"WhatifAlthist" | World History, Philosophy, Culture
WhatifAltHist is a podcast from Rudyard Lynch that looks to try to find the patterns in history and anthropology so as to predict the future and understand the dynamics that result in civilizations rising and falling. It began as an enormously popular alternate history channel with nearly 600K listeners and more than 100M views on YouTube. Rudyard Lynch also hosts the podcast History 102 with Erik Torenberg, which attempts to solidly explain pivotal historical events in depth in under an hour.
Topics covered: World History, Philosophy, Civilization, Culture
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Bibliography:
The Righteous Mind by Jon Haidt
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
End Times by Peter Turchin
The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGhilchrist
The Storm before the Calm by George Friedman
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
Woke Racism by John McWhorter
Leviathan and its Enemies by Sam Francis
Regime Change by Patrick Deneen
The Origins of Woke by Richard Hanania
The Unabomber's Manifesto
The Revolt of the Elites by Lasch
The Total State by Auron Macintyre
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Seeing like a State by James Scott
After Liberalism by Paul Gottfried
Japan and the Shackles of the Past by Taggart Murphy
Destined for War by Graham Allison
Envy by Helmut Schoeck
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay
Spiral Dynamics by Don Beck
Forgotten Truth by Houston Smith
The Economics of Discontent by Jean Michel Paul
Published 03/17
Explaining Steppe Anti-Civilization
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Beyond the Big Four Eurasian civilizations (Europe, India, Middle East, China) that dominated 90% of humanity, there existed a fifth major player—not a civilization, but its opposite. The Steppe produced history's greatest conquerors despite having 1/100th the population and no cities or formal religions. These nomadic warriors influenced world history as much as any civilization, creating an anti-civilization power that repeatedly brought empires to their knees. The ultimate historical paradox: how could Mongolia conquer China with 1% of its population?
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Bibliography:
A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia by David Christian
The Invention of Yesterday by Tamim Ansary
Europe's Steppe Frontier 1500-1800 by McNeil
Plagues and Peoples by McNeil
Rise of the West by McNeil
Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world by Jack Weatherford
The Khan Trilogy by Khan Iggulden (fiction but is the best intro to Mongol history for lay people since the author does the research really well)
A History of Warfare by John Keegan
A History of Religious Ideas v 3 by Mircea Eliade
War and Peace and War by Peter Turchin
Fighting Techniques of the Oriental World by Rice
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
The Soul of China by Amaury de Riencourt
Nomads and Crusaders by Archibald Lewis
War! What is it Good for by Ian Morris
The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quiggley
Who We Are and How We Got Here by David Reich
The Tree of Culture by Ralph Linton
The Silk Road by Frankopan
Published 03/04
We live in a Totalitarian Society
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As a Zoomer, I process World Wars as ancient history despite their recent shadow. The 20th century stands in opposition to ALL previous human experience, rejecting thousands of years of shared wisdom. Our unprecedented wealth and technological power convinced us to believe things previous generations would find INSANE—that men and women are identical, money can be printed infinitely, and culture doesn't matter. Most shocking: we've built a totalitarian democracy so pervasive we don't even recognize it.
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Bibliography:
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
1984 by George Orwell
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
Why Nations Fail by Acemoglu
Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell
The Dictator's Handbook by Mesquita
Woke Racism by John McWhorter
Leviathan and Its Enemies by Sam Francis
Origins of Woke by Richard Hananai
The Unabomber's Manifesto
The Total State by Auron Macintyre
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Seeing Like a State by James Scott
Gulag Archipelago by Solzhenitsyn
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
On Power by Bertrand de Jouvenal
On Politics by Aristotle
The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
The Origins of Ideology by Todd Immanuel
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de riencourt
Rise of the West by William McNeill
Published 02/13
The Politics of Dehumanization
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Reality operates through paradox—simultaneously everything and nothing, connected yet divided. The most revealing truth? People project their own nature onto their enemies. The left accuses the right of exactly what it does itself: institutional control, hatred, and power obsession. Modern civilization's greatest hypocrisy? Proudly championing "human rights" while systematically dehumanizing its population into interchangeable cogs. This isn't a bug—it's industrial society's primary function and underlying purpose.
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Bibliography:
The Lonely Crowd by David Riesman
Thus Spake Zarathustra by Nietzche
Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
The Gulag Archipelago by Solzenitsyn
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
Humanity's Ascent by Charles Eisenstein
The Unabomber's Manifesto
Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung
Das Kapital by Karl Marx
Universe 65 by Calhoun
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
Nihilism by Seraphim Rose
The Passion of the Western Mind by Tarnas
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
Seeing like a State by James Scott
The Leviathan and Its Enemies by Sam Francis
The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham
The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGhilchrist
Atrocities by Matthew White
The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
The History of Philosophy by Will Durant
The History of Philosophy by Bertrand Rusell
The Web of Meaning by Jeremy Lent
Envy by Helmut Schoeck
The Happiness Hypothesis by John Haidt
Published 02/08
Shatter the Glass of Modernity
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Why are people SHOCKED by the obvious consequences of their actions? We print money and act surprised at inflation. We pursue godless lives and wonder why we feel empty. I've spent years asking the most accomplished people I know—CEOs, politicians, artists—how to live happily as a young man, and received NO satisfying answers. This episode identifies the 12 toxic cultural assumptions driving our collective misery and offers the only path forward: shattering these illusions completely.
