Then & Now

Then & Now

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Then & Now is creating video essays about History, Politics and Philosophy

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1:15:01

Revolutions, mapped

204K views · 1mo ago · 1:15:01

Topics: English, American, French - Modern Revolutionaries · 1789-1850: The Age of the Liberal Revolution · 1850-1917: Order Enforced and a New Revolutionary Model · 1917-1945: Liberalism, Communism, Fascism · 1945-1991: Rise and Fall of the Communist Revolution · 1991-?– The End of the End of History

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The Fall of MAGA & the Rise of American Fascism

62K views · 3mo ago · 45:01

In the final video (for now) in the Fascism series, I bring what we've learned about the Fascist period then to now, asking whether MAGA is Fascist and theorising a future that could lead to a 'Liberal-Fascism'. Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED!

Topics: Liberal-Fascism · Authoritarian Cultures · MAGA Fascism? · Two Americas: Liberal and Fascist? · The Future of Democracy

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1:45:15

Why Fascism Fails

166K views · 5mo ago · 1:45:15

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Topics: Chapter One - Ghosts of Fascism · Chapter Two - Fascists in Power · Chapter Three - Fascism as War · Chapter Four - The Failures of Authoritarianism · Chapter Five - Killing the Ghosts of Classical Fascism · Chapter Six - Eternal Fascism: Hauntings

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3:58:28

How to Make a Fascist

394K views · 10mo ago · 3:58:28

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Topics: Chapter One: Fertile Soil · Chapter Two: The Pure of the Earth · Chapter Three: The Science of Struggle · Chapter Four: Enemies of the Volk · Chapter Five: Syndicalism, Socialists, and their Discontents · Chapter Six: The Cult of the Violent

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1:26:33

Dreams Beyond the Algorithm

46K views · 1y ago · 1:26:33

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Topics: Preface: A Utopian Vision · One: The Newtonian Machine · Two: Algorithmic Freedom · Three: Wanting What You Want to Want · Four: Dreams of Utopia · Six: The Logic of the Dream

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49:51

The End of the End of History

95K views · 1y ago · 49:51

Is it the end of the end of history? Or is it really still just the end? Wait until the end to find out if this is the end of the end. We look at why history matters more than ever and how we can wield it like a weapon. Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED!

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1:19:54

how the Deep State really works

213K views · 1y ago · 1:19:54

We explore progressively deeper levels of the deep state, asking - how does the system always seem to get what it wants? Who is really pulling the stings? Bibliography Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos

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1:25:06

The Rise of Global Populism

108K views · 1y ago · 1:25:06

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Topics: Populism's Many Faces · The Roots of Populism · The Birth of Populism · From Dictators to Populists · The Conservative Populist Style · From Globalization to National Populists

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5:11:11

How Capitalists Conquered the World

345K views · 1y ago · 5:11:11

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Topics: How Capitalism Conquered the World · Chapter One: The Feudal Order · Chapter Two: New Worlds · Chapter Three: First and False Starts · Chapter Four: A Revolution in Metal · Chapter Five: The Shape of the Capitalist Machine

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2:14:06

Marx: A Complete Guide to Capitalism

1.2M views · 2y ago · 2:14:06

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Topics: Marx: A Complete Guide to Capitalism · One: Inverting Hegel's Ideas · Two: Alienation · Three: The Economic Turn and Dialectical Materialism · Four: The Communist Manifesto (1848) · Five: Capital

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2:13:50

The Rise and Fall of the Mainstream Media

377K views · 2y ago · 2:13:50

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Topics: The Fall of the MSM · Becoming Mainstream · The Television Revolution · Manufacturing Consent and Political Correctness · The Internet's First Media · The New Elites & their Ideology

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3:00:14

How AI was Stolen

1.1M views · 2y ago · 3:00:14

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Topics: How AI was Stolen · A History of AI: God is a Logical Being · A History of AI: The Impossible Totality of Knowledge · The Learning Revolution · What Are Neural Nets? · OpenAI & ChatGPT

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Why We're So Self-Obsessed

87K views · 2y ago · 16:20

Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos Apple CREDITS Get Praise You by Fatboy Slim and over 1M + mainstream tracks here License ID: JZ1k7orp1A6 SOURCES Qi Wang, The Autobiographical Self in Time and Culture Thomas De Quincy, Confessions of an English Opium Eater Linda Anderson, Autobiography, London, Routledge, 2001 Frances Wilson, ‘Romantic Autobiography’ in The Cambridge Companion to Autobiography William Wordsworth, The Prelude J.J.

