Define postmodernism.
A movement that came after modernism.
It comes after modernism.
everything after modernism but before post-postmodernism
ITT: Takeda cavalry and Winged Husars clash on the battlefield.
>>989748
hussars likely, but it depends on the commanders.
Mamluks win.
Best shock cavalry ever on best horses with best weapons and armors with enough firepower to repel cavalry charges who could broke Swedish pike and musket formations crush Turks Janissaries Cossacs and Moskals vs some Gok cavalry who fight another gooks.
I wonder.
ITT:
We find the stories behind pictures we've always wondered about
ITT we reverse Google image search for mouthbreathers on the internet
http://www.icp.org/browse/archive/objects/american-soldier-killed-by-a-german-sniper-leipzig-germany
Still bothers me everyday, like a thorn in my foot or an ingrown nail.
>>989332
The G11 had an unorthodox design process
Okay faggots, can we get a metaphysics thread going?
I really wanna understand how reality works. And don't give me those pleb tier Plato cave or Kantian thing-in-itself bullshit. Where do I start with advanced metaphysics? Give me some theories that'll fundamentally change my world view.
>>989143
do you understand physics already?
Read the Timaeus
Metaphysics is an effort to salvage Platonic ideals in almost every case
>>989150
Well nobody truly understands physics. But I know something about QM and GR, if that's your question.
>post you favorite paintings
>dont be shy
>historical and contemporary both welcome
Art threads of the past helped me discover a lot of new art and artists.
This is one of my favourites that I discovered from a previous thread featuring the holy virgin mary
Looks nice
Who is the worst ruler in history? It can mean the most incompetent, or cruel, or whatever else makes a ruler terrible.
self-described nationalist here
>lets kill off one of the most financially successful and prevalent groups in our soceity
>while we're at it lets invade all of western europe
>and while we do that, I think the USSR could be easily invaded
>and while we're doing that, I'll go extremely paranoid and totally fuck with my generals and ruin military operations
atleast he loved (most) of his people.
>>970805
>>970873
All leaders after the 1800s.
Hitler
Desired German dominance over the European/North African/Middle Eastern region, but totally wouldn't've minded the absolute destruction of Germany as long as the stronger race (Russians) triumphed. He fought the war less as a general or politician, and more like an ideologue. His policy in Eastern Europe was based on pseudo-scientific theories of race, and on a worse understanding of Evolution than most Americans get from their school system.
He halted stepping up the pressure during the Bombing of Britain to reserve a portion of the airforce to defend Berlin from counter-attacks, entirely because he promised the German people "not one bomb would fall on Berlin" during the war. When he lost interest in the stalemate he turned towards Russia because the final showdown with Jewish-Bolshevism had to happen in his lifetime.
The German high command was routinely in chaos as Hitler replaced any resemblance of organized command with letting his subordinates fight for his favor, theoretically allowing the strongest and best to triumph. Generals were never secured in their assignments, since they'd be replaced if they didn't produce immediate successes on the battlefields.
And don't forget his dismissal of the idea of building German naval power before the war. Britain was the only serious challenger on the European seas, and there's no way two Anglo-Saxon nations would ever fight each other.
He was lazy and neurotic, seized power more through bluff than brawn, thin-skinned and unable to take serious criticism, he conquered a continent that hadn't still fully recovered from the prior war.
Also, what is your opinion on "recolored" photos? Seems a lot of people hate them.
>Seems a lot of people hate them.
Who exactly
Who gives a shit
>>984748
love em. glad someone figured the process out.
Share Japanese art, propaganda, and modern depictions.
No anime or weeaboos. Historical interest only from the first Hermit Kingdom.
>>983894
Japs are savages.
Always wondered why they didn't use shields. There were pavise, but that's it.
>>983941
No iron
Did history vindicate him? Will he ever shake the title of war monger off?
>>972421
I don't know what it's like in other countries but here in the UK the only thing people think about his is "lel rekt", not that he's evil or anything.
Living outside Europe, I never learnt about him in detail. He just seemed to have tried to conquer Europe because it was there.
>>972421
Not as long as the eternal anglo lives
Mongolia used to be really sparsely inhabited in Middle Ages. How did they gather such a huge and powerful army that other countries had nothing against?
It helps when the whole country can just moves the fuck out and attacks you.
>>991516
Was it really sparsely populated? What was Mongolia's population?
It was mostly Turkic steppe folk that did most of the fighting.
Can anyone provide an example of a society where the social order was not established through violence? It seems to me that they are all established by violent struggle.
>America is formed
>people get upset that they're getting fucked over by an elite class (heyyyyy Marx :-])
>government crushes them
>"the rich people dindu nuffin"
probably some place like Switzerland or some Scandinavian countries.
>>989435
Confirmed to know nothing about either of these places
Agnosticism is:
The stance that the truth values (whether they are true or false) of the claims regarding the existence of a deity or deities cannnot be known. "I don't think anyone will ever know for sure whether God exists."
or:
The stance that the truth values of claims regarding the existence of a deity or deities are presently unknown. "I don't think anyone knows for sure right now, but in the future we might."
or:
The stance of not claiming to know the truth values of claims regarding a deity or deities. "I don't claim that God definitely exists or that God definitely doesn't exist."
or:
The stance of uncertainty on whether to believe or disbelieve in a deity or deities. "I don't know whether to believe or disbelieve." and/or "I think God existing is equally as likely as God not existing."
Which do you think is the most correct definition? In that case, what do you think the others should be called? (I personally go by number three.)
Strawpoll for good measure:
http://strawpoll.me/7378435
>>987474
all of the above
>>987476
If I flipped a coin, and I didn't show you the result, do you honestly think that claiming no one will ever know is the same thing as claiming you don't know?
>>987483
in some situations yes
it depends how you look at things and the context.
You are at a bar and this smug motherfucker is mocking your favorite empire. Wat do, /his/?
>>993227
We beat OP to death together.
I put on my two headed eagle and slap his ass
>>993227
I perform an honour killing on him.
So I recently had the thought that the early emergence of feudalism and monarchies might resemble modern day street gangs and other organized crime. A bunch of teenage boys with too much time on their hands go around starting trouble, and people start paying them to leave them alone. There's your warrior and peasant classes, right? What we now call "protection rackets" looks a lot like feudalism to me. Is this far off? (Don't just say "no, retard," at least say why it's retarded.")
>>992151
God knows I hate foreigners.
>>992151
I remember when I was watching the Sopranos, at many times it felt like a show about feudal politics
People dont give knights enough credit these days.
While of course, giving someone military power over others will sometimes create a bit of a bully, they were no protection racketeers, and they certainly werent the evil people like to distort them as today.
Did Sun Tzu actually exist?
If fighting is sure to result in victory then you must fight! Sun Tzu said that, and I'd say he knows a little more about fighting then you do, pal, because he invented it! And then he perfected it, so that no living person could best him in the ring of honor!
>>990468
The better question is, did Europeans actually exist?
They actually are just Asians who have become paler because of less sun and indoor work.
>>990477
uuuh.... we?
