀
That's who it is! I knew i recognized that voice. Good for him.
He's going to be severally impeded by the tech companies. They control the platforms but Rudyard may have hit critical mass.
Next stop, destiny and Joe rogan.
Holy shit it is him!
Nice! I didn't know that's who this is! I've shared several of his vids with friends and colleagues.
Really enjoy Rudyard. Young kid who can help our youth!
Youth ? this Young Man Could Teach our adults a lesson...
Too late mate😢
no he cannot, the level of stupidity is amazing, but if you feel like laughing at something, this is it.
@@nastasedr the level of falsehoods is actually stunning. I am 15 minutes in and it's just confused blahblah about half-baked internet knowledge paired with a youtube high school degree...
Some name dropping here and there and all the confirmation biased fan boys applaud....
@@minkowski4dAll of his sources back him up on his historical statements
Def the most knowledgeable 23 year old I've seen on media.
He's a human computer with emotions of love. I like his views.
Agreed! Esp when u look at tik toks it’s night and day lol
@@nifftycat I'll take your word for it. If it's got a tik tok water mark I don't consume it. I have seen young women dancing in the middle of a main street with a camera though so I def believe you lmao.
I just sat up in bed and did a double take because he just said he is 23 😮
He is 22. He will always be 22.
This guy is so young. I can’t believe in all the crap I listen to that I’ve never heard of him before. Unreal. Guy is a literal living book and it’s hard to fathom him being so young. That’s why age is meaningless. When you have the drive and passion for something, anything and everything is possible. Great episode as usual!
@@MachineManiaOG hes young but if hes a history buff/nerd he could have been studying it ever since he was a preteen
Black American here. I’d say most the “woke” black young men are more right/conservitive than radical/far left that i personally know. (The ones informed about world problems at least). There are also many different factions in the whole “wokeness sphere”. Also more and more blacks are being informed and are leaving the radical and far left. And the left as a whole.
Also the “wokeness” is pretty much a knee jerk reponse of a people who have no relocection of there former culture and have been lied to about history and many other thibgs shaping thier culture….No I am not sayin afro racist are cool..
you keep using that word... you can't be woke and on the right
I’m a young black man I’m the same age as Rudy and I’ve been watching his videos since he first started. And I’m all the way ok Rudy side I’ve been on his side for a long time. And also as a young black man are you red over blue
I’m 60. I’ve been at this since the 80s. Spent 25 years as a libertarian until pretty recently.
The characterization of the right as “just wanting to be violent” is about as far from being true as I can imagine. Also, having been immersed in intellectualism throughout my libertarian phase, it is a matter of comparing theories back to reality and noticing the theories appear to be over simplifications in important ways.
Not anti intelligence but anti intellectuals as they’ve largely become consumed with their belly buttons.
You do realise that libertarianism is the opposite of socialism, right?
It's also realizing that libertarianism is a pipe dream that can only exist in extremely high trust society which most of the West is not at all anymore thanks to a lot of reasons mostly demographic
“Libertarianism” “socialism” - yes it’s fun look at these paradigms - but no independent thinker gives authority to these “isms”
@@jimoconnor4766 not sure if youtube deleted my comment?
My dad always said to watch out for a person with nothing to lose. They are extremely dangerous. Our post modernist 4 th wave feminist society has caused 10’s of millions of them!
Also family men. They have everything to lose so they will fight.
@@swesleyc7It is different though. The guy with nothing is much more likely to commit acts and take risks trying to upset the system. The family man will protect his family and home but is far less likely to risk his own safety for politics because doing so puts his family at risk.
@@swesleyc7 Family men have a strong incentive to protect the status quo... unless (or until) that status quo is dangerous to his family.
You guys talk to much and do nothing war will never happen
@@Nope-w2h You missed the part about who does something and how they conscript normies into the fight. Things have not declined to the point where people feel they have a reason to do anything much right now because calories are still cheap enough and entertainment is also cheap and plentiful.
Listening to this is like trying to drink from a fire hydrant. Fascinating but difficult to wrap your mind around it
I don't think the establishment understands the new right and how its fundamentally different that traditional right wing American conservatism.
