Who was Stirner most influenced by?
Hegel t b h
>>1544775
I don't know about "most", but I think the early sophists did influence his thought quite a bit.
>>1544775
Casper the ghost.
Why did world war l devolve into trench warfare?
Large scale use of automatic weapons
>>1544769
Accurate, fast-loading guns and mass-produced ammunition. You had to keep out of sight.
This applies to rifles, machine guns and artillery.
For the latter, you also needed to be away from the blast.
>devolve
Heh, that's what you think
Just finished All Quiet on the Western Front. Not as moving as some people say. What are your favourite books of the historical fiction genre, /his/?
Great overall series.
Hey it's funny, here in French that book's title is "A l'ouest, rien de nouveau" (nothing new on westfront).
>>1544829
That's more accurate to the original German title, Im Westen nichts Neues.
Was his whole life, civil, political and military, a fraud?
Why would it be?
With where France is politically these days, it might as well have been.
>>1544618
Eternal Anglo please leave
The following could amount to a crucial and timely philosophical breakthrough. It seems to be very close to what Immanuel Kant called the philosophers' stone.
Delusionally oversimplified: A new philosophical backbone for a global order,regional orders, local orders, personal orders, some degree more potent than communism.
"Do I seem free enough?
If yes, for how long probably?
If so, what could I do that seems best for all?"
This is the root of a new ethics. It gives people a "start for thinking", which accounts for a basic bipolarity: (non-deity-) agents have two high objectives: existential and recurring personal liberation, for example from itch or death, and moral activity that attempts, what seems to be best for all.
This may seem abstract, but in the time it grew with me, it raised some heavy/influential consequences:
- a bipolarity for the political landscape, that seems scalable from the individual to the whole of humanity, and that at the same time seems much more cooperative, as every human experiences both parties' central objectives in his daily life. Maturing democracy's appeal big time.
- a basic root thought for an artificial intelligence, that could invoke a reasoned, largely beneficial stance on humanity (in case you mind: see "control problem")
-...
And it has some important conclusions for the present years' situation:
- Liberation is important besides "best for all", therefore there has to be a dynamic limit: "increasingly voluntary liberations sum equality" (Binding engagement subtracts from liberation.)
- Liberation, that is ignorant of other agents, risks their antiliberation, pressing them to liberate themselves as well. This possible mutually ignorant subgroup liberation can spiral down. The way out, even for past events, seems to be "increasingly voluntary antiliberation compensation".
The first point would ease inequality tensions and the second would slow downward spirals in politics, economics... from small to big scale.
2/2
-If you mind, take these last points to a news page of your flavour and test them.
-Please be careful to implement, I can not yet afford compensation for damage done.
-Discuss among each other, I will only restart the thread in case it 404s.
-I cherish anonymity here, as I am productive (highly) that way and I guess, that with a public position that would change, to long term detriment.
-I learned to prefer gradual evolution over disruptive revolution. This system should help with that.
-The MOST URGENT consequence is, that people keep calm and go on in their doings, now assured of improvement, to avoid systemic seizure.
This thread is posted on /b/, /his/ and /pol/.
Thanks for all good
All good to all
What a waste. Anyone can draw some graph on MS paint with no data on irrelevant axis and make out its some "major breakthrough" See: /pol/ infographics.
So "humanity", or more loosely, society, cycles or oscillates? astounding breakthrough. Did you also just discover that humanity oscillates between peace and war? such an original observation, there must be some omnipotent force that causes all war and peace!
Do you have any data to support this theory? do you have some sort of logical proof, based on established axioms? or is this just the meaningless rambling of an arch-mediocrity?
>>1544646
Maybe search the key terms "liberation" and "best for all" on Google ngrams. The results seem more than random.
Thanks for considering and replying.
>Materialists: "There is no God because Science has not observed any evidence of him"
>A character in a SIMS game: "There is no Player One because I have not observed any evidence of him"
Choose both, fedoras
Materialists are not necessarily empiricists or athiests
Why did this thread got taken off /sci/?
>>1544619
deleted because /sci got their tendies wet
Was the Wehrmacht actually that good or has it been overblown? Most of their quick early victories were against small nations who had no chance against anyone, let alone a first rate nation with Prussian military heritage. Their victory in France has been attributed to French war weariness and poor leadership, while the early eastern front was a shitshow on the part of the red army. Seems like when their enemies got their act together, they were doomed to fail.
Tbh the Kaiser's army in 1914 seemed a better army that could actually withstand their foes.
