Could an ambitious Japanese emperor have conquered China and claimed the mandate of heaven during a period of collapse and hold onto it for the mean lifespan of a Chinese dynasty?
and pass it onto succesors that could hold it for the mean lifespan of a Chinese dynasty?*
and get assimilated until complete loss of identity?
>>3306225
I don't see why not, yet that's beside the point. Could such an empire be founded and could it have lasted as long as one originating on the mainland? Assuming that the dynasty is established as the most propitious point in history for it to last
When it comes to grand strategy, some say that looking back in History and observing its patterns helps us make better decisions about the future. For example, "never invade Russia in winter!", "moral decadence is a symptom of a declining culture!" and "if you want your Empire to fall, invade Afghanistan!" are almost common sayings. But are there any actual historical recordings of anyone who took this principle seriously and applied this methodology into their strategies? Someone who would base most or at least part of their decisions on their knowledge of History? If yes, how did that work out?
Maybe not in the form of fixed maximes, but studying past experiences is crucial in geopolitics/military strategy.
What *was* this guy's problem?
He very clearly had some behavioural problems. Possibly a mental illness. But research into his childhood thus far (on my end) doesn't indicate anything out of the ordinary. Or at least, nothing that can conceivably lead to his behaviour as an adult.
>>3306031
>McElroy was born in 1934, the fifteenth of sixteen children born to a poor, migrant tenant-farming couple [...] He dropped out of school at age 15 in the eighth grade and quickly established a local reputation as a raccoon hunter, cattle rustler, small-time thief and womanizer. For more than two decades, McElroy was suspected of being involved in theft of grain, gasoline, alcohol, antiques, and livestock, but he avoided conviction when charges were brought against him 21 times—often after witnesses refused to testify because he allegedly intimidated them, frequently by following his targets or parking outside their homes and watching them.
>McElroy fathered more than 10 children with different women.
He was just a proto-wigger, I don't understand why you're looking for something deeper.
>He dropped out of school at age 15 in the eighth grade and quickly established a local reputation as a raccoon hunter, cattle rustler, small-time thief and womanizer.
>McElroy fathered more than 10 children with different women. He met his last wife, Trena McCloud, when she was 12 years old and in eighth grade. She became pregnant when she was fourteen, dropped out of school in the ninth grade, and went to live with McElroy and his third wife Alice. McElroy divorced Alice and married Trena in order to escape charges of statutory rape, to which she was the only witness.
I fucking hate women. /r9k/ were right.
How important really was the slavery question in what caused the secession war ?
State's rights.
>>3305959
did the south had a democraticaly elected gvt ?
>>3305957
it was the underpin of the southern aristocracy's wealth and power and what kept them at least somewhat economically on par with the north
so ya pretty important
Stop being Catholic.
>>3305926
Why? What are you gonna do, supplant me and my people? Not fuckin likely pal
>Your Majesty, what should we do about Cromwell?
>Have him executed
>Sire, he's been dead for years
>Hath I stuttered
>>3305926
but its the only religion i can do nothing in.
>>3305658
Is there a more lovely historical duo?
>>3305609
Bromance
Maybe not loveliest, but definitely the dumbest.
ITT: Historical Chads
>>3305565
>has fights rigged to enable his delusional pageantry
A real Chad would have just brutalized all of the other gladiators just by walking into the arena, and then had the entirety of the Roman legions brought into be brutalized into submission just by the flailing of his hands as he strolled through them patting them on the back. They'd have all loved him for it too.
Is white nationalism and ethnonationalism in general a facet of postmodernism? Ultimately all it does is play into self-segregationism and identity politics which furthers the advance of postmodernism.
Wouldn't true traditionalism and conservatism be religious monarchism, and it's political counterpart, civic nationalism (as is the case of the habsburg monarchy)
libertarians are not white nationalists, why do you include that image for this subject?
>>3305537
>Is white nationalism and ethnonationalism in general a facet of postmodernism?
no
> play into self-segregationism and identity politics which furthers the advance of postmodernism.
this is just nonsense
what subject is this?
>stop choking the chicken
based
>>3305443
>>3305486
I don't know shit about Kant can someone give a quick rundown? and what did he have against jacking off?
>>3305769
it violates the categorical imperative
Soldiers on both sides in this front committed the most vile acts against each other and civilians.
Other fronts*
>>3305359
G*rms are semi-human savages who can't help but commit atrocities wherever they go.
>Soldiers on both sides
Only the Soviets had soldiers, a G*rm is incapable of anything but acting like a beast. If Soviet tactics against G*rm filth seem extreme, it's only because as Westerners we have a soft spot for dumb animals like dogs and G*rms.
>>3305376
I'm not interested in whatever side you sympathise with. I just want to know why this front was so brutal compared to other fronts.
Was the Ardennes Offensive (battle of the bulge) more akin to the Schlieffen Plan or the Manstein Plan?
>>3305084
It was more akin to no plan at all.
>>3305111
So, the Spring Offensive?
>>3305084
*blocks your offensive*
Seriously though what the fuck was Hitler thinking?
>Dude just make the allies sue for peace in one month before their planes can start fucking us up again lmao
Stop eating food.
>>3304997
Stop thinking that you can have socialism in one country. World revolution, not national revolution, okay.
>>3305005
Nope
>>3305013
I always like the comic with the assassin dressed as a Mexican wearing a sombrero.
You're assigned to create a canon of 20 pieces of art that should be must-known benchmarks to cover as many bases of Art History as you can. The list should aim to include multiple philosophies, cultures, and time periods.
Which 20 do you choose?
depends. what do you consider to be art? is it paintings/sculptures only, or do you wish to include other art forms such as literature and music?
>>3305050
I'm going to limit it to visual pieces. So paintings, sculptures, pottery, architecture, etc.
Every picture would be a can of soup
What's history stuff that disappoints you with how it went in real life.
>tfw East Lowland Scots are the Most Anglo and they were unified with the other Anglos and Saxons before Bill the Bastard conquered England
>tfw they hate England for conquering them >tfw they are proud of having a bastardized mix of Picts, Anglo-Scots, and Ire-scots
>tfw both Celts and Germanics were cool when seperate
>>3304975
The fact that the Anglo has never had to suffer for his crimes.
>>3304982
Notice how the Anglo only made crimes in the Autumn of western civilization, by then a mixed race of Celts, Ingvaeonics, and Nords
>Scots retain some semblance of their culture and native style of dress
>Irish go full Anglo after the 1690s
I never really understood this.