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"WhatifAlthist" | World History, Philosophy, Culture

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Last Checked: 2025-09-20 16:37:22

The Story of Black America

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In progressive religion, African-Americans occupy a sacred caste status—beyond criticism, requirin...

India-Pakistan: Asia's WW1?

08 Aug 2025

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Within a month of recording, the year's most politically important event happened—and NOBODY in th...

The Rise and Fall of the Bluepill

06 Jun 2025

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A historic shift occurred in the early 20th century when the West completely suspended any concept o...

Explaining Jewish Civilization

17 May 2025

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After reading 3,000+ pages for this series, I've concluded the Jews represent history's most improba...

Explaining Every Jewish Migration | Expulsion

13 May 2025

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After reading THOUSANDS of pages on Jewish civilization, I've hit that "skeleton key" threshold wher...

Explaining Native Mexican Civilization

13 May 2025

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The once-mighty Maya civilization—with populations LARGER than today's Yucatan—faced apocalyptic...

Was Churchill a Villain?

21 Apr 2025

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World events keep derailing my civilization series! As a professional historian, I felt compelled to...

WTF is the Left Even Doing?

17 Mar 2025

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We're living through a historic inflection point where the left lost the presidency but still domina...

Explaining Steppe Anti-Civilization

04 Mar 2025

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Beyond the Big Four Eurasian civilizations (Europe, India, Middle East, China) that dominated 90% of...

We live in a Totalitarian Society

13 Feb 2025

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As a Zoomer, I process World Wars as ancient history despite their recent shadow. The 20th century s...

The Politics of Dehumanization

08 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Reality operates through paradox—simultaneously everything and nothing, connected yet divided. The...

Shatter the Glass of Modernity

29 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why are people SHOCKED by the obvious consequences of their actions? We print money and act surprise...

A Live Conversation with Samo Burja

15 Nov 2024

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In this episode of Whatifalthist, host Rudyard is joined by Samo Burja, founder of Bismarck Analysis...

Is Bureaucracy Killing Civilization?

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The World War-era historians—Spengler, Toynbee, Quigley—operated at intellectual levels we can't...

A Message to Pennsylvanians

01 Nov 2024

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Growing up with Catholic/Protestant parents showed me how ideas shape reality—and why people throu...

The Great Wave Crashes

01 Nov 2024

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Sick in Montpellier, France during the early virus days, surrounded by Yellow Vest protests and soci...

The Greatest Lie Ever Told

02 Oct 2024

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While history remained relatively objective, anthropology has been utterly destroyed by pseudoscienc...

The Anthropology of the Right

17 Sep 2024

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Unlike the left's coherent ideology (blank slate humans + social engineering = utopia), the right is...

The Anthropology of the Left

17 Sep 2024

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We know nothing about what we're closest to—like toxic relationships we can't recognize. Today's s...

Stop Coping. Your Life Sucks

16 Aug 2024

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Our era judges itself against utopian fantasies rather than real historical comparison—the ultimat...

Explaining the Political Triangle

03 Aug 2024

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The Political Compass—created by libertarians to separate themselves from fascism—works fine for...

Was the Unabomber Right?

03 Aug 2024

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As a child, I heard about a comic-book villain called the Unabomber—a Harvard mathematician turned...

Are we a New Weimar?

11 Jul 2024

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Germany's bizarre 1919-1933 "psychedelic trip" between conservative militarism periods offers distur...

The 4 Religions Fighting over America

06 Jul 2024

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The Middle Ages didn't apologize for human nature—barbarian invasions, heretic burnings, and noble...

WTF is Wrong with the Economy?

06 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Experts studying specific historical topics often reach conclusions OPPOSITE to public belief. Today...

Explaining Ancient Forbidden Teachings

26 Jun 2024

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Reality is a cone—different civilizations grasp different sections and heights. Indian philosophy ...

Top 10 Potential Future Wars

31 May 2024

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The post-WWII peace is an ILLUSION—just like every other "permanent peace" throughout history. All...

Explaining Japanese Civilization

25 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

These civilization videos require INTENSE research—I've read six books just for this one! Unlike g...

The Anthropology of Karens

24 May 2024

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We study foreign cultures anthropologically but examine our own only through sociology—which has b...

The Coming Population Crash

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We've isolated ourselves from history, limiting our vocabulary to understand coming catastrophes. Wh...

