Why the West is Falling

Audio quality wasn’t as good as usual because I’m on a work trip and didn’t bring my mic but I hope you enjoy the video anyway!

Time stamps - 1:55 The Necessity of Pain and Suffering to further Human Innovation 2:27 Spartan technological stagnation due to Helot Slave population Agriculture 5:08 Disease/sanitation in big cities, Plumbing and medicine 8:16 Technological Dark Age, Fall of Rome loss of technology (Plumbing, Brain Surgery) 13:17 When Survival is easy, Life is comfortable 14:47 Schopenhauer’s Will to Life, Survival in the State of Nature 15:47 Seeking pleasure/Hedonism/easy life breeds weakness 18:16 Sacrifice drives human society 19:44 Living in a safe prosperous bubble, Ignoring the reality/suffering of the world 21:18 Hard times create strong men 23:30 Strong men (Barbarians) overtake Weak men (Romans) 24:12 Brief History of Rome, Punic Wars, Carthage 25:38 Roman Republic Citizen Volunteer Army (Hastati) 26:18 Marius Reforms, Professional Army, Roman Legion 28:05 Corrupt Republican Bureaucracy, Patrician vs Plebeians 28:32 Rise of Julius Caesar, Fall of Roman Republic 29:45 Triumvirate, Augustus Caesar, Founding of the Roman Empire 31:09 Golden Age of Rome, 5 Good Emperors 34:42 Dependance on Foreign Auxiliaries, Parallels to Machiavelli 36:40 Responsibility to be capable of War, Threat of Violence creates Peace 39:45 Morality, Social Progress/Woke culture, Parallels to Christianity in Rome 41:23 Social Progressivism and Christianity being used as an excuse by the Weak 42:48 Christian Warrior Kings, Charles Martel defeating Moorish Invaders 44:44 Fake Christianity and Social Progressives 47:09 Christianity, taking on the suffering of the world 48:24 Modern man’s fear of exceptionalism 49:13 Denial of Reality, Our Enemies want to kill us, Defending our families 50:22 Economic Machine, Consumerism/Materialism, Hyper Capitalism 54:19 Social Media for Consumption 55:16 Economic Man, Western Man, Nietzsche’s Last Man 55:52 Faustian Spirit of the West, Endless land, The New World (American Exploration) Space Exploration/Colonialism 58:12 Barbaric Virile Ambitious Man, 58:50 Seeking/Simulating Suffering, Working out, Martial Arts, Sports 59:29 Creating a better world from a position of Strength 59:59 Acknowledging evolutionary biology, Human nature, Hyper stimuli/mind numbing distractions 1:01:16 Maintaining our power, Combating our rivals 1:02:20 Staying Strong, Defending what we have and our way of lives 1:02:41 Western Civilization vs New Powers (BRICS) 1:03:06 Weak vs Strong men, Seeking more, Ambition vs comfort 1:03:47 Preparing for War before it’s too late 1:04:22 The Western Spirit, Warrior Spirit 1:07:02 Conclusion, Summarizing the Video ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOKUyAiOKaA