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Why did he practically beg Nicky to declare war on Japan and then refuse to send help to Russia when the war actually started?
>From November 1894 onward, Wilhelm had been writing letters praising Nicholas as Europe's defender from the "yellow peril", assuring the Tsar that God Himself had "chosen" Russia to defend Europe from the alleged Asian threat.
>During the war, Nicholas who took at face value Wilhelm's "yellow peril" speeches, placed much hope in German intervention on his side, and more than once, Nicholas chose to continue the war out of the belief that the Kaiser would come to his aid.
>A recurring theme of Wilhelm's letters to Nicholas was that "Holy Russia" had been "chosen" by God to save the "entire white race" from the "yellow peril", and that Russia was "entitled" to annex all of Korea, Manchuria, and northern China up to Beijing.[42] Wilhelm went on to assure Nicholas that once Russia had defeated Japan that this would be a deadly blow to British diplomacy, and the two emperors, the self-proclaimed "Admiral of the Atlantic" and the "Admiral of the Pacific" would rule Eurasia together
>When Nicholas replied that he still wanted peace, Wilhelm wrote back in a telegram "You innocent angel!", telling his advisors "This is the language of an innocent angel. But not that of a White Tsar!"
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Low-energy Nicholas II unable to contain growing Oriental menace. I alone can solve!
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>>3373809
Petty squabbles within an inbred family.
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>>3373809
>"Holy shit, the absolute madman, I can't believe he actually did it hahaha"
G*rman "pranks", everyone.
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>Germany went to war alone against the whole world and lost. This is obviously the Jewish people's fault.
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>>3373765
>Germany went to war alone
They didn't though.
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Oh look, it's this retarded meme again.
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>>3373765
Looks like he's about to throw up!
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Is it a sin to be depressed? Is it not a sign of ungratefulness?
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>>3373630
The flagellants of yore yonder days obssessed with, of all things, wounding themselves viciously with bladed whips and sharper iseas
of course The church could not stand could stand for the embracing of the pleasures of the wounding of the flesh so the the flagellants had to go
But one still whips in darkness and prays for the the souls of the scarless aiyou amen
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>>3373630
Why he got skull and crossbones on his robe?
He some sort of pirate wizard?
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>>3373744
Oh no!
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Why should I care about you?
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>>3373628
Because I'm a really cool guy.
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Because I am in full possession of my owness and we could profit by our mutual association
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>>3373628
You don't need it, I don't care about you either.
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Why were the Chinese masses so quick to berate, harass and beat/torture seemingly innocent social groups of people?
People aren't usually that eager to treat people so sadistically unless they have a reason that justifies it.
Was it because they genuinely hated them for living comfortable lives while they lived in poverty, or was it simply because the Chaiman told them to?
People aren't usually that eager to treat people so sadistically unless they have a reason that justifies it.
>inb4 "What do you expect the Chinese are soulless"
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Basic crowd psychology, same thing happened in the French Revolution
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>>3373624
Being a peasant has always been a pretty shitty deal. It's not hard to imagine why somebody born into that position would have a lot of resentment hidden underneath their skin. It is the job of a leader to channel that anger in a productive direction.
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>>3373624
mao himself was a disgruntled person from his history with academia
war generals and propaganda icons make the worst people to run social policies involving academics etc etc
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Name only one notable scandinavian/north european philosopher. Bonus points if ancient/medieval/etc.
>apocalyptic nightmare mode: can't name Kierkegaard
Well, /his/? Whacchu gonna do now?
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>>3373450
Martin Luther
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>>3373455
>Luther
>scandinavian
Nigga wut
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So nobody?
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Was it autism?
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British plot to destroy India, but backfired
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>>3373459
haha epic intposting lmao
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>>3373447
Here's a little lesson in history:
The Pakistan-Bangladesh Independence War is the only time since 1945 that a submarine has been sunk in combat.
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What would human history be like if the continents were still arranged like Pangea?
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How the fuck would I know?
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it'd be a lot more interesting desu
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>>3373390
The big lake in the middle would almost certainly become a major trading hub that everybody would fight to control, that's for sure.
>when you're having a historical argument with someone and you know they're wrong, but you're unable to concretely demonstrate it
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>>3373340
just say "I AM SMARTER THAN YOU"
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Fucking this man. You know what you're saying is true, but they keeo adding demands to your sources.
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>>3373372
>tfw they dismiss your sources as "the ____'s books".
It's funny because you can't tell if I'm talking about woke black people or /pol/lacks.
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>entire economy literally dependent on importing hundreds of thousands of literal niggers literally from africa
>lost their short-lived independence to a bunch of faggot yankees
what the fuck was wrong with these people? what a joke of a nation
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They literally didn't have schools until reconstruction happened.
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>>3373290
>Importing
The overseas importing of slaves was outawed in 1807 ya dingus
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>>3373300
Reminder that Mark Twain said he appoved of the Jacobin terror and saw himself as most politically alinged with Marat. ie, he was a psycho.
Why did Europe resist being civilized by the Mongols?
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They feared the potato warrior
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>>3373235
Genghis Khan was cucked and raised his wife's son. Look up Jochi.
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>>3373276
I love that Jochi's title was "The Guest". It's such a lovely passive aggressive reminder that he is to be honored and respective, but that he's not Temujin's son and is therefore an outsider.
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So I've seen a few threads on here mention that Franco was the best possible outcome for Spain and should be regarded as some sort of anti-hero more than as an evil dictator. Assuming this isnt just some edgy trolling, what is the actual argument behind this? Is there any articles or books ect I can read about this topic?
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>>3373196
Look, when the other side is literally murdering nuns, it's hard not to come to the conclusion that Franco was ultimately the lesser evil.
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Franco wasn't a very smart or capable statesman. He barely had an ideology besides his essential Catholic values. He was an officer who was in the right place at the right moment and he still did some blunders as a general during the Civil War.
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>>3373205
damn, I never even knew about this shit. The story I always heard was that it was just Franco doing all the massacres
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror_(Spain)
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Why should I care about other people? 2017-09-12 11:57:53 Post No.3373140
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Why should I care about other people?
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This is a philosophical question I pose to socialists, communists, social democrats, etc. Why, exactly, should I care about others? What logical reason is there to care about other's well being? Why shouldn't I just worry about my own needs and desires? I'm not talking about totally isolating myself: sometimes, it is to our self interest to strike mutually beneficial deals with others. I am talking about this "obligation" that people of a left wing persuasion often say we have to have toward others.
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>>3373140
This is the most undergrad thing I've ever read.
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>>3373166
Or, perhaps you don't know how to answer the question, and thus you resort to an ad-hom
Face it, we don't really care about others that much, there is no real reason to. Most of us are dedicated to friends and family but asking us to help out random strangers is not very logical
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>>3373214
Typical manlet college freshman
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Which version of Mein Kampf do historians consider the most accurate?
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>>3373026
...The one Hitler published?
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>>3373091
I'm talking about the translations into English, buddy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Kampf#English_translations
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>>3373026
Who cares? They're just the ramblings of an embittered convict whose victim complex-fuelled compulsion to blame everyone else for his failings is rivalled only by /r9k/.
Anyone have a favorite youtuber on the topics of history?
The few that I like are:
>BAZ battles
>Tom Richie
>wonder why
>khan academy youtube channel
>Kevin roberts
>3 minute history
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i like pewdiepie
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>baz battle
clearly saw them from my post ur welcome fagger
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv_vLHiWVBh_FR9vbeuiY-A
Watching rectangles beat the shit out of each other has never been so entertaining.