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	=== Envy ===		=== Envy ===
	Whatifalthist has made the claim in his video titled ''"How Envy Drives Society, History, and the Left"'' that, for example, all hatred for historical figures of the past is an "envy for the past". He expands on his claim by saying:<blockquote>"In real objective terms, what does our generation accomplish in comparison to our forefathers? They won the world wars, ended disease and real grinding poverty, reached the Moon, ended slavery, did actual legal changes to deal with discrimination, tamed thousands of miles of wilderness and beat tyrannies."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>Whatifalthist then goes on to say that:<blockquote>"When we tear down the statues of figures like Churchill, write histories without dead white males,<ref group="note">Implying a racially-motivated persecution complex</ref> or cut Shakespeare out of the curriculum, we enviously destroy their memories so that we don't have to think about them and how we don't hold up."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>		Whatifalthist has made the claim in his video titled ''"How Envy Drives Society, History, and the Left"'' that, for example, all hatred for historical figures of the past is an "envy for the past". He expands on his claim by saying:<blockquote>"In real objective terms, what does our generation accomplish in comparison to our forefathers? They won the world wars, ended disease and real grinding poverty, reached the Moon, ended slavery, did actual legal changes to deal with discrimination, tamed thousands of miles of wilderness and beat tyrannies."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>Whatifalthist then goes on to say that:<blockquote>"When we tear down the statues of figures like Churchill, write histories without dead white males,<ref group="note">Implying a racially-motivated persecution complex</ref> or cut Shakespeare out of the curriculum, we enviously destroy their memories so that we don't have to think about them and how we don't hold up."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>

			== See also ==

			* [[Fredda]]

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

CriticalResist at 05:55, 22 September 2023

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	[[File:Whatifalthist icon.jpg\|thumb\|Whatifalthist's profile picture.]]		[[File:Whatifalthist icon.jpg\|thumb\|Whatifalthist's profile picture on Youtube.]]
	'''Rudyard Lynch''',<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=Wikitubia\|title=Whatifalthist\|url=https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Whatifalthist\|retrieved=2022-8-30}}</ref> commonly known by his internet pseudonym '''Whatifalthist''', is a [[youtube\|YouTube]]-based pseudo-intellectual, militant [[Anti-communism\|anti-communist]], and apologist of [[imperialism]]. In spite of his profile name suggesting his content is focused on alternative history, it is increasingly the case that he focuses on creating videos that relate solely to modern events, which often serve to promote his [[Capitalism\|capitalistic]] and highly [[Individualism\|individualist]] view of society and history.<ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Youtube\|title=Whatifalthist\|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatifAltHist/featured}}</ref>		'''Rudyard Lynch''',<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=Wikitubia\|title=Whatifalthist\|url=https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Whatifalthist\|retrieved=2022-8-30}}</ref> commonly known by his internet pseudonym '''Whatifalthist''', is a [[youtube\|YouTube]]-based pseudo-intellectual, militant [[Anti-communism\|anti-communist]], and apologist of [[imperialism]]. In spite of his profile name suggesting his content is focused on alternative history, it is increasingly the case that he focuses on creating videos that relate solely to modern events, which often serve to promote his [[Capitalism\|capitalistic]] and highly [[Individualism\|individualist]] view of society and history.<ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Youtube\|title=Whatifalthist\|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatifAltHist/featured}}</ref>