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1:18:09

The Fall of Russell Brand

397K views · 2y ago · 1:18:09

In which I explore the world of Russell Brand, asking what is a conspiracy theory? What can history and psychology tell us about them? When are they wrong and when might they be right? Who believes them and why? And what does the MSM, BBC, RFK Jr, Covid, vaccines, Dutch Farmers, the WEF, and the Great Reset have to do with it?

Topics: ONE: The Great RESET · TWO: Farmers, Truckers, and the People · THREE: COVID-19, Vax, Pandemics · FOUR: History & Conspiracy · FIVE: The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories · SIX: Fallacies & Cognitive Biases

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Does History Progress?

118K views · 3y ago · 41:37

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Topics: Does History Progress? · One: The Idea of Progress · Two: An Order of History · Three: Reformations, Enlightenments, and Revolutions · Four: The Varieties of Freedom · Five: The Causes of Freedom

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46:38

Can History Decline?

216K views · 3y ago · 46:38

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Topics: The Dark Side of History · One: Defining Darkness · Two: The Dark Side of Reason · Three: The Dark Side of Desire · Four: The Dark Side of Intention · Five: The Dark Side of the Nation

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2:04:06

Hegel: A Complete Guide to History

1.3M views · 3y ago · 2:04:06

Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos Apple Written & presented by: Lewis Waller Credits Photos of 'bearded man looking to the sky' and 'hand holding a crown' by Ayo Ogunseinde on Unsplash Image of 'man on orange circle background' from

Topics: Context: The End of Enlightenment · The Preface Problem · Consciousness · The Negation of the Negation · Self-Consciousness · Reason

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49:02

Stoicism's Major Flaw

309K views · 3y ago · 49:02

I look at the current trend of Stoicism through the lens of Ryan Holiday's Daily Stoic, and more broadly through the Ancient Stoic philosophers, and ask, is it really a useful guide to life today? Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos

Topics: The Splitting of the World · The Fleeting Life & The Tragedy of Rome · The Gods of Fate · The Miserably Wise Emperor King · Hurting Nieztsche's Feelings · Rage, Rage Against the Dying Light

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📰 Mentioned news: Article on scientificamerican.com · Article on scientificamerican.com · Article on nytimes.com

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36:50

How New Addictions are Destroying Us

1.1M views · 3y ago · 36:50

Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos Selected Bibliography Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation Adam Alter, Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology David Courtwright, Age of Addiction Morse, S. (2012). Legal Regulation of Addictive Substances and Addiction. Retrieved from Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Mark Andrejevic, Automated Media Brian McCullough, How The Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone

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📄 Mentioned papers: Paper on ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · Paper on link.springer.com

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2:09:54

How the Internet was Stolen

3.2M views · 3y ago · 2:09:54

Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos Credits Babbage Engine video - Seth Ladd, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Pierre Omydar photo - Joi 15:42, 2 August 2007 (UTC), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Yahoo Sign, Beraldo Leal from Natal / RN, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Page & Brinn photo, Ehud Kenan, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Yahoo sign photograph, Sebastian Bergmann, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Napster Screenshot,…

Topics: Building the Net · The Browser Wars (Microsoft vs the United States) · The Californian Ideology (eBay, Yahoo, Google and the Libertarian Mind) · The Raiding of Privacy (Surveillance Capitalism) · The Theft of the Community (Airbnb & Uber) · No Place (Utopian Dreams)

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