GERMANY WAS SORT OF IN THE RUNNING TOO, BUT MORE INTERESTED IN AFRICA

I always saw it that way. Maybe not in the proper sense, but it certainly was a power grab in context of the times and troubles of the day.

Perhaps akin to how business views the moon and Mars now.

Comets too for that matter...

I don't think Musk does things for the shits and grins of it, basically.

My take: colonialism in the "classic" sense, though, was spurred due to Europe tapping out on resources for, as you put it, an arms race.

Money, power, greed, etc all in the vacuum of Europe with nowhere else to go.

@diversity_is_racism After thinking of the podcast, what philo movement started modernity? Was it just the absence of roman influence then dark ages to find a way back to a new path?

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death to faggotry
death to edm
death to islam
deus vult

death to funderground

death to socialism

death to communism too

Antifa retards: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/02/developing-milo-yiannopoulos-attend-fridays-white-house-press-briefing/

Turns out he's not going. Thank god.

@MRB MY GUESS IS IT WAS NOT A PHILOSOPHICAL MOVEMENT

RATHER, THE SUCCESS OF SOCIETY PLUS CONTACT WITH OUTSIDERS

THESE LED TO PEASANT REVOLTS

AND EVENTUALLY, THE ENLIGHTENMENT(TM)

Makes sense

ALL SOCIETIES SEEM TO DIE

THE KEY TO ME WAS THE MAYA

THEY DIED THE SAME WAY THE ROMANS DID

WITH ZERO JEWS OR CHRISTIANS PRESENT

THIS MEANS

IT IS SOMETHING INHERENT TO CIVILIZATION

AN OXIDATIVE PROCESS

Romans were Christians when they died.

CAUSE OR EFFECT

?

Tough question

I WOULD ARGUE "EFFECT"

ROME WAS IN DECLINE FOR SOME TIME

IT NEVER QUITE GOT OVER ITS FRACTURED ORIGIN

AND ALSO

IT WAS AWASH IN SUCCESS

I'm still debating. Your points are valid.

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@diversity_is_racism "Effect" as well, although Rome would have fallen with or without Constantine's acceptance/mainstreaming. However, the economic model of conquest was also baked in the same cake.

@diversity_is_racism I installed BRAVE

@Maarat how many did you take? Perhaps you are very sensitive to acetominophen. Did you hallucinate spiders all morning?
@diversity_is_racism One of my favorite history teachers often said that in the colonial days, European powers viewed all resources as being linear. I don't know if that is true given agriculture and everything but, he said they were especially desperate because once the resources were gone, they were gone for good. Forever and ever. With mining this makes sense but, how much of their proposed resources were metals?