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Why do so many people believe that the majority of history's monarchs were bad?
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Marxist brainwashing
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>>1521623
you mean enlightenment brainwashing
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>>1521623
Republican* brainwashing.
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Why is it that, when it comes to the "mysteries" of their theology, religious believers will implore you to have faith, but at the same time, will dispute you and demand facts from you?
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They compartmentalize the ridiculous aspects of their religion into an "emotional" category which places devotion as the highest possible virtue, beyond rationality, indeed many religious people will outright reject rational thought as somehow "evil".
On the other hand as homo sapiens, they are still intrinsically capable of recognizing rational arguments as more convincing. So they revert to standard argumentation when they suspect it will be an effective way to win a point, as per typical debate.
Finally it's important to note that a religious person will never ever argue in good faith. To them debates are purely a display of loyalty to their leaders and to satisfy their self-imposed duty to promote their religion.
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>>1521080
>a religious person will never ever argue in good faith
you must be really depressed
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>>1521125
You must be really deluded.
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What about the Japanese military allowed them to conquer almost all of East Asia during the Imperial period? What about the Japanese military made them fall in WW2 to the Americans? Were their any noteworthy attributes of their tactics/equipment/structure?
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>>1520287
>the Japanese military
>conquered almost all of East Asia during the Imperial period?
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>>1520287
They were not Chinese.
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>>1520302
Why weren't they able to defeat the Chinese then?
>Prior to WW2, tensions were incredibly high between the Commonwealth and the USA
>FDR himself had a staunchly anti British sentiment, and stated that Britain must give up its 'Medieval Like' Empire.
>After the British went to war with Germany, no immediate response was even expected of the USA.
>Meanwhile, The Soviet Union uses this to begin a friendship with the British post-Barbarossa
>After the Second World War, The British are economically blackmailed by the US in trade, and are cornered into giving the Indians Independence.
>The British Empire is now a handful of tiny populated African Colonies after Canada, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand fully gain independence
>Rather than repeal the temporary alliance with the British, the Soviets instead maintain somewhat positive relations with the British.
>Meanwhile, The US and the United Nations are bullying the UK into giving up all remaining dominions.
>In the Suez Crisis, Eisenhower threatens to completely ruin the British Pound if they do not pull out, further economically blackmailing Britain and France
>By 1960, the Empire was almost completely dead and Britain as well as the rest of Western Europe was essentially under American Command
>Despite this, both nations now insist they have a 'Special Relationship' and are close friends since WW2. Americans and British are taught they happily fought side by side in WW2.
Is there any greater brainwashing in history?
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>WE COULD HAVE KEPT THE EMPIRE IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU DAMN YANKS
There, I saved you guys the trouble of having a thread.
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>>1516146
>shhhhhh the limeys know shut it down
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Back when the USA were good.
What is your purpose in life?
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You pass butter
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To meme
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>>1511630
Live to old age, have a family that gives me grandchildren, be kind to people, try to do something that contributes to advancing society but that would simply be cherry on top
when you're close to death, it changes how you feel about life. I'm not close to death, but I thought that I was for a couple of weeks and I learned a lot about myself in that time. I'm an atheist, but after my experience of even thinking that I may die, I don't mind death nearly as much as I did.
The fact that you're alive at all right now is a miracle. You are very lucky, and are owed nothing. You should be glad that you woke up today and got the chance to experience life for another day.
Being asleep or dead isn't that big of a deal, but since you're here, you should make the most of the life you have and I don't mean that in some nihilistic way.
If schools taught basic economics at a younger age, would that lead to a major decline in the number of socialists out there?
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>free market capitalism is infallible
Lolbertarians everyone
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>>1522697
Probably unless the schools in question were teaching Marxist """"""""economics""""""""
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>>1522697
Complexity science is what undid my communist thought.
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How could Germany have won the war?
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>Germany invades Poland 1939
>Britain and France declare war
>Germany still must invade the Soviet Union to prevent eventual invasion from USSR into western Europe
With these factors, how could Germany win the war? Should they have invaded earlier (how should they have dealt with Yugoslavia and Greece though)? Should they have invaded later (the more time went by, the stronger the Soviets got)?
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>>1509857
They couldn't have. Britain wasn't going to give up the ghost for anything and the route the U.S. was heading on meant that no one was going to run out of supplies anytime soon. Germany was doomed as soon as war broke out.
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>>1509857
You can't. About the only way that Germany MIGHT win from a 1939 start is if the British are so absolutely stupid as to go through with Operation Pike, and the Soviets react badly enough to being bombed in the Cuacasus that they actually join the Axis in 1940. Other than that, you're hosed.
And even then, you have to deal with the not insignificant problem of the U.S. eventually joining and dropping nukes on everyone.
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The only plausible victory for the Germans would have been something along these lines: The Nazi party survives, Germany doesn't lose it's pre-war territory.
This could be achieved perhaps by making a peace with the soviets when the Blizkrieg was still kicking the Soviets around. Don't get involved with the U.S. Make peace with the Brits. Build up alliances with the west against the soviets after the war.
