Give me a good reason why we shouldn't have a global lingua franca. Isn't language one of the greatest cultural barriers?
>>1839154
Ur mom is a barrier
>>1839154
But we already do. English.
>>1839154
Because everyone will want to have their current language made the global lingua franca, and you won't be able to get agreement as to what it should be.
Did the ancient world look anywhere near as spectacular as described by text or are they exaggerations?
>>1839135
I believe it was mostly black & white prior to 1939.
>>1839141
Lol.
>>1839135
Probably looked quite a bit more impressive than usually depicted... ie. dilapidated. These things probably had a lot of facades on them that did not stand the test of time, and were being constantly maintained by a virtual army of artisans, and thus very well may have had positively gleaming polished finishes that there'd similarly be no evidence of.
If there's some great dark age, people will probably be depicting our skyscrapers without any windows in their own historical recreations (or with lots of broken ones), interspersed with broken and unpainted roads and surrounded by wasteland.
Granted, for LA, it'd be fairly accurate.
Why the fuck did Romans have a hard-on for arches?
>>1839124
>>1839132
nice arch very hard
Buh-bye!
>>1839073
is this b8, m8
>>1839090
It wasn't, but now it is.
What's up with Americans saying that Jesus wasn't a Jew? Is that a general ''belief'' among American protestants, or is it something from a specific denomination(s)?
>>1839037
It is hard for us to believe Jesus came from demon spawn the human race.
>>1839037
I did saw some memegraphic about it on /pol/ once but I doubt that is a commonly held opinion among Americans, care to give a source?
>>1839037
He wasn't a Talmudic Jew.
Is it true that Red Army commanders treated their soldiers as cannon fodder?
>>1838995
"When we come across a minefield, our soldiers attack exactly as if it were not there." - Zhukov
>I get my history from Enemy at the Gates
>>1839003
Another quote from Zhukov
>Immediately stop the criminal head-on attacks on the settlements. Stop the head-on attacks on heights with good firing positions. When attacking make full use of ravines, forests and terrain that is not easily fired upon. Immediately breakthrough between the settlements and, without waiting for their complete fall, tomorrow capture Sloboda, Rassvet and advance up to Levshina.
as usual /his/ knows fuck all kill yourself
Why is there a tendency in Spanish-speaking countries towards military juntas and dictatorships?
Poor people who are kept out of making money and kept out of politics, who are also unable to properly organise in protest and debate, are usually powerless against powerful men with armies at their disposal.
>>1838968
Lack of rule of law, poverty, power vacuums and generals with their own personal loyal army.
You forgot the part with the CIA shills.
If they have successfully implemented their reforms, could they have lasted longer?
I doubt it, Han nationalism was too strong. Also, the queue hairstyle and Manchu """clothing""" were an abomination that deserved to be eradicated.
>>1838916
Eventually the Han Chinese would overpower them in a revolution.
The best scenario would be they restored the Ming monarchy, slowly modernize, and finally become a constitutional monarchy.
>>1838962
>Also, the queue hairstyle and Manchu """clothing""" were an abomination that deserved to be eradicated.
This, even if the removal of the queue was the only thing to result from the 1911 revolution it all would have been worth it. I'd be willing to bet that a lot of the anti-Chinese prejudice in America during the 19th century resulted from that stupid, disgusting hairstyle. The ridiculous outfits didn't help, either.
Simple question, but one I've been wondering about for a while. How different would the culture be of the Americas be if the chinese never left, and managed to grow and spread out over the continent?
There would be less dogs around.
why are you not banned yet?
>>1838827
Thats a good thing. Youve never had to dealt with wild dogs have you. They are like hyenas. I want to shoot them
Why is Texas portrayed in movies as a white state if in reality it's majority mestizo?
>>1838798
t. el CHIcano
it didn't used to be, but the white man in his benevolence permitted mass immigration and paid for the welfare checks of all the immigrants
>>1838798
Texas was never Mexico, it was home of the Comanche. Mexico was being pulverized by Comanche raiders. Mexico begged Anglo to take Texas from Comanche nomads. The land became Texas by Comanche treaty, and Anglo settlers. Mexican documentation ,and I have some, never held any weight, because it wasn't Mexico's to give. It was more Spain's interest to quit claim, which didn't have any weight either.
The Mexican's declared Independence from Spain, then 20 years later, sold their independence to pay taxes to Italy. This un American person "The Pope" whom believes god gave him divine right above the equality of others, slanders our military treaties by misleading Mexicans into this Reconquista BS. It should be the intent of the Congress and the military to defend our military treaties against this threat.
Can we have a historical leaders' favored drink thread?
Let's start off with the big boys-- easy mode. What would Ceesar drink nowadays?
Personally, I think it's Baha Blast... but out of a glass... cans too flimsy?
What say you, /his/?
>>1838725
Dude, I noticed that, those cans are like aluminum paper.
>>1838725
Caesor is a partrician, so definitely baja blast. I think he would drink it out of a stone cup too, because I don't think they had glass glasses back then. Sucks that the cans today are so flimsy
>>1838725
First of all
>Ceesar
Its Seazor, not Ceesar.
ANyways, yeah, baja blast is raelly good. certianly the quality of such an emperor, however, the shitty paper aluminum wont substantiate for his strength as a militant
As accurate as 300
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCvyg679bsg
tought?
>>1838714
How would I know? Does anyone seriously have the willpower to watch his videos from beginning to end?
Tell me a bedtime """story""" about the funny yet courageous people of America, /his/.
>>1838693
>>1838693
One time the good peoples of America were peacefully going through the depression, when the cowardly japs pulled a sneaky attack on their pacific navy. Then we nuked those yellow fucks back to the stone age.
The End.
>>1838706
>>1838717
Wow Americans truly are funny and courageous.
İyi geceler
It seems cultures vary widely on the role of alcohol in society. Some use it ritualistically, others thoroughly condemn it. Some believe it brings you closer to God, others that it is the milk of Satan. Some believe in hedonism and Bacchanalia, others believe in temperance and sobriety.
For example, Jews believe drunkenness (the state of being drunk) is a terrible sin, but wine is a part of almost every major Jewish holy day and celebration.
Even the prophet Muhammad says booze can be good for you in moderation, but condemned it because he couldn't get his men to show up to mosque sober.
>>1838637
Anything that puts you in a state where you lose control over your actions is a sin
>>1838637
Jesus drank and made wine, and gave it to his disciples. It cannot be a sin to drink.
To be drunk is unwise, foolish, etc., but as there is wine in heaven, no. It's not a sin.
>post yfw England had an anarchist revolution in 1381
ALS ADAM GRUB UND EVA SPANN
KYRIELEYS!
WO WAR DAN DER EDELMANN?
>mfw
Anarchy for the UK
It's coming sometime and maybe
I give a wrong time stop at traffic line
Your future dream is a shopping scheme