Post military uniforms that are the true essence of beauty.
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You can start by posting one, OP.
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Lets talk about Weimar Germany. 2016-03-22 16:35:23 Post No.872655
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Lets talk about Weimar Germany.
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So I've been watching some Weimar film and reading a little bit of Kracauer, a Frankfurt school film critic active during the Weimar years, and it absolutely fascinates me. I took two classes as an undergrad on the era, and I'm taking a seminar on Weimar culture next semester.
Why do people pay so very little attention the era, with its democratic and social freedoms combined with vibrant pluralistic politics? It has everything: sex, violence, mass-culture, beautiful writing, fascinating philosophy, sublime film. Is the proximity of the Weimar period to such significant events overshadowing its own importance? Would the whole narrative of German "national character" contributing to the Holocaust have emerged if postwar historians had focussed on Weimar urban life?
Post ITT about all this stuff.
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>>872655
I think it was too much of a shock to the German people. They should have been eased into liberal democracy, not just thrown into in chaos
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>>872655
>why do people pay so very little attention the era, with its democratic and social freedoms combined with vibrant pluralistic politics?
Cause Nazi elites were still in charge and paved the way for the 3rd Reich.
Also the golden era you are referring too didn't start before 1923 and didn't last longer then then 1929. +the vibrant culture you described was and sometimes still is perceived as a sign superficiality, degeneracy and Americanization.
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>>872674
>Cause Nazi elites
Woops I meant imperial elites.
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is lindy "pikes weren't used for real fighting" beige right /his/? was there any point to wear a coif without padding? did people do it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbmd-kVgc2E
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>>872345
I'm not so sure he was right about pikes
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>>873412
I think he was being sarcastic.
Personally I think many of his theories are pretty cool, even though we will probably never be able to check them. It's entertaining and a nice exercise as far as experimental archaeology goes.
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>>872345
a mail coif would be super fucking uncomfortable, that's just common sense so of course it needed padding
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How would history and especially christian faith change if we took a time machine, capture couple dozen allosaurs and set them free in the centre of Rome straight after Jesus Christ has been crucified?
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What the fuck is up with these retarded threads lately
Does /his/ even have janitors?
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>>872296
Why allosaurs?
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>>872309
Because they're cool af
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Post persons of history that you aspire to be like.
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Carnegie, Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, etc.
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I mean appearance
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>>872290
The willpower and luck and not the genocide thing.
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Historically speaking, has any state been able to successfully deal with and/or end terrorist campaigns against them? Not just including modern terrorism, but all of history stretching back to ancient times.
Is it even possible to do such a thing? Or can you only keep calm and carry on, ignoring the urge to capitulate to the fear, and fall for the terrorists plans to make you desire revenge?
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>That image fuckup
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>>872155
I don't browse /pol/.
I want a historical discussion about terrorism and its history for the last several thousand years, including strategies against it, how successful or unsuccessful they've been.
I don't want this to be a "gas all muslims" thread.
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How could the French Revolution have beeen less, well you know.
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By not being French and not a revolution.
They are doomed to be horrible by themselves, and when you bring them together, they only get worsened.
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>>871967
Republicans are barbaric by nature.
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>Robespierre did nothing wrong
>Everything Robespierre did was wrong
>Robespierre was completely insane
>Robespierre was a model of revolutionary justice
All of these statements are hyperbolic.
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>>871945
This.
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>>871938
The main fault for Robespierre us that he didn't kill enough
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Was nuking Hiroshima and Nagasaki purely utilitarian (ending the war quickly with less casualties) or did they have other motives as well?
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It was a showoff to the Soviets. "Look at we have you red bastards!" Too bad the commies already had their own spies on the Manhattan project.
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>>871705
It had no "utilitarian" use (Japs were already in process of surrendering)
It was purely to test it on civilians and send a message to the USSR
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>>871705
muh unconditional surrender
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>Holy
>Roman
>Empire
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OT anon
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>>870755
>Sacrilegious
>German
>Customs Union
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Prove me wrong pls
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Find a flaw
>protip: you can't
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His face doesn't look realistic to me, the painter could've done a better job.
