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WhatifAltHist is a podcast from Rudyard Lynch that looks to try to find the patterns in history and anthropology so as to predict the future and understand the dynamics that result in civilizations rising and falling. It began as an enormously popular alternate history channel with nearly 600K listeners and more than 100M views on YouTube. Rudyard Lynch also hosts the podcast History 102 with Erik Torenberg, which attempts to solidly explain pivotal historical events in depth in under an hour.
Topics covered: World History, Philosophy, Civilization, Culture
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Bibliography:
The Righteous Mind by Jon Haidt
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
End Times by Peter Turchin
The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGhilchrist
The Storm before the Calm by George Friedman
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
Woke Racism by John McWhorter
Leviathan and its Enemies by Sam Francis
Regime Change by Patrick Deneen
The Origins of Woke by Richard Hanania
The Unabomber's Manifesto
The Revolt of the Elites by Lasch
The Total State by Auron Macintyre
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Seeing like a State by James Scott
After Liberalism by Paul Gottfried
Japan and the Shackles of the Past by Taggart Murphy
Destined for War by Graham Allison
Envy by Helmut Schoeck
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay
Spiral Dynamics by Don Beck
Forgotten Truth by Houston Smith
The Economics of Discontent by Jean Michel Paul
Beyond the Big Four Eurasian civilizations (Europe, India, Middle East, China) that dominated 90% of humanity, there existed a fifth major player—not a civilization, but its opposite. The Steppe produced history's greatest conquerors despite having 1/100th the population and no cities or formal religions. These nomadic warriors influenced world history as much as any civilization, creating an anti-civilization power that repeatedly brought empires to their knees. The ultimate historical paradox: how could Mongolia conquer China with 1% of its population?
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Bibliography:
A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia by David Christian
The Invention of Yesterday by Tamim Ansary
Europe's Steppe Frontier 1500-1800 by McNeil
Plagues and Peoples by McNeil
Rise of the West by McNeil
Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world by Jack Weatherford
The Khan Trilogy by Khan Iggulden (fiction but is the best intro to Mongol history for lay people since the author does the research really well)
A History of Warfare by John Keegan
A History of Religious Ideas v 3 by Mircea Eliade
War and Peace and War by Peter Turchin
Fighting Techniques of the Oriental World by Rice
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
The Soul of China by Amaury de Riencourt
Nomads and Crusaders by Archibald Lewis
War! What is it Good for by Ian Morris
The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quiggley
Who We Are and How We Got Here by David Reich
The Tree of Culture by Ralph Linton
The Silk Road by Frankopan
As a Zoomer, I process World Wars as ancient history despite their recent shadow. The 20th century stands in opposition to ALL previous human experience, rejecting thousands of years of shared wisdom. Our unprecedented wealth and technological power convinced us to believe things previous generations would find INSANE—that men and women are identical, money can be printed infinitely, and culture doesn't matter. Most shocking: we've built a totalitarian democracy so pervasive we don't even recognize it.
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Bibliography:
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
1984 by George Orwell
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
Why Nations Fail by Acemoglu
Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell
The Dictator's Handbook by Mesquita
Woke Racism by John McWhorter
Leviathan and Its Enemies by Sam Francis
Origins of Woke by Richard Hananai
The Unabomber's Manifesto
The Total State by Auron Macintyre
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Seeing Like a State by James Scott
Gulag Archipelago by Solzhenitsyn
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
On Power by Bertrand de Jouvenal
On Politics by Aristotle
The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
The Origins of Ideology by Todd Immanuel
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de riencourt
Rise of the West by William McNeill
Reality operates through paradox—simultaneously everything and nothing, connected yet divided. The most revealing truth? People project their own nature onto their enemies. The left accuses the right of exactly what it does itself: institutional control, hatred, and power obsession. Modern civilization's greatest hypocrisy? Proudly championing "human rights" while systematically dehumanizing its population into interchangeable cogs. This isn't a bug—it's industrial society's primary function and underlying purpose.
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Bibliography:
The Lonely Crowd by David Riesman
Thus Spake Zarathustra by Nietzche
Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
The Gulag Archipelago by Solzenitsyn
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
Humanity's Ascent by Charles Eisenstein
The Unabomber's Manifesto
Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung
Das Kapital by Karl Marx
Universe 65 by Calhoun
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
Nihilism by Seraphim Rose
The Passion of the Western Mind by Tarnas
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
Seeing like a State by James Scott
The Leviathan and Its Enemies by Sam Francis
The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham
The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGhilchrist
Atrocities by Matthew White
The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
The History of Philosophy by Will Durant
The History of Philosophy by Bertrand Rusell
The Web of Meaning by Jeremy Lent
Envy by Helmut Schoeck
The Happiness Hypothesis by John Haidt
Why are people SHOCKED by the obvious consequences of their actions? We print money and act surprised at inflation. We pursue godless lives and wonder why we feel empty. I've spent years asking the most accomplished people I know—CEOs, politicians, artists—how to live happily as a young man, and received NO satisfying answers. This episode identifies the 12 toxic cultural assumptions driving our collective misery and offers the only path forward: shattering these illusions completely.
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Bibliography:
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
The Myth of Disenchantment by Storm
A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
The Master and His Emissary by McGhilChrist
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jon Haidt
Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Envy by Helmut Schoeck
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay
Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell
The Righteous Mind by Jon Haidt
How to Know a Person by David Brooks
The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate
The Elephant in the Brain by Kevin Simler
Culture of Narcissism by Lasch
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
The Body Keeps the Score by Van Der Kolk
Dominion by Tom Holland
In this episode of Whatifalthist, host Rudyard is joined by Samo Burja, founder of Bismarck Analysis and Palladium Magazine. They engage in a wide-ranging discussion covering political dynamics, the impact of technology on society, and the historical parallels that can be drawn from current events. For full shownotes, visit highlight: https://highlightai.com/share/35528506-03e8-4ef2-84b2-5424f7f2fc7b
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The World War-era historians—Spengler, Toynbee, Quigley—operated at intellectual levels we can't match today. Despite our "progress" myth, we've intellectually regressed. These giants accurately predicted our 21st century collapse: atheism, caesarism, social alienation, population decline. Their most urgent warning? BUREAUCRACY would destroy Western civilization if left unchecked. We ignored them, and now it's devouring everything that made our civilization great, exactly as they predicted.
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Bibliography: * means book was really important for this video
The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham**
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quigely
The Old Regime and the French Revolution by De Toqueville
A New World Begins by Poptkin
Fire in the Minds of Men by Billington
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
Leviathan and Its Enemies by Sam Francis**
Strategy by Lawrence Freedman
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
The Soul of China by Amaury de Riencourt
The Ruling Classes by Gaetano Mosca
The Fate of Empires by Hubbard
The History of Philosophy by Bertrand Russel
Why Nations Fail by Robinson and Acemoglu
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
The Gulag Archipelago Solzenitsyn
The Total State by Auron Macintyre*
The Revolt of the Elites by Christopher Lasch
The Storm before the Calm by George Friedman*
Rise of the West by McNeil
On Politics by Aristotle
The Soul of India by Amaury de Riencourt
The Sea and Civilization by Lincoln Payne
The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson
Reason and Faith by Sam Gregg
The Shaping of America by Meinig
Caesar and Christ by Will Durant
The Life of Greece by Will Durant
Destiny Disrupted Tamim Ansary
Empires of the Atlantic World by Elliot
The 13th Century World System by Abu Laughed
Colonial Empires from the 18th century by Fieldhouse
War What is it good for by Ian Morris
The Lonely Crowd by David Riesman
Regime Change by Deenan
Atrocities by Matthew White
The Road to Serfdom by Hayek
Growing up with Catholic/Protestant parents showed me how ideas shape reality—and why people throughout history die for them. As a child, I couldn't understand why someone would sacrifice their life for beliefs. Now I realize justice isn't just an abstract concept—it's what separates America from Argentina. Reading Orwell's 1984 as a teenager horrified me, watching its predictions materialize around us as wokeness creates the perfect pathway to totalitarianism.
