How Family Structure Drives Ideology
Summary
TLDRThis video explores the profound impact of family structures on political ideologies and societal development across the 20th century. It delves into Emmanuel Todd's theory from 'The Origins of Ideology,' which suggests that the type of family one comes from significantly influences broader politics. The video examines eight distinct family structures, from exogamous communitarian in Russia and China to egalitarian nuclear in Anglo-Saxon countries, and how these molds shape ideologies such as communism, fascism, and liberalism. It challenges conventional wisdom and offers an unconventional lens through which to view global politics and societal evolution.
Takeaways
- ๐ The video discusses how different societies reacted to the 20th-century changes like the Industrial Revolution and world wars, suggesting an underlying scheme related to family structures.
- ๐ It introduces the concept of eight different family structures around the world and their impact on political ideologies and broader societal behaviors.
- ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ The 'exogamous communitarian' family, common in Russia, China, and parts of Eastern Europe, is characterized by large family units living under one roof, leading to authoritarian political structures.
- ๐ค The 'endogamous communitarian' family, aligning with the Islamic world, practices in-marriage within the clan, which corresponds with Islam's social conservatism and resistance to change.
- ๐ The 'authoritarian' family structure, found in countries like Germany and Japan, emphasizes inheritance by the oldest son and has historically led to nationalist and fascist ideologies.
- ๐ซ The 'egalitarian nuclear' family, prevalent in France and Italy, divides inheritance equally among sons, fostering a balance between freedom and equality, often leading to democratic capitalist societies.
- ๐๏ธ The 'absolute nuclear' family, typical in Anglo-Saxon countries, allows parents to divide inheritance as they wish, promoting individualism and liberal capitalism.
- ๐ค The 'asymmetric' family structure, found in Southern India, is tied to the caste system and has unique marital practices that emphasize the importance of uncles in family life.
- ๐ช The 'anomic' family system, present in Southeast Asia and among native Latin American peoples, lacks a defined structure, leading to societies without clear principles or social trust.
- ๐ The 'flexible' family system in Africa is characterized by a mix of family structures and high levels of polygamy, which has social implications such as increased violence and instability.
- ๐ฎ The video raises questions about the potential social shifts resulting from rapid changes in family structures worldwide and their implications for the future.
Q & A
How did different societies react to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution and World Wars?
-Different societies reacted by adopting various ideologies such as fascism, liberalism, and communism, rather than a single global ideology as initially thought.
What is the connection between family structures and political ideologies as suggested by Emmanuel Todd?
-Emmanuel Todd suggests that there is an uncanny resemblance between the political ideologies a nation picks and its family structures, which can inform broader politics.
What is the exogamous communitarian family structure?
-The exogamous communitarian family structure is characterized by the whole family living together under the same roof or in the same clan, with people marrying outside their clan and maintaining a strong patriarchal authority.
Which regions are predominantly exogamous communitarian and what political systems have they historically favored?
-Regions like Russia, China, parts of Eastern Europe, Northern India, Cuba, and parts of central France and Italy are predominantly exogamous communitarian. Historically, these societies have favored absolutist kings or dictatorships.
Why are exogamous communitarian societies considered the worst for women?
-Exogamous communitarian societies are considered the worst for women due to the ingrained idea of unfair power, where sons oppress their wives to resolve the tension of living under the same roof with multiple adult males and their jealous wives.
What is the endogamous communitarian family structure and its relation to Islam?
-The endogamous communitarian family structure involves people marrying within their clan, often in arranged marriages with close relatives like third cousins. This structure is closely related to Islam, as the Islamic world's geography matches this family type.
How does the authoritarian family structure differ from the exogamous communitarian structure?
-The authoritarian family structure involves only the oldest son inheriting the family's assets, with the rest of the sons having to find their own way in the world, often leading to professions like priesthood or military.
Which societies are known for their authoritarian family structure and what political ideologies have they typically adopted?
-Societies like Koreans, Japanese, Germans, Jews, Scandinavians, and North Spanish have authoritarian family structures. They have adopted a range of political ideologies from fascism and nationalism to democratic socialism and hard Catholicism.
What is the egalitarian nuclear family and how does it influence the societies it is prevalent in?
-The egalitarian nuclear family involves a nuclear family unit where inheritance is divided equally among all sons. This structure promotes democratic capitalist societies with a focus on individual freedom and equality, as seen in regions like Italy, France, and Latin America.
How does the absolute nuclear family structure differ from the egalitarian nuclear family and which societies does it influence?
-The absolute nuclear family allows parents to divide their inheritance as they see fit, often resulting in unequal distribution. This structure is prevalent in Anglo-Saxon societies like the U.S, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and England, promoting liberal capitalism and individual responsibility.
What are asymmetric families and where are they predominantly found?
-Asymmetric families are based on marrying cousins through female relatives and living in families built through the mother's female relatives. This system is predominantly found in Southern India and is influenced by the caste system.
What is the anomic family system and its historical prevalence?
-The anomic family system is an anti-system found in nomadic cultures with no fixed family structure, allowing for various family arrangements and sexual relationships. Historically, it was prevalent in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and among the native peoples of Latin America.
How does the flexible family system in Africa differ from other family systems?
-The flexible family system in Africa is characterized by a weaker nuclear family with the clan playing a significant role in raising children. It also allows for higher levels of polygamy and is influenced by various factors such as the caste system in India and the rise of the state.
What are the potential social changes that could result from the current shifts in family structures worldwide?
-The shifts in family structures worldwide could lead to significant social changes, such as changes in birth rates, social stability, and the development of societies. For instance, the breakdown of traditional family structures in countries like Russia and China could be contributing to low birth rates and social problems.
Outlines
๐ Impact of Family Structures on Global Politics
This paragraph explores the relationship between family structures and political ideologies, suggesting that the type of family one comes from can predict the political leanings of a society. It discusses how different societies reacted to the Industrial Revolution and world wars, leading to varied political systems such as fascism, liberalism, and communism. The speaker introduces the idea that family structures may have a significant influence on the broader political landscape, setting the stage for a deeper dive into this theory.
