Goofy thing is, we are a species that works best in groups... the bigger the better. Somewhere along the lines we got the idea that religion, shiny rocks and invisible lines in the earth were more important than cooperation with each other. Hopefully one day, our future generations will overcome the mistakes of our generations and those of our ancestors
Many of our modern technical advances occurred due to the world wars. Everything from Penicillin to jet engines, rockets, and even nuclear power (and unfortunately weapons). Without WW2 we would have NO satellites, mobile phones, or computers. The early work and investments in early computers were to enable rapid calculations of artillery coordinates and decipher enemy codes and messages quickly.
True, also a lot of this got wrong too, like this timeline forgot the real reason why world war happen is everyone in europe want eachother colony, german want a lot of colony in africa and india from UK and France. If world war never happen, colonism may never end and a lot of people will face a worse fate than they are now.
As the video stated, this is probably extremely idealized- after all, the wars may have been devastating, but they did lead to much advancement in technology and thinking. Perhaps knowing what we know now, a world like this can't be too far off?
Its sad that we let our selves grow from such competition. Im all for good competition and see the positives. But man if we could grow for growths sake and didnt constantly fall into bs wars over resources and ego. We probably would be actually colonizing the solar system by now.
Be nice to see tech used more maturly. The amount that goes into war and killing is truly psychotic. Be nice to see good tech and not live in fear thinking how it would be weaponized. If we worked together instead of against each other i think our tech would advance far faster. Sadly its the way it is rn. These leaders and ppl need to get real.
They say that necessity is the mother of all invention, and the World Wars made a LOT of new research and development necessary in a short span of time. Most of our modern day scientific advances were discovered or perfected due to the pressures of war, in fields such as engineering, chemistry, medicine, physics etc. WWII especially caused an ensuing explosion of technological advancement in the name of competition and fear of the enemy. Such staggering progress might not have happened if the world had been at peace for the past century. Furthermore if WWII never happened, then the Cold War would never have happened which thereby means there wouldn't have been a Space Race, meaning we wouldn't of had such a push for electronic advancements and satellites or have invented the transistor. We'd probably still be stuck with 1940s or 50s level of technology right now. Meaning no internet, no smartphones etc. For better or for worse, I doubt we'd be this far along tech-wise if the World Wars never happened.
@@enhidri160 I'm inclined to agree, I think the millions and millions of lived saved through nuclear deterrence do not outweigh the constant potential immediate extinction of the species; oftentimes which come down to the temperament of a handful of men.
Precisely. The same also applies to competition, not just necessity. Incentive in general is the lifeblood of innovation. War creates the ultimate incentive as it is a matter of survival and competition.
Exactly my thoughts. The chain of events described in this video follow an ideal timeline where nationalism and fascism simply cease to exist entirely, but history would indicate otherwise. Even without the assassination of the the Duke, Europe was a powder keg primed for a world war. Removing one spark would not negate another.
@@tyrannusrex31 If the assassination was to fail, I could still see mutiple sparks to light this bomb of a continent. Possibly another colonial dispute, another assassination attempt, or maybe even a mass civil war in Austro-Hungary. It could also be a cause in Asia, with Japan already having annexed Korea and now having it's eyes on China.
Yeah, this was a laughably Pollyanna alt-history yarn. I guess the world decided in 1914 that war was no longer going to be a thing, because it was totally not profitable right?
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I think about this a lot, and this video answered almost every question I had. Except for one. The wars rapidly expanded technology and with the wars never happened, I feel like the world would be in a less technologically advanced world. Which isn't a bad thing, but just a cool little consequence.
answered every question? Some of the first predictions they made were incorrect, moustache man was homeless before WW1 ever happened, he wasn't going to end up drawing anything for any architectural company, these predictions were horrible, the only predictions that could even be accurately assumed that they made was lack of civil rights for groups of people, that was their only prediction that actually made any sort of logical sense.
Glad I watched the whole video. At first I was thinking there is no way events could have played out so positively. Given the state of the world and it's rulers at the time.
@@ethanweeter2732 it's not revisionist history it's theorizing what will happen in an alternate world where mass human conflict does not happen. Think libtard
As far as women's suffrage it could have looked different from what you showed. During WWII Teddy's young son died. This had a profound effect on the former president, one that he never quite recovered from as he died 6 months after his son from a heart attack. It is hard to say if he would still have the heart attack or not but without the war and his all his sons surviving, Teddy would have been healthier psychologically for recovery. Wilson would less likey win relection without a war as he and likely continue his opposition to women's Suffrage. Teddy was a strong proponent for it as was Charles Evans Hughes who ran against Wilson in 1916. If Charles Hughes then won election many civil rights changes could be enacted before 50's and 60's.
