• t�m
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    920 days ago

    What to pick from god emperor of dune?

  • @Etterra@lemmy.world
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    719 days ago

    That it doesn’t matter how powerful wizard you are, you’ll still need to find a way to pay your rent.

  • Dr. Wesker
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    620 days ago

    About the African samurai, Yasuke.

      • Dr. Wesker
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        319 days ago

        My understanding is that no one actually knows what happened to him in the end.

        • Call me Lenny/LeniOP
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          219 days ago

          I mean how everyone began to treat him in the absence of the emperor. I don’t know, maybe I’m just used to Japan being an innately ethnically warm culture.

  • ChicagoCommunist [none/use name]
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    319 days ago

    Pretty much everything in The Dawn of Everything tbh. The diversity of social organization going back thousands of years, regardless of means of subsistence. The range of conceptions of property, ethics, hierarchy, power, rights, etc.

    Particularly interesting in American societies pre-colonization, since it seems the implicit image of them in the popular consciousness is a homogeneous series of small, isolated tribes, consisting of either noble savages or primitive barbarians, entirely ignorant of agriculture. When in reality a good many of them practiced agriculture in various ways, some of which colonizers simply didn’t notice because they weren’t as invasive as European methods.

    Also that agriculture isn’t necessary for the development of complex, large social structures, nor does the advent of agriculture necessitate the development of rigid hierarchies and exploitation.

    Turns out the agricultural revolution and its consequences weren’t a disaster for the human race. Sorry David Quinn.

    • Call me Lenny/LeniOP
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      219 days ago

      TIL anyone thought the adoption of agriculture was a bad thing.

      Might as well see book ads soon saying “coming soon to your bookshelf, learn why the sun is actually humanity’s arch nemesis.”