>have a mildly positive opinion of a European country
>"wow what a eurocentrist"
When will this meme end?
>>2814253
>have a mildly positive opinion of a non-European country
>"wow what a libcuck"
When will this meme end?
>>2814253
>have a mildly positive opinion of a Scandinavian country
>"wow fucking snownigger"
When will this meme end?
>>2814253
I don't think OP knows what Eurocentrism is. Then again, we are on 4chan.
Eurocentrism describes curricula* that focuses primarily on Europeans.
*This obviously does not refer to classes like "History of Western Europe" but refers to things that are not necessarily about Europe, i.e the world at large, but end up being explicitly about Europe.
Why everytime I tell people I like to read about black history they get surprised and tell me is very short or doesn't exist?
I'm already starting to get tired of this BS, having to explain the same basic facts over and over again.
>>2814005
It's because of insecure white people with no culture.
>>2814005
Don't let the neckbeards and haters keep you down
>>2814005
Well, it's longer than the history of the US, that's for sure.
What does /his/ think of this? I've been reading it casually in my spare time, it's bretty gud
>you should exploit your enemy's weakness
>giving your soldiers food helps
Wow how could I ever have figured that out without mr Sun's help
>>2814038
It's amazing how much these principles were neglected throughout history.
>>2813966
Machiavelli is better.
Has there ever been a documented case where there was an "Elite Pedophile Ring"?
Picture not related.
>>2813730
Gilles De Rais
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_de_Rais
>>2813739
Was he really proven guilty, though ? I'm kind of suspicious about medieval tribunals...
>>2813730
anyone know of any good greek mythology books?
what's your favourite myth/character
>>2813703
Athena and her snek son
I fucking love Artemis.
>>2813703
Edith Hamiltons book
Is the wheel the most over rated invention of all time?
>>2813397
>known by basically every people on earth
>biggest fucking innovation was to save the amount of material used
>useless anyways if you don't have access to the right type of animal
>>2813397
Railroads.
While it's true they're better than digging a canal, the difference is pretty small. Everyone talks about how railroads revolutionized transportation when they only marginally better than canals.
To prove my point, look at the work of Robert Vogel and Albert Fishlow.
Tbh swords.
What philosophies deal with self mastery?
Stoicism.
Masturbation.
>>2813389
>dude just accept your fate lmao
Disgusting
Let's try and reduce each philosophy to a digestible one-liner. I'll start:
>Stoicism: Buddhism without the Bullshit.
>>2813146
Stoicism: punch a stoic, he doesn't punch back.
>>2813146
Stoicism: I graduated philosophy, and I cry when I get home from my McDonalds job.
Taoism: Alchemy masquerading as metaphysics.
"Traditions are of no value on their own"
Discuss.
I don't know.
>>2813129
Agreed but they are also of no harm on their own and if they are not detrimental they should be kept.
>>2813150
If they are of no harm or value why should they be kept rather than changed for something that might have value?
So I just finished reading pic related and it was pretty eye opening. Really put the later roman republic into perspective.
Could someone recommend more ideology books, that is to say books containing ideas that nations were built around?
Communist manifesto is pretty obvious.
nobody?
>>2813128
You mean books on political philosophy?
I've seen this floating around online of how the US has been at war for almost all of the years it has existed and seen people draw from this conclusions about the USA. However, I've never seen how this compares to other nations. Do you guys know the percentage of years other nations have been at war throughout their history? I'd like to know if the USA is an unusual case when it comes to this or pretty typical of the average country.
Also, feel free to squabble about the legitimacy of this chart if you like.
>>2813087
define "war"
what are the "peacetime years"? was probably purging indians or muslims at the time.
>>2813092
The peacetime years in this chart were 1796, 1797, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1826, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1897, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1977, and 2000.
I'm not sure how the source defined war but here is the source I'm talking about: http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/02/america-war-93-time-222-239-years-since-1776.html
>>2813110
oh I guess that one links to the real source.
"Tzar" or "Tsar"?
>>2812801
Caesar
Pronounced Char/Tchar.
What about "Czar"?
Perfection.
>>2812530
>you will never live in a giant metropolis filled only with white people
>>2812608
NYC already had significant black and Puerto Rican populations at this time. And of course, "white" America was divided between WASPs and ethnics.
>>2812617
that's last bit's a whole lot of malarkey
Why do dynasties have a 100% failure rate
people die n shit
>>2812401
Decadence and hubris.
After enough generations in power, a royal family forgets the values that put it there.
Inbreeding
What era/movement led to the best art or aesthetic?
>>2812181
Romanticism if you ask me.
>>2812181
Dunno, man. I'm curious about primitive huts.
>>2812181
Definitely not Bauhaus
Mies is based, but aside from him, everything about it is shit