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@ComicalRealm3 жыл бұрын
"Left wing, right wing, chicken wing, it don't make no difference to me" - Fred Flintstone
@AnimationFanboy2k43 жыл бұрын
And that's the truth.
@TheGreatLiberator12093 жыл бұрын
Politics is a dirty game of clash of clans, literally.
@ArlindoBuriti3 жыл бұрын
Say the guy in the wall ready to die.
@ProGremlinPlayer3 жыл бұрын
what episode did he say whthat
@jackdias92633 жыл бұрын
The grill pill
@aethelredtheready17393 жыл бұрын
It is so weird seeing American colours on Canada and Europe, I’m just so used to labour=red
@nutman23533 жыл бұрын
On the map of the US, red means Republican and blue means Democrat; but it’s flipped on the map of Europe, red meaning leftist (like the Labour Party) and vice-versa for blue.
@aethelredtheready17393 жыл бұрын
@@nutman2353 ah, I’m not too familiar with European politics, I just saw a red England and a blue Scotland and Wales, the opposite (ignoring the snp) of what I’m used to.
@nutman23533 жыл бұрын
@@aethelredtheready1739 I actually think I was wrong. If you’re talking about the map in the thumbnail, then you’re right, it is kinda weird. I thought you were referring to the map at 0:21.
@darken24173 жыл бұрын
He should have used light blue for conservative and dark red or pink for socialist/liberal. Makes it easy for everyone to get it immediately. The Europeans can think "o labour. red", while Americans can think "o communists red".
@warb_of_fire3 жыл бұрын
Same, here in Canada red is Liberal and blue is Conservative.
@christopherlewis1315 Жыл бұрын
I heard a pretty good analogy the other day; The Left loves their government, but hates their country, while the Right hates their government, and loves their country.
@honkhonk8009 Жыл бұрын
Pretty much nails it. Not for other countries, but for specifically American right. In ther countries, the right loves their government and love their country lmfao. I think its because Americas core value is being against big government. People that love America, hate big government.
@big-daddy-j7879 Жыл бұрын
Well said
@christopherlewis1315 Жыл бұрын
@@kellyharbeson18 You're more than welcome to it, as I don't own it. 😘
@jarrellfamily142210 ай бұрын
I hate my government and dissapointed by my country
@Laidengizer0119 ай бұрын
@@kowmangbeltalowda7584 Fascism is more in line with left-wing beliefs than right-wing.
@dylanbuchanan65112 жыл бұрын
“The right and left are coalitions of different forces more than they are real central forces.” Agreed. Why would liberals who hate religion be allied with a Muslim minority while conservatives who are deficit hawks be okay with such bloated military spending? This is something I’ve realized that has not only led to me to the belief we should have rank choice voting but also many different parties across America representing different political interests. For example, someone like me who has a strong interest in protecting the environment and ending wars has little in common with liberals who get more upset at racial jokes than actual human rights abuses
@georgemaiewski7202 жыл бұрын
Good point. I'd like to see what if alt hist do a video on why Europe has multiple parties while the US only has two.
@dylanbuchanan65112 жыл бұрын
@@georgemaiewski720 That’d be a very interesting topic considering that I’m generally more inclined to agree with Europe’s social policies than America’s. Never been to Europe but I’d like to go there to see how their local governments are conducted in comparison to the US’s.
@yosephbuitrago8972 жыл бұрын
Dylan Buchanan their social policies have proven to be good like better medical social safety nets, the public housing in Austria, the reduction of car-centered urban planning, pedestrianization, and building of effective and comfortable public transport (compared to America) but their immigration policy and general culture of hating everyone outside of their own country is a yikes
@BillyBasd2 жыл бұрын
Agreed on having little in common with those who are more concerned with racial jokes than ending wars
@himanshukuanr78322 жыл бұрын
Minorities are Vote Bank for the left wing political parties..
@zaktabyte3 жыл бұрын
"you can justify the nazis" , totally wont be put out of context lmao
@SouthSide412093 жыл бұрын
Someone needs to make a Whatifalthist out of context compilation
@kerms28643 жыл бұрын
@@SouthSide41209 “a billion deaths is manageable” -based chad whatifalthist
@daybyday38403 жыл бұрын
Next up on whatifalthist "Six million cookies in 5 years?!?! that is a lot, I would probably say around 200 to 300 000 cookies"
@craigstephenson76763 жыл бұрын
@@daybyday3840 He’s not Fuentes not even close
@jacobhoward86893 жыл бұрын
@@daybyday3840 I mean, either you'd need larger ovens and more of them, bake cookies over full oven capacity while under-baking them as a shortcut, or another source of finished cookies to boot, probably a combination of all three. Also, where and how would you get that much baking spray? That's a lot of cookies
@peterg76yt3 жыл бұрын
There seems to be a kind of left-wing thinking in contrast to a kind of right-wing thinking, but a lot of the time the labels are applied arbitrarily. A lot of people seem willing to adjust their definition of harm or purity to conform to their tribal identity.
@yerdasellsavon92323 жыл бұрын
If you want proof of how arbitrary the terms "left" and "right" are just ask every political subreddit which side does Joe Biden belong to. Edit: say capitalist, socialist, progressive and conservative instead
@MasterGhostf3 жыл бұрын
@@yerdasellsavon9232 the question is right conservative and left liberal. The democrat party has conservatives, but they are democrat conservatives. Not republican conservatives.
@jackyex3 жыл бұрын
Yes right and left are just labels that are quite illogical, the biggest example is Latin America, where "leftist" political parties are very socially conservative in a way that would make most of the rightists in the US blush, and in many "rightist" parties state sponsored economics are the norm.
@PandorasFolly3 жыл бұрын
0:52
@ledernierutopiste3 жыл бұрын
@@MasterGhostf The very idea that you believe that liberals are left wing is a proof that you're completely unaware of the world around you and you live in a prism of extreme manipulation. There is only one country in the world were liberals are left or even far left, and it's the united states of america !
@austin7205 Жыл бұрын
As a conservative let me say. We don’t have an issue with education spending. We have an issue with the government deciding how these funds are used since most schools are politically funded
@AnticomPhysicalRemover10 Жыл бұрын
As a fellow conservative, I completely agree.
@georgewashington938 Жыл бұрын
Another conservative view on higher education is that if the education is valuable, then it makes sense for the student to pay for the education. Furthermore, pouring money into institutions, for bureaucrats, and academics to manage and create the greatest good is not a rational plan. With both elementary and higher education, history has shown us that more money invested creates more overhead, not more education.
@wert1897 Жыл бұрын
@@georgewashington938Ok but the cost of higher education in the USA is absurd. I'm Polish and while our universities aren't doing a lot of R&D, entirety of the learning system from preschool up to uni is completely free for nationals. The most prestigious schools in the country are in fact the public ones, since the enrollment competition is naturally higher. Good education has a profound impact on population, most people my age seem smarter and usually have multiple interests than, say americans. I think it's great when done right, not pushing any unnecessary agendas. If you want to finish computer science, you're getting CS subjects only, no gender studies.
@georgewashington938 Жыл бұрын
@@wert1897 I agree that a "good education" is important, but not all education is good. I hope the leftists in Poland don't take over the universities and undermine your society like they have been doing in the US. Indoctrinating young people to hate western civilization doesn't seem like a good investment to me. Also, I am not sure hiding the cost of university in the tax and government system is the best way to go or leads to the best decisions. If one is selecting a valuable course of study, the tuition doesn't seen very high to me. Tuition and fees for the first two years of college on average is ~$5k per year and the final two years average around ~$9k. Compare the costs with starting salaries around $50k to $60k for valuable majors (accounting, business, economics, engineering, finance, hard sciences, computers, medical...), it seems like a decent investment. Remember, that a lot of the hype and complaints about unfair college costs come from the people that got degrees in subjects like: physcology, sociology, women's studies, race studies, LGBT studies, recreational therapy, etc. Imagine how many people would get these useless (maybe even negative value) degrees if they were subsidised even more! My advice is to be careful and suspicious whenever you hear the words 'free', or tax payer funded and government controlled.
@cohengamertv654811 ай бұрын
@@georgewashington938bro, there teaching people about America’s War crimes in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan
@kyx-0012 жыл бұрын
it feels so weird having the left wing represented as blue in Europe
@MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI-13 жыл бұрын
“To realize that we live in an absurd culture where we are taught absurd things by absurd people and threatened with absurd consequences for defying all of it is to achieve a level of contentment.” Michael Malice
@the113823 жыл бұрын
What absurd consequences?
@whippinsaw3 жыл бұрын
Ya I'm interested too
@SimpleReally3 жыл бұрын
@@the11382 getting cancelled on twitter
@ademdogukankon47263 жыл бұрын
@@SimpleReally Or getting shunned from your community if you live in a right wing leaning community.
@Commander0343 жыл бұрын
@@the11382 15 years for a plant
@waynesmith77463 жыл бұрын
I take the view that humans are inherently selfish but also inherently like doing good. For example, people pretty often are willing to give directions if you ask or are willing to ask an injured person if they are ok. But at the same time we still want our friends and family to be the best in society.
