Why aren't there Protestant monasteries?
The leaders of the Reformation hated monasteries. Probably because of muh faith alone and all that.
What exactly is the point of monasteries?
>>986273
gay marriage
Can someone please explain why so many people cream about Rommel?
How brilliant of a tactician/strategist/commander was he? What battles stand out?
I never heard of anything concrete that demonstrates his over-hypeness.
Check out The Great War's episode on his actions in WWI, he's pretty based
>>985820
He is mainly over hyped because he launched his invasion of Egypt early, in summer 1942, when he was supposed to wait 3 months so that the Axis could capture Malta, better securing Axis supply lines in North Africa. Instead, he decided to press his advantage and invade Egypt. After his gamble failed, he whined a lot about how his troops weren't getting enough supplies and he needed more tanks and oil, even though the Axis was trying to get these to him, but the ships were being sunk because.... the paratroopers that were going to be used to capture Malta had to be diverted to help Rommel, and the supply lines couldn't be secured.
He was a very good general, as shown during the battle of France and the North Africa campaign. Every general makes mistakes though, so yeah.
>>985820
He was a top 10 German general, but not a top 5. Overall overrated.
ITT: Stuff that happened in the past that makes you feel sad for some reason.
Pic relatec
>>985285
A few years in a comfy white collar Federal Prison ain't worth blowing your brains out over even if you were framed.
>>985669
it was the principle of the matter
>>985285
>some reason
Because getting framed for something and killing yourself over it on live T.V. fucking blows, maybe?
Why did philosophy of mind stagnate?
Despite all the progress in neuroscience, philosophy mind has made no progress towards explaining consciousness. The debate of dualism vs physicalism as well as the open question of the nature of qualia remain unresolved, and basically modern philosophers of mind are adding nothing new, but merely rephrase old arguments and thought experiments from several decades ago. No new insights are to be seen, only dogmatics who are unwilling to seek a compromise.
Is philosophy of mind a dead field? Or is there still a small chance that (by a rare coincidence) a new philosophical genius will revolutionize the field with an insightful idea never thought before?
>>984115
>qualia
This word just sort of makes me nauseous whenever I see it now, even though I used to find it fascinating.
>>984123
That sounds like an interesting experience, thank you for trying to share it with us.
>>984123
i don't know that qualia, bro
Is it true that "feudalism" was never actually a thing?
>>983799
and a non-noble non-peasant and non-knightly class and you've got a thing.
>>983799
where the hell have you heard that.
It is almost inevitable for an agrarian society to evolve into a feudal society, especially post-Roman societies.
To maintain an empire the size of Charlemagne's for example, feudalism was a requirement.
>>983813
What? I don't care about the struggle of the proletariat, it just happens unless the society is influenced by another that has progressed past feudalism.
It is the only logistical way for a society to function during those time periods, even China ran the exact same way.
Does anybody have that cartoon about colonization of Africa? It was Europeans forcing alcohol into an African, whose shitting out gold, a European eating an African, and other stuff. I don't know it's name and can't find it, anybody have it? Pic unrelated
Great thread OP. Really good place for discussion.
>>983573
Fucking revisionists hating on colonialism.
Who was the worst king in English History?
>English history
Haha. Les bains?
Henry VI
There's no other correct answer. There were plenty of tyrants, but this guy was an absolute nullity and England paid the price. Shame because his father was a champion.
Aethelred was pretty shit, but I'd agree that it would have to go to Henry VI.
Other close runners up are Stephen, John, Henry III and Richard II
If the 4th Crusade never happened what are the Byzantine's chances of pulling off a Reconquista?
Dandolo did absolutely nothing wrong
>>981288
What game? EU4?
>>981327
CK2 /gsg/ at /vg/ has all of it in a Mega.
>https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/04/12/scholars-who-study-hinduism-and-india-face-hostile-climate
>Disputes over alleged mischaracterizations of Hinduism and India by Western scholars are long simmering and boil over from time to time. This happened in 2005-6, when Hindu groups battled with scholars over proposed revisions to descriptions of the religion in California middle school textbooks.
Reading this article and the comment section of this article, I had no idea Hindus were so pissed off at Indology academics. On one hand, some of these Hindu groups seem to have a point that Western scholars of India are overtly negative and have misinterpreted texts. On the other hand, the Hindu groups also seem to be pushing blatant falsehoods such as the idea that there was no Aryan migration to India. So I'm not sure who's in the right here, but I'm leaning towards that the Hindu groups are just butthurt nationalists.
What's /his/'s take on Western scholarship on Indian history? Do these Hindu groups make a good argument?
There's no chance whatsoever this is comparable to Religious right Muslims or Christians raging at people for asserting a secular stance mainly based on what the archaeological and historical sources say rather than the Religious ones?
>>982735
It definitely is, but in the case of Indology it's also tied in with post-colonialism. As in, are Western academics still viewing India from a colonial perspective and are either purposefully or unintentionally degrading India?
>>982719
It's anecdotal evidence but whatever; we had a lecture by Indian ambassador on his country in my university. It was generally okay but man, did he dive into some WE WUZ shit at times.
>We invented geometry and shiet several thousand years BC
>Except Western fucks don't trust oral sources
>Fucking Western fucks
>Vedas are basically ancient textbooks
>They have the speed of light incorporated in them and shiet
Someone just told me that Jesus never created a new religion. Which Bible verses indicate the contrary?
>>981654
No. Paul did.
None of them. Christianity arose after his death and was spread by the apostles. >>981654
We need to define ''religion''.
>Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Any other combinations of culture and location that you wouldn't expect?
>that flag tho
>Buddhists on the Caspian Sea
It's like there is a goddam cultural exchange going on.
>>981470
Thats sick
Capitalist.
>Capitalist.
No such thing.
Cadet.
Bolshevik and menshevik.
I don't understand. Was the USSR socialist or communist?
Socalist
>>977751
*socialist
>who for one reason or another are considered greater than they they actually were
Just say "who are overrated", damn it.
>>976255
>FDR
Well he certainly wasn't greater then he actually was, he was probably overrated.
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>While in 1983 Britain had 174 working mines, by 2009, the number had decreased to six. Poverty increased in former coal mining areas, and an EU study on deprivation in 1994 found that Grimethorpe in South Yorkshire was the poorest settlement in the country.
>In 2013, the UK consumed 60 million tons of coal, of which 50 million tons were imported.
Was the Thatcher government the biggest blunder in UK history?
>>972852
>mines that didn't make profit
Thatcher did what had to be done, if she didn't, the economy would have gotten fucked up even more.
>>972859
How did they not make a profit if there was such a demand for coal?
>>972871
Because they didn't contain an infinite amount of coal?
