Was the Waffen SS Elite?
>had better equipment
>had higher standards (at least in the beginning)
>had reputation for being hardasses
But they also suffered higher casualties than the Heer. Some of this can be chalked up to them being put in extreme situations more often, however alot of it can also be blamed on incompetence. So are they l33t?
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>>1188024
Waffen SS were pretty much glorified cannon fodder, even Wehrmacht thought so of them
They were usually put in impossible to win positions because they were dumb fanatics
>>1188024
Not that much, they lost a lot. The US Airborne ran circles around them. Being fanatical and having good equipment doesn't make you the best, good training and tactics does.
>>1188090
>The US Airborne ran circles around them.
Saving Private Ryan isn't real, dude.
What advice would you give to your favorite 16th century state?
>1550
>austrian empire
no
Kill the szlachta poland, kill them all
I'd give Poland bad advice because I don't like Poland.
List your:
5 favorite philosophers
4 favorite civilizations/empires
3 favorite Roman emperors
2 favorite languages
1 favorite religion
>>1188031
>Socrates
>Diogenes
>Max Stirner
>Stefan Molyneux
>Confucius
>Roman Empire
>British Empire
>Han Dynasty
>Ancient Greece
>Augustus
>Marcus Aurelius
>Nero
>Romance
>English
>Paganism
>>1188326
Romance is not a language.
>>1188031
>5 favorite philosophers
Aristotle
Hegel
Marx
Thomas Aquinas
Epicurus
>4 favorite civilizations/empires
Roman Empire (Which includes Byzantine Empire, not going to debate "3x >" with you autists)
Indo-Aryan / Vedic Civilization
Macedon (both pre and post Alexandros)
Sparta
>3 favorite Roman emperors
Anastasius
Heraclius
Majorian
>2 favorite languages
Latin
Greek
>1 favorite religion
Zoroastrianism
Christians, what's your opinion on the "where was God" argument?
>We calculate that the human species Homo sapiens have been around now, Carl Sagan thought perhaps 200,000 years, I would say 100,000. In order to believe the Christian message, you have to believe this. For those 100,000 years, people were born, died – usually, many of them, in childbirth, life expectancy perhaps 20 years, 25. Earthquakes would have been terrifying. Tsunamis, volcanoes, mysterious events. War, famine. That was our life for tens of thousands of years. On and on it went. Now here is what you have to believe. You have to believe that heaven watched that for 98,000 years and after 98,000 years decided it may be time to intervene. And the best way of doing that would be to have a filthy human sacrifice in a very remote part of Palestine. And the news of this has still not penetrated to the rest of the world, and I don’t think will be believed when it does, and isn’t believed by me, and can’t be believed by thinking persons.
>>1183110
The usual answer is that humans didn't have souls until Adam and Eve.
>>1183110
It relies entirely on mixing two contradictory mythologies. In Christian mythology, the world is nowhere near that old, so the problem does not exist. Of course, I don't believe that for a second, being an atheist, but I still find it funny that this argument rests ENTIRELY on assuming two contradictory positions, and then fabricating a ridiculous deduction from them.
>>1183110
You need a certain level of development to evangelise globally.
What do you think of manifest destiny?
>progress
It's not like Indians were doing anything with the land.
It's unfortunate, but tribal peoples can't defend property, and somebody else would have come along.
The start of american imperialism that fated to ruin our planet in the future.
Sub Saharan Black women found in Roman Britain
Queue a new wave of we waz Kangs n sheet
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2551513/Pictured-The-1-800-year-old-face-Beachy-Head-Lady-revealed-time-thanks-3D-scanning.html
>Queue
>>1190770
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/queue
>>1190765
*Queens and sheet
/his/
Why has the definition of "white" changed so much trough history?, In your opinion, what's the most accurate definition of white?
>In 1700 only WASP's were considered white
>Before WW2 Italian and Greek immigrants weren't considered white
>2016, even North Africans and half breeds are considered white now
Literally who cares besides supremacists and pollsters
Was discrimination against Irish and Italians about race or just religious bigotry?
