Comments by "Bev Bevan" (@bevbevan6189) on "Understanding Western Civilization." video.

  1. Some people’s world views need Western Civilization to be 100% evil. This does not meet their need for more hate.
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  2. "Moots" or "things". Tolkien's entmoot wasn't just a made up word. The Icelandic parliament is still the Allthing.
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  3. I think everyone will agree on that, but disagree on which 10%.
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  4. LOL. I believe this comes from the old "humour" magazine Puck.
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  5. Your note shows that you know the history of the British Empire well. It also shows that you don't know the histories of any other empires at all. They're all bad. Written by an Irish guy who is reflexively anti-British.
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  6. Guess we'll have to wait for that one to see if the explanation makes sense.
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  7. PROBABLY not.
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  8. He's so pro-Polish that it hurts. But how democratic was the PLC? Wasn't it more that the nobles neutered the kings rather than that the commoners were allowed any power?
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  9. Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich
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  10. It's safe to say that coming from the North Atlantic culture, it is a joke.
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  11. Exactly
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  12.  @briaormead4239  NFW. It's hard to see Nigerians showing up at the factory every day or the supply chains working properly given how messed up the ports are.
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  13.  @golagiswatchingyou2966  If the South had stayed in, the North's population growth would have eventually let it control Congress and then it would have gradually throttled slavery out of existence. Which is why the South was desperate to leave.
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  14. Way too hard. LOL. And probably personally dangerous. :(
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  15. Yes, we must resist Apple tyranny.
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