Civilizations of the Future 

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America developing a space colony which eventually secedes would be the most American thing ever

you know you have a crippling whatifalthist addiction when you click the minute a video pops up

It was great working with you again, Whatif! As always, we truly appreciate the effort and detail you put into your videos. Predicting the future is ultimately a lesson of the past. For our team, we’ve seen what happens when tribalism and echo-chambers have taken hold in the past. The lesson is to not let it happen again!

In the far future, I believe Canada will eventually merge with the United States in a way that'll preserve their identity as 'Canadians' in a United North America. The provinces will act like states but with a bit more autonomy and identify with the Canadian territory. It'll be a slow process, but I think the united north is almost inevitable. Our way of life and pride for our countries are just far too similar to permanently remain separate.

What I love about whatifalthist is that, while he’s a smart, well-read, practiced guy, a lot of the content is fun and entertaining. He knows nobody can tell the future, but this Is an interesting excersize and I enjoy it

One thing I think you missed in your considerations of South Africa is the country of Botswana. Despite being landlocked and the poorest country when released from the British empire, they boast one of the fastest growing economies in the world. They did this by having a stable, liberal democracy and getting Dubiers to invest half their profits on the country and its people.

I'm obsessed with eastern european history. They have a way of getting through very difficult points in history while producing amazing artists.

25:36 Nah you wildin on this one 💀

Been with you since 15k subs and it gives me faith in humanity seeing how quickly you've grown. Keep digging and asking questions, you inspire many of us to do the same.

"Either falling into hentai or extreme totalitarianism" The duality of man.

Alaska doesn't have launch pads because its so far away from the equator. At the equator you are traveling at a much greater speed thus making it easier to speed up more into space. The turn you see in a rocket launch is when the rocket maneuvers to be parallel to the earths surface and accelerate to 29,000 mph (for the space shuttle). This is all to save fuel, weight and cost.

The anglosphere already exists. USA, Canada, australia, new Zealand and uk are already pretty close allies. If they united they would control the majority of the worlds land mass, fresh water, resources, etc and a new frontier into space would keep things stable for a long time

I don't know about the others but I can say that it is spot on with regards to India and the Hindus. The Hindus see science as a confirmation of most of their beliefs and therefore love science. In fact things like people experiencing time differently and multiple universes are covered in Hindu scriptures.For Hindus, yoga is above enhancing the mind and body therefore Hindus will view genetic engineering is another tool of achieving this. Hindus do not see their scriptures as inerrant and in fact expect that the meaning of scriptures will change and eventually be lost so they are open to new knowledge. This knowledge does not need to come from God but enlightened individuals since each being is seen as inherently divine. However for Hindus, beliefs must be questioned, scrutinized, challenged and not imposed. Like stated in the video, Hinduism is about the individual even though Hindu society is collective and this will be appealing for both the individualist or the collectivist. Also, with education, the caste system will breakdown. Ironically, the caste system in India was entrenched by progressives, socialists, secularists and atheists to prevent a unified Hindu identity from rising in India. The current leader of India is from the lower caste and he is uniting Hindus irrespective of castes. Finally, Hinduism's core message has never changed regardless of how many scriptures or enlightened individuals come and go. The question for me is: will I see an individual rising in my lifetime to create a new Indian civilization???

Despite many disagreements with this guy, as long as you are interested in History and geopolitical, we have to admire his well knowledge of things.

15:29 It's also important to remember that the inability for African societies to organize meant the European and Muslim powers could play them against each other. In addition, as before the Industrial Revolution, the only way to invent and produce goods was with sheer population size, which wasn't possible when every civilization was constantly killing, enslaving and then selling each other.

Us Cuban Americans have been trying to retake our island from Castro’s evil communist goons squad for decades going all the way back to the Bay of Pigs. It gives me a chuckle to hear you say we’ll succeed…eventually. 😂 Thanks for the pep talk.

Ever think about doing a series about what certain countries/the world would look like if certain wars never happened? I'd love to see you do a video about what the world would look like if WWII never happened or if WWI never happened.

25:40 I honestly believe the Japanese one grew immensely popular to the point of it actually evolving into a form of religion, not speaking about people worshipping anime waifus, but a religion and philosophical belief which revolves around Creativity itself.

