Check this out. One of the smarter people on YouTube

Feral Historian. He's more of a philosopher than historian. "Starships and Walls" is a good first video to watch.

He turned me onto the "Draka" (SM Stirling) series of books, which I rather enjoyed

https://youtube.com/@feralhistorian?si=aFlLI8itEiHSL0MX

I can't think of anybody who's brand has tanked harder in the last 4 years than Ben Shapiro and it keeps getting worse