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15 | 3.71% |
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115 | 28.47% |
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12 | 2.97% |
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67 | 16.58% |
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94 | 23.27% |
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14 | 3.47% |
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87 | 21.53% |
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Al-Saqr posted:Nothing ever changes. Time is a Flat Circle. We are all stuck in an ouroboros of poo poo. COOL get me out of this whack rear end western empire
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Mar 2, 2023 10:28
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The port at Hambantota is gonna blow up, the media will tell us China did it, and then three months later an expose will be written by, I dunno, Russell Brand showing US Navy ships leaving Diego Garcia and heading for Sri Lanka
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Mar 2, 2023 10:34
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:More broadly it's because a state's institutions (not necessarily elite) reinforce themselves, but as circumstances change, their purposes can become completely unhelpful. A straightforward example is Rome, which was a heavily militarized state with an insanely ambitious officer corps that basically had privatized armies, who could reward the state via semi-independent campaigns of enslavement-conquest-colonialism and could bounce back from any sort of foreign defeat. The problem was that the military sustained itself on conquering populated land, and the Romans ran out of people to victimize, leading to infighting that progressively destabilized the empire until it was almost in perpetual civil war. The same thing happened with the Qinq and the Manchu Banner system. The Manchu Way: The Eight Banners and Ethnic Identity in Late Imperial China In 1644, the Manchus, a relatively unknown people inhabiting China’s rude northeastern frontier, overthrew the Ming, Asia’s mightiest rulers, and established the Qing dynasty, which endured to 1912. From this event arises one of Chinese history’s great conundrums: How did a barely literate alien people manage to remain in power for nearly 300 years over a highly cultured population that was vastly superior in number? This problem has fascinated scholars for almost a century, but until now no one has approached the question from the Manchu point of view. This book, the first in any language to be based mainly on Manchu documents, supplies a radically new perspective on the formative period of the modern Chinese nation. Drawing on recent critical notions of ethnicity, the author explores the evolution of the “Eight Banners,” a unique Manchu system of social and military organization that was instrumental in the conquest of the Ming. The author argues that as rulers of China the Manchu conquerors had to behave like Confucian monarchs, but that as a non-Han minority they faced other, more complex considerations as well. Their power derived not only from the acceptance of orthodox Chinese notions of legitimacy, but also, the author suggests, from Manchu “ethnic sovereignty,” which depended on the sustained coherence of the conquerors. When, in the early 1700s, this coherence was threatened by rapid acculturation and the prospective loss of Manchu distinctiveness, the Qing court, always insecure, desperately urged its minions to uphold the traditions of an idealized “Manchu Way.” However, the author shows that it was not this appeal but rather the articulation of a broader identity grounded in the realities of Eight Banner life that succeeded in preserving Manchu ethnicity, and the Qing dynasty along with it, into the twentieth century. "You start out in 1644 by saying 'archery, horsemanship, warrior' but by 1800 you can't say 'warrior' - that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, Red Banner, Bordered Blue Banner, and all that stuff, and you’re getting so abstract. Now you're talking about passing exams, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is, Han get hurt worse than Manchu... 'we want to tax this,' is much more abstract than even the banner thing, uh, and a hell of a lot more abstract than 'warrior, warrior'."
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Mar 2, 2023 10:51
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it's cool how obviously and inevitably we are heading towards a world splitting confrontation with China because the west will not share even 1% of the 'bounty'. China, like Russia, is not allowed to have a sphere of influence. So we're heading towards ruin either via violence or just because of worldwide economic disruption. And 99% of the western public cannot perceive this even through its unfolding before them like the worst most overwrought political drama. Like just piece it together how there's been almost a decade of drip fed anti-china bullshit. Doesn't it all seem a bit fishy and formulaic? No? Well gently caress.
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Mar 2, 2023 10:51
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Regarde Aduck posted:it's cool how obviously and inevitably we are heading towards a world splitting confrontation with China because the west will not share even 1% of the 'bounty'. China, like Russia, is not allowed to have a sphere of influence. So we're heading towards ruin either via violence or just because of worldwide economic disruption. And 99% of the western public cannot perceive this even through its unfolding before them like the worst most overwrought political drama. Like just piece it together how there's been almost a decade of drip fed anti-china bullshit. Doesn't it all seem a bit fishy and formulaic? No? Well gently caress. It's all about primacy. If the USA waits another generation China wins by default and the USA can never regain the lead. It's now or never. China's best play would be to play this out for as long as possible. Saddle up common folk, whoever wins you get to be the meat in the sandwich.
