ZapataCadabra

joined 2 years ago
[–] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

I suggest Robert Marks The Origins of the Modern World. He's not a Marxist, but he takes a materialist stance on this exact question.

Basically since Europe didn't have an abundance of mineral resources like gold and silver, they couldn't compete with the other major cultures in Eurasia. China and India had much better manufactured goods, Indonesia had spices, and the Ottoman empire had Afghani silver and were the middleman if Europe wanted to trade with the east.

What European nations could do was fight, all they did was fight each other for the last 1000 years. So they turn their warfare on other nations via gunboat diplomacy. I could go on, but by the time of the industrial revolution England's coal deposits put them in a powerful position. English coal combined with slaves and looting of the continents propelled them until WW2. After that America took over as world hegemon.

Basically it's not a simple answer, there were many points where the dice could have rolled the other way. The materialist answer is not supposed to be predetermined, that's where Jared Diamond gets it wrong. A lot of things went right for European empires and they capitalized on it with their barbarity.

[–] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

If you have one Hitler traveling at 50 miles per hour and another Hitler traveling at 55 miles per hour, which one finishes the genocide first.

[–] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Calling it Tankaman Square would be a good bit.

[–] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

America has had a Chief Justice Burger in the past, how long until we get a President Burger.

[–] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This was before he was elected. He hasn't given any indication since he was president that he'll do only one term.

[–] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 95 points 2 years ago (7 children)

It's fake. It doesn't work. They skipped safety procedures. It's not efficient anyways. It's not scalable. It wouldn't work without state funding. State funding is the reason it doesn't work. Social credit score.

[–] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What movie was Goodman playing Zeus? Because in Disney's Hercules, that's Rip Torn.

[–] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That sounds like a threat. Dark, even for Brandon.

[–] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

Will Binging with Babish cover this?

[–] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Look up their company website, go to their about page, pick a couple key words from there and shoehorn them into your interview questions. Usually I do this for my resume too but it seems like you've gotten past that point.

[–] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

The crowd that gathered for Lenin at Finland station was pretty based.

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