Can you do a pure act of goodness? Or is it all just in the service of your own ego?
>>3239813
parenting
>>3239813
Sure but you will feel awful when you do it.
>>3239813
You're overthinking it, what matters is that we do good
What went wrong? Why didn't he win?
>>3239589
Which English kang is that?
>puts filename as stefan
Stephen of Blois, perhaps?
>>3239615
yes, the absolute madman himself
>>3239654
give me a rundown on stephen, I forget these things you know
The Soviet Union didn't even last a hundred years yet its Impact was profound. However, will its legacy live on through the ages? Will its impact continue on?
>>3239499
Hard to say just yet. It could vary from
>A failed experiment in communism that's relegated to relative obscurity as "just" a competing world power in the aftermath of WW2
to
>An incredibly significant short-lived state who set the groundwork for much longer-lived significant events (like the Qin or Sui dynasties in China)
>>3239529
I can see them being Mongols 2.0
Showed up, ruined everything, and then went to the big gulag in the sky.
>>3239499
SSSR secured a solid, but rather uncomfortable, position for Russia and destroyed any hope for Marxists.
>However, will its legacy live on through the ages?
Depends on Putin, it wasn't decided yet.
We could have had it all
dude literally was no different than the Republican party today: Blame
those in Washington for all the problems in the nation even though its made up of Republicans. Not to mention the majority of Governor seats, and upper and lower chambers are controlled by Republicans
>>3239438
IT WAS HIS TURN
>>3239443
Would a Perot Presidency have broken the two party system?
Can we have a serious thread about Marxism? Let's have a real discussion that is not memed to death. I'm trying to understand what it is that appeals so bad to Marxists. What are some recommended reads on Marx and his philosophies?
>>3239293
>Marxism?
>not memed to death.
Good luck. It was created on memes. It is fueled by meme and now memes are used to destroy what is left of it.
>>3239293
It doesn't work at all and can never work.
Marx's critiques on Capitalism can still be seen as valid, though.
But Marxism has never, can never and will never end well or resemble working.
>>3239293
In theory, Marxism seeks to reach a classless society where everyone is provided with everything he needs for a comfortable life and works for the good of the community, not to further the financial interests of the employer.
The best start would be the Communist Manifesto as it was meant to be an introduction to Marxism. Anti-Dühring by Engels would probably be something to continue with as it goes more in-depth. The one work that gets mentioned the most when talking about Marxism is The Capital (a critic of political economy) but that's a bit harder to read, especially the second and third book - I can say that I have tried but never bothered to finish them.
>Guerilla rebellion in a country where the average populace is not very satisfied being your colony
>Deal with it by putting convicted criminals in uniform, arming them and sending them to torture and kill all civilians as "Shinners"
>Expect to win
Is he the biggest retard of history? This is too dumb to comprehend.
>>3239240
How come this guy isn't considered up there with Stalin for his body count?
>Ran Concentration Camps
>Orchestrated man made famine that killed millions
>Wanted to invade and bomb random neighbors
Is he the most overrated figure in history?
>>3239352
>British concentration camps
Nice try, Hans. No fake news allowed.
>>3239352
Because anti-Stalin shills started with Khrushchev at dismantling his legacy and giving credit to Western intellectual hegemony.
Meanwhile in Britain, an increasingly cucked and irrelevant former world power had to pretend it had a great leader because it didn't have the guns of Americans or actual historical accuracy of its contributions as the USSR.
What are some examples of serial killers pre-1800s ? Earliest ones I know of are Jack the Ripper
Gilles de Rais is the most famous example.
>>3239226
Just fucking draw normally
>>3239337
>doesn't like art
Why was the Russo-Japanese War such a spectacular fiasco?
Was it all this guy's fault?
My grandfather's uncle fought in that war, on the Russian battleship, Borodino. He didn't make it. The Japanese had a superior fleet with more advanced battleships.
>>3239202
It was a combination of
1. Nobody expecting japs to fight with more than stones and sticks, they modernized quickly
2. Russians being forced to fight in the Far East, where they had a small army and fleet, and had to transport their manpower by trains
Perfidious albion once again
Why Pakistani Muslims have the name Khan? Isn't it Mongol in origin?
>>3239156
the timurids and turks invaded pakistan and india so many people have the surname khan from them
>>3239156
They got KHAN'D pretty hard and its a after effect of it
>>3239242
Kek
When did you grow out of hating Stalin and realise he was an Ubermensch?
>Leader of da Party over faggot Leon
>Kraut destroyer
>Superpower builder
>Jew remover
>Aesthetic moustache
Clearly our guy
He was smart enough to call his brand of reactionary absolutism "socialism." The contemporary alt-right would be far more successful if they did the same, as opposed to branding themselves as literal Nazis. No change in political beliefs, just a disingenuous rebranding.
>>3238990
Stalin was a hater of Jews though
>According to Kitty Kelley's biography, Nancy Reagan "was renowned in Hollywood for performing oral sex." Just-say-yes Nancy--in the days when she was Nancy Davis--was known to give the best blowjob in town, "not only in the evening but in offices. [T]hat was one of the reasons that she was very popular on the MGM lot."
is this true history?
i dunno
what would melanias biographers say
The best blowjob in town? I mean, I can her being the fourth best, or maybe even third, but the best?
I think this may be hyperbolic.
Why didn't they wear classic backpack instead of this weird thing?
Classic backpack can stop a bullet on the back
Russian zergrusher must wear backpack on front because:
-He only go foward so nullet can only come from front
-If bullet comes front back, it means it was fired by comissar (because zergrusher was too slow) and thus must not be stopped
>>3238608
Cheaper just to have them sling it round them, rather than produce millions of rucksacks.
>>3238608
I gess this was done for better weight distribution.
Does Chad + Autism = Great conqueror?
basically.
Horses + best bros
>>3238590
No, you have to be self-made chad. Meaning: that despite being a beta you become chad through struggle.
Please post notable instances of someone ignoring good advice and getting absolutely btfo. I need the schadenfreude.
>>3238530
>ignoring good advice and getting absolutely btfo
perfect summary of Adolph Hitler's career
Tell me about Carthage, /his/. What was she like before the R*mans destroyed her?
In the way
>>3238550
lack of shades kinda fucks it
>>3238525
Had a really impressive harbor and was quite rich. One of the greatest loser societies of all time though--they got BTFO by the Greeks, and then BTFO'd again three times in a row by the Romans. Pretty much the Rodney Dangerfield of the ancient world