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Bibliography:
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
The Myth of Disenchantment by Storm
A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
The Master and His Emissary by McGhilChrist
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jon Haidt
Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Envy by Helmut Schoeck
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay
Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell
The Righteous Mind by Jon Haidt
How to Know a Person by David Brooks
The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate
The Elephant in the Brain by Kevin Simler
Culture of Narcissism by Lasch
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
The Body Keeps the Score by Van Der Kolk
Dominion by Tom Holland
Published 12/29
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A Live Conversation with Samo Burja
In this episode of Whatifalthist, host Rudyard is joined by Samo Burja, founder of Bismarck Analysis and Palladium Magazine. They engage in a wide-ranging discussion covering political dynamics, the impact of technology on society, and the historical parallels that can be drawn from current events. For full shownotes, visit highlight: https://highlightai.com/share/35528506-03e8-4ef2-84b2-5424f7f2fc7b
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Published 11/15
Is Bureaucracy Killing Civilization?
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The World War-era historians—Spengler, Toynbee, Quigley—operated at intellectual levels we can't match today. Despite our "progress" myth, we've intellectually regressed. These giants accurately predicted our 21st century collapse: atheism, caesarism, social alienation, population decline. Their most urgent warning? BUREAUCRACY would destroy Western civilization if left unchecked. We ignored them, and now it's devouring everything that made our civilization great, exactly as they predicted.
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Bibliography: * means book was really important for this video
The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham**
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quigely
The Old Regime and the French Revolution by De Toqueville
A New World Begins by Poptkin
Fire in the Minds of Men by Billington
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
Leviathan and Its Enemies by Sam Francis**
Strategy by Lawrence Freedman
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
The Soul of China by Amaury de Riencourt
The Ruling Classes by Gaetano Mosca
The Fate of Empires by Hubbard
The History of Philosophy by Bertrand Russel
Why Nations Fail by Robinson and Acemoglu
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
The Gulag Archipelago Solzenitsyn
The Total State by Auron Macintyre*
The Revolt of the Elites by Christopher Lasch
The Storm before the Calm by George Friedman*
Rise of the West by McNeil
On Politics by Aristotle
The Soul of India by Amaury de Riencourt
The Sea and Civilization by Lincoln Payne
The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson
Reason and Faith by Sam Gregg
The Shaping of America by Meinig
Caesar and Christ by Will Durant
The Life of Greece by Will Durant
Destiny Disrupted Tamim Ansary
Empires of the Atlantic World by Elliot
The 13th Century World System by Abu Laughed
Colonial Empires from the 18th century by Fieldhouse
War What is it good for by Ian Morris
The Lonely Crowd by David Riesman
Regime Change by Deenan
Atrocities by Matthew White
The Road to Serfdom by Hayek
Published 11/01
A Message to Pennsylvanians
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Growing up with Catholic/Protestant parents showed me how ideas shape reality—and why people throughout history die for them. As a child, I couldn't understand why someone would sacrifice their life for beliefs. Now I realize justice isn't just an abstract concept—it's what separates America from Argentina. Reading Orwell's 1984 as a teenager horrified me, watching its predictions materialize around us as wokeness creates the perfect pathway to totalitarianism.
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Published 11/01
The Great Wave Crashes
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Sick in Montpellier, France during the early virus days, surrounded by Yellow Vest protests and social decay, I read "The Great Wave" about inflation history at 2AM and experienced a horrifying revelation—everything suddenly connected. Like a horror movie where scattered clues form a terrifying pattern, I saw civilization's trajectory with perfect clarity. This profound realization changed my life and this channel forever, shifting my focus from alternate history to sharing the uncomfortable truths I'd discovered.
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Bibliography:
The Great Wave by David Hackett Fischer
Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
The Economics of Discontent by Jean Michel Paul
The Identity of France by Fernand Braudel
The History of Civilizations by Fernand Braudel
The Mediterranean at the time of Philip 2nd by Fernand Braudel
The Structures of Every day life by Fernand Braudel
Leviathan and Its Enemies by Sam Francis
The Global Crisis by Geoffrey Parker
On Hero Worship by Thomas Carlyl
Albion's Seed by David Hackett Fischer
Long Cycles by Goldstein
The Rise and Fall of Great Powers by Paul Kennedy
Generations by Strauss and Howe
Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
The Coming Caesars by Amaury de riencourt
Rise of the West by William McNeil
The Pursuit of Power by William McNeil
Tragedy and Hope by Caroll Quiggley
The Great Leveler by Walter Schedule
Capital by Thomas Picketty
The History of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
The Middle Ages by Sidney Painter
The Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman
Published 11/01
The Greatest Lie Ever Told
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While history remained relatively objective, anthropology has been utterly destroyed by pseudoscience—THREE-QUARTERS of Amazon's top anthropology books are scientifically fraudulent! My research across multiple fields has uncovered something unprecedented: the 20th century pulled off the most astonishing deception in human history. Despite unprecedented access to information and "intellectual freedom," our supposedly advanced civilization embraced absurdities our descendants will mock us for believing. This discovery is so enormous that those who see it feel momentarily insane.
