u/PeasantLich

In Disco Elysium, you can choose to play as a communist. You can then talk about your communist ideology to The Deserter, a communist revolutionary, only for him to call you a filthy neoliberal. This is the most accurate portrayal of two communists discussing doctrine ever written.

In Disco Elysium, you can choose to play as a communist. You can then talk about your communist ideology to The Deserter, a communist revolutionary, only for him to call you a filthy neoliberal. This is the most accurate portrayal of two communists discussing doctrine ever written.

u/PeasantLich — 11 hours ago

Every authoritarian has their court crackpot.

Alfred Rosenberg wrote a book Der Mythus des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts (Myth of the Twentieth Century) in 1930, which the Nazis initially considered their scholarly foundation. It was full of pseudo-scientific and pseudo-historical nonsense, and was negative towards Christianity. Once Hitler became the chancellor, the Nazis grew concerned about how polarizing and downright bizarre Rosenberg's ramblings look to ordinary Germans, and they quietly stopped promoting his ideals.

Rosenberg was a controversial character within the Nazi party too. Other Nazi elites considered him a cringe pseudo-intellectual and Myth of the Twentieth Century had reputation as a book which every Nazi owned but nobody - allegedly not even Hitler himself - actually ever read. Rosenberg remained in Nazi Party's inner circle because at the end of the day he was a ride-or-die Nazi who had been in the party since before the Beer Hall Putch, and who Hitler had actually appointed as the new Nazi party leader while he was in prison. While Nazis were careful about giving him any too visible party roles in fear that he would embarrass them, he actively participated in war effort once WW2 started and became the Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories. He was executed after the war for the war crimes he committed in this role.

u/PeasantLich — 1 day ago

The notorious conqueror Timur met then 29-year old Saray Mulk for the first time after he defeated his enemy Amir Husayn and captured his harem, including Saray, for himself. She had no special station in Husayn's harem, but became Timur's favorite, and acted as his advisor, confidante and regent.

u/PeasantLich — 1 day ago

OnlyFans model left terrified after alleged harassment from Florida Man after a transaction involving intimate photos and a ring

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u/PeasantLich — 2 days ago
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TIL that every mature male antechinus, a species of marsupials, dies during their first mating season from literally mating themselves to death. The non-stop mating is so intense that not a single male survives the stress. Female antechinuses on other hand can live for multiple mating seasons.

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u/NaturalAlfalfa — 2 days ago

Pier Gerlofs Donia was a Frisian farmer who revolted against the Habsburg rule in 1515, allegedly after his wife was raped and killed by Saxon mercenaries. He was notorious for his gigantic size, and competent and brutal in war and piracy. His greatsword is said to have been 7 feet long.

u/PeasantLich — 3 days ago
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Konrad Morgen was an investigative judge of SS in Nazi Germany who monitored the compliance with German laws within the SS. After WW2 he was not convicted of any war crimes because he successfully argued that his meticulousness with bureaucratic red tape and legalism had only impeded the holocaust.

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u/PeasantLich — 4 days ago