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Sick in Montpellier, France during the early virus days, surrounded by Yellow Vest protests and social decay, I read "The Great Wave" about inflation history at 2AM and experienced a horrifying revelation—everything suddenly connected. Like a horror movie where scattered clues form a terrifying pattern, I saw civilization's trajectory with perfect clarity. This profound realization changed my life and this channel forever, shifting my focus from alternate history to sharing the uncomfortable truths I'd discovered.
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Bibliography:
The Great Wave by David Hackett Fischer
Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
The Economics of Discontent by Jean Michel Paul
The Identity of France by Fernand Braudel
The History of Civilizations by Fernand Braudel
The Mediterranean at the time of Philip 2nd by Fernand Braudel
The Structures of Every day life by Fernand Braudel
Leviathan and Its Enemies by Sam Francis
The Global Crisis by Geoffrey Parker
On Hero Worship by Thomas Carlyl
Albion's Seed by David Hackett Fischer
Long Cycles by Goldstein
The Rise and Fall of Great Powers by Paul Kennedy
Generations by Strauss and Howe
Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
The Coming Caesars by Amaury de riencourt
Rise of the West by William McNeil
The Pursuit of Power by William McNeil
Tragedy and Hope by Caroll Quiggley
The Great Leveler by Walter Schedule
Capital by Thomas Picketty
The History of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
The Middle Ages by Sidney Painter
The Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman
While history remained relatively objective, anthropology has been utterly destroyed by pseudoscience—THREE-QUARTERS of Amazon's top anthropology books are scientifically fraudulent! My research across multiple fields has uncovered something unprecedented: the 20th century pulled off the most astonishing deception in human history. Despite unprecedented access to information and "intellectual freedom," our supposedly advanced civilization embraced absurdities our descendants will mock us for believing. This discovery is so enormous that those who see it feel momentarily insane.
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Bibliography:
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
War Before Civilization by Lawrence Keeley
The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris
The Elephant in the Brain by Simler
Albion’s Seed by David Hackett Fischer
Ethhic America by Thomas Sowell
The Leviathan and its Enemies by Sam Francis
The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham
Sex and Culture by JD Unwin
Who we Are and How We Got Here by David Reich
The Righteous Mind by Jon Haidt
The Blank Slate by Stephen Pinker
Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson
Humanity’s ascent by Eisenstein
Who Are We by Sam Huntingdon
Seeing Like a State by James Scott
The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGhilchrist
The Moral Animal by Robert Wright
The Secret to Our Success by Joseph Heinrich
The History of Civilizations by Fernand Braudel
The Knowledge Machine by Michael Strevens
Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell
Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
Forgotten Truth by Houston Smith
War, Peace and War by Peter Turchin
The Genetic Lottery by Kathryn Harden
Behave by Sapolsky
The Secret History of the World by Mark Booth
Cynical Theories by James Lindsey
The Cave by Plato
The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Lineages of Modernity by Tom Emmanuel
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
The Growth Delusion by James Pilling
Everyone Lies by Stephenowitz
The World After Liberalism by Matthew Rose
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray
The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray
Gateway Trilogy by Robert Monroe
Unlike the left's coherent ideology (blank slate humans + social engineering = utopia), the right isn't unified except in OPPOSING leftism. Taliban, neocons, libertarians, and religious fundamentalists share little beyond rejecting progress-worship. This episode explores four distinct conservative factions navigating modernity's central question: as humans gain godlike industrial powers, how much traditional wisdom do we preserve? The 200-year battle between machine-followers and those brave (or mad) enough to resist progress.
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Bibliography
The Ruling Classes by Gaetano Mosca
The Rise of the West by McNeil
The Story of the Americas by Leland Dewitt Baldwin
Forgotten Continent by Michael Reid
American Nations by Colin Woodard
The WEIRDest people in the world by Joseph Heinrich
Why Nations Fail by Acemoglu and Robinson
War, Peace and War by Peter Turchin
The Art of Not Being Governed by James Scott
Seeing like a State by James Scott
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by Shirer
The History of Philosophy by Bertrand Russel
Democracy the God that Failed by Herman Hoppes
Atrocities by Matthew White
The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama
The Soul of France by Fernand Braudel
A History of Civilizations by Fernand Braudel
The Best of Times and Worst of Times by Michael Burleigh
After Liberalism by Paul Gottfried
The Leviathan and Its Enemies by Sam Francis
Politics by Aristotle
The Pursuit of Power by McNeil
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quiggley
Enlightenment Now by Stephen Pinker
The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Envy by Helmut Schoeck
Dominion by Tom Holland
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
The Dictators by Richard Overy
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
The Invention of Yesterday by Tamim Ansary
After Liberalism by Matthew Rose
Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary
The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGhilchrist
Japan and the Shackles of the Past by Taggert Murphy
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
Shadow World by Chandler
The Righteous Mind by Haidt
The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray
Islamo Leftism by Philippe Fabry
Fire in the Minds of Men by Billington
Political Order and Political Decay by Francis Fukuyama
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
We know nothing about what we're closest to—like toxic relationships we can't recognize. Today's society is arguably history's most ABSURD, yet we refuse to study ourselves anthropologically. Instead, we embrace untested stupidities: blank slate theory, cultural equivalence, gender sameness. This series examines modern political tribes through the same objective lens we'd use on Amazonian cultures. First up: the origins, strengths, weaknesses and character of the left. The findings will shock you.
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Bibliography:
Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell
The Vision of the Anointed by Thomas Sowell
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
Dominion by Tom Holland
Fire in the Minds of Men by Billington
Strategy by Lawrence Freeman
The Leviathan and Its Enemies by Sam Francis
The Unabomber’s Manifesto
The Revolt of the Elites by Lasch
The Total State by Auron Macintyre
The Culture of Critique by Kevin MacDonald
The Righteous Mind by Jon Haidt
Nihilism by Seraphim Rose
Spiteful Mutants by Edward Dutton
The Coming Caesars by Amaury de Riencourt
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
A History of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
Albion’s Seed by David Hackett Fischer
Assemblywoman by Aristophanes
The Lonely Crowd by David Riesman
The Future is the Past Country by Edward Dutton
Witches, Feminism and the Fall of the West’s by Edward Dutton
Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
American Nations by Colin Woodard
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
A History of the Jews by Paul Johnson
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
The Web of Meaning by Jeremy Lent
Behave by Sapolsky
Seeing Like a State by James Scott
Coming to Our Senses by Morris German
Women Deserve Less by Myron Gaines
A Secret History of the World by Mark Booth
Foragers, Farmers and Fossil Fuels by Ian Morris
Lineages of Modernity by Todd Immanuel
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose
Curt Doolittle
Yuri Bezmonov
Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky
The Abolition of Man by CS Lewis
The Storm before the Calm by George Friedman
The Managerial Class by James Burnham
The Ruling Class by Gaetano Mosca
The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quiggley
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson
The Evolutionary Psychology behind Politics
The Gulag Archipelago by Solzhenitsyn
The Culture of Narcissism by Lasch
After Liberalism by Paul Gottfried
Shadow World by Robert Chandler
Envy by Helmut Schoeck
A History of Manners by Norbert Elias
The Elephant in the Brain by Smiler
The Story of Work by Lucassen
The Fate of Empires by Hubbard
The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGhilchrist
The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray
Our era judges itself against utopian fantasies rather than real historical comparison—the ultimate intellectual sleight-of-hand. This episode exposes the shocking truth: your life is VASTLY harder than you realize. Examining economic, social, spiritual, and physical aspects reveals how normal young people today live objectively terrible lives despite our denial. When ancient wisdom across civilizations aligns with cutting-edge science against modern assumptions, the horror of what we've done to ourselves becomes breathtaking.
