How did the USA afford the Lend-Lease Act in the midst of the Great Depression? Did they simply print more money?
>How did the USA afford the Lend-Lease Act in the midst of the Great Depression?
The Lend-lease act did not happen in the midst of the Great Depression.
>>978292
Yes it did.
>>978290
They put the population to work.
What does /his/ think of School of Life?
Also, we need to talk about this video in particular. What the fuck?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihSTGqCO52Q&nohtml5=False
>>978140
what's wrong about it?
>>978140
its a betacuck echochamber, intermixed with poignant and useful knowledge
Haven't watched the video. What is it?
Also, what other philosophy/history/science YT channels are worth following?
>>978240
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGreatWar and https://www.youtube.com/user/BlastfromthePast are fairly good. Though the latter seems dead. https://www.youtube.com/user/ForgottenWeapons if you want old firearms and how they worked. I also adore https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYzmanp7vNYq4_0BMRcMutw?&ab_channel=Anekantavad for how weird he is.
Is it true that during the development of the US as a successful colony and later an independent nation much of the cream of European society was drawn to America for the freedom and opportunity? Or, was it almost exclusively the working class that emigrated?
If this is true, will the same thing happen to the cream of American society when the US eventually begins to decline relative to emerging economies?
Slightly off topic but the reason the US was succesful was the transfer of social and financial capital of British settlers to the new world, in contrast in South America the settlers were exploitative in nature and did not seek to create a functional European society. In North America however there was a proper law system and its laws were enforced.
>>977853
Only poor people went, why would successful people leave?
>>977877
fame, fortune, power, adventure, prestige, native girls, freedom, whole bunch of reasons
If you take them both seriously, aren't Catholicism and democracy incompatible?
>>976964
Religion and true democracy is incompatible.
>>976964
Not at all Christianity is inherently secular which makes it able to adapt to all forms of governance
They're both very big ideas that can easily coexist if you strategically ignore the parts that don't.
Hey /his/ have any good movies that make you think or any good philosophical movies? Thanks in advance
I'll name some of my favourites, loosely related to analytic philosophy:
>Wittgenstein
>Travelling Salesman
>Oxford Murders
>Ex Machina
Obligatory:
>The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
>The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
>Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Been thinking about watching Agora as well.
>>975382
Also, Woody Allen seems pretty interested in philosophy so look into him.
Late Spring
What are dreams?
>>974312
The difference between a dream and your waking everyday perception is minimal. The only difference is that your waking perceptions bind to your sensory informaton, and are wholly correlated with it. Different wavelengths of light striking your retina stimulate different types of photoreceptors, which then transduce the signal down the optic nerve and cause your brain to see a certain color corresponding to that spectra.
The trick is, your brain already has that ability I see that color built into its circuitry. When you are awake, this capacity lies dormant until the appropriate stimulus triggers it (i.e the appropriate wavelength of light).
When you are dreaming, these capacities to visualize and experience become unbounded from sensory information, so your mind runs wild with vivid hallucinations of things you are not experiencing, but that feel like you are.
Why the brain does this is still mostly a mystery. One popular theory is that it helps you consolidate memories. It could be a way for your brain to "practice" having experience when you are not having it, so that you can better face the day.
t. neuroscience major
>>974357
This.
If you delve in the psychological side.
It allow you to realise hiden desires by the use of symbolism.
Freud didn't knew about the potential that dreams/sleep have to help memorisation but modern psychiatry recognise that living a symbolic fantasy isn't the "main" purpose of a dream.
is there anything I can do to influence my lucid dreaming?
Why was King John I the best king in English history?
>>971652
You know it's true.
Is there any male equivalent that can match Elizabeth and Victoria?
>>971678
Victoria was a fat useless figurehead, people remember her fondly because it was during her reign that all the Crown's real power was stripped away and Parliament took full charge of things.
Elizabeth was Elder God Tier, though. Arguably England's greatest monarch.
>When the great Tao is abandoned,
Benevolence and righteousness arise.
What did he mean by this?
>>969392
>HAVE WE BEGUN TO UNDERSTOOD THE TAO, SIFU?
>YES, THE TAO RISES.
>>969398
>implying the Tao which can be understood is actually Tao
baka desu senpai
>>969410
What did he mean by this?
Where's a good place to start on reading about the fall of the Roman Republic and the rise of Julius Caesar, to the rise and fall of the Roman Empire?
http://classics.mit.edu/Caesar/gallic.html
>>978057
Thanks. If I wanted to get that in physical form, would I be able to find one by the same translator? Or are there other good translators for physical editions?
>>978035
History of Rome podcast is pretty great if you don't mind not reading.
