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In what way does daoism condemn morally wrong actions? If it exalts spontaneity, being an asshole is part of my nature and i'm still part of the Dao why shouldn't i just rape babies or whatever?
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Bump?
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>>1550558
Why not ask Daoist apologists? I imagine they would say "raping babies isnt TRUE spontaneity"
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>>1550558
Because daoism also promotes self control and abstinence as ways to master the self, and seeing how the self fits into the greater whole. You could be an asshole and a daoist or you could be a saint and a daoist. Daoism is just a lens to view the world through.
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Best place to learn German? 2016-08-15 01:59:02 Post No.1550515
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Best place to learn German?
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I have already studied languages such as Latin in the past at school with suggested textbooks, etc..
How would you guys recommend I learn German just as a hobby on the side? I live in Australia so access to German speakers for practice is rather limited.
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>>1550515
It's a cool language, but the country has the world's lowest birthrate so in a few decades it'll be about as useful as Latin.
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>>1550515
Why would you want to learn German? If you plan visiting their soon learn Syrian.
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Probably Germany or Austria.
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>Decline
>of
>The West
Was he right ?
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Nice try, Hank
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>>1550477
No, that of is completely wrong.
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>>1550491
What?
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Did the Mayans in the 17th century ever use modern weapons like guns and metal swords? 2016-08-15 01:42:27 Post No.1550442
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Did the Mayans in the 17th century ever use modern weapons like guns and metal swords?
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I found that Mayans lasted as a civilization well in the 17th century(the last city fell around 1697)
Since thats well over 100 years since their contact with the Spanish; did the Mayans ever use muskets and metal bladed swords that they may have picked up/traded from the Spanish? In the same way as the Native Americas in North America?
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The Maya empire collapsed before the Spanish even arrived.
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Doesn't look like it.
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_Pet%C3%A9n#Weaponry_and_armour
>The Spanish described the weapons of war of the Petén Maya as bows and arrows, fire-sharpened poles, flint-headed spears and two-handed swords known as hadzab that were crafted from strong wood with the blade fashioned from inset obsidian;[42] these were similar to the Aztec macuahuitl.
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>Maya empire
Jesus christ shut up.
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>>1550442
nope, however when they revolted against the mexican governement in the 19th century they did had guns
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>yfw you realized civilization itself is a meme because agriculture is inherently unstable due to soil nutrient depletion and flawed human nature that leads to unsustainable exponential population growth and resource consumption
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I didn't aks for this
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you're a meme
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>>1550406
...but dude, your statement is inaccurate. Our primary forms of modern agriculture and the agricultural systems that are excessively extractive are unsustainable but agriculture/horticulture/para-culture/intensive tending in and of itself can be both sustainable and regenerative.
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Why did the USA not annex the entirety of Mexico?
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>>1550378
Because it was full of Mexicans
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>>1550380
Genuinely this.
We ain't with that shit.
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>>1550378
Mexit
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Was Operation Barbarossa a preemptive strike? 2016-08-15 01:24:39 Post No.1550359
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Was Operation Barbarossa a preemptive strike?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6o84NU9Ees&app=desktop
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>>1550359
There is already a thread on this stupid question.
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>>1550359
El famoso peaceful Germany with its "pre-emptive strikes"...
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>>1550437
>Germany declares war on France and Russia
It's France and Russia's fault for mobilizing.
>France and Britain declare war on Germany when Germany mobilizes 100+ divisions and invades Poland
REEEEEEE Germany dindu nuffin France and Britain declared war on it.
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Mexican-American War discussion 2016-08-15 01:24:07 Post No.1550355
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Mexican-American War discussion
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Was it inevitable that Mexico would lose its North American territory to the US? Could the Texan Revolution and Mexican-American War have been avoided?
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Yes because of Manifest Destiny. God wanted the white race to expand throughout the west
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IN THE SOUTHERN PART PART OF TEXAS
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>>1550355
Mexico has chronically bad leadership. If they had competent generals they could've won that war.
But with Mexican leadership as it was, they were doomed. Honestly it's like a miracle that they still have 2 million sq km of land instead of totally collapsing like the central american confederacy.
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When I see the media being so biased today, why should I care about History when social science and humanities departments are pretty much in cahoots with each other?
Is it all just social posturing bullshit? "Insights" from history usually just turn out to be as BS as "wisdom".
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lol blatant /pol/ invader
You have to go back.
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>>1550383
>history curricula hasn't been changed to fit an agenda
Lefty/pol/ please.
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Is civilian/pleb/peasant/commoner weapons ownership of military grade weaponry (whatever the historical period) a recent or old development along history? How at risk was an invading army in the ancient or medieval era to be under the subject of guerrila action by the civilians in the area?
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>>1550345
>EOtech
have fun losing your point of aim after leaving it in the sun for a couple hours lmao
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>>1550345
Civilians don't tend to own military grade weaponry today except in places where the word "civilian" is more or less meaningless.
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>>1550345
Historically, households always had a sword or some sort of sharp choppystabby that could pass as one.
More often than not soldiers bought their own gear which they passed it down to their sons. Farmers and workers used or modified their tools to fight.
What constitutes a military weapon is a modern invention, anyone could be armed except in specific contexts.
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Europe's Last Pagans
Pic related is the Mari people belonging to the Uralic group
How close is this to other practices that were practiced in Europe. They apparently even sacrifice things in cauldrons, which is probably where the witch(shaman) with cauldron sterotyoe comes from.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_people
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>>1550243
>How close is this to other practices that were practiced in Europe
>Uralic group
hardly
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>>1550243
>finngols
>european
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>>1550261
Let's stop this meme. The Mari people are West of the Ural mountains suggesting a cultural continuity with the rest of Europe. Although they may have not shared similar pantheon
eons thier practices must be similar to some extent.
Hungarians are Uralic yet seem pretty European visually and culturally
Aren't materialists really arguing that the physical world is alive?
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>>1550027
I'm part of the physical world. I'm alive. So are my dog and my tomato plants.
I don't understand what you mean.
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>>1550027
No I believe that's specifically a type of pantheism
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The "physical world" is not alive. Specific pieces of the physical world are organized and operate in a way we arbitrarily call life. The matter itself is not alive, the system is, and only for specific durations and in specific contexts.
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Let me pose you this question.
If homesexuality and bisexuality is in your genes, then can't pederasty not be considered the same?
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No, it doesn't fit my agenda.
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I think first you would have to prove that homosexuality or bisexuality IS actually in your genes, and not a byproduct of upbringing.
Nomos vs. Physis and all that shit.
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What is with the obsession with pederasty here
>study great men that have left their mark on history
>you'll die in obscurity and soon be forgotten.
This is the worst feel.
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Just write some obscure esoteric mystical shit.
That's way cooler.
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>>1549988
It doesn't have to be that way. You've seen the blueprints for greatness, all you have to do is figure out how to implement them into your life. You may not be able to conquer the world, but you can probably manage to make enough of a difference to be noted if you really try.
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>op thinks he has a 'good mind'
>spends all his time shitposting from his phone
(you)
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Was Atlantis real? Where was it located?
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>>1549880
holy fuck I IRL kekked
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>>1549880
>Was Atlantis real?
Probably not
>Where was it located?
Probably the Atlantic
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Was there once a city above water which sunk and we simply do not know it's location?
Very plausible.