Wow, just look at all those prosperous nations with high standard of living.
Atheism is cleary the way to go
>>3139113
State atheism is not the same as Atheism, the UK's very secular, despite having literal bishops in governmental positions, and we do alright.
>>3139116
>UK
>secular
You are literally ruled by a monarch appointed by God
>>3139136
Unfortunately that isn't really the case. Despite having a blessed Monarch appointed by God the evil republicans have seized power. The Queen in all her mercy does not wish for the British to die fighting the British to give her, her god given right to rule Britain
What makes someone a Muslim? It it belief in allah and Muhammad alone or do they need to follow all of the rules? How would a Muslim "get saved"?
literally 5 pillars
everything else is just a circlejerk
t. muslim
>>3139115
So since prayer is one of the pillars, is it fair to say that if a "Muslim" doesn't pray 5 times everyday, that that person not a Muslim?
>>3139198
They would go to hell, for a limited time. Somewhere around 10000 days for missing a whole day of prayer.
What do Confederate statues commemorate? Do they symbolize ideology? What makes statues of Confederate soldiers any different than statues of Nazi soldiers?
>>3139094
>What do Confederate statues commemorate?
Confederate war dead.
>Do they symbolize ideology?
The confederate "ideology" is exactly the same as the USA's. The CSA constitution is mostly just copied.
>What makes statues of Confederate soldiers any different than statues of Nazi soldiers?
There's nothing similar other than that bother were soldiers.
no war was ever 100% good guys vs 100% bad guys, kys
>what do they commemorate?
The Confederate dead and the sacrifice many people made
>do they symbolize ideology?
No
>what makes statues of confederate soldiers any different than statues of Nazi soldiers?
Their ideology and "crimes" are so wildly different that it's such a retarded analogy
Who is responsible for shilling these worthless rocks as valuable? I wagecucked through college selling these fuckers and it was jarring to see people shell out such money for these useless, artificially inflated, common pieces of shit for their "value".
>>3139003
DeBeers.
>>3139003
The (((Dutch))).
>>3139023
I figured /pol/ shills of all people would appreciate the "Carbon Jew"
What DeBeers did is completely against any and all free-market principles
>monopoly
>artificial pricing
>artificial rarity
Is Russian Civil War interesting or disappointing?
>>3138994
it's disappointing in a sense that commies won
>>3139054
Obviously (like in China; it seems commies win pretty often) but what about the war itself. I was trying to learn more about it but the documentary I watched about it made it seem quite unremarkable. I guess it's just the presentation that failed. I think the entire period of "wars of the pygmies" following WWI was incredibly interesting. So many countries that lasted for like a year and never returned.
>>3138994
Really interesting, especially for all the obscure and weird shit that went down. Like "Heart of Darkness"/"Apocalypse Now" actually happening in Mongolia. Or an anarchist polity being created in Ukraine. Or Czechoslovaks making an Anabasis on armoured trains through all of Siberia and accidentally capturing Russian gold reserves in progress.
>"LMAO! Look at me! I'm goofing around and taking wacky pictures instead of being a competent ruler and being able to protect my children!"
Fuck you Nick, if you couldn't protect them, you shouldn't have had those beautiful children!
>>3138966
Do not bully the Nicholas!
>>3138966
deserved worse
>>3138966
He should've abdicated from the beginning. He was too pure for the position of Tsar. ;_;
What's the deal with Iberians? Why did they kill and enslave millions?
>>3138962
Faustian spirit
They wanted resources. The killing and enslaving was only incidental, really.
En el año 571 después del nacimiento de Jesucristo nuestro señor, en una península desértica y andrajosa en el lejano oriente nació el anticristo,el mal hecho carne un tal Mahoma.El anticristo hizo de las tribus andrajosas de arabia un pueblo pestilente y con caracter mangosto.La única finalidad de esta gentuza es la destrucción de la vida, la moral y la cristinidad.
Cuando los germanos que gobernaban las Españas vieron a estos moritos morenitos su libido les hizo que entraran en estas nuestras benditas tierras.Los moros con la ayuda de los marranos destrozaron todo lo que había en esta nuestra querida península y la lleno de negros y moros,como el PSOE.
