>he thinks a god exists
>he believes in strict materialism
>>1691316
(You)
Anytime someone says something like this, I always ask the same question in return:
"How do you distinguish between what is an entity you would call a "god" and one you can't?"
What would the world be like if Germany never existed?
>>1691233
We would be colonizing mars
>>1691233
Countries like Poland and Austria would have a much stronger maritime culture and Italy would be much more of a battle ground with strong military history and culture. It's honestly just Germany's position in the middle of Europe on a relatively flat terrain that it has a long history of wars.
Why is the Mamluk empire mentioned so much less than the Ottoman """empire"" when they were objectively better
> rekt the crusaders
>rekt the mongols
>Fucked the Ottomans in fair combat
>all this without gunpowder
>also objectively better armor asthetics
>also didn't take rapeslaves in Europe
>probably had better qts
>>1691208
btw i'm not even middleastern. just recently became interested in mamluks while playing as them in EU4
>>1691208
Because the ottoman empire was one of the largest, richest and most powerful in world history and the Mamluks werent
>>1691208
>ain jalut was versus an isolated regiment because all mongols were going back to mongolia to elect a new khan
>crusade was even against the actually dynasty, just mamulks in name
>fucked ottomans in fair combat
i mean napoleon fucked austria in fair combat
didnt mean shit at the end
u mad at selim brah?
Based on the last two, adjusting for modern weapons and excluding nuclear ones, what are some reasonable casualty estimates for a third world war with main theaters being south China Sea, Eurasia and the holy lands?
>>1691187
100 to 200 million
>>1691213
Do you think there would be efforts to avoid the use of WMDs in the opening stages of the conflict
>>1691213
Too low. The lower limit would be 190 million, likely death toll would be between 250-300 million.
>>1691225
No. But that isn't the question being posed. IRL ww3 would start with a rape escalation along Herman Kahn's ladder, culminating in a limited nuclear exchange about 24 hours in. See 'The Nukes We Need' by Kier Lieber and Daryl Press to see an example of the type of strikes that will be performed.
It might be just me going crazy but are we seeing a rise in posts regarding Esperanto?
On 4chan?
Also: general esperanto thread
>>1691098
Can we make Esperanto great again?
>>1691117
it was never great to begin with
>>1691098
Just learn Latin.
Canadians were some of the hardest bastards of the World Wars.
The French in WW1 and before were also a brutally effective army as well and quite frankly don't deserve the meme that they surrender all the time.
Germans on the other hand have only won a single war (Franco-Prussian war) and have constantly ruined Europe for everyone since the Roman times (German barbars pillaging/destroying Rome, the > > > memeing Europe for a good 1000 years and the world wars.)
If anything, hate Germans.
True but fuck off frenchy
>>1691074
>Canadians were some of the hardest bastards of the World Wars.
>
Actually the French Canadians did not want anything to do with the war for Great Britain Imperialism. They hated the conscription bill and were lied to when they were sent overseas after losses to the CDN army after at Oratona. (Conscription in Canada was only supposed to be for home defense.) It divided the Country.
Canada had a strong army air force and navy after the war. What did Canada get? A pie in the sky? A place in the sun? Canada got fucked for its participation fucked over by the peace deals and left out of the global empire except as a lesser member.
>>1691074
>Canadians were some of the hardest bastards of the World Wars.
>
>The French in WW1 and before were also a brutally effective army as well and quite frankly don't deserve the meme that they surrender all the time.
>
That is why france needed its allies to save its ass in both wars or they would of be fucked over like in the franco prussian war. Canada came to frances rescue at Normandy and look at what the greatful Charles Du Gual did in Quebec.
What was the historic use and tactica of artillery in pitched battles.
Was it destroying large blocks of infantry at a time, make the enemy spread out his lines so the cavalry could charge in more easily, a mixture of the two or something completely different.
When are you talking about? Artillery has been in use for the better part of a millenium and doctrine surrounding it has widely varied.
Talk shit, get hit.
This is a common misconception. Actually, up until WWI, artillery was never used to inflict direct casualties, rather for propaganda purposes. Most commonly, cannons only fired shot filled with confetti, intended to disrupt enemy formations. This sowed confusion in the enemy ranks, who generally would become confused as to whose birthday they were celebrating, leaving themselves open and defenseless to a sudden bayonet charge or flanking attack by cavalry.
Napoleon is renowned for his genius innovations in artillery warfare, replacing the standard confetti shells with leaflets containing crudely worded insults and graphic cartoons of enemy generals in lascivious and unseemly situations. These proved to have a profound demoralization effect on the enemy troops, and turned the tide of many a battle in Napoleon's favor. A little know fact is that during the battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon sealed victory when he enticed the Allies to abandon the Pratzen Heights by shelling their positions with notes reading:
>"ATTENTION SOLDIERS OF THE COALITION! AS HONORABLE COMBATANTS WE ARE DUTY BOUND TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE POSITIONED ON FAGGOT HILL, A NOTORIOUS MEETING PLACE FOR SODOMITES AND ROGUES OF ALL SORTS! WE URGE YOU TO PRESERVE YOUR NATIONAL HONOR AND AVOID FURTHER RIDICULE BY REMOVING YOURSELVES FROM THIS PLACE OF ILL REPUTE!"