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Bibliography:
The Lineages of Modernity by Todd Immanuel
The Origins of Ideology by Todd Immanuel
The Unabomber's Manifesto by Ted Kazcynski
The Economics of Discontent by John Michel Paul
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
The Great Wave by David Hackett Fischer
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Kuhn
The Knowledge Machine by Michael Strevens
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
Religions of the World by Houston Smith
The History of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson
The Anxious Generation by Jon Haidt
The Coddling of the American Mind by Jon Haidt
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
Woke Racism by John McWhorter
The Leviathan and its Enemies by Sam Francis
Nihilism by Seraphim Rose
The Origins of Woke by Richard Hanania
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
Seeing like a State by James Scott
The Lonely Crowd by David Riesman
The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate
The Elephant in the Brain by Simler
A Hunter Gatherer's Guide to the 21st century by Bret Weinstein
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
How to Know a Person by David Brooks
The Culture of Narcissism by Lasch
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
The Culture of Narcissism by Lasch
The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGhilchrist
The Happiness Hypothesis by John Haidt
The Political Compass—created by libertarians to separate themselves from fascism—works fine for modern Western politics but COMPLETELY BREAKS when applied to history. Why are Medieval Europe, the Taliban, and Imperial Japan all crammed into "authoritarian right"? This episode introduces the Political Triangle, a superior anthropological model that can accurately map EVERY society in human history, revealing deeper patterns than the simplistic right-left divide dominating our current era.
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Bibliography:
Curt Doolittle's work. Available on the Propertarian Website
The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama
The Decay of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama
A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia by David Christian. 2 volumes
The History of Russia by Orlando Figes
Europe by Norman Davies
The Isles by Norman Davies
Al Muqqahdimmah by Ibn Khaldun
Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung
The Elephant in the Brain by Simler
The Rise of the West by McNeil
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
Atrocities by Matthew White
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
The Origins of Ideology by Immanuel Todd
The Moral Animal by Robert Wright
Sex and Culture by JD Unwin
The Lonely Crowd by David Riesman
Very Beautiful People by Ashley Mears
Envy by Helmut Schoeck
The Righteous Mind by John Haidt
Seeing like a State by James Scott
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
Conquests and Cultures by Thomas Sowell
War and Peace and War by Peter Turchin
Why Nations Fail by Robinson and Acemoglu
Dominion by Tom Holland
The Ancient City by Foustel de Coulanges
A History of Civilizations by Fernand Braudel
War, What is it Good for by Ian Morris
The Leviathan and Its Enemies by Samuel Francis
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
The Great Leveler by Walter Scheidel
As a child, I heard about a comic-book villain called the Unabomber—a Harvard mathematician turned terrorist who wanted to destroy civilization. Fast-forward to our current sci-fi dystopia, and attitudes have dramatically shifted. Among disaffected young men, "Uncle Ted" Kaczynski has become a prophet whose warnings seem increasingly prescient. Following his prison suicide last year, this episode examines whether the Unabomber's critique of technology and society was actually correct.
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Bibliography:
The Unabomber’s Manifesto by Kaczynski
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
A Hunter Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st century by Weinstein
The History of Manners by Norbert Elias
The Total State by Auron Macintyre
Tyranny Inc by Ahmari
The Revolt of the Elites by Lasch
The Anxious Generation by John Haidt
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jon Haidt
The Righteous Mind by Jon Haidt
The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate
The Elephant in the Brain by Simler
Europe Emerges by Reynolds
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
Debt by David Graeber
The Dictators by Richard Overy
The Geography of Nowhere by Kunstler
The Story of Work by Lucassen
The Lonely Crowd by Riesman
The Origins of Ideology by Imannuel Todd
Lineages of Modernity by Immaneul Todd
Ultrasociety by Peter Turchin
Seeing like a State by James Scott
Leviathan and its Enemies by Sam Francis
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
After Liberalism by Gottfried
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
The Decay of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama
The WEIRDest people in the world by Joseph Heinrech
The Story of Philosophy by Bertrand Russel
The Founder Effect by Samo Burja
Germany's bizarre 1919-1933 "psychedelic trip" between conservative militarism periods offers disturbing parallels to America today. While surrounding decades were prudish and structured, Weimar exploded with sexual degeneracy and cultural chaos—exactly like our current era. This strange historical anomaly wasn't just a random blip—it was the unheeded warning before catastrophe. The similarities are far more extensive and influential than most realize.
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Bibliography:
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia
The Righteous Mind by Jon Haidt
Europe by Norman Davies
Atrocities by Matthew White
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
Political Order and its Decay by Francis Fukuyama
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose
The Perversion of Normality by Bolton
The Coming Storm by Winston Churchill
The First World War by John Keegan
The Road to Serfdom by Hayek
The Human Tide by Paul Morland
Modern Times by Paul Johnson
The Geography of Nowhere by Kunstley
The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung
The Middle Ages didn't apologize for human nature—barbarian invasions, heretic burnings, and noble oppression were called what they were. Today we do EXACTLY the same things (often worse) but hide behind modern labels: Taliban becomes "insurgents," cancel culture replaces witch hunts, and poverty-inducing policies become "economic reality." America is currently experiencing a four-faction religious war that will determine history's course, yet we refuse to recognize it because "that doesn't happen anymore."
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Bibliography:
A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
Evil by Baumeister
The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGhilchrist
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
The World after Liberalism by Matthew Rose
Reason, Faith and the Struggle for Western Civilization by Samuel Gregg
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose
The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray
The Elephant in the Brain by Simler
A Secular Society by Charles Taylor
Dominion by Tom Holland
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
Caesar and Christ by Will Durant
The Age of Faith by Will Durant
Recapture the Rapture by Wheal
Fire in the Minds of Men by Billington
Experts studying specific historical topics often reach conclusions OPPOSITE to public belief. Today's economy follows this pattern—"great on paper" while visibly failing outside your window. Despite glowing official numbers, real-world indicators tell a different story: household finances, quality of life measures, and cost of living reveal a crumbling reality. This episode exposes how elites manipulate statistics to maintain the façade while everyday Americans struggle beneath mounting evidence that something is fundamentally broken.
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Bibliography:
The Economics of Discontent by Jean Michel Paul
Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell
The Great Wave by David Hackett Fischer
Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
Capital by Thomas Picketty
Why Nations Fail by Robinson and Acemoglu
False Economy by Alan Beattie
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
Crashed by Adam Tooze
The Road to Serfdom by Hayek
The Rise and Fall of Nations by Ruchir Sharma
The Growth Delusion by David Pilling
The Great Leveler by Walter Scheidel
End Times by Peter Turchin
The Leviathan and Its Enemies by Sam Francis
The Origins of Woke by Richard Hanania
The Absent Superpower by Peter Zeihan
Political Order and Political Decay by Francis Fukuyama
The Storm before the Calm by George Friedman
The Soul of France pt 1 by Fernand Braudel
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGhilchrist
Reality is a cone—different civilizations grasp different sections and heights. Indian philosophy sees reality as divine illusion, Africans lack our concept of time, and medieval Europe had three incompatible time systems. The most shocking revelation? Historians have IRREFUTABLE evidence that premodern elite priest classes shared a secret worldview completely alien to ours—knowledge that profoundly shaped history while remaining hidden from ordinary people. This rabbit hole changed my entire perception of reality.