A Manifesto for the New Right

13 May 2024

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Our society believes in NOTHING—it's a soggy cardboard box that most prefer hiding inside rather t...

A Message to Young Men

02 May 2024

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Western young men are treated as second-class citizens while society maintains a bizarre normality b...

Explaining Russian Civilization

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Russia has been one of the most powerful countries in world history. The world's view is too focused...

The Coming Incel Revolution

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a controversial topic about the issues in modern dating that will cause a revolution in the ...

Why is Every Society Religious?

08 Apr 2024

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Growing up with children's books portraying world religions as quaint cultural superstitions reveals...

Did the CIA Discover the Spirit World?

22 Mar 2024

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Looking back at my "normie" teenage self, I see how far down the rabbit hole I've fallen. Every few ...

Why the 2024 Election will start a Civil War

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I've predicted American civil war since 2020, but what once seemed distant historical speculation ha...

How Degeneracy will kill Civilization

22 Mar 2024

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This revelation completely transformed my daily existence. Like the famous optical illusion where so...

Understanding Modern Civilization

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Walking through French cities reveals a shocking architectural transformation—medieval centers abr...

The Coming Chinese Revolution

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The "Chinese Century" narrative I grew up hearing is completely wrong. Rather than displacing Americ...

Who would Win a US-Iran War?

22 Mar 2024

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America and Iran have repeatedly approached the brink of war—from the Soleimani assassination that...

Will Israel Cause a World War?

22 Mar 2024

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The brutality of Hamas's recent attack on Israel and the subsequent fighting has the world holding i...

The Top 20 Bloodiest Atrocities in History

22 Mar 2024

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With several brutal wars raging and more potentially imminent, formerly "decent" people are turning ...

The Coming Psychological Black Death

22 Mar 2024

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History's deadliest threats always arrive from unexpected dimensions. While we've conquered biologic...

How Christianity Changed History

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Like fish unable to see the water they swim in, we're blind to Christianity's total transformation o...

The Coming Fall of Russia

22 Mar 2024

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When analyzing societies for revolutionary potential—weak governance, economic problems, unpopular...

Was Colonialism Good or Bad?

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Within living memory, tiny Britain dominated the globe—running India and controlling history's lar...

The Anthropology of Real Life NPCs

22 Mar 2024

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The "NPC" meme—comparing scripted video game characters to real people trapped in repetitive, limi...

Why We're Facing another 30 Years War

22 Mar 2024

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Politicians can only reference four historical moments—Civil War, Revolution, WWII, and post-1960s...

What Happened to Modern Feminism?

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Chappelle perfectly captured what many feel: supporting feminism's dictionary definition (equal...

Why America will Have its French Revolution.

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Having created six different social clubs across spectrum—from "talented young people" to LA influ...

How to Survive the Coming Crisis

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Even if you're coping, you feel it—the world is sliding toward catastrophe. As a historian who's a...

How Death Creates Everything

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After personal upheaval that forced me to reevaluate everything, I'm tackling philosophy's ultimate ...

The Secret History of the 20th Century

22 Mar 2024

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We're blind to what's right in front of us. While most see the 20th century as science triumphing ov...

Why Communism is a Failed Religion

22 Mar 2024

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Communism represents humanity's largest-ever attempt at total societal reinvention—briefly ruling ...

Are We on The Verge of Nuclear War?

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nuclear weapons gave humanity godlike power that ancient Hindus attributed only to Vishnu: the abili...

The Philosophy and History Behind Lord of the Rings

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode dives beneath Middle Earth's surface to reveal the profound historical and philosophica...

Is the Dollar Doomed?

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Countries worldwide are suddenly ditching the dollar to trade in local currencies—a seismic shift ...

How Would WW3 Be Fought?

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After nine years making predictions, I'm revisiting my World War III analysis because reality has pr...

The Coming Far Right Backlash

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

History swings like a pendulum—progress exists, but never in a straight line. The left's "right si...

Explaining American Civilization

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

America dominates every crucial metric yet remains profoundly misunderstood—even by its own citize...

Understanding Islamic Civilization

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With over a billion adherents, the Islamic/Middle Eastern civilization represents a paradoxical hist...

Why did the School System Fail

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Two shocking observations: 1950s children knew enough about the obscure Barbary Wars to buy toy sold...