>two kings Swedish kings died in battle
Why?
>>913988
Cause that's what their good at ofc
If you're referring to Karl as well as Gustav, then the siege of Fredriksten is far from a battle
it's obvious that since 1950, with advent of worldwide information and the real globalization, every decade had his own.
i was in discussing about music in another board and i noticed how every decade (50s, 60s and so on until now) had his own "mood" that you can get from the music, the pop culture, movies, everything that came from europe and US.
50s was the decades of materialism, that started in US and spreaded all over western society, where the objective society was to buy new stuff and get always more objects, cars, clothes, buy.
it was the industrial boom for a lot of society in western europe and for US itself, consumism became what we noe today, industrialization reached his highest level.
for sure it was consequence of the previous decades achievement in industrialization and economy, but only after war western (and then worldwide) society became what we're used to know. in popculture, song, etc. (elvis, icon of the 50s, was the perfect image of hedonism and care for pubblical image, with catching clothes and accessories) this is evident.
the only goal in a person life was to make a family, buy a new house, get wealthy and full of objects. materialism, hedonism, hope in the future, family, those were the values in western society that finally seen a bright future after the horrors of war.
the 60s were the change, the rebellion. mood of that decade was rebelling to the authority, to don't accept the consumistc society, to explore our inner nature and spiritualism. spread of modern drugs, psychedelia, the new goal was leaving back materialism and experiment new form of life, the dream of previous decade was now contrasted by pop culture (rock and progressive) and was not anymore material but spiritual (the icons of 60's music are usually shabby, long haired and with beard, opposite of previous music trend).
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70s followed the route tracked by 60s, always prefering moral, social and spiritual values over materialist one, less concentrated on the spiritual sphere and more on the social one (peace, equality, love etc.). again anyway, fight against materialism, status quo and "small minded" people.
the 80s were, again, the decade of materialism and hedonism, probably more than the 50s, years more "innocent.
the main difference between them was probably that while the 50s were more innocent and projected to future, 80s were a nihilist version of it.
with the same propension to materialism as a goal in life, 80s the pleasure obtained with drugs, sex and money.
the advent of always more advanced technology in electronic just alimented the wave of materialism in western society.
clothes, luxury cars, money, wall street manager, action movie star with super fit bodies, are the most remembered icons of 80s. successful, pretty and rich people.
colorful, happy, frivolous.
again, 90's are years of "revolt" against society and conformity.
grounge and spread of rave culture spreaded during early 90s. the nihilism of 80s lost all his materialist and ludicrous part and became total lose of hope in the future and in human being, the icons of his time are depressed and just whine about life and society or devote themself to rave and do drugs in an attempt to escape reality and society. even movies start to reflect this new wave of rebellion against status quo.
apart from grunge and rave culture in the US there is the spread of rap in his "first form", a way to protest against society and authority made by lower classes and discriminate race.
there's anger in it, again nihilism, hate.
i don't honestly know how to define 00s, to me they are pretty neutral time, a mix of love for materialism and rebellion, but honestly i don't still understand them.
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2010s, to me, are again a return of materialism and hedonism present in 50s and 80s, that are also the returning trends of last decades, starting from dressing trends (hipster culture take a lot from 50s and also a return to the 80s clothes, leather jacket, high sneakers and stuff like that). again, the icons are successful, fit and rich people, big cars, rap that's now totally converted into pure materialistic and status symbol ostentation, where more used theme are moneys, luxury and women.
resuming it, to me:
50s - materialism, consumism
60s - spiritualism, rebellion
70s - rebellion
80s - consumism, materialism, hedonism
90s - rebellion
00s - hard to define
2010s - consumism, hedonism
this is how i see the last decade, for sure there could be other opinion about them.
imho it's interesting noticing how trend worked during every decade of our society to understand how they could be in future and to see how society, like a person, change and go back on her steps to then change again.
what's your opinion about it?
i know it's a huge WoT, i tried to summarize my ideas about society, i hope it's the right board.
also i don't want to give any quality opinion about any decade or personal goals/values, i'm not trying to say that one decade it's better than other, it's just an impartial view on it
Is it true that he destroyed communism?
Kinda, it's about as true as saying that he destroyed Central America.
The eastern block was already a sinking ship and it already existed a lot of various groups pushing for independence or reforms.
Johannes paulus didn't really make things much better for the Soviet union either.
No, Communism destroyed George H.W. Bush
If you are referring to the fall of the USSR, according to Jegor Gaidar no.
They adjusted their speding on the high oil prices of the early 1980's and when the prices collapsed the leaders realized it too late, they weren't the most competent people in the world and the system had so many and so deep flaws that the collapse became inevitable.
Not sure if this is the right place, or if I should ask on /int/, but can anyone explain why Arab Muslims hate the Indonesian/East Asian Muslims? Is it just simple racism or is it a matter of complex doctrinal differences?
>>913799
Arabs hate everyone, including African Muslims. They even hate each other.
>>913799
Racism pretty much. Arabs are a bunch of rednecks to put it simply.