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Bibliography:
The Secret History of the World by Mark Booth
The Sacred History by Mark Booth
The Conscious Universe by Dean Radin
The Eye of Shiva by Amaury de Riencourt
The Soul of India by Amaury de Riencourt
The Coming Caesars by Amaury de Riencourt
The History of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
Hermeticism by Evola
Forgotten Truth by Houston Smith
Religions of the World by Houston Smith
Fire in the Minds of Men by Billington
The Secular Age by Charles Taylor
The Secret Teachings of the Ages by Manly Hall
Journeys out of the Body by Robert Monroe
Ultimate Journey by Robert Monroe
Far Journeys by Robert Monroe
Nihilism by Seraphim Rose
Trump and a Post Truth World by Ken Wilbur
Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung
The Passion of the Western Mind by Tarnas
Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
The Great Divorce by CS Lewis
The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis
Primitive Mythology by Joseph Camble
Oriental Mythology by Joseph Camble
A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong
The Iliad by Homer
The Immortality Key by Brian Muraresku
How God Becomes Real by Luhrman
The History of the Devil by Carus
Stalking the Wild Pendulum by Itzhak Bentov
The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGhilchrist
The Inner World of Trauma by Kalsched
Trauma and the World by Kalsched
The Ascent of Humanity by Eisenstein
The Web of Meaning by Jeremy Lent
The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
Beyond Order by Jordan Peterson
12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson
The Tao te Ching by Lao Tau
The Primer of Jungian Psychology by Hall
The Oxford History of China by Ebrey
The Age of Faith by Will Durant
Caesar and Christ by Will Durant
The post-WWII peace is an ILLUSION—just like every other "permanent peace" throughout history. All great peaceful periods (Pax Romana, 19th century) were maintained by empires with overwhelming violence capability. As America weakens, wars are already erupting globally. Today's institutions are crumbling dams about to break. This episode examines 10 potential conflict scenarios likely to emerge in the next 25 years as our temporary peace inevitably reverts to history's violent norm.
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Bibliography:
The Reluctant Super by Peter Zeihan
Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
The End of the World is just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan
The Next 100 Years by George Friedman
The Storm before the Calm by George Friedman
Flash Points by George Friedman
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
End Times by Peter Turchin
The Great Wave by David Hackett Fischer
Asian Waters by Humphrey Hawksley
Asia's Cauldron by Kaplan
Third World Century Charles Stewart Goodwin
The Economics of Discontent by Jean Michel Paul
Monsoon by Robert Kaplan
The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray
The Best of Times and the Worst of Times by Michael Burleigh
Nothing is True and Everything is Possible by Pomerantz
The Rise and Fall of Nations by Ruchir Shamir
The New Map by Dan Yergen
The World in Conflict by John Andrews
Fragile Empire by Ben Judah
These civilization videos require INTENSE research—I've read six books just for this one! Unlike geopolitics videos where I can fit new info into existing frameworks, each civilization demands I reach a threshold of intuitive understanding. I know these aren't my most popular uploads, but they're my passion projects. My standard: I must be able to explain a civilization's essence in one sentence or after six drinks. Next up: Central Asia and Jewish civilization!
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Bibliography:
Japan and the Shackles of the Past by Taggart Murphy
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword by Ruth Benedict
Oriental Ways of Thinking by Nakamura
The Rice Economies by Francesca Bay
A History of Japan by Mason
The Japanese Mind by Roger Davies
Lineages of Modernity by Emmanuel Todd
The Origins of Ideology by Emmanuel Todd
A History of Civilizations by Fernando Braudel
The Culture Map by Erin Meyer
Our Oriental Heritage by Will Durant
Inside Asia by John Gunther
The Isles by Norman Davies
Behave by Sapolsky
Rise of the West by McNeil
The Soul of China by Amaury de Riencourt
Culture and Its Consequences by Geert Hofstader
The Military Revolution by Geoffrey Parker
The Global Crisis by Geoffrey Parker
Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
A History of the Second World War by Liddell Hart
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley,
We study foreign cultures anthropologically but examine our own only through sociology—which has become 99% leftist propaganda. This means we're experiencing history's most rapid social changes with almost no honest intellectual analysis! This episode examines "Karens"—those entitled middle-aged women demanding managers—as symbols of a much larger, civilization-destroying trend. Like my previous deep-dives into "NPCs" and "incels," this seemingly silly internet meme actually reveals profound truths about Western society's decay.
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Bibliography:
The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
The Tree of Culture by Ralph Linton
The Civilizing Process by Norbert Elias
The Age of Faith by Will Durant
Leviathan and Its Enemies by Samuel Francis
Europe Emerges by Reynolds
The Storm Before the Calm by Friedman
Why Women Deserve Less by Myron Gaines
The Nice Guy's Guide to Dating by David Hamilton
Woke Racism by John McWhorter
The Origins of Woke by Hanania
The Unabomber's Manifesto
We've isolated ourselves from history, limiting our vocabulary to understand coming catastrophes. While we worship "progress," Earth has always been a blood-soaked video game map—with tribal warfare regularly killing 40% of males per generation. Population collapses occur roughly every 300 years, but the impending 21st century demographic crash will dwarf all previous ones. It's PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE to avoid a world population at least 50% smaller by 2100.
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Goodreads:
Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
The End of the World is Just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan
Empty Planet by Ibbitson and Bricker
Universe 25 by Calhoun
The History of the Arabs by Sir John Glubb
Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary
The Life of Greece by Will Durant
Caesar and Christ by Will Durant
The Next 100 Years by George Friedman
The Tree of Culture by Ralph Linton
Who We Are and How we Got Here by David Reich
Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
The Unabomber's Manifesto
The Fate of Empires by Hubbard
The Age of Faith by Will Durant
The Renaissance by Will Durant
Rome by Greg Woolfe
The Human Tide by Paul Morland
The Rise of the West by Oswald Spengler
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay
A Guide to Late Antiquity by Peter Brown
Plagues and Peoples by McNeil
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Bibliography:
The Eye of Shiva by Amaury de Riencourt
The Happiness Hypothesis by John Haidt
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
The WEIRDest people in the World by Joseph Heinrich
The Body Keeps the Score by Van Der Kolk
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
Trauma and the Soul by Kalsched
The Inner World of Trauma by Kalsched
The Seven Types of Atheism by Gray
Secularity by Zahl
Ultimate Journey by Monroe
Far Journeys by Monroe
Journeys out of the Body by Monroe
The Sacred History by Mark Booth
Recapture the Rapture by Jamie Wheal
Beyond Order by Jordan Peterson
Behave by Sapolsky
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
Dominion by Tom Holland
The Road to Serfdom by Hayek
Why Nations Fail by Robinson and Acemoglu
The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama
Regime Change by Deneen
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Honor by Bowman
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
The Writings of Epictetus
Hoe God Becomes Real by Luhrmann
Nihilism by Seraphim Rose
The Immortality Key by Brian Muraresku
The Secret of our Success by Joseph Heinrich
Seeing like a State by James Scott
War, What is it Good for by Ian Morris
The Soul of India by Amaury de Riencourt
The Soul of China by Amaury de Riencourt
The Coming Caesars by Amaury de Riencourt
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
War, Peace and War by Peter Turchin
Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson
Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung
The World After Liberalism by Matthew Rose
The Ascent of Humanity by Eisenstein
The Knowledge Machine by Michael Strevens
The Infinite Staircase by Moore
The Invention of Yesterday by Tamim Ansary
Envy by Helmut Schoeck
The Fate of Empires by Hubbard
The Righteous Mind by John Haidt
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay
Foragers, Farmers and Fossil Fuels by Ian Morris
The Philosophy of History by Hegel
A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russel
The Web of Existence by Jeremy Lent
Trump and the Post Truth World by Ken Wilbur
Spiral Dynamics by Ken Wilbur
The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
The Rise of the West by William McNeil
Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
The Unabomber's Manifesto
The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
A Secret History of the World by Mark Booth
Forgotten Truth by Houston Smith
Religions of the World by Houston Smith
Hermeticism by Evola
Western young men are treated as second-class citizens while society maintains a bizarre normality bias—pretending everything is fine during history's most rapidly changing period. After 10 years on YouTube watching my demographic get systematically pushed around, I can't stay silent. This personal message offers understanding and practical advice to help young men navigate a society that's openly hostile to them.