Unos iberos naturales de Numancia,cantabria y Asturias con sagre pura y sin corrupción italica o germanica se alzó contra los moros en el 722 y los humilló con su bravura incluso cuando estos estaban superados por 100 lanzas a 1. Este fue el nacimiento del reino de Asturias creado por el rey Pelayo
Will memes ever be taken seriously as means of art?
>>3138903
I'd say memes has had a bigger impact on our society and culture than most modern art nowadays
>>3138912
This is what I think too. Smartphones and accessibility of the internet really has changed society now.
>>3138903
art a always been a meme.
What language did European states speak, under monarchies?
For example the Romanovs spoke French. Britain's monarchs spoke French or German for a long while. Habsburgs in Hungary or Spain spoke German. But what was the "official language" of those states? What did the state institutions speak among themselves, or when talking to the citizens(or subjects, more like) of those countries?
Mamluks for example ruled over a generally Arabic speaking population, but spoke Circassian or Turkic in state institutions. Ottomans spoke some Persianised Turkic language as the official one. Mughals spoke Persian at court while the population was mostly Indian. Safavids spoke Azeri at court.
Are there any European states that are similar? Or was speaking different languages from the general public something specific to the ruling dynasties only?
Pic somewhat related.
Everyone spoke German because Germans are the superior people
>>3138864
>Habsburgs in Hungary or Spain spoke German.
Most Habsburgs in Spain spoke Spanish.
When Charles first arrive to Spain he did not know Spanish (and caused a very poor impresion because that) but he did learnt it and Philip II who was born and raised in Spain was born with Spanish has his mother language (as oposed to his father´s had Burgundian French).
The only one who may not have spoken Spanish at all was Philip the Fair, and mostly cause he died shortly after becoming king of Castile.
>>3138889
As mother language? Pretty sure most knew Spanish(or Castillan or whatever).
Do you think my sixth grade teacher was racist?
I remember in that social studies class we were studying late 19th/early 20th century American history and ofc the yuge emigration influx. So she makes us look up our ancestors from Ellis Island on some website as a homework assignment. I know for fact I have literally zero ancestors that went through Ellis Island, though, and I wasn't the only first generation citizen kid in the class either. She didn't want to hear it, though. She made a class that was over half Latin or Carribean immigrant kids to look up their ancestors from Ellis Island.
Was she trying to tell us we're not real Americans or something?
>>3138831
No one gives a shit abut your 6th grade teacher. Keep posting more pictures like this.
>>3138840
Here's a girl from my school volleyball team.
>>3138831
Well, to be honest, if you're a 1st generation immigrant you're not a real anything but a native of your country of origin.
How important was this event?
>>3138816
Pyrrhic victory at its finest.
Lots of destroyed and stolen artifacts. Destroyed countryside. The entire 17th century was like that. PLC was winning wars but in the long run it proved fatal.
>>3138816
The PLC was basically winning everything, but at a high price.
Killing everyone but dying of its wounds a hundred years later and never recovered fully, while everyone else was much quicker to regenerate and eventually came back for Poland's head. Poland fought hard, though, a valliant fight
>>3138816
swedish *******men***********
Did Danube Bulgars ever interact with the Volga Bulgars? What were the differences and similarities between the two states and which was more bad ass?
>Bulgars
>bad ass
Literally the most backward retarded nation in the whole recorded history of the world. They steal other people's identifies and try to make themselves cool. Just a bunch of Tatar horseniggers.
>>3138742
Didn't danube bulgars come from volga bulgars?
>>3138774
t. Aleksandar Komnenus FYROMski
Why don't misguided Christians recognise that Jesus (PBUH) is on the side of Islam?
>>3138733
Because Islam is the invention of Devil, obviously.
>>3138746
That's just silly.
>>3138746
this.
Is Islam pretty much just arab supremacy?
When the Umayyads were in control it pretty much was.
>>3138610
It hasn't been about that since the turks took over. Also islam isn't uniform every people under it have their own version by now which is mixed with the local culture.
>>3138610
"Only our language is the language of Allah!"
"Everyone with blue eyes is a criminal/sinner!"
basically yes
for the blue eyes bit, look up Zurq and Zurqan
Humanities is not the same as STEM science and we do not need them. We cannot run tests or calculate answers which we can perceive from nature. All we have are notions we have seen in pieces of papers from where we draw our conclusions.
Try to disprove me.
>>3138379
Statistics
>>3138379
>implying mankind isn't a natural phenomenon