@nimabanaie21713 жыл бұрын
True to some degree, people naturally care for themselves and other people. Human nature when it comes to selfless/selfish is really hard to define since everyone is really a mix of both. The undeniable traits that can be considered human nature are the need for company and the use of intelligence.
@infanos37203 жыл бұрын
I belive that people are bad by nature and i disagree, i think most humans like doing good because it gives social "points" and that example only happen because it is easier to do good in modern society than to do bad. It is easier to say "go right then left and you are there" than just say "no i don't wanna"
@haltdieklappe79723 жыл бұрын
Europeans on average are the only group that want other groups to dominate them, it’s really black pilling
@waynesmith77463 жыл бұрын
@@infanos3720 well yeah, In pre modern society if you had an injury and didn’t have cash, often times it meant you were legit just going to die from the event. Scarcity allows people to do more. People do what’s within their power when it comes to helping. That’s not a knock against people being willing to help.
@jhinthevirtuoso48863 жыл бұрын
@@haltdieklappe7972 used to be the other way around...
@soffren2 жыл бұрын
"I just invested in a gay sex club" is the best synopsis of Libertarianism I've ever seen
@manwhoismissingtwotoenails48112 жыл бұрын
Same
@Hownotto523 Жыл бұрын
As a Libertarian I would say " Why does the Government have the power to make this choice for us?"
@cmortenson3647 Жыл бұрын
@@Hownotto523 so you're pro choice I hope?
@JasonTaylor-po5xc Жыл бұрын
Yeap, they don't have to support or agree with it - only identify an opportunity and jump in before someone else does.
@Ed_man_talking9 Жыл бұрын
I'm trying to be a centrist, but with Black Lives Matter raids, the sexist modern feminism mindset, etc., I find myself with one foot on the red, who is far from perfect, and I have several disagreements with too.
@fbi97922 жыл бұрын
I worked with hippy dippy conservationists once and during break we'd talk and I found it interesting how astonished they were when I proposed that people will usually act out of practical self interest.
@BOG0690 Жыл бұрын
You also forgot immorally
@larapalma3744 Жыл бұрын
They were younger than u
@fbi9792 Жыл бұрын
@@larapalma3744 no they were late millennials that were older than me by a few years, while I'm a pre 2000s zoomer.
@BOG0690 Жыл бұрын
@FBI "Lol pre 2000s zoomer" 🤭🤭🤭
@fbi9792 Жыл бұрын
@@BOG0690 95 is the cut off and I'm 98
@ChefBrokeardee3 жыл бұрын
Time stamps: Part 1: Ethics - 2:01 Part 2: Religion - 6:16 Part 3: Economics - 13:35
@vyktorehon59953 жыл бұрын
You are a good man Thank you
@betacuck31453 жыл бұрын
You are among the 20% of saints that this video mentions. God bless you 🙌
@LauPaSat-pl3 жыл бұрын
WhatIfAltHist please put it in the description
@turtley4444 Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@superhealthkyle3 жыл бұрын
"conservatives love a strong military and interventionism" Paleoconservatives/isolationists: Am I a joke to you?
@perverse_ince3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he included Libertarians, but not the "Third Position" spectrum
@tomatop67543 жыл бұрын
@@perverse_ince shhh were not aloud to talk about the 3rd position on youtube
@UmeNNis3 жыл бұрын
@@tomatop6754 based
@stgermain64883 жыл бұрын
@@tomatop6754 I’m contacting the ADL, looks like I found an extremist
@locke033 жыл бұрын
He's got serious gaps in his understanding of the more extreme ends of various political spectrums. His left/right analysis really only makes sense if you just assume he is talking about left of center neoliberalism driven by social justice and academics and right of center neoliberalism (or neoconservatism if you would rather) driven by business interests and mild nationalism.
@daves78092 жыл бұрын
Reading the comments, I feel so sad that so many people missed the point of this video, and used it to cherrypick everything you said about the side they disagree with, while ignoring everything you have to say about their side. Very very sad.
@rassular2 жыл бұрын
Which is funny because those are exactly the people the video was addressing
@dontcallthemliberals33162 жыл бұрын
True but (from a conservative viewpoint) that is human nature isn't it? to post-hoc rationalize just about everything? Also, don't forget Whatifalthist falls into one of the mentioned camps. He's human like the rest of us. To your point though I don't recall any flaws the conservative viewpoint or his description of it. Question is, is that my bias or the content creators?
@christopher65472 жыл бұрын
@@dontcallthemliberals3316 The creator's for sure. The left was described with balance. The right was described like a person is described in a fortune cookie.
@commandergree61312 жыл бұрын
@@dontcallthemliberals3316 I mean that's why it is quite literally impossible to find a truly unbiased piece of information unless you quite literally programmed a robot to look for and present a "fair argument" which even then the results is likely still going to be somewhat based on the creators own ideas an opinions, meaning that likely the best way and for me personally I prefer to look at both sides of the same thing and make up my mind from there.
@KonglomeratYT2 жыл бұрын
@@christopher6547 It sounded to me like the right was described like balanced average individuals. The left, to me, sounded like extremist thought police that vilify everything they don't like. Let's be real. He addressed both sides of the story. And we all just heard it the way we wanted to hear it. He literally described our actions to us, and idiots like you are traipsing around thinking you're above logical analysis.
@DavidRosenfield2 жыл бұрын
The interesting thing to me about the left/right dichotomy in the United States, is that the US is and always has been a radically liberal country (except for the South). So the Left and Right both express their positions within the philosophy and language of liberalism, especially when critiquing the other side. The Right claims that the Left is intellectually inflexible and dogmatic. Freedom of thought and expression is a core liberal value, and they're right to point out when the Left overly polices language and labels certain ideas as taboo. They see academia as having an elitist attitude when hierarchy and social stratification is the antithesis of liberalism. And, of course, there's the whole issue of gun control. The Left claims that the Right often stands in the way of civil rights, voting rights, immigration, and privacy, and supports more intrusive law enforcement. And that the Right have their own intellectual inflexibility, their own dogma, and their own taboos. And an elitism and social stratification of their own. The Left would point out the Rightist dogma that our military is the great protector of American liberty is so sacred that they question the national loyalty of anyone who speaks against it. Ironically, the founding fathers stated explicitly and repeatedly that a large, professional, standing military is a huge threat to liberty and a democratic society. And then there's the Right's opposition to sexual freedom and many forms of artistic expression they object to on moral grounds. It seems to me that the Left would view the struggle of minority groups against systemic oppression as a core liberal value. The Right would counter that this worldview ultimately divides people against one another and represents the seeds of Leftist authoritarianism. The Right also sees low taxes, economic freedom, and religious expression in public spaces to be core liberal values. The Left would counter that this belief economic freedom only applies the privileged and limits the economic freedom and mobility of the underprivileged. When I say that the United States is a fundamentally liberal nation, people look at me funny. But this is what I mean.
@jasonreed7522 Жыл бұрын
And to expand look at the justifications for the following 2 hot topics: Gun control proponents are claiming that they are fundamentally trying to save lives. (By preventing mass murder) Abortion opponents are claiming that they are fundamentally trying to save lives. (By assuring that unborn babies get born and aren't murdered un the womb) Based solely on the justification of these ideas you would assume that pro gun control and anti-abortion would be the stance of 1 party (trying to save lives) and the other party would hold the opposite view, but instead these 2 stances hate the other's party. And in a class about energy policy i learned if a distinction between 2 types if freedoms, postive freedom and negative freedom. Positive is all about the ability to do what you want (like go to college, ir move to another state or country), negative freedom is all about not being restricted (freedom from X, so freedom from oppression). And fundamentally most stances between left and right are over which kind if freedom is more important. (You can also frame most of our amendments with either type of freedom. For instance is the freedom of religion about not being oppressed over your religion or about being able to practice any religion you want, its clearly both) So yes, we are fundamentally a libral nation but we argue about what kind of libral we are.
@John3.36 Жыл бұрын
You mean Neoclassical Liberalism not Radical Marxism.
@bobfrank7339 Жыл бұрын
This is the stupidest debate the right is literally billionaire backed the most popular media is right wing and then their constituents argue that the left compromised of grass root organizations and Twitter heads is some how in some kinda of control of government. It makes 0 sense
@m.c.martin Жыл бұрын
The United States has always been ideologically Conservative. Pointing out Liberalism as in Republic Principles is just the basics.
@m.c.martin Жыл бұрын
You also seem to have a botched understanding of what the Left claims about the Right, versus what the Right actually does. The Right doesn’t oppose voting rights, or immigration, or even civil rights. Those are mostly unfounded claims by the left.
@willis_on_youtube89753 жыл бұрын
The perfect mix of the: Arrogance of an Italian Smug inflection of a Frenchman Cold-hearted bluntness of a German All intertwined with a plentitude of American sarcasm Keep it up buddy
@jonsampson30303 жыл бұрын
And the exaggerated swagger of a black teen.
@MHammonds183 жыл бұрын
@@jonsampson3030 😂😂😂
@darthbigred223 жыл бұрын
Kind of forgot the actual mother country...
@ciaotiziocaius48993 жыл бұрын
We Italians aren't arrogant at all! In fact we are the most humble, the most generous, the mightiest and kindest of all the people of the earth!