A scenario where Germany would have really "won" i.e Hitler's dreams would have been fulfilled is impossible. No way, Hitler could not have won a sustained war with the Soviets.
You guys use philosophy to understand all different modes of thinking right? You're not one of these idiots that thinks he's gonna find "the answer" are you?
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get back to >>>/pol/ before you cause trouble here, scumbag
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>>1521403
Clearly you're very enlightened and open to all different ideas
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>1998
>not embracing non-rationality
Is it true that ancient people never mentioned the color blue?
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>>1520772
What?
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>>1520772
Yes they were cucks
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>tfw no written Celtic language
>true Celts are living in small villages on mainland Europe while Irish and Scottish people call themselves "Celtic"
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This map always triggers me. It is not conclusive that the Lusitani were Celtic people, nor that their language was Celtic. It has been variously classified as paleo-Hispanic, pre-Celtic, and para-Celtic.
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>all celtic languages will die in your lifetime
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>>1518908
Hope not. Blame education and the nation state.
Post a worse cult.
PROTIP: [spoiler]You can't.[/spoiler]
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>>1518037
>1914 END OF THE WORLD LUL
>1918 END OF THE WORLD LUL
>1925 END OF THE WORLD LUL
>1957 END OF THE WORLD LUL
>1973 END OF THE WORLD LUL
>1995 END OF THE WORLD LUL
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Are Seventh Day Adventists a cult?
What about Mormons?
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>>1518042
Yeah, these are cults.
Cults are often heavily defensive and proclaim THAT THEIRS is the ONE TRUE CHURCH.
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>morality is subjective.
Ok, nice meme. but, can you prove it?
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No, probably not. But until an objective morality system is proven to be objective (as in, not just the moral tenets of it follow from objective principles, but that the central principle from which these stem is objectively a "good") I'll probably continue to hold to it.
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>>1517918
>Something else than me exists
Ok, nice meme. But, can you prove it?
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>>1517918
It can't be anything but subjective. Things are only good or bad from the perspective of a subject. Nothing is good or bad for the universe as a whole, so there is no objective good or bad.
Is there any historical instance of a society successfully stopping and reversing its own decline?
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France under Napoleon and Nazi Germany. If they hadn't been defeated, that is.
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>>1511547
Germany kept getting more powerful even after they were defeated, now they're stronkest country in EU
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>>1511574
Yeah, while being a US colony with no right to a constitution and armed forces, and now about to become the first European caliphate.
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I know jackshit about WW1, not more than the fact the French, Brits and Germans stood freezing in some trenches. But the Russians?.. Nooo.. Tell me all about 'em. Who did they fight in WW1? Why did they fight? And all the shit inbetween about the glorious country that was shat on by the reds. Thanks for non meme'd douchebag answers in advance!
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>>1520620
> Who did they fight in WW1?
Germans, Austro-Hungarians, and Turks primarily.
> Why did they fight?
Initial pretext was to stick up for the Serbs when Austria-Hungary invaded. As for a lot of the real motivation, fear of the rising power of Germany was a big reason why the goverment was in the game.
>And all the shit inbetween about the glorious country that was shat on by the reds.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by this. Can you clarify?
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read a fucking book
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>>1520667
Like badass soldiers and generals worth a mention, life as a russian soldier based on where they were stationed, deeds of some battalions (If they got badass mottos throw them in aswell) and a handful of fun facts and what not!
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How common were power struggles between King and Church in medieval Europe? Who was often more powerful?
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Very common.
John Lackland was pretty much beaten by pope Innocentius III. His desperation resulted in the Magna Carta.
Many French and German rulers created Antipopes to try and get some leverage.
The pope was generally supreme.
The church was the single largest landholder in western Europe, and the pope had more wealth and influence than any western monarch. On top of that the Pope is the one who both appoints Kings, and the one who can threaten your afterlife via excommunication (this was a big deal).
On the flip side we have the Byzantine empire and eastern European countries that were influenced by it.
Here we see caesaropapism.
The Emperor is above the church.
The patriarch of Constantinople was still a very powerful man. The empire generally tried to keep the state and church on the same side. To present the state and church as one entity (DOUBLE HEADED EAGLE, DUDE HERALDRY LMAO)
Notably the Byzantine Emperor meddled directly in the elections for the Patriarch as he named one of the candidates (who better be the winning one), while the Pope was elected by cardinals (corruption here was notable, but not so much from kings, more like wealthy merchants Alexander VI bribed his way into his position).
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Very common, you essentially had two powers in every country which vied for power. The church lost in the end.
Becket is less a case of church vs state and more asshole vs state. The guy was just a fucking prick, every compromise he shot down, even the Pope thought he was a little bitch.
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Don't know how big of a meme it is but afaik the Pope sanctioned the Norman invasion of England because the anglos were appointing their own bishops and Stigand for one paid homage to an anti-pope and the normans basically promised to be good goys if they got the papal banner for conquest