Because I mean
There were already Irish and Italians in America who fought in in independence war before the massive European immigration...were they considered at the same level as new immigrants?
>>1184757
>Why has the definition of "white" changed so much trough history?
To suit the needs of those in charge better. Example: Italians and Greeks weren't Protestant.
>In your opinion, what's the most accurate definition of white?
European or someone of European descent.
Bad teeth
>>1184381
not really a flaw he was getting old but ok
>>1184385
That's not an excuse
Go floss your teeth right now
Who were some of the most benevolent rulers? Like legit nice guys.
>>1179851
A literal saint compared to other dictators of the century. Cyrus the Great probably qualifies too.
>>1181037
>genociding Armenians
>good
>>1179851
He lead Austria in the turbulent aftermath of WW1 and he was friends with Mussolini. Sadly he got killed by nazi agents.
Are there any historical drama outside of the literary media that is actually strictly or almost strictly historically accurate, aside from dramatic liberties?
ie, all/almost all props, behaviors, technologies, politics and so on are in line with contemporary knowledge of the period.
>>1169264
Waterloo
Master and Commander
This one
Who do you consider to be underrated?
I'm going to throw out the ancient Israelites. They get none of the credit given to the Greeks.
Sure, they didn't conquer as much, but they did pull off some great victories. The conquest of Canaan during early antiquity. Judah fighting off the Assyrians.
Later revolting against and beating the Seleucids. Multiple revolts against Rome, the last of which took a massive response to put down.
They were good at punching above their weight class, fought like total fanatics (although this also prohibited assimilating conquered people's and growing) and had cool hats.
Also, the Wampanoag and Naragansett.
Literally decimated the fighting aged population of New England, almost destroying it, while fighting with shit weapons. Armed forces were roughly the same size, so it was a good fight even if it ended up destroying them.
Pre-Kobanî ISIS takes my vote, by all account ferocious fighters who actively sought death.
After the US started to support the incompetent Kurds it all fell apart, and now their ranks are watered down by inexperienced cowards from the West.
>>1187054
Kind of not a fair comparison as the Hebrews have a living God fighting for them.
Coming from a non US citizen - why is FDR regarded as one of the worst presidents of the USA in /his/? As far as I've read, the modern society considers FDR to be one of the GOATs
>>1181631
>why is FDR regarded as one of the worst presidents of the USA in /his/?
Who the fuck says this? It isn't 2008 and Ron Paul isn't reddit's hero anymore.
>>1181631
He basically just golfed his last term and did jack shit. Oh, wait, that's Obama.
GOP butthurt mostly.
They have to explain away the fact that Washington consensus neoliberal policies resulted in a stagnating middle class, but Keynesian policies made the US into a hyperpower.
Could an Islamic "reformation" on the same scale of the Protestan Reformation occur without a widely accepted Caliphate?
Islamic reformation already occured, it's called Wahhabism / Salafism.
>>1178753
Isn't that kind of happening now?
>>1178753
>ISIS
>Wahhabism
>Shia
Wew
How would the world have been different if the old monarchies Europe and China etc. remained in place throughout the 20th Century?
much different
much, much different
>>1188084
Better? or worse?
Much better
lets discuss hedonism
What's to discuss? You either agree pleasure is a good or you don't.
>>1187694
Splitting (also called black and white thinking or all-or-nothing thinking) is the failure in a person's thinking to bring together the dichotomy of both positive and negative qualities of the self and others into a cohesive, realistic whole. It is a common defense mechanism used by many people.[1] The individual tends to think in extremes (i.e., an individual's actions and motivations are all good or all bad with no middle ground).
>>1187717
Oops. I mean this:
Many individuals with developmental disability think in "concrete" or "black and white" terms. This may particularly apply to those with autism or who are affected by fetal exposure to alcohol. “Black and white” thinkers like rules. They like rules that are always the same way.
They don't handle "gray areas."