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Mar 2, 2023 10:58
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I'm just glad the whites are moving on from anti-arab anti-muslim racism hopefully this means that I'll finally be able to go to america, canada, britain and europe without applying for a visa six months in advance. Tough luck to the chinese and russians out there. Al-Saqr has issued a correction as of 11:02 on Mar 2, 2023 |
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Mar 2, 2023 10:59
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"barbarism isnt real," i assure myself as i close my eyes and ram the world economy with my lovely f-35
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Mar 2, 2023 10:59
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Zodium posted:"barbarism isnt real," i assure myself as i close my eyes and ram the world economy with my lovely f-35 One of the reasons we don't have artillery parks of tank fleets anymore. Who needs that old poo poo when we have stealth networked airborne wunderwaffe with super missiles. Which we can't afford to buy, operate, use, deploy or re-arm if we actually did. Replacements might have a lead time of a decade, or never. Also may not perform as advertised.
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Mar 2, 2023 11:01
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DancingShade posted:
I hope the chinese win so I can be a Szechuan beef dish instead that has more flavour in it. Hopefully with a nice heap of mixed fried rice.
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Mar 2, 2023 11:01
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Al-Saqr posted:I hope the chinese win so I can be a Szechuan beef dish instead that has more flavour in it. Hopefully with a nice heap of mixed fried rice. A good fried rice dish is real indulgence food. Tasty.
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Mar 2, 2023 11:02
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Ytlaya posted:The only reason I'm still hesitant to come to any particular strong conclusions is that last year the situation seemed kind of similar (Russia gradually progressing while causing massive casualties via artillery to the Ukrainian troops) and then suddenly Russia's line broke and Ukraine took a couple significant cities. Yeah, in the absence of any reliable information about the actual state and disposition of the opposed militaries, we're all just spitballing and attempting to read between the lines of the reporting that we do have access to. For me, we'll see the truth of things later on in the Spring, once the mud dries up. If the Russians launch big, successful offensives and drive the Ukrainians back, then we'll know that the Russians have indeed successfully reorganised and prepared themselves and that Ukraine is indeed losing the ability to successfully resist. If it's the Ukrainians who launch successful offensives, then we'll know that the Russians really are in a desperate situation and that the Ukrainians have retained the ability to take the initiative and push back forcefully. Until we actually see facts on the ground, it's all just reading the tea leaves.
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Mar 2, 2023 11:08
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wars are intrinsically unpredictable. all the data are unreliable and grossly incomplete garbage, and even if they weren't, there's no scientific theory of war. people are just guessing.
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Mar 2, 2023 11:16
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DancingShade posted:One of the reasons we don't have artillery parks of tank fleets anymore. Who needs that old poo poo when we have stealth networked airborne wunderwaffe with super missiles. I'll try to find whichever book visualized this, but a bit of trivia: One of the incredible things about the Hawker Typhoon was that its 8 rockets were equivalent to a broadside from a destroyer or a salvo from an artillery battery. So you could consider each sortie as that amount of firepower, delivered by four aircraft, happening all at once instead of over x minutes to adjust on and fire 4 salvos. Obviously it got people really excited and was part of the reason why directed air support as a concept gained traction in North-West Europe. Well, so far as I know, with the internal bomb load, the F-35 does not really improve on, let alone replace, other forms of fire support. It's particularly surprising if you consider the bgmbloads of US fighter bombers over say Vietnam   Let me pre-empt MLMP by saying the F-35 could carry more bombs than Vietnam era tactical aviation, I just don't see any indication that it's planned to or will. I've never seen one loaded with the full 20 000 lbs or whatever of stores.
