I see a lot of love for Calvin Coolidge here. Why?
He's kind of a patron-saint of small government because his personal philosophy towards administration was to sit on his hands.
he signed an immigration act that essentially made it such that all future immigration would have to conform to the existing ethnic composition of the US.
ie. 30% british, therefore in any year 30% of immigrants must be brits
because he's so cool
A friend of mine tells me crash course is quite ok on having a first view about things in history.
Myself having read history quite often simplistic history books(imagine Chronicle of the World by Asimov,a lot of wikipedia and highschool books) thought i had an understanding in general.
after watching 5-6 videos i found out at least one revisionistic point in every subject.
Are there others that agree these courses are way off in history opinions or is it me the man who denies to hear enything different
Most normies will stop at that. Normies influence intellectuals. Intellectuals repeat John Greenisms to appear cool and hip.
= John Green decides how we view history. That's pretty damn scary when you think about it.
>>1103503
EDIT : I wish Hank could take his place. At least he's humble about what he doesn't know and he openly encourages people to build their own damn understanding of complex subjects.
Plus he's not a colossal liberal.
>>1103503
well,i thin that john green a huge faggot.
Seriously now he has a sticker in his laptop in that garbage of a youtube show that says this machine kills fascist.Imagine how bloated he tries to be.
How true is this?
The topic is "The United States Becomes a World Power".
>>1103465
Monroe doctrine made Latin America Usa's bitch, so territorial expansion and imperial expansion are two different things.
Essentially true on the numbers, questionably true on the motives.
>Americans resisted expansion for two major reasons... [imperialism seemed at odds with republican principles and integration of other peoples seemed like too much work]
This doesn't ring true. Americans had no complaints about the Gadsden purchase or the Mexican-American war. Anti-imperialism wasn't somehow fundamentally a part of America's early psyche. Rather, there were economic motives (or the lack thereof) that prevented the need for extensive imperialism like in the Old World. The US in the time of Manifest Destiny had what amounts to infinite land. Millions and millions of acres - more land than it had people to farm, rather than the reverse as was the problem in most other industrializing countries. What imperialism it exercised, therefore, was not going to be for the purpose of extracting resources (it had plenty of resources already) but to extract capital and manpower.
>>1103465
The reason we become so powerful is because God blessed this country and its people with a sprit of greatness
Had the greater German solution succeeded, how would the world have changed with an Austrian led Germany?
>>1103418
We all know the consequences of putting an Austrian in charge of Germany.
>>1103437
Yeah but would Franz Joseph been a good leader or worse than even Wilhelm II.
>>1103466
Austrians turn Germans into genocidal terminators. They should always be kept separate.
Does this quote have any basis in reality?
>>1103351
Fake and false. The United States military has always been just as disciplined as any other.
>americans do well in war
>BTFO by commies for pretty much the entirety of the 20th century
No, and it's a fake.
Does anyone ever read about the myriad of Crusades in the Medieval ages and feel annoyed at the colossal failures of the Western Europeans? They simply appear - in retrospect - to have been completely incompetent and incapable. As the Eastern Roman Emperor Leo the Wise wrote in his 9th century Tactica (a military manual), the Franks (Western Europeans) fought with "no discipline", maintained "little to no order in battle", rarely performed reconnaissance, often failed to fortify their camps, and had primitive logistics which often meant that extended campaigns would kill them off. Funnily enough, the author and Eastern Roman general Nikephoros Ouranos reiterated the same thing concerning the Franks when he wrote his own manual in the 11th century.
There are sporadic successes such as those in the First Crusade and the Baron's Crusade that can be attributed to more the products of luck and coincidence and individual efforts than actual strategics or planning.
The Second Crusade, the Third Crusade (Jerusalem was not retaken), the Fourth Crusade, the Fifth, the Seventh, and the complete embarrassments which were the Eight, the Barbary Crusade, Battle of Nicopolis, and the Varnan Crusade. In many instances, the Crusaders literally marched unprepared into desert environments (to which they were not accustomed) thinking some magical aid from either the Eastern Romans or God would arrive to save them, rather than undertake any proper logistics or planning before starting the campaign.
