Could America realistically ever become a totalitarian state?
>>2958673
Yes. Fear, doubt and uncertainty can create totalitarian government. People just need to be fed propaganda and it will work.
yes, after some kind of apocalypse you will get a patchwork of warlords and 1 will absorb or conquer the others and eventually form a large totalitarian state
What the fuck happened here?
The Nips went through the jungle and all the coastal guns were facing out towards the sea.
Also, colonial troops aren't worth shit and the British general was a piece of shit coward.
>>2958676
>Colonial troops aren't worth shit.
Lmao, the Brits and the Australians were also present in the campaign.
Something about how the defences in singapore were facing seaward as the British expected sea-based assault for decades
The Japanese assaulted by land, British resources were too stretched and under pressure, and the general in command of defence was not really the sort of leader you'd want in this situation
The Roman senate met for 200 years after the fall of the empire. What did they talk about?
>>2958664
it was probably just shitposting tbqh
I could be wrong, but I'm assuming it transitioned into something more like the emperors court.
>>2958666
This. It was literally just shitposting and occasionally they'll sentence one of their own to death.
What are good /his/ documentaries?
Hard mode: No WWII.
I'm halfway through this one. What's cool is that it was made long enough ago that they have plenty of actual soldiers and such featured. Good stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4E581216667E3224
>"in our youths, our hearts were touched with fire."
>goy guide to world history
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5va4dq_gG3M
>tfw no empathy
>tfw will never understand morality
>>2958628
Morality is just tradition desu is designed for normies
For me it's more like one of those games where you make your own rules.
Like, I want to improve the net amount of good and happiness in the world, because I'm bored and that's a hard thing to do.
>>2958628
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you anon, at least you aren't an edgy asshole about it
You do listen to traditional and Western art music, right?
Of course. Do I look like a pleb?
>>2958600
Since I began to listen to classical the old music I listened to became so boring, what are some good "pop" genres? Some say prog is good, what bands should I listen to?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NijYtozUHaw
>>2958600
It's the only kind of music I really listen to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs_hq7HkOug
I was playing a Total War game where Universities reduce public happiness because of "clamor to reform", E.g becoming smarter and realizing the issues with governance. Made me go off a tangent and wonder... If a western Democracy started to destroy Universities, what would happen? Would students rise up in an armed rebellion? Could it be successful in a coup attempt?
Sorry I know this is highly hypothetical but if people would comment their thoughts on possible reactions to this kind of action in real life?
all you would need to do is replace the destroyed universities with churches and people would be happy again. problem solved
Is that Artosis?
>>2958515
>a western Democracy
who within this exactly would be doing that and how
How Accurate is the European version called Borgia:faith and fear vs. The Borgias on Showtime for depicting the life of the Borgia family? I personally find the representation of some characters like Cesare, Juan, The Farnesse's in Borgia to be more thorough, I do love the depiction of The Pope by Jeremy Irons though as well as the character Micaletto. I do see how the guy in the other series was more fitting description wise for the Pope.(one thing, Rodrigo was fat). I heard a lot of fiction and b.s. was added in the Showtime version but is that true compared to the other? For example, I highly doubt Lucretzia is the one who killed Juan, it was likely Cesare.
I will admit the Showtime version was much more impressive visually. That's also probably why it ended early though.
>>2958423
Showtime version legit had some of the best acting around on tv. The chick who played Lucrezia is insanely underrated and the guy who played Juan was too. I spent the first two seasons wishing Juan would die and then when he was I missed his presence in the show.
>>2958423
bordiga?
What exactly are the political implications of Hinduism and Indic religions?
Since the 60s it has been seized by New Left and made to reinforce their agenda.
However when it was first vogue in the west, it resonated with reactionaries and fascists, frankly /pol/ types such as Evola and Savitri Devi.
What gives and who is the white-washer?
>>2958358
As usual, the Left embraced only the simplistic image they themselves created of "Muh Tolerant Poo-in-Loos", heavy on the hashish and pacifism but light on true comprehension of Hinduism as it truly is.
>>2958358
>What gives and who is the white-washer?
Both. The right has it's own self-created image of Hinduism, albeit one that is more concerned with nuance and genuine respect rather than superficialities.
this >>2958402
They had to be "spiritual" but they also had to be edgy and christian spirituality is too close to home, so they literally took a globe, saw that India was on the opposite side and said "that one, tres exotique". If there is any meaning to the "cultural appropriation" meme, that would be it.
True Hinduism resembles more the good wholesome 50s nuclear family, being chirpy and upbeat all the time, not being a neurotic hedonist.
Full virtual reality which sends the signals directly to our brains via neural connections will make the real world a shitty obsolete place to live.
Your real life and body will become irrelevant.
All we have to do is wait till it comes out then, we can say goodbye to all our problems.
Wait it out robots.
See you in virtual heaven, m8
This idea scares me and I'm not sure if it's because I'm simply not used to it or if it's because the whole thing is a lotus eater thing.
>>2958343
You'd still need to eat senpai, and maintain your biological body.
Now if you mean eventually digitize/cyberize your brain and then just spend the rest of human civilization (Either until the sun destroys Earth or heat death of the universe) in virtual heaven, sounds dank. I've heard that the Casimir effect means you could technically always have a gradient to operate a computer even beyond heat death of the universe so I guess you might be onto something.
Why do 4d shapes remind me of the star of david so much?
>>2958334
You can't even see 4d shapes. Only their shadows.
4d shapes do not exist and all visual representations of them are an elaborate fiction
Jewish physics
Was this even really a good idea or did Caesar just get lucky?
It's a pretty good idea if you're a group like the Romans that
>is very good at military engineering
>has superior logistics to the enemy and can therefore wait longer
>keeps getting into protracted wars of aggression against barbarians
Its also a pretty good idea if you wanted to make a meme to last 2 millennia
>>2958253
It was a good idea against people who have little idea of siege warfare.
Ceasar tried the same with Pompey at Dyrrachium and it ended with a disaster.
Do you think Karl is mad at us?
No. He's fucking dead.
>>2958247
If he's in an afterlife, he's probably in hell
Nah. Maybe sad to see how much tragedy has been inflicted on the world in his name. Ultimately he was an idealist looking for solutions to problems that plagued him and those he loved.
Childhood is idolizing Christopher Hitchens
Adulthood is realizing Peter makes more sense
>>2958242
Well he does NOW...
>>2958242
Agreed
>>2958242
Peter is "stop liking things I don't like" the pseud
Could they have developed to Mesoamerican and Andean levels of civilization? Seems they just had a late start to the party.
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