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>>3152797
idk man its just how it goes. A powerful faction for centuries will become entrenched in the fabric of the society. I think the Jannisarys were controlling the court and various successions at times? I mean ffs Egypt was called the Malalukes for a bit which was a military faction exactly like the Janissarys at one point

>>3152797

Pretty much order 66 exactly.

However there's a couple things.

For one, the Janissary uprising was primarily put down by Sipahis. The western-style army the Sultan wanted was only in it's planning phase. Indeed, it's the existance of the plan that caused the Janissaries to rebel. Sipahis and Janissaries hated each other for centuries, with the Janissaries drawing power from their dominance of the court, and Sipahis from being traditional landed aristocracy.

Mahmud II simply used the existing rivalry and the power of the Sipahis to end the Janissaries for good. Then he also abolished the Sipahi system as well in favor of western-style professional cavalry. However, the Sipahis didn't chimp out; the older Sipahis retired to their land while the younger joined the new Cavalry corp as officers.

So in Star Wars terms, it would be as if the Sith was an opposite and equal to the Jedi, and themselves openly playing a key role in Republic Institutions.

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Could a kind /his/torian give me a quick rundown on the key players, factions, and chain of events?

>but instead of actually suggesting how to live a good or moral life
It does though through rules, ideals and sayings of Buddha.
I will admit that the supernatural Buddhism has a much stronger case than the secular Buddhism that denies rebirth though.

>>3152770
What about the basic premise is sound? What's your solution?

>>3152770
Buddhism is Gnostic BS. I was raised by hippy parents who practiced it, I feel depressed, empty and nihilistic much of the time. Too many contradictions in its dogma too, like "life is suffering, so show compassion for all other living beings" while simultaneously treating all life as worthless because everything dies and reincarnates anyway. Why should i show compassion when all life is worthless? That doesnt make sense and makes me think the contradiction is there on purpose ie its a mind control trick.

>>3152749
Really?????

Fuck no

>>3152749
No

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>>3152672

>>3152672
Et tu Brute?

>>3152672
Anime becoming shit in about 2014 is pretty up there

>>3152667

NO; IT IS AN INHERENT ASPECT OF LIFE WITHIN THE KOSMOS.

>>3152667
No it is an action that can be performed by humans. I dont know if it is an "inherent aspect" of being human, would you characterize other free-will actions performed by individuals as an "inherent aspect of being human"?

>>3152667

It's an inherent aspect of being human in a capitalist society

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>>3152611
There needs to be more Max Stirner memes

>>3152661
if you've got them post them

>>3152586
>Do you beleive [SIC] in an afterlife?

IF BY "AFTERLIFE" YOU MEAN IN CONTINUATION OF LIFE BEYOND THE KOSMOS, YES, I DO.

>... simply surrendered to the void like pick [SIC] related [ALBERT EINSTEIN] claimed.

ALBERT EINSTEIN WAS A JEW, A MATERIALIST, AND AN AGENT OF CHAOS; OBVIOUSLY, HE WOULD HAVE BELIEVED, OR CLAIMED TO BELIEVE, THAT AFTER PHYSICAL DEATH THERE IS ONLY THE VOID.

>>3152619
>IF BY "AFTERLIFE" YOU MEAN CONTINUATION...

>>3152586
i believe in the reincarnation of the human.
so as you die and your soul leaves your body, it instantaneously goes to another new born baby.

>>3152545
Well they weren't using it.

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>>3152477
England's greatest King is Alfred though, and it's not even close.

>>3152487
this, who the fuck thinks richard is england's greatest king

>>3152477
england has only ever had one king called "great" and that's >>3152487
richard I was the one to persecute robin hood btw, also he died like a cuck.
he's remembered because he at least tried to crusade.
john is only hated because he signed the (((magna carta)))

edward I was everything richard I was but better, yet he's constantly slandered.

>>3152462
Absolutely. I don't see how this can be denied.

Yes, but coming from Kim Il-Sung it is like telling someone they need to take a shower then pissing on them.

>>3152472
Nonsense. The Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung, liberator of Korea believed that only armed struggle against imperialism is the only way to achieve independence. Kim Il Sung single-handedly defeated the Japanese imperialists and liberated Korea not by drinking tea and having biscuits but leading the revolutionary army against the Japanese imperialists.

It was also thanks to armed struggle that President Kim Il Sung defeated the U.S. imperialists in the Great Fatherland Liberation Army thus bringing end of the myth of "American supremacy".

>>3152431
They are many examples of chaotic characters who become popular for standing against authoritarianism and tyranny.

They often appeared as heroes in the eyes of poor and oppressed.

It is easier for most people to empathize with rogues and scoundrels than rulers or kings

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He was great

overrated boy-fucking pansy.

>tfw frederick fled three times in the same battle against the austrians during the seven years war

>>3152428
Frederick II was not that great, though he thought of himself as such.

>>3152427

I dont think strasser had the same warmongering ideals that Hitler did, but I do think the war would have happened anyway from eventual aggression from Stalin.

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>>3152440
>ADOLF HITLER.
>WARMONGER.

?

>>3152427
Yes. The British Empire has had to destroy Germany as an economic and imperial competitor since the late 19th century.

>>3152370
Consumer spending got a new, huge breath of life after the economic and social malaise of the 70s.

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Before the 70s, it seemed like everything in America could work out forever. We were the top dog, we had an enemy to hate, we were getting richer and richer.

Then the 70s hit, the Hippies were finished, Nixon fucked around, the oil shock hit, Americans who had spent a lifetime in a great economy suddenly realized they'd have to tighten their belts, and America's greed caught up with it. They chose not to tighten their belts. They instead elected Ron Reagan in 1980.

Instead of becoming fiscally responsible, Reagan reduced tax rates and threw money everywhere in hopes of stimulating the economy. Fed interest rates soared. He cut the fat/slashed discretionary programs while increasing the defense budget and declining to reform health care spending (America's largest set of entitlement programs by far). But the economy was better than Carter, and that's what America wanted and had asked for.

As for commercialism, it became more refined, but it had already begun decades earlier. It's just that those with creative influence (writers, filmmakers, journalists) saw in their moment a time of intense commercialism that appeared to be killing culture, whereas before it was understood that the commercial was almost universally beneficial with a few bad eggs, rather than universally dangerous with a few good eggs.

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>>3152421
>saw in their moment a time of intense commercialism that appeared to be killing culture, whereas before it was understood that the commercial was almost universally beneficial with a few bad eggs, rather than universally dangerous with a few good eggs.

this is what They Live is all about

>>3152350
Strict NoFap

>>3152350
I don't know how that would supersede field work

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There's no life like the monk life.