๐ก Exogamous Communitarian Family Dynamics
The second paragraph delves into the exogamous communitarian family structure, prevalent in regions like Russia, China, and parts of Eastern Europe, where large families live together under one roof or in close clans. This structure often leads to tension due to the concentration of power in the father figure and results in poor treatment of women as a means to alleviate this tension. The paragraph also touches on how this family structure is linked to absolutist regimes and the appeal of communism, which aligns with the collectivist and conformist tendencies ingrained in these societies.
๐ Endogamous Communitarian and Islamic World Parallels
This section examines the endogamous communitarian family structure, characterized by marriages within the clan and a strong emphasis on clan unity. The paragraph draws parallels between this family structure and the Islamic world, suggesting that the social conservatism inherent in Islam is well-suited to societies with this family type. It also discusses how Islam provides a stable framework for these societies, which value continuity and tradition, and contrasts the treatment of women in this structure with that in exogamous communitarian societies.
๐ Authoritarian Family and Its Cultural Impact
The fourth paragraph discusses the authoritarian family structure, where only the eldest son inherits, leading to a society that values inequality and has a strong sense of lineage and history. This structure is associated with cultures such as the Koreans, Japanese, Germans, and Jews, and has historically led to the rise of ideologies like fascism and nationalism. The paragraph explores how this family structure fosters a deep sense of discipline and unity, but also a tendency towards aggression and the maintenance of strict social hierarchies.
๐ Egalitarian Nuclear Family and Democratic Capitalism
The fifth paragraph introduces the egalitarian nuclear family, which is characterized by equal inheritance among all sons and a focus on the individual. This family structure is prevalent in countries like Italy, France, and parts of Latin America, and it fosters a tension between freedom and equality. The paragraph discusses how this structure leads to societies that oscillate between different political systems, often valuing revolutionary liberalism and having a strong sense of brotherhood among citizens.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Absolute Nuclear Family and Liberal Capitalism
This section focuses on the absolute nuclear family, which is common in Anglo-Saxon countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The absolute nuclear family allows for inheritance to be divided as the parents see fit, often leading to a mix of egalitarian and authoritarian elements. The paragraph explores how this structure promotes liberal capitalism, individualism, and a strong sense of personal responsibility, contributing to the stability and success of these societies.
๐ Asymmetric Family System of Southern India
The sixth paragraph examines the asymmetric family system found in Southern India, which is heavily influenced by the caste system. This structure is based on marriages through female relatives and results in a society where uncles play a significant role. The paragraph discusses how this system has led to a more equitable treatment of women and a more prosperous and creative society, with a unique political landscape that has seen successful communist movements and effective governance.
๐ Anomic Family System and Its Societal Effects
The seventh paragraph describes the anomic family system, which lacks a defined structure and is prevalent in Southeast Asia and among indigenous peoples of Latin America. This system allows for a wide range of family configurations and sexual relationships. The paragraph discusses how the lack of structure leads to societies without clear principles or stakes, often resulting in oppressive empires and disaffected populations. It also touches on the historical significance of the Catholic Church's ban on cousin marriage and its impact on social trust.
๐ Flexible Family Systems in Africa
The eighth paragraph explores the flexible family system in Africa, which is characterized by a diversity of family structures and a strong emphasis on clans. This system allows for a range of family configurations, including polygamy, and is influenced by various factors such as ethnicity and religion. The paragraph discusses how this system has led to a society with a weaker nuclear family structure, a large class of sexually frustrated young men, and a cycle of violence. It also touches on the potential for social change as Africa continues to develop and strengthen its families.
๐ Global Family Structure Shifts and Future Societal Changes
The final paragraph contemplates the rapid changes in family structures worldwide and their potential impact on society. It discusses the shifts in countries like Russia and China, where traditional family structures have been disrupted by communism, and in Western countries, where the family's power is weakening. The paragraph raises questions about the future of society as these changes continue, particularly in light of high divorce rates and the potential for significant social shifts.
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Keywords
๐กIndustrial Revolution
๐กWorld Wars
๐กPolitical Ideologies
๐กFamily Structures
๐กExogamous Communitarian Family
๐กEndogamous Communitarian Family
๐กAuthoritarian Family
๐กEgalitarian Nuclear Family
๐กAbsolute Nuclear Family
๐กAnomic Family
Highlights
The 20th century saw diverse societal reactions to the Industrial Revolution and world wars, leading to the rise of various ideologies like fascism, liberalism, and communism.
An underlying scheme influenced political ideologies based on family structures, with different regions adopting different systems such as exogamous communitarian or endogamous communitarian families.
Exogamous communitarian family structures, prevalent in Russia, China, and Northern India, involve entire families living together and are linked to absolutist regimes and poor treatment of women.
Endogamous communitarian societies, matching the Islamic World, practice in-marriage within the clan and have social conservatism aligning with Islam's teachings.
Authoritarian families, found in Korea, Japan, and parts of Europe, have the oldest son inherit everything, fostering a sense of lineage and contributing to nationalistic and aggressive tendencies.
Egalitarian nuclear families, present in much of Italy, France, and Latin America, divide inheritance equally among sons, leading to tensions between freedom and equality.
Absolute nuclear families, typical in Anglo-Saxon countries, allow parents to divide inheritance as they wish, promoting liberal capitalism and individual responsibility.
Asymmetric families, specific to Southern India, are based on marrying through female relatives and have uncles playing a significant role in family dynamics.
Anomic families, common in Southeast Asia and among Native Latin Americans, lack a defined family structure and are associated with conservative societies and ineffective military.
Flexible family systems, widespread in Africa, have clans being more influential than nuclear families, with polygamy being more prevalent and leading to social issues.
The breakdown of traditional family structures in Russia and China due to communism has led to low birth rates and significant social problems.
Germany's shift from an authoritarian to an egalitarian nuclear family structure may indicate future societal changes similar to France.
The Western world is experiencing a weakening of family power with the spread of African family structures and higher rates of divorce, potentially leading to unknown societal impacts.