Contrast with the territorial gains made by both the Ottomans into Europe and those in the Komnenian Restoration by the Eastern Romans with the relatively tiny pieces of land the Crusaders were able to snatch for some time.
Werent the crusades filled with peasants trying to appease the pope and his hard on for Jerusalem? That would explain the lack of organization.
>Does anyone ever read about the myriad of Crusades in the Medieval ages and feel annoyed at the colossal failures of the Western Europeans?
No. What the first crusades achiever were impressive, even if they did not achieve anything really (besides from the first). You're sending an army to foreign lands without any good supply routes or domestic support. You're essentially sending an army in and saying good luck.
>here are sporadic successes such as those in the First Crusade and the Baron's Crusade that can be attributed to more the products of luck and coincidence
Exactly.
>Contrast with the territorial gains made by both the Ottomans into Europe
Ottomans expanded continuously on land, with their main power base relatively close to where they expanded to. They could always send reinforcements, supplies, new armies etc easily.
>Komnenian Restoration
Same thing.
On a plus side, Bohemond did fuck Anna Komnene.
What would be the effects on the 20th century be if the Central Powers won the first world war and would the they be able too stay together and maybe form a long standing union and how would the world generally be? Any opinions should be backed by reasoning or some kind of proof
>>1103087
That really depends at what point did the central powers won? Did the germans successfully invade belgium, knocking out france and then turned around and knocked russia out? Did the german plan of sinking enough cargo to make the british surrender worked and the triple entente surrendered? Did arabs rebel against the ottoman rule? All of these answers would lead to different outcomes.
I really can't see how Austria-Hungary and the Ottomans could have lasted much longer. Germany would be sinking a shitton of cash into trying to keep them together.
>>1103087
In reality it would have been better for everyone including the allies. Germany wouldn't have gone batshit under Hitler.
Is there really any substantial justification against suicide? What if we just went around labeling all women seeking an abortion mentally ill and discouraging them from having one? If someone wants to kill themselves there is basically null justification for anyone else to get involved or interfere with that decision. Maybe the one exception is if the person aiming to commit suicide has dependents but otherwise there is no cause for anyone to stop someone from killing themselves. In fact its morally egregious to do so, especially when it means resuscitating someone to the state of a vegetable or invalid.
>>1102927
>substantial justification
The government declares them mentally ill to get involved.
>women wanting abortions
Are trying to commit murder.
>should anyone stop a suicide
No
>>1102927
Committing suicide in a war to kill enemy forces when you have no escape, and know capture is going to be WWII Japs tier is just.
>>1102940
personally I don't subscribe to the justifications for abortion based on a women's right to do what she wants with her body but you can't just arbitrarily draw the "muh body" argument line when suicide enters into the picture. There is probably a lot more justification to commit suicide than to enact a late term abortion.
How about a /his/torical music thread?
Starting off with an unnamed instrumental sheet by the king Alfonso X of Castille.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrRJr5Mug2Q
Share any other pieces that may strike your fancy.
You should look up the songs/ballads of Thibaut of Champgne. He was a crusader who upon returning to Europe, dedicated himself to writing song and poetry to be performed with the accompaniment of music. He's pretty good, and most of his works are up on YouTube, and the interpretations are pretty faithful to how they would have been performed (or so I've heard).
A little cliche, but the Epitaph of Seikilos (sp?) is actually a really beautiful piece that feels very immersive.
>>1102909
>Old Gaelic war marches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p6zx1lDVoU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpkrr0-qut4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtOjce6AVf4
>Cláirseadóireacht, or Harpery. The Classical music of the pre-Cromwellian Gaelic order
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAQD-ehto7I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0csrg-I3SA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGxfJ0TXUck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ3EPE4cLzo
This is without a doubt the greatest statesman in modern history.
No one can deny it's pretty impressive to bounce back twice from exile in an environment as oppressive as the PRK.