"Anyone looking for black shirts, mass parties, or men on horseback will miss the telltale clues of creeping fascism. In any First World country of advanced capitalism, the new fascism will be colored by national and cultural heritage, ethnic and religious composition, formal political structure, and geopolitical environment... In America, it would be supermodern and multi-ethnic-as American as Madison Avenue, executive luncheons, credit cards, and apple pie. It would be fascism with a smile. As a warning against its cosmetic facade, subtle manipulation, and velvet gloves, I call it friendly fascism. What scares me most is its subtle appeal. I am worried by those who fail to remember-or have never learned -that Big Business-Big Government partnerships, backed up by other elements, were the central facts behind the power structures of old fascism in the days of Mussolini, Hitler, and the Japanese empire builders.”
We have to be anti oligarchy.
They've already contained trump(see vance-thiel etc) and he will be over soon enough either way--loses the election or 4yrs. Then what? He was always a terrible horse anyway the dude is a billionaire ffs lol No real challenge to the billionaire/elite class is ever going to come from the rightward direction. Rightwing philosophy is all about maintaining existing hierarchies. A real people's movement against the elite will always be leftwing by design. Which is why the left has been compromised so thoroughly. The people in charge understand these dynamics implicitly.
@@evolassunglasses4673 Aren't they? The media is 100% oligarchical.
They understand it it, they just think they'll be able to night of the long knives it into submission.
I've never really heard Rudyard speak from the cuff like that before. He's a really good speaker. He just slowed down for a minute and thought more for a second he'd be an amazing speaker. It feels like he gets and idea and just immediately tries to fill in the blanks. Overall I'm impressed.
Literally all of his videos are him speaking off the cuff. That's why he inserts those typo filled tangent cards that run in his videos.
Rudyard has shifted my perspective on humanity
more than any other content creator or teacher I’ve had
My friends and I all joke that he has “radicalized” us
You probably didn’t have a lot going on in that noggin to begin with lol
Then for the love of god, please expand your media consumption. Rudyard isn't an historian, in fact he rejects history and historiography. He made an hour long video about Marx *without reading anything Marx wrote*. His scholarly negligence is so great as to be indistinguishable from malice.
I find that sad.. read for yourself.. this guy is too fascinated by his own pseudo genius.. I think he's dangerous!
@@oftbanned101 Dangerous? How?
This young man is extremely savvy and well spoken. I am a fan.
this guy is only 23 yrs old i think, and i love listening to him. very smart and explains everything that ive seen happen in life in my 36 years. It is all spot on. When men cannot make money and get married at a reasonable age and maintain that....everything will fall apart over time.
Yup 23
Yeah, my jaw dropped when he said his age. He is brilliant and wise beyond his years.
@@lawv804I often think men of this ilk, and in procession of so much intelligence and knowledge must feel very burdened. To know so much, you are able to ‘predict the future’ must be a scary place to be in. Reminds me of Mo Gawdat and his insight into how AI will affect our futures.
No he isn't he just sounds smart@@lawv804
A society or culture that deliberately hates and rejects the existence of any moral authority but itself has left only a disintegrating maelstrom of conflicting fantasies and delusions with which to tame its constituent human beasts.
At 23, Rudyard is as well-educated and erudite as someone two or three times his age, and still can, while applying foundational principles in the context of historical events, almost assure what and how will unfold over the near future.
This young man is certainly one to watch over the next twenty years or more.
I strongly disagree. For example the initial part of the pod cast of on the upcoming crisis in 21st century is just bad logic and bad science. Finding equations that fit historical data is easy; however there is no guarantee that the same equation can predict the future
Rudyard continuing to crush it.
have you seen the documentary, THE GREAT TAKING ? must fight this world over...especially in the states.
His boyfriend
First time I see Chris adopt a near condescending tone. Uncharacteristic. He smells almost overconfident/dismissive, as though he is experimenting with becoming the Eric Weinstein of this interaction. But it was also the first time I noticed that he has not deeply studied his area, relying instead on conversational signposts that make him appear empathic and that probably work well among other lost content creators. I mentally compared him to Tom Bilyeu and the contrast was huge. Not that this is a problem overall, but once he starts trying to take-on one of his erudite guests, it exposes him.