The rise of the state and conversion to Christianity and Islam in Africa are causing rapid changes in family structures, which may lead to increased development.
The book 'The Origins of Ideology' by Emmanuel Todd encapsulates the theory of how family structures influence broader political and societal norms.
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Transcripts
over the course of the 20th century it's
been fascinating to see how different
societies have reacted to the massive
changes that have come from the
Industrial Revolution and the pain of
the world wars however much as people
thought a single ideologic liberalism
communism or the like might dominate the
world what happened instead was that
Germany and Japan went for fascism the
Anglo-Saxon World in France stayed
liberal well China Russia and the like
went communist what if I were to tell
you that there was an underlying scheme
for why this happened and it's almost
certainly not what you think the
resemblances between what political
ideologies and Nation picks and its
family structures uncanny don't believe
me this will be a tour through the
world's family structures and how they
inform broader politics prepare for an
insane ride that will totally change how
you view the world
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I'm going to be straight here and say a
lot of the content in this video comes
from a single book the origins of
ideology by Emmanuel Todd the book
shorted around 170 pages but it's really
remarkable in encapsulating this whole
Theory and the original idea behind it
was positive but not articulated by the
legendary French historian fernan
browdell who once said the history of
the world could be written just off
family structure and with this I'm
officially rebranding what a faultist
that show that jerks off and revives
obscure mid 20th century French
historians there are eight different
family structures around the world and
this video will go through each to
explain what they are the psychology
that follows from it and how they
manifest politically number one the
exogamous communitarian family as a fair
warning a lot of these terms get fairly
analytical and complicated but I'll
break them down to a More explainable
Level each time what exogamous
communitarian means is that the whole
family lives together under the same
roof or in the same Clan communitarian
means people live largely in Clans
rather than breaking away and forming
individual nuclear families Clan family
structures are largely the norm across
most of history and the world with the
exception of the West
exogamous means that people marry
outside their Clan so you shouldn't
marry a cousin but instead someone from
a totally different family the exogamous
communitarian family dominates Russia
China areas of Eastern Europe like
former Yugoslavia Hungary and Finland as
well as Northern India Cuba and parts of
central France and Italy it's another
piece of the evidence of the former
Mongol Empire Iron Curtain block being a
broader cultural institution outside of
just the cold war or the modern
russo-chinese Alliance this is by far
the largest family group in the world
where when Emmanuel Todd was writing in
the 70s it was 40 of the world's
population while all other groups
hovered around 10 percent or less the
main reality of the exogamous
humanitarian family is just the stress
that comes from having so many adult
males and their wives under the same
roof when men get married they bring
their wives back home where they live
under the same father who can Lord over
and Order his descendants around into
adulthood until he died eyes when the
father dies the family breaks up and
each son reforms a new household lording
over them as a grandfather in turn
having this many adult males and their
jealous wives who want more autonomy
under the same roof breeds a lot of
tension households like this have a lot
of stress with so many families in
proximity having to negotiate together
to deal with all this tension the father
has large amounts of power over the
family likewise in all of these cultures
except Russia and Eastern Europe women
are treated very poorly since to resolve
the tension of having so many people
having to live together and the
resentment of the sons being ruled over
by their father is to let the sons
oppress their wives the exogamous
communitarian world has been the worst
place for women of any large Society in
the world this family system ingrains an
idea of unfair power and thus it's no
surprise that these societies have
always been absolutist Kings or
dictatorships whether under Russia's
czars the cruel dynasties of Northern
India or China's Emperors a great
example of this is the bad Emperor
problem as Francis fukuyama talks about
in the origins of political order in
that China's political establishment was
largely more advanced than the rest of
the world except for that their leaders
had no accountability which then
resulted in them making horrifically
dumb decisions holding all their
societies back at the same time the
sheer amount of power the older father
had over his sons prevents the idea of
political Independence or the individual
from developing the parents literally
pick their son's mates and then live
with them with them providing their
children work with this attitude common
it's easy to see how regimes in this
part of the world treat their
populations often like tan and fodder
with service periods for conscripts in
the Russian army of 25 years common
under the czars and before that for life
and how Chinese Emperors would call it
massive parts of their population for
vanity projects like the Great Wall the
Terracotta Army or for giant armies of
Millions with that many people trying to
coordinate working together you need to
enforce some kind of conformity in order
just so weird and consistent agencies
with your relatives personalities don't
drive you crazy for these reasons these
cultures prize Conformity discipline and
fitting into a mold rather than
creativity this is a big reason why
Confucianism an ideology that prizes
following social duties Above All Else
and respect for authority has become
China's de facto religion for most of
its history likewise the idea of the
father is the symbol for the family
results in state worship being normal in
this part of the world in Russia the
state was used a vehicle of glory and
identity for the entire Russian race
Wetland China the states literally
viewed as sacred under Confucian law and
the manifestation of the will of the
Chinese people you can explain a lot of
historic quirks looking in this lens for
example the West's incomprehensibility
to Russia and Russia's lack of Freedom
cruelty and what has been seen as its
Oriental character well at the same time
the Russians have been physically
indistinguishable from other Europeans
and Christians it all makes more sense
in between arranged marriages Clan life
and rule by a strong patriarch the
Russians lived lives much more like that
of Asians than Europeans Russia did
however give women much better treatment
more in line with European standards
than Asian ones I do wonder if Todd was
correct in labeling all of European
areas he did as being part of this group
looking from their history and how they
develop a societies and how arranged
marriage has been incredibly rare across
Western history I doubt the baltics are
part of this group but when he was
writing in the 70s they were part of the
Soviet Union meaning the Soviets would
have suppressed data showing cultural
differences from the Russians and said
data would have been pretty hard to find
the West anyway likewise Finland was a
nomadic herder Society until recently
which was extremely loose and free
dealing so I kind of doubt it functioned
in reality close to China or Northern
India one of the jokes in the waterfall
test staff is India as the exception to
