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> “The displacement of class politics by identity politics has been very confusing to older Marxists, who for many years clung to the old industrial working class as their preferred category of the underprivileged. They tried to explain this shift in terms of what Ernest Gellner labeled the “Wrong Address Theory”: “Just as extreme Shi’ite Muslims hold that Archangel Gabriel made a mistake, delivering the Message to Mohamed when it was intended for Ali, so Marxists basically like to think that the spirit of history or human consciousness made a terrible boob. The awakening message was intended for classes, but by some terrible postal error was delivered to nations.”
― Francis Fukuyama, Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
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Inside every revolutionary there is a policeman
– Gustave Flaubert.
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>>430031
>Just as extreme Shi’ite Muslims hold that Archangel Gabriel made a mistake, delivering the Message to Mohamed when it was intended for Ali
Can angels even fuck up in Islam? I thought they had no free will.
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I'm reading this right now. It's interesting and a little less high horsey than End of History although Fukuyama still on occasion reads like he takes writing tips from some of the more pretentious undergrads he has taught.
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Can a culture survive as long as there is someone who lives according to it?
Let's say that tribe A conquers tribes B, C, and D. Tribe A makes them speak their language, worship their gods, and follow their cultural mores.
A few generations later tribe A gets wiped out by a meteor. Can tribes B, C, and D call themselves the cultural successors of tribe A?
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>>437585
This is basically what happened to the Jews. They had other cultures imposed on them for literally thousands of years and had to keep their own culture a secret, often having a public face of following the dominate culture and a private life of being Jewish.
They survived and the other cultures died off.
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>>437585
Wouldn't it come down to: how much tribes b, c, and d have benefitted/adhered to the ideology and/or way of life?
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Yes.
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To STEM from History, or not to STEM from History- that is the Question. 2015-12-20 04:26:23 Post No.437335
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To STEM from History, or not to STEM from History- that is the Question.
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Hey /his/torian [wannabes]
So I graduated with a 1:1 history degree from a top UK uni this summer. I am now at a crossroads, and I wonder if anyone here who took the arts route can advise.
I have the opportunity to study a Computer Science Master's, and switch into STEM. It appeals because of the relatively good pay, the stead demand for tech workers, the opportunities for remote work, and the opportunity to do something USEFUL with knowledge gained.
This STEM route is less appealing, though, when I think of how much I truly love history. I love reading, books, arguments, curiosities from the past. These things genuinely make me so happy. I consider a history PhD at times, but then I feel the knowledge gained is like pearls thrown in mud- who can honestly say I might make a real difference in the world for those who need it by pursuing history?
Moreover, job opportunities don't seem great.
Idk, any history PhDs here? Can you recommend the arts, or do you think I should carry on with my route into STEM?
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Why not? There's nothing stopping you from going back and getting another degree after you have money.
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>>437335
they call it work for a reason
even if you majored in a subject that you loved, chances are if school didn't already, your job would turn you hate it
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>>437449
well the thing is, if he becomes a historian he will spend the next 40 years of his life teaching highschoolers for minimum wage if he's lucky.
Do you think he had any painkillers in his system when he did this? No way anyone can stay calm getting burnt alive through sheer will.
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its happened numerous times and even on video dude just look on liveleak or something im too lazy to look for you also I dont think the narcotics exist that would make you not feel being on actual real life burning fire
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>>436867
Pain is actually a choice, which is something most people never realize. But if you DO realize it, and you exercise your mind to accept that reality, you can learn how to simply ignore pain signals and how to partition them within your mind.
Buddhist meditation has elements of this, though it's not limited to Buddhism or even meditation at all; it's more of a process of exerting control over one's nervous system, which can be done in a variety of ways.
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Fuckers can slow their heart to a few beats a minute, not too much a stretch to imagine they can master physical response to pain
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Here comes the collapse of life as we know it guys.
King Christian II has placed a ban on open carry of claymores throughout the land.
No more showing off your newest forge to your friends; no more duelling with scrubs that art calling you a faggot.
This sucks. I have a wide variety of claymores from all over Europe and now they're all just wall hanger junk. I spent so long collecting and sharpening them on the grindstone, during those long days, instead of visiting the Tavern I saved my money for these.
It doesn't even make any sense. Doesn't the kingdom know that 87% of claymore deaths in Denmark are suicides, and that the vast majority of homicides are due to zweihanders and not claymores?
This is it, friends. I'm moving to Norway. At least we can still fire crossbows there. I've been thinking of doing so ever since they put that "no more than 2 metres long" ban on polearms.
PC culture gone mad I say. Thou hast to be shitting me. Well, if the guards come to take my claymores they're getting their heads royally cut off! They can all go to hell, the damn ottoman-empire sympathisers.
How am I supposed to feel safe on the streets knowing that corrupt assholes can come along and kill me when I am defenceless?
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Probably those feminists and that damned rapier culture.
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>>436465
Top kek.