@IceGleamify3 жыл бұрын
American sarcasm? Is that an actual thing? Never heard that stereotype anywhere
@Ditmike22353 жыл бұрын
The great struggle in American politics: Soda v. Obamna
@Anvil353 жыл бұрын
Tan Suit vs Fox News
@TomCouger3 жыл бұрын
NIGGASODA!
@jamwither98473 жыл бұрын
@@TomCouger a shame that that part of the meme always gets left out
@morisco563 жыл бұрын
Obamma prism
@1mol8313 жыл бұрын
@@TomCouger aka Coca Cola or Pepsi cola, the original taste
@digitalnomaddev75772 жыл бұрын
I usually hate ads but ground news is actually pretty awesome, thanks for promoting services that actually have value
@eliascommentonly4652 Жыл бұрын
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@BladeEdge862 жыл бұрын
One of the main reasons why they hate each other so much is because the size and scope of government is far too big. The bigger the government the bigger the stakes if one "side" wins or loses and the bigger the stake the more upset the loser will get. The government is far larger and more intrusive than the constitution ever intended and it is all too rarely questioned. People have become so accustomed to larger ever more intrusive government that people almost never consider actually shrinking government to any meaningful degree. Republicans often talk a good game about cutting the size and scope of government, but most of them engage in the same irresponsible spending that the democrats do.
@OriginalBongoliath Жыл бұрын
"Republicans often talk a good game about cutting the size and scope of government, but most of them engage in the same irresponsible spending that the democrats do." Because they are called RINO's aka Republican In Name Only. They advocate for Democrat policies while wearing a Republican costume. Real conservatives hate them.
@EdHealey88 Жыл бұрын
@BladeEdge86 Excellent points!
@notperfect10110 ай бұрын
On the contrary I'd argue instead that the power of private companies has grown too big, so much that government nowadays merely acts as executive of these powerful interests. That's why even if governments change politics don't change that much. Democracy is being sold as government by the people however in reality it's not the people that decide policies, it's representatives that owe a lot of favors to or are pressured extremely by the private sector.
@caes83083 жыл бұрын
At this point “The Righteous Mind” is probably required reading for all whatifalthist viewers
@christiandauz37423 жыл бұрын
Whatifalthist is full of shit. Nazis are Christians and Right-winged Right-winged Nazis attempted to overthrow the government back in January!
@HomelessCows3 жыл бұрын
@@christiandauz3742 Neo-Nazis are not inherently Christian, a lot of them are atheist. Secondly, the people who stormed the capitol were certainly right winged extremists but relating them to Nazi's is honestly just disrespectful to the people who suffered under actual Nazi rule in the 1930's and 40's in the same way that calling every leftist a Communist/Stalinist is disrespectful to people who actually suffered under Stalin's reign of terror.
@infanos37203 жыл бұрын
@@christiandauz3742 Hitler and the nazis hated christianity
@harmoncrowe16123 жыл бұрын
So true, I read it based off his recommendation and I see him referencing it so much in his videos, I can hardly blame him though, it's probably the most profound and applicable books I've ever read
@christiandauz37423 жыл бұрын
@@HomelessCows Bullshit. Roy Moore, Pence and Trump are Neo-Nazi Christians The fucking Racist cops that killed MLK and Tamir Rice are Neo-Nazis! The SS Oath ILLEGALIZES Atheism. Atheists were killed in the Holocaust dumbass! If people are smart enough not to believe in Bronze Age fairy tales them they are smart enough to not follow an inbred literal motherfucking, niecefucking, niecemurdering dictator!!! Had Atheism been dominant throughout history humanity would certainly be in a better place!
@BlitzkriegOmega2 жыл бұрын
“Meet me in the middle”, says the unjust man. You take a step toward him. He takes a step back. “Meet me in the middle”, says the unjust man.
@HistoryforThinkers2 жыл бұрын
Thankfully, anyone who disagrees with me is an unjust man.
@enbrat58592 жыл бұрын
@@HistoryforThinkers please tell me you’re kidding
@NickiesBlack2 жыл бұрын
@@HistoryforThinkers Well said
@chinesenoodles252 жыл бұрын
i build up speed for 12 hours then launch myself towards the man, killing him instantly and leaving me lost in the void
@NickiesBlack2 жыл бұрын
@@chinesenoodles25 Based
@cringe73912 жыл бұрын
I feel like defining all politics as a spectrum just doesn't work at a level where you're trying to find the core of political opinions. There is no single "left and right" Spectrum where everyone fits neatly. Trying to fix this with just adding more spectrums like the political compass also doesn't work because there's just too many different stances people can have on different issues, I could probably undermine every single political spectrum quiz if I tried, just like most people probably could. Left and right only works as a simple view of common trends different political groups naturally share at the context and time of their period, but can't be used for actually examining the core of politics (I would also argue that people's political opinions are purely circumstantial and depends on variables like what the current society is like).
@neveklund3267 Жыл бұрын
That is why I have favored a multi-dimensional political activation model instead of a single dimensional linear one going way back to the middle 70's when I studies the social sciences. The spectrum model lacks adequate nuance and becomes misleading when people come to see one "side" or the other as being more or less totally and intellectually right and morally right, or at least, almost right. The term "right," is not being used as it would be in the spectrum model.
@Thought_Criminal6 ай бұрын
Jreg 100 slider political model
@wdragon92190 Жыл бұрын
I have been traditionally left leaning. I dont agree that humanity can be perfected but i do believe self improvement is both possible and should always be striven for. I find myself leaning right not because i fundamentally disagree with my world view, but the fact that i can disagree with them and have an actual productive discussion. On the left even so much as questioning the wrong person can put me physically at risk, let alone the social ramifications for things like employment and such. I find people as a whole to be relatively reasonable so long as those who seek power at all costs are kept in check. The right is more willing to question individuals like that. The left is unwilling to tolerate the slightest whiff of dissent for an individual who hits the right check boxes. Its kinda insane.
@johnnynick3621 Жыл бұрын
It sounds like you have come a long way. Perhaps you should go a little further. Libertarianism and Objectivism actually adheres to the best parts of both worlds, and there is even less dogma.
@outbackgearforu Жыл бұрын
Which by the way is exactly how the nazis behaved to ordinary Germans in the 1930s ,shout downs and intimidation,who now are the REALEST fascists
@choiyatlam25527 ай бұрын
You are describing something like the Cultural Revolution in China in the 1960s. The modern left in US in my opinion is a milder version of that. It is milder because that one got hundreds of millions killed, many of them fled to HK (where I live in). Worse, precious culture artifacts and wisdom from ancient China were destroyed by youth in order to bring upon the communist utopia.
@mxplk6 ай бұрын
@@johnnynick3621Can you give one or two SHORT references (article length, other than Wikipedia) that clearly describe these philosophies?
@jhutt80023 жыл бұрын
"We don't choose our politics based on rational decisions" You nailed the biggest, main problem of most modern democracies right there.
@jaffarzaidi46843 жыл бұрын
agreed
@Joleyn-Joy3 жыл бұрын
It's not a problem, it's a feature.
@luciel39103 жыл бұрын
the point of this video is, that you cant base politics on rational decisions
@starhalv24273 жыл бұрын
Not only in democracy
@vulkanofnocturne3 жыл бұрын
Democracy isn't about being right. It is about preventing violence.
@wedonteatbears3 жыл бұрын
Me clicking onto a Whatifalthist video as it's uploaded has the speed of Germany conquering Denmark.
@jurgisnekrosius95613 жыл бұрын
Heh me too
@liambuchan41623 жыл бұрын
2hours is pretty fast ngl
@briandavis16923 жыл бұрын
Lol
@sirsausagedog41623 жыл бұрын
@Sidemen 🅥 Joined 4 days ago
@sirsausagedog41623 жыл бұрын
@Sidemen 🅥 But yes, they are cute
@Bacon_Is_Medicine Жыл бұрын
"Once you remove the idea of heaven, envy in society becomes impossible to control."
@achinthmurali52074 ай бұрын
Press x for doubt
@alastairhunter3532 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!!! So packed - I'll have to watch a couple more times.
@Simeon Roban yeah dopamine is a hormone that releases in the search of pleasure but dies when it is achieved.
@eratm62663 жыл бұрын
@@ericktellez7632 well yeah if whatifalthist doesn't upload then id be having a crappy mood too.
@Grymbaldknight3 жыл бұрын
I'm getting strong "Imperium of Man" vibes from your description of Right-Wing metaphysics. I don't entirely disapprove. I know that 40k is a satire, but all satire has some foundation in truth: The world is hostile and humans are imperfect; the struggle against Chaos is a constant, and civilisation is dependent on it.