every rule in history if you want to
make any kind of principle that the past
just write India out since there's no
way it will conform and it'll just keep
doing its India thing India doesn't
conform to a lot of the principles of
these kind of societies India doesn't
really have self-imposed native
tyrannies or strong government and the
like however the collectivism and poor
treatment of women does carry and I
think this is due to the caste system
which is a bigger factor for more
details in the caste system watch my
video on India but long and short every
person's life in Indian history has been
ruled by caste or their tiny
self-contained occupational group they
must breed in working Associated and the
like and this caste system has
overwrought the powerful pro-government
forces that you normally see from
exogamous communitarian societies the
exogamous communitarian world is gone
for communism very strongly in the 20th
century for reasons that may seem
obvious given this movement's emphasis
on Authority cooperation and conformity
in fact you really struggle to find any
successful self-contained communist
movements outside of this cultural area
the map of the exogamous communitarian
world accepting India are basically the
same as the second world communist block
during the Cold War Yugoslavia and
especially Cuba totally cut off from the
rest of the world with very different
geography and culture but still being
exogenous communitarian societies are
very strong evidence for this on top of
this the Italian and French communist
parties were based out of the parts of
their countries that had exogamous
communitarian societies and were very
weak outside of those blocks there are
three big reasons why communism is so
appealing to exogamous communitarian
societies one being that the father's
rule creates resentment among the
brothers who can rebel against the
Father which seems like a perfect Coral
area to the rebellion of the proletariat
against the bourgeoisie most society's
conceptions of God and the government
deviate from how fathers act in their
society and so resentment against the
father naturally leads to communism's
atheism the pent-up resentment against
the father wants the sons gain power
which promulgates further tyranny seems
like a perfect model for how the
resentful Communists filled the shoes of
the all already cruel and corrupt
regimes they replaced the second reason
being the structure of families and
societies is that once the father dies
the family breaks up and each son
becomes his own family immediately
tearing up the family this is a great
corollary to how the nation is torn up
in the great Revolution and culture
totally changes likewise the massive
cultural changes that have happened with
stuff like Ivan the Terrible Peter the
Great chishi huangdi and Zhu huangshi
all predating communism as well as later
Communists like Stalin and Mao make
sense given since the families totally
reform every generation erasing its
history it creates the idea that the
nation can do the same as well the third
reason being that an exogamous
communitarian family is the family picks
the mate occupation and governs the
children through their whole adult lives
until their parents die and thus it
intuitively makes sense that the state
which is the manifestation of the family
would provide the citizen with
everything across their whole lives
which is communism part 2 endogamous
communitarian we're moving from one type
of Clan structure to another this time
from those who marry outside their Clan
to inside it an endogamous communitarian
societies people marry their third
cousin in arranged marriages and then
live together as a clan under the same
roof this may sound like a tiny
difference but it's had profound effects
around how these cultures have evolved
over time the endogamous Unitarian world
is the same as the Islamic World
Geography I mean I could sugarcoat that
a little by saying Islamic world is
bigger with some stuff in Africa
Bangladesh or Malaya but for the most
part the borders of the Islamic World
exactly match this region if communism
is the classic ideology for exogamous
humanitarian Society is Islam is that
for this one this is since the structure
of Islam fits well with the social
conservatism that comes from internally
bound Clan life one of the key
differences between Islam and
Christianity is that Jesus said love thy
neighbor and don't be a douche and then
got crucified meanwhile Muhammad created
legal code founded an Empire and
transcribed the exact words of God
Christianity believed that God's law is
written in our hearts and up for
interpretation while Islam believes the
Quran is literally the word of God
itself it should be felt without
question Islam was able to conquer and
maintain control over this area due to
the shared family structure that worked
well with its ideology the Muslims kept
control of turkey and lost control of
Spain converted Pakistan but not India
since the local family structures meshed
better with Islam this works for the
conservatism that comes from these kinds
of societies bringing in outside wives
causes immense social tension in the
exogamous families but since you're
marrying your fourth cousin it's all in
the family and pretty frictionless since
everyone knows everyone else and is
related there's a quote from an Arab
that sounds strange to Western ears of I
love her since she's my second cousin
through my uncle Islam provides stable
laws for fundamentally unchanging and
conservative Clan Society
uninteresting and massive difference in
exogamous and endogamous Clan societies
and since the whole clan stays intact
through inbreeding there's a lot less
power and tension in the father's hands
since the family is so intact that
upbringing and family discipline doesn't
just fall on the father's hands given
there are so many uncles cousins and
grandfathers lying around the Islamic
father is not an overbearing Force just
a part of an interconnected web of
family that encompasses all of life thus
the idea of atheisms unimaginable to the
Muslim World which has always been
religious likewise the moral laws that
govern interpersonal relations inside
the clan cannot be blamed on a single
Force since they're upheld by all males
this is shown that the religious laws of
the Islamic world are maintained by a
council of male Elders called the ulama
rather than the pope or a hierarchical
church as in the west something a lot of
westerners don't believe is that
historically the Muslim world has of the
four main Eurasian civilizations treated
women the third worst after in India and
then China a woman in the Muslim world
isn't a dangerous Outsider controlled as
in those other two societies but a
beloved cousin to be taken care of not
to say the Muslim world's great but this
lack of tension is why female Liberation
has not occurred in the Muslim world but
has in much of the rest of the world
Islam conceptualizes the world through
the Klan when the greatest Islamic
historian IBN khaldoon wrote a history
of the world he did it through the lens
of the moral strength of the strongest
Clan determining the success of the
nation the clan allows great treatment
of insiders when I've been to Muslim
countries I've been shocked at how
hospitable and casually kind they have
been I never felt threatened traveling
to Egypt and was shocked no one tried to
sell me [ย __ย ] or get in my face likewise
it's shocking to go to dirt poor Muslim
countries and see no Beggars since the
Clans take care of their own however at
the same time since the Clinton doesn't
interface with the rest of society at
all really these societies have often
been terrible to Outsiders Islam was the
only one of the major four Eurasian
civilizations to practice slavery in a
truly massive scale until very recently
and still does in small ways even today
if you border a Muslim country you have