>>913799
They treat South Asian Muslims like dogshit too. I'm not even Muslim but I got treated way better in Saudi Arabia than the Muslim workers. They had no problem socializing w/me or even discussing religion. And I'm talking about old Arab dudes, not just young people.
I haven't found anything on my own, but I was wondering if anyone knows of a surviving piece of Etruscan writing. Even some of their alphabet would be great.
Also...Etruscan/Roman Conquest of Italy bread?
http://realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Misc/Writing/Etruscan_Language.htm
http://www.etruscanfoundation.org
>>913702
thanks anion
Filename thread.
>>913657
Advice for the future anon. Have at least a half dozen pics to contribute when making a request thread so that you can get the gears rolling
what is /his/ thoughts of it?
Dunno but it looks cool
>cool armour
>spread judaism to the wildlings of the baltics
Looks cool but useless for the most part. Generally admired by 17-18 year olds that first start looking into history.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intracoastal_Waterway
North America has god-tier geography
Did you mean to post this on /n/?
>>913273
Actually I just wanted to hear from you /his/ anons about general intracoastal stuff. IW has influenced the development of America in lots of ways economic and historical and I think it's really interesting. So consider this a general thread, I guess.
Haven't had my coffee yet, probably could have worded my OP better.
Thanks for pointing out /n/ to me, I've never been there before
Can anyone provide the full TV broadcast from Iraq 1991 Gulf War of the two british RAF pilots shot down forced to give interview after torture?
John Nichols and John Peters.
Why is Kant so fucking overrated?
His "categorical imperative" is literally the simplest form of ethics and only appeals to little children. And his redefinition of the word "noumenon" is merely a repetition of platonic forms.
>>912848
The Zero is the simplest thing ever and yet one of the most brilliant mathematic advances.
Most philosophers are overrated
Because Humefags still can't get over him
Is a bop on the nose ever justified
I'd like to give OP a bop on the nose
I'm a starry veck, O my brothers. I viddy quite a good bit in my jeezny. I've got me a horrorshow gulliver and an alright rasoodock, O my brothers. I'm not any sammy sarky bratchny either, no, Your Humble Friend And Narrotr himself is a veshch with many sneeties, who will skazat you one veshch: it's all merzky, thine jeezny, O my brothers.
>>912402
>nadsat
Wrong board
>>912420
What? Thou want an appy polly loggy? O you bolshy bratty, be dobby, won't you? Thine rasoodock will itty many horrorshow mestos if you simply make dorogoy waitings and tithings, and stop being so fagged and bashed and bagged, O my brothers.
Cheena so sound, so titi up this malchick, say
Party up moodge, nanti vellocet round on Tuesday
Real bad dizzy snatch making all the omies mad - Thursday
Popo blind to the polly in the hole by Friday
Where the fuck did Monday go?
I'm cold to this pig and pug show
I'm sittin' in the chestnut tree
Who the fuck's gonna mess with me?
Girl loves me
Hey cheena
Girl loves me
Girl loves me
Hey cheena
Girl loves me
[Bridge]
Where the fuck did Monday go?
I'm cold to this pig and pug show
Where the fuck did Monday go?
You viddy at the cheena
Choodesny with the red rot
Libbilubbing litso-fitso
Devotchka watch her garbles
Spatchko at the rozz-shop
Split a ded from his deng deng
Viddy viddy at the cheena
Holy shit /his/, I've spent the last week and a half looking for a good WW2 Pacific Theatre documentary and everything I've found is ether wrong, biased, or shit beyond compare. What would /his/torians consider the best documentaries for this part of the war?
Define "biased"
>>912385
There was one "documentary" that just blantently made the USS Enterprise look like the goddamn messiah of the war, and equated its presence anywhere as the reason of victory, needless to say it got old fast.
>>912369
You may check if BBC doesn't have something on it but it'll have focus on Burma and Malayas which may not be to your liking.
>>912389
I can recommend you "Keep the Battleship Advantage", by William Steerman but it's a book and it is biased in the other-way round(not even close to what you're saying though) but if you use it as a point of comparison with the CV messianic narrative you'll get a proper picture of naval conflicts in the first half of 20th century.
If this thread get's off the ground, I'll make it a series.
Basically, what you do is search for crushing victory for a specified nation. We'll start with Britain.
Easy mode: Victory can be won by any of the three British nations (England, Scotland, Wales) but no Ireland.
Hard mode: Only by a unified Britain.
I'll start with an obvious one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Armada
Tomorrow we'll do France.
>>912335
>doesn't even post the hard mode version
kek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trafalgar
>>912339
Well, I think the Battle of Gravelines was a more impressive feet, even if the Spanish did something very similar not too long later with the roles reversed.
At Trafalgar, the British ships and crew simply outclassed anything the Franco-Spanish fleet had. While at Gravelines, the English were outnumbered, and the Spanish had larger ships.
Does anyone here have a degree in World History and U.S. History? What job do you have? Do you like it?
I work at KFC for the last ~5 years.
I like it, it's better than than at Burger King, where I used to work before that. My boss is pretty cool too, let's us take 10 minutes cigarette breaks when it's not too busy.
I also got back together with my ex, so I gotta say, all in all I'm happy with my life.