@rahadityap23752 жыл бұрын
WH40k are closes to our reality, Where all major faction have evil and villain things No state,No country or No Ruler that have "Total Good" or "Total peaceful and goodest" Since all major imperium and faction in WH40k have same dark history but then its rank by what is the worst or most evil despite all being evil Like real life, Where almost every country in past has war,genocide,crisis, civil war,greedy leaders
@christiandauz37422 жыл бұрын
Um, Chaos doesn't exist in Real Life retards If it did, the Sumerians would have worship Chaos In 40k, joining Chaos is the only sensible move In Real Life, being an Atheist-Humanist is the most sensible thing to do
@Grymbaldknight2 жыл бұрын
@@christiandauz3742 1) Nobody said that 40k is real life. 2) If it were real, joining it is a bad decision... maybe even the worst possible decision. 3) I find it amusing that you champion atheist-humanism, despite your name being "Christian".
@rahadityap23752 жыл бұрын
@@christiandauz3742 > In 40k, Join Chaos is the only possible move, Ah yes, probably you didnt much know about 40k universe Chaos world its more hellish or more brutal or genocidal than Imperium of Man, Despite Imperium of Man have a genocidal and hellish society, Chaos its not "Atheist" faction Chaos followers indeed are Worshipping the Chaos God But the Chaos followers are mostly ended getting genocide or living in 10 times more worse than the worst hellish or place in Imperium of Man faction, So conclusion, In 40k universe There is no Good guy or "Logical faction", All of the faction such as Tau,Chaos,Imperium of man are have same, Extremely brutal totalitarian interstellar state and genocidal maniac
@commisaryarreck39742 жыл бұрын
@@rahadityap2375 The imperium is what it is out of neccecity, and literal millenia of degradation and corruption. It may be questionable but as a human your best option is the imperium since quite literally EVERYTHING is out to destroy you and everything else
@shift-happens Жыл бұрын
I never have paused a video so often as this one, That was very interesting, thanks!
@chrisbankhead96692 жыл бұрын
I don’t know if I agree or disagree with your perspective, but this video was excellent! This actually makes people think independently. Thank you.
@PremierCCGuyMMXVI3 жыл бұрын
Another part of the equation: lots of people have political ideas from all spectrums and aren’t centrist. Man politics are confusing
@nimabanaie21713 жыл бұрын
I consider my politics confusing every now and then
@perverse_ince3 жыл бұрын
Third Position gang
@R3GARnator3 жыл бұрын
The 2 party system is artificially created by First Past The Post laws. Watch the danish tv show Borgen. That shows what politics naturally looks like: A dozen different factions, forming deals and coalitions as the need arises.
@Gwildor20203 жыл бұрын
@@perverse_ince NatSoc is the only political view that will save the West and White people in general.
@Gwildor20203 жыл бұрын
Centrists are losers who are afraid to take a stand on anything. Whoever wins the war for the West, centrists will definitely be one of the first groups to get the rope.
@rShakeford3 жыл бұрын
As Morbo from Futurama so eloquently put it: “when will humans learn that all humans are equally inferior to Morbo?!”
@jnb7562 жыл бұрын
Homer Simpson stated "people are stupid - that's why they do everything they do" So perfect in it's simplicity.
@plebulus Жыл бұрын
It's morbo time
@tratstcm59402 жыл бұрын
There is a deep rationality underpinning many ancient moral laws, even if they seem irrational. Great video though, keep up the good work!
@chuckhoyle1211 Жыл бұрын
Religion is thousands of generations of your ancestors speaking to you from the past. They may, or may not, have understood why those religious teachings worked in creating a stable and successful society, but they had a very simple metric of measuring success. The people who followed the teachings and tenets lived while those who did not died. The ancient world was a brutal place and your margin for error was pretty slim. Today, in the West, we have it pretty good and our margin for error is very wide so we do things like throw our traditions into the dumpster willy nilly without really thinking about the long-term consequences. Look where we are heading...
@موسى_7 Жыл бұрын
لا إلاه إلا الله محمد رسول الله علي ولي الله
@jasonreed7522 Жыл бұрын
@Buck Rothschild im not sure in the exact phrasing of this saying but we learn to out think our hearts. Also not all children are good at the moral good/evil thing but for the most part they are good at saying if any given action is ok and providing a reason why.
@brosef4154 Жыл бұрын
If there is a question about the rationality, one must ask, "what is rational?"
@upsidedown1972 Жыл бұрын
No. If it's "deep" it isn't rational. Think about the word rational in Popper's definition. Rational vs empirical.
@MetalAcitistJim Жыл бұрын
Great essay, thank you for the upload
@monarchblue42803 жыл бұрын
I literally was just binging your geopolitics videos and just as I finished you have a new upload. Good timing.
@Gone_Fishing3 жыл бұрын
Neat
@Doctor_Subtilis3 жыл бұрын
Me too, I guess 'alternate history' means ignorant history and 'geopolitics' means naive Anglo-American ideology.
@monarchblue42803 жыл бұрын
@@Doctor_Subtilis Interesting perspective. Can you elaborate?
@flickgamehes1e5913 жыл бұрын
@@monarchblue4280 I admire your politeness, but that person’s comment was the most idiotic statement I have ever read.
@willgriff3 жыл бұрын
Serendipity
@FirstLast-vr7es3 жыл бұрын
The "America First" thing was a tad misrepresented in my opinion. Some people really are xenophobic and aggressive, but most aren't. They see all of our domestic problems getting zero attention while the government devotes countless amounts of money and resources to help other countries with theirs...and often, those countries absolutely despise us and aren't afraid to say so. They just say that we need to focus on OUR problems, not out of malice, but out of genuine concern.
@linuxman77773 жыл бұрын
Both the Economic left and Far right definitely agree on this point, it is the Centrist Neo-Cons and Neolibs that don't
@orangesilver83 жыл бұрын
But then the America First people don't want to spend money on our own country either.
@lmcguiness54763 жыл бұрын
@@linuxman7777 I'm a centrist. And being neo liberal isn't bad. Being both a right winger and left winger is bad
@ronmaximilian69533 жыл бұрын
@@linuxman7777 you forgot Business centrists and libertarians
@Great_Olaf53 жыл бұрын
He was mentioning separate groups within the coalitions, not the coalitions collectively.
@arturoandrino70712 жыл бұрын
I believe this is the route the channel ought to take, more macro sociology/economics and geopolitics through your lens of historical analysis rather than althist. As always great vid!
@johnkirstein3332 жыл бұрын
Unbelievably good video. I kept having to pause and relisten to soak it all in. Thank you. Way I see it is that everyone has their own ideals (values) and blind spots, and we need everyone talking to each other so that pragmatic decisions can be made for both the individual and collective good. Another way of looking at is that there are collectivists and individualists. An extreme on either side ends up suppressing both collective and individual values. Strong balance between individual and collective values leads to strength for both groups of values. In modern politics it seems that the Left is increasingly focused on only the social issues, and bring forward solutions that on paper seem like it would solve the problem, but in the longterm would only make it worse - example, homelessness in Pacific NW cities. The Right tends to ignore that the social problems exist and would rather do nothing. If the Left were left to their own devices, they would constantly try to solve one social problem after another, but continually failing since every new social policy tends to come with unintended negative consequences which are often worse than the original problem they were trying to solve. Similarly, if the Right were left to their own devices, they would never change anything for fear of disrupting what they know works. This why we need both and why democracy works so well. We need the Left to point the social issues the society is facing, and we need the right to point out the flaws in their proposed solutions and help them come up with pragmatic solutions that will actually solve the problem without causing a whole chain of other unintended negative side effects.
@Justmonika6969 Жыл бұрын
Well yeah that is ideally how our system is supposed to work. Unfortunately, that is not what happened. What actually happened was that one side (the left in this case) claimed a superior moral high ground at some point after several social victories. Now it doesn't care about or listen to the right and its opinions. Everyone else is just evil. This is the issue with a side completely based on moralistic thinking, there is no rational checks and balances. It isn't remotely moderate anymore. Just look at the left even 10 years ago and compare to now. And just to note: I'm not shitting entirely on the left here for unbalancing our system. The right played a role, specifically in giving the left plentiful ammunition originally.
@mattbrown5511 Жыл бұрын
Can't discuss anything with people that can't even define what a woman is. I'm libertarian just so you know. We need a lot less government in our lives.
@quinn160611 ай бұрын
do you hvae any crack for me
@lmv18883 жыл бұрын
"When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson
@ramnsesallen43753 жыл бұрын
I may have missed something but how does this relate to the vid? (Genuinely curious)
@lmv18883 жыл бұрын
@@ramnsesallen4375 it doesn't, thought that was clear enough...
@B_Cleric_Time3 жыл бұрын
Fuck Thomas Jefferson
@oligarchies3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if he'd be okay with his slaves murdering him then
@B_Cleric_Time3 жыл бұрын
@@oligarchies yeahh hell yeah soup sister
@brianh93583 жыл бұрын
The main problem I have with this type of map is that at the 50 percent mark an area gets thrown into one category or another. In reality the map should be a bunch of shades of purple. None of these areas are so purely one or the other.
@jatelitherius98422 жыл бұрын
You’d be surprised. Some places are really 80% one way or the othet
@kaixiang53902 жыл бұрын
@@jatelitherius9842 like where? Prettymuch every state in the US is liberal in the city and conservative in the rural areas
@jatelitherius98422 жыл бұрын
@@kaixiang5390 thats what i mean though
@nyalan83852 жыл бұрын
@@kaixiang5390 that's literally a perfect example
@novaace24742 жыл бұрын
I mean were I live in central pa I'd give you 50 bucks If you could find a democrat on my street.
