What is the strongest animal a knight in full plate armor could take?
A muslim
Too bad crusaders didnt have full plate armors
>>3165897
Probably a polar or grizzly bear.
>>3165913
polar bears are unbelievably massive, he'd probably die to impact trauma
I want to start a discussion on extremism, both left and right and others. What draws people to extremism? What makes someone want to become a Nazi, commie, suicide bomber, etc? Social disenfranchisement? Economic disenfranchisement? Extreme tribalism or nationalism? I have my own opinions but I'd like to hear others thoughts
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Personal issues, anti-social tendencies, inferiority complex, sexual repression, being easily convinced, struggle to belong somewhere, etc.
It's a big psychological question that requires careful examination.
>>3165751
I was a liberal until I couldn't get a word in edgewise at school without someone bringing up how I have "original sin" for being white. Basically, anything I say is meaningless because I'm white and inherently racist. This, and the people that openly supported this blatantly racist and authoritarian approach to debate, drew me away from liberalism and almost into extremist camps. What keeps me from it is that two wrongs do not make a right. However, hypothetically speaking, if the wrong that is against me were to start to get even more radical, I would have no other choice but to become radical myself. When you see people posting "die Whitey" on Twitter with regularity, it makes you, even if for a split second, start to think you have to become just as radical to oppose this thinking.
That is where radicalism comes from, and social media makes it worse because you can easily confirm this view. You see it and say "the other radicals want me dead, guess I need to become radical to oppose this for my life." It is obviously not the correct view right now, but I can see how others may follow that view.
>>3165751
>What makes someone want to become a Nazi, commie
Ideals and desire for a better world
>suicide bomber
Islam
What time period/ location was comfiest? My vote goes to 50s US suburbia.
>>3165184
50s america
>everyone has mild lead poisoning. lead in the paint, lead in the gasoline, lead in the light bulb glass, etc
>3 recessions
>pesticides sprayed everywhere.
>air conditioning isn't common yet.
>tv sucks
>radio is still AM and are huge if not in a car.
>cars are unreliable shit heaps that will kill you in a low speed crash.
>constant fear of nuclear annhilation
>fear of communist spies or being accused of being a communist
>economy is highly regulated. phone monopoly. government sets the prices on bus tickets to air travel. hard to own gold.
>air travel sucks. it is expensive, slow, and noisy.
>>3165184
From what I understand it was actually a very stifling place.
>>3165184
present day Australia
Only 5% of the black slaves transported across the Atlantic actually went to the modern United States. Most in fact went to Latin America to serve Hispanic slave owners. But we don't look at modern Hispanics as evil slave owners.
It's only the United States and Canada that get the blame because they happen to be white.
That's because slavery in Latin America evolved to be different than in Anglo America. Slaves were paid and allowed to buy there own freedom, it was considered inhumane to separate slave families, and slaves were allowed to sue their masters for mistreatment.
Maybe it's because America continued to practice slavery until 1865?
>>3163123
>tfw you realize you're literally living the same lifestyle as South American slaves from the 15th century
What's the worst country that pops up in history that when you see its flag it pisses you off on some level and you feel satisfied to read instances of it getting BTFO?
Gibraltar never forget
Germany
>>3159525
Thebes.
What is your favourite form of Buddhism ?
Pure Land
t. filthy casual
>>3173804
Better off with Nestorianism or Manichaeism in that case.
vajrayana is superior form
And no,
this is not a we wuz thread
but which decade was the most ghetto
the 70s, 80s, or 90s?
>>3173030
Late 80s/Early 90s was a pretty shitty time to be a nigger, people in LA when I was living here would tell me that despite how bad things seemed to be, it was nowhere near as bad as it was in the late 80s.
>>3173030
How old do you think those niggas in the picture are in Chicago years? They gotta be pushing 80 atleast.
>>3173030
The 2010s
https://youtu.be/1RfwBR_hcG8
Wtf I love Hitler now!
fuck the jews
>>3172878
>already starts with the "muh 6 gorillion germans killed by poles" meme
lol, even the nazis themselves didnt include this post war, neo nazi created lie in their reasons for invading poland
>>3172878
>now
https://mises.org/blog/price-controls-are-disastrous-venezuela-and-everywhere-else
why do countries still fall for the centrally planned economy meme?
High time preference. Gibs now > economic prosperity through saving and hard work latter (possibly only the generation).
>>3172806
>mises.org
now post a buzzfeed link next time
>>3172806
A CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMY IS THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE CONTROL OVER THE ECONOMY; WITHOUT CONTROL OF THE ECONOMY, THE NATION CANNOT BE AUTONOMOUS.
Could we hold a serious discussion on pre-colonial Africa that doesn't involve memes and /pol/ baiting? I'm mildly interested on the history of pre-colonial Zimbabwe and it's neighbors.
>>3172756
Africans have accomplished nothing worthy of noting.
>>3172769
>>3172815
Quality start boys really shinning that /his intellectualism
>>3172756
Mildly interested? Well I'll keep it short (currently getting my MA in African History so I can ramble). Essentially Zimbabwe actually used to be arguably the most agriculturally and technologically advanced African nation prior to colonization - known to it's neighbors as Menth'ol (a Dat'Ass word for "generous"). Most interestingly they practiced a decentralized government wherein every local man was elevated to king prior to their invasion from bongobongoland.
I hope that helps.
"Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Throne!"
>>3172625
Rare polpot
Fucking psychopath he was
>>3172658
No that's Zionist propaganda. He only executed CIA spies and traitors to the Cambodian people. He was a patriot and a freedom fighter for Cambodia. Israel Shamir has done an excellent job of revisiting Pol Pot and learning the real truth about the so called "Cambodia" genocide. Pol Pot probably executed around 2,000 CIA spies and probably around 10,000 traitors as well.
Ask me anything about the Pacific theatre of WW2.
>>3172168
Have you read Eugene Sledge's and Ol' Bobby Leckie's books to supplement this one?
>>3172168
Why were the Americans unable to press their fleet advantage post-Midway (and especially once the Essex carriers came online) to attack the Japanese held outlying islands directly. You don't see attacks on places like the Marshalls or the Marianas until 1944, and it seems like the Americans could have started a year earlier.
>>3172168
did the Americans really win the Pacific by themselves?
What did he mean by this?
>>3171996
Who would you give Poland to?
>>3171996
Eternal anglo playing the great game. Never trust an anglo, double this when he says he's your "friend".
>>3171996
BEADY
When was the last time that this country wasn't a shithole?
>>3171992
Zionist propaganda. Venezuela is under siege by outside reactionary forces. You can't expect a country to function if they are being squeezed by a large powerful country. Socialism hasn't failed in Venezuela, its American bullshit propaganda that the neoliberals like to bring up in order to show the alleged "failings of socialism". Its fake news bullshit.
>>3172020
>Venezuela is TRUE socialism.
Wow at least you admited that.
The decline in general intelligence estimated from a meta-analysis of the slowing of simple reaction time
>Simple reaction time has slowed since 1889.
>Psychometric meta-analysis reveals a decline in g of − 1.16 points per decade.
>The decline between 1889 and 2004 is − 13.35 points.
>The decline between 1889 and 2004 is − 12.45 points.
>This is the first direct measurement of a probable dysgenic trend in IQ.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289613000470
>>3171888
>Psychometric meta-analysis
Yeah no
>>3171888
Yeah, people tend to acquire quick reaction time when their jobs involved getting shoved inside large, moving pieces of machinery as a child.
>>3172243
Source?