Teddy Roosevelt youngest son, Quentin was a pilot serving with the American Forces in Europe, was shot down and killed during WWI. His other son Theodore Jr. took part on the Normandy Invasion as a Brigdier General.
Teddy doesn't get elected whatsoever, anything past the year 1914 is hard to predict because it'll have the opposite outcome that happened in our timeline. By the 30s the world will look the same as it did in the early 1900s but more prosperous. By the 50s Europe's empires will be stronger than ever before, we likely won't have nuclear technology and noir will we be trying to get to space yet but then again that might not be the case since longevity of peace may have brought advancements in technology. Multiple wars are still likely waged across Europe, just not on a large scale that would be classified as WW1 or 2,
The hagues motto is 'law and peace' hosting international court of justice while creating wars via indirect and earning money via reconstruction period after ww2. Plus using money slavery via capitalism in amsterdam and making people of rotterdam dependant of government spending. So yes they apply bolshoifascism very well.
@@rayankc1903 this is so true. It may have been the spark that set it off but there was still a bunch of gasoline lying about. If not this then something else would've.
@@rayankc1903 and even if ther is no spark that will ignite this world of gasoline .... this whole scenario is bs (btw Serbia encoraged by russia started WWI)
this scenario is not almost impossible it is impossible - the empire of europe would definitley take over the remains of the ottoman empire racism and imperialism will last way way longer russia will have a civil war or coup woman & minoritys will not get more recognission thanks to the great depresion .... the great depression was caused by WWI policys ... ..... and this whole story around japan ....
I did a Research Study for Year 12. It was called, 'How do Wars effect Technological Advancement?' If you see the before and after of life throughout the world. You would see a dramatic change and increase of technology and rapid expansion and research. We'd advance further given the base instinct of each person. Survival. Doesn't matter which group in a nation you were. The base Survival Instinct thrived and the society as a whole pushes it further. Everyone works, everyone contributes to the collective survival. Ten years after World War One there was economic upswing. Twenty years after World War Two you would see a massive increase of disciplined workers and technology expanding into both military and civilian sectors. Growing and improving. War pushes a collective effort and collective mentality that ensures a advancement. Even post war. Money raised for war would then be turned to the civilian sector and with everyone returning home it would keep the population working with a new mentality.
The right monarch might do so. Give up power as king/princes to parliament and run for president. It has happened. The Royalist voted for him before he was the Prince and rightful ruler. He won some of republicans with his debates and talks.
This video brings to the surface one disturbing, unpopular thought that keeps me up at night which is that: the State of Israel would not exist without Zionists being haunted by the horrors of the Holocaust.
war itself is necessary for humanity to progress and evolve as a civilization, look how we stay stagnant in the recent years and compare that to ww2 and the cold war.
Yea I agree, also the bleak truth is that a lot of the technological innovations of today were a result of, or built off of the wars, desperate times call for desperate innovations.
The concept of a universe where no wars whatsoever took place could make for a decent movie or short series. We'd be a little far behind in technological advances in some fields but that's a fair compromise. Given my loathing of everyone spending every waking hour staring at a phone, I'd love it if we were still using landlines. It's a minor detail I enjoyed when introduced to _The Umbrella Academy_ ~ not a single cell phone in sight.
I love how when people show a world without war it's always way off future technologies that they show. But the truth is we would probably way less advanced. War drives technology. Look at the advancements in air travel because the military needed planes to carry heavy equipment or to be faster
The only aspects i found missing is greed and nationalism. Which as history has shown time and time again have instigated more wars Than just humane reasons. That made this a little unrealistic in my mind but I'm still happy to have looked at the whole thing. It's an interesting timeline. As they say about the beat of a butterflies wings...
I know we’re limited in how much of our brains that we use but imagine if ppl actually used just that limited amount and realizes that we all come from the same place and only the sun and regions that we live in have made us different. Imagine if ppl realizes that hatred is evil and that they’re going to pay severely for choosing evil over good. Imagine if ppl realizes that ethnicities or social status won’t mean a dam thing if Aliens were to come and attack. Imagine if ppl realizes that strength really is in numbers and instead of just having strong countries, we could have a strong world. Thank God for imagination bc it brings us hope and without it we’d really be up sh*ts creek. Blessings to all!