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>>436486
I'm telling you, it's those damned reformists and Cathars. They're supporting some sort of realm-wide conspiracy with those fucking traders from the North.
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Let's discuss martial arts. What's the oldest known form? Which one is probably the most dangerous?
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>>435972
Some include poisons. I'd say those are the most dangerous, by merit of being so devious.
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>>435972
>Which one is probably the most dangerous?
The one practiced by the better person.
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>>435991
Well played.
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Best Ancient Egyptian Pharoah? 2015-12-19 21:37:43 Post No.435776
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Who was the best Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt?
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Ramses the Great
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>>435776
Not much is known about the Pharaoh's in all honesty so it's kinda hard to state but I would say Khufu and Ramses II based off our knowledge.
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Ramses II
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Is Greek fire just an ancient meme or do you believe it actually existed even though it has never been able to be recreated?
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It sounds a lot like napalm, tbqh.
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That's some dank meme considering it won battles.
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>>435748
It actually existed dumbass
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Why did Islam stop spreading east in (what is now) Indonesia? 2015-12-19 21:26:57 Post No.435715
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Why did Islam stop spreading east in (what is now) Indonesia?
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At the time the Spaniards arrived in Manila in 1570, it was an Islamic Raj. But when westerners visited New Guinea, Australia, etc. there was no trace of Islam. Why did Islam stop spreading south and east sometime around 900-1200AD?
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>>435715
Because there was not a fucking trace of civilization in those areas at that time, except cannibals and aboriginals
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>>435715
Because obviously there was noone worth converting to the true religion living in australia or new guinea
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>>435715
Aborigines probably said "Fuck off, we're full" to them.
In a battles with tens of thousands troops, what made the soldiers in the first rank charge forward to certain death?
>I'm in front of everytime else, there's 20 000 enemies in in front of me. I'll probably make it.
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>what made the soldiers in the first rank charge forward to certain death?
The 20,000 or so guys right behind him that would kill him if he ran away. Basically you have a small chance of living if you fight the enemy because you'll have back up. But if one guy runs he'll be killed for sure. If your going to desert you don't do it when you charging in. At that point you're already committed. Also training, drills, camaraderie, group mentality.
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>>435622
SUBLIMATED FEAR.
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>>435622
Alcohool. Religious zeal. Duty toward the nation or the King. Money. Bpnds with your fellow soldiers.
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Why did the Barbarians sack Rome? What was the actual intention behind it? What purpose did they sack Rome for overall?
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Money and tail, like everything.
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loot
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>>435563
Visigoths sacked Rome after failing attemps to get a satisfactory deal with the Romans.
Note that Roman capital was already in Ravenna.
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What if the British defeated the American Colonists?
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>American colonies get representation in the House of Commons
>Liberals take power, William Pitt never become Prime Minister
>The French revolution is favored instead of fought
>Napoleon and the King make the Treaty of Amiens, but this time, it is respected
>Napoleon starts his conquest of Europe against the coalitions of Europe backed by powerful british bankers, but without the politicial support of the Crown
>France takes control of all continental Europe, while the United Kingdom spends their time colonizing foreign lands
>World War One starts between the French Empire and the British Kingdom
Jk
I never liked alternate history threads.
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>>435075
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ7zQbMxm28
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>>435039
Either there would have been another war at the start of the 19th century after the Slave Trade Act 1807 and Slavery Abolition Act 1833 were passed.
Or they would have been given independence under the British North America Act.
Shroud of Turin thread: What do you believe?
Saw it on the History Channel today and did some research. For me I'm really torn. Thought it was fake from the carbon dating saying it was from the 1300's, then was refuted by the fact there was dirt matching the same geological properties as were found in Jerusalem tombs of the time. And then in those tombs the style does not match other fabrics yet paintings as early as the 7th century depict the shroud with its pattern.
What's your two cents?
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>>434909
Hey, I'm watching that right now too.
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>>434920
Haha its not bad, I think they're doing a good job removing bias from religion and science
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There's something I'd like to know about you cucks arguing for the existence of god, but never find any arguments that can defend your theological position. To any of those that don't, this thread isn't for you to reply to.
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>>434867
Oh yeah, what I wanted to know is why do you use whatever god-given logic and reasoning powers you were given to arrive at some semblance of evidence/proof for God, but make the jump and pick a religion that has all a bunch of dogma and other shit surrounding it that is completely indefensible in the same way.
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http://www.compellingtruth.org/truth_God.html
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Because Our Lord Steven Christ said so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLs30cF1d7E
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What can you tell me about the Celtic religion?
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>>434616
Animist/Pagan with druid wizardry
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>>434725
Also Cernunnos isn't important at all, unless you're a Wiccan
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It wasn't really much of a religion. Every bumfuck hamlet had a completely different pantheon and there was no codified list of deities or method of worship. It was just kind of a theistic animism.
Which are just some of the reasons why Celtic Neopaganism and Wicca are baloney.