How important is race in history? Is it correlated to power,

>>2832169
>>>/pol/

>>2832169
based Thailand.

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>>2832184
>never colonized by Europeans
>never invaded by Japanese
>never became filthy commies
>monarchy is still respected and based af

>>2832169
The (northern) Western world only surpassed China and India in the 19th century.
If race was correlated with power they would have been on the top from the beginning.

>>2832184

Thailand is shit as fuck.

>>2832169
>>How important is race in history?
Considering its one of the major drivers of conflict, pretty important
>>Is it correlated to power, wealth, intelligence and knowledge?
No. Maybe there are slight deviations between races in brain size and IQ but that means little since almost all of our knowledge is cultural held, not individually held
>> How have racial definitions changed over time?
Mostly they have gotten broader. Family -> Tribe/Clan -> Race -> Racial Groups
>>Is it an important factor, or is history better explained in terms of economics, class, warfare etc?
It is a factor because it determines whose history it is you're talking about, other than that no.

Perhaps ask >>>/sci/ if you want to troll them about 'muh race realism' and not deserve to get your thread removed (spoiler: you still will)

>>2832169
Oh WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

POOR POOR TURKEY

>>2832169
>have been
And now everything is under American control. Sitting Bull and Thunder Rabbit would be proud.

>>2832327

>Thai Monarchy
>respected

lol

I don't see how ethno-national identification could be anything but a significant driving force of nearly all historical conflicts.

>>2832394
but there are observable correlations between race and wealth/power/knowledge. and possibly intelligence, though no hard science backs this up, making it a tad but unfalsifiable to claim either way.

keep in mind correlation is not causation. there is simply observably more wealth held within certain racial groups than others. I'm not sure why you would pretend that this isn't true, politics aside and simply for the sake of accuracy, your claim runs contrary to reality.

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>>2832169
>anything east of Urals
>"Europe"

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>>2832169
>Iran and Afghanistan were never under European control

LMAO what?

>>2832181
fpbp

>>2832347
>b-but le nigger shitskin gook chink pooinloo le stole from le white mustard race!!!!

>>2832169
Based Nippon.

This map is such a a joke. Japan, South Korea and Thailand are under White American sphere of influence (which is the same thing as European) and North Korea was under Russian sphere of influence.

>>2832528
>correlations
You said it, what's the cause? If individual experiments are impossible, social bullshit stil is unable to explain anything.

>>2832327

They were occupied by the Japanese you fucking idiot, they just allied with them to get clay from British Burma/Malaya and French Indochina.

>>2832490

T. Thaksin loving commie

>>2833570
North Korea is under Chinese influence, you retard.

And if we were to look at this map from an Arab or an East Asian perspective, it'd seem the whole world except the Americas have been under their control or influence

Wasn't Japan at least partially controlled by the Russians, when Russia held the northernmost island

>>2833621
>was
>is
learn the difference, wong. NK was under USSR influence, Stalin assisted Kim Senior and North Korea was aligned with the USSR more so than China.

>>2832347
>The (northern) Western world only surpassed China and India in the 19th century.

In certain aspects. Though for some reason Europeans have always been the most clever and adventurous motherfuckers on this earth. I suppose it has something to do with individualism and liberty.

>>2833621
Where do you think China got its communist ideas from dumbass?

>>2833700
>europeans
Nope. South-europeans, french and dutch. The rest has been garbage who only knew how to develop things already discovered. Also, the jewish-anglo elite.

>>2833740
>Nope. South-europeans, french and dutch.

Perfidious albion was the most daring and intelligent of them all from the 19th century onward. What a simplistic division.

>>2832394
>race
>one of the major drivers of conflict
What is this shit I'm reading here? Just how high on retard fumes are you?

>>2832394
>race
>major drivers of conflict
Stop reading here.

>>2832169
The North Korea was controlled by Soviets..

>>2832169
>Russia
>European
How can a nation which had to go through extensive westernisation as late as the 18th century consider itself European? Try green instead.