twice as high a chance of being at War
than an average religion the Muslim idea
of violently spreading the house of
family of Islam Dar all Islam seems like
the way Clans you the world through
expanding their genes part 3
authoritarian families in some ways I
feel like the authoritarian family is
the weirdest ideologically and
geographically and that's partially by
design for a lot of these family groups
they have a single ideology that kind of
encompasses their world view with the
notable previous examples being Islam
and communism likewise they have a
single block of coherent territory
whether Dar all Islam or the former
Mongol Empire however for the
authoritarian culture there is no such
Unity the cultures this family style as
part of includes the Koreans Japanese
Germans Jews Scandinavians North Spanish
gypsies oxita willoons Celtic people
like the Scots Irish Breton or the
quebecois in Canada likewise they
followed political ideologies ranging
from fascism nationalism Democratic
socialism hard Catholicism and the like
however once you dig a bit deeper you
find a broader cultural Unity that makes
all this diversity a feature not a bug
an authoritarian family is only the
oldest son inherits the rest get nothing
and have defined their way in the world
many of these Sons end up in the
priesthood or in the military and these
cultures often have a combination with
Warrior monks like in Ireland the
Teutonic Knights or Zen Samurai all
these young people need to push out to
establish themselves makes these
societies often irrationally aggressive
this worldview where only the oldest son
inherits naturally leads these cultures
viewing inequality as a natural part of
the world and so every naturally fascist
country in the world has come from one
of these cultures this includes Hitler's
Germany Imperial Japan two countries
that share their very little except this
family structure Franco Spain was based
out of the authoritarian north of that
country and Mussolini's Italy is the
only outlier but they also fill part of
the egalitarian nuclear model we'll talk
about in the next section of Macho
strongman and also they were the least
effective of all the fascist States
since the ancestral line gets passed on
from father to eldest son it creates the
idea of an indestructible lineage that
must be preserved at all costs bar
nothing these countries have a deep
sense of history and stubbornness that
allows survival and nationalism seeming
normal even Noble the idea of a racing
history that comes naturally to the
endogamous community structure seems
disgusting and perverse to cultures in
the authority-based family structure a
point Emmanuel Todd makes is that the
Jews and gypsies have very little in
common except they share this family
structure and they face centuries of
horrifying depredations that gave them
every right to lose their culture
however for these societies losing the
ancestral lineage is disgusting this is
why these cultures are all these tiny
dots on the map since they just [ย __ย ]
refused to die I'm half Irish and my
mom's side's got a good amount of
Scottish and this is a part I understand
from my own family basis my father is a
bit of an Irish Nationalist and he'd
sing me rebel songs as a child and my
friends sometimes make fun of me for
Rudyard why do you keep holding on to
this Irish stuff given your family's
been in America for 200 years and your
other half is British or the irish's
greatest enemies and it sent an Irish
culture the idea of throwing away a
lineage it stretches back took a colion
and Beyond and your ancestors struggled
centuries to protect seems unimaginable
this is how the English stole the
irish's land kept them from owning
property obtaining an education voting
and starving them however with each
humiliation the Irish just grew tougher
building their entire personality around
Rebellion these kinds of cultures
instill a lot of discipline among their
members an example being suicidal
bravery when look at how an impossibly
horribly outnumbered conflicts like the
Germans or Japanese in World War II the
heavily Scottish descended Confederates
in the U.S Civil War or the Jews
rebelling against the Romans of how
authoritarian cultures are willing to
basically commit suicide for their own
Pride I mean I grew up assuming that a
society's willingness to fight
suicidally like this for something
profound like National survival or honor
was something deeply Noble and then I
talked to friends and their reaction was
that just sounds insane to which my
reaction was how can you not get this
this discipline manifests in politics as
well in which once these society's make
a decision their entire culture moves in
lockstep to change immediately the
cultures that have gone through the
fastest transitions are all in this
category this includes Japan and
Germany's post-world War II 180 degree
turns Scotland and Japan's insanely
Rapid industrializations or Quebec and
Ireland's extremely rapid shifts from
extremely Catholic to being very secular
the way these societies get get this
much discipline is through the idea that
their ancestral lineage goes back into
Infinity something I was unironically
told as a child was that as the only
male heir to my family the honor and
survival of my entire ancestral line
hung on my shoulders also with the
oldest son taking everything from his
father it creates an immense amount of
pressure the parents put on the oldest
son with the rest of the children
growing up with the same atmosphere but
with the expectation of making it in the
rest of the world the amount of pressure
these parents apply on their children
creates a lot of weird neuroses making
these cultures remarkably not chill with
the weird eccentricities of the Japanese
Jews Germans Irish and the rest likely
stemming from these overbearing parents
an interesting point Todd Emanuel makes
about Freud's theories of hatred of the
father stemming as much from Freud's
cultural context as a German Jew than
anything else these neuroses manifest in
society with Emmanuel Todd making an
interesting correlation between areas in
Germany that burned the most witches in
the 1600s and those who supported the
Nazis and they're the same areas both
witch burnings and the Nazis are
fundamentally paranoid neuroses the
overbearing and unequal family does have
a lot of advantages it always amuses me
when feminists push for collectivism
given women do much better in
individualistic Societies in which they
pair off with a single man and use their
sex as leverage rather than Clans where
they have no such leverage and are Pawns
of their Elders these authoritarian
societies tend to give women Authority
as part of the ruling couple pair and
thus they tend to prize education also
since family lands are divided up every
generation these countries often have
large middle classes an important point
to make is that even though this is
called the authoritarian system these
countries tend to not be as
authoritarian for controlling the
individual as lots of other systems
notably the exogamous communitarian and
that's because our societies have so
much plan that it's difficult for the
government to Lord over the individual
and if you look at countries like Nazi
Germany or imperial Japan they weren't
that horrible to the very Japanese or
Germans that they ruled under but
leveled their hatred at conquered
populations these countries tend to view
God and government in the same way with
an overbearing force that expects
dignity and respect the most socially
conservative Catholic areas have tended
to be in this region while big
government paternalistic socialism tends
for dominate in areas that aren't
Catholic these countries tend to be
pretty uniparty political systems since
one grows up and gets deep loyalty to a
certain political party and parties Live
and Die in a generational basis with the
