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Has anyone ever failed this hard before or since?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darien_scheme
>>1225476
only scots can fail so hard.
although in all seriousness that incident is fairly typical of scotland, particularly the blaming of the english for the failures of the scottish, the bitterness and the scapegoating and judicial murder of innocents to appease the scottish public
>>1227993
Why did Jim Jones order the mass suicide? Did he finally snap, or did he realize that many more reporters would come to visit Jonestown and that eventually he would be arrested?
>>1225207
It's because he could, and he did it. He had the power to fuck people over and he did it.
Fuck Jim Jones, literally Anabaptist of Muenster tier of bullshit.
>>1225218
did you know Harvey Milk supported him, and literally wrote a letter to Jimmy Carter in 1977 trying to convince him that Jones was innocent? What a fucking idiot
>>1225230
No shit.
>he threw a fucking bible and told the congregation (read:Niggers) that the book was nothing but words
MAGNVS VIR ES
>>1223533
MAGNAM MENTULAM HABEO
PRO TE
For you
Trotsky's fanboys like to present him as a benevolent figure opposite Stalin. To me he's just another ruthless communist. How much truth is there to that?
All authoritarians are worthless bastards.
But yeah, Trotsky was better than Stalin, and fought against him
Stalin was a ruthless opportunist, Trotsky was a ruthless communist.
But I don't think Trotsky has a lot of fanboys. Most communists regret that he did not seize the power when he could, but just because he was the only one with a real chance, and they would recognize that he was not as bad but not quite good.
And trotskyists do not see ruthlessness as a fault, and most would denounce benevolence as an idealist concept that is not appropriate for revolutionaries.
Also, who's Ruth ?
TELL ME ABOUT ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
WHY DOES HE STAND IN MY LIGHT?
PLEASE RESPOND
>>1217510
FOR YOU
>>1217510
Was plucking a chicken part of your plan?
What are some of history's most epic moments ?
>>1212000
>Everything wrong with that image
>>1212000
Cambrai.
>>1212000
Moses leading the Jews out of slavery in Egypt and leading them to the Holy Land that God had promised them.
Post them if you have them.
What is the future of religion?
>>1230654
Sex cults with orgies.
>>1230654
Pretty sure book of mormon is Jesus in America and Jesus in Space is yet to come.
When did Slovakians become a people? What is their identity based on? What is Slovakian nationalism?
I ask because historically I don't see anything to draw upon. They don't seem to have been a people up until quite recently, and I fail to see what distinguishes them from say, Poles, Belorussians, Czechs, or Ukrainians. Why do they even exist?
Ethno-genesis general too I guess, since I can't imagine there are many Slovaks interested in telling me.
>>1222168
Slovakia is a meme culture
Slovakians are just moravians who ended up under hungarian rule after the magyar invasion a millenium ago
>>1222594
So which cultures aren't "memes"? What makes those genuine and the others a "meme"?
>Who is your vote for most unlikeable person in history?
I vote Pol Pot, the guys policies seemed to have no good will in them, his personal life is shrouded in alot of mystery so you dont really get a feel for him as a person. I would vote Stalin a close second.
>>1222005
Pol Pot, followed by Cromwell.
Pol Pot was nowhere near as crazy as people make him out. He just saw the lengths capitalist were willing to go to stop communism spreading in Vietnam.
Why is the pattern with with Dharmic religions so overtly contrary to middle eastern Abrahamic religions? Dharmic religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, and more recently, Sikhism) have never seen any sort of rapid expansionism similar to that of which Abrahamic religions used to spread their religion. Sure, all religions, if not most have had their fair share of nut cases applying religion to further their own political interests, but in comparison to Abrahamic religions, there's no correlation between the two in terms of rapid expansionism, and a surge in sudden conversion among the population.
Daily reminder in the strictest sense Buddhism cannot be considered a religion.
>>1221824
Replace Buddhism with Jainism then.
>>1221818
It's pretty hard to believe in the guardian spirits of the Ganges and the Himalayas when you're in Wyoming.
Best and worst factions to play as?
Best: Spain. OP cavalry and spearmen. Once you have southern Iberia and north eastern Africa, your money is limitless.
Worst: Egypt or Byzantines because EVERY FUCKER declares war on you when you're just peacefully trying to build an economy.
And mods, this game is related to history.
Best total war ever
>>1212461
The best is objectively Venice. You start near the orthodox heretics, so you can conquer, plunder and destroy without having to fear the Pope in your first turns. Once you have Greece and the balkans you get a lot of cash too. Also, being in the middle of the map, you get to interact (i.e. fight) with all sorts of factions.
>>1212506
>implying
The combat is shit and takes forever. The units are unresponsive. And cav is OP as fuck.
Rome and Shogun 2 are better.
Which is the philosophy for living the objective best life?
>>1229625
>objective
>best
Pick one anon.
>>1229625
>objectivity
I want /lit/ posters to leave and take their shit charts with them
Hedonism because of how our brains work.
Was the Treaty of Versailles too lax?
I've heard a lot about it being one of the main reasons why the Germans rose again against the world because it was too harsh
But if it was too harsh how was German able to create in 20-25 years enough of a Industrial and economic base that they can wage war against the world (and lose) again?
>>1225906
It was harsh, too harsh for them to do and harsh enough to royally piss them off. It wasn't too lax, it just wasn't enforced.
Hitler has occupied the Rhineland, oh well whats the worst that could happen.
>>1225909
Nice try Hans
If the army hadn't been limited and they were allowed to become a stable economy first then it would be fine
Are we capable of civilized interaction without laws and governments or is freedom the price to pay for security from each other?
>>1223443
>Are we capable of civilized interaction without laws and governments
no
>>1223443
Do you act civilized because you will go to jail otherwise or because you feel like it?
>>1223443
Every anthropological evidence points out to this : Humans, by nature, are dirty animals who would love to bash each other's heads for any particular reason of survival. The only way to civilize people is to impose order on them.