I noticed the same, it was a bit jarring after some of his other interviews
With one hand, I can count the # of the young people (under 30 years old) who i feel are wise beyond their years, and who’s opinions i actually respect and value. This guy is definitely one of the few. Big up Rudyard
Learning he is 23 is mind blowing. He has to be the most mature, articulate and intelligent 23yr old I’ve encountered.
@@kylebushnell2601funny how you're just going through comments like a loser instead of actually giving rebuttals.
@@Claf1643he’s right though. If this actually enlightens you idk what to say
@@datnip79
" ...he has to be the most ...articulate.."
Actually he stumbled a bit on the correct form of a few of the words he used. I think that can be attributed in part to his being in the middle of making a complex point when it happened. But clearly he is a voracious reader and those usually have gigantic vocabularies.
He is impressive, though I don't agree with some of his positions.
@@datnip79 he’s more articulate knowledgeable than a lot of the 70 year-old that I know L O L
The JQ is a genuine question that needs to be addressed. They can keep claiming it’s all “scapegoating” ad-nauseam but if society after society comes to the same conclusion over Millenia, then perhaps there is something to it.
He says “they created Christianity.” That’s kiiiiiinda leaving out some pretty important bits 😂
They answer is simple. They are behind it. Usery is their way, societal destruction their legacy.
Clearly need his RUclips 😂
He keeps claim straight white men have no reason to fight for the system but wont address what the reason for that is. Anyone that knows about Magnus Hirschfeld knows that "woke" was being forced into german society much like it is everywhere else now
Agreed. I doubt he even actually believes that, but he is (understandably) too afraid to speak the truth for fear of the enormous onslaught that would result.
When Chris asked, "What has driven the recent rise in anti-semitism?" The answer is simple. Greater access to information and a burgeoning realization of who and what they really are and the effects they purposely have on other peoples and cultures.
Henry Ford was right about this. This sentiment didn't come from nowhere and for no reason. There are many reasons, and once you see, it you can't unsee it. The best thing we can do is address the question publically and honestly, because both sides have something to learn from it. Jews are not entirely wrong about the naivete nature of the gentiles. In anti-gentile writing I find myself agreeing with them in many respects, but that doesn't mean I approve of the system that's been constructed, or that we should be actively sabotaged because thats just the law of the jungle. Similarly, the Jews have witnessed the blowback of many a scheme in the past, but unfortunately those who perpetrate the most are the ones who are never actually held accountable, leaving the rest to suffer. I've even seen rabbis talk about this pattern.
As an anthropologist who had a super solid, non-woke education, I have always abhorred the blank slate theory. It is an idea that can be dismantled in a thousand different ways.
Plus, the consequences of pursuing social change/engineering based on belief in the blank slate are demonstrably catastrophic
I’ve been watching his channel for several years now. Every time he drops a video, I immediately watch it, absurdly intelligent dude.
Ditto
Brilliant Young Man
Mostly Self Educated
EXTREMELY Well Read
Not One Unresearched Statement/Position/Opinion
Tremendous Intellect
This is an insane collab - Rudy is legit. Happy he’s getting on a bigger platform
Legit? He makes constant factual errors. Chris just doesn't know enough about history to correct him.
❤❤❤❤ Whatifalthist is blowing up!!! Totally deserves it for his hard work. Rudy is an Alpha Chad in his area of modern philosophy... Let's goooooooo!!!
Chris is just letting him cook
The Early Lifer Daniel "Jones" from Koncrete kept doing that too, these people need to be quiet. Not everything needs le devils advocate or pushback, let the ideas breathe and expand on their own.
I wish Chris would have challenged him a little. Rudyard is clearly knowledgeable but his conclusions are pretty incoherent.
Rudyard sounds to me like a guy with political opinions about the present, where he's saying the same things a lot of other people are also saying, and he's reading through history and fitting what he reads according to what he thinks and hoe he feels about the prrsent. This isn't to say I disagree with everything he says, but top minds don't explore ideas this way. It's sloppy.