Eye of Shiva is an excellent read that I recommend to everyone! It's quite astonishing how smart the Ancient Indian scientists and philosophers were. It's a shame this isn't common knowledge.

As a European, I've lived in the Dominican Republic for a few years and I've seen the Anglosphere hit me right in the face. Absolutely frightening. I think the whole American continent will be one civilisation some day, where Spanish will be the dominant language but English equally important.

Wow this is the soonest ive ever caught an upload.

“This is an area where people have nothing to believe in, either falling in to hentai or extreme totalitarianism nationalism.” I never thought I would ever hear that sentence in my life but here we are.

I’m so glad RU-vid put your videos in my recommendations. Whatifthist changed my perception of the world, religion, social constructs, and so much more. Little things I've always taken for granted such as religion I now look at it with a new sense of wonder and meaning. I love this channel! Keep making videos

I feel like Botswana could also become the epicenter of the south African civilization you describe, considering how economically stong it is compared to it's neighbors

Your videos get better and better Well researched, well written, well read, and we’ll illustrated. Keep up the good work.

Hey, I think it would be a good idea if you made a video that talked about what effects contact with extraterrestrial civilizations might have on humanity.

As a guy from Romania, you're totally right about Eastern Europe. People feel like they have no direction, the majority of young folks like me don't believe in the orthodox church and the governments here are corrupt, selfish and incompetent. Romania lost 5 million people since the revolution, all of them leaving for Western countries. I'll also leave Romania this winter and go to work in Germany and hope I won't have to come back, this place is doomed.

Eastern Europe is tough but unlike western Europe the East seems to be waking up to the self destructive policy's the has been destroying the west for the last 6 or 7 decades, keep up the great work, I am enjoying your videos even when I disagree with some of your analysis

11:18 "Russia is washed out... because Russia is washed out" This is the kind of tautology I live for!

You forgot Ishigami village becoming the kingdom of science in the 5700s.

What you said about Indians and Chinese being overly defensive is so true. I lived in China for a few years and I really had to watch what I said, even around trusted friends. Not that they'd turn me into the government or anything lol, just that they found it deeply offensive.

I'm curious to see how the French speaking world will develop or has developed into what it has as a branch of the West, and how it is distinguished from the Anglosphere.

Your idea of Turkish /Islamic hybrid state does not reflect the reality in the Turkiye for the foreseeable future right now. Many of the younger generations (myself included) are more pro western and progressive / secular than the previous ones. They saw the negative sides and depression of the economy because of the current Erdogan regime and of the Islamist / Neo-Ottoman politics that the Goverment conducted in the last 10 years or so. Plus with the millions of "refugees" from the Syria and their damage in the Turkish society also significantly boosted the Xenophobia for the Arabs coming from the south. So I don`t really see Turkish Republic in the coming decades forming an empire or civilization with the Arab world. The people is just gonna oppose it.

Thank you for making this enlightening video, Whatifalthist! I hope that love and peace prevail in the world! 🙏🇮🇳☮️☮️

Great video! You can't forget how the internet, post-modernism, de-globalization, etc. will change everything and ultimately we have no idea how the future will look, probably completely alien, but this is one of the most up-to-date predictions I've seen.

You put Islam as a united front but they are very divided even during the times of the Caliphate. They had their own leaders and way of thinking and each faction makes the other "Kafir" unbelieves and considers them not Muslim.

I feel like you always ignore the potential of southern West Africa. But then im typing this, you actually corrected my complaint so never mind lol. Southern Nigeria and Ghana have the best future prospects in Africa in my opinion. Even moreso than Ethiopia. You also hit the nail on the head in the idea of the US FINALLY splitting from Europe ideologically, with the exception of the UK.

Whatifalthist is on roll videos coming out pretty fast, very interesting, and quality. Opening my mind up and I’m pretty sure you help me understand historical skills for my Apush class. Appreciate and keep up the amazing work, much love ❤️

Alaska and Australia for space launches? Might want to look into the physics of that deeper. The further you are from the equator the harder it is to launch.

Mars is the gateway to the asteroid belt - unlimited minerals.

God Save Whatifalthist and his work ethic.

