and jus was an empire on paper
It was always technically an oligarchy
but for the 19th century it was an actual oligarchy
It drifted towards militarism which was still OK
the militarism killed the empire
Japanese were ruled by cold steel reason
nukes killed the empire
nobody could predict that
no they were already losing
they predicted they would lose
read the actual documents
Yes but USA lost 50k people invadinga small coral island
no way mainland japan was to be invaded
the japanese army and navy both predicted they would lose regardless of the USA
hmmm
in the 1930s
not 50k, some smaller number
still
then they just predicted teh other sides plan would lose
Well I do agree that Japanese would reach a stalemate with the Chinese even without USA
But then again, Japan needed only to decisivelly defeat USA navy which it could do but failed
That's the whole point, that's why they struck Dutch and British over there and menanced the seas
They knew they could not stand against millions and millions on land
@The Enlightened Shepherd CONSIDER EDWARDIAN ENGLAND INSTEAD
MY MODELS INCLUDE PRE-ROMAN GERMANIC SOCIETIES AND MIDDLE AGES WESTERN EUROPE
pre-roman germanic and celtic societies were cool
Some were fiercely isolationist
funny how films always portray them as some sort of egalitarian pagan tree hugging village societies
when in reality they were basically kingdoms, patriarchal, hard working
@diversity_is_racism HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE ❤
HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE HAD ITS BENEFITS
EMPIRE IS DIFFICULT
BUT I AGREE ON THEIR ISOLATIONISM
THE WAY MONARCHIES MAKE ALLIANCES IS THROUGH MARRIAGES
THEY WERE FAR FROM EGALITARIAN, THESE SOCIETIES
THEY WERE MUCH MORE REALISTIC THAN THAT
INCLUDING A REFUSAL TO LEAVE BEHIND DOCUMENTS
It's remarkable
Considering their small size
That they were persistently able to raise large armies
Reminds me of my country during glorious ages when we had 200.000 populaton total, and raised 40.000 men against Austria