@Marmocet That’s my impression as well. Rudy are largely aligns with my own opinions but it’s fairly obvious he’s doing some “parallel reconstruction” and promoting an implication that these are novel conclusions. He’s no Curtis Yarvin (yet) but in Rudy’s defense he’s very young and is much more capable at conducting interviews than Moldbug ever was
@@Leathal He actually kind of reminds me of myself at that age. His mindset is that of a polemicist right now, rather than that of a scholar. I can also tell that, while he has read history broadly, he hasn't read much of it to great depth. One day, if he keeps reading, he will discover that the lessons of history that he thinks are so clear are often anything but clear, because many people who observed and recorded the same events often saw them from different and frequently conflicting perspectives. For example, not everyone agreed that the Gracchi brothers were populists trying to resurrect a Roman "middle class" (a concept that didn't really exist at that time). Some felt, with some justification, that they were merely adopting a populist stance as a form of branding and that, like Julius Caesar, who also styled himself as a populist, their real goal was power.
The "Right" is not against intellectual. We are intellectual. We are studying. We are learning. We are college educated. Get out of your bubble Chris. I love your show. For example, have me on your show. Normal person.
this video’s take really clicks with some of the things I've been reading in unveiling your hidden potential by bruce thornwood
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Thank you for having this guest. I'm 65 and try to be aware of other generations and those within it who are thinking and speaking. Not sure what I think of this guest yet, however much of merit to consider.
I'm 55 and have a feeling we should hold on to our family property in WV at the end of a holler with one way in and one way out on 70 acres surrounded by 500 wooded acres. Maybe the kids, grandkids, great grandkids will need it.
The guy is very curious and well read. I very rare young man these days.
@@AFTdogmomas a zoomer, please God keep that for your children. Land is the most important thing to own, especially where we're headed. Giving thst amount of land to someone will insulate them from so many of the world coming problems.
So happy to see WhatIfAltHis have such a large platform. This guy is so damn smart and his analysis on current affairs and society is the sharpest among ALL of our generation.
He is not that smart. He just regurgitates books he reads
@@Melkorleo103 Oh he's extremely smart. He does use other people's ideas in his theses, but still uses his own observation skills to assess what's happening and his intelligence to predict what's going to happen based on historical and universal trends.
His video on the state of the current economy were extremely eye opening. Being a young man who's a bit lost in the world, he gave advice which only someone our age and crucially, his intelligence could give. If you want regurgitation, listen to the out of touch older generations giving advice or modern day academia in general.
@@Melkorleo103isn't that the point? You have to I start somewhere and see the patterns?
@@sumtingwong2138 He's bright. But he's gaslit himself into somehow thinking the right is going to deliver on a philosophically leftwing based uprising for 'regular' people. It's absurd so I guess the title for the video is apt lol
@@sup1e it’s not absurd at all
You are over thinking it, they just needed women as consumers, then needed women to work . Women without kids treat society as their kids . It’s not some totalitarian society, it’s just women being women
What’s the solution
This is like his history 102 channel. The host introduces Rudy and then he just spurgs out on history for an hour then throws it back to the host when he remembers he needs to breathe. Love it.
Me too. I just wish 102 went as long as this episode every single week! (At least!)
Glad I decided to keep listening. Don’t agree with a lot of what he’s saying but he’s made some VERY interesting points
I dunno man, this guy was really over simplifying A LOT of complex historical ideas and drawing comparisons across absolutely HUGE time periods…almost NONE of which were post industrial.
@@schreinerkyleliterally… saying that history after WW2 started an era ending at COVID is not even just an oversimplification but just untrue. Completely ignores the shift from the post-war consensus to the neoliberal Reagan and Thatcher world, unfortunately so much of what he is saying is oversimplified/cherry picked to the point of propaganda. He also speaks like post-Modern philosophy hasn’t already begun asking and considering most of his questions/issues.
