Is there a way to put aside ethnic differences and unite to be, you know, an actual functional country instead of tiny little irrevelant shitholes on the balkans and the carphatians?
Is there a country which made this possible besides Belgium, and well maybe the US?
>Is there a way to put aside ethnic differences and unite to be, you know, an actual functional country instead of tiny little irrevelant shitholes
NOT ON MY WATCH
Britain to some extent
USSR
>>338340
Almost every single fucking country in Europe has different ethnic groups working together in some form or fashion.
Does India just have no pride? Their entire history is them just being the bitch of some stronger nation and getting utterly BTFO in battles. Why are they so easy to invade and conquer time and time again? Pic related.
>>338238
Why does everyone ignore that the kingdom of cochin won too, they were literally the rulers of the kingdom and zamorin was just a meme guy anyway who claimed the kingdom but wasn't actually in control of it.
Looks like exageration
>each soldier killed 19 enemies
Did they not have weapons or something?
>>338257
>13,000 to disease
>no designated shitting vessels
History topics you're tired of hearing about.
I'll start with one I'm sure would be common:
>WW2
>tfw dad is way into ww2 but i've read about it so much that i've burnt out of it and now read about other time periods.
I'm sorry dad ;_;
>>338216
>family knows i like history
>get a massive ww2 history book by Hastings or Beevor every year
>way more into classical history
>>338192
>Communists
Just stop, /his/, you've been babbling about them since the board was born
>why Communism no work?
>no Communist state was true Communism by my personal definition
>actual people who grew up behind the iron curtain saying how much they hated it
>capitalism r bad
>why Communism no work?
There, I've outlined the entirety of Commie threads, now we don't need them anymore.
What does /his/ think of Confucius?
Guy was to East Asia what Socrates/Plato/Aristotle was to the West but do you agree with his philosophies?
>>337926
>inb4 Class freeze. LE HIVEMIND, anti-learning posts.
>mountains = tall
>emperor = far away
>>337926
He seemed like an alright guy. When I read the analects his morals seemed a bit more flexible and less authoritarian than I was expecting, but I guess before that I'd mostly just heard daoists talking shit.
Mozi best zi tho
Is god dead?
The bible clearly says god died on the cross, and at Church we are reminded of that because they put up statues of god dying on a cross, and we worship the holy ghost. But if god died, how did he go back in time to become his own father and create the universe? And if he went back in time, even if he is omnipotent, isn't that a time paradox? Where did god come from in the time line to begin with? It makes no sense.
>the true spiritual hierarchy called "awliya er-Rahman (God)
>opposite to awilya esh-Shaytan (Satan)
Little word play for you guys:
>Rahman is another name for Allah
>Rama is another name for Krsna
Rahman - Rama
Also "Brahman" (impersonal, creating) as another aspect of God in Hinduism. The other two are Paramatman (Great Spirit) and Bhagavan (Personality)
>b-R-A-H-M-A-N and R a h m a n
Since the Bhagavan (Personality) is Krsna, Jesus is also the Bhagavan (Personality).
Jesus, who is the Christ, is also called Christos.
Christos in Sanskrit would translate to Krsna.
When Christians say Christ, they call on GOD. When Hindus say Krsna, they mean GOD.
Just like Krsna can mean all attractive, dark, but also
> "krsh" meaning "truth"
>" na" meaning "bliss.
Also
>Srimad Bhagavatam (3:23)
>in the nineteenth and twentieth incarnations, the Lord advented Himself as Lord Balarama and Lord Krsna in the family of Vrsni (the Yadu dynasty) and by doing so He removed the burden of the world.
Removed the burden of the world.
Interesting. Sounds kind of like what Jesus does.
And Jesus never died
>The bible clearly says god died on the cross
And then risen from the dead and promised to lead an army to destroy evil during the end times and lift is elect to heaven, but don't let that little detail get in the way of your shitposting.
>>337823
> risen from the dead
You can't come back as a ghost AND a zombie. That's just stupid. Pick one, holy ghost or zombie Jesus.
Why are there so few female philosophers, if any? I can't think of a single one.
>>337689
Ayyyyn LmaoRand
>>337689
Would you care to try a google search before launching on the /pol/-tier woman hate thread?
Rand, de Beauvoir, Arendt, Butler and Foot come to mind.
