Why we actualy are making progress with poverty. “So China’s massive growth leap, which Hickel holds up as a successful example of non-capitalist poverty reduction, actually coincided with a radical shift in the direction of free markets, private property, private… Read More »Against Hickelism
History is wild. “Numerous medieval writers told tales of monks who ate too well, and consequently experienced a violent desire for sex, along with almost continuous emissions of semen.” https://aeon.co/essays/getting-down-and-medieval-the-sex-lives-of-the-middle-ages
At least not rich in the modern sense. “Imperialism is very old — the Romans, the Persians, the Mongols, and many other empires all pillaged and plundered plenty of wealth. But despite all of that plunder, no country in the… Read More »Nations don’t get rich by plundering other nations
Nuclear weapons are still an issue. “Do we view Hitler’s apocalyptic attitude as a singular historical anomaly? I’d like to believe that, but I can’t. Mao Zedong let tens of millions of his people die in a famine of his… Read More »We still haven’t solved the Nuclear Age
History is not always portrait correctly in movies. “Period strictures on drinking could get quite vivid. In one Penitential, a monk who vomited from drinking was to do thirty days penance, a priest or a deacon, forty. Throwing up the… Read More »Getting drunk in Medieval France
I do not know how, but this guy makes even most uninteresting stuff interesting
How to arrest presidents and prime ministers
Is US about to collapse like Prussia did? “The Prussian army collapsed not for lack of courage, but because its institutional mindset could not withstand the volatility of an age that demanded adaptability, political intelligence, and creative command.” https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/p/america-as-prussia-in-1806
Do you also have this feeling? Especially nowadays? “Do you really think that, given the highly-sensitive nature of international diplomacy, the US government — or any sane government, for that matter — would be willing to hand over his role… Read More »I’m tired of stupid people treating me like I’m an idiot
Iná doba, ale veľmi podobná “Poslední slovo komunismu je vládnout a nikoli zachraňovat; jeho velikým heslem je moc a nikoli pomoc. Chudoba, hlad, nezaměstnanost nejsou mu nesnesitelnou bolestí a hanbou, nýbrž rezervou temných sil, kvasící hromadou zuřivosti a odporu. “Tím… Read More »Karel Čapek – Proč nejsem komunistou?