Austria Hungary before World War I was a state dominated by its massive internal political and ethnic divisions although by 1914 it had undergone an industrial expansion the once feudal Empire had experienced the process of modernization but only 4 years later this Empire was dissolved because of the external pressures of war and internal unrest Kanye West is one of the most critically lotted artists of the 21st century so naturally one comes to Wonder Could Kanye West if he were hypothetically given power in the austr Hungarian government save the Empire from Total and complete collapse yo Wilhelm II I I'm really happy for you I'm let you finish but fron Joseph the first had one of the best Reigns of all time for the purposes of our scenario we're going to take Kanye as he was September 12th 2007 the day after releasing his third studio album graduation we're also going to assume that isn't allowed to stuff his pockets with 21st century military technology instead we're going to assume that all he brings with him to 1914 is his album graduation and maybe a couple hundred CD players with enough battery life for the war everything else leading up to the conflict plays out the same as it did in our timeline and Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia 1 month after France Ferdinand is assassinated and now that the rules and the context is laid out we can use historical analysis to see if Kanye can impact the timeline before he can try to save Austria Hungary Kanye's main challenge would be just communicating with people because he doesn't speak any one of the 14 official languages of Austria Hungary even if we're generous and interpret this line from graduation literally where he says I shop so much I can speak Italian he's still going to have an extremely hard time commanding troops or organizing the government and he's also a Blackman in a time when people of color were subjected to a world of European Empires propagating ideas of racial hierarchy so despite the fact that I found this picture of a black Austrian Soldier he'd still probably be discriminated against by those around him so at the outset of the war Kanye would be too busy dealing with these first problems to meaningfully help in the initial fighting and just like in real life the first austr Hungarian campaign into Serbia would end as an embarrassing failure for the Central Powers it's a similar story in the east as the Russians would successfully occupy Gala just like they did in real life but still with time I'm sure government officials could find enough English speakers and I think that while Kanye would face discrimination as his music is exposed to the diverse troops of the Empire they would gradually come to accept him as one of their own his diverse discography of Music would not only provide a morale boost but it could actually act as a unifying force bringing together the many different ethnicities fighting in the Empire with his Newfound support and music acting as a rallying point Kanye proves to the world that the new and improved austr Hungarian troops are a force to be reckoned with and he leads them to a swift victory in Serbia in early 1915 innovating with ping pong artillery tactics destroying the Serbian military while suffering minimal losses this sudden Victory would shock the world and it would Inspire Italy to join the conflict on the side of the Central Powers this would leave Kanye time to get prepared to organize a counter offensive on the Eastern front by 1916 Kanye Reveals His brand new combat Yeezy boots which act also as music players for the soldiers on the Eastern front and his initial counter offensive into Russia breaks through the defensive lines allowing Austria Hungary to reach as far as Ukraine and bellarus however as the months of 1916 drag on the offensive slows down initially because of logistical problems but it also becomes clear that the new Yeezy boots have many design flaws and clearly weren't made considering the Russian weather many troops would die a frostbite and the new music being released to the soldiers playing on the Yeezy boots is unfinished and it's not as good as his old projects resulting in morale debuffs across the whole Army many go on to say that they missed the old Kanye as a result from this negative feedback Kanye went on to suffer multiple manic episodes towards the end of the year they [ __ ] made the Twix double the size trying to make us fat during which he changed his name to yay where he was then hospitalized by the austr Hungarian State putting him out of action and command 1917 began with turmoil as the people of Austria Hungary received pigeon carrier and telegram messages from the former Commander Kanye now known as yay saying quote I'm a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I'm going Devcon 3 on the hungarians and the hapsburgs this treasonous statement sent shock waves across the Empire as Kanye was immediately put under arrest his assets were taken from him and he was removed from the austr Hungarian government meanwhile on the front line the austr Hungarian Army was suffering massive losses dealt to it by the Russian military who is pushing into austr Hungarian territory by the end of the year during the midst of this meltdown Kanye somehow went on live radio and announced his intentions to be elected as the new emperor of Austria Hungary in 1918 after announcing his campaign Kanye randomly decided to give a shout out to a German soldier who received an iron cross for delivering messages to the Western Front this is the audio that circulated shortly after I I see I I see good things about Hitler also the Jew I love everyone I'm done with the classifications every human being has something of value that they brought to the table especially Hitler after receiving such great endorsement by his favorite austr Hungarian hip-hop artist Adolf Hitler vowed to gain power to support yay shortly after he launched a rebellion against the Kaiser and successfully took control of Germany declaring his National Kanye fan German Workers party meanwhile in Austria Hungary where once his music had unified the many different ethnicities of the Empire by 1918 his controversial comments and conduct had brought more division than ever it was so bad that Italy switched sides again and massive mutinies began to spread across the country with the death of France Joseph and the military facing collapse the government of Austria Hungary agrees to an unconditional surrender where their lands go on to become partitioned while Kanye may have failed in the scenario to save Austria Hungary that German Soldier who yay gave a shout out to grew up to be Elon Musk and he vows to avenge his favorite artist one day in the future announcing an upcoming sequel to The Great War [Applause]