same parties ruling in say Sweden Japan
or Quebec and the like for whole
Generations the largest flaw of the
authoritarian model is the overweening
pride that comes from believing their
ancestral group is the center of the
universe and all others are useless
these countries make terrible Empires
and if you look at Western Europe it's
never the authoritarian areas that unify
countries when they try to form empires
coalitions of literally everyone in
their vicinity tries to form to prevent
them from winning it's not a coincidence
that the ancient Greek city-states which
were authoritarian family structure were
never able to forge large Empires while
the egalitarian Roman family structure
starting in a tiny City in the Tiber
River or was able to conquer the Known
World likewise even inside their own
countries these nations have been
terrible at maintaining political Unity
given they're so split by local
governments and families then imagine
themselves as special and infinitely
stretching back into history the Celts
have never been able to unify
independently of conquest and the Irish
make jokes about how difficult it is to
make them work together the Germans and
Japanese have been split into tiny
States for large Parts if not most of
their modern histories circling back to
the beginning the reason the
authoritarian family is split into so
many tiny splotches around the world and
it splits so many ideologies as they
can't unify or spread easily but they're
also so impossibly hard to get rid of
number four the egalitarian nuclear
family now we move on to the nuclear
family something that seems like gets
mentioned on a daily basis by Americans
which as you'll see makes sense with how
much it drives Society but there are two
separate kinds of nuclear family both of
which evolve into Democratic capitalist
societies but one with inherently
different characters the egalitarian
nuclear family is based out of much of
Italy accepting the middle little bit
Southern Iberia most of northern France
Romania Poland Ethiopia and the mostly
white or mestizo parts of Latin America
the egalitarian nuclear family Works
through a nuclear family or the mother
and father move away and live as a
separate couple and then upon their
death their inheritance is divide up
equally among all the sons this sort of
world view creates an inherent tension
between freedom and equality which are
inherently contradictory since once you
start to give people freedom to act as
they would like they start to achieve
different results thus not allowing
equality in nuclear families people move
away from their parents and marry
through love not arranged marriages and
thus there's an idea of an individual in
freedom but also since all the sons
inherent equally there's an idea that
people deserve economic equality as a
sense of fairness to a certain degree
this worldview is largely encapsulated
in the French revolution's egalite
or a quality Liberty and Brotherhood
across this in the next section will be
strongly compared to the
English-speaking world's in egalitarian
nuclear system and its life liberty and
the pursuit of happiness these countries
often have a socialistic government
redistributionist bent to them and that
they view the idea of the government
redis reading the wealthiest money to
the poor as an ethical natural thing and
so they often see the tension especially
in Latin American countries between
redistributionist demagogue bugs and
technocrats who want to establish
capitalism to a greater degree and
alternating between them the ideology of
this region could be called
revolutionary liberalism with the French
Revolution followed by napoleoning its
perfect encapsulation a problem here is
that ironically unlike the authoritarian
societies that tend to prize inequality
but actually tend to be fairly equal and
have a strong middle class in these
countries since lands divided equally it
means that each generation lands are
divided meaning lots of families that
can't feed themselves and have to sell
their land which results in the wealthy
buying up their small uninhabitable
lands these societies prize equality as
an abstract but have a social code that
actively promotes inequality which
causes revolutions this critical tension
means that these societies often
oscillate between military dictatorships
and used to have chill absolutist
monarchies and democracies to read a
history of a Latin American country
Italy France Spain and the like over the
last 200 years is an endless Litany of
regime changes in monarchy military
dictatorship and democracy Francis had
five republics with different
constitutions while the U.S has remained
under the same Constitution for a longer
period however these societies still
value the individual in their search for
a life and so they have tended to
respect property rights in the general
functioning Society more so than other
groups a strong part of this kind of
nuclear family missing in the
English-speaking worlds version is the
Brotherhood that comes from all the
brothers inheriting equally well the
daughters get nothing this creates a
culture of machismo that comes from the
idea that the men are literally Superior
in these societies these cultures
produce preening alpha males as
dictators on a frequent basis however
since everyone inherits equally no
matter what said printing alpha males
are often not actually effective since
they have no incentive to be this
culture of male solidarity also
predisposes these countries being
military dictatorships when not
democracies given the male solid area
that also exists in the military these
cultures find the insane discipline
expected of the authoritarian society's
distasteful and as the Catholic Church
became more conservative in the
counter-reformation have tended towards
chill Catholicism in general secularism
among the men while women have often
been religious from a world perspective
being part of nuclear families of a man
and wife stuck together women have a lot
of de facto influence in these societies
given that they have lots of negotiating
power over their husbands due to sex and
running the household the idea of
Brotherhood of lousy societies to become
very successful Empires through the idea
that all citizens of the Empire are
inherently Brothers all the Latin States
in Western Europe are built off these
egalitarian Parts Conquering the other
regions while the Roman Empire is kind
of the OG EG egalitarian Empire with All
Sons inheriting equally thus allowing a
sense of Brotherhood among all men of
the Empire allowing Mass assimilation of
conquer peoples unlike the Greeks as
well as the Republic degrading into
military dictatorships as a final note
Ethiopia's inclusion this list is
fascinating it shows that this family
system almost certainly stems from
Christianity with Joseph Heinrich
talking about this in his fabulous book
the weirdest people in the world it also
explains what Ethiopia has been the only
stable state in sub-Saharan Africa for
thousands of years and why it's the only
big country in sub-Saharan Africa to be
industrializing alongside its
oscillations between democracy and
Military dictatorship over the next
couple decades I would watch out for
Ethiopia part 5 the absolute nuclear
family the absolute nuclear family could
also be called the Anglo-Saxon without
much of a stretch since it exists in
England it's diaspora countries like the
U.S Canada Australia and New Zealand
alongside this the country is the
Anglo-Saxons came from on the European
continent such as the Netherlands
Denmark as well as Normandy and all Zhu
which colonized England its dominant
ideology is liberal capitalism for most
of my viewers the absolute nuclear
family doesn't need much explanation
given it's the system we just assumed to
be normal a family forcing a mother and
a father from love not arranged marriage
moves away from their parents and the