CriticalResist: fixed typos

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	[[File:Whatifalthist icon.jpg\|thumb\|Whatifalthist's profile picture.]]		[[File:Whatifalthist icon.jpg\|thumb\|Whatifalthist's profile picture.]]
	'''Rudyard Lynch''',<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=Wikitubia\|title=Whatifalthist\|url=https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Whatifalthist\|retrieved=2022-8-30}}</ref> commonly known by his internet pseudonym, '''Whatifalthist''', is a [[youtube]]-based pseudo-intellectual, militant [[Anti-communism\|anti-communist]], and apologist of [[imperialism]]. In spite of his profile name suggesting his content is focused on alternative history, it is increasingly the case that he focuses on creating videos that relate solely to modern events, which often serve to promote his [[Capitalism\|capitalistic]] and highly [[Individualism\|individualist]] view of society and history.<ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Youtube\|title=Whatifalthist\|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatifAltHist/featured}}</ref>		'''Rudyard Lynch''',<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=Wikitubia\|title=Whatifalthist\|url=https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Whatifalthist\|retrieved=2022-8-30}}</ref> commonly known by his internet pseudonym, '''Whatifalthist''', is a [[youtube\|YouTube]]-based pseudo-intellectual, militant [[Anti-communism\|anti-communist]], and apologist of [[imperialism]]. In spite of his profile name suggesting his content is focused on alternative history, it is increasingly the case that he focuses on creating videos that relate solely to modern events, which often serve to promote his [[Capitalism\|capitalistic]] and highly [[Individualism\|individualist]] view of society and history.<ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Youtube\|title=Whatifalthist\|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatifAltHist/featured}}</ref>

	== Content ==		== Content ==
	Whatifalthist creates content largely on ~~youtube~~, with no regular upload schedule. When his channel was nascent, his content was largely concerned with pre-modern or early-modern history, commonly based around an alternative scenario such as a major battle or war resulting in the other sides victory, a particular empire or religion not existing, and things of that nature. The thumbnail and other images shown in his videos typically included ad-hoc and seemingly self-made maps.		Whatifalthist creates content largely on YouTube, with no regular upload schedule. When his channel was nascent, his content was largely concerned with pre-modern or early-modern history, commonly based around an alternative scenario such as a major battle or war resulting in the other sides victory, a particular empire or religion not existing, and things of that nature. The thumbnail and other images shown in his videos typically included ad-hoc and seemingly self-made maps.

	By the 2020's, the focus of his content turned from historical events to modern social and political trends, often featuring his own ideas of why he thinks they happen, as well as his own predictions of the future. This particular type of Whatifalthist content often includes intellectually dubious sociological ideas, or a quasi-racist thesis about other "[[Global South\|civilizations]]" outside the "[[Global North\|west]]".		By the 2020's, the focus of his content turned from historical events to modern social and political trends, often featuring his own ideas of why he thinks they happen, as well as his own predictions of the future. This particular type of Whatifalthist content often includes intellectually dubious sociological ideas, or a quasi-[[Racism\|racist]] thesis about other "[[Global South\|civilizations]]" outside the "[[Global North\|west]]".

	== Whatifalthist~~'s crypto~~-fascism ==		Whatifalthist claims that the [[Realm of the Four Parts (1438–1533)\|Inca Empire]] was a [[Socialist state\|communist state]] even though [[communism]] is stateless by definition.<ref name=":1">{{YouTube citation\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efz4Aket2ao&t=420s\|channel=Whatifalthist\|title=Understanding Latin America.}}</ref>

			== Crypto-fascism ==

	=== The "West" ===		=== The "West" ===
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	In Whatifalthist's content, he commonly uses the term "west". However, in the context of how Whatifalthist makes use of the word, it is merely a euphemism for "white people". According to Whatifalthist, the "west" is a perfectly fair "[[free market]]" individualistic realm, where long-standing economic, politcal, and social ideas and systems are totally redundant in the face of person-versus-person competition, where the most genetically superior people<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Whatifalthist\|newspaper=Youtube\|title=How Envy Drives Society, History and the Left.\|date=2021-9-20\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exCcz6uLbw8\|retrieved=2022-7-2\|quote=From a genetic basis, the people who make up our current politcal, CEO, and leadership classes -in general- are insane genetic outliers that are wired to expend massive amounts of effort to succeed by basically gambling being disliked with massive success.}}</ref> are able to become wealthy and powerful.		In Whatifalthist's content, he commonly uses the term "west". However, in the context of how Whatifalthist makes use of the word, it is merely a euphemism for "white people". According to Whatifalthist, the "west" is a perfectly fair "[[free market]]" individualistic realm, where long-standing economic, politcal, and social ideas and systems are totally redundant in the face of person-versus-person competition, where the most genetically superior people<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Whatifalthist\|newspaper=Youtube\|title=How Envy Drives Society, History and the Left.\|date=2021-9-20\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exCcz6uLbw8\|retrieved=2022-7-2\|quote=From a genetic basis, the people who make up our current politcal, CEO, and leadership classes -in general- are insane genetic outliers that are wired to expend massive amounts of effort to succeed by basically gambling being disliked with massive success.}}</ref> are able to become wealthy and powerful.

