In hindsight, isn't it a bad thing that Japan lost the war?
If the U.S. had the foresight, they should have declined to go to war with Japan, and so let Japan have the territory they wanted and become the dominant power in Asia.
The U.S. wasn't fighting for much more than some European colonial outposts that would eventually be lost in time anyway, and having a superpower Japan is a much better thing, all things considered, than a superpower China.
>gets walked to death
>>3059011
I doubt Japan would have won, in the end much like Germany invading the USSR sheer weight of numbers would have done them in. Even if they had succeeded China would have rebelled and kicked them out again in time.
>>3059011
>having a superpower Japan is a much better thing, all things considered, than a superpower China.
You are comparing modern day Japan and China. Imperial Japan would be a pain in the ass as a superpower in East Asia. Of course there is no way to simulate what would happen, but here are some possibilities.
>The EoJ turns communist at some point. So you get what would be more like a vast (and better industrialized) North Korea, with its mix of cult of personality and authoritarian Juche, right above Australia.
>The EoJ stays as is and competes with the US over asserts in the pacific. (bases, oil etc.)
>The EoJ westernizes and works together with the US towards their respective interests. Now this is the most unlikely scenario seeing how imperialist and dogmatic the EoJ was, and the fact that they only westernized and worked with the US only after threat of annihilation and the subsequent US occupation.
Do people bond more by blood or culture? Is it possible for an outsider of different blood to become fully immersed in a different culture and be accepted into the culture?
Yes, if he's of a similar phenotype. Physically different people will have a harder time not being seen as an other, even if otherwise assimilated, see Asian Americans.
culture, the tribalism instinct is set through conditioning
>>3058618
Asian Americans are more successful and smarter than whites. They had a pretty shitty history in America yet They assimilated perfectly,
How did Germany and the U.S. become economically more powerful than Britain around the beginning of the 20th century? It seems like the odds should've beeen in Britain's favor.
>birthplace of the industrial revolution
>control over 1/4 of world's land
>over a century of peace and global dominance allowing it to develop its economy
>half a century of laissez-faire free trade policy
>>3056957
Because it turns out basing your economy on colonial exploitation of primary resources from shitholes half the world away with enormous administration costs is not tremendously efficient.
Plus, Germany wasn't really more powerful economically than Britain, although it did outpace them in a couple of strategic indicators, most especially steel production.
>>3056957
Imperialism was a net drain on the British economy. They invested more into those countries than they took out.
>>3056957
much larger population, technologically advanced, heavily industrialized, enough (and for the US massive) resources.
Can someone tell me more about Thai history and where to start? I'm very interested in their people and culture before and after it was influenced by neighboring powers.
Also Thai are a cute.
I mean if you want to go super far back, there's some interesting evidence that Thai's are just Austronesians that got CHANGED so hard as they migrated up the river valleys, that they lost most relations to their austronesian ancestors
>>3056875
cool. Sauce?
How was their society like?
I'm also interested in both their Chinese and Indian influence that caused them to create such a blended culture.
>>3056884
Im no expert so the only thing I know is from random wikipedia postings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai%E2%80%93Kadai_languages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro-Tai_languages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austronesian_peoples#Genetic_studies
Thais mostly picked up their Indianized influences from the people they conquered after the migration into SEAsia, Khmers and Bamars. Funan and Khmer was the original OG Indianized kingdoms, with the Pyu city states and Mons taking the place of Greeks, setting up the basis of these Indianized kingdoms
I am looking for more information about The Christian Crusades, googling them only brings up political views about how they were actually ok or the worse thing white people ever did besides the holocaust.
But I am looking for information about what actually happened, the most I know is that Christian soldiers went around slaughtering non Christians 9 or 10 times and it was giving the go ahead by the pope.
But surely there must be more, can someone reccomend me some good books or sites to read about then without any opinions inserted into it?
I just want history.
>>3056743
The Crusades by Thomas Asbridge and The Tragedy of the Templars by Michael Haag are both great.
>>3056743
There is a lecture series by Manly P Hall called "Cycle of the Phoenix."
I think about half way through, maybe lecture 5 or 6 he goes into the crusades here and there. I recommend just listening to all of it
It was literally self defense. If any leftard uses "muh crusades" as an argument against Christianity or in defense of islam you should laugh in their face.
Is this true?
>Buddha isn't a religious character
No.
It seems that OP hasn't forgave his enemies yet.
*shaves your head*
Heh, nothing personnel Han.
Great movie.
>>3061820
What movie is this?
>>3061587
I mean I understand (kinda) wanting to humiliate your opponent and show him you're boss, but really, they couldn't find any other way to do it?
That haircut is so hideous (and would have been so common, since Han would have been the vast majority) it's as bad a punishment for the watcher as it is for the wearer.
Why have Nordics never contributed anything compared to English and Germans?
>>3060101
Stupid blondes.
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>>3060135
Not one Norway flag in the mix. Are the Norwegians inferior?
/pol/ memes aside, how come West Africa never got into colonization? It was capable several times in history through Mali, Ghana, and Morocco.
A Mali Brazil would have been cool.
They feared the Amazonian women.
Yeah senpai just go ahead and cross 5000 miles of open ocean in one of these
>>3059090
Fine- how come they never invented better boats? Morocco would've economically gained from it, and all three empires knew about the existence of Spain.
ITT we name things Hitler did wrong.
1. Dishonoured Germany's agreement to the Kellogg-Briand Pact, in effect betraying the trust of the international community to preserve stability of the Western world, as well as betraying the German people themselves by breaking the continuity of a united German state that agreed to the conditions of the pact.
>>3058315
Categorized Jazz as degenerate music, the stupid fuck
>>3058315
Pooed his pants
ITT: Jokes that went too far
>>3058031
I'm Hungarian and I swear to god this picture gives me a pit in my stomach. Fucking bastards.
>be me
>Protestant, while rest of the family are Southern Baptists
>grandparents come to visit
>one thing leads to another, and we get on the subject of race
>grandmother says "I don't think the races should mix, their DNA is too different." And "the Bible says so."
>quote Acts 17:26 (KJV of course) and tell her how genetics work
>she's pissed now. "I believe in MY Bible!"
>they'd already been there a few days, so they decided to leave
Who was in the wrong, here?
You are technically correct, but you're also a dick for taking into account that older people are like children and should be treated as such since they're about to die soon. Let old racist people be racist, they don't have long to live
>>3057938
Everyone in my family is long-lived. I think my great grandfather died in his nineties, and he had smoked and drank for most of his life. I'm probably going to be stuck with them for another two or so decades, so I can have a bit of fun for now.
Are there any books about white people visiting indigenous tribes?
>indigenous tribes?
what kind of indigenous tribes? inuits? amazons? african nogs?
>>3057257
any
>>3057257
European indigenous tribes
Is this the only historical fiction that's actually good? And in saying the I got bored and quit as soon as Sulla died.
>>3057224
Lord of the Rings.
>>3057224
What have you tried that you didn't Like? That will inform us about what you consider 'not good'.
Sven Hassel's novels are my guilty pleasure
Is there a historical reason why Jews never built anything cool?
low visual iq
>>3055940
You were saying???
>>3055940
They co-built Western Civilization with the Greeks. It's pretty cool.