How wealthy precisely did one have to be to become an officer in the Napoleonic Era?
I know with Britain it was almost entirely wealth based, from the purchase of commissions, however can we translate or calculate how much these commissions would cost in today's money? I read somewhere that an estimated 1/20 officers in Wellington's armies was raised from the ranks - so 5% is indeed very small.
I know France was rather the same, but decently more likely to have men rank up through their wit and merit.
What of Austria? Prussia? Other nations at the time?
>>983295
>How wealthy precisely did one have to be to become an officer in the Napoleonic Era?
As far as the British Army's concerned not that wealthy, anyone middle-class could get commissioned as a subaltern.
>an estimated 1/20 officers in Wellington's armies was raised from the ranks - so 5% is indeed very small
It's not that much higher than that today. raising officers from the ranks is a rare practice in the vast majority of armies around the world.
>>983311
Really? Why in movies and Sharpe series and whatnot are all the officers super rich douchebags?
Also I know, but today's military schools don't have tuition, and the class-based prestige is not there.
>>983295
In France it was mostly based on merit
Shittons of their greatest generals in that era came from lower class (Murat was a son of inkeeper, Lannes a son of farmer and Ney a son of barrel-cooper)
In Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia...etc, it was based on wealth and nobility, for they were backward feudal monarchies
Man is born evil. Man can only overcome this through love and dedication to others, and something greater than itself.
>>981269
>Man is born evil.
Where are the proofs?
Define evil.
>>981272
memes.
(as in, the selfish gene)
/his/
How do I history? Love the subject, love almost every time period, know a lot more than the people I'm around, but still feel like i know absolutely nothing when reading posts on this site and when listening to actual historians.
Wat do?
Wat read?
Wat watch?
Have some history based papes and images for your time
I think we need some "Essential reading/watching" stuff on the sticky
The question is, what?
>>990124
Honestly, you should spend your time on something that you can make money with. Being knowledgeable about history is like being good at video games, except more nerdy than geeky.
>>990133
>being this plebeian and materialistic
>TL;DR: racism, stereotyping, grouping, labeling, it's all a part of human nature, which is why almost everyone is racist/sexist to a lesser degree. The genes for this still exist because they helped communities thrive
Are stereotypes and labeling part of human nature, or just a social construct by the western world as some professors say?
Often we hear that racism, sexism, stereotyping etc is just for the close minded and dumb people. But that gets me thinking - why are those genes still present in our gene pools? Why is racism so common? I think it's because it's a very easy way to identify somebody, for example, if you view a black man, your first thoughts may be that he's athletic, cocky, and probably more inclined to crime. This helps because even if those aren't true all the times, you'll still get it right a few times. Humans are inclined to group themselves with people they can identify with because it helps for a stronger community. If you can't identify with your homosexual Asian neighbour you're less likely to form a close knit community. Now, there are some cultures were homosexuality is celebrated etc, but there is no culture without taboos. And taboos exist in all cultures because of the human nature.
Sorry I'm just a layman and maybe I'm on a dumb theory or anything. But to me I've always thought about it like this, smart blacks and whites et along just fine, but the white trash and hood rats never do.
>>987695
>but the white trash and hood rats never do
What are wiggers? I think it's more to do with how separate their societies are in this case. The poor minorities and whites of my area seem to be in "the struggle" together. These cross racial conflicts are probably secondary to economic splits.
>>987695
That picture is strange. Why would Muslims be in the IRA?
>>987702
Also, racism and labeling has survived because the ones who got to reproduce were the ones that kicked out the other minorities or people whom were liked by the society. Not trying to go /pol/mode here, but white people wouldn't survive at all if everyone was your average liberal arts professor. As a matter of fact, the only ethnicities that survive are those that stay with their own or absorb minorities into their group.
Any depictions of foreigners in ancient/medieval art?
>btw this is a mughal painting of a European
Pre-industrialization Europeans were black, though.
>>986956
this
>>986956
No they became black after industrialisation, it was the coal
I considered posting this go /k/, but they seem to be mostly concerned with firearms and modern knives.
I'm curious to know what some of your favorite historical weapons are, /his/.
Preferably not firearms, though early firearms are fine. And I'm interested in specific types of weapons and not just "sword" or "spear".
For instance, while my favorite historical weapon is probably either the couched cavalry lance or perhaps a partisan, I also really like cool and interesting version of the various clubs and maces that are prevalent throughout history.
For instance, does anyone know if kanabo were ever actually used widely in combat in Japanese history? I've always heard that the most common weapons used by samurai and peasants alike were spears like the yari and simple bo staffs or the yumi bow. The katana (and wakizashi, as a daisho pair) I've heard were mostly backup weapons for samurai during battles or sometimes for self-defense when going about their daily business. But does anyone know how common the use of the kanabo or any other types of blunt weapons like clubs and maces were in pre-modern Japan?
>>982669
There's not a lot of informations about such weapons and almost no ryu-ha teach them (and those who pretend to do are a bit obscure). It seems to have been some thing of an exotic weapon, it's talked about because it's weird and all, but overall, nobody used them regularly.
Kanabo and others typically weight 10 pounds or so, it's really much more than needed, even for a large two-hander, practical long swords never weight that much.
