Posted on 10/19/2010 1:03:43 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
Edited on 10/19/2010 2:57:31 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Thus continuing the ‘historical method’ into this century.
Remember, according to the physical and cultural evidence available, we are all of us the descendents of the prevailing murderous cannibals of earlier times.
I find that a humbling thought, morally speaking.
Well, the blacks wanted the whites out and now they have the Chinese.
The Chinese understand it because they have undertaken the Yellow Man's burden on a mission civilatrice throughout the nations of Northeast Asia for thousands of years, starting at a point when the peoples of the West were illiterate and running around in animal skins.
Are you Chinese? If so, thanks for that piece of history. At much as I hate it, it looks like the Chinese will be showing the Africans what real racial oppression is for and won’t care about international opinion.
I'm not, but have been a long-time China watcher. It's not all an esoteric a subject - lots of general interest books have been written about it. Wikipedia has a large number of interesting entries of China's wars of empire*, couched as civil wars. The Vietnamese, in particular, have been fighting to stay independent of China for most of China's existence.
* Note that I'm not saying that the Chinese are uniquely bad; merely that every single country on Earth was formed based on the ancient principle of the right of conquest, i.e. what you win in battle, you have the right to keep. (The Chinese, as the largest Asian country by far - 2.5x the land area of No. 2, India - have been enthusiastic participants in carving out an empire for themselves). In cooperation with Soviet and self-aggrandizing Third World propagandists and power-seekers, Western historians have somehow come up with the idea that Europeans were unique in seeking to bend others to their will. Nothing could be further from the truth. If a common thread exists at all in history, it's that the history of the entire world is one chronicle after another of conquerors bending conquered peoples to their will.
Oh, I’m an avid China watcher too and I love reading about Imperial history. They have a definate history of conquest, certainly. I simply think that Africa is the new frontier and the worst part for the Africans, is that they are going ot deal with overlords that don’t care about world opinion.
Oh, I’m an avid China watcher too and I love reading about Imperial history. They have a definate history of conquest, certainly. I simply think that Africa is the new frontier and the worst part for the Africans, is that they are going ot deal with overlords that don’t care about world opinion.
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