parents can divide up their inheritance
however they would like disinheriting
children that piss them off giving kids
they like more inheritance Etc each
child is expected to find their own way
in the world and it's nice if they
happen to inherit something from their
parents the de facto reality has often
been an egalitarian split inheritance
among the common people and the
authoritarian oldest son inherits all
among the nobility making this cultural
system culturally between
authoritarian and egalitarian nuclear
family systems which makes sense given
Britain's history of shared German and
French colonization it combines parts of
the pressure and discipline of the
authoritarian system and part of the
globalizing and Free Spirit of the
egalitarian nuclear family an
interesting point Emmanuel Todd made
that these countries trees were often
deeply racist in the manner of an
authoritarian country until the middle
of the 19th century and the working
classes gained more influence over the
aristocrats from which they moved to
more Universal views the dominant
Assumption of cultures like this is that
each individual is an atom responsible
for its own success and conduct
responsible for its own results and if
someone succeeds good for them your own
life is in your own hands as long as you
don't totally fail and become a weirdo
and then get rejected from the broader
social system or getting disinherited
something anglos have trouble
understanding and why their social model
is so hard to apply to the rest of the
world is that this cultural system often
appears alien and bizarre if not
disgusting to other cultures the
atomization is often viewed as
inherently cold and impersonal I've
talked to a Frenchman and they've tried
to impart upon me how inherently
disgusting the amount of wealth of
America's billionaires is in of itself
to which my reply is I'm happy they're
able to succeed to that level the
absolute nuclear family promotes Rife
capitalism in the idea that the end
result is fair even if it's unequal
gives the societies immense stability
since it can reconcile equality and
Freedom by going with freedom the
English-speaking world the Netherlands
and Denmark really don't have rebellions
crises or political instability
meanwhile the idea that everyone has to
play the capitalism and democracy game
gives an onus to make this an unfair and
functional given that that's the
structure of their families of providing
children with equal upbringings and then
expecting unequal results this idea of
free choice manifests under capitalism
liberalism and protestantism which
believes the individual's connection
with God is personal and means these
were the first countries in the world to
become multi-party democracies or have
religious freedom in the Western World
the ideas of God in these societies are
that how you worship God is up to you
and God judges you for going to heaven
and hell upon your death based off the
multiform choices you've made in your
life without a state-sponsored or
Catholic Church necessary which sounds a
lot like a parent judging their child in
whether or not they should inherit after
their death these cultures have to have
high social trust and stability given
that the individual cannot expect
anything from their families which are
in turn cut off from their extended
families which means that people have to
turn to other communities like churches
Boeing leagues and the like to fish for
friends and social networks as well as
employers and employees these cultures
tend to have a lot of unity given how
isolated people are from their families
and need to rely on the community at the
same time with the collapsed social
communities like this as seen in
building alone the negative effects in
society have been incalculable since
each individual is viewed as an atom in
these societies these countries foreign
policies tend to be isolationist and
principle and actually very
interventionist in actions since
everything is up to independent and
personal choice England the Netherlands
in America of all play the game of
proclaiming Glorious isolationism or
refusing foreign entanglements and then
bombing anyone that pisses them off and
making giant Alliance science coalitions
in the same way as the people in their
societies for all these reasons the
absolute nuclear family has been the
most successful in history is God from a
group of tiny marshlands in the North
Sea to ruling the world these are
incredibly wealthy successful capable
and stable countries I'd like to Hazard
some modesty here given that the wheel
of History eventually pones everyone and
so we'll probably eventually see a lot
of flaws in this family structure that
we can't now but I kind of find it
amusing Emmanuel Todd literally gives
this culture which dominates the world
two pages and is 170 page book since it
fits so perfectly in the French
historiographic tradition of not being
able to admit how hard the anglos beat
them part 6 asymmetric families I'm
going to warn all of you that this is
the one that makes the least sense of
all of them to me this family system is
based out of Southern India and is based
off the assumptions born out of that
culture and especially the caste system
the way it works you can only marry the
cousins of your female relatives through
their female relatives which works
through arranged marriage people then
live in families as built through their
mother's female relatives in this
process the uncle or your mother's
brother Becomes Her male protector who
helps manage this system this means that
uncles are super important to child's
development it's hard at times to
disentangle this system from just the
broader Indian cultural context which I
cover in Greater detail in these videos
however there are some important details
that separates this part of India from
Northern India this is a post in
Northern India which has possibly been
the area where women have been the worst
treated in the world over history
firstly this part of India is much
wealthier and more creative with India's
tech center being based out of Bangalore
for example this makes sense given women
are treated much better in Southern
India and in societies which women are
given more social status they can bring
their ideas into society but also it
forces men to try harder in order to
impress them this part of India has also
had the only success communist movements
ever in world history with the only
democratically elected communist
movements ever which have not in turn
turned themselves into totalitarian
States and in another example of India
breaking every role have actually been
very good government making West Bengal
and Tamil Nadu peaceful and successful
societies number seven the anomic family
the anomic family type is an anti-system
in a nomad cultures there is no family
structure you can have a nuclear family
but you can also live with your clan
incest is okay marrying your cousins is
okay and if you don't want America
cousins that's fine sometimes the
youngest daughter takes care of the
parents and sometimes she doesn't anomic
systems largely allow the individual to
do whatever they want sexually and with
their families this system predominates
in Southeast Asia and among the native
peoples of Latin America it used to be
much larger for example encapsulating
the Middle East Bronze Age States like
Egypt or Babylon as well as the Inca
Empire a very interesting book I've
mentioned before is Joseph Han Rex the
weirdest evil in the world which talks
about how the Catholic Church Banning
cousin marriage was one of the biggest
shifts in history since it broke down
Clan structures and forced westerners to
get more social trust due to not having
Clans having to associate with broader
Society while creating the individual
however this kind of nuclear family is
dependent upon Banning incest and cousin