	Whatifalthist is not as amiable to other "civilizations", however. When Whatifalthist speaks about other "civilizations" outside the "west" <ref group="note">In other words, people of colour</ref>, suddenly, long-existing societal customs and institutions are meaningful in his thesis again. For example, Whatifalthist says that the reason why Latin America is relatively less wealthy than Anglo-America is because of the means in which the Spanish and Portuguese ruled their respective colonies.<ref~~>{{News citation\|author~~=~~Whatifalthist\|newspaper=Youtube\|title=Understanding Latin America.\|date=2021-6-5\|url=https~~:/~~/www.youtube.com/watch?v=efz4Aket2ao\|retrieved=2022-7-2}}</ref~~>		Whatifalthist is not as amiable to other "civilizations", however. When Whatifalthist speaks about other "civilizations" outside the "west",<ref group="note">In other words, people of colour</ref> suddenly, long-existing societal customs and institutions are meaningful in his thesis again. For example, Whatifalthist says that the reason why [[Latin America]] is relatively less wealthy than Anglo-America is because of the means in which the Spanish and Portuguese ruled their respective colonies.<ref name=":1" />

	=== "Decadence" ===		=== "Decadence" ===

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	[[File:Whatifalthist icon.jpg\|thumb\|Whatifalthist's profile picture.]]		[[File:Whatifalthist icon.jpg\|thumb\|Whatifalthist's profile picture.]]
	'''Rudyard Lynch''', commonly known by his internet pseudonym, '''Whatifalthist''', is a [[youtube]]-based pseudo-intellectual, militant [[Anti-communism\|anti-communist]], and apologist of [[imperialism]]. In spite of his profile name suggesting his content is focused on alternative history, it is increasingly the case that he focuses on creating videos that relate solely to modern events, which often serve to promote his [[Capitalism\|capitalistic]] and highly [[Individualism\|individualist]] view of society and history.<ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Youtube\|title=Whatifalthist\|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatifAltHist/featured}}</ref>		'''Rudyard Lynch''',<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=Wikitubia\|title=Whatifalthist\|url=https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Whatifalthist\|retrieved=2022-8-30}}</ref> commonly known by his internet pseudonym, '''Whatifalthist''', is a [[youtube]]-based pseudo-intellectual, militant [[Anti-communism\|anti-communist]], and apologist of [[imperialism]]. In spite of his profile name suggesting his content is focused on alternative history, it is increasingly the case that he focuses on creating videos that relate solely to modern events, which often serve to promote his [[Capitalism\|capitalistic]] and highly [[Individualism\|individualist]] view of society and history.<ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Youtube\|title=Whatifalthist\|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatifAltHist/featured}}</ref>

	== Content ==		== Content ==

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	=== "Envy" ===		=== "Envy" ===
	Whatifalthist has made the claim in his video titled ''"How Envy Drives Society, History, and the Left"'' that, for example, all hatred for historical figures of the past is an "envy for the past", he clarifies his claim by saying:<blockquote>"In real objective terms, what does our generation accomplish in comparison to our forefathers? They won the world wars, ended disease, and real grinding poverty, reached the Moon, ended slavery, did actual legal changes to deal with discrimination, tamed thousands of miles of wilderness and beat tyrannies."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>Whatifalthist then goes on to say that:<blockquote>"When we tear down the statues of figures like Churchill, write histories without dead white males <ref group="note">[implying a racially-motivated persecution complex]</ref>, or cut Shakespeare out of the curriculum, we enviously destroy their memories so that we don't have to think about them and how we don't hold up."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>		Whatifalthist has made the claim in his video titled ''"How Envy Drives Society, History, and the Left"'' that, for example, all hatred for historical figures of the past is an "envy for the past", he clarifies his claim by saying:<blockquote>"In real objective terms, what does our generation accomplish in comparison to our forefathers? They won the world wars, ended disease, and real grinding poverty, reached the Moon, ended slavery, did actual legal changes to deal with discrimination, tamed thousands of miles of wilderness and beat tyrannies."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>Whatifalthist then goes on to say that:<blockquote>"When we tear down the statues of figures like Churchill, write histories without dead white males <ref group="note">implying a racially-motivated persecution complex</ref>, or cut Shakespeare out of the curriculum, we enviously destroy their memories so that we don't have to think about them and how we don't hold up."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

