>history is a class struggle
Is there any merit to this statement?
Yes, once you stop looking at it as a normative claim.
What about the parts where the castes or classes aren't united fronts and aren't really fighting that much?
>>876555
What do you mean?
>Think of your favorite foreign food.
>Think of the number of the month you were born
You are now the leader of the country that produces that food during the century corresponding to your birth month.
How do you feel and what do you do?
I fuck England, haggis for life
inb4 hurr there was no England nor Scotland in 9th century
>>876440
where is halal food from? whatever muslim country that is. in the 7th century i guess i hang with my harem and convert some infidels.
Lasagne and 1st month
Eat shit suckers I'm the Imperator.
In theory, could Queen Elizabeth dissolve Parliament right now if she really wanted to?
What would impede her if she tried to do so?
>>875723
>In theory
Yes.
>What would impede her
Parliament's army.
>>875736
>Parliament's army.
So what could the monarch use to exert force?
>>875723
>could Queen Elizabeth dissolve Parliament right now if she really wanted to?
In theory, I suppose.
>What would impede her if she tried to do so?
The government and the people.
Is nihilism man's finality?
pic unrelated
Are these digits repeating?
>>875603
Nihilism is the rejection of delusion, and delusion is fundamental to being human. Only a few sad rationalists will ever truly adopt it
Nihilism is a choice. You choose to have purpose in life.
Did he misread Plato?
Be specific. Which aspect of Plato's philosophy is it debated that he misunderstood?
for example?
>>875474
Not that I'd be that surprised, tb completely h. The N word didn't even understand Antigone lmao.
If America is the modern day Rome then does that make Britain the modern day Greece?
>Greatest empire in the world until it became partitioned
>Iconic infantry (redcoats and hoplites)
>Unified several smaller nations and states
>Ahead of the rest of the world in art, literature and science
>America (Rome) was directly influenced by Britain's (Greece's) culture
>Some of the greatest writers, poets and scientists in history
>Laid the foundations for modern Western civilisation
I also guess Russia would be Persia, the old rival in the east.
We are all the modern day Rome. Rome won.
>>873433
I couldn't really think of anything else. Tbh Persia was conquered countless times whereas Russia has been impenetrable.
Trying to think of who Egypt would be.
>>873457
Mexico.
Why did Pan Arabism fail?
How could it work?
Because arab nation doesn't exist and even within the subgroups they have tribal bullshit going on.
>>872946
Because Pan-anything is a retarded idea.
>United
>Kingdom
of
>Great
>Britain
and
>Northern
>Ireland
>>872243
do you deny the northernness of that ireland?
>United Kingdom
Yes, the crowns of scotland and england were united into one.
>Great Britain
Yes, it is the largest island of the British Isles. Naming the largest island from a group of isles "Great _______" has been common for millennia
>Northern Ireland
Yes, it is the north of Ireland
Come back when Scotland secedes
>>872596
The term 'British Isles' was only coined in 1577 by John Dee.
Also, the northernmost point in Ireland is in County Donegal.
Share all your favorite history podcasts or youtube channels! I've just started listening to The History of Rome podcast and I'm enjoying it. Historypodcasters.com has a lot of good stuff to.
Personally I'd love anything to do with Spain or the Spanish Empire.
>>869165
Currently listening to a long series (~20 parts) on the Meiji restoration. Really good, i only have a casual interest in japanese history but he repeats stuff a lot so its easy to follow.
The history of japan podcast
>>869260
Listen to what this guy said, history of Japan by Isaac Meyer is fantastic
Laszlo Montgomery's History of China is also a good one.
>>869165
I'm literally listening to that right now. I think this is my 3rd listen. It's a life saver at work.
If you had the chance to gain eternal happiness, that is, an existence from there-on-out of only happiness and no worries. Would you go for it?
I mean, would you give up lifes ups and downs, knowing that you would be absolutely happy that way? I don't want to argue about what your personal definition of happiness is, the way the total bliss is achieved doesn't matter in this. I am talking about the achieved state/feeling of happiness with an eternal duration (imagine a fairy wish or somesort of everlasting drug). This could mean that you just freeze in your tracks and never move again: no boredom, no regrets, no worries, no reason to change anything, no reason to think or talk, because nothing bothers you and there is nothing more to gain. why would you say 'no'?
No, you can't know true happiness without true sadness, you can't know light without darkness. You can't know life without death.
>>877638
I think that this could be argued. What if someone gained eternal life and after billions of years forgot what death means. Would that person not be still alive?
>>877596
Yes, that's why I am a born again Christian. That is exactly the existence I expect to receive in the new earth. Dualism is for godless people.
Is there any truth to what fundies say about ancient Babylon or is it all horseshit?
Also, jack chick thread.
>>877475
Complete horseshit.
>"Baal" is Ugaritic for "lord"
>has no connection to ancient Egypt whatsoever
The typical Baal mentioned in the OT is Baal Hadad, a deity of storms, or Baal Zebub/Beelzebub, Lord of Flies
>>877475
Yes.
Ancient Israelites dindu nothing
How do Christian reconcile the fact that the devil is never once mentioned in the Old Testament and is only dubiously supported by the New Testament with their belief in the devil? There's nothing to indicate that the snake in the Garden of Eden was anything more than a trickster animal, a common trope in mythology.
>>877384
Hello grandson.
Christians always misunderstand that in Jewish cosmology, Satan is an angel who was appointed by God himself to tempt and test humans. He was never cast from Heaven, he never fell, he's not 'evil', as he's merely following God's commands.
According to Jewish belief, anyways.
>>877384
Catholics believe that the Bible is an imperfect document and that tradition should also inform them on their spiritual lives.
Is this true? So it's okay as long as it's love, not lust?
>Humon
Please dont take that danish lesbian seriously.
>>876830
This is only the tenth time this exact thread has been posted, famalamadingdong
Leviticus 18:22
>Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.
Leviticus 20:13
>If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable
Corinthians 6:9-10
>Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
It is OK to be gay if you only feel attraction to men but don't act on your attraction. There is a big Catholic gay group that argues this.
Since /his/ has become partially /theo/, I was wondering about your thoughts on this site.
1063 Reasons Christianity is False
http://www.kyroot.com/
/his/ is r/atheism redditors most of the time. Just look at any religion thread.
>>876833
Half plagued by Plebbits, half plagued by pseudo-theologians or failed historians. Neither of which seem to be putting forth a reasonable and completely unbiased arguments without throwing racial or sexual slurs. Truthfully, it is my fault for scouring Internet forums for intelligible discussions.
Stupid site. Only serves as masturbatory aid for athiests.Christians will refuse to listen to it and anybody else will see it as the supreme example of buttmad v Christians.
russian history noob here, started a russian history course, learnt about the Tsar up until the Bolshevik seziure of Petrograd.
i am fascinated by Trotsky and Lenins work
but seriously, why doesn't communism work?
It work great, the only reason the Soviet union failed was because of Western sabotage.
Just ask any Russian patriot and they will tell you the truth ;^)
>>876648
communism works on paper
not irl
It'll work fine. Just take humans out of the equation.