So how would the war be different if Operation Neptune failed? Now obviously the Axis would still lose but would this prolong the war in any significant way? How much further would the Soviets have pushed? Would it have any real effect on the Cold war that followed?
The extent of Soviet sphere of influence was already decided before the war was over in negotiation.
>>977935
If the soviets occupied more of continental europe than they had anticipated they might have reneged on the deal
>>977917
War would probably end in late 1945/early 1946.
Remember that by the time of Normandy Landing, soviets started Bagration which annihilated Army Group Center and any hopes of holding a stable frontline in the East for the Germany. After then it was just a matter of time before Soviets were in Berlin. Those troops that fought in Western Front could only delay them for so long.
What caused the hyperinflation in the Weimar Germany?
>>977879
Printing Money to cover government obligations and war reparations.
>>977879
do your own homework.
>>977880
This, its not complicated or mysterious
How effective would medieval weapons, swords, spears, maces etc. be in a modern riot situation, against police in riot gear (assuming they won't just start shooting)?
Obviously, they wouldn't do much against modern body armor, but even back then, combat was mostly about finding holes in your opponents armor. And riot gear leaves a lot of body parts exposed.
Also, what weapons and tactics would be the most effective against them?
>Note to NSA: I'm totally not planning to organize a revolt, just courious.
>assuming they won't just start shooting
Yeaa.... They will.
>>977868
>>977906
Riot police have a very strict order of operations regarding the escalation of foce. They are not immediately gonna switch to live ammo and start massacreing civvies. At least, that's from what I understand.
But let's humor OP for a moment. Which weapons are you gonna select and from what time period?
If we're talking generically, crushing weapons like maces and warhammers are useful if your riot cop is wearing hard armor. As are swords from the era of heavy plate armor.
You do have to realize that being proficient with a medieval melee weapon takes a long time. Time you don't have.
Which means crossbows and pikes. Lots of them. And if your mob has a bunch of crossbows, well...
Yeah, I think if you're gonna hit them with fucking crossbow bolts, they'e most likely gonna spray the mob with gunfire. And not rubber bullets.
ITT: Moments in history that can be best summed up with "It seemed like a good idea at the time"
>>977788
How is the eternal venetian not more hated around here?
>>977788
I will never, not see that jew nose above Churchill
>>977811
Because Greeks deserved what they got
>germany takes moscow, stalingrad and leningrad with limited casualities
>japan sinks US carriers in pearl harbor, does not lose half of its navy at midway and destroys the panama canal
>italy sends its troops to fight alongside germany in the eastern front instead of invading random balkan and african nations
>d-day fails
I think this would have been enough for the Axis to win WW2, and everything I said would have been completely possible shouldn't Axis politicians and generals be such retards.
Do you agree?
>>977074
The Italians DID send troops to the Eastern Front though
>>977074
>if literally every decisive moment of WWII happened differently, WWII would have been different
wow
>>977074
>germany takes moscow, stalingrad and leningrad with limited casualities
Impossible. The Germans did not have the manpower or logistics to do so. Even a stronger drive to Moscow alone would have left the southern flank exposed to an entire Russian army group, which is why forces were diverted south to destroy it.
>japan sinks US carriers in pearl harbor, does not lose half of its navy at midway
First half is possible but ultimately only extends the war in the Pacific a year at the most, the Japs still lose regardless
>and destroys the panama canal
Impossibru. Not counting the fact the Japanese actually couldn't have made it that far because of a lack of fuel ships and fuel in general, they would have been utterly ravaged by land based aircraft and bombers and the amount of damage they actually could have done with aircraft alone is questionable. Coming in close enough to use their main guns would have definitely ended in the Japanese navy being sunk by land based defenses and land launched aircraft.
>italy sends its troops to fight alongside germany in the eastern front
They did.
>d-day fails
On what condition?
>I think this would have been enough for the Axis to win WW2
No because even if all of this happens the US and UK still win the air war, still bomb Germany to shit, and still get the Nuke first and turn Germany into a radioactive wasteland.
Japan still loses because the US still turns out more tonnage in one year (1943) than they do in six years combined. The US economy was eight times larger than the Japanese economy in 1938, by 1943 the US economy had quintupled.
Is there anything that a formal Humanities education in something like history or literature offers that cannot be replicated through independent research? Is formal education of this time just neo-sophistry?
all formal education is basically independent research, what you pay for is someone to point you in the right direction.
>>976739
>independent research?
Just ask an academic question on 4chan and you'll see why that isn't always a good idea.
>>976739
>that cannot be replicated through independent research
What the hell are you talking about?
