So tell me /his/
Was the American civil war about freeing the slaves or were other motives behind it?
it wasn't so much that the north was trying to free the slaves as it was the south breaking away because they feared the federal government would end slavery, and thus cripple their economy. the war was then fought to end the rebellion, and the slaves were freed in the process
oh good its this thread again
>>421522
It was about states rights...
To own people as property.
Because that's what built the Southern economy
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who /absurdism/ here?
>tfw my whole life is absurdist
Imo absurdism makes sense only if you're incapable of seeing reality outside of western forms of rationality.
If you believe that only things understandable by dualistic constructs or human forms of perception are real/exist of course you will find reality to be absurd, however this assumes that human conceptualization/perception is the only way the universe can be experienced. Basically I find absurdism to be short-sighted.
>>421720
While this is true I find it pretty hard to fault a philosophy for not going beyond what humans can perceive. Any philosophy that does this is really more guessing than anything because we cannot percieve in any way but the human way.
Even if USA didn't have any nuclear weapons, would imperial Japan had any chances winning WW2?
I've kinda gotten an impression that they never stood a chance. They were low on resources and slowly losing battles around the empire.
>>420208
>I've kinda gotten an impression that they never stood a chance. They were low on resources and slowly losing battles around the empire.
Yes, the truth is that despite their impressive military, navy, etc... they lacked in resources, logistics, and industrial output.
No country can hold out against a global war effort or coalition, with industrial capabilities and manpower beyond their own.
The Napoleonic Wars and WWI proved this, and WWII was simply a continuation of this theme... though there were other factors in each individual conflict.
I always found it more impressive these states managed to last as long as they did against such overwhelming odds, and its to their credit.
>>420208
Japan's intention was never to "win ww2," by which I assume you mean the war in the Pacific.
Japan's goal was to disable the American Pacific fleet in one strategic attack while shocking the American population into backing down from the sanctions.
The Japanese figured that even in worse case scenario, they would have 4-5 years until the US could rebuild it's fleet strong enough for a war. By that point Japan was planning on getting a peace agreement as they assumed they would have won the war in China by that point.
As it happens, the Japanese completely misread the situation, failed to even put a real dent in the Pacific fleet, and ended up with a very, very pissed off United States bombing and blockading the shit out of them.
tl;dr
Japan's Goal: Survive
I don't mean to sound harsh but how is that even a question.
The bombs didn't come out of nowhere during an evenly matched conflict that could go either way, some sort of a magical silver bullet, a deus ex machina resolution or whatever.
They came at the time where the allies, chiefly the Americans, had free reign of the Pacific.
The Japanese navy had a single one (1, less than two) capital ship remaining by mid-1945. American planes flew over the home islands with nigh impunity.
Basically the only obstacle the Japanese could mount was a last gasp, probably rather suicidal, last stand of the remnants of their forces on their home islands.
That is not having a chance of winning. That is not even having a potential chance of winning. That is not even possessing a minuscule chance of a possibility of perhaps entertaining the thought of doing anything other than losing.
tl'dr - no
>MLK
Were those recordings true?
I've heard plenty of times that Hoover was just paranoid as fuck, is there any validity to this?
Not trolling, honest to God(gods/whateverthefuck) wonder what you think /his/.
I know that he was so controversial that he could've basically been killed by anybody, but do you think Hoover fucked with him or was he really fucking some srs hot poon on the side?
Personally, I think that he was having an affair (or more), but that it was blown the fuck apart by a crazy person all over the place and that if he tried to be less crazy he would have been... seen as less crazy.
Dated a girl who's granddad was in the FBI; oddly enough he specialized in surveillance but this was years after King. Had pictures with Hoover in his office.
Anyways, the subject came up once and he basically said yeah the FBI knew all sorts of shit about him and basically the most damning was that he loved the white womens. I mean he really loved the white womens.
>>419686
MLK only became a threat to the government when he came out against the Vietnam War and started talking about poverty in general, not just the black variety. That's when the establishment turned against him and started attacking him for being too radical. It's no coincidence that he was assassinated while leading and organizing the "Poor People's Campaign."
Same thing with Malcolm X being assassinated after he started calling for racial harmony.
>>420057
>the most damning was that he loved the white womens. I mean he really loved the white womens.
This is pretty much every non-white male on the face of the planet.
Unfortunately.
How the fuck did they do it?
No seriously, how did they pull it off? I understand that the entire country had been basically blown to shit, but even then how did the guys in charge manage to completely rewrite history and do everything they did, turning 1953 into Oceania's Year Zero? It really is quite a feat in this modern age.
>>419257
alliances with china and russian desu senpai
>>419281
That doesn't really explain how they managed to brainwash 25 million people into believing the father is the eternal leader even in death and that his son was born under a double rainbow. Also that they can blow up tanks by punching them.
>>419290
implying majority of people are brainwashed.
most are repressed by the military, thats why many try to escape every year.
dont get me wrong I'm sure a very large portion are indoctrinated to a point nearing brainwashing but it would be nearly impossible to fully achieve this across an entire population.
When will this meme die?
>>415085
What's up with the bottom of the scabbard?
>>415094
Some form of ornamentation.
>>415094
I'm guess it's a stylistic choice as well as to put more weight at the bottom
Pick another religion you do not believe in and disprove it. Simple enough.
Some rules:
>No just saying they are wrong because we are right.
>Use the most accurate, formal logic you can, avoid fallacies.
>Explain why that argument could not be used on your own belief.
>>414642
Religions cannot be disproven. They are not falsifiable.
That's what makes them suck.
The Messiah will do many things.
>The whole world will worship the One God of Israel. Isaiah 2:11-17, Isaiah 40:5, Zephaniah 3:9
Currently does not happen.