If you don’t agree with him, let me hear you refute some of his points with some evidence
@@roguesovereignrogue9124 look at my comment abt him ignoring the economic shift from the post-war consensus to neoliberalism.
@@tahaanzar123On the scale of history, those periods were so small that I doubt they'd even be in history books as anything more than a brief paragraph or 2 a hundred years from now
Meanwhile what is happening now will be the primary focus of what people learn about when they study the post WW period.
One thing is clear. He is extremely bright and rational.
He thinks the CIA can play certain frequencies of sound that allow humans to enter the "spirit realm". Really rational and bright.
@@robpeterslaypaul they can, look up binaural and isochronic frequencies, it's been a legit well established thing for years now
When someone is this well-read, there is no end to the synaptic connections that can be made, whether these connections are fully explanatory or not. It would be a comfort to once in a while hear Rudy take a breath and say, “I don’t know.”
He is making history books bend to his doom narrative. He loses credibility if he shows any cracks. Dont fall for it.
I have heard him say that… I think it was on the Tom Biluoy (sp?) podcast. Tom definitely challenges his guests a bit more though 🤷🏻♀️
I agree! He’s so certain about everything it actually makes him lose credibility. Some of his claims about people being equal is a Marxist idea… umm no, actually that’s at the heart of Christianity.
I don’t take away as much from Rudyard as I do someone like Tom Holland (the historian, not Spider-Man). Maybe with age and wisdom he will accept he doesn’t know everything for certain.
@@xiaomooglethen you don't watch his videos enough. He openly states that he doesn't know but here's a thought all the time.
In a discussion like this I really hate the fact that people don't realize it takes less than 5% of the population for there to be a standing army.
People say that it's unrealistic that there will be some war like conflict all you have to keep in mind is that wars are fought by a fringe minority of the total population. And on top of that it is in a very biased group of young men. You get enough pissed off young men and all it takes is one person with a good sales pitch speaking towards their actual interests in a very partisan way off of the problems of the times and you've suddenly got a warlord.
What do you think that quote is about "the child who is not embraced by his village will burn it down to feel its warmth"? The entire purpose of a sense of community can be boiled down to not wanting the young men to reach maturity and come back as conquerors or slaughterers.
My own country is speedrunning that in hilarious fashion.
What country is this?
I'm a 54 year old mom of 5, and I have a huge amount of respect for this dude.
Same age, grandmother of six, and I agree.
Hell yeah dudettes! 😂
@@grannyannie2948maybe having that many kids is the root of all problems
@@SilkSonic-c9z You don't even know how many kids I have I didn't say. And I assure you here in rural Australia it's not crowded.
@@SilkSonic-c9z Your second comment is not visible on the thread. Our population has trippled in my lifetime due to crazy policies of mass immigration. And the less kids we have the quicker we get replaced. You are correct that our inland is too dry to sustain large populations. But last time I looked my state had 600,000 people. Not like the mouse utopias of our large cities.
He needs to watch the greatest story never told.
Based
This guy needs to be in a position of power, he is empathetic and smart enough to not let all the power go to his head
Love conspiracy theorists, and Rudy is the best at it. But if you know history, Rome didn't really "fall" as such. It was never united except in terms of brute strength. When that changed in the 5th century, the power dynamics changed, but the influence of Rome across Europe still lasted for another 1000 years. The fall of Rome isn't the fall of a country, it's the beginning of the end of an Empire, which was effectively a civilization unto itself. Even so, people of the day continued working and living right along, likely not even noticing.
He’s a non stop conspiracy generator. I guess people are enamored with his oratory skills. So far all his predictions have failed. I used to think he was interesting but he’s just spewing out random stuff and thinking it all makes sense.
@@artbyty Well, you never know, but as long as you don't take it all too seriously, it's definitely entertaining and even educational to a point. Dude knows his history for sure, more of the rest of us should.
We could be doing so much better. I'd almost say America looks a little neglected. The struggle is showing. Businesses are empty, cities are looking depressing with no soul and a lot of corporate chains that all look the same, most people are overworked and under paid, medical debt, insurance companies that won't cover treatments. Its a mess. America needs to invest in Americans.
