Is anyone else reading this?
Civilization: The West and the Rest
Is anyone else reading this?
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
Re: Civilization: The West and the Rest
I watched the docus he did
"The Ascent of Money"
Civilisation is the West History
And the China one called "China Triumph and Turmoil"
He is quite good never read the book though.
They slew him with poison afaid to meet him with the steel
a gallant son of eireann was Owen Roe o'Neill.
Internet is a bad place for info Gaelic Cowboy
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i watched the TV documentaries too, very good.
his book on empire was likewise good, and quite enjoying his one on counterfactuals.
Furunculus Maneuver: Adopt a highly logical position on a controversial subject where you cannot disagree with the merits of the proposal, only disagree with an opinion based on fundamental values. - Beskar
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Did you see the China one lately I like the term he made "Maostalgia"Originally Posted by Furunculus
They slew him with poison afaid to meet him with the steel
a gallant son of eireann was Owen Roe o'Neill.
Internet is a bad place for info Gaelic Cowboy
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i think i did, missed that.
Furunculus Maneuver: Adopt a highly logical position on a controversial subject where you cannot disagree with the merits of the proposal, only disagree with an opinion based on fundamental values. - Beskar
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Haven't read his work but after seeing the documentaries he made I can fully agree with Krugman's conclusion that Ferguson is a poseur who hasn't bothered to understand the basics, relying on snide comments and surface cleverness to convey the impression of wisdom. It's all style, no comprehension of substance
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Dont we all
They slew him with poison afaid to meet him with the steel
a gallant son of eireann was Owen Roe o'Neill.
Internet is a bad place for info Gaelic Cowboy
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This also describes 99% of the Backroom.
At the end of the day politics is just trash compared to the Gospel.
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All of us are suspect.
No exceptions.
Vitiate Man.
History repeats the old conceits
The glib replies, the same defeats
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
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Read it.
Largely a summary of stuff you find in greater detail elsewhere; unfortunately nothing that struck me as original or a "new view". It is nice to have it all in one place to save one from running around looking for "that book".
On a similar theme, but one I found a more interesting read: The Post American World Release 2.0: Fareed Zakaria; 2008,2011.
Not dead yet, but certainly adjusting to a new world of rising powers.
Ja-mata TosaInu
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Only exception was Tribesman.
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Right, and that's why I tell you guys to leave the thinking to me.
Seriously, we're not university professors here.
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