How accurate are the historical events depicted in the Assassin's Creed series /his/?
>>337153
My little brother knew more about a lot of real real life pirates than me because he played Black Flag. That's about all I can say on the matter.
>are these names correct
>yes
That's about it.
Places/people/big events did indeed happen.
>>337174
Basically this. Read the fluff, disregard all the characters and plotlines. It's actually pretty good as edutainment if you do it like this.
What's /his/ stance on Serbia?
Someone post the pasta
>>337098
Mini-Russia that managed to piss off its every single neighbor.
Also Serbs look like gypsy fucks.
The ethnic cleansing guys
When will the myths surrounding the middle ages die off?
People always seem to assume everybody was bathing in their own shit, as well as that the church prosecuted scientists for shits and giggles.
Technology also developed throughout the middle ages, in contrast with common belief.
>>336673
it will continue so long as people keep perpetuating the myths. the only way to exterminate it is to educate people. so just keep educating people on /his/ senpai. The problem, however, is that by extinguishing the myth, you risk people jumping to the opposite conclusion, that the middle ages was an era of progress and enlightenment a la John Green. So at the end of the day, as long as the public doesn't read, which it never will, it's going to trade one myth for another.
>>336673
The breakup of the Roman state into petty feudal kingdoms ment europe would survive; but with no taxation to support the sciences and education,no unwashed barbarian tribe was going to create the steam engine
>>336673
Look at this board. Most people aren't greatly interested in history and people like to appear knowledgeable, so they parrot misconceptions dressed up as fact.
Which is more important: the individual or the collective?
>>336523
In an ethnically homogeneous community, the collective is valued more than the individual.
In an ethnically/racially diverse community, the individual is worshiped while the collective is ignored.
The individual is the heart and the collective is the lungs
There is no such thing as the individual. People do not live in a vacuum.
What kinds of dogs did ancient people have? and what did they do with them?
They did naughty things with them.
>>336367
So Japan has ALWAYS been fucked up?
>>336376
East Asian people are not human.
Just been reading up on the Kaaba in Mecca. I'm a little confused- it was a site for polytheistic pagan idols and rituals, and yet it's simultaneously the holiest site in Islam? That'd be like making the Pantheon in Rome the holiest site in Christianity, surely. I don't get it.
Not even a bait thread.
>>336147
It's not difficult
>Abraham builds the first shrine to God
>eventually Pagans take over
>turn it into a shrine for their Idols
>Muhammad clears it out and turns it back into the main shrine for God
Try reading the Quran instead of interpretations, it's the original source on the theology.
>[22:26] We appointed Abraham to establish the Shrine: "You shall not idolize any other god beside Me, and purify My shrine for those who visit it, those who live near it, and those who bow and prostrate.
>[2:125] We have rendered the shrine (the Ka'aba) a focal point for the people, and a safe sanctuary. You may use Abraham's shrine as a prayer house. We commissioned Abraham and Ismail: "You shall purify My house for those who visit, those who live there, and those who bow and prostrate."
I can't speak about that directly but often times customs and places of older religions get folded into newer religions to convert populaces.
It's easier to hang up an under new management sign outside then it is to go the conquest route. Or just explain that what the locals were worshipping was merely the same religion only looked at without certain understanding and its all actually the same thing.
Happened a lot.
>>336158
Ah, thanks, that makes it a lot clearer. Still, it's interesting that they didn't consider it permanently tainted (but I'm not really clear on if Islam can ever consider something to be 'corrupted').
Can we at least agree that Rhodesia was the best country that's existed in Africa in the last 2000 years?
If Biafra would have survived it would probably beat Rhodesia. But thanks to the Eternal Anglo suporting Nigeria that didn't happen.
>>336012
Apartheid South Africa was significantly better, and would've been much more sustainable, had the sanctions not been put in place. Botswana's getting up there, and if we count North Africa, Gaddafi-era Libya was even better.
>What is glorious Biafra?
Do you follow any religions at all, /his/?
>>335907
I am an enlightened atheist who has outgrown such silly superstitions.
None at all.
If H,FY! was a religion I would follow it though.
Is this worth reading?
Yes.
Next question.
>>335819
I still dont know why Inequality is a bad thing exactly. He really goes on and on, on how inequality happens, but not on why it matters.
>>336244
Because more inequality leads to less social stability