"New growth cannot exist without first the destruction of the old." -the wise Guru Laghima, an airbender

Bro, You did a mistake. Brahman and Brahim are two entirely different things. Braham is highest universal principle, the ultimate reality in the universe. It refers to the single binding unity behind diversity in all that exists in the universe as per vedas. Brahmin were not seen higher being like god but rather religious teachers( gurus). They were actually most poor class before zamindari system came in 1750s but were most influential. They were seen as monks not divine beings. Also, there is general idea of simplification in west that put caste system into 4 tier but there never existed four caste or even that in level of power in chronological order. There were like more than hundreds and thousands caste and status was complicated where 1st is higher than 2nd but that 2nd is higher than 3rd but 3rd is lower than 1st but 2nd is richest. It is such a mess that even Indians do not understand it rather than simple reservation and govt. benefits definition where caste that were presumed by govt. as socially deprived gets benefits. Also, caste system is prevalent but is slowly fading out. Caste based discrimination has decreased by 80-90% since independence. I know some people will tell that there are still news about caste system but the fact that it has turned from a daily occurrence to rare news is a good progress. I know there are certain area like marriages where more work needs to done.

This channel has hit a new level recently. Very very good stuff.

I think it's also worth noting that for the Anglosphere, with their openness, technical and maritime prowess, and shared language that the Anglosphere is poised to become a civilization state much like China is today. It's a lot easier to maintain an empire when your People can easily traverse it and speak the same language which is exactly the situation it finds itself in today. The only other major language it is developing is Spanish (in a rather poor geography might I add) which will just make itself easy to integrate into and tie another continent to it at the hip for it to draw from as well as give space to improve.

Clever use of the Chernozem name, as black earth is also the most fertile kind of soil there is.

Also, another point that I think is worth talking about is your view on modern Chinese views are scarily correct. Chinese political theories has always been quite socialistic in nature. In the Analects (論語), Confuci says “(the rulers) suffers/worries not (from) insufficiency but suffers (from) inequity” (不患寡而患不均); in the Book of Changes (易經), which is another Confucian classic, outright says in the sigil of Benefit (益卦) that “harming up and benefitting low, the people’s joy is borderless” (損上益下，民說無疆); Lao Tze in Dao De Jing (道德經) also says “the way of the heaven is to tarnish those with surplus to compensate the insufficient, the way of man is to tarnish the insufficient and offers to those who have surplus” (天之道，損有餘而補不足；人之道，損不足而奉而餘). While I strongly believe Confuci himself is very against hateful philosophies like Marxism since he rallies for the old ruling class in feudalistic China and not the peasants, it’s important to note that China becoming Marxist and totalitarian is almost inevitable given its past political philosophy. And thus it is likely that totalitarian-socialistic philosophies will still be quite prominent in China unless the whole language-philosophy-identity trio comes to a devastating and complete collapse.

What people often misunderstand about Africa is how freaking diverse the continent is. There are so many extremes between the people of Africa. It makes perfect sense that an area which is so diverse would have so much problems in terms of building strong nation states. Let's not forget too that the European colonization of Africa led to the formation of totally illegitimate nation states, these nation states hold peoples that have absolutely nothing in common in terms of culture and ethnicity. You just can't expect Africa to develop as fast as Europe and Asian countries have.

Really fantastic video as always, thanks so much for this! Just a few quick comments as i lived in east africa for a few years: 1 - I think you meant to say Rwanda will take over the eastern part of DRC? Burundi is its extremely poor neighbor which has a stifling autocracy 2 - Lagos is pronounced "Lay-gos" by most of the Nigerians I have met Also, note that the industrialization of Kenya and Ethiopia is happening quite slowly especially given the continued political turmoil and conflict in Ethiopia. I would be curious to hear your take on whether these African countries can really become the next generation of low cost manufacturing, or if they may be outcompeted by South and Southeast Asian countries which have a greater headstart, stronger infrastructure, more stable governments etc

I am seriously suprised Whatifalthist never mentioned potential of genetical engineering and manupilation and thus rise of neohumans and or new human species and subspecies