@cjwardill2 жыл бұрын
Was trying to see if I could Gage where you sit based on how you described each side. Very well done I feel your pain.
@oldtop4682 Жыл бұрын
Well done! This sums it up perfectly. Most Americans still fall in the center (slightly right), but our political class can't seem to figure it out. Further, we are now so divided that any compromise (which is kind of the definition of what politicians are supposed to do) is seem in a negative light. I've been on the Earth long enough to see BOTH parties do really stupid things whenever they have full control. The founders were wise - we have a House that can turn over every 2 years to quell the really stupid stuff. And, we have a Senate that is designed to delay/stop the stupid that can happen from the House. What worries me though is the increased power given to the Executive. It started during WWII when budget execution went to the POTUS, and more and more power has risen to that level since then. That's a problem.
@Kolateak_3 жыл бұрын
0:27 I love how Bosnia & Herzegovina is literally 100% regional And Poland just 100% rightist
@MilanElan3 жыл бұрын
And they should keep it that way
@starmaker753 жыл бұрын
most of the major cities in poland disagree. also western and northern poland disagree.
@infanos37203 жыл бұрын
@David Arauz east Germany is right Af because of the soviet puppet state.
@haltdieklappe79723 жыл бұрын
Poland is right wing with the exception of a few western regions, warsaw and Poznan
@LauPaSat-pl3 жыл бұрын
@@starmaker75 As a Pole I disagree. Big cities are left leaning for our standards, but still right leaning when compared to other Western countries
@JacF67343 жыл бұрын
"There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a united Left and Right."
@thenomad473 жыл бұрын
You know you fucked up BADLY when you've united a country's left and right
@matthewbrandt50533 жыл бұрын
I really hope we can work together. My fear is we won't, that neither left nor right will fight climate change effectivly or combat the spread of china.
@mayastic95703 жыл бұрын
@@matthewbrandt5053 there's not much spread of China to combat, they kinda did that themselfs. You can look at polymatter's video's It's a 4 video set off China's downfall as a potential world superpower. It's mostly the right blocking climate change action all over the planet so neither wanting to fight climate change is very much wrong.
@thenomad473 жыл бұрын
@@matthewbrandt5053 The problem is, we're looking at it the wrong way. The fight isn't "left vs right", it's "Authoritarian vs Freedom", I'm literally as "far left" as one can get (Anarcho-Communist), and I'd happily stand by a right wing freedom loving libertarian (the "far-right") who believes in freedom and capitalism. Why? Because both of our points come from our love of Freedom, we just have different viewpoints on how to use and express that freedom. Especially if it's against factors like China and Climate Change
@lordzallen3 жыл бұрын
@@thenomad47 that is the observation of a multi axis system. as someone who is centrist to libleft, i would much rather have libright in charge than authleft.
@cursed_halo35062 жыл бұрын
I love the amazing content you put out, but one small issue I've found is that the volume of your videos kinda fluctuates greatly. This video has a comfortable enough volume but most are pretty low.
@jontalbot12 жыл бұрын
I describe myself as a social democrat rather than socialist or liberal. My complaint is the left has stopped thinking seriously about the things that really matter to people- income, housing, health, crime etc. The right simply thinks the answer to everything is the free market
@senarmstrongfanaccount2 жыл бұрын
that is imo the problem with lots of modern leftists and social democrats as well. they focus too much on niche issues that lots of people don't care or know about instead on looking at issues that resonate with lots of people like economy crime and healthcare which makes them seem very out of touch
@constitutionaldennis3 жыл бұрын
“China is trying to take over Asia” Understatement of the year if you ask me.
@marinuswillett61473 жыл бұрын
Actually, it's fairly accurate. Most of the areas where China is seeking total control are in Asia. They want to be a major influence in other areas, but the farther you get away from Asoa, the harder it gets for China to project power
@fandomguy80253 жыл бұрын
@@marinuswillett6147 Yeah, as an understatement they mean that China is even more extreme than what that sentence entails.
@constitutionaldennis3 жыл бұрын
@@marinuswillett6147 While I agree with that on paper, I've seen them take control of entire 'departamentos' (the equivalent to a county) in Southern Patagonia and militarize the area to prevent anyone from getting in. Also I've heard they're doing the same shit in Mexico and parts of Africa. If we let them, China will be the new colonial power.
@marinuswillett61473 жыл бұрын
@@constitutionaldennis I wasn't aware of that. Where did you get this information? I'm curious. It sounds plausible, but I'd need more evidence
@constitutionaldennis3 жыл бұрын
@@marinuswillett6147 Sure, you can check out the 'Condor Cliff-La Barrancosa dam', which is only 3 hours away from my town. People here call it Argenchina haha. A very large perimeter surrounding it is militarized, which is convenient since my province has the least population density in the country, so it's not like many people would notice.
@urphakeandgey63083 жыл бұрын
"Ethnic minorities who tend to be socially conservative, but don't want to be culturally dominated by the ethnic majority." That's straight truth. My experience as a minority too has been very socially conservative, but when it comes to politics everyone suddenly swings left and I think it's just because of that, whether they want to own up to it or not.
@briangarcia73843 жыл бұрын
It makes sense though
@Marquinhos19012 жыл бұрын
yeah latinos/muslisms etc fall into this category in the Modern USA
@Aliksander542 жыл бұрын
So social and economic disintegration are chosen over assimilation and prosperity. Please stop trying to convince me that the ethno-nats are right.
@jalicea16502 жыл бұрын
I'm Latino and that's very true for us. Puerto Ricans are very socially conservative on social issues, but are very left of center on economics. If Democrats were smarter they'd drop the LGBT inspired, "Latinx" verbiage and focus purely on economics then Latinos would overwhelmingly vote Democratic even more-so.
@jasonwriggs2 жыл бұрын
@@jalicea1650 Why? Shouldn't progressive white democrats continue to tell all other ethnic groups what they are allowed to call themselves? (African-American, first world nations, Latinx... etc...) The democrats still own them if conservative minorities vote for democrats. They already control what you are allowed to think anyway.
@katiez6882 жыл бұрын
When people talk about income inequality they aren’t saying everyone should make the same. The concern is wages have stayed stagnant since the 1970s and not kept pace with increased cost of living. This is eviscerating the U.S. middle class and they have increasingly slipped into being closer to “working poor” than what we think of as middle class. Most people don’t really want a lot of expensive stuff. They want decent housing, reliable utilities, transportation, healthcare, and a general ability to pay for these and other basic necessities as long as they work a full-time job. The elites in this country have been squeezing the American middle class for decades and it makes their lives severely stressful and precarious.
@Cybernaut5512 жыл бұрын
17:54 "We need trusting teamwork." I applaud how you stated this to the point. Unfathomable fact.
@zeriel91483 жыл бұрын
The main issue with stereotypes about the right and left is that many people alternate which side they're on throughout their lives. I think what really seems to happen is that when one side (or even non-left-right faction) gets too much social power, their over-reaching leads to purity spirals and drives people in their own faction away, and in general leads to social strife. You can see how quickly this can turn around using an example like the US--the social hysteria even as recently as the 90s was from the right, but now we've been living through a social hysteria of authoritarianism driven by the left for at least a decade.
@incognitotorpedo422 жыл бұрын
Sorta. The authoritarian Social Justice crowd has driven me away from the Democrats, but the fascist lunatics drive me away from the Right. I'm party-less, but in terms of voting, the lesser evil is almost always a Dem.
@Marquinhos19012 жыл бұрын
yes i was born in 1996 and i remember how the Right were the ones getting worked up over nearly everything lol.
@andrewmedley2 жыл бұрын
try Canada we go thru lot of this is ol ''this is good/bad idea and no this is /it is not'' by lots of the parties
@w_68802 жыл бұрын
As people mature, they begin to realize that a bloated military is unneeded, but demanding society change to the whims of 2% of the population is unnecessary as well.
@travelinman790 Жыл бұрын
You're right about that, I used to vote republican, but after years of talking to Republicans they literally scared me out of the party. Such a hateful tribe, I don't want to be associated with anything they do. It's only gotten worse since Trump became president. They claim to be the party of the "free", but support things like banning abortion, which means they are just hypocrites. Not a big fan of the true left either. I say that cause people think liberal is left on the political spectrum
@AnimationFanboy2k43 жыл бұрын
Russia, China and Switzerland: Eating popcorn
@ArlindoBuriti3 жыл бұрын
Russia... dictatorship China... dictatorship Switzerland good country they are conservative for a european country so...
@peterroberts44153 жыл бұрын
They better be careful. Wars against external threats are often used to unite people
I must say, being diagnosed as a sociopath helped me understand why I hold the views I do, constantly struggling against my antisocial urges for my whole life.
@babla694202 жыл бұрын
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@Cheese23145 Жыл бұрын
WHAT!
@Cheese23145 Жыл бұрын
WTF!
@semi-useful5178 Жыл бұрын
@@Cheese23145 People these days.