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Bibliography:
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
End Times by Peter Turchin
Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
The End of History by Francis Fukuyama
Leviathan and its enemies by Samuel Francis
Fire in the Minds of Men by Billington
Regime Change by Deneen
The Economics of Discontent by Michel Paul
After Liberalism by Gottfried
Woke Racism by McWhorter
The Secret History of the World by Mark Booth
Century of the Self by Adam Curtis
The Storm before the Calm by George Friedman
Why Women Deserve Less by Myron Gaines
The Coddling of the American Mind by Jon Haidt
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
Lineages of Modernity by Emmannuel Todd
Sex and Culture by JD Unwin
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
The Rise of the West by William McNeil
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
The Unabomber's Manifesto by Tad Kacznsdyzn
Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell
Russia has been one of the most powerful countries in world history. The world's view is too focused on Russia today, but there are several assumptions you need to change about Russian civilization to understand the Russian mind and Russian civilization. Watch with maps at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0j2nT-zYHA
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Reading List:
A History of Russia, Mongolia and Central Asia part 1 by David Christian
A History of Russia, Mongolia and Central Asia part 2 by David Christian
Europe a History by Norman Davies
A History of Russia by Orlando Figes
The Rise of the West by William McNeil
Europe's Steppe Frontier 1500-1800 by William McNeil
The Story of the Russian Land by Alexander Dmitrevich Nechvolodov
Atrocities by Matthew White
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
The Dictators by Richard Overy
The Rise and Fall of Communism by Archie Brown
Disunited Nations by Peter Turchin
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
False Economy by Alan Beattie
The Age of Faith by Will Durant
The Reformation by Will Durant
The History of Western Warfare part 2 by JFC Fuller
Why Nations Fail by Acemoglu
The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama
Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
End Times by Peter Turchin
War, Peace and War by Peter Turchin
Nothing is True and Everything is Possible by Peter Pomerantsev
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
All the Kremlin's Men by Mikhail Zygar
Forces of Change by Henry Hobhouse
Poland by Adam Zamoyski
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
The Origins of Ideology by Emmanuel Todd
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Bibliography:
End Times by Peter Turchin
Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
The Great Wave by David Hackett Fischer
Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
Eve's Rib by Robert Poole
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
Sex and Civilization by JD Unwin
Lineages of Modernity by Emmanuel Todd
The Moral Animal by Robert Wright
Witches, Feminism and the Fall of the West by Edward Dutton
Envy by Helmut Schoeck
Empty Planet by Darrell Bricker
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay
Why Women Deserve Less by Myron Gaines
The Book of Numbers by Aaron Clarey
The Coddling of the American Mind by Jon Haidt
The Righteous Mind by Jon Haidt
Evil by Baumeister
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray
Growing up with children's books portraying world religions as quaint cultural superstitions reveals our society's fatal blindness. Modernity can see religion's outer trappings but remains INCAPABLE of comprehending its soul. Throughout history, religion wasn't just important—it was EVERYTHING, propelling entire civilizations. This anthropological exploration explains why religious belief dominates every successful society and what catastrophic patterns emerge when cultures abandon the divine.
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Bibliography:
The Fate of Empires by Hubbard
Religions of the World by Houston Smith
Forgotten Truth by Houston Smith
The Decline of the West by Spengler
The Lessons of History by Will Durant
Our Oriental Heritage by Will Durant
Caesar and Christ by Will Durant
The Life of Greece by Will Durant
The Age of Faith by Will Durant
a History of Philosophy by Will Durant
Examined Lives by James Miller
A History of the World by CJ Meyers
A History of the World by McNeil
A History of the Arabs by Sir John Glubb
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quiggley
Europe: A History by Norman Davies
A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia by David Christian
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
Cotton, Climate and Candles by Bulliet
Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary
Al Muqahdimmah by Ibn Khaldun
A History of the Ancient World by Susan Wise Bauer
A Secret History of the World by Mark Booth
The Sacred History by Mark Booth
The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGhilchrist
Strategy by Lawrence Freedman
Sex and Civilizations by JD Unwin
Atrocities by Matthew White
The Dictators by Richard Every
Spiteful Mutants by Edward Dutton
Dominion by Tom Holland
The Righteous Mind by Jon Haidt
The Gateway Protocol by Robert Monroe
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson
Empty Planet by Brocker and Ibbitson
Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
The Ancient City by Foustel de Coulanges
Nihilism by Seraphim Rose
Behavior by Sapolsky
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jon Haidt
Looking back at my "normie" teenage self, I see how far down the rabbit hole I've fallen. Every few years brings another paradigm-destroying realization separating me further from conventional understanding. This third consecutive reality-shattering episode might finally give you words for truths you've always sensed intuitively—or seem so unbelievable you'll dismiss it entirely. Yet the strangest things in science fiction pale compared to actual reality when you know where to look.
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Bibliography:
The Gateway Report by Robert Monroe
Journeys out of the Body by Robert Monroe
Far Journeys by Robert Monroe
Ultimate Journey by Robert Monroe
Stalking the Wild Pendulum by Itzak Bentow
The Concscious Universe by Dean Radin
The Sacred History by Mark Booth
A Secret History of the World by Mark Booth
How God becomes Real by Lurhmann
The Web of Meaning by Jeremy Lent
Recapture the Rapture by Jamie Wheal
The Eye of Shiva by Amaury de Riencourt
The Soul of India by Amaury de Riencourt
Forgotten Truth by Houston Smith
Religions of the World by Houston Smith
Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
The Great Divorce by Charles Taylor
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGhilchrist
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
Spiral Dynamics by Ken Wilbur
This revelation completely transformed my daily existence. Like the famous optical illusion where some see an old woman while others see a young one, reality contains multiple interpretations—but only one is correct. Even among the highly educated and intelligent, almost nobody knows this information. By the end, you'll experience the equivalent of a movie's plot twist that retroactively changes EVERYTHING you thought you understood about the world we inhabit.
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Bibliography:
Universe 25 itself
The Righteous Mind by John Haidt
Sociobiology by EO Wilson
Envy by Helmut Schoeck
The Human Zoo by Desmond Morris
The Secret of our Success by Joseph Heinrich
The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris
The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene
Behave by Sapolsky
The Conscious Universe by Dean Radin
Nihilism by Seraphin Rose
The Unabomber's Manifesto
War, Peace and War by Peter Turchin
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
Evil by Baumeister
The Master and His Emissary by McGhilcrhist
The Ascent of Humanity by Eisenstein
Guide to Late Antiquity by Peter Brown
The Lonely Crowd by David Riesman
The Fate of Empires by Hubbard
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray
Woke Racism
Trump and a Post Truth World by Ken Wilber
Woke Racism by John McWhorter
The Coddling of the American Mind by Jon Haidt
I've predicted American civil war since 2020, but what once seemed distant historical speculation has become immediate reality. Political LARPing always precedes actual conflict—until suddenly the costumes become uniforms. Texas rejecting federal authority, states sending troops to borders, removing candidates from ballots—these unprecedented actions mirror 1860 exactly. Violence will likely erupt within the year, potentially before the 2024 election even occurs.
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Bibliography:
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
The Coming Caesars by Amaury de Riencourt
The Storm before the Calm by George Friedman
Leviathan and its Enemies by Samuel Francis
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
Woke Racism by John McWhorter
The Economics of Discontent by John Michel Paul
Regime Change by Patrick Deneen
Long Cycles by Goldstein
The Great Wave by David Hackett Fiscer
A History of Western warfare v.2 by JFC Fuller
Battle Cry of Freedom by James McFerson
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
Generations by Strauss and Howe
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
End Times by Peter Turchin
The Proud Tower by Barbara Tuchman
The First World War by John Keegan
The Master and His Emissary by McGhilchrist
The World After Liberalism by Matthew Rose
The Righteous Mind by John Haidt
Night by Elie Wiesel
China by John Keay
Trump and the Post Truth World by Ken Wilbur
Walking through French cities reveals a shocking architectural transformation—medieval centers abruptly give way to identical glass-and-steel modernist structures. This pattern repeats GLOBALLY from California to China. Archaeologists thousands of years from now would reasonably conclude a single empire conquered Earth after the World Wars, imposing its aesthetic everywhere simultaneously. This unacknowledged cultural revolution represents history's most profound civilizational shift that we're forbidden from questioning.