People might think world would be much more developed place without wars but no it would be very much the opposite because during war countries start focusing on improving their tech and inventing new things to win on the battlefield
Pleaseeeeeeeeee make a long “audio book” like episode about surviving a nuclear war. I couldn’t get enough of the first 200 days. I’m sure i can speak for a lot of you fans when i say I would be more than happy to pay for it! Keep up the great videos.
It's our differences that can either divide, or bring us closer together, and there will always be partiallities to each end of the spectrum. Balance is the key.
lets be honest, even if Gavrillo Princip failed to assasinate the archduke there would still be many ways that could start the world war and it would happen either ways. Wars cannot be prevented because they will always be there no matter what, the world we have now is formed because of those 2 wars.
certainly you wouldn't prevent everything only by stopping Princip. There were lots of reasons for war and the assassination was just the "straw that breaks the camel's back"
It's been implied that the reason Japan entered ww2 was because of restrictions on imports and their navy, and that we goaded them into bombing pearl harbor. If we allowed freedom in commerce and navy strength in Japan, who knows how different it might have been ?
Japanese imperialism/atrocities started well before Pearl Harbor. Asia would have been part of imperial japan, atrocities like nanking and comfort women would happen 1000 fold but the stories would never be told. This is due to the belief that the japanese emporer is a living god and the japanese people are therefore superior to any other race, races other than japanese are to be exploited and wiped out. The exact same war in the Pacific would happen, yet be far more difficult to stop if japans navy was stronger than in our timeline.
That happened because Japan was invading China. They were suppose to get permission from the league of nations before they invaded any territory. Just like how Russia was supposed to get permission from the UN to invade Ukraine today.
Imperial Japan was causing problems in Korea and other places like Hong Kong. I do not think Australia would "come to the rescue" and be able at the time to take on Japan all alone.
That freedom has to hit Japan before WW1. Japan at that time period had a power struggle between civilian government and Imperial military. The civilian government was unable to secure resources needed to keep Japan's economy running and expending. The Japan's military on the other hand had just come back from a victorious WW1... so the Japanese military decided on their own to solve the resource problem by simply taking it from China via military action. And it was wildly successful action and from that point onward, Japanese military was on the rise in deciding the politics and actions of Japan. Without WW1, the japanese military would not be so daring. With better commerce perhaps Japan could have secured the resources it needed without deciding that just taking it was a better solution.
Without war, we can’t continue as much as we have, but there’s no worry, because there will always be war to keep pushing us forward, and keep us looking for peace, and if true peace is achieved, it will be up to others to bring war back to continue our existence…
The course of history has come down to a single word in the past. For example, if Hannibal had said yes instead of no in 216bc. The world would have dramatically changed than the way it is today.
@@michaelweston409 if he marched on Rome right after the battle of Cannae, the state of panic within the city might have completely collapsed an effective method of defense and would have caused even more allies to desert Rome after witnessing the Capital of the trusted ally under attack by Hannibal who just seemed invincible. Rome could have fallen and even Scipio Africanus admits that Hannibal could have taken Rome due to the state the city was in right after Cannae. Although i have done studies on that and had the Romans held their nerve, then the 2 legions protecting the capital should have been sufficient to hold against Hannibal's attack. But the reaction of their allies is a key factor in this because Rome's capabilities to continue fighting the war and how their able to raise new troops. Now try to imagine the world with the Roman Republic falling before it became the Roman empire. That is a complete historywide change of events.
@@danielbalderrama4137 so just to begin , a huge Hannibal Carthage supporter. While true Hannibal had built the momentum necessary with his multitude of unbelievable wins but he lacked the siege equipment to attack Rome head on. Rome had imposing walls & Hannibal preformed best on the open battlefield. It’s true the Romans are probably only survived because they could hide behind their walls. Hannibal was very close to turning all of Romes allies against her. I think a Carthaginian empire that defeated Rome would have been a very different timeline. More wars between them would be inevitable & one empire would have to be crushed. It would all depend on if Macedon would help Hannibal in subduing Italy while also defeating Romes Allie’s in Greece & Pergenemom.
True but debatable if we were to say in comparison to today and an alternative reality. For example, covid 19 would have been so much more deadly because our medicine and world communication would be subpar to what we have today. A lot more people would have died or faced serious illness.
I have to point out that even though wars didn't happen for nuclear weapons to develop, Enrico Fermi already had discovered some nuclear-related tech, and Albert Einstein made the equation "E=MC~2" in 1905. Also, radioactivity had also been discovered earlier. So, the nuclear weapons may have gotten more attention than you said as they made sustained nuclear reactions (like in a nuclear power station) before they turned it into a bomb, for testing purposes. Hope this helps you!