@jamesabernethy7896 Жыл бұрын
A bit late to this video. The differences between the two sides are relatively clear for the most part but it was nice to have everything condensed so succinctly into a short video, very effective.
@PandorasFolly3 жыл бұрын
You forgot a major backer of the left wing in the US.....Train Enthusiasts.
@Kaddywompous3 жыл бұрын
I don’t know. My dad has a whole room dedicated to his model train universe and he voted for Biden.
@kitkat47chrysalis953 жыл бұрын
i dont get it
@PandorasFolly3 жыл бұрын
@@kitkat47chrysalis95 in the united states the right wing and private business have made a concerted effort to kill public transportation since the 1930s. People who are just big fans of trains and want more trains must back the left and democrats to get those things. Two fun things. 1. Try and plan a trip by train from LA to NYC 2. The plot of roger rabbit really happened. Los Angeles used to have a massive public rail system and the automobile manufacturers bought them up and dismantled them.
@john_smith_john3 жыл бұрын
"major"
@scipioafricanus58713 жыл бұрын
@@john_smith_john lol
@stormhawk313 жыл бұрын
"The reason that the fight between the Left and the Right is so contentious is that, at heart, it's a religious war..." EXACTLY. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT. You could have ended the video right there. That one statement hits the nail dead on the head.
@ForbiddenFollyFollower3 жыл бұрын
Seems like ideology is just a form of religion and religion is inescapable.
@MeanBeanComedy3 жыл бұрын
@@ForbiddenFollyFollower Exactly. The New Atheists were cringe AND wrong!
@michaela26343 жыл бұрын
Leftists are just filling the void in their Godless hearts because man needs religion.
@MeanBeanComedy3 жыл бұрын
@@whimsiquisitive 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻☦️✝️☦️✝️☦️
@CantoniaCustoms3 жыл бұрын
And the American right conflates the constitution with God, even though if just looking from a religious lens you're supposed to help *everyone* Granted, the government has its own obligations to its own people and thus it holds duty to ensure the wellbeing of its own citizens before helping migrants, but that's kind of a cope.
@ingold14702 жыл бұрын
12:05 - This becomes more true the further back you go in the right-wing tradition. Joseph de Maistre (the French version of Burke) was a fatalist who viewed the horrors of the French Revolution as God punishing France for its sins, and considered religion to be so essential to holding society together that even one which practiced human sacrifice was preferable to none at all. 11:36 - I see someone likes to play as Empire
@anthrosapien37842 жыл бұрын
"Forget about left wing or right wing, a bird can't fly with only one wing" - Prince EA 2020
@craftthemoon3 жыл бұрын
*reads title* Oh boy, this comment section is going to be fun...
@greytroll16323 жыл бұрын
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@xp89693 жыл бұрын
Long story short we hate the Right because we hate fascism and we love freedom while the Right hates freedom and loves fascism, it's as simple as that ✊
@michaela26343 жыл бұрын
@@xp8969 Equating the entire right with fascism is completely irrational. Besides, the modern left is the antithesis of pro-freedom.
@vortigan90683 жыл бұрын
@@xp8969 Bruh what a clown
@imperators_87003 жыл бұрын
Woooosh, X P is clearly trolling lol
@TheKulu423 жыл бұрын
I'd say one problem is that the word "compromise" has been dropped by both the Left and the Right. More and more, both sides think in terms of absolutes. The other side is wrong about everything and evil, too.
@bloodshotred63342 жыл бұрын
When both sides are retarded, do we really need to compromise stupid with more stupid?
@rockin10142 жыл бұрын
Only a sith deals in absolutes
@TheKulu422 жыл бұрын
@@bloodshotred6334 Basically, both sides have allowed the extremists to take over.
@enbrat58592 жыл бұрын
@@TheKulu42 not necessarily true, dumb people are louder. “Trump supporter helps liberal grandma across the street” doesn’t really make the news, but “Trump supporter shoots liberal grandma” does. It doesn’t matter the motive, party, etc. the person who committed murder is wrong, and today, with social media, it gives more access for the loud and stupid to let everyone else hear them.
@TheKulu422 жыл бұрын
@@enbrat5859 Basically, the big channels like Fox and CNN are more interested in ratings than just saying what's happening. And the way they get ratings is telling their audiences what they want to hear.
@loekvanbentum39072 жыл бұрын
id like to see your sources, particularly interested in that map of Europe's right and left division from 2014. do you have the link to it?
@Wifyish Жыл бұрын
Most confusing is that in sweden red=left and right=blue 😅
@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa693 жыл бұрын
as someone who has checked out of all forms of politics and even really reading the news over the past few years, you are the only person making any sense
@kylejamessmithproductions78483 жыл бұрын
Nah a lot of what he said was very reductionist
@bigbadlara53043 жыл бұрын
@@kylejamessmithproductions7848 could you explain why? I thought this video was really good.
@kylejamessmithproductions78483 жыл бұрын
@@bigbadlara5304 It's extremely America centric. Most of the terms he uses such as the SJW being considered "far left" and conservatives being in favour of interventionism. In reality a lot of the groups he talks about fall under liberalism, even the sjw, because they will still support capitalism and businesses. Whereas the far left across the world typically, wants the abolition of capitalism and to instate socialism / communism instead.
@eightyfiv323 жыл бұрын
@@kylejamessmithproductions7848 welp I thought SJW was far left as well. Hmmm (just realizing that liberal is such a broad term that its kind of hard to understand what you mean)
@kylejamessmithproductions78483 жыл бұрын
@@eightyfiv32 Yeah no, in a sense it is far left, but only through the lens of American politics. Worldwide its at most progressive, but usually somewhere around the centre, which is where liberalism falls under.
@sandrawolff17863 жыл бұрын
Both myself and my husband (retired Professor!) absolutely love what you're presenting here, but we both felt that you presented it Way.Too.Fast.! We both had a hard time following your finer points, and would love to see this presentation with some time to ruminate over what you have said. Yes, I would have told you this anyway, but my husband (retired Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology, no less; he's picky about that distinction,) asked me to weigh in about the 'too fast' aspect specifically! We will have to watch this several times, which is inconvenient, given our schedules. - But Thank You for producing this! It does make sense. We would just like to see that sense with some ability to digest it! =)
@ChiefUmejesi2 жыл бұрын
As a non-native English speaker I completely agree, but would also remind you that you can use the KZfaq's feature to slow down the playback speed.
@TorMax92 жыл бұрын
Human envy and greed and paranoia and corruption and emotions and propaganda and group-think and manipulation and intolerance and self-pity and blaming and rationalisation and stupidity and idées fixes and stubbornness and creativity and ambitions and enterprise and team work and conscientiousness and loyalty and competence and grit and determination and enthusiasm and inspiration and grace and idealism and dreams and compassion and spirituality, etc., etc., etc., does not work like electrical engineering technology, alas, they have fuzzy and infinitely extended boundaries, difficult if not impossible to model in a scientific or engineering way. They all overlap, mingle, synchronise dynamically over time and circumstances. It's a messy business. It's a wonderful business. It's the human condition, what got us from the primaeval slime to writing witty comments over the internet. Too fast? It was an enjoyable ride the first time. I don't need to see it a second time. Cheers!
@dewildlifts2 жыл бұрын
You can just the run the video at a lower speed
@Robin-db8oh2 жыл бұрын
I find that having to watch something several times to try to unpack and understand all the points made is a mark of good content. It helps me to take notes on any little detail once I've identified what its really all about and then move on to the next one with a clear mind. I use a Zettelkasten system for that, more specifically an app called Obsidian which I am a huge fan of. I will certainly be doing that for this video and others from his channel, since I find the content to be most valuable.
@Cordon32 жыл бұрын
I pause the video or go back 15 seconds
@tfunknationtown2 жыл бұрын
Can I get the source of those graphs you referenced regarding moral dimensions?
@boneless_shrimp2 жыл бұрын
Holy crap dude i accidentally clicked on one of ur videos from 4 years ago, & ur audio improved MASSIVELY lol
@gaymoder3 жыл бұрын
this is the most american-centric video ive seen of yours, like holy tories.
@Jack-oj7dq3 жыл бұрын
facts
@michaela26343 жыл бұрын
He's American and the majority of his audience is American.
@yerdasellsavon92323 жыл бұрын
The base assumption of what left and right make no sense beyond the American suburban middle class, as in left=SJW and right=trumptard
@IvorMektin17013 жыл бұрын
@@Name-dv4qu Your oil is bought with the dollar and your username is American pop culture. Insidious ain't it?
First time I've seen a sponsorship that actually interests me. I'm actually gonna pause this video to get ground news. Edit: best features aren't free, but still useful even for free.
@Great_Olaf53 жыл бұрын
Free users do have a limit on how many versions of the article we can look at. Found that out the hard way.
@zachmorris97233 жыл бұрын
@@Great_Olaf5 you can get past that paywall with one of the cheaper paid plans (that I have) is only 99 cents per month, which is extremely reasonable. Before using Ground I probably spent a few hours a month cross-referencing different sources when reading the news, so it's worth it for me.
@erichonecker10102 жыл бұрын
Wow that was a really good video. This channel has some great ones.