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Bibliography:
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGhilChrist
Seeing Like a State by James C Scott
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
The Unabomber's Manifesto by Ted Zazynsky
The Ascent of Humanity by Charles Eisenstein
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jon Haidt
The Righteous Mind by Jon Haidt
The Growth Delusion by David Pilling
The Third World Century by Charles Stewart Goodwin
The Leviathan and its Enemies by Samuel Francis
Regime Change by Patrick Deneen
After Liberalism by Paul Gottfried
The Culture of Narcissim by Lasch
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Evil by Baumeister
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
Behave by Sapolsky
The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
The Eye of Shiva by Amaury de Riencourt
The Coddling of the American Mind by Jon Haidt
The Culture Map by Erin Meyer
Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung
Dominion by Tom Holland
Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari
War in Human Nature by Azar Gat
The Lonely Crowd by David Riesman
Spiteful Mutants by Edward Dutton
Atrocities by Matthew White
The Dictators by Richard Overy
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
The Rise of the West by McNeil
Europe by Norman Davies
The Invention of Yesterday by Tamim Ansary
The History of Manners by Norbert Elias
Ultrasociety by Peter Turchin
Millennium by Ian Mortimer
The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quiggley
The Pursuit of Power by William McNeill
The Knowledge Machine by Michael Strevens
Reason, Faith and the Struggle for the West by Sam Gregg
Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia
Envy by Helmut Schoeck
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay
Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell
Foragers, Farmers and Fossil Fuels by Ian Morris
Th History of Philosophy by Will Durant
The Philosophy of History by Hegel
Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holliday
Examined Lives by James Miller
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
The Rebel All by Joseph Heath
The Lessons of History by Will Durant
Seven Theories of Human Nature by Stevenson
Trump and a Post Truth World by Ken Wilbur
Technics and Civilization by Lewis Mumford
A World after Liberalism by Matthew Rose
Fire in the Minds of Men by Billington
The Secret History of the World by Mark Booth
The Myth of Disenchantment by Strom
Coming to Our Senses by Morris Berman
A History of the Jews by Paul Johnson
The "Chinese Century" narrative I grew up hearing is completely wrong. Rather than displacing America as the next global hegemon, China stands on the precipice of history's most catastrophic social implosion. After decades of double-digit growth and global influence-building, China is rapidly sliding toward Maoism, international isolation, economic gridlock, and widespread protests. This episode maps the coming Chinese civil war that will likely kill hundreds of millions and shatter all assumptions about the global future.
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Bibliography:
Asian Waters by Humphrey Hawksley
Asia's Cauldron by Robert Kaplan
Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
Why Nations Fail by James Robinson and Daron Acemoglu
The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama
The Next 100 Years by George Friedman
World Order by Henry Kissinger
The Best of Times and the Worst of Times by Michael Burleigh
Seeing Like a State by James C Scott
Destined for War by Graham Allison
Crashed by Adam Tooze
China's Asian Dream by Tom Miller
China by John Keay
Mao by Jung Chang
The Soul of China by Amaury de Riencourt
Oriental Ways of Thinking by Nakamura
America and Iran have repeatedly approached the brink of war—from the Soleimani assassination that triggered Iranian missile strikes to the Stuxnet cyberattack on Iran's nuclear program. These tensions have simmered for decades without erupting into full-scale conflict. This analysis of a potential US-Iran war delivers surprising conclusions about who would actually prevail in this long-anticipated Middle Eastern showdown.
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Bibliography:
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
How to Make War by James F Dunnigan
World Order by Henry Kissinger
The Best of Times and the Worst of Times by Michael Burleigh
A Generation of Sociopaths by Bruce Cannon Gibney
The New Map by Dan Yergin
A Quick and Dirty Guide to War by James F Dunnigan
The Second World War by Lidell Hart
A History of Western Warfare by JFC Fuller
Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary
The Revenge of Geography Robert Kaplan
Prisoners of Geography Tim Marshall
Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
The Rise of the West by William McNeil
Inside Asia by John Gunther
The brutality of Hamas's recent attack on Israel and the subsequent fighting has the world holding its breath. Though Israel itself is tiny—just the size of New Jersey—it stands at a geopolitical crossroads reminiscent of Bosnia before WWI. This episode examines whether this localized conflict could trigger the chain reaction of alliances that plunges our interconnected world into another global war.
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Bibliography:
The New Map by Dan Yergin
The Human Tide by Paul Moreland
The First World War by John Keegan
Long Cycles by Goldstein
The Great Wave by David Hackett Fischer
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
The Economics of Discontent by Jean Michel Paul
The Next 100 Years by George Friedman
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
The World in Conflict by John Andrews
The Global Crisis by Geoffrey Parker
The Military Revolution by Geoffrey Parker
Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
The End of the World is Just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan
The Accidental Superpower by Peter Zeihan
The Best of Times and the Worst of Times by Michael Burleigh
A Quick and Dirty Guide to War by James Dunnigan
Destined for War by Graham Allison
War, What is it Good for by Ian Morris
Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary
The Invention of Yesterday by Tamim Ansary
World Order by Henry Kissinger
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
Global Catastrophes and Trends by Vaclav Smil
Asia's Cauldron by Robert Kagan
With several brutal wars raging and more potentially imminent, formerly "decent" people are turning into bloodthirsty sharks. This episode examines history's most devastating conflicts using Matthew White's meticulously researched "Atrocities"—data respected across the political spectrum. Blood transcends political bias, revealing how Eurocentric our historical education is. When countries are bucking toward war, only perspective keeps us from getting thrown.
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Bibliography:
Atrocities by Matthew White
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
A History of China by John Keay
The First World War by John Keegan
A History of the Second World War by Liddell Hart
Plagues and Peoples by McNeil
Our Oriental Heritage by Will Durant
A History of China by Wolfram Eberhard
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom by Steven R. Platt
The Cambridge Illustrated History of China
War, Peace and War by Peter Turchin
the Later Roman Empire by Bury
A Guide to Late Antiquity by Peter Brown
History's Greatest Wars by Cummins
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
A History of Russia, Mongolia and Central Asia by David Christian
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
The 30 Years War by Peter Wilson
The Military Revolution by Geoffrey Parker
The General Crisis by Geoffrey Parker
Africa by John Reader
African History by Basil Davidson
Inglorious Empire by Sashi Tharoor
Europe: A History by Norman Davies
The Soul of India by Amaury de Riencourt
Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary
Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
Generations of Captivity by Berlin
The Story of the Americas by Leland Dewitt Baldwin
History's deadliest threats always arrive from unexpected dimensions. While we've conquered biological plagues, our society faces something equally devastating but largely unrecognized: a mental health catastrophe of Black Death proportions. This silent epidemic is already underway, potentially halving world population through indirect effects. The signs were always there in historical records—we just didn't know where to look. This may prove the defining catastrophe of our era.
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Bibliography:
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
The Happiness Hypothesis by John Haidt
The Coddling of the American Mind by John Haidt
The Culture of Narcissism by Lasch
The Master and His Emissary by McGhilChrist
Forgotten Truth by Houston Smith
Evil by Baumeister
Trauma and the Soul by Kalsched
The Inner World of Trauma by Kalsched
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
Envy by Helmut Schoeck
The Knowledge Machine by Strevens
The Web of Meaning by Jeremy Lent
Seculosity by David Zahl
The World's Religions by Huston Smith
Strange Rites by Burton
Lineages of Modernity by Todd Immanuel
The Past is a Future Country by Edward Dutton
Spiteful Mutants by Edward Dutton
The Lonely Crowd by David Riesman
Empty Planet by Darrell Bricker
Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin by David Hackett Fischer
Like fish unable to see the water they swim in, we're blind to Christianity's total transformation of Western society. Even our most "original" philosophies only make sense within Christian frameworks. This is the perfect moment to examine this influence—as Britain, Australia, and Netherlands become minority-Christian for the first time in 2,000 years. Christianity asks the least of societies yet paradoxically transforms them more profoundly than any other religion.