Not sure where I read this but I believe that their officers had more command in what they did on the battle field, that and they always counterattacked after a defeat, no matter what.
Anyone confirm is this is true?
Yes they were the best by far
>make thread that normal people don't really give a shit about but Stormtards from /pol/ obsess over
Wonder how this thread will turn out
I think Yi-Soon-Shin was the naval general that Korea did not deserve. If he was born into a western naval country like the UK, he would be renowned across the world.
But he gave his life defending the very country that hunted him and despised him.
He is the hero korea needed, but did not deserve.
For those not versed in asian history, here is a pretty good recap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_1098742589&feature=iv&index=43&list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5Aq7g4bil7bnGi0A8gTsawu&src_vid=3ieaDfD_h6s&v=hKBOoPfMvLc
meme admiral
>>1544464
how so?
>>1544466
>shoot converted merchant ships that are essentially unarmed with cannons.
>WHAT AN AMAZING ADMIRAL!
His primary accomplishment was ultimately failing to navigate internal politics, actual combat capabilities had little to do with his victories; overwhelming technological advantage in application did that fine.
In the book "Game of Thrones" a prominent lord raises armies tens of thousands strong for a punitive war against a family that took his son prisoner. Has there ever been a similarly punitive campaign in direct response to a noble's kidnapping?
>>1544392
>Has there ever been a similarly punitive campaign in direct response to a noble's kidnapping?
Seems like becoming "Byzantine Emperor" was a great way to get yourself dead.
>>1544399
>tfw Venice didn't invade Nikaea
Wtf desu
Were the Japanese really as savage as they were depicted in WW2 and pre-WW2 western history books? If so, can you provide some good books on the culture that fuels their need to use every last citizen to fight to the death.
>>1544341
More so since western history books are Christianized. There is a good documentary named solders of the devil or something along those lines that takes accounts from the Japanese solders themselves.
>>1544341
Yes.
True honorable samurai will never surrender their land of glorious Nippon. Especially not to communists and baka Gaijin who want to give corean pigs independence.
>>1544341
They were worse than depicted.
America should've gone full Tojocaust after WW2.
Okay, Southernfags. What should the North have done after the Civil War to the South? No, you can't get off scotch free. You are the ones that started it and lost the war.
>>1544326
Black power now, kill whitey.
>>1544326
Deport all the niggers to Africa and make the South pay for it.
>>1544342
Yes, this was the best chance to be rid of the blacks and it was missed. They don't even need to go to Africa they could be settled in Haiti which was already a containment zone.
IP: intcraft.lunas.host
Year is 1880 AD
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A week long grace period will last until 12.8., friday after launch
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>>1544231
Fugg french fuming frogs
Excel, Egyptian excellence everytime
First time I see this, would you explain/provide IP?
>>1544244
Idiot me, didn't notice where it says IP
Aryans are Albino Indians that migrated out of India and into Europe. Aryan Invasion theory is wrong and is quite the opposite.
Discuss.
>>1544130
You saw that in a reply to other thread.
Both originated in Ukraine and the colder climate of Northern Europe selected fairer skin and the warm climate of India selected slightly more pigmented skin + race-mixing with abos = modern Indians.
Every time I hear that theory I want to slap the person who came up with it
Why did this faggot kill the last dragon? We could have dragons flying around right now.
You see? "&Humanities" isn't the problem
The human race is the problem
>>1544103
It's just a quest bro!
>>1544164
But look how small the dragon is, he might as well kill a baby for all the feat is worth
I've always been interested in the history of combat and war (especially WWII) but only recently have I started collecting books about the subject. Can anyone recommend any good factual books on war?
>>1544011
Armageddon -The Battle For Germany 1944 to 1945 by Max Hastings... Jesus what a fucking nightmare he paints the war as. He's pretty even handed too with all sides. But he does hold quite some contempt for British Command
Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger. It's a day by day accounting of his experiences in the Trenches. There's no plot, no anti-war sentiment. Just a cold mechanical retelling of the hell he went through and how fucking much he loved the war.
>“Trench fighting is the bloodiest, wildest, most brutal of all. Of all the war's exciting moments none is so powerful as the meeting of two storm troop leaders between narrow trench walls. There's no mercy there, no going back, the blood speaks from a shrill cry of recognition that tears itself from one's breast like a nightmare.”
In total, Jünger was wounded 14 times during the war, including five bullet wounds. He lived to be 102.
>>1544011
Infantry attacks By Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel
The Jewish War - Josephus