Comments by "William Cox" (@WildBillCox13) on "Italy's African Destiny - The Colonisation of Libya | BETWEEN 2 WARS I 1931 Part 1 of 3" video.

  1. Good work. Thanks for the amplification.
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  2. Excellent content, as always. Civilization is more about urbanization (which increases property value, equaling less work for more pay for owners--it has no overt benefit to anyone else*) and about weaponizing technology, than it is about social and hygienic reform. *Epidemics are due to rat populations living in association with mass human dwellings, or brown mice whose populations bloom under the "toss it out of the yurt and forget it" garbage disposal methods of large scale nomadic cultures. Mass transit, coupled with population concentration, magnify the effect of new infectious organisms. Read the history of bringing fresh water to typhoid ravaged London for more on this. Gresham College has a great lecture on topic, posted to youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5M42Ie7NK8
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  3. Here's a great concise Extra Credit coverage of the problems faced by the doctor who brought it all to the question. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLpzHHbFrHY
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