>>1103601
Sorry, in my language your China begins with K
Say if the the Central Powers won the first world war (maybe America not interfering or the Germans not using the schlieffen plan or something else idk) could the alliance of the central power have stuck around or not? Could the Ottoman Empire possibly hold on longer with help from Germany,Austria-Hungary,and/or Bulgaria? And generally what would the world be like
>>1102564
Actually Ottoman Empire could go on for a while.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign
Germany needed help.
>>1102564
>And generally what would the world be like
Better.
>>1102564
>And generally what would the world be like
Worse
What are your opinions on a Stoic or heavily disciplined life in contemporary society? Has anything actually changed that makes this less viable, is it preferable?
I am not implying anything by these questions, I would just like to hear peoples' opinions. I personally feel that while the social climate of our current societies praise accomplishment, effort and hard work towards the self are usually overlooked if they do not produce discernibly results. Whether or not this is any different, and it is irrelevant to the practice of self-discipline I sometimes find it hard to not come off as unfriendly when dealing with a heavily social event like a party. I just wish there was a notion of being an ascetic in society, a term or phrase understood and contemporarily relevant, that I do not come off as an autist trying to live the life of a Samurai, or that I refrain from certain behaviors or overindulgence because I fear divine retribution.
>>1102385
I think it is wholly necessary, to have at least some level of self-discipline. I think modern society proffers many dissipating influences to the individual for various reasons, thtough various means. To stay afloat in an age of overwhelming vice and decadence is to be disciplined, to abstain, to contain, to exercise. I don't at all think I'm being dramatic when I say "overwhelming vice and decadence." You must have self-control - against things and for things - otherwise you will dissipate your natural capabilties and live a lesser life.
I will also say that I've met very few true stoics in my life.
"If the room is smoky, if only moderately, I will stay; if there is too much smoke I will go. Remember this, keep a firm hold on it, the door is always open."
- Epictetus
its simple, good luck.
>>1102426
I agree with your assessment. Now, ignoring Stoicism in particular, do you think an organized system of discipline is important? Surely, it is more efficient and creates a more readily clear cut line of "do"-"do not'/virtue-decadence. If so, does one clearly and readily exist that is applicable to the modern era?
For example, some people get into nofap/porn things. From whence comes the vice?, sex/masturbation, or the initial desire and weakness to do so? I think this is a pretty good example for our contemporary lifestyles, so, is porn the vice or is the compulsion to do so? If compulsion, then how many other things does this apply to? Is absolute avoidance of pleasures, drinking, sex, leisure, etc. a vice itself, a forced habit that ultimately shows no moderation?
No this is not about nofap, just a discussion of what is self-control
>This man had raised a philosophical hypothesis which was called 'The Unity of Opposites'.
Interestingly enough, I can see how it works:
Once you curb the fears or things you assume to be great inconveniences, they not only become invisible as problems, but they eventually form into a part of your lifestyle and your daily life which you take for granted.
>>1102317
Provide an example.
>>1102348
Cigarettes
>>1102354
Can you please elaborate?
What would happen to civilization and humanity in general if Cold War turned hot (nukes are used)?
It would probably have been better than today.
>>1102247
I've heard it said a lot that if the US and the Soviet Union launched all their nukes it would end humanity but would it really? wouldn't they only be aimed at eachother and allied countries that also had nukes? so wouldn't South America, Africa and South Asia remain untouched and only have to suffer through the climate being fucked up?
>>1102286
>What are air currents
Oh no anon the entire northern hemisphere would be fucked and so would the southern hemsphere is onlly of that fallout were to leak down there and theres the fact the fallout can make the rain in the pacific ocean radioactive, this radiation is now in the water and can get to South America, you driink this water enjoy your tumor and mutant children, you literally cant escape it.
isnt magic and occultism a basic part of european history?
>>1102235
>isnt magic and occultism a basic part of european history?
depends on the era and location but resoundingly yes.
Yes, but then again so is shitting and assfucking
>>1102251
but shitting and asssfucking didnt determin peoples worldviews as much as astrology or alchemy