I just read about Circassians.
What other ethnic groups were exiled/genocides by the Russian empire?
What was the ethnic demographic of parts of modern day Russia before the expansion of the Russian empire?
>tfw I only know about circasians because I had a half circasian boyfriend, and not because I studied them in lessons
Answering for the Caucasus:
>What other ethnic groups were exiled/genocides by the Russian empire?
Chechens and Ingushetians.
- Deporation 1944 (which killed nearly the half of the whole nation)
- Deportation of families to the Near East and Ottoman Empire
- 150 000 Chechens were killed in the past 25 years
>What was the ethnic demographic of parts of modern day Russia before the expansion of the Russian empire?
Heres a map I made fast
>>1691087
Woah I'm triggered against Russia now
Doesnt it sometimes blow your mind how little people there were for the most of History?
And how still they managed to control vast territories and fight huge wars with hundreds of thousands of troops deployed
I can barely imagine this
>>1690920
>little people
how many people have you met?
1 million people is humongous.
Honestly I get panic attacks thinking about how India alone has a billion people.
Malthus will be eventually proven right...Right? Right?
>>1690961
Haiti has 10 million people, and the only reason they survive is because of foreign aid and NGO's. They could only realistically sustain maybe half of that number on their own.
Why is it so hard for people to accept that morality probably has a biological basis?
>>1690866
It opens the door for claims of decreased moral culpability if and offender has an equally valid but completely different sense of morality that stems from his unique personal/racial biology.
>>1690866
It takes away alot of a 'free will' because it means the moral choices made and sense of integrity we carry are somewhat predetermined.
That and the fact that peoples perceptions change to align to their own sense of morality, and something that fluid cant really be determined from birth.
E.g.
Can hate people who steal, but find a way to justify taking shampoo samples from a hotel.
Morality is such a grey area you cant really pinpoint a definite causation. If it were biological it would be pretty predictable for most people, which it really isnt. It depends on a ridiculous amount of environmental and internal factors.
>>1690894
Not really, because you're still presupposing an absolute moral code. If morality is just our biology, and if we yes-say to our instincts, then we can do away with the farce of "culpability".
The enlightenment concept of morality is mistaken for the only concept of morality, and causes us to dismiss the idea altogether because we forget to find the true source of our morals.
So there's a TON of information on slaves in colonial America. You can learn about the way slaves were treated and how they earned freedom. There's one thing, however, that I have trouble finding. Slave owners in colonial America. I've found almost nothing on slave owners or their way of life. What was their religious beliefs? Any slave owners of color? What kind of profit was made? If anyone can provide a few primary sources on the lives of slave owners in America between 1585 and 1815 that'd be awesome. Otherwise share what you know, I'd love to know more about it.
>>1690830
Bumping because this is genuinely interesting.
I suppose I'll bump with some info on Joshua John Ward. Joshua was a very successful man with over 1100 slaves in his possession. His slaves mostly worked in the rice fields he owned. That's about all thats known about him. Some info on the rice fields. About 4 million pounds of rice was produced on his six plantations. Because rice mostly grew underwater, there would be mounds of dirt that slaves could stand on so they didnt stand in the water too long. If one were to sit in water all day, their flesh would fall off and rot. This is why he also invested in water buffalo instead of horses, the buffalo could stand in the water all day with no effect on their health.
>>1690830
We aren't going to do your history homework for you
Who would win in a fight the entire collective of the saami peoples versus darth maul?
Well Darth Maul has the force and a lightsaber but the Sami are crafty sons of bitches. I have no idea who would prevail
saami had a few jedi temples
>>1690768
Good point but what about his double lightsabre?
Okay people, no gimmicks, no bullshit;
The Sami versus the Sentinelese people in a straight on fight. Who would win?
Lmao my nigga saami look like marvel vs dc comics
>>1690766
yeah but who would win?
>>1690758
Sisu vs digging sticks. Hmm tough one
Who was more evil?
>evil
>>1690730
>Religion of peace
>Forced Saxons to convert to Christianity en mass
Charlemagne aka "won't convert, feel the hurt"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxon_Wars
Also, Islam > Christianity
>>1690734
Stirnerfags are essentially bronies at this point.
Let's talk about honor
>How would you define honour?
>Should honor have any worth/be important in society?
>How much of an understanding of honour do you think still exists nowadays in your country?
>>1690544
>honor
>>1690544
Honor doesn't exist today anymore because of moral relativism.
>>1690550
Shut up, I spelled it correctly afterwards