About the suicide of Western civilization: In a previous video you defined "decadence" as "disconnect from reality" and the cause of decadence is "Urban class that can afford to disconnect from reality and who's live is mostly a popularity contest." Undoubtly, this characteristic applies perfectly to the woke-movement. However, the diffrence to previous decadent civilizations is the power structure: In previous civilisations only those who's power over the system was absolutly fortified could afford to be decadent. That is the big diffrence to the woke movement: Their power is not entrenched. Yes, the woke movement has a high level of control over the Main Stream Media and keeps attacking free speech wherever they can, however their power is not deeply entrenched. They lack centralized leadership and strategic thinking, there is plenty of infighting within the woke movement., therefore they will most likely not make Western civilization fail but will fail in consolidating their power over Western Civilization. The biggest danger is, what caused the woke movement to exist: Our food production and production of basic need is automized to an extend that in the future there will always be an "Urban class that can afford to disconnect from reality and who's live is mostly a popularity contest."

What are your mistakes 1: The integration of Europe and the United States will either be entirely or not at all, because the European Union is already almost one country today. 2. America still consists almost entirely of European culture and will continue to be European, when you say Latin Americans, you forget that their culture is European, they have a Spanish culture. 3. The percentage of the US world economy will also fall due to the rise of Africa.

Ive been using Superorganism theory a whole ton in the last 3 years to try to get better ideas about how different power groups interact by treating them like meta animals of sort. In that respect, I've been referring to what lies ahead of us in the next 200 years as a Civilizational Mass Extinction event. Just as with biological organism mass extinctions and the explosion of evolutionary traits following them, we often seem to have evolutions of our organizations following CMEs. Just interesting ideas, nothing declarative really meant. Im still exploring all of the ramifications of this way of thinking.

I appreciate the hell out of your intellectual honesty, well-roundness, and the humility to acknowledge that what you are saying isn't prophecy, but well-informed speculation on the future of politics, societal organization, and civilization in general. You obviously care about the truth and the butterfly effect of the current political, economic, social, and religious state of different countries. Keep it up!

19:30 Also try to check out Botswana who is currently as rich as a country like Chile and only slightly behind Spain. It's also a place that was never created around a bunch of ethnic groups and instead around one tribe who in colonial times made the decision to be voluntarily colonized and then got left alone meaning it didn't suffer any of the negatives of colonization while also already having a generally pluralistic society and a decently organized one as their "kings" were elected based on competence. So it seems like a place ripe for expansion in the future.

Spot on. I work in the space industry. We love gadgets, freedom, and the frontier.

Could you please elaborate reasoning behind your pro-turkish views? I think Turkish culture with its ethno-nationalist character coupled with declining birth rate of turks in comparison to kurds means that a turkish nation in its current form is not sustainable (because most of the population wouldn't be turks but kurds and arabs) as a result i think Iran with its multi-ethnic character would be a better choice for a Middle Eastern superpower Am i right or i missed something?

I love seeing you do Far Future Stuff. Ever considered making a Timeline of probable future events?

Wow, whatif is really pushing out awesome stuff at a super, super quick pace. Amazing.

As a society, their are more and more subtle changes occuring that make me think we are on the verge of a big societal change....for the better

The thought of America becoming more Latin and less European is much more fascinating than scary. As you have mentioned previously, that transition has already begun.

What I like about your videos is that they leave us with a little bit of hope at the end. It's nice to hear considering the bleak times we live in.

Do you ever feel like you're looking behind the curtain with these? A ton of this feels spot on.

Here is my big caveat about the Anglo-Civilization. "America 3.0" (worth reading) asserts that the Anglo-sphere is built on the unique nuclear family model which gives it great strength. However, the West (including the U.S.) is in a desperate struggle between political ideologies such as Feminism and the traditional nuclear family. These political ideologies appear to be deadset on completely destroying the strength of Anglo-Civilization--not merely improving it, rather utter destruction of it. If these ideologies continue to succeed with their nihilistic endeavors, it is hard to see how the U.S. can continue to be a unified society.

