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So I was trundling through twitter and found this rather splendid thread on democracies and their ultimate fates, posited by one Alexander Tytler, a 19th century Scottish judge and professor of history at Edinburgh university. TL;DR his idea was that democracies can begin with tremendous...

Throughout all of human history, I don’t think there has ever been any tactical advantage to be discerned from demoralising one’s own troops. Yet what else is the Black Pill but demoralisation on a massive scale? Some say it is merely a realistic assessment of the situation, yet the logic would...

Here is the relevant BBC News article on the matter. He appears to have passed from an “acute subdural hematoma” (Blood clot in the brain of a type) on Friday 1st March. He was sixty-eight years old. Rest in peace.

I've often heard the refrain, from both left and right, that the generation ultimately responsible for the current mess were the Baby Boomers (1946-1964). I'm certain they made poor decisions as a generation, but I am uncertain as to the specifics. That and from my perspective it appears that...

When I look into the history of the big crime families that rose to prominence in the United States during the 1920s, and ultimately blasted their own foot off by getting involved with drugs, I see a lot of conflicting opinions on the matter. There does seem to be a myth, which very much comes...

For those who don't know, he's a reasonably famous (in NRX circles) Italian philosopher of the early/mid 20th century who even the Italian Fascists thought was barking mad. He coined the term "Ride the Tiger" is that rings any bells. For those who do know of him, what are your thoughts on him...

Following on from an enlightening discussion that somewhat derailed another thread, I’ve put this up here so that conversation can continue. As it turns out, a lot of ideas about Christianity essentially nicking half its festivals and celebrations off of Pagans isn’t exactly true. Indeed, things...

Seriously, "Everything in the Agenda, nothing outside the Agenda, nothing against the Agenda" fits them to a tee. Add to that all their demonstrations, lack of regard for political civility and process, insignia, flags, etc, and we're only a few "diversity is our strength" chants, a charismatic...

I felt we needed a thread to talk about how very badass and complex a lot of indigenous cultures are. From American Indians scalping any fool who crossed them, to the Maori beating giant birds to death with oars, and the Zulu steam rolling a one thousand strong European force, they have rather...

Now as I understand it, archaeological and genetic evidence does not back up this claim, and we know Caesar was trumping the numbers in his commentaries. But the assertion of genocide floats around the internet quite a bit, so I was wondering if any could expand on it. Because to me, the Gallic...

Two of fantasy's most prominent Dark Lords and Necromancers, at the peak of their powers, throw down on an open icy waste. 1 v 1. In my opinion, it can go either way. The magic and feats of Tolkien are vague, but some interpretations would put them as very potent indeed. Meanwhile WoW's...

Was that really necessary?

I know a lot about the Versailles treaty was used as propaganda for the Third Reich as justification for its wars, but there does seem to be a growing movement in the historical community who pretend Versailles had little effect, if any at all (which comes off as frankly absurd to me). Which is...

Relevant BBC article here. 2nd March 1931-30th August 2022. RIP. Apparently he died in hospital after a long illness.

Now I know Arab armies are infamous for producing very poor soldiers (which isn't entirely the Arab soldiery's fault, it's just that their leaders are paranoid imbeciles who keep crippling their militaries), but as I understand it there are exceptions. Namely, the Jordanian Military is meant to...

Both of them are worthy of their reputations, and Caesar effortlessly outdoes his adoptive son in military matters (fortunately for Augustus, he had a legendary bromance going on with Agrippa), but I think Augustus ultimately edges out ahead. After the initial blood letting of the Proscriptions...

All sorts of terrible decisions aside, their worldview is literally grounded in catastrophic misunderstandings of the world and the nature of mankind. Their foundations are weak, if not rotted, and cannot survive the storms of history. I partially think the reason they've managed for so long is...

Well then Miss Heard, this is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow. And he made off with $15000000 in damages as well. Cue the fucking music.

As I understand it the Red Army (whilst never being quite as bad as some would think) was essentially an unstoppable war machine by the end of the war, filled to the brim with battle hardened soldiers using good kit. This is probably a result of Marshal Zhukov telling Stalin to piss off and let...

What it says on the tin. A shocking display of evil. One must wonder what can possess a person to slaughter little uns.