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#832 - Rudyard Lynch - Is This The Most Absurd Time In History?

2024/8/31
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Rudyard Lynch认为,现代世界正处于历史上最荒谬的时代,这可以用一个简单的变量来解释:我们偏离了数千年来所有世界宗教和民间传统所共有的基本真理。他认为,20世纪是社会工程的世纪,现代社会对自身成就的过高估计导致人们忽视历史教训,认为自己已经超越了历史的局限。他认为,收入不平等、平均工资下降和精英职位竞争这三个变量可以预测社会革命的发生时间,而我们正处于下一个250年周期的危机之中。他认为,现代社会中许多被认为理所当然的事情,如无限经济增长、男女平等、文化无关紧要、人类天性可塑性等,在历史上都是非常罕见的。他预测,美国在未来一到五年内可能爆发内战或革命,因为人们对现有政治体系失去信心,转而支持极端派别。他还认为,如果特朗普被暗杀,右翼可能会分裂成多个派系,最终互相残杀。他认为,色情、电子游戏和社交媒体等因素对大众,特别是男性,起到了麻醉作用,抑制了他们的反抗欲望。他认为,精英阶层的愚蠢、傲慢和对年轻人的忽视,以及激进意识形态的出现,将导致极右翼的反弹。他认为,大多数年轻人不愿参与暴力冲突,只有少数激进分子会推动冲突,并最终控制局势。他认为,大多数人处于一种“厌倦”状态,对生活缺乏理解和归属感,这使得他们容易被操纵。他认为,缺乏信仰的人更容易做出可怕的事情,因为他们没有道德约束。他认为,西方国家的政府正在故意进行文明自杀,这表现在经济停滞、移民政策、过度监管以及对西方文化遗产的破坏等方面。他认为,减少碳排放的关键在于发展核电,而不是限制空调等生活必需品的使用。他认为,工业文明会对人类心理造成负面影响,这可能是导致文明衰落的原因之一。他认为,老鼠乌托邦实验表明,在理想环境下,人口过剩会导致社会结构崩溃和生育率下降。他认为,现代社会中许多被认为理所当然的事情,如无限经济增长、男女平等、文化无关紧要、人类天性可塑性等,在历史上都是非常罕见的。他认为,左翼擅长操纵民众,但缺乏宏观战略,这导致他们无法与白人男性建立有效的合作关系。他认为,全球化和多元文化主义有利于精英阶层,但不利于西方文化。他认为,现代文明缺乏深厚的文化根基,注定会失败。他认为,网络上存在大量的极端主义言论,这反映了公众的真实想法。他认为,左翼对白人男性的厌恶感可能会导致右翼的反弹。他认为,不要嘲笑被征服的敌人,这只会让他们变得更危险。他认为,历史上,征服者通常会通过某种方式同化被征服者,以维护统治,而左翼缺乏这种战略眼光。他认为,极右翼和极左翼在许多方面都有相似之处,例如对社会地位的重视、对暴力的倾向以及对灵魂概念的缺乏。他认为,许多内容创作者缺乏诚信,他们的言论反映了其受众的愿望。 Chris主要就Rudyard Lynch提出的观点进行提问和讨论,并表达了自己的一些看法。

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Rudyard Lynch, a YouTuber and historian, discusses the absurdity of our time, citing the decline of institutional trust, a broken media landscape, and the rise of incels. He argues that our era's uniqueness stems from a single underlying variable that connects ancient wisdom with modern evidence, highlighting the 20th century's unprecedented intellectual shifts in mating, community, and economics.
  • Modernity is marked by a belief in human perfectibility, infinite progress, and the sameness of men and women.
  • The 20th century witnessed a surge in social engineering, leading to unprecedented levels of inequality.
  • Our era's economic, social, and spiritual assumptions are vastly different from those of any other historical period.

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Rudyard Lynch is a YouTuber and a historian.

Is the modern world weird? Whether it's incels, brat summer, a broken media landscape, godlessness or a decline in institutional trust it seems like lots of modernity is kind of odd. From the fall of empires to the rise of new world orders, how does our current timeline compare to the rest of recent history?

Expect to learn whether we are actually living in a unique time in history, what a far-right backlash might look like, why the left is seen as more feminine, what would have happened if Trump actually had been killed, what it will take for young men to feel happy and fulfilled again and much more…

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