Wisconcom at 19:12, 8 August 2022

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	In Whatifalthist's content, he commonly uses the term "west". However, in the context of how Whatifalthist makes use of the word, it is merely a euphemism for "white people". According to Whatifalthist, the "west" is a perfectly fair "[[free market]]" individualistic realm, where long-standing economic, politcal, and social ideas and systems are totally redundant in the face of person-versus-person competition, where the most genetically superior people<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Whatifalthist\|newspaper=Youtube\|title=How Envy Drives Society, History and the Left.\|date=2021-9-20\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exCcz6uLbw8\|retrieved=2022-7-2\|quote=From a genetic basis, the people who make up our current politcal, CEO, and leadership classes -in general- are insane genetic outliers that are wired to expend massive amounts of effort to succeed by basically gambling being disliked with massive success.}}</ref> are able to become wealthy and powerful.		In Whatifalthist's content, he commonly uses the term "west". However, in the context of how Whatifalthist makes use of the word, it is merely a euphemism for "white people". According to Whatifalthist, the "west" is a perfectly fair "[[free market]]" individualistic realm, where long-standing economic, politcal, and social ideas and systems are totally redundant in the face of person-versus-person competition, where the most genetically superior people<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Whatifalthist\|newspaper=Youtube\|title=How Envy Drives Society, History and the Left.\|date=2021-9-20\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exCcz6uLbw8\|retrieved=2022-7-2\|quote=From a genetic basis, the people who make up our current politcal, CEO, and leadership classes -in general- are insane genetic outliers that are wired to expend massive amounts of effort to succeed by basically gambling being disliked with massive success.}}</ref> are able to become wealthy and powerful.

	Whatifalthist is not as amiable to other "civilizations", however. When Whatifalthist speaks about other "civilizations" outside the "west" ~~(non-white~~ people), suddenly, long-existing societal customs and institutions are meaningful in his thesis again. For example, Whatifalthist says that the reason why Latin America is relatively less wealthy than Anglo-America is because of the means in which the Spanish and Portuguese ruled their respective colonies ~~(he completely fails to acknowledge the massive role of US and European imperialism)~~.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Whatifalthist\|newspaper=Youtube\|title=Understanding Latin America.\|date=2021-6-5\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efz4Aket2ao\|retrieved=2022-7-2}}</ref>		Whatifalthist is not as amiable to other "civilizations", however. When Whatifalthist speaks about other "civilizations" outside the "west" <ref group="note">In other words, people of colour</ref>, suddenly, long-existing societal customs and institutions are meaningful in his thesis again. For example, Whatifalthist says that the reason why Latin America is relatively less wealthy than Anglo-America is because of the means in which the Spanish and Portuguese ruled their respective colonies.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Whatifalthist\|newspaper=Youtube\|title=Understanding Latin America.\|date=2021-6-5\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efz4Aket2ao\|retrieved=2022-7-2}}</ref>