@frocco71252 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, but I strongly disagree with the assuption that "the left" inherently beliefs that humans are naturally generous or altruistic, and that human nature is moldable. Maybe some weird hippie people think that, but it's far from being the standard. There are many "left wing" beliefs that are built on the assumption that humans *are* naturally greedy, and our society should be built around that. Many forms of socialism for instance assume that humans are naturally greedy, not just under capitalism. And those seek to build a society with strongly reduced class diffrences, one in which the economic interests of the individual align with those of the community. You help your community, you help yourself, and vice versa. Many socialists will argue that the best social system is one that still works if everyone is an absolute POS. That capitalism sucks speciffically because it turns human greed, which will always exist, into something negative. Karl Marx, the big boy of socialism and communism, he didn't believe humans were these naturally good creatures, no. He believed that his vision of communism was a desirable goal speciffically because humans were naturally self serving. His whole belief in the class war was also built off that. That throughout human history diffrent social classes have always been in a struggle for selfish wealth and power. He believed this materialistic greed was a fundamental part of humanity and a driving force of social conflict throughout history. If you want a more current day example, Noam Chomsky, a left wing/ anarchist leaning professor and linguist, even pointed out how dangerous it is to assume that humans are blank slates, as it is a belief that could benefit authoritarian states and allow them to propagandize the youth. So no, some pretty prominent left wing voices disagree with the ideas of human blank slates or altruism. That's not a belief that's inherent to the left. You might just as well argue that this is a conservative/right wing belief, since the economic right will constantly argue for abolishing welfare and replacing it with voluntary charity, because "people are naturally generous". Making the poor dependent on the altruism of the rich.
@sluggo2062 жыл бұрын
He's talking about the entire left-of-center universe in many different countries and decades, and the commonalities between them and how their beliefs historically emerged. The left is not just the far left fringe; it's everybody left of a liberal-conservative midpoint. The US midpoint is further to the right than in other Western countries or past eras, so that makes it more difficult. But still, it's the entire left vs the entire right, and he's correct about the origins and motivations of these two coalition worldviews. Thee are also issues that have fallen into one camp or the other for no apparent reason, like vax/anti-vax and mask/anti-mask. These are just aberrations, and I believe that if one or two leaders had just said something slightly different, they wouldn't have fallen where they did or become polarized. So we can ignore those unless they become established for decades.
@wanderingthewastes61592 жыл бұрын
That's literally the entire philosophical argument conservatives/libertarians make FOR capitalism, just switch the words arounds and change the complementary ideas and you got yourself a conservative comment.
@wanderingthewastes61592 жыл бұрын
Mike Orr no, America is more libertarian than the rest of the world, not right wing. Socially speaking they are miles ahead of pretty much everyone in Asia/Africa/The Middle East, and generally of Latin America and Eastern Europe. To see so many *Western* Europeans proclaim America is so far right when it's actually quite the opposite (Western civilization is the most leftist civilization ever) is quite laughable.
@frocco71252 жыл бұрын
@David Tredwell Excusez-moi? Conservatives want to defend and expand the police and state authority every time there's a controversy, want to use the state to lock down and restrict sexual minorities, and want the state and politicians to be free of responsibilities to uplift people without privilege. That is all pro-state. Maybe this is hard to see from an inside the country perspective, but in the US conservatives are literally the most authoritarian voting block. Sorry if that sounds harsh.
@frocco71252 жыл бұрын
@@wanderingthewastes6159 Well, I do feel like there's a subset of libertarians that could get along with lefties, that have the same values at heart and just express them diffrently. The Charlie Kirk vs Vaush debate made me think that.
@forickgrimaldus83012 жыл бұрын
"Forget the promise of understanding for In the grim dark of the Far future there is only war, there is no peace amongst the stars only an eternity of carnage and slaughter and the laughter of thirsting gods" -Warhammer 40k When everyone hates each other than nothing would change only the sounds of the grinding wheels of time and decay.
@ForbiddenFollyFollower2 жыл бұрын
There is only Allah.
@forickgrimaldus83012 жыл бұрын
@@ForbiddenFollyFollower technically there are Islamic based Armies in 40K such as the Macarbian Janissaries and the Tallarn Desert Raiders.
@BOG0690 Жыл бұрын
Human being love to fight.
@xShadowChrisx Жыл бұрын
@@ForbiddenFollyFollower where? In the garbage bin with the other made up hebrew folk tales?
@user-fc7kj2hv3w3 жыл бұрын
On abortion I don't think you're right that it's because women are shirking their duty. I'm pretty sure they just see the fetus as being an alive human being and thus abortion is a legal version of infanticide
@hohenzollern60253 жыл бұрын
It's a combination of both. He has a very superficial understanding of it all himself.
@sophiawilson86962 жыл бұрын
Why there abortions at all? Prevention is the key.
@alexanderfretheim57202 жыл бұрын
Yes and to be honest, I don't think the left actually disagrees with them on that. I think they PRETEND to disagree with them on that because they don't want to talk about it and if they deny that the fetus is a human life they create an impenetrable rhetorical quagmire. If you want an HONEST answer to why the Left sees things the way they do on abortion, watch "The Cider House Rules" (1999). The left is okay with murdering the fetus because they see the world as overpopulated and believe that morality is subjective, so if the woman doesn't love her own child, her child is not worthy of love or protection, because the women is the only one who knows her unborn child and therefore the only one who can love it. Basically, the left believes 1) we need fewer people, and 2) women should decide which of their children are worthy of living.
@kaiser48832 жыл бұрын
@@alexanderfretheim5720 is interesting that the left talks about reducing the amount of children born when we actually need more, since the fertility rates of developed populations is going down that means whe have a extremely old population that anchors the society because they are unable to produce and there isn't enouf able working people to pay for things like pensions roads or Healthcare
@dontcallthemliberals33162 жыл бұрын
Tough one, I can be pretty damn conservative on a lot of issues. He described my view pretty damn accurately on abortion. It gets murky though because admitting it makes you a social pariah in most circles so I couldn't tenably make the argument without becoming a meme. You are spitting on the graves of your ancestors in a legit Darwinian rationale. The best argument you can tenably make is that its watered down eugenics, however I'm cool with aborting disabled fetus so I'd be a hypocrite to use it. To Alexander's point I have a lefty brother who admits its undeniably murder 'but that doesn't mean I'm judging or think it should be outlawed' I used to use that one until I got called out by my boss like "bullshit, you are ALWAYS making a judgement or you wouldn't bother arguing about it at all" that hit me hard.
@ogChaaka2 жыл бұрын
Some people just want to be left alone and some people just can't seem to leave them alone
@21Wisdom92 Жыл бұрын
Amazing video! I will come back to this one for reference in the future I'm sure. Thank you for compiling and organizing the information and thoughts that I've had in my head for a while! As a conservative, I enjoyed every minute of this. My only minor correction/addition would be concerning abortion. Yes, motherhood is a large part of the issue but the death of the child is the primary motivation for our stubborness. If you could, apart from conception, objectively determine the before and after point of being human then there would be no argument. Specific qualities such as brain capacity or physical appearance can't be used because they would void the belief in an infinitely valuable personhood. These points would have to be addressed to convince us.
@abercrombieblovs2042 Жыл бұрын
Say (and I ask this because I argued this very point of the timeline of human life with a conservative friend for almost two weeks without result)... To convince you, would an argument of the timeline of human life have to be framed in terms of: Science? (i.e. "when does brain activity begin", "when does its metabolism start")? Or Spiritual/common sense (i.e. "it moves therefore it is alive", "when aborted it shows pain therefore it is as human as I am")?
@dougshell25433 жыл бұрын
Thanks Prof! Can't argue at all - thank you for the maps and infographics. These videos are a great resource in my personal studies.
@G0TIMAN3 жыл бұрын
Left and right differ greatly in Europe and the US, so speaking of "west" here is typical American-centrism.
@AlwaysHustling3 жыл бұрын
stfu lmao
@michaela26343 жыл бұрын
Europeans eternally whining. Go watch his other videos and learn how fucked your comfy asses are.
@G0TIMAN3 жыл бұрын
American "left" in Poland is more like a center. I bet some americans would describe our rightwing rulling party as socialist xD
@michaela26343 жыл бұрын
@@G0TIMAN Your right wing is nationalist. People here would call them far right (which is ridiculous).
@G0TIMAN3 жыл бұрын
@@michaela2634 I would describe them as conservative and etatist. Polish nationalist usually are more against capitalism.
@unbuggable5943 Жыл бұрын
A year later, this still holds up.
@Rokeen-Zeboss2 жыл бұрын
I gotta say for a KZfaq You're really unbiased as much as I would like to put you on the right Or the left I just can't put you on a side well done
@ca03203 жыл бұрын
Never felt the need to comment on a KZfaq vid before but your content is so underrated. One of the last videos you did “why are we so unhappy” was so on point, I watched it back to back and then circled back later to give it another rewatch and learned something different each time. Keep up the Amazing work!
@willgriff3 жыл бұрын
#facts
@mayastic95703 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry but I'm not impressed by this video atm. There's a lot off explaining happening here but very few sources, and the sources that where used are often absolute garbage. You could call it a theory if your generous but there's hardly any facts to back them up at this point.