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Bibliography:
Dominion by Tom Holland
The WEIRDest people in the World by Joseph Heinrech
The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans by Carlin Barton
The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
The Coming Caesars by Amaury de Riencourt
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
A History of the Jews by Paul Johnson
A Guide to Late Antiquity by Peter Brown
Through the Eye of a Needle by Peter Brown
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis
The Immortality Key by Brian Muraresku
Religions of the World by Houston Smith
A Secret History of the World by Mark Booth
The Sacred History by Mark Booth
Reason, Faith and the Struggle for Western Civilization by Sam Gregg
The 3D Gospel by Jason Georges
Seven Types of Atheism by John Gray
The Invention of Yesterday by Tamim Ansary
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
Envy by Hemult Schoeck
Dynasty by Tom Holland
Debt a 5,000 Year History by David Graeber
The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quiggley
Millennium by Ian Mortimer
Caesar and Christ by Will Durant
The Age of Faith by Will Durant
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Rise, Fall and Rise by Peter Turchin
The Next 100 Years by Philippe Fabry
When analyzing societies for revolutionary potential—weak governance, economic problems, unpopular wars, military loyalty issues—Russia scores HIGHER than any major nation except China. This long-planned analysis examines why Russia shows all classic signs of pre-revolutionary collapse. After a year of researching since Ukraine's invasion began, the evidence points overwhelmingly toward Russian state failure within the next five years.
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Bibliography:
Nothing is True and Everything is Possible by Pomerantz
All the Kremlin's Men by Zygar
Fragile Empire by Ben Judah
Crashed by Adam Tooze
DisUnited Nations by Peter Zeihan
The End of the World is just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan
The Next 100 Years by George Friedman
The Rise and Fall of Nations by Rushir Sharma
Shadow World by Robert Chandler
The New Map by Dan Yergin
The Best of Times and the Worst of Times by Michael Burleigh
A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia by David Christian
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
Rise, Fall and Rise Again by Peter Turchin
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quigley
Within living memory, tiny Britain dominated the globe—running India and controlling history's largest empire. Young people forget how recently Europe ruled the planet for 500 years. Our society has swung from celebrating colonialism as "The White Man's Burden" to condemning it as history's greatest evil. Both extremes are wrong. This balanced assessment examines whether colonialism's benefits ultimately outweighed its undeniable costs.
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Bibliography:
The Rule of Empires by
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
War: What is it Good for Ian Morris
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
Inglorious Empire by Sashi Tharoor
War Before Civilization by Lawrence Keeley
Atrocities by Matthew White
Coming to Our Senses by Morris Berman
The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
The Isles by Norman Davies
Inside Africa by John Gunther
Inside Asia by John Gunther
The Barbarous Years by Bernard Bailyn
The Accidental Superpower by Peter Zeihan
Rise of the West by McNeil
The Pursuit of Power by McNeil
Roll, Jordan Roll by Eugene Genovese
War, Peace and War by Peter Turchin
Dominion by Tom Holland
5th Sun by Camilla Townsend
Colonial Empires by Fieldhouse
Millennium by Ian Mortimer
Albion's Seed by David Hackett Fischer
African Founders by David Hackett Fischer
Fairness and Freedom by David Hackett Fischer
Empires of the Atlantic World by Elliot
A History of Latin America by Hubert Herring
Africa by John Reader
Wars of Empire by Douglas Porch
Generations of Captivity by Berlin
History of the English Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill
The Anarchy by William Dalrymple
Civilization by Niall Ferguson
India by John Keay
The Soul of India by Amaury de Riencourt
The Soul of China by Amaury de Riencourt
A History of the World by William McNeil
The General Crisis by Geoffrey Parker
The "NPC" meme—comparing scripted video game characters to real people trapped in repetitive, limited behavioral loops—has become ubiquitous among younger generations. This isn't just internet humor—it reveals a profound truth about modern industrial society. When you see people robotically following social scripts (baristas, subway commuters, classmates), you're witnessing a glitch in our social matrix. This episode reveals how NPCs symbolize the deeper failure of modern civilization.
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The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
The Happiness Hypothesis by John Haidt
Debt by David Graeber
Conquest and Cultures by Thomas Sowell
Techniques and Civilization by Lewis Mumford
Seeing Like a State by James Scott
The History of Manners by Norbert Elias
The Bible by God
The Master and His Emissary by McGhilChrist
The Lonely Crowd by David Riesman
The Culture of Narcissism by Lasch
The Unabomber's Manifesto by Ted K.
Strategy by
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
Regime Change by Deenan
The Coming Caesars by Amaury de Riencourt
The Growth Delusion by David Pilling
Empty Planet by Bricker
Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
The Century of the Self by Adam Curtis
Pandora's box by Adam Curtis
Can't Get you out of my Head by Adam Curtis
Behave by Sapolsky
Who We Are and How we Got Here by David Reich
The Genetic Lottery by Harden
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
Politicians can only reference four historical moments—Civil War, Revolution, WWII, and post-1960s events. This crippling historical myopia prevents us from seeing our true position in history's cycles (100-year, 300-year, and 2000-year patterns). Our society bears SHOCKING similarities to the 1630s—politically, religiously, and economically. Even modern warfare resembles the Thirty Years' War, not WWII. The Middle East is experiencing its own "Islamic Thirty Years' War" right now.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
The Global Crisis by Geoffrey Parker
The Military Revolution by Geoffrey Parker
The 30 Years War by Peter Wilson
The Little Ice Age by Brian Fagan
Europe by Norman Davies
Atrocities by Matthew White
The Culture Map by Erin Meyer
The Great Wave by David Hackett Fischer
Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
The End of the World is Just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan
Millennium by Ian Mortimer
Protestants by Alec Ryrie
The Next 100 Years by George Friedman
The Great Leveler by Walter Scheidel
1632 by Eric Flint
Tecniques and Technology by Lewis Mumford
Dave Chappelle perfectly captured what many feel: supporting feminism's dictionary definition (equal rights) while rejecting what the movement has become. Most young men now see feminism's loudest voices promoting active hatred against males and fighting biological reality itself. This episode tracks feminism's transformation from noble cause to toxic force, examining the deeper historical, biological and cultural factors driving this evolution—a journey far more complex than you could possibly imagine.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Lineages of Modernity by Todd Emmanuel
The Origins of Ideology by Todd Emmanuel
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
Sex and Power in History by JD Unwin
Eve's Rib by Robert Poole
The Genetic Lottery by Harden
Behave by Sapolsky
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay
Woke Racism by John McWhorter
Who We Are and How We Got Here by David Reich
The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris
The Naked Woman by Desmond Morris
Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia
Culture's Consequences by Hofsteder
Evil by Baumeister
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jon Haidt
Having created six different social clubs across spectrum—from "talented young people" to LA influencers—I've witnessed something terrifying: our society's most successful members exist in completely different realities from everyone else. At 22, I see obvious truths (Chinese threat, dating collapse, widespread poverty) that elites actively deny or remain shockingly unaware of. This profound disconnect mirrors pre-revolutionary France's elite blindness—a giant societal vacuum no one wants to acknowledge.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
The Economics of Discontent by Jean Michel Paul
The Great Wave by David Hackett Fischer
Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
Lineages of Modernity by Todd Emmanuel
Sex and Culture by JD Unwin
Dominion by Tom Holland
Europe by Norman Davies
The Righteous Mind by Jon Haidt
The Storm Before the Calm by George Friedman
Beautiful Losers by Samuel Francis
Leviathan and its Enemies by Samuel Francis
Even if you're coping, you feel it—the world is sliding toward catastrophe. As a historian who's analyzed secular crises (French Revolution, Wars of Religion, Black Death), I see the same demographic patterns repeating. With developed nations losing HALF their populations and fragile global supply chains collapsing, this isn't abstract history anymore—it's our future. Drawing on personal wilderness experience and apocalypse-prepper wisdom, I'll show practical ways to navigate what's coming.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
The Great Wave by David Hackett Fischer
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
The End of the World is Just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan
Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
The Accidental Superpower by Peter Zeihan
The Economics of Discontent by Jean Michel Paul
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
Atrocities by Matthew White
The Ages of American Capitalism by John Levy
Strategy by Lawrence Freeman
Long Cycles by Goldman
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Evil by Baumeister
Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung
The Happiness Hypothesis by John Haidt
The Secret to our Success by Joseph Heinrich
After personal upheaval that forced me to reevaluate everything, I'm tackling philosophy's ultimate question despite our society's cowardly avoidance of mortality and meaning. The crushing crisis killing modernity is our inability to face death. This isn't just abstract philosophy—understanding death's role reveals why our civilization is collapsing beneath us. History viewed through this lens changes EVERYTHING.