	=== "Decadence" ===		=== "Decadence" ===
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	=== "Envy" ===		=== "Envy" ===
	Whatifalthist has made the claim in his video titled ''"How Envy Drives Society, History, and the Left"'' that, for example, all hatred for historical figures of the past is an "envy for the past", he clarifies his claim by saying:<blockquote>"In real objective terms, what does our generation accomplish in comparison to our forefathers? They won the world wars, ended disease, and real grinding poverty, reached the Moon, ended slavery, did actual legal changes to deal with discrimination, tamed thousands of miles of wilderness and beat tyrannies."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>Whatifalthist then goes on to say that:<blockquote>"When we tear down the statues of figures like Churchill, write histories without dead white males [implying a racially-motivated persecution complex], or cut Shakespeare out of the curriculum, we enviously destroy their memories so that we don't have to think about them and how we don't hold up."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>		Whatifalthist has made the claim in his video titled ''"How Envy Drives Society, History, and the Left"'' that, for example, all hatred for historical figures of the past is an "envy for the past", he clarifies his claim by saying:<blockquote>"In real objective terms, what does our generation accomplish in comparison to our forefathers? They won the world wars, ended disease, and real grinding poverty, reached the Moon, ended slavery, did actual legal changes to deal with discrimination, tamed thousands of miles of wilderness and beat tyrannies."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>Whatifalthist then goes on to say that:<blockquote>"When we tear down the statues of figures like Churchill, write histories without dead white males <ref group="note">[implying a racially-motivated persecution complex]</ref>, or cut Shakespeare out of the curriculum, we enviously destroy their memories so that we don't have to think about them and how we don't hold up."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>

			== Notes ==
			<references group="note" />
	== References ==		== References ==
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Wisconcom at 08:20, 15 July 2022

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	Very similar to others on the [[far-right]], Whatifalthist is highly critical of what he percives as decadence and degeneration from social-justice movements and the youth, so much so, that in Whatifalthist's view:<blockquote>"[...] Youth Culture is About Being an Antisocial, Sociopathic, Degenerate."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>		Very similar to others on the [[far-right]], Whatifalthist is highly critical of what he percives as decadence and degeneration from social-justice movements and the youth, so much so, that in Whatifalthist's view:<blockquote>"[...] Youth Culture is About Being an Antisocial, Sociopathic, Degenerate."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>
	[[File:Whatifalthist example2.png\|thumb\|215x215px\|According to Whatifalthist, these people are tearing down a statue of [[Winston Churchill]], not because he was a imperialist and a capitalist who was complacent in the starvation and exploitation of millions in the [[British Imperialism\|British Empire]], but rather, because they are envious of his character. ]]		[[File:Whatifalthist example2.png\|thumb\|215x215px\|According to Whatifalthist, these people are tearing down a statue of [[Winston Churchill]], not because he was a imperialist and a capitalist who was complacent in the starvation and exploitation of millions in the [[British Imperialism\|British Empire]], but rather, because they are envious of his character. ]]
	According to Whatifalthist, the youth and their culture are "Degenerate" because of "Partying, drugs, chilling". Furthermore, Whatifalthist believes that the youth view such "Degenerate" things as "Partying" and "chilling" as:<blockquote>"[...] puts{{Helper\|helper-text=Sic\|hover-text=~~This~~ text has been transcribed exactly of how it was first said.}}as goods in of themselves rather than vices to be enjoyed and then put away."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>		According to Whatifalthist, the youth and their culture are "Degenerate" because of "Partying, drugs, chilling". Furthermore, Whatifalthist believes that the youth view such "Degenerate" things as "Partying" and "chilling" as:<blockquote>"[...] puts{{Helper\|helper-text=Sic\|hover-text=Short for sic erat scriptum "Thus as it was written". The text has been transcribed exactly as how it was first said, including its erroneous, archaic, or otherwise nonstandard spelling.}}as goods in of themselves rather than vices to be enjoyed and then put away."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>