Other than that the artist had serious talent.
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>>870239
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>>870239
On one hand he killed poor Boethius, on the other hand he indirectly created one of the most wonderful books ever.
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Why is Jerusalem considered sacred to Muslims? I know the significance for Jews and Christians, but what events occurred there that made it the third Muslim Holy City as well?
>lemme google that For You
>Because that's where the dome of the rock is:D
>What is Jerusalem worth? XDDD
Honest and serious answers are allowed as well
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>>870231
It was sacred in a general Abrahamic sense to begin with. The Dome of the Rock was put there for a reason, and not in Damascus or Medina. At some point legends about Muhammad's night journey to the furthest mosque was attributed to the Dome of the Rock, and it gained a mystical reputation among other shrines of Syria and Palestine shared with Jews and Christians.
Other than that, it's not particularly sacred on the level that it is for Jews and Christians, but it happens to be the center of Palestinian spirituality in Jerusalem, which extends to Palestinian nationalism throughout Israel, which then extends to Arab nationalism throughout the Middle East, and then bleeds back into the religion.
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>>870264
That was an excellent answer, thanks anon.
Thread has fulfilled it's objective.
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>>870231
>Understands significance for Jewish/Christians
>Doesn't understand significance for Muslims
>Doesn't know all three religions basically share the same prophets besides their respective "true" prophets and share the same patriarchs.
Are you kidding me senpai?
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Favorite subcultures from the last century or two? What are some of the most important subcultures in terms to our lives today, if any?
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So is this board really just regurgitated college curriculum shit? I was hoping for some niche insight
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>>870070
>I was hoping for some niche insight
So is this board really just regurgitated college curriculum shit?
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>animu
what else are yo expecting from this board
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Industrial & agricultural efficiency in Anarchist Spain 2016-03-21 21:12:10 Post No.869367
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Industrial & agricultural efficiency in Anarchist Spain
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As Eddie Conlon states in 'The Spanish Civil War: Anarchism in Action':
> If you didn't want to join the collective you were given some land but only as much as you could work yourself. You were not allowed to employ workers. Not only production was affected, distribution was on the basis of what people needed. In many areas money was abolished. People come to the collective store (often churches which had been turned into warehouses) and got what was available. If there were shortages rationing would be introduced to ensure that everyone got their fair share. But it was usually the case that increased production under the new system eliminated shortages.
> In agricultural terms the revolution occurred at a good time. Harvests that were gathered in and being sold off to make big profits for a few landowners were instead distributed to those in need. Doctors, bakers, barbers, etc. were given what they needed in return for their services. Where money was not abolished a 'family wage' was introduced so that payment was on the basis of need and not the number of hours worked.
> Production greatly increased. Technicians and agronomists helped the peasants to make better use of the land. Modern scientific methods were introduced and in some areas yields increased by as much as 50%. There was enough to feed the collectivists and the militias in their areas. Often there was enough for exchange with other collectives in the cities for machinery. In addition food was handed over to the supply committees who looked after distribution in the urban areas.
How much of these claims are supported by other primary and secondary sources?
If these claims are true, do they damage the notion that non-hierarchical forms of organisation in industry, agriculture etc. are innately inefficient?
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I was actually curious about this too, so while I can't answer your question, at least I can help try keeping it on the first page.
By the way, Anarchocommunism is an oxymoron, since only through coercion you can keep people from not engaging in private enterprise.
Anyway, back on point, I'm sceptic about anarchist claims since they might be propaganda.
Bump.
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>>869390
> I'm sceptic about anarchist claims since they might be propaganda.
That's why I'm searching for any sources people might have that can refute/support these claims and others like them.
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>>869398
Have you read "The Anarcho Statists of Spain"?
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Can anyone recommend any good historical documentaries on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, YouTube, etc. It is so hard to find anything good.
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what period?
2003 The First World War is on youtube
it is the best ww1 docu out there probably
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Any period
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>>869315
Thanks, I'll check it out