Was the Soviet government system anything other than a empire with a non-hereditary monarch?
It was plenty of things besides that, although it was also that.
>>974479
Empire is not a government system, although USSR was an empire. As far as monarchy goes, sort of. Soviet Union was indeed a case of traditional authority in a non-monarchic country.
It was a party administered oligarchy you plebs.
Politburo had all the power, the premier wasn't always an absolutist dictator like Stalin.
Let's have a CKII General, /his/. What autistic shenanigans are you pulling now with the medieval dynastic simulator?
>playing as the (Greek) Kingdom of Taurica, a break-away from the Byzantine Empire
>have invaded large parts of Asia Minor, driving back the Seljuks slowly; eventually plan on driving out the remaining Byzantine hold-outs, once they have another major revolt
>created a vassal merchant republic in Crimea, the cash is flowing in like crazy
>trying to obtain enough kingdom and duchy and county titles to usurp the Byzantine Empire
>>973258
>>138526110
>>973258
fuck off
CK2 is casual baby shit
Was Waterloo stolen from Napoleon?
>Has Wellington almost BTFO
>Suddenly based Prussians show up and the entire battle changes
I know there's no such thing as a fair war, but geez. The Eternal Anglo really got off lucky there.
>>972845
>based Prussians show up
>based Prussians
>Prussians
>based
>Germans
>based
Reported
>based prussians
Is he any good, /his/? What are his main ideas?
>>972842
[reply full of memes]
>>972842
Ideology
>I'll just cite more reactionary and conservative thinkers and call myself a marxist
I'll always wonder what happened 3000 years ago, I like to toy with the idea that we really know. Is what I do important in the grand scheme of things?
>>972395
>Is what I do important in the grand scheme of things?
no
>>972395
No. But sometimes I fantasize about killing most of humanity with a virus and then starting over from scratch with a several concubines and doing that shit like Noah did.
/his/ what is the effect of inbreeding and incest?
At some point in time humanity there would've been a time where humans were so few that they we were literally fucking each other's very close relations.
What are the effects of inbreeding and incest through generations starting off with a group of one male and several females?
>>972395
Yes, anon. You are the messiah destined to lead the Indian people to Mars by 2020.
How could the Allies fuck up so badly?
It's almost unimaginable how one-sided the Battle of France was when two sides were pretty much evenly matched on paper.
France was using WW1 technology and tactics. Simple.
>>972330
France did want to entrench the northern border as well, but the Belgians began bitching about how it would isolate them from their ally France, which they ditched when it was to late to lengthen the Magionet line that much.
The Belgians should just have realized their fate is to get invaded either by Germans heading towards France or Frenchmen heading at Germany.
>WW1 technology
That's not true.
>>972330
Maybe the tactics were erroneous for too much reliance on the WW1 experiences but the technology was most definitely not on the level of the previous war. Although they were still far behind the 1944/1945 levels, I'll give you that.
Cont...>>967141
Part 4 The Golden Age
The unprecedented period of stability and economic growth spread throughout Gupta Empire its old Kushan and Saka foes in the north began to crumble and their facade of a united nation could only be maintained for so long as the collapsed Saka nation and the collapsing Kushan were suddenly beset by the erstwhile allied nomadic tribes that inhabited the north and west of their respective lands and this unrest led to a number of tribes to cause instability and conflict to rage throughout the borders of the Gupta Empire.
Raids began increasingly frequent as tribes began to migrate toward the propering lands of central india, into the heart of the Gupta Empire. Seeing the obvious danger that was the migration Emperor Chandragupta II Vikramaditya once more gathered his vast armies now numbered at half a million men and tens of thousands of horsemen with thousands of elephants set about to counter these raids.
What followed was a series of wars that saw the nomads and old kingdoms of the Saka completely disintegrate as the massive forces under Vikramaditya began to destroy the various bands of nomadic tribes that faced him, the primary reason for the defeat of the swift cavalry of the nomads may have been the effective use of foot archers defended by armoured infantry.
The archers are said to have outranged the enemy horse archers and raiders and were shot down before they could get in range, their cavalry was met with Guptas own horsemen armoured like the Kushan Noble they had fought, and hundreds of charging armoured elephants to boot simply shattered any hope of victory, the combined arms and tactics found in the ancient military manual named the Siva-Dhanur-Veda (Knowledge of Weapons) were followed during this period and produced enormously advantageous strategic results, local tribes and chieftans flocked to the Gupta banner and the borders of the Empire stretched further westward past the Indus and north toward Afghanistan...
>>971215
This was soon followed by a general retreat by the nomadic forces and being the war hungry Emperor like his father Vikramaditya pursued them into their homelands.
According to one of his coutiers named as the infamous Kalidasa claims in his 4th century text the Raghu Vamsa that Vikramaditya had conquered some 21 kingdoms in this manner and set about northward and conquered the Kambojas, Parasikas, Huna tribes gathering in western and northern Amu Darya(Oxus) Valleys.