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Mar 2, 2023 11:19
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Al-Saqr posted:I'm just glad the whites are moving on from anti-arab anti-muslim racism hopefully this means that I'll finally be able to go to america, canada, britain and europe without applying for a visa six months in advance. on the other hand, why the gently caress would you want to go to any of those places? edit: is it because warhammer poo poo is cheaper there? Comrade Koba has issued a correction as of 11:31 on Mar 2, 2023 |
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Mar 2, 2023 11:19
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Comrade Koba posted:on the other hand, why the gently caress would you want to go to any of those places? why not? they have lots of nice things to do and cool people to meet and americas national parks are insanely stunning. Comrade Koba posted:
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Mar 2, 2023 11:30
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Al-Saqr posted:cool people to meet i’m afraid i have some bad news for you
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Mar 2, 2023 11:32
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Comrade Koba posted:i’m afraid i have some bad news for you go outside dude the world isnt as bleak as the internet tells you it is.
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Mar 2, 2023 11:33
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Al-Saqr posted:go outside dude the world isnt as bleak as the internet tells you it is. i’m just joking with you dude, chill 
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Mar 2, 2023 11:35
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Comrade Koba posted:i’m just joking with you dude, chill the reason why im so mad is because surely, a world with you in it isnt all that bad. 
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Mar 2, 2023 11:37
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just gently caress already or paint little orc soldiers figurines together idk
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Mar 2, 2023 11:44
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would it surprise you to learn that this guy once voted against making raping your spouse illegal
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Mar 2, 2023 11:52
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Al-Saqr posted:go outside dude the world isnt as bleak as the internet tells you it is. i'm genuinely evil
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Mar 2, 2023 12:03
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Zodium posted:i'm genuinely evil me too, but because I torture the good I know there are good people out there.
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Mar 2, 2023 12:16
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Al-Saqr posted:go outside dude the world isnt as bleak as the internet tells you it is. The US has gotten pretty depressing even compared to a few years ago. It isn’t literally on fire but eh, Portland for example used to be a pretty great city and now it’s half a ghost town. If I never went there before the nature would be impressive but the part where humans live I don’t know. California has also gotten pretty weird/depressing as well. I don’t think things are going well at all. A lot of people are dying from hit and runs/overdosing/violent crime etc, and (if they are homeless) from the elements beyond all the other issues the US has just compared to 2019. It doesn't sound like things in the US are going that great either but I don't know if it is the same way as the US. Ardennes has issued a correction as of 12:25 on Mar 2, 2023 |
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Mar 2, 2023 12:18
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Al-Saqr posted:
i would tell you to go to the Warhammer HQ because it's pretty chill but it's in Nottingham and there's a good chance you'd get stabbed not for racist reasons, just normal British knife crime reasons
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Mar 2, 2023 12:19
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Ardennes posted:Yeah, there is supposedly even a Chinese themed station on the line, and several with vaguely socialist realist interiors. really nice to see goons find real jobs
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Mar 2, 2023 12:31
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Ytlaya posted:The only reason I'm still hesitant to come to any particular strong conclusions is that last year the situation seemed kind of similar (Russia gradually progressing while causing massive casualties via artillery to the Ukrainian troops) and then suddenly Russia's line broke and Ukraine took a couple significant cities. It is funny an interview from some Finnish officers came out and they admitted that the Ukrainians don't really have the training for offensive operations (this was actually posted in one of the other threads), and that the Ukrainians were advancing after the Russians retreated. This was difficult to tell in the fog of war but I do think at the time it didn't seem like the Russians were putting much of a fight. On the Russian side, they know the Ukrainians aren't going to voluntarily retreat and the aim is just to keep on hitting them until they can't keep their line together or have to place green units in critical sectors. --------- Anyway, an F-111 could still carry 31k lbs of bombs versus 20,700 on a F-35 even utilizing its external racks (which would negate it's stealth). One of the real limitations of most 5th gens in a fighter-bomber role is their actual capacity is pretty slim and they really do need to hit the right targets spot on. Truga posted:really nice to see goons find real jobs Ironically enough, the station that the thread hates was designed by the CRRC.
