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Yes, I understand him. I don't think it is the most probable result, but the chance of it happening is big enough to worry.

That was the tune of his latest videos, yes, but on this one, he's talking about all-out societal collapse. Reading about the Mouse Utopia(not Disneyland) scared him on a fundamental level, I think.

I had thought Whatifalthist had grown somewhat blackpilled in his latest videos; this one is the most blackpilled I've seen him. That being said, it sure is possible things go as wrong as he fears. I don't think they will(but sure they will be grim), but it's possible.

Who could replace Rome as the state in the nation on the edges of the cultural Greek sphere that eventually dominates it? Pontus? Parthia or some other hellenized Central Asian people(although Parthia would quickly tie itself to Persian culture)? The Indo-Greeks?

For something like you and Skallagrim say to happen, it would have to happen at the latest before 1775-6 - when Spain stopped neglecting the area and decided to pour resources on it (creation of the Viceroyalty of the River Plate). Realistically, it has to happen before 1750 - when Portugal and...

It would have to be a different Empire than the one we had. Imperial Brazil was big enough to dominate South America, but not to be a rival to the US, and a big part of it was due to decisions made during the early years of the Empire(another big factor was the lower starting level).

Shades of Mackinder here... But would they make that offer? The more success they have on the East, the more pressure there will be for asking a lot from the French.

Who knows?

This is happening in Brazil as well; the difference is Bolsonaro now stands a chance of being abandoned by many of his followers; one small consolation of that will be the left freaking out when it sinks in that 'Bolsonarism' is something that will survive even a downfall of Bolsonaro....

My understanding is that to step out of it, you have to travel a lot, though.

Someone would have to pick up the torch anyway, and he won't be able to be another Trump(even if he does stand for most/all of what Trump's supporters stand for). So I guess it was inevitable.

I do. His podcasts are in Portuguese only, though. Historia Magister

The comparison writes itself. I've mentioned this somewhere in this board, there's a Brazilian guy who's doing a podcast series on the end of the Roman Republic, starting with the Gracchi brothers. It's obvious he did it because he sees too many similarities to what's happening nowadays.

Hmm. You have good points, and you may well be right, but I don't think you can extrapolate something that has happened once(in the case of the fall of Roman civilization) as something that will happen again. Yes, the cycle repeated itself with the Chinese and Egyptian civilizations, but as you...