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No, not books like that. History books (not pop trash). Books like this: https://www.amazon.com/French-Revolution-Enlightenment-Tyranny/dp/1681772507 https://w

• ben_w 5y ago
  “Pop trash” sounds like you’re dismissing it out of hand because you don’t like the conclusion. I mean, it might be, but as I’m not even claiming to be a domain expert I have to (argument from authority fallacy notwithstanding) rely on the author biographies as a proxy for how much they know. Now, would you like to give me a brief summary of how, biologically speaking, you recon being malnourished fails to put a bunch of revolutionaries at a relative disadvantage to a non-malnourished bunch of revolutionaries?
  • luffapi 5y ago
    I’m saying you need to read actual history as you seem to think that starving a population won’t lead to a revolution. > Now, would you like to give me a brief summary of how, biologically speaking, you recon being malnourished fails to put a bunch of revolutionaries at a relative disadvantage to a non-malnourished bunch of revolutionaries? People revolt because they have nothing left to lose, not because it’s strategically a good idea. “Biologically” speaking when you outnumber your foe 100 to 1, you have at least an advantage in numbers, but again that’s not why people revolt.