Besides, the use of a blunt pole weapon in Japan isn't as big as in Europe, where there is a big tradition of poleaxes. The japanese armor typically was still open enough for sword and glaive cuts or spears thrusts, so the reliance on big blunt weapons didn't really catch on. If needed, you just had a bigger rokushakubo and that's it.
Mallet and the likes were used sometimes, just like in Europe, when you had to make brief fortifications or during sieges, since a big two-handed hammer, as unwieldy as it is, will still fuck you up big time if it connects.
>>982669
my faovurite waepon is the ninja sword
>>982746
ahh the shortaru swordaru.
good choice
Isn't it obscenely ironic that after post-war Catholics almost single-handedly brought human rights into fruition the secular world uses 'muh rights' to legalize a bunch of shit Catholics hate? How did this happen?
>>973916
muh rights was already a thing before human rights. catholics just tried to make it into something decent to read, instead of some dumb shit like the us constitution
>>973916
>Isn't it obscenely ironic that after post-war Catholics almost single-handedly brought human rights into fruition the secular world uses 'muh rights' to legalize a bunch of shit Catholics hate? How did this happen?
>This is what catholic actually believe
In the 19th century the church constantly railed against classical liberalism. Even now the church does not accept the classical liberal definition of human rights and as substituted their own
>>973916
>Isn't it obscenely ironic that after post-war Catholics almost single-handedly brought human rights into fruition
America is not the whole world. Also, most Catholics don't mind contraception and evolution, abortion is a big no-no for them but aside from that they're much more in harmony with civilisation than Proddycucks are.
Are there any historical figures that are literally you?
For me, it's Nietzsche, he's intelligent, nihilistic, and has a wicked sense of humor.
>>989635
ITT: People on a Japanese cartoon board think they're much more important than they actually are.
>>989642
>responding seriously
You can pick any year in history and travel there.
Which do you choose, and what people/lands would you visit?
>>987965
>Venice
>anywhere, since it would be the shit anyway
>>987965
1916 Ireland
>>987965
16 years ago, in your moms house.
>crash course phil and school of life release videos on aquinas only couple of days apart
>crash course even has a second one coming up
ATHEISTS
B T F O
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJvoFf2wCBU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgisehuGOyY
>>987543
>Aquinas and the Cosmological Arguments: Crash Course Philosophy #10
In the same video he includes counterarguments to the arguments, and also, the guy himself is an atheist. But you just wanted another fighting thread, right
He was so fat that he had to be cut out of his room when he died.
>Crash Course
Was it autism?
Yes.
http://sonichu.com/cwcki/CWCville#Government_and_politics
>>987541
Was it memes?
I thought /his/ was about high quality posting.
Did janissaries really wear those stupid tall hats out into battle?
>>987306
they're called "tau-el"
>>987306
Did the Old Guard really wear those stupid tall hats out into battle?
>>987306
>did the deaths head hussars really wear those stupid tall hats into battle?
Never forget stickied Sherman.
>>986446
kek, any more early screenshots?
I also remember when we had flags.
>>986446
>muh ancestors
God bless /pol/
Why were the leaders of Communist countries so fucking retarded?
>Lets kill all agricultural scientists then collectivize, making urban workers who have no knowledge of agriculture manage it all, GENIUS!
>How is science useful in agriculture? It isn't, just fuck my shit up with Lysenkoism!
>Wow this farm is claiming it's got 50 tonnes of wheat on one acre, instead of actually verifying this or testing this out at all, just make all farms do the exact same shit they are doing!, FUCKING GENIUS
>CORN, CORN EVERYWHERE IN NORTHERN SIBERIA AND THE BALTICS! WHAT DO YOU MEAN CORN REQUIRES WARM-HOT WEATHER?
>Computers? How would computers help at all in bureaucracy, production or central planning? We are scrapping all computing programs and policy! Computers, what a load of bullshit
>Why would we build consumer goods when we can build millions of tanks and aircraft despite we already have nukes which means basically there is no chance of conflict against us ever.
>Who needs modern infrastructure? Just melt that shit down in a fire in your backyard, it'll be alright!
>Just dump toxic waste into catchment areas, it's will be alright!
>LOL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT? BAN THAT SHIT.
What the fuck? Did they purposely sabotage their countries on purpose to make them collapse or what?
>>986070
>falling this hard for capitalist propaganda
>>986102
All of that shit happened.
I actually believe that these countries could have been completely functional and successful if they didn't have luddite morons ruining literally everything at the top.
>>986070
The hardest part about trying communism is trying to make literally everything centralised and efficient. Which everyone fails at to some degree because they don't go together.
>this triggers the indian
Were they actually that anally roasted or was there something more to the mutiny?
>>983075
>was there more to the mutiny
Probably. Taxation, westernization, and land acquisition by British entities probably had more to do with it.
>>983075
>anally roasted
Man, for a moment I thought the Brits shoved cartridges up their asses and lit them.
They anally roasted the Mau-Mau rebels more literally, with boiling-hot eggs and stones.
>>983075
The Sepahis stopped getting paid for their bonus abroad, their wages didn't ride with inflation, and the cartridges even though the casings were made of vegetable and not meat.