Many interesting ideas here, but as a Scandinavian I must say I am somewhat sceptical concerning us someday becoming part of a new American civilization. Although there are likely more pros than cons for stronger ties. Pros: - We are all fluent and use english in our day to day. - We have looked up to and incorporated a lot of aspects of US culture since WW2, especially music. - We do share many similar goals as the US, especially concerning technology and space exploration. -We do not have strong ties to continental Europe, and most Norwegians atleast, are very distrusting of both globalism and the EU. -We are a very egalitarian soceity and naturally mistrust both elites and anti democratic insitutions(again the EU) -For Norway's sake atleast, we are among the leading nations of NATO and most see this as a more viable military defence solution than any proposed EU army initiativ. - The US and Norwegian government has agreed to establishing US military bases on our soil(not something me personally or most agree with, but it is what it is atm). -We already have strong trading ties, and these will likely become stronger in the future as continental Europe loses a lot of it buying power. - Norway is among the most important allies for the US geographically when it comes to both Europe and Russia, and excerting control over the warming arctic and its ressources. - We are held in high regard by many of the "left" in the US, and often seen as an ideal society. - The shared history of the Nordics(especially Norway and Denmark) with the UK/Ireland and old norse's large influence over the english language. Cons: - Among a lot of the population, there is a strong anti-US sentiment, mostly concerning it foreign policy. Although this is somewhat balanced by an almost equal parts that adore the US. - We have very different moral values and what we prioritize as cultures. - If US follows a more isolationist foreign policy and withdraws from Europe/and or Russia collapses/ceases to be a "threat", there might be few reasons for them to stay in an official alliance with us. - We put great value on our independence(although it can be debated how independent we actually are). - There are more and more talks about forming a offical Nordic Alliance of some sort(not just trade and other collaborations), as the EU's power and importance is waning. Ofc this could also make a "marriage between us and the US possibly become more likely in the future. These are just at the top of my head, and ofc only time will tell wich way the pendelum swings. But personally I am really unsure if this kind of future would be beneficial or utterly detrimental for our Nordic nations. I have little regard for the US in its current form, political leadership and the increasing "commercialization of the individual" in the US. As the parasitic and ravenous nature of US crony capitalism and corporate culture seems to have completely corrupted every level of your political and social structures. And looks likely to lead straight into a dystopian "cyberpunk-esque" nightmare. Best outcome for our part would be that we are strong enough to actually excert some influence over such an alliance, and atleast have some say in policy/laws/economy/etc. This would likely lead to a harmonius and positive relationship between us. Worst outcome would be that we are pretty much annexed by the US, with considerable native dissent from our side, and general hostility towards becoming pretty much just a "puppet state". This would effectively lead to unrest and ongoing conflict between our people. As it stand in these strange times the future seems very hard to predict, and although my own country(Norway) is doing pretty well(only western country were millenials and Gen Z are doing better than their parents), we only need to look at Sweden to see a former stable and harmonius nation becoming more and fracteous and unstable. It will be interesting to see how things will unfold over the next 20-40 years and onwards, fingers crossed it will lead to good outcomes for both of our cultures and people.

As a Kenyan, I think East African integration is definitely going to happen. But probably not on schedule.

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The sentence "The unification of the solar system" sends chills down my spine.

The story of humanity is the race between getting off this rock to ensure that humanity endures "forever" (everything dies on a long enough timeline) and running out of the resources to do so. Right now we are one rogue asteroid or massive coronal discharge away from ceasing to exist. If we get off this rock and learn interstellar travel, then we are a long way towards humanity surviving for the long run.

Anglo-Latin Squad, let's gooooo!!! One thing I found interesting was the comment that there was no possibility for Christian revival in Europe because nihilism became to pervasive. I don't know that this is true. Sure, I could be persuaded that Europe and the West wouldn't be able to go back to Christianity as they once knew it, but Christianity is an incredibly durable worldview in all of its forms, and it historically performs well under immense pressure. I could absolutely see a revival of Christianity, but perhaps in an evolved form. Like a child who abandons the way they were raised by their parents in young adulthood, he often comes back to it with new perspective and adapts what his parents taught him to his new understanding of reality when it is realized his parents have a point amd whose core beliefs, traits, and values are worth preserving, but whose weak or incorrect practices and ideas might need to evolve and be corrected for past errors in order to fit the needs of the future and then thrive going into it. (It's almost as though the new birth out of the death of the old self is a core idea within Christianity or something). Will this happen? I don't know, although I hope so, but I can very much see this happening within western civilization. I don't know if there's any legitimate basis for this theory, but I really don't see Christianity as a general whole going anywhere any time soon, which means that will almost certainly adapt in some ways in order to meet the demands of the future, and I doubt that it will cease to have influence in the areas where the Christianity of old once dominated, especially if it manages to get its act together and adapt for the better without losing what it is and what made it meaningful and attractive in the first place. This would play into that creation of that "new civilization heavily informed and influenced by the old" factor in order to provide a coherent sense of heritage, belonging, purpose, identity and continuity with what came before. I also wouldn't conpletely discount the growth of Christianity in other parts of the world like China, for instance. While I'm skeptical that it would become the basis of a new Chinese civilization (although it would certainly be better for it), the fact remains that it's growing immensely in the face of communist oppression. If memory is correct, there's about 100 million of them, and as such, I believe there are more Chinese Christians than there are Christians of any other ethnic group in the world (not proportionally, of course, but in raw size and number). On a related note, I'm kinda surprised that you didn't comment on the future of religion in the Anglo-Latin sphere like you did everywhere else unless you believe things to remain more or less as they have been for the last few centuries and didn't feel it worth mentioning. It seems like a glaring omission considering this factor was mentioned everywhere else and is obviously as relevant in this civilization space as anywhere else.

