Is it true Hitler was just a puppet for the skull and bones?
>>1303041
No. Thyssen thought he was buying Hitler, but it turned out he was writing checks to the Devil without using a long enough pen.
>>1303041
>not the Pilgrims Societies of Great Britain and the United States
I think it was more like a thalmor and storm cloak scenario
After 1945, could the Cold War have been avoided?
>>1302997
No. The Imperialists could not stand to see peaceful and free Communist countries and wanted to destroy them.
If Russia gave up Europe, yes.
Didn´t Stalin try to leave Germany alone and non-aligned but the allies refused?
Friendly reminder that Germany wasn't short of oil until late 1944 when the US ramped up its bombing of fuel reserves and infrastructure.
Germany attacked the Caucasus not to gain oil, but to cut off the Ruskies from oil.
>>1302972
Friendly reminder that Germany lost the war
>>1302972
Martin Van Creveld comes to a rather different conclusion in Supplying War.
Care to back up your statement OP?
>>1303244
>I'm going to mention a book I've never read to make myself look smart
>le france white flag !!!
>Le surrender monkeys lelelelele!!!11!
Let's end this awful meme right here, right now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQtJpXUSHJs
>>1302575
It's a fucking internet prank done by using SEO. In 2001 or earlier.
Here's the link to the shit that started it all.
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/france.html
>>1302575
>implying you can undo the Iraq propaganda
The US government can sway the people to hate or love any country in the world
>>1302610
It's sad how all of this shit is inaccurate. I mean, memes are a thing, you can make fun of the french defeat in 1940 because you don't really know shit about it. But this is beying retarded. During the italian wars, France was defeated by Spain, not by Italians. The war of religions didn't end with the victory of the Huguenots. Claiming the french revolution was simply against other frenchmen is retarded. The part about WW1 is simply cringe, as well as the final "Normans weren't french".
Is human life insignificant as all other life in the universe? I know some of you guys have gone through this dilema in your head and have tried to rationalize the meaning of life but my question is, How do I go about coping with existencial deression and how can I make life my bitch so to speak. Thanks
Stop thinking about it
>>1302306
Not my fault Im a conscious being, compared to a dogs and cats
>>1302306
I had a very long post typed up, but I did something and it's gone. I'm on my phone and it took forever, and I don't want to typeit all again. But the gist was this. Stop worrying about they why, the how, th what for. Whatever the reason (if any at all), whatever the cause, your consciousness exists. So make the most of it.
Is there any art and music made by Muslims?
Because I've heard they forbid music and painting(if you sell them for money)
I'm afraid Islam will forbid these joys of life in the near future.
>>1302121
>Is there any art and music made by Muslims
>Because I've heard they forbid music and painting(if you sell them for money)
>(if you sell them for money)
you answered your question
>>1302121
Well, I've heard 18th century Turkish music on Youtube before...
And uh, it wasn't that great. In fact, it sucked, and I would never listen to it ever again.
Fuck Islam, fuck their "culture", and fuck the faggot who made this deathcult. It's quite fucking clear the Koran isn't even real due to alot of inaccuracies and editing of the Bible.
No anon
There's no Muslim art or music
In fact radios & iPods don't even exist in Muslim nations, or music on TV
At celebrations muslims sit quietly and brood
Why do Muslims consider dogs to be "unclean"? I can understand pigs, Jews also consider them unclean because, well, they are (we go the flu from domesticated boars). But dogs? I don't get it. Dogs are terrific, I love them!
>>1301772
Because Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said they were unclean. He knew what was up. Rabies/flea infested mutts that should be wiped from the face of the earth
>>1301772
Because Muslims are cat people.
>>1301781
Rabies has more to do with stray dogs, and having fleas doesn't make you unclean, that's like saying horses are unclean because flies bother them. Except fleas are a lot easier to purge
>>1301787
People who like cats but not dogs aren't loyal. I don't personally care for cats, but they're very useful in dealing with vermin.
"I must unite the American peoples under one flag."
>>1301665
And he did and got shot for it.
>>1301671
It was worth the shot.
We should have made everyone an American people.
>Philo of Alexandria and Seneca the Younger describe Caligula as an insane emperor who was self-absorbed, angry, killed on a whim, and indulged in too much spending and sex.[98] He is accused of sleeping with other men's wives and bragging about it,[99] killing for mere amusement,[100] deliberately wasting money on his bridge, causing starvation,[101] and wanting a statue of himself erected in the Temple of Jerusalem for his worship.[95] Once, at some games at which he was presiding, he ordered his guards to throw an entire section of the crowd into the arena during intermission to be eaten by animals because there were no criminals to be prosecuted and he was bored.[102][clarification needed]
>While repeating the earlier stories, the later sources of Suetonius and Cassius Dio provide additional tales of insanity. They accuse Caligula of incest with his sisters, Agrippina the Younger, Drusilla, and Livilla, and say he prostituted them to other men.[103] They state he sent troops on illogical military exercises,[69][104] turned the palace into a brothel,[46] and, most famously, planned or promised to make his horse, Incitatus, a consul,[105] and actually appointed him a priest.[79]
How can one man be this based?
