Why do so many people glorify the past? If we look at all the

>>3187237
Because their present is shallow and empty and they have no future so they love a romanticized version of the past

Except not being African, which is a HUGE difference. Authority is not inherently bad, see the China thread.

On the other hand African nations would be (are) African tier no matter the form of government they chose. The phrase "African tier" is a thing for a reason.

>>3187237
Which is not necessarily a bad thing. Look at how Kagame has turned Rwanda around, for example.

Why a retard like you glorify the present?

>>3187237
>they would be like some African dictators.

But with a three digit IQ

>>3187237
>they would be like some African dictators.

What do you mean by this?

>>3187237
Because unlike you, people realizing adhering present social standards and morals on the ancient past is pointless and limiting when judging ancient leaders.

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>modern day Ethiopia has a larger population and GDPPC than the Roman Empire at its height
>Caius Iulius Caesar and Megas Alexandros were not magnificent heroes but savage tribal chieftains wreaking havoc and destruction

Who should we glorify then? Who is responsible for the progress of civilization? Anglo entrepreneurs and scientists?

>>3188040
Because Ethiopia would still be a hunter-gatherer mudhut shithole if it wasn't for inventions made by whiteys belonging to the civilization Rome and Ancient Greece spawned

>>3188230
Ethiopia has been an organized state for much longer than most of non-Mediterranean Europe.

>>3187237
Not the entire past. Only the good parts.

>>3188230
Lol so factually incorrect

>>3187237
They wouldn't be like African dictators because they wouldn't be fucking niggers, for starters.

>>3188230
Of all the sub-Saharan countries to say this about you pick ETHIOPIA. Dude.

>>3188299
>>3189667
>>3189718
Fuck off samefag
Ethipia might have been a little less shittier than the rest, but it was still a backward monkey shithole

Did it have concrete before whitey brought it?
Did it have roads before whitey made them?
Did it have cars before whitey invented them?
Did it have electricity before whitey invented it?

These are all the things that make OP believe that African nations are currently "civilized", and Africa would never have even dreamed of them without whitey

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>>3189731
>The Kingdom of Aksum (also known as the Kingdom of Axum or the Aksumite Empire) was an ancient kingdom located in present-day Eritrea and the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.[2] Ruled by the Aksumites, it existed from approximately 100 AD to 940 AD. The polity was centered in the city of Axum. It grew from the proto-Aksumite Iron Age period around the 4th century BC to achieve prominence by the 1st century AD, and became a major player on the commercial route between the Roman Empire and Ancient India. The Aksumite rulers facilitated trade by minting their own Aksumite currency, with the state establishing its hegemony over the declining Kingdom of Kush. It also regularly entered the politics of the kingdoms on the Arabian Peninsula, and eventually extended its rule over the region with the conquest of the Himyarite Kingdom. The Persian Prophet Mani (died 274 AD) regarded Axum as one of the four great powers of his time, alongside Persia, Rome, and China.[3][4]

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>>3189759
>"The Persian Prophet Mani (died 274 AD) regarded Axum as one of the four great powers of his time, alongside Persia, Rome, and China"
cmon now that's a bit of an exaggeration

they were good not that good

>>3187237
People take modern institutions for granted.

>>3189731
>tfw there people who nonironically view history this way

>>3189759
>if I call my wasteland shithole an empire, it automatically becomes great

>>3189767
Mar Mani was a learned and worldly man, he probably knows more about it than you.
Ethiopia was incredibly rich because it had almost a complete dominance of the incense trade. It is telling that two of the three gifts of the Maji were incense.
The Ethiopians were rich, had an isolated and easily defensible geography, a strong culture, and on occasion projected power onto the Arabian peninsula.

>>3189819
Mar Mani lived in an age where the empire was on a downswing and china was vastly terra incognita

>>3187237
No, because they actually achieved things, African dictators have never done anything of note, or even positive