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The Worm at the Core by Sheldon Solomon
The Master and His Emissary by McGhilChirst
Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
World War 1 by John Keegan
The Ascent of Humanity by Eisenstein
The Knowledge Machine by Michael Strevens
The Happiness Hypothesis by John Haidt
The Origins of Ideologies by Todd Immanuel
Lineages of Modernity by Todd Immanuel
Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia
Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
The Web of Meaning by Jeremy Lent
Seculosity by David Zahl
Hidden Truth by Houston Smith
Norse Myth by Neil Gaiman
Oriental Mythology by Joseph Camble
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Recapture the Rapture by Jamie Wheal
Nations by Azar Gat
The Moral Animal by Robert Wright
Dominion by Tom Holland
The World's Religions by Houston Smith
Dynasty by Tom Holland
Homo Ludens by Johan Huizinga
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
Trauma and the Soul by Thomas Kalsched
Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt
We're blind to what's right in front of us. While most see the 20th century as science triumphing over religious darkness, the TRUTH is exactly opposite—it was history's most intense RELIGIOUS conflict, featuring three competing faiths fighting to the death!
This century produced more pseudoscience than real science, with academic institutions weaponized for ideological warfare. These religious wars continue today in their final stages. Prepare to have your entire understanding of modern history completely inverted!
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SOURCES:
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quigley
The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quigley
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
Liberalism by Paul Gottfried
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
The Master and His Emissary by McGhilchrist
Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung
The Origin of Ideology by Todd Immanuel
The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
Atrocities by Matthew White
The Rise of the West by McNeil
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
Mao by Jung Chang
History's Greatest Conflicts by Joseph Cummins
The Penguin History of the World by Roberts
A History of Civilizations by Fernand Braudel
A History of the English Speaking Peoples since 1900 by JM Roberts
The First World War by John Keegan
Millennium by Ian Mortimer
The Proud Tower by Barbara Tuchman
The Rise and Fall of Communism by Archie Brown
Critical Theories by James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose
The World After Liberalism by Matthew Rose
The Ascent of Humanity Charles Eisenstein
The Knowledge Machine by Michael Strevens
Reason, Faith and the Struggle for Western Civilization by Sam Gregg
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jon Haidt
The Righteous Mind by Jon Haidt
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell
The Invention of Yesterday by Tamim Ansary
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
A Secret History of the World by Mark Booth
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay
The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham
Leviathan and its Enemies by Samuel Francis
Communism represents humanity's largest-ever attempt at total societal reinvention—briefly ruling ONE-THIRD of the human race! we both independently marked communist territories as completely different civilizations from what came before.
This episode reveals why communism ultimately failed to establish itself as a lasting civilization despite controlling massive territory and populations. I explore its theological and sociological underpinnings as a functional religion, avoiding philosophical naval-gazing by focusing on historical evidence.
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SOURCES:
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quigley
The Rise and Fall of Communism by Archie Brown
Envy by Helmut Schoeck
The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGhilChrist
A Secret History of the World by Mark Booth
Dominion by Tom Holland
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
Mao by Jung Chang
Atrocities by Matthew White
The Origins of Ideology by Immanuel Todd
A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia by David Christian
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
Europe by Norman Davies
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Intellectuals by Thomas Sowell
Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell
The Righteous Mind by Jon Haidt
A History of Philosophy by Bertrand Russel
The Seven Types of Atheism by Gray
Behave by Sapolsky
The Genetic Lottery by Harden
Who We Are and How We Got Here by David Reich
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
The Knowledge Machine by Michael Strevens
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose
The Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson
The History of Philosophy by Will Durant
The Road to Serfdom by Hayek
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky
Seeing Like a State by James C Scott
The Worm at the Core by Sheldon Solomon
A History of the English Speaking World since 1900 by Andrew Roberts
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Nuclear weapons gave humanity godlike power that ancient Hindus attributed only to Vishnu: the ability to destroy civilization in an afternoon. For 80 years, we've lived under this Sword of Damocles—our technological wealth shadowed by potential annihilation. With Chinese warmongering and Russia's Ukraine invasion, this video examines whether our civilization is doomed to nuclear catastrophe, shattering your perception of reality.
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Countries worldwide are suddenly ditching the dollar to trade in local currencies—a seismic shift most know is important but can't explain why. This isn't just some obscure finance topic! The dollar's status as world reserve currency directly impacts YOUR survival. I'm breaking down the global monetary system and revealing whether these changes will collapse American dominance or prove meaningless. Either way, your financial future hangs in the balance.
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This episode dives beneath Middle Earth's surface to reveal the profound historical and philosophical foundations Tolkien embedded as an Oxford professor of Anglo-Saxon literature. What appears as a "silly fairy tale" actually represents both a perfect exemplification of its era AND timeless wisdom that transcends even Tolkien's intentions. Prepare to be shocked by its true depth.
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After nine years making predictions, I'm revisiting my World War III analysis because reality has proven EVEN WORSE than I forecasted. My original video was reasonable, but history has completely changed my assessment. This updated analysis explores who would win modern history's bloodiest conflict, where battle lines would form, and what's truly at stake—potentially our very survival.
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History swings like a pendulum—progress exists, but never in a straight line. The left's "right side of history" mantra? DEAD WRONG. Data and historical patterns suggest the pendulum is violently swinging right for the next two decades. As a right-winger myself, I'm actually terrified how far this counter-reaction might go. Prepare to have your worldview shattered.
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America dominates every crucial metric yet remains profoundly misunderstood—even by its own citizens. Americans, lacking cultural contrast, fail to recognize their civilization's unique foundations beyond pop culture stereotypes. This episode reveals what truly separates America from all others and examines where the world's hyperpower is headed next.
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With over a billion adherents, the Islamic/Middle Eastern civilization represents a paradoxical historical force - simultaneously the newest AND oldest of the great Eurasian civilizations that have molded our world order.
The Islamic world stands at a critical historical inflection point - caught between traditional power structures, Western influence, and internal reformation movements. Their next moves will inevitably shape our historical trajectory as the great civilizational blocs position themselves in this new era of global competition.
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Two shocking observations: 1950s children knew enough about the obscure Barbary Wars to buy toy soldier sets of them, while TWO-THIRDS of today's 10-year-olds are functionally illiterate. College professors confirm each new class is increasingly anxious, less knowledgeable, and less skilled than before. This episode examines why American education has become so expensive, biased, ineffective and universally disliked—revealing surprising connections to history, anthropology, and Game Theory.
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Bibliography:
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
The Lonely Crowd by David Riesman
Seeing like a State by James C Scott
The Geography of Nowhere by Kunstler
Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The History of Civilization by Will Durant
Albion's Seed by David Hackett Fischer
The Ascent of Humanity by Charles Eisenstein
Spiteful Mutants by Edward Dutton
Witches, Feminism and the Fall of the West by Edward Dutton
The Moral Animal by Robert Wright
Bullfinch's Mythology
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Coming Caesars by Amaury de Riencourt
The Hunter Gatherer's Guide to the 21st century by Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein
Envy by Helmut Schoeck
The History of Manners by Norbert Elias
The Unabomber's Manifesto
The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan
The Pursuit of Power by William McNeil
Foragers, Farmers and Fossil Fuel by Ian Morris
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay
After Liberalism by Gottfried
Woke Racism by John McWhorter
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell
The Master and His Emissary by McGhilchrist
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quigley
The Rise of the West by William McNeil
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
The Coddling of the American Mind by John Haidt
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
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