>based
>gets killed like a bitch
live by the sword, die by the sword
I feel like Caligula is wildly misrepresented in history becase he was so hated. He, Tiberius, and Nero all exhibit sinilar (general) accusations and characteristics that Romans associated with tyrrants and bad emperors. Less so in the specifics.
Caligula, Nero, and some of the later Empire's more infamous emperors typically get similar accusations.
Califula was probably not a great emperor and could very well have been a ludicrous madman. But if you take a step back and realize the Senatorial Perspective he seems to have just been a smotty aristocrat constantly pissing off the Senate and not caring much to rule.
There are also certain inconsistencies with accusations...namely his depletion of the treasury. If that were the case Claudius wouldn't be able to have built what he did nor finance the conquest of Britain.
>>1301594
Senatorial butthurt is a hell of a thing.
Is there any philosophy that can't be described as "pretentious"?
Is "pretentiousness" the essence of philosophical thought?
Most philosophies are fine, it's the "philosophers" that are pretentious.
Cheese and friends.
Things are only pretentious to idiots who can't understand what's going on.
What was modern Pakistan like pre-Arab invasions and pre-Islam? Not just before the partition. Surely it wasn't exactly the same as India?
>>1301380
Pakistan minus the Iranic areas is India you fool.
Pakis are literally Muslim Indians.
>>1301380
Most of it was literally India even after islam. The only thing that makes modern Pakistan not india is the fact that the Republic of India claims this name and Pakistan doesn't want to be part of it. That's the only reason we have to use words like Hindustan, South Asia or Indian Subcontinent that were direct synonyms with India in the past.
That said, India/Hindustan is massively varied and in no way monolithic. In this aspect it's better compared to Europe than a single european country or region. The regions of Sindh and Punjab were one of those indian cultures and arguably where it all started for the indians.
Balochistan and Afghanistan (both the paki and the independent part) are more like a border region between iranic/central asian world and the hindustan.
I am reading a book named The Early Germans right now and am fascinated by how tribal these people were until what seems to be a fairly late time.
By what process were the Germans able to overcome their tribalistic nature and unify into more centralized kingdoms? Or am I overrating the centralization of Charlemagne and other Frankish groups?
Sorry if my English is bad, I am from Centrafrique.
>By what process were the Germans able to overcome their tribalistic nature and unify into more centralized kingdoms?
IIRC, the ideological shift went something like
>I hate Krauts who disagree with me, but I hate other countries even more
>>1301259
>By what process were the Germans able to overcome their tribalistic nature and unify into more centralized kingdoms?
Good question. I assume like a lot of civilizations. Tribal societies become more efficient, with the development of more efficient infrastructure with a more concentrated societal hierarchy, and develop an army. Pretty much the same process that a lot of ancient societies had to undertake.
Also, if you're really from Central African Republic, I'm surprised your English is at that standard.
>>1301294
He probably speaks French, and English is just a peasant dialect of French.
>wipes out life on earth in a flood
>kills tens of thousands of his own people at the drop of a hat
>commands his people to commit rape and genocide
What the fuck was his problem?
>>1301209
According to the book he wrote, he's got perfect judgement and is literally always right
So I guess those tribals had it coming, or something
>>1301209
He was actually the Devil all along.
>>1301209
I don't remember a hat ever being dropped in the Bible
Checkmate atheists
/his/ music thread? Share your favorites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuQwxUEPFD4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Xz7WV_qJs
>>1301119
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fVQwzv5Qfc
>yfw you and your lads will never go to pub and be pulled into service for the queen
>yfw you and your mates will never set sail for the colonies to spread the queens might
>>1301119
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs
Objectively best national anthem of all time
https://youtu.be/1zSowOS4Wyg
https://youtu.be/43LKHuQWsBs
Fife and drum is pretty op
Come on in /his/ share some of the tragedy and the glory of the old Empire. Brownie points to art of Central Asia, WWI, or the Russo-Japanese War.
I'll start. This is a piece by the painter Vasily Vereshchagin that I like a lot.
>>1300882
idk about any paintings. all you have to do is listen to tchaikovsky's 1812 overture to experience the greatness of Russia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbxgYlcNxE8
>>1300882
Repin is GOAT.
EASTERN FLEET BTFO!!!!