marriage which does not exist in these
societies the lack of any kind of
structure for breeding or parenting
results in societies without clear
principles or Stakes the dominant
political system of this part of the
world has been oppressive Empires ruling
over disaffected peasants with across
the pre-columbian states in the new
world the ancient Middle East in
Southeast Asia it often being a norm for
one-third the population to be slaves
without family structures these
societies and the peasantries on top of
them really don't have a concept on how
to politically organize the ruling
classes of these countries in order to
balance the sexual openness of their
populations have often practiced incest
in order to keep asthma much inside
their families as possible so as to
control their populations this incestor
never looking outside their families
creates attitudes of conservatism and
foolishness which is why these countries
are often so fragile and able to be
conquered so quickly and easily as has
been the case with Mesopotamia Egypt the
Inca or the military ineffectiveness of
Southeast Asian countries the reason
this group has shrunk so much is its
ineffectiveness and the reason it likely
survives in Southeast Asia is due to
that region being the area that has
faced the least military competition of
anywhere in the world I don't mean this
to be opponing southeast Asia video
because you can't judge the quality of a
society based off its political and
Military institutions and as I said
before my video on southeast Asia this
is one of my favorite areas in Asia for
different reasons so if I do come across
as judgmental to certain Societies in
this video don't take that as a personal
attack attack against the value of your
Society without boundaries people really
don't know where to look or how to look
at the world these societies don't
really see a lot of inner-driven social
change they tend to view the world
matter-of-factly and not have techniques
on how to think critically about the
world rather than just accepting it if
whatever works sexually works then what
other principles do you need to
understand the world in general these
societies tend to be very culturally
conservative where if you look at
mesoamerica the mdns the Egyptians or
the Sumerians they keep their artifacts
and culture and religions basically
identical for periods of 3000 years and
there are differences in which gods are
more important but the fundamental
structure is pretty similar and if you
look at southeast Asia I once read a
history of Southeast Asia that said
there was very little to none social
change between 800 and 1800 A.D in
Mainland southeast Asia these Societies
in general today are chill military
dictatorships societies tending military
dictatorships when they don't have any
other strong social institutions since
the military has to exist these military
dictatorships often face coups of the
underlying structure doesn't change and
the military doesn't really try to
change the social order but just lets
things be part 8 the flexible system
Africa is truly vast and diverse with
more genetic diversity than the rest of
the world combined and as well as that
hundreds and thousands of different
ethnicities and languages and Todd
Emanuel were first this area as the
flexible family system partially because
we just do not fully understand the
different African families and there is
a good amount of diversity inside of
Africa where the native koisan peoples
of southern Africa have their own
communitarian family structure with a
lot of gender equality and this has
influenced the Bantu is migrating South
who in southern Africa have a more
monogamous and less
patriarchal society once you get to West
Africa you have very high levels of
polygamy where 50 of the female
population are part of polygamous
marriages and in East Africa you have a
separate family structure and as we
talked about before Islam and Ethiopia
are part of non-african larger family
structures the system is also called
flexible because the clan is much more
power vis-a-vis the nuclear family
father might not have as much influence
but the slack is picked up by various
cousins grandpas uncles and the like
and this is also an area of the world
that practices polygamy to a much higher
degree than elsewhere in most countries
before European colonialism polygamy was
practiced but by a tiny minority of the
population in a lot of countries in
Africa it was the norm for five percent
of men to have a third of the women the
flexible system predominates in Africa
and Echoes through its diaspora
and these societies the actual family is
much weaker with the clan and especially
the women of the clan doing much of the
job of raising the children and on top
of that the men wants the structure of
society is often the farming and child
rearing is done by women while the men
wage war and herd cattle and as our
God's fabulous book War in human
civilization he explains how this system
of polygamy often plays out in reality
in a polygamist society which a few men
of most of the women it creates a large
class of sexless young men as a force in
society in of itself who live and fight
together as Ralph Linton says it is
incredible the tree of culture he talks
about how the norm in many African
cultures was for young men to live in
the same tent as a war ban from puberty
onwards and wage war together this is
since in a society in which so many
women are in the hands of a small amount
of men it creates no sex for large
amounts of young men who in turn turn to
violence so as to take women or to
improve their social status
this creates large amounts of violence
in which society's polygamy often have
large amounts of crime the vast majority
of the top 10 countries for polygamy are
currently in a civil war this creates a
cycle in which young men wage war since
they're sexually frustrated and then in
turn that kills them off which also
lowers the supply of young men which as
they die off means Young Women Marry the
older men who aren't Waging War thus
making the problem even worse this is
how basically all Societies in the world
were until the rise of the state but as
the state lessened violence the rule of
law and militaries it forced Elites to
practice polygamy to a lesser extent
however since the state's so recent and
much of sub-Saharan Africa this process
is only now occurring likewise the
development of the plow which only men
had the strength to push also pushed
more intact families where in previous
societies and in Africa agriculture has
been done with hoes in Societies in
which the nuclear family and strict
family struck occurs weaker with the
clan being more important it allows much
more male promiscuity an interesting
thing Todd Emanuel looks at is that aids
is more powerful the less strong
polygamy is where in Islamic Africa
where polygamy is entrenched in the
religion there is no AIDS in West Africa
with higher polygamy it's a lot less and
in southern Africa which is more
monogamous part of Africa AIDS is much
higher and I really don't know why that
is
JD Unwin said in his fascinating book
sex and civilization a society's ability
to control sex is indicative of its
level of development and what Society is
lessened sexual restrictions their level
of development Falls this has since men
are incentivized to work harder if they
know their paternities assured and women
to put more effort into their children
energy is channeled into things besides
getting laid people aren't suspicious of
other people trying to compete for their
sex fathers establish an idea of
discipline for children without it it's
hard to have a conception of a unified
God which is pretty recent and much of
sub-Saharan Africa as well as rule of
law which is also the worst in
sub-Saharan Africa of anywhere in the
world tribal Africa is traditionally
fear-based as opposed to Europe that's