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Democracies can only work if the people are virtuous. This observation can be found in the works of many diverse workers. Montesquieu cliamed that a monarchy runs on the monarch's desire for glory while a republic runs on the virtue of its people. We even see this basic assumption from an audience as diverce as revolutionairies as Franklin, Rousseau and Robespierre to anti-democrats like Voltaire and Burke. What they disagree on is not whether virtue is required, but whether the masses can be virtuous enough.
On the other hand, the problem with a monarchy is obvious:...
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Tie the weight of a person's vote to their intelligence and/or stake in the success of the society?
E.g. a young adult has a bigger stake than someone on their deathbed
Aristocratic Republic with elitist schools for budding statesmen. Imagine statesmen drilled like Prussian officers. The Republic elects leaders to serve terms of 4 years.
There are 'nationals' (non-citizens born in the country), and citizens. Only a small % of the population become citizens. Citizenship is not guaranteed by birth, it is a voluntary position a boy takes at ages 14-15. He will be drilled through elite education (if he is fit for it). At 21 he will be either accepted as a citizen or rejected. Every year there is a national wide celebration/holiday...
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>>1374879
>E.g. a young adult has a bigger stake than someone on their deathbed
This is where your proposal collapses. How would someone on his deathbed not have a stake in the success of a society? Would an old man not want to leave behind a proper environment for his children grandchildren and greatgrandchildren? Why would his opinion hold less value than that of a snotnosed brat who thinks he knows everything despite his lack of experience in both life and politics?
The problem with...
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Can anyone in a nation state truly say they are free?
What do you mean?
I am free
Freedom to do what?
Freedom from what?
General tank discussion thread.
Models accepted
Best tank of WW2. Prove me wrong.
>protip: you can't
>>1375881
oops, forgot picture
>>1375881
The M4 Sherman was cheaper to produce and had much, much better mechanical reliability, and much, much better crew arrangements.
Orney, Scotland.
This is how those fuckers lived in the fucking neolithic (pic related),
"The dwellings contain a number of stone-built pieces of furniture, including cupboards, dressers, seats, and storage boxes. Each dwelling was entered through a low doorway that had a stone slab door that could be closed "by a bar that slid in bar-holes cut in the stone door jambs".[9] A sophisticated drainage system was incorporated into the village's design. It included a primitive form of toilet in each dwelling."
They had toilets, fucking...
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>>1374671
Lol it's like the Flintstones
>>1374682
Lmao
>>1374682
You know what's really fucked up? Dino, the dinosaur pet from the Flintstones, used to talk in the first episode but in subsequent episode's he can only bark like a retard. Did they give him a dino-lobotomy or something?
What aspects made for a prosperous and culturally influential ancient society like Greece and Rome.
Was it just iq?
>warm but not tropical med climate
>ease of access to the wealthiest & advanced areas of the region
>insular tribal culture led to competition being a virtue
>iq
That don't explain while a civilization may overtake the other.
Like why Rome declined
>Rome declined because of mixing with slaves from other high iq places such as Carthage and Egypt
Asians have a significantly higher IQ.
Whatever happened to this guy's armor?
>>1374603
>*blocks your path*
He wanted roll damage
>>1374603
When he died they couldn't get it off him
Will they one day be seen as mythical figures that didn't exist?
>mythical figures
They already are
>that didn't exist
No, why would that happen?
In a few decades the only one they'll discuss is George Washington
>>1374599
Nuclear war.
What's the deal with slavery /his/? How come it was so common through out history? You'd figure slaves would constantly revolt against their masters. You'd expect that even slaves that were comparatively better treated, like house negros or high level Roman slaves with easy access to their masters would kill them simply out of spite.
What am I missing here? Does it have anything to do with feudalism where most people didn't work for money but just to have something to eat so basically slavery was all the same?
>>1374373
>What am I missing here
Slaves were/still are often the spoils of war, and if you get your ass kicked by a superior military power to the point where they can enslave you, you generally aren't in any position to disobey.
>>1374373
>How come it was so common through out history?
Because people are always looking for ways to cheat other people out of their labor
>You'd figure slaves would constantly revolt against their masters.
The only way to keep this from happening is to keep them illiterate and continuously terrorized.
>You'd expect that even slaves that were comparatively better treated, like house negros
They were warehoused...
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Liberty is a modern ideal.
How would China have fared in WW2 if they had legendary figures like Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to lead them?
Poorly since everybody was trying to learn how adjust from ww1 tactics, even well into ww2 on the African front.
>>1374312
Why would having some of the greatest strategists in history be a handicap to them? You don't make much sense desu famuri.
>>1374319
Don't over purchase into memes.
If you look at the Africa campaign, you'll see one general gaining 500 miles because of land because of ineffective tread pins on enemy tanks, then losing 500 miles because they have limited fuel. No grandmaster tactics here or there. Their scouts would smell blood and then they would yolo.
The very early battles in the war were guessing games.
ITT: We discuss the denial of holodomor.
Worse than the holocaust?
Probably.
>>1374280
>>1374287
>>1374291
Karl Marx must have realized there is no such thing as a physical relation, all relations are metaphysical. So, stressing relations as paramount compared to the material, how was he a materialist?
>>1374215
>All relations are metaphysical
>>1374215
>Karl Marx must have realized there is no such thing as a physical relation, all relations are metaphysical.
Can you expand upon what exactly you mean by this point? Let's take the example "X is on top of Y"; what do you mean when you say that's a metaphysical relation?
>>1374215
He believed the material, natural world, including people, could be understood without reference to the supernatural, spiritual world. Hence he was a materialist.
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What went wrong?
>>1374108
the british supporting the deaths of tens of thousands of people backed by soviets who both wanted their oil.
igbos being greedy
>>1376097
igbo had been the bitches of yoruba and hausa or centuries, they had every right to not be under their slavers forcing them into islam and cut off from international education
First thing I want to say is that I do not know much about warfare or history in general.
I made this thread because I have alway wondered how it was possible for those guys to get that far.
Take Germany for example. They had just lost the biggest conflict the world had ever seen only 20 years ago. They were crippled both economically and military-wise. How did they get back on their feet so quickly? How exactly was it possible to beat half of Europe within weeks? Tom e (as I said, I don’t know much) it appears that throughout the centuries, France and Germany had always...
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>>1374084
Hitler didn't really do that well especially compared to Napoleon.There is no reason to lump the two of them together.
>>1374084
>I made this thread because I have alway wondered how it was possible for those guys to get that far.
I'll just start out by posting this: http://www.napoleon.org/en/reading_room/articles/files/478851.asp
Now, on to the rest of your full retard.
>Take Germany for example. They had just lost the biggest conflict the world had ever seen only 20 years ago.
Correct
>They were crippled both economically and military-wise.
Incorrect....
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>>1374098
My impression is that Hitler mostly sucked as a military leader and had to rely on his generals for war, while Napoleon was the mastermind behind his military conflicts.
What do you think about tito's yugoslavia?
It collapsed.
>>1373962
>it collapsed
Talking about tito and his yugoslavia, not yugoslavia as a whole
charismatic leader
who were the most low energy, cucked politicians and rulers in history?
>low energy, cucked
Do you talk like this in real life?
>>1373661
Do you think of /his/ as real life?
Justinian.
>inb4 Orthocuck tranny comes in here crying