	=== "Envy" ===		=== "Envy" ===

Wisconcom at 08:17, 15 July 2022

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	Very similar to others on the [[far-right]], Whatifalthist is highly critical of what he percives as decadence and degeneration from social-justice movements and the youth, so much so, that in Whatifalthist's view:<blockquote>"[...] Youth Culture is About Being an Antisocial, Sociopathic, Degenerate."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>		Very similar to others on the [[far-right]], Whatifalthist is highly critical of what he percives as decadence and degeneration from social-justice movements and the youth, so much so, that in Whatifalthist's view:<blockquote>"[...] Youth Culture is About Being an Antisocial, Sociopathic, Degenerate."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>
	[[File:Whatifalthist example2.png\|thumb\|215x215px\|According to Whatifalthist, these people are tearing down a statue of [[Winston Churchill]], not because he was a imperialist and a capitalist who was complacent in the starvation and exploitation of millions in the [[British Imperialism\|British Empire]], but rather, because they are envious of his character. ]]		[[File:Whatifalthist example2.png\|thumb\|215x215px\|According to Whatifalthist, these people are tearing down a statue of [[Winston Churchill]], not because he was a imperialist and a capitalist who was complacent in the starvation and exploitation of millions in the [[British Imperialism\|British Empire]], but rather, because they are envious of his character. ]]
	According to Whatifalthist, the youth and their culture are "Degenerate" because of "Partying, drugs, chilling". Furthermore, Whatifalthist believes that the youth view such "Degenerate" things as "Partying" and "chilling" as:<blockquote>"[...] puts~~<sup>[sic]</sup>~~as goods in of themselves rather than vices to be enjoyed and then put away."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>		According to Whatifalthist, the youth and their culture are "Degenerate" because of "Partying, drugs, chilling". Furthermore, Whatifalthist believes that the youth view such "Degenerate" things as "Partying" and "chilling" as:<blockquote>"[...] puts{{Helper\|helper-text=Sic\|hover-text=This text has been transcribed exactly of how it was first said.}}as goods in of themselves rather than vices to be enjoyed and then put away."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>

	=== "Envy" ===		=== "Envy" ===

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	[[File:Whatifalthist icon.jpg\|thumb\|Whatifalthist's profile picture.]]		[[File:Whatifalthist icon.jpg\|thumb\|Whatifalthist's profile picture.]]
	'''Rudyard Lynch''',<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=Wikitubia\|title=Whatifalthist\|url=https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Whatifalthist\|retrieved=2022-8-30}}</ref> commonly known by his internet pseudonym, '''Whatifalthist''', is a [[youtube\|YouTube]]-based pseudo-intellectual, militant [[Anti-communism\|anti-communist]], and apologist of [[imperialism]]. In spite of his profile name suggesting his content is focused on alternative history, it is increasingly the case that he focuses on creating videos that relate solely to modern events, which often serve to promote his [[Capitalism\|capitalistic]] and highly [[Individualism\|individualist]] view of society and history.<ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Youtube\|title=Whatifalthist\|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatifAltHist/featured}}</ref>		'''Rudyard Lynch''',<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=Wikitubia\|title=Whatifalthist\|url=https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Whatifalthist\|retrieved=2022-8-30}}</ref> commonly known by his internet pseudonym '''Whatifalthist''', is a [[youtube\|YouTube]]-based pseudo-intellectual, militant [[Anti-communism\|anti-communist]], and apologist of [[imperialism]]. In spite of his profile name suggesting his content is focused on alternative history, it is increasingly the case that he focuses on creating videos that relate solely to modern events, which often serve to promote his [[Capitalism\|capitalistic]] and highly [[Individualism\|individualist]] view of society and history.<ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Youtube\|title=Whatifalthist\|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatifAltHist/featured}}</ref>

	== Content ==		== Content ==
	Whatifalthist creates content largely on YouTube, with no regular upload schedule. When his channel was nascent, his content was largely concerned with pre-modern or early-modern history, commonly based around an alternative scenario such as a major battle or war resulting in the other ~~sides~~ victory, a particular empire or religion not existing, and things of that nature. The thumbnail and other images shown in his videos typically included ad-hoc and seemingly self-made maps.		Whatifalthist creates content largely on YouTube, with no regular upload schedule. When his channel was nascent, his content was largely concerned with pre-modern or early-modern history, commonly based around an alternative scenario such as a major battle or war resulting in the other side's victory, a particular empire or religion not existing, and things of that nature. The thumbnail and other images shown in his videos typically included ad-hoc and seemingly self-made maps.