Isaiah 2:4 “And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”
This is an good idea , but highly unlikely because there is always someone who wants to control their neighbors . But hopefully we can start working together to stop such chaos from happpening 😳.
In terms of WWI I feel like it would still happen but for a different reason same with WWII I feel like these world wars are things that can't be undone in time that they are set in time
Just because that one event didn't happen doesn't mean anything else won't happen to set in trail a world war. It would really need a bunch of have-nots. Tensions were always rising, there would be something or the other that would have anyhow ignited the flame.
It would've happened anyways even without the Archdukes assassination, Every country in Europe would've somehow declared war on eachother in a different chain of events from our time.
I agree. It was like the Trojan war. The assassination/(Trojan perspective: escape of Helen) was the flame that igneted the spark but the timber was always there.
This alternate timeline doesn';t account for Franco in Spain or Mussolini in Italy. I think there's a good chance that their ambitions would have dragged other countries into a continent-wide war. Or conflicts in Africa or Asia, Japan's invasion of Manchuria, escalate to Europe too. It's a nice idea though, that millions of lives could be saved by changing one event.
World Wars were inevitable. It was more like a fight between different kind of ideologies future humanity will take. And once every country was connected, it was time to decide on who was right or wrong and instead of peaceful debate war was the most effective and primitive way.
In world War one both ideologies were on both sides. Imperial Germany was closer to the British ideology for example then any of the allies for example.
It’s 2023 and we still have companies, schools, the President, and social groups using skin color to determine who gets which opportunities or highlighted overall.
I'm not a history buff but everyone should know G. P. didn't cause WWI, Europe was already preparing for the inevitable war and G. P just triggered it prematurely
This is an amazing story but we would never know but we do know what did happen and a lot of bad things did happen and a lot of good things to come out of it crazy what's going on in the world today 😢
For many years I've been trying, as a sort of thought-experiment, to construct an alternate-history world in which the wo world wars never happened and the twentieth century was largely (although not completely) peaceful. My initial plan was to have Princip fail to assassinate Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo, but I abandoned this on the basis that there was still a strong chance of a major European war breaking out in the next few years. I replaced this idea by making a few tweaks to 19th-century history so that Germany was unified without going to war with France and that Europe was not divided into two rival alliances. I must say that a lot of your ideas about what the twentieth century would have been like seem to parallel mine, including some of the possible downsides, although I don't have time to set them all out now.
how???? Changing the history before WW1 changes the entire world at that point, Germany could never have united without a major war, that's a sad truth but the truth indeed, many of the German states were anti uniting and Austria Hungary wasn't going to let Germany destroy it's influence, there is no possible way your world could even parallel the extremely false predictions they made. None of the predictions they made except for lack of rights for minorities was accurate, Europe was destined for war and changing the history that set Europe up for global war would change the entire world and nothing would look like it did in the video.
I'm glad you had the Epilogue, as I was going to comment on the premise being over optimistic and that technology would not be as advanced as it is today.
I believe that without WWII there would not have been such an intense motivation that would lead to the coming of a system that would defeat ENIGMA, without that the world would have to evolve without the use of electronic logic systems because there would be no way to guess how useful this would be or how could be done
To my understanding WWI was kinda inevitable at that point. Austria Hungary wouldn't give the other ethnicities more autonomy (despite them in sum being more than the Austrians and Hungarians combined), becoming ever more unstable and the German generals still had the old war mentality despite Germany being prospering economically and not needing a war. They also thought that the new technologies would allow a simpler victory and didn't assume it's going to be a long war. So no reason to avoid what you think won't happen. Also it was only with WW2 ending that countries realized something had to be done to keep peace. Without that the bar to start a war in the future would been much lower. So I don't think we'd necessarily been further developed. Maybe we'd just be in the middle of WW2 now
Even though this sounds great, unfortunately there will always be cultural and religious differences that lead to war. And eventually someone would develop Nuclear weapons
I have a theory : we haven’t started Panspermia yet because we’re too busy with our own projects if we didn’t have war we would be able to start to get along better
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i think its most interesting (as someone with a background of asian studies) how korea would have possibly never been split up and north Korea would have never risen to the threat to many countries that it is today, very nice video!
@@danielbalderrama4137 disease typically takes older or weaker bodied people even though plagues are exponentially deadlier. Modern War typically kills at random but targets a specified group of the population “Young Males”.