@JV-km9xk3 жыл бұрын
@@mayastic9570 Have you watched the jollyheretic? That guy may bring some of the things you are looking for though I forgot which videos he cites and discusses that which you seek.
@markdin29883 жыл бұрын
@@mayastic9570 I bet you’re mad he cited Thomas sowell
@ehhe43813 жыл бұрын
Gridlock is EXACTLY what the Founding Fathers designed into the system so that changes have to arrive by large consensus. They thought this slowness in creating changes (checks and balances) avoids tyranny. So if we have gridlock, the system IS working.
@bmonty19152 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Without said built in gridlock the U.S. would be thrown about back and forth violently and ultimately fail.
@jaydenshepard79282 жыл бұрын
No, because it depends on both sides being able to actually listen to each other to SOME degree and compromise. Right now neither side is doing either of those things. Checks and balances is NOT equal to fucking gridlock, change being gradual and stable is not the same as completely stagnate and ineffective.
@TRololololololo232 жыл бұрын
@@jaydenshepard7928 Well the Senate has passed the big bipartisan infrastructure bill so I guess some compromise is possible even today.
@jaydenshepard79282 жыл бұрын
@@TRololololololo23 Infrastructure isnt something that had to be compromised on, everyone loves infrastructure. Its possibly the least controversial thing a politician can vote in favor of. It creates jobs and makes voters happy. Its the most meta thing a government can do when in doubt.
@aussiegod42692 жыл бұрын
Pretty much. It forces consensus
@drankin_barry60052 жыл бұрын
As per usual, great vid! Thanks
@saidabachabergschdaigamuesli2 жыл бұрын
I love your Videos Whatsifalthist
@njb11263 жыл бұрын
Another fascination lecture. Have you thought about making a video detailing why today’s modern western youth romanticizes misery?
@GOF-pk9mg3 жыл бұрын
He touched upon that in the last video beasicaly its becuase everyone unhappy and theres no huge war, or country they are proud of, or religion they follow that would give them hope aswell as then just being generally poor
@MrHellknightimp3 жыл бұрын
Damn that's a good question
@jimmyjohnson82333 жыл бұрын
Nathan. it's coz the future for the middle class blows and everyone knows it.
@dariabusek35663 жыл бұрын
>>why today’s modern western youth romanticizes misery?
@thenomad473 жыл бұрын
@@dariabusek3566 No, it's because we know everything is about to be an absolute shit show within the next 10 to 20 years, so, we're bracing ourselves to enjoy the shit show as best we can.
@jasper59023 жыл бұрын
Keep in mind the moral foundations is still just a theory for now and are not very rigorous yet. But it does provide some insight that we need
@CHURCHISAWESUM3 жыл бұрын
It's almost a tautological system, but pointing it out reminds people of the obvious which is needed in such a rootless society. Its test of time will be how much people stretch and misrepresent the definitions of the 6 in order to win petty arguments undeservedly and protect their egos. As we know the human capacity to do that is infinite.
@Drekromancer3 жыл бұрын
@@CHURCHISAWESUMWell said, king.
@THExROYSTER Жыл бұрын
The Bible says a man's heart will naturally succumb to evil.
@engincigerciogullari Жыл бұрын
Thank you for another unique video 🌿🌸
@pattobyo3 жыл бұрын
The way you very casually speak about libertarians and acknowledge their existence is mind blowing. There needs to be more people talking about politics in this kind of way.
@TehFlush3 жыл бұрын
Lolbergs are cringe
@KarlSnarks3 жыл бұрын
But Americans aren't yet ready to acknowledge the original definition of Libertarianism, Libertarian socialism. Only in the 20th century did the word get coopted by the right.
@TehFlush3 жыл бұрын
@@KarlSnarks they're literally polar opposites, einstein
@nothingofinterest80483 жыл бұрын
@@TehFlush Actually Libertarianism was originated as a staunchly left wing ideology, if you read the communist manifesto you would know that Marx talked about libertarianism a lot and how he was pro libertarian socialism. The right wing literally bragged about stealing the ideology name from them.
@nothingofinterest80483 жыл бұрын
@@TehFlush plus nothing in socialism contradicts libertarian values, Vaush is a good example of a libertarian socialist, he believes that anyone should have the right to do what they want as long as it doesn’t infringe on someone else. But at the same time he talks about how not all freedom is good, an analogy he often uses is “if you strand someone in a lawless desert are they truly free?” Which is why he supports being able to have the liberty to have free healthcare and to live without massive student debt. So no they are not in anyway polar opposites.
@KellAnderson3 жыл бұрын
The conservative position on education isn't that its useless, its that the government is the worst custodian of education due to the lack of any incentive to do it properly.
@user-it2kq4ty9q3 жыл бұрын
everything in you learn in grade school above 7th grade is pretty useless the school system needs to be completely remade
@CptTexas13 жыл бұрын
Modern schools were literally designed by people who wanted everyone to shut up and listen to the government so that the prols wouldn't get uppity. Don't confuse past education with modern indoctrination.
@MrDVG-fe9ms3 жыл бұрын
Parents are a big voting Block, whose interests are among other things high quality education for their children.
@savagepeace3 жыл бұрын
@A Z Hope your comment gets deleted again buddy
@MrDVG-fe9ms3 жыл бұрын
@A Z Reading? Writing? Basic Maths/ Grammar? We don't need those in a society
@jefferygoldthorpe919 Жыл бұрын
Why do we need wings anyway? Time to invest in a blimp.
@savannahmower4074 Жыл бұрын
Downloaded the app. Thanks for the recommendation!
@darthbigred223 жыл бұрын
This is pretty much what a lot of us have come to see as well. Good on you for realizing Nazism was Darwinian in nature and you are correct about the origins of western liberalism. I think whether you start with Jan Hus or Martin Luther it's obvious that the various other revolutions all spring from there.
@sirrathersplendid48252 жыл бұрын
I was surprised by that Darwinian thing. But I suppose ‘master race’ implies that they considered themselves the highest form of life. But, did they think they were ‘evolving’ towards something better? Hmmm...
@cypress26472 жыл бұрын
Read up on actual theory yourself, dont believe that leaders or organizations are following these theories just because they say they are. It is very often just used as a justification even if the ideology itself doesnt promote this kind of thing. Darwins theories could never reasonably be used to promote any of that kind of behaviour. Darwins theories are descriptive, not prescriptive. That is to say, it is a description of what is, not a prescription of what should be. And even if it was, that wouldnt mean that genocide would be justified, and it also wouldnt mean that the aryans were the superior race either. In other words: Dont believe nazis were darwinist or christians because they said they were. This applies to modern times as well. Dont believe china is communist because they say they are. Dont believe tyrants, they lie to get what they want. It should be an obvious point.
@warrenpuckett4203 Жыл бұрын
This has been around longer than Chicken Little and the sky is falling. There always is somebody making money out of it and ends up living in a palace. The difference between the the Marxists and Nazis is pretty much the same crooked path taken to the same destination. In reality the Roman Empire is still here. Still there in the middle of Rome Anybody that thinks children are naturally selfless, has not paid attention to a two year old. Most will do whatever it takes until it is time to say"Can't we all just get along." My DNA is 99.999% the same as the 1000 generations preceding me.
@Comrieion3 жыл бұрын
Disliked for implying Florida sinking is a bad thing
@josephsaafan78383 жыл бұрын
It is a bad thing millions of people live there
@SylvainBOSSON-og8fi Жыл бұрын
I like to listen to you how you speech and present, explain to us , so much those drawings pictures painting are super everything telling us so clearly ,how you teach all those definitions also I m laughing a lot when I read some sentences.great thanks for your videos.I see better, very helpful all main questions are showing.
@highgrounder2 жыл бұрын
6:07 I’m dying at the libertarian
@dairebulson71223 жыл бұрын
The "Right" and "Left" is so different and varied in different countries that it's hard to draw any sort of overarching trend
@bradastra61112 жыл бұрын
yah true, im portuguese and the so called "right" its just a socialist party..
@veggiesupreme35562 жыл бұрын
Yes exactly the UK conservatives are by most measures more left wing than the US democrats
@apreviousseagle8362 жыл бұрын
You guys missed the point. If your "right wing party" in your country is really a leftist party, your country does not have a right wing party. Your leftists won.
@veggiesupreme35562 жыл бұрын
@@apreviousseagle836 good I’m glad they did as we now have a party that supports socialised healthcare yet still has good economic sense
@apreviousseagle8362 жыл бұрын
@@veggiesupreme3556 Yes, I like waiting a year for a basic surgery and 9 hours in ER wondering if I'm going to die in the lobby before I get to see a doctor. And for that I LOOOOVE the 50% tax (I live in Canada, ask me how I know all this shit)
@vladimirgunnar70153 жыл бұрын
The upload rate is great. Hope this continues. I like the new consept.
@jasonsierchio11672 жыл бұрын
While I don't agree 100% with the video, it is well thought out and the parts I don't agree w/ are definitely debatable... not saying they're wrong. I shared this video and I really love your channel.
@pohatunuva37712 жыл бұрын
Holy shit first sponsor I've ever seen that I'm interested in.