	By the 2020's, the focus of his content turned from historical events to modern social and political trends, often featuring his own ideas of why he thinks ~~they~~ happen, as well as his own predictions of the future. This particular type of Whatifalthist content often includes intellectually dubious sociological ideas, or a quasi-[[Racism\|racist]] ~~thesis~~ about other "[[Global South\|civilizations]]" outside the "[[Global North\|west]]".		By the 2020's, the focus of his content turned from historical events to modern social and political trends, often featuring his own ideas of why he thinks these happen, as well as his own predictions of the future. This particular type of Whatifalthist content often includes intellectually dubious sociological ideas, or quasi-[[Racism\|racist]] theses about other "[[Global South\|civilizations]]" outside the "[[Global North\|west]]".

	Whatifalthist ~~claims~~ that the [[Realm of the Four Parts (1438–1533)\|Inca Empire]] was a [[Socialist state\|communist state]] even though [[communism]] is stateless by definition.<ref name=":1">{{YouTube citation\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efz4Aket2ao&t=420s\|channel=Whatifalthist\|title=Understanding Latin America.}}</ref>		Whatifalthist has also claimed that the [[Realm of the Four Parts (1438–1533)\|Inca Empire]] was a [[Socialist state\|communist state]] even though [[communism]] is stateless by definition.<ref name=":1">{{YouTube citation\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efz4Aket2ao&t=420s\|channel=Whatifalthist\|title=Understanding Latin America.}}</ref>

	== Crypto-fascism ==		== Crypto-fascism ==

	=== The "West" ===		=== The "West" ===
	[[File:Whatifalthist example.png\|thumb\|~~215x215px~~\|According to Whatifalthist, people such as [[Jeff Bezos]] are super-human ultra-risk takers who earned their unthinkable amount of wealth through ~~totally~~ meritocratic means.]]		[[File:Whatifalthist example.png\|thumb\|418x418px\|According to Whatifalthist, people such as [[Jeff Bezos]] are super-human ultra-risk takers who earned their unthinkable amount of wealth through meritocratic means.]]
	In Whatifalthist's content, he commonly uses the term "west". However, in the context of how Whatifalthist makes use of the word, it is merely a euphemism for "white people". According to Whatifalthist, the "west" is a perfectly fair "[[free market]]" individualistic realm, where long-standing economic, ~~politcal~~, and social ideas and systems are totally redundant in the face of person-versus-person competition, where the most genetically superior people<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Whatifalthist\|newspaper=Youtube\|title=How Envy Drives Society, History and the Left.\|date=2021-9-20\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exCcz6uLbw8\|retrieved=2022-7-2\|quote=From a genetic basis, the people who make up our current politcal, CEO, and leadership classes -in general- are insane genetic outliers that are wired to expend massive amounts of effort to succeed by basically gambling being disliked with massive success.}}</ref> are able to become wealthy and powerful.		In Whatifalthist's content, he commonly uses the term "west". However, in the context of how Whatifalthist makes use of the word, it is merely a euphemism for "white people". According to Whatifalthist, the "west" is a perfectly fair "[[free market]]" individualistic realm, where long-standing economic, political, and social ideas and systems are totally redundant in the face of person-versus-person competition, where the most genetically superior people<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Whatifalthist\|newspaper=Youtube\|title=How Envy Drives Society, History and the Left.\|date=2021-9-20\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exCcz6uLbw8\|retrieved=2022-7-2\|quote=From a genetic basis, the people who make up our current politcal, CEO, and leadership classes -in general- are insane genetic outliers that are wired to expend massive amounts of effort to succeed by basically gambling being disliked with massive success.}}</ref> are able to become wealthy and powerful.

