About this episode
Unlike the left's coherent ideology (blank slate humans + social engineering = utopia), the right isn't unified except in OPPOSING leftism. Taliban, neocons, libertarians, and religious fundamentalists share little beyond rejecting progress-worship. This episode explores four distinct conservative factions navigating modernity's central question: as humans gain godlike industrial powers, how much traditional wisdom do we preserve? The 200-year battle between machine-followers and those brave (or mad) enough to resist progress.SPONSORS:NetSuite: More than 41,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, the #1 cloud financial system bringing accounting, financial management, inventory, HR, into ONE proven platform. Download the CFO's Guide to AI and Machine learning: https://netsuite.com/102Shopify: Shopify powers millions of businesses worldwide, handling 10% of U.S. e-commerce. With hundreds of templates, AI tools for product descriptions, and seamless marketing campaign creation, it's like having a design studio and marketing team in one. Start your $1/month trial today at https://shopify.com/cognitivePDS Debt is offering a free debt analysis. It only takes thirty seconds. Get yours at https://PDSDebt.com/WHATIFALTHIST--LINKS:Link to my second podcast on world history and interviews: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0NCSdGglnmdWg-qHALhu1wLink to my cancellation insurance: https://becomepluribus.com/creators/20Link to my Twitter - https://x.com/whatifalthistLink to my Instagram-https://www.instagram.com/rudyardwlyn...--BibliographyThe Ruling Classes by Gaetano MoscaThe Rise of the West by McNeilThe Story of the Americas by Leland Dewitt BaldwinForgotten Continent by Michael ReidAmerican Nations by Colin WoodardThe WEIRDest people in the world by Joseph HeinrichWhy Nations Fail by Acemoglu and RobinsonWar, Peace and War by Peter TurchinThe Art of Not Being Governed by James ScottSeeing like a State by James ScottThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by ShirerThe Hist
