speng31b posted:

seems like maybe prig never thought it would go that far and got his bluff called, maybe they agreed not to put him in jail or kill him

Ardennes posted:

Thank you everyone for attending the Prigozhin Stunt Show, please collect your belongings, and enjoy your day at Universal Studios.

Majorian posted:

e:fb

Cao Ni Ma posted:

My man the tanks would chop up roads on good days, gonna be a lot of angry road workers

Lostconfused posted:

lmao, definitely still mad.

Nonsense posted:

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1672662959481577472?s=20

Neurolimal posted:

There's a pretty easy explanation for the drama play we've just witnessed: white boy summer gets the best of us lads

Comrade Koba posted:

big prig's armored road trip

Zokari posted:

ok

MeatwadIsGod posted:

Sounds like this poo poo is very stupid and I was justified in not keeping up-to-date on this war

Zokari posted:

im loving livid

im planning my march on your capitol as we speak

Jon Pod Van Damm posted:

Is Monday still off?

Hadlock posted:

When is Putin up for reelection

Frosted Flake posted:

If you were advising a graduate student, I would say there are four areas worth exploring in reconciling Late Antiquity with Marxist historical theory

The Dynamic of the Late Empire: The traditional Marxist model where state and aristocracy are separate, competing entities for surplus, with the state being the system's driving force, is challenged by Wickham's view, which I'll say is broadly representative of Late Antique scholars. He sees the aristocracy as victims of the empire's dissolution rather than beneficiaries of the state's breakup. The old model's internal conflict (aristocracy sabotaging the state) is replaced by a more external, event-driven change (decline in taxation due to invasions).

Characterization of Slavery in Late Antiquity: There's a contradiction in using the notion of "modes of production" to characterize the transition from late antiquity to the middle ages when Wickham describes the feudal mode of production as the standard economic system of both periods. This issue is further complicated by the divergent views on the role and prevalence of slavery during this period, especially in the transition from Roman to medieval relations of production.

Characterization of the Rural Labour-force in the Post-Roman West: The nature of the rural labour force during this period and how it affected the aristocratic dominance over the peasantry is debatable. Wickham views the early middle ages as a low point of aristocratic dominance, but whether that means less dominance over the peasantry is uncertain. It has been challenged by other scholars, for example Lee, who characterizes the social relations between Germanic leaders and the peasantry as more amicable, due to different methods of legitimation, but their class dominance as unchanged. This is even more complicated when it comes to Greg Fisher's work on Pre-Islamic Arabia and specialists on the Turkic Magyar and Bulgars, all of whom demonstrated different forms of aristocratic-peasant interactions.

Utility of the "Modes of Production" Schema: Finally, there's a question about the usefulness of the Marxist concept of 'modes of production' in characterizing the major transformations of the period. It's unclear how serfdom replaced slavery in the transition, and whether Wickham's use of concepts like 'mode of production' aids or obstructs a materialist analysis of this period.

tazjin posted:

Frosted Flake posted:

If you were advising a graduate student, I would say there are four areas worth exploring in reconciling Late Antiquity with Marxist historical theory

The Dynamic of the Late Empire: The traditional Marxist model where state and aristocracy are separate, competing entities for surplus, with the state being the system's driving force, is challenged by Wickham's view, which I'll say is broadly representative of Late Antique scholars. He sees the aristocracy as victims of the empire's dissolution rather than beneficiaries of the state's breakup. The old model's internal conflict (aristocracy sabotaging the state) is replaced by a more external, event-driven change (decline in taxation due to invasions).

Characterization of Slavery in Late Antiquity: There's a contradiction in using the notion of "modes of production" to characterize the transition from late antiquity to the middle ages when Wickham describes the feudal mode of production as the standard economic system of both periods. This issue is further complicated by the divergent views on the role and prevalence of slavery during this period, especially in the transition from Roman to medieval relations of production.

Characterization of the Rural Labour-force in the Post-Roman West: The nature of the rural labour force during this period and how it affected the aristocratic dominance over the peasantry is debatable. Wickham views the early middle ages as a low point of aristocratic dominance, but whether that means less dominance over the peasantry is uncertain. It has been challenged by other scholars, for example Lee, who characterizes the social relations between Germanic leaders and the peasantry as more amicable, due to different methods of legitimation, but their class dominance as unchanged. This is even more complicated when it comes to Greg Fisher's work on Pre-Islamic Arabia and specialists on the Turkic Magyar and Bulgars, all of whom demonstrated different forms of aristocratic-peasant interactions.

Utility of the "Modes of Production" Schema: Finally, there's a question about the usefulness of the Marxist concept of 'modes of production' in characterizing the major transformations of the period. It's unclear how serfdom replaced slavery in the transition, and whether Wickham's use of concepts like 'mode of production' aids or obstructs a materialist analysis of this period.

Starsfan posted:

This Lukashenko character is really quite formidable isn't he? The man was entrusted with the fate of the entire Russian state in the critical hour and he managed to bring everything around to a peaceful resolution!

DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:

prigokemon go

Starsfan posted:

This Lukashenko character is really quite formidable isn't he? The man was entrusted with the fate of the entire Russian state in the critical hour and he managed to bring everything around to a peaceful resolution!

speng31b posted:

seems like maybe prig never thought it would go that far and got his bluff called, maybe they agreed not to put him in jail or kill him

Lostconfused posted:

Next year.