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Mar 2, 2023 12:39
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Regarde Aduck posted:i would tell you to go to the Warhammer HQ because it's pretty chill but it's in Nottingham and there's a good chance you'd get stabbed I actually went there once when I was interested in warhammer as a wee babby and at the time they had an art gallery that was showing off the concept art of warhammer, it blew my brains that all of those incredible pieces were actual paintings and ink wash drawings, stunning stuff! Nottingham seemed fine just a boring suburban town. I'll probably go to warhammer fest in 2024.
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Mar 2, 2023 12:39
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Al-Saqr posted:I actually went there once when I was interested in warhammer as a wee babby and at the time they had an art gallery that was showing off the concept art of warhammer, it blew my brains that all of those incredible pieces were actual paintings and ink wash drawings, stunning stuff! well, things have got a bit worse. The north has been rotting since the 2008 crisis. Austerity never ended and then there was Brexit. It's probably mostly like you remember just with even less hope.
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Mar 2, 2023 12:45
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Wagner raising the flag in central bakhmut, no confirmation so take it for what it is. https://twitter.com/AZgeopolitics/status/1631240328362557441?s=20 gently caress all mercs tbh. Also the ukranians did a raid into a russian town:- https://twitter.com/AZgeopolitics/status/1631242282434215938?s=20 https://twitter.com/AZgeopolitics/status/1631241525345546240?s=20
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Mar 2, 2023 12:50
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Ardennes posted:Anyway, an F-111 could still carry 31k lbs of bombs versus 20,700 on a F-35 even utilizing its external racks (which would negate it's stealth). One of the real limitations of most 5th gens in a fighter-bomber role is their actual capacity is pretty slim and they really do need to hit the right targets spot on.
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Mar 2, 2023 13:08
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Ukraine trying to provoke a response that draws NATO in, without realizing Crimea and the Donbas are already part of Russia anyway.
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Mar 2, 2023 13:10
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just amazing chauvinism from the USA telling China it can’t participate in proxy wars
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Mar 2, 2023 13:12
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Hmm apparently Putin is calling the Bryansk thing a terrorist attack, something about the Ukrainians shooting (at?) women and children on their little raid, so the Ukrainians may get the response they wanted to one degree or another.
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Mar 2, 2023 13:14
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Budzilla posted:One of the real limitations is the F-111 making the ground crew sick. It's good that the F111 hasn't been in service for almost 13 years, that's in the pitful RAAF Yeah, it is just an example of a Vietnam-era multirole. Obviously, accuracy does count, a Jdam is going to be more accurate anything from that era. I don't know how limited payloads would hold up in a hotwar scenario though where you have a good chance of losing fighters. Frosted Flake posted:Hmm apparently Putin is calling the Bryansk thing a terrorist attack, something about the Ukrainians shooting (at?) women and children on their little raid, so the Ukrainians may get the response they wanted to one degree or another. It seems to be aimed as a provocation for further action. That said, the Ukrainians also know it is very much still mud season and that the Russians probably don't want to push at the moment (also I imagine there is a much of mining going on). Ardennes has issued a correction as of 13:17 on Mar 2, 2023 |
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Mar 2, 2023 13:15
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i dunno trying to blow the kerch bridge seemed like a big deal but russia didnt take the bait if it was meant to be one
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Mar 2, 2023 13:19
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Biden went to Kiev and said start your offensives now. this may be it
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Mar 2, 2023 13:19
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Al-Saqr posted:i dunno trying to blow the kerch bridge seemed like a big deal but russia didnt take the bait if it was meant to be one I actually think the hope was it would have done permanent damage to the Kerch bridge and cut off Crimea for good since the Russians are too incompetent/primitive to fix anything.
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Mar 2, 2023 13:22
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Ardennes posted:Anyway, an F-111 could still carry 31k lbs of bombs versus 20,700 on a F-35 even utilizing its external racks (which would negate it's stealth). One of the real limitations of most 5th gens in a fighter-bomber role is their actual capacity is pretty slim and they really do need to hit the right targets spot on. I'm not saying you were claiming this, but to be clear, that's a photo of an F-105 Thunderchief, not an F-111 Aardvark
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Mar 2, 2023 13:40
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January 6 Survivor posted:just gently caress already Paint little orc figures and then make those gently caress. Or, if you're a deviant, little ethereals and guardsmen.
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