Just because United States become more Latinized it doesn't mean many of us won't consider ourselves Western. I'm Puerto Rican I consider myself as a Western man, and I even heard many Latin American professors and Scholars consider themselves as Western people too for obvious reasons that our heritage is from Europe...

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Africa is one of the few places in the world where Catholicism is seeing large growth. In fact, Nigeria sends a lot of priests to the US as missionaries to assist with the priest shortages here. India does as well, though I'm not sure what the growth looks like there.

Talking about civilizations and future cultures in space. Like what the difference would be between people on the moon, and those on mars would be amazing. It would really be something interesting to see.

Great brain-food, thank you. One thing that I would add is that nearly-ubiquitous internet access has been an incredible melting pot for so many people around the world. It's becoming harder to lump civilizations onto just the dirt that they're living and dying on simply because they were born there. This is a trend that will only expand over time.

27:27 "All I know is that I know nothing"

Human Civilizations on Tidally Locked Worlds seems really interesting to me. I always wanted to see how Humans would see the Cosmos from their perspective. Imagine the Unique Flairs and Beliefs a Human Civilization will have on some Tidally Locked World. A Blasted Desert, A Lush Ring and Frozen Wasteland.

While not agreeing with you on many things, I do share the same fascination with humanity, or whatever conscious beings will set sail from the cosmic shore of Earth, settling the bodies of our solar system and the stars beyond. What potential civilizations - their arts, sciences, philosophies and politics - could emerge is a fascination beyond compare. While we may personally not witness it, we can live it out a bit in thoughts about futurism, sci-fi and worldbuilding :)

Generally, you want to be as close to the equator as possible when launching rockets. Otherwise it takes exponentially more fuel. You also want to launch them on an Eastern coast, since issues post-launch will only affect the sea

As a Star Trek (TOS) fan, an amateur social scientist, and one hoping for extreme longevity, I long have been wondering what societies would rise out of ours 10,000 and 100,000 years from now.

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Speaking of Warlords (as you mentioned warlords of southern-african diamond mines)... Is there potential for *Nuclear Warlords* to rise and play off? Right now, one could argue that Kim of NK is essentially a nuclear warlord, first of his kind and too early (pre-collapse, so to speak). If Russia, much of europe, much of china collapses and goes through a warring states phase (or worse), would it be too much of a stretch to expect that a bunch of local leaders would get their hands on a handful of warheads each, and put them to use for local power plays?

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The U.S. didn't even make it 250 years before falling completely into decline, notwithstanding rampant opportunism during both world wars and military aggression and exploitation. The U.S. won't make it to 2100 AD, let alone thrive. BTW - the American Heartland has never been the "most productive farmland in the World"; not even close. Also, every time you say "philosophic", you mean "philosophical".

Good talk with destiny, hopefully you guys can link up again on a more specific topic. Both of you are intelligent, but in very different ways.

Can't think of another RU-vidr I can binge purely because of how supremely put together, well informed and articulated your videos are.

"Eastern Europe's artistocracies and intellectual abilities have always surpassed their actual economic abilities" While I, as a Polish dude, feel flattered to be called smart, your videos definitely need sources in the description. When you talk about history that you base your predictions on, how do we, your subscribers, distinguish between your personal opinion/conjecture, and a fact?