Another source called The Brihatkathamanjari( Bree-Hath-Kathaa-Munn-jaree) authored by Kshmendra(shea-men-drah) stated Charkavartin(Emperor) Vikramaditya had "unburdened the sacred earth of the Barbarians like the Sakas(Scythians), Mlecchas(Pagans), Kambojas(Steppe Nomads), Yavanas(Indo-Greeks), Tusharas(Tocharians), Parasikas(Indo Kushans), Hunas(yeuzhi), etc. by annihilating these sinful Mlecchas completely".
This led to a sort of Pax-Imperium situation were all the foes were defeated in the north and the south was secured by matrimonial and alliance while the east submitted to peace treaties and trade. The Gupta Empire flourished ever greater as scholars from china and further afield travelled to study Buddhism and Jain temples were being built as art and literature once more took precedence over warfare.
It was around this time 399-401 AD that Faxian, an ancient chinese buddhist scholar arrived in india and left the accounts of his journey to india which was previously mentioned >>967141 and according to him there was an absence of capital punishment, the lack of a poll-tax and land tax and people did not eat onions, garlic, meat, or wine.
>>971215
Saka's are a Persian tribe right? Sort of like the Scythians?
>>971506
Sakas are Scythians, in reference to my posts they are Indo-Scythians who settled in the indus valley and gujrat during the early second and third century AD.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saka
Why did the Cold War happen?
Was coexistence impossible?
But it was a form of coexistence. The actual question is, why no major war happened since 1945? And the answer is nukes.
Maybe, but it wasn't within the interests of either of the superpowers
>>969723
capitalism and communism are two, very slight different ideologies
Why has nobody ever refuted Nozick's critique of the income tax?
Oh of course: because he was right.
Those who earn the most money owe the least to society since they already give more than anybody else through their voluntary economic activity. Unemployed hippies and NEETs should be put into productive slavery before taxes are ever levied.
>>969389
Not familiar with Nozick or his critique of income tax, but what you're talking about after that has been refuted pretty thoroughly.
Those who earn the most money benefit most from the rule of law, and thus owe the most back for its existence.
>>969389
>Those who earn the most money owe the least to society since they already give more than anybody else through their voluntary economic activity
Sorry to break up your hero-worship but people in charge of corporations are just as easily replaceable as people in charge of government. Should we make sure a POTUS always leaves office with at least a few tens of billions for his services? Don't be an idiot. This is pointless moralizing and has nothing to do with a discussion of rational economics.
Law is talked about so little on /his/. Let's change that.
a) Where are you studying?
b? Are you enjoying it?
c) What is your favourite area of law?
d) The area of law you have had the most trouble comprehending?
e) The area of law most commonly misunderstood by laymen?
f) Who is your favourite judge?
I have to go with my man, Lord Denning for the last one. Great legal mind; decided to be Master of the Roll instead of the more prestigious but less involved House of Lords. Here he harassed the judgments of the House of Lords, favouring more equitable and sensible law, which earned him the nickname "The People's Judge".
>studying esoteric bullshit to empower the rich and powerful
shit tier major/10
>>969198
>to empower the rich and powerful
Are the poor not empowered by enforcement of a contract they entered into with a multinational company? The claimant/plaintiff developing a complex area of law might be rich and powerful -- for they are the parties who have the financial means to further their legal argument to the highest level -- but the law developed protects everyone.
>>969366
>Are the poor not empowered by enforcement of a contract they entered into with a multinational company?
It depends.
Why aren't you a member of the Richard III Society, /his/?
They still trying to deny he had a crook back?
All hail the true king Richard!
>>967339
He had scoliosis, but he wasn't a hideously ugly clubfooted hunchback with a withered arm.
has recreational drug use ever caused the downfall of a nation?
Opium did fuck over China quite a bit and made Britain very rich in the 19th century.
Alcoholism has decimated native communities around the world
>>973927
[spoiler]among other things[/spoiler]
What are some of the most misunderstood ideas/ideologies?
My vote goes for: Anarchism, Communism and Nationalism.
>>965126
They are not misunderstood. They are shit by themselves.
>>965126
That depends on what you mean by misunderstood. Are you talking about the ideal concepts or the practical implications?
>>965137
I'm sure you have some misconceptions of each of those.
Anarchism is probably the worst off, people think it means you just wan't to destroy stuff.
So basically the three boards that talk most about this subject is /his/, /k/ and /tg/.
I know that /his/ is very much a board dedicated to history, but it seems that the military side of things on here revolve around pitting two hypothetical armies against each other or some speculative scenario than I guess a proper look at tactics and stuff.
I don't know, that's just the impression I get.
This isn't a criticism of /his/, just if there's a point in looking at the other boards for this.
Pic mostly unrelated.
>>962417
I'd say cut out /k/ they are good for pictures or weapons or armor but spout crap.
/his/ is kinda shitty but you're likely to get more responses here.
/tg/ is great but sadly a thread there will be archived in a day
/k/ is the best for military history. Hands down.
/k/ is your best bet
Does Arianism have merit?
>>973737
Of course, the idea that the a god would give birth to a divine man is inherently laughable. It's a shame it didn't become the Orthodoxy.
>>973745
Spotted the mudslime.
>>973749
Spotted the Christcuck.