	Whatifalthist is not as amiable to other "civilizations", however. When Whatifalthist speaks about other "civilizations" outside the "west",<ref group="note">In other words, people of colour</ref> suddenly, long-existing societal customs and institutions are meaningful in his thesis again. For example, Whatifalthist says that the reason why [[Latin America]] is relatively less wealthy than Anglo-America is because of the means in which the Spanish and Portuguese ruled their respective colonies.<ref name=":1" />		Whatifalthist is not as amiable to other civilizations, however. When Whatifalthist speaks about other "civilizations" outside the "west",<ref group="note">In other words, people of colour</ref> suddenly, long-existing societal customs and institutions are meaningful in his thesis again. For example, Whatifalthist says that the reason why [[Latin America]] is relatively less wealthy than Anglo-America is because of the means in which the Spanish and Portuguese ruled their respective colonies.<ref name=":1" />

	=== "Decadence" ===		=== "Decadence" ===
	Very similar to others on the [[far-right]], Whatifalthist is highly critical of what he percives as decadence and degeneration from social-justice movements and the youth, so much so, that in Whatifalthist's view:<blockquote>"[...] Youth Culture is About Being an Antisocial, Sociopathic, Degenerate."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>		Very similar to others on the [[far-right]], Whatifalthist is highly critical of what he percives as decadence and degeneration from social-justice movements and the youth, so much so, that in Whatifalthist's view:<blockquote>"[...] Youth Culture is About Being an Antisocial, Sociopathic, Degenerate."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>
	[[File:Whatifalthist example2.png\|thumb\|~~215x215px~~\|According to Whatifalthist, these people are tearing down a statue of [[Winston Churchill]], not because he was a imperialist and a capitalist who was complacent in the starvation and exploitation of millions in the [[British Imperialism\|British Empire]], but rather, because they are envious of his character. ]]		[[File:Whatifalthist example2.png\|thumb\|303x303px\|According to Whatifalthist, these people are tearing down a statue of [[Winston Churchill]] not because he was an imperialist and a capitalist who was complacent in the starvation and exploitation of millions in the [[British Imperialism\|British Empire]], but rather, because they are envious of his character. ]]
	According to Whatifalthist, the youth and their culture are "Degenerate" because of "Partying, drugs, chilling". Furthermore, Whatifalthist believes that the youth view such "Degenerate" things as "Partying" and "chilling" as:<blockquote>"[...] puts{{Helper\|helper-text=Sic\|hover-text=Short for sic erat scriptum "Thus as it was written". The text has been transcribed exactly as how it was first said, including its erroneous, archaic, or otherwise nonstandard spelling.}}as goods in of themselves rather than vices to be enjoyed and then put away."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>		According to Whatifalthist, the youth and their culture are "Degenerate" because of "Partying, drugs, chilling". Furthermore, Whatifalthist believes that the youth view such "Degenerate" things as "Partying" and "chilling" as:<blockquote>"[...] goods in of themselves rather than vices to be enjoyed and then put away."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>

	=== "Envy" ===		=== Envy ===
	Whatifalthist has made the claim in his video titled ''"How Envy Drives Society, History, and the Left"'' that, for example, all hatred for historical figures of the past is an "envy for the past"~~, he clarifies~~ his claim by saying:<blockquote>"In real objective terms, what does our generation accomplish in comparison to our forefathers? They won the world wars, ended disease, and real grinding poverty, reached the Moon, ended slavery, did actual legal changes to deal with discrimination, tamed thousands of miles of wilderness and beat tyrannies."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>Whatifalthist then goes on to say that:<blockquote>"When we tear down the statues of figures like Churchill, write histories without dead white males <ref group="note">~~implying~~ a racially-motivated persecution complex</ref>, or cut Shakespeare out of the curriculum, we enviously destroy their memories so that we don't have to think about them and how we don't hold up."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>		Whatifalthist has made the claim in his video titled ''"How Envy Drives Society, History, and the Left"'' that, for example, all hatred for historical figures of the past is an "envy for the past". He expands on his claim by saying:<blockquote>"In real objective terms, what does our generation accomplish in comparison to our forefathers? They won the world wars, ended disease and real grinding poverty, reached the Moon, ended slavery, did actual legal changes to deal with discrimination, tamed thousands of miles of wilderness and beat tyrannies."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>Whatifalthist then goes on to say that:<blockquote>"When we tear down the statues of figures like Churchill, write histories without dead white males,<ref group="note">Implying a racially-motivated persecution complex</ref> or cut Shakespeare out of the curriculum, we enviously destroy their memories so that we don't have to think about them and how we don't hold up."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==