Stop guilt tripping people for having standards.
America has been a 3rd world nation since the new millenium. You think I'm exaggerating, or do not know what I speak of, but go to Poland or Hungary or some other European nations or Singapore, and try to compare the crime rates, drug use, and the things that matter.
23 years old and this smart because of studying history... Take notes people. Thank you guys for this informational conversation.
Internet is the biggest propaganda tool of our time. It works remarkably well. I’m loving the philosophical rationale but reality is that people have their own algorithmic reality provided by the web. That’s a bigger issue than any.
ultimate tool of division
@@germanpatis9136We connected everyone from across the world, and in doing so separated ourselves from even our neighbors...
Interestingly, the term "scapegoat" comes from Jewish culture.
Oh vey....
Magnus Hirschfeld.
It comes from the Mosaic law and not 'jewish culture'
Is it me or does Chris Williams seem awfully skeptical about this discussion?
He actually sounds like he's heard half of it already. Chris knew about the Mouse Utopia experiments for sure.
@@JaxBespoked- Maybe. But his demeanor and body language seems a lot different from his podcasts with other guests. I think it was a good discussion, but methinks Chis did not agree with most of Rudyard's predictions. I too believe that advances in technology are a wildcard that could well blunt observed historical cycles.
As he should be
Rudyard deserves a lot of pushback because he doesn't know things as well as he thinks he does.
@@Zen56103 - I think Rudyard makes some valid observations and has good points. But extrapolating those to predictions (like civil war in 3-5 years) is a huge stretch. I tend to agree with Chris that technology acts like a shunt for male frustration that might otherwise boil over.
10 minutes in and I am digging up everything this guys has ever done. Fantastic, detailed analysis. Epic find!
Instead of googling him, you should google the "facts" he's stating....you would be surprised that he's basically wrong about everything he says....starting with optimates and poplars, going to to the Jacobins and the French Revolution.
this dude starts with a bias, tries to bend history around his bias and then ends with a bias that he presents as an analysis. But hey, that's the internet: morons having a platform talking BS....
Don't fail to end up at his mentor, Curt Doolittle. Curt is not very well known because what he talks about is politically-incorrect (although the single most important topic on the planet).
Mostly that’s true, except for the point about the right. Saying the right rationalízes kílling people is ridicułous, who do we see doing these group attacks the most? Who do we stabbíng people the most and even chíldren? Who is it that is way disproportionately responsible for the rise of SA we see all over Eurøpe? Who is demonized all over the medía and who gets a pass no matter how horrifíc a críme is commítted?
I’m an independent and I can see this.
@@GhostSalYou're not looking at the broader historical context.
I discovered Rudy a couple of weeks ago on the Danny Jones August 19 podcast called:
‘2025 US Civil War Psychedelics, Christianity & the Machine Rapture’
RUclips channel: Danny Jones
It was Fascinating.
Rudy, or Rudyard has a youtube channel under : Whatifalthist
The right isnt "anti intellectual", its anti-forced concensus and pro critical thinking. The first steps to knowledge is asking questions.
Historical events follow predictable patterns, similar to the laws of physics. Historical events are created by people, and people's nature never changes. Events might be different, but eventually they lead to the same consequences.
Wokeism is pure madness.
Define "woke" if you can.
@@sup3414Puritanism. They think they are doing something new. They are not. Same religious fervor. Not a coincidence Americans are so prone to it.
Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) originally meaning alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination. Beginning in the 2010s, it came to be used as slang for a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial injustice, sexism, and denial of LGBT rights. @sup3414
@@sup3414thinking progressivism is the most beneficial beliefs system in every part of society
If it was pure madness it wouldnt be compelling; half truths are far more dangerous than pure madness.
Also thanks for not killing us with ads. Just that alone is a great service to mankind
Chris Williamson’s red pill journey has been one of the most beautiful journeys these past couple of years
He's blue as hell on many topics though.
@@txdmsk true, but I think it’s just because he doesn’t see it. He’s probably never experience a lower income lifestyle or lived in a crime abundant environment, he lives in a bubble