29:06 Brahmins did not 'rule' India but rather held supremacy over religious texts and advised rulers aka Kshatriya caste sometimes.

This video won't age well, but it is excellent entertainment. This guy is like a more astute Joe Rogan.

List of errors with the African section: 1. SS Africas population was low due to 12 million enslaved by Europeans, another 12 killed by African empires in hunting for slaves and another 17 million taken as slaves by the Arabs Thats a total of 41 million. This was one of the largest depopulations in human history and it is weird to not mention that when talking about Africas population at the height of the slave trade. 2. Define developed states. Just leaving the map black does not mean that was the case. In 1644 there was: Benin empire Oyo empire Denianke Kingdom Luba kingdom Kingdom of Mutapa Rozvi kingdom Rozvi empire And dozens more all centralised states. 3. Most of the world was illiterate before the industrial revolution, even people in Europe. Africa had writing systems such as Geʽez and ajami. 4. ‘The reason european and Muslims were able to enslave Africans is because it is one of the few places were governments were not organised enough to resist large slaving ships.’ Do you think the Europeans were sailing up to africa and raiding the coast? Of course not. The they would trade with African kingdoms. It was because of african governments that slavery happened not in spite of them. To claim otherwise flies in the face of history. 5. There are a lot of false claims here so I will take them one at a time. 5.1. Africa’s illnesses burden is similar to that of India 5.2 There were dozens of ports across Africa going back thousands of years. These ports have always participated in trade outside Africa. 5.3. There have been cities in Africa dating back thousands of years. At times West and central Africa had cities with populations and densities similar to Western Europe. In the 1500s London and Timbuktu had the same population. There are many cities in Africa that are many centuries old such as Kumasi, Kano, Aoudaghost, the Swahili city states, Kweneng, Great Zimbabwe. There are some that are well over a thousand years old such as Oualata. 6. West Africa has some of the most predictable rains on the planet and has had steady agriculture for thousands of years. Sorghum, millet, rice, yam, palm nut, and other plants were domesticated there. 7. The camel, donkey and cows were common in Africa so we’re horses to an extent 8. In 1950 most ss African countries were not independent. They were literal colonies. Seeing agri development & pop growth in a nation post independence is not unique to Africa. 9. Much of Africa is self sufficient if fertiliser on a regional level see the Moroccan investments in the field across Africa and the various fertiliser projects in Nigeria. 10. Broadly speaking east Africa is less developed than the west in every way. Nigeria alone has a higher gdp than the entire EAC and a higher gdp per capita than all of them. East Africa has less infrastructure, a lower gdp and a lower standard of living by every metric. Even Kenya is less developed than Ghana and closer to Senegal in terms of development. Overall you are a sophist who does not understand Africa and spouts off so many half cocked poorly researched and down right ludicrous statements it makes me doubt your accuracy in any topic.

Civilizations don't usually completely die out. They shrink and grow, constantly changing. Some are super successful, others stay low. So its not exactly correct to say civs ""collapse"" exactly, even less that its perfectly cyclical.

I love how Ethiopia never changed during the course of the past 3-4 thousand years

I love how he knows some basics about INDIA and Hinduism/Buddhism, but at the same time he doesn't likes Nationalists 😅 Well I'm Both Spiritual & Patriotic from India 🇮🇳

Love your content Rudy! I get a lot of my reading recommendations from your content. Would love it if you could take the books you mention in the video's and lis them in the video description for easy reference. I'm use to pausing your video's to soak in all the information on screen, not a huge deal. But would definitely enjoy that convenience.

32:06 Rudyard's struggle with the word "competitivity" continues

If you want a really good example of powerful African pop culture, the song Chismiten is a legendary rock song made by a band called Mdou Moctar. They’re from Niger… Arguably the poorest country on the planet… The song sounds better than songs in America like what the heck!!

18:06 Rudyard, thanks for showing so many of our Nigerian artists and celebrities here! Love your videos!

Would be funny if our world turns out to be like that of Warhammer 40k, the emperor comes, unites us all and then we begin the golden age and explore the stars!

The thing is, anglo countries will also weaken due to aging population just a bit later