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Voting on the next video topic
🕑 Added 2022-01-04 16:54:15 +0000 UTCThe big Patreons selected the topics to vote on from the to-do list, now you get to vote! Remember that from now on there will be two rounds of voting. In the last round, we will do the top two topics. Here are the topics they selected.
1: The Origins of English Democracy
In this video we will discuss how English constitutional democracy came to be. This video would be a collaboration with an English youtuber who studied law, as we will heavily focus this video on discussing the concept of “rule of law” as in how it relates to the creation of state institutions.
2: The Origins of American partisan divisions
In this video we will discuss the creation process of American society, and examine the social forces that drive the building of a U.S state. We will discuss why the U.S is in many ways an unfinished state, and why that lies at the foundation of the deep partisan divides of that country.
3: Who inherited Rome?
One of the most controversial things I apparently ever said in any video of mine, was that the Ottomans were the heirs to Rome’s legacy. That seems to have upset a lot of people. So I would like to explain why I call them that, and also examine all other claims to the legacy of Rome.
4: The collapse of Poland and Hungary
In this video we would explore why Poland and Hungary suddenly disappeared from the European Geopolitical map in the 14 hundreds and the 17 hundreds. The Political developments that lead to the collapse of these countries are eerily similar and often overlooked by many. Yet, they are still very important, as there is much for us to learn from them.
5: Perspectives
A series of videos about the various different ways that one can examine history. Mainly I will be critiquing each one in a seperate video. Geographic determinism, Big-Man history, history as destiny, Postmodernism, and many more.
6: The origins of German militarism
A video going into how and why Germany developed a highly militaristic society and state structure. Explaining the economic conflicts between free cities and the militaristic German aristocracy. Why Bismarck was ultimately a disaster for Germany and Europe. Why Germany's economy is so innovative-unfriendly. And how the legacy of Prussian militarism may still impact modern Germany to this day.
7: How stagnation destroys Nations
Using the examples of the Habsburg Empire, Republic of Venice, Kingdom of Ethiopia, and the Roman Empire, we will examine how deliberate economic and political stagnation and an extreme conservatism can lead to the destruction of a state and economy.
8: The Origins of Middle Eastern state structures
I hope this will not morph into a long project again. Maybe it will work this time. This is a long story within which I hope to shatter a lot of misconceptions that people hold of the Middle East as an inherently backward and undevelopable place.
Comments
Regarding topic 6, would you rely on the work of Wolfram Wette?
12345
Yooo, you should do the origins of black nationalism in the US
aquiles
very particular brand of weirdos, anglosaxons, really, at least the ones running the show and setting the que, it's very like much like the australians really. With less ethnical diversity down under since the USA is in america, and all americans nations tend to be extremely diverse in nation.
Traian Olinescu
Norma Percy did a great documentary on the topic!
Traian Olinescu
Damn yo, so many topics, can we not vote them all?
Vincent
Maybe for the future a video on the fall of Yugoslavia would be v interesting
Oxy_Cyan
To me north America is the most uninteresting place on earth historically. It's basically all the weirdos of Europe bundeling together to make a society + slavery.
Haven't had the chance to read Klein's book yet but I personally find the American system quite fascinating in that the regional political preferences have for most of the 20th century defined the national political landscape. The weird cases of Rockefeller Republicans and Dixiecrats swapping sides over the century is so weird, with socially liberal Republicans and softcore-segregationist Democrats existing into the 1990's. Most Democrats today wouldn't touch Woodrow Wilson with a mile-long stick and the same applies for Republicans with Teddy Roosevelt, yet the lineages of the parties is there.
Oof, that’s neck and neck!
im diving in
I want them all but maybe take the top 4 and have another poll
If you end up making the video on the origins of American Partisan Divisions, it would definitely be worth taking a look at Ezra Klein’s “Why We’re Polarized” and Steve Kornacki’s “The Red and the Blue”
yes
with this level of interest in number of topics, it might be worth it to use a ranked choice system to find the winner
I really hope that the topic on the origins of American partisan divisions wins this poll so that there can be a video on this topic.
Mark
Anyone who is interested in "The Origins of Middle Eastern State Structures" should start with Hardcore History's "Blueprint for Armageddon" and then MartyrMade's "Fear and Loathing in the New Jerusalem". See you in about 70 hours.
Side note/suggestion. I really liked listening to the audio of the Greece video. You have a really good voice It made me think that it might be a nice idea to make some sort of podcast for video ideas that maybe interesting but not worth the effort of making a full length video for a certain tier of subscribers.
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