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Bibliography:
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
War Before Civilization by Lawrence Keeley
The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris
The Elephant in the Brain by Simler
Albion’s Seed by David Hackett Fischer
Ethhic America by Thomas Sowell
The Leviathan and its Enemies by Sam Francis
The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham
Sex and Culture by JD Unwin
Who we Are and How We Got Here by David Reich
The Righteous Mind by Jon Haidt
The Blank Slate by Stephen Pinker
Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson
Humanity’s ascent by Eisenstein
Who Are We by Sam Huntingdon
Seeing Like a State by James Scott
The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGhilchrist
The Moral Animal by Robert Wright
The Secret to Our Success by Joseph Heinrich
The History of Civilizations by Fernand Braudel
The Knowledge Machine by Michael Strevens
Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell
Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
Forgotten Truth by Houston Smith
War, Peace and War by Peter Turchin
The Genetic Lottery by Kathryn Harden
Behave by Sapolsky
The Secret History of the World by Mark Booth
Cynical Theories by James Lindsey
The Cave by Plato
The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Lineages of Modernity by Tom Emmanuel
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
The Growth Delusion by James Pilling
Everyone Lies by Stephenowitz
The World After Liberalism by Matthew Rose
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray
The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray
Gateway Trilogy by Robert Monroe
Published 10/02/2024
The Anthropology of the Right
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Bibliography
The Ruling Classes by Gaetano Mosca
The Rise of the West by McNeil
The Story of the Americas by Leland Dewitt Baldwin
Forgotten Continent by Michael Reid
American Nations by Colin Woodard
The WEIRDest people in the world by Joseph Heinrich
Why Nations Fail by Acemoglu and Robinson
War, Peace and War by Peter Turchin
The Art of Not Being Governed by James Scott
Seeing like a State by James Scott
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by Shirer
The History of Philosophy by Bertrand Russel
Democracy the God that Failed by Herman Hoppes
Atrocities by Matthew White
The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama
The Soul of France by Fernand Braudel
A History of Civilizations by Fernand Braudel
The Best of Times and Worst of Times by Michael Burleigh
After Liberalism by Paul Gottfried
The Leviathan and Its Enemies by Sam Francis
Politics by Aristotle
The Pursuit of Power by McNeil
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quiggley
Enlightenment Now by Stephen Pinker
The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Envy by Helmut Schoeck
Dominion by Tom Holland
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
The Dictators by Richard Overy
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
The Invention of Yesterday by Tamim Ansary
After Liberalism by Matthew Rose
Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary
The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGhilchrist
Japan and the Shackles of the Past by Taggert Murphy
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
Shadow World by Chandler
The Righteous Mind by Haidt
The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray
Islamo Leftism by Philippe Fabry
Fire in the Minds of Men by Billington
Political Order and Political Decay by Francis Fukuyama
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
Published 9/17/2024
The Anthropology of the Left
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Bibliography:
Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell
The Vision of the Anointed by Thomas Sowell
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
Dominion by Tom Holland
Fire in the Minds of Men by Billington
Strategy by Lawrence Freeman
The Leviathan and Its Enemies by Sam Francis
The Unabomber’s Manifesto
The Revolt of the Elites by Lasch
The Total State by Auron Macintyre
The Culture of Critique by Kevin MacDonald
The Righteous Mind by Jon Haidt
Nihilism by Seraphim Rose
Spiteful Mutants by Edward Dutton
The Coming Caesars by Amaury de Riencourt
Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt
A History of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
Albion’s Seed by David Hackett Fischer
Assemblywoman by Aristophanes
The Lonely Crowd by David Riesman
The Future is the Past Country by Edward Dutton
Witches, Feminism and the Fall of the West’s by Edward Dutton
Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin
American Nations by Colin Woodard
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
A History of the Jews by Paul Johnson
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
The Web of Meaning by Jeremy Lent
Behave by Sapolsky
Seeing Like a State by James Scott
Coming to Our Senses by Morris German
Women Deserve Less by Myron Gaines
A Secret History of the World by Mark Booth
Foragers, Farmers and Fossil Fuels by Ian Morris
Lineages of Modernity by Todd Immanuel
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose
Curt Doolittle
Yuri Bezmonov
Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky
The Abolition of Man by CS Lewis
The Storm before the Calm by George Friedman
The Managerial Class by James Burnham
The Ruling Class by Gaetano Mosca
The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quiggley
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson
The Evolutionary Psychology behind Politics
The Gulag Archipelago by Solzhenitsyn
The Culture of Narcissism by Lasch
After Liberalism by Paul Gottfried
Shadow World by Robert Chandler
Envy by Helmut Schoeck
A History of Manners by Norbert Elias
The Elephant in the Brain by Smiler
The Story of Work by Lucassen
The Fate of Empires by Hubbard
The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGhilchrist
The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray