>go back in time to 1871
>convince the German nation to never build a navy from this point on
What changes?
World War I happens a lot sooner
>>1835929
>implying competing colonial interests weren't a big part of WW1
>>1835931
good thing I didn't imply that at all :)
>Ben Stiller
>deriving an ought from an is
They're hoping to make money by selling books, that's mostly it.
Dawkins is the only respectable of the lot. He has actual achievements in his field of study, and I think even non-biologists should read The Selfish Gene, for example.
I'm looking for recommendations on books regarding Roman Hellenistic religion (particularly in regards to Sol Invictus and the 'Imperial Cult'), mystery religions (particularly Mithraism) and Neoplatonism.
I'm not so much interested in the history of the above beliefs in the empire.
I'm more looking for specific details on theology.
Bump
>>1835850
I'm interested in this too.
A tripfag called Ape of Thoth is probably the best person to ask for this, but he usually posts on /x/.
What THE FUCK was this guy's problem
>>1835817
cops were cunts
banks were cunts
bushranger armor is for mad cunts
Forgot to armour the legs.
>>1835928
This. He'd have been invincible otherwise.
>The removal of mathematics requirements killed the humanities and social sciences and gave birth to postmodernism
Why aren't people campaigning to make humanities great again and restore logical reasoning prerequisites in universities?
You do realise that math is spookiest science in existence?
>>1835765
Well, Aristotle more or less invents logic with the organon, so It makes sense for Plato to be very transfixed with mathematics. Since now we do have sophisticated formal logic, I think that probably ought to be sufficient.
I'm a historian, my specialist area is early medieval Irish church history. How is mathematics supposed to help me with that.
Why was the American revolution so much better than most of the other wars of independence in the Americas?
In Mexico you have both Miguel Hidalgo and Jose Morels being betrayed and executed. Further south you have Sucre betrayed and suspicions around Bolivar's death.
It just seems the Latin American nations had a lot more Benedict Arnolds going on than the yanks.
Wtf was wrong with them?
>>1835688
The same thing that's going on there now.
The Quebec Patriots got rekt by the bongs back in 1837-38 too.
But americans won mainly because France provide massive amounts of weapons, troops and fleets (Spain also helped them) alot of others countries in America didn't get help for powerful nation
>>1835688
White people are just better at doing stuff t b h
Why did the Austro-Hungarian empire fail?
>>1835671
Slavs
>>1835671
>>1835671
Multiculturalism
Was California "stolen" from Mexico?
>land belongs to people
Might is Right.
>>1835653
Yes and Mexico stole it from the Native Americans.
>>1835654
I presume you're okay with this, then?
>pic related
ITT: undeservedly obscure historical figures.
Like Epaminondas:
>Led Thebes to hegemony over Greece
>Rekt the Spartans at Leuctra
>Liberated the Messenian helots
>Then sank into obscurity mostly thanks to the loss of Plutarch's life of him
Nabis of Sparta. Known to us chiefly by the accounts of his enemies. Attempted to restore the glory and power of Sparta.
>>1835650
I learned about him in school. I remembered his name better than the Peloponesian war generals, although I can't figure out why. It was only later that I learned that the Holy Band was literally a bunch of faggots, so it can't be that.
Eugene of Savoy is not nearly as popularly remembered as he should be.
>Take part in the great siege of Vienna
>Inflict an absolutely crushing defeat on the Turks at Zenta
>Repeatedly defeat the French in the war of Spanish succession
>Annihilate the Turks again in another war
>Keep the Habsburg dominions from getting picked apart by European coalition diplomacy
>Teach Frederick the Great about war
He almost single-handedly saw Austria through the early 18th century, and made all kinds of gains for them, while dealing with the Empire's poor organisation and superior enemies.
Is Anarcho-Marxism the only plausible form of anarchism where things might actually work out?
Other forms of anarchism (anarcho-capitalism, anarcho-mutualism, anarcho-syndacalism, etc.) rely on everyone following a set ideology in order to prevent anarchism from collapsing into coercive statism and a state like entity filling the power vacuum to exploit others.
Marx's anarchist communism supposes that anarchy is only possible when the material conditions have changed, and there is enough surplus to satisfy everyone. This prevents the need of an ideology to hold anarchism together, and makes it so there is little to no need to coerce people to exploit them. From this point of view, anarchism is only possible if and only if post-scarcity is possible, and if post-scarcity has been achieved.
In other words, other forms of anarchy rely on ideology to make things work, where as Marx's anarchy relies on material conditions.
>>1835532
As far as I'm concerned, the only successful forms of these ideologies which I have seen, which didn't result in mass death and authoritarianism, (it seems anarchocommunism is a bit of a contradiction, considering that communism seeks to abolish the state) was anarcho syndicalism amongst the Zapistas and the Spanish during the 30s.
Aside from that, I can't really say.
This is ridiculous and has as its root the idea that states form primarily to distribute resources and that if everyone had infinite shit, no states would form, no one would want to group together, and no one would fight over differences in ideology.
>>1835538
>Marx: You need to achieve utopia before achieving stateless utopia
>Everyone else: If you achieve statelessness you you will achieve utopia
Did planes play a significant role during the first world war at all?
>>1835419
yes.
They were first used in primarily reconissance roles, but eventually became valuable for ground strikes and such. They changed the flow of the war, and all wars, forever.
So, no.
>>1835419
Yes. They all first started out doing very useful shit such as
>Artillery Spotters
>Aerial Reconnaissances
Then planes with the express purpose of shooting these fuckers down showed up. Touching off an arms race.
Lets be actually useful /his/. Lets write a PoMo style history of Western Civilization. The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra proves this is possible, but ours will be on a /his/ related topic. /lit/ could even help us, I think they are ready for a new project. Just fyi I hate PoMo but it's funny and this would not be scholarly by any means.
On Saturday, October 23, 4004 BC, at 6:00 pm, the world was created by God.
On Saturday, October 23, 4004 BC, at 6:01 pm, the eternal anglo destroyed it all.
>>1835404
>10.000 BCE: Jari Litmanen the Great establishes the Holy Finnish Empire
>7.000 Before the Birth of some Jew: the Great Patriotic War against the Eternal Korean, the Finnish Empire wins, but not without a great sacrifice
>6.000 years or 1 year before Gawd makes da land: the Finn retreats, and the Eternal Korean splits into the Eternal Anglo and the Eternal Serpent, which later becomes the Jew
>year 0: MH16 is shot down over Galilee by Zoroastrian seperatists, the many liters of kerosine cause mental retardation within the population
>year 33: the Great Jewish Retardation is at its peak, many retard-prophets spring up and vow to destroy Rome because DURRRRR ROME NOT GIV ME LAND DURRR
>380: the retard-prophets are successful, but the Zoroastrian seperatists are still angry over Rome not liking their tacky golden palaces, they go to war
>600something, or -6 Hijra (childkidnappings be upon you): an elephant carrying more kerosine crashes into a palm tree near Mecca, thus sparking another Retard Revolt
>700-1400: they have the Retard Wars, a rematch of the Great Finno-Korean War, but with more retardation
>1500-1800: some other retards buy a telescope and come up with Autistic Astrology
>1850: two more retards escape from the Retard Wars, one goes DURR CAPITALISM, the other goes DURR COMMUNISM, the rest go eat their own shit
>1900-1945: the second series of Retard Wars erupts, this time twice over Belgium, and the question of 'why is this even a country?'
>1945-now: America wins and makes a divine vow to DURRR HOLE WORLD SHOULD BE RETARDED
What does hell look like?
Turkey
>>1835070
an AnCom society
>>1835211
AnCap*
So, this might not be the best place to ask this question but... well, I'm a law student, and I'm writing an essay on blood donation by homossexual men. The thing is, I'm supposed to be against it, and my teacher is absolutely obsessed with comparative law. So I was wondering if you guys would have some material on the subject. I wish I knew where to find law cases from different countries regarding this subject, but I don't even know where to start.
Any help is deeply appreciated.
Pic non related. It's pepe.
There are these two articles from wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_who_have_sex_with_men_blood_donor_controversy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_who_have_sex_with_men_blood_donor_controversy_in_the_United_Kingdom
Fique em paz, bebê.
Well I do believe there are still laws in Canada regarding the subject, you can start by googling blood donation homosexual canada, I guess.
>>1834937
>still not the king of naples as far as i'm concerned
>>1834937
Got some serious giraffe neck going on
Micheal Jackson was a great musician and all, and not without his controversies, but this is hardly the board for it.