>Knowledge of God will fill the world. Isaiah 11:9, 45:23, 66:23, Jeremiah 31:33, Zechariah 3:9, 8:23, 14:9,16, Ezekiel 38:23, Psalm 86:9
This means irrefutable evidence. Knowledge, not faith.
>All Israelites will be returned to their homeland Isaiah 11:12, 27:12-13, Ezekiel 11:17, 36:24, Deuteronomy 30:3
I am still in America.
>The Jewish people will experience eternal joy and gladness. Isaiah 51:11
Holocaust? Inquisition? Progroms?
>Nations will recognize the wrongs they did to Israel. Isaiah 52:13-53:5
Holocaust deniers
>The peoples of the world will turn to the Jews for spiritual guidance. Zechariah 8:23
Spiritual, not monetary.
>Weapons of war will be destroyed. Ezekiel 39:9
Not destroyed by nuclear weapons.
>All of the dead will rise again Isaiah 26:19
You claim one dude, I want them all.
>A person’s genealogical/tribal membership are transmitted exclusively through one’s physical father. Numbers 1:18, Jeremiah 33:17
Jesus whose alleged sketchy genealogy is maternal cannot possibly be a descendent of the tribe of Judah
>Third Temple will be rebuilt. Micah 4:1, Ezekiel 40-42, Isaiah 2:2-3, Malachi 3:4, Zechariah 14:20-21,
Not a person, but a physical building.
>World Peace: Isaiah 2:4, 11:6, 60:18 Micah 4:1-4, Hosea 2:20
Open a newspaper lately?
>Christianity claims that Jesus "Fulfilled the law"
According to Deut 13:2-7, this makes Jesus a false prophet.
>All Jews will embrace Torah observance. Ezekiel 37:24, Deuteronomy 30:8-10, Jeremiah 31:32, Ezekiel 11:19-20, 36:26-27.
How many Jews are fully observant today?
>The Messiah can not be part God. Deut 6:4
Not explicitly Jesus, but the idea that the Messiah will be Godly is antithetical to Judaism.
>>414671
RIP Christianity
Are the adoption of "Christian values" reason enough to convert to Christianity?
You should convert if you agree with Symbol of Faith.
>>411391
with what?
Does anyone here have a career related to history or humanities?
>>407656
Burger flipper.
I love history but I don't have the patience or nerve to be a professor so it's otherwise pretty useless desu
>>407656
I have a degree in history. Coming out of university the only options available were teacher's college or grad school. Since no school board gives a flying fuck about history there are few jobs for history teaching. You'll be better off teaching English and then weaving your way into history.
Grad school just means more debt, you come out with a better credential but job prospects remain slim. Becoming a full time professor takes years and since few professors retire at 65 you'll be in the pipe for a long ass time just waiting for an interview.
So whats the difference between Islam's Jesus and Christian's Jesus..?
Both faiths are similar story's of him.
>>393681
christianity holds that jesus was himself god/ a part of god/ the son of god and islam holds that he was a prophet with unique blessings
>>393681
As far as I've heard, in Islam Jesus was simply seen as a "great prophet," the second greatest actually after Mohammed. Now, that brings up contradictions, as Jesus clearly said things that are incompatible with Islam, and I'm not currently aware how the Muslim intellectual community deals with this.
>>393681
Islam prohibits people from worshipping anyone besides Allah. I'm not too sure here but I assume Isa is not a son of G-d but rather just a really cool guy.
Mods are asleep post 10/10 hot sexy buildings
Oh yeah baby that's it
>Toronterrible
Can an averagely intelligent hard worker succeed in academic pursuits?
With the proper resources, most of which can be found online or at a local university library, and a bit of dedication, you can learn a lot.
If you're serious, see the policies for non-university affiliated individuals for borrowing books. A lot of them will allow you to use their resources.
It gets a lot of shit here, but Reddit is actually a decent place to find and catalog large amounts of information on any given subject. Avoid the comment sections, and stick to subreddits dedicated to academic topics.
>>427273
>Can an averagely intelligent hard worker succeed in academic pursuits?
No. Neither hard work nor intelligence are related to academic success. Publishing is.
>>427333
Pretty sure both of those attributes correlate at least somewhat with publishing senpai
How to distinguish between REAL philosophy and mental wankery?
>>427095
REAL philosophy advances opinions you agree with.
Mental wankery advances opinions you disagree with.
>>427095
Foucault is often as full of shit as the rest of the post-structuralists; however, I find his ideas about skepticism and power interesting.
It's interesting to read his works, even when he plays dishonest rhetorical games, because of his ideas and style.
Also, not many people can make Chomsky look foolish
>>427106
>Also, not many people can make Chomsky look foolish
What is /his/' opinion on the Rape of Nanking?
Did it really occur, or was it just propaganda against the Japanese?
>>426899
Took a class on Genocides in high school and we had a week dedicated to Nanking. Pretty graphic stuff. Didn't think people thought of it as not ever happening.
>>426923
Outside of Japan, Nanking denial is just a meme.
There were a ton of international people in Nanjing at the time and even the Nazis were reporting on the Japanese atrocities. John Rabe was trying his best to stop them.
>Japan
>Italy
>Romania
>Hungary
>Bulgaria
>Slovakia
>Independent State of Croatia
>Thailand
>Finland
>Iraq
Why were the most whitest states in the Axis?
Thailand doesn't get enough shit for being Axis.
>>426708
we are übermensch, just deal with it subhuman.
also hitler was a fucking idiot, white race supremacism was then aswell as today most widely supported by people which were not sure if they were actually white or not.
>>426953
The nazis where not founded soloely on white supremacy. Publically, nationalism was more popular.
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