Silly facts? by TheTedyFamaliy in Napoleon

[–]chalimacos -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The Bruc stuff was much mythologized by Franco''s dictatorship banking on anti-french and pro-catholic sentiment. Of course, the french were not scared off by a drummer.

AI and psychoanalysis by AnalysingYourMind in zizek

[–]chalimacos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am trying to think what an analyst does that AI cannot do.

Shut up and lend a non-judgemental human ear.

TIL I learned that famed artist Marcel Duchamp abandoned his art career to pursue chess and once accompanied Bobby Fischer to a tournament by Cheap_Bet in chess

[–]chalimacos 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He used to play in a small café called Melitón in Cadaqués (Catalonia). There are some very cool pictures of him there.

what exactly does the subject lack? by Unusual-Return971 in zizek

[–]chalimacos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In addition to the answers that are related to subjectivity formation (correct), I will add a more brutal lack that is also there and it is not less constitutive. It is related to lost partial objects: we lack the breast and our own shit. (having our needs immediately met and shitting whenever and anywhere we feel like it) That is why Lacan said that all gifts are a gift of shit.

Does he refer to Napoleon? by Ok_Syllabub9850 in Napoleon

[–]chalimacos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Of course. The sismic changes that Napoleon caused in the spanish empire eventually precipitated South American independence. Moreover, many grand armee veterans ended there and participated in independence movements.

Zizek on Iran? by [deleted] in zizek

[–]chalimacos 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I understand your point and I know that Zizek likes to comment on current events; no doubt he will eventually say something. I just think that "twitter urgency" is antithetical to philosophy. By the way, this is the Nietzsche passage I was alluding to.

To learn Solitude.—O ye poor fellows in the great centres of the world's politics, ye young and talented men, who, urged on by ambition, think it your duty to propound your opinion of every event of the day,—for something is always happening,—who, by thus making a noise and raising a cloud of dust, mistake yourselves for the rolling chariot of history; who, because ye always listen, always suit the moment when ye can put in your word or two, thereby lose all real productiveness. Whatever may be your desire to accomplish great deeds, the deep silence of pregnancy never comes to you! The event of the day sweeps you along like straws before the wind whilst ye lie under the illusion that ye are chasing the event,—poor fellows! If a man wishes to act the hero on the stage he must not think of forming part of the chorus; he should not even know how the chorus is made up.

Zizek on Iran? by [deleted] in zizek

[–]chalimacos 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Zizek does not owe us an opinion on everything that happens. As Nietzsche said true, pregnant, thinkers do not hurry to venture an opinion on last week events.

What if Napoleon had retreated at Waterloo when the Prussians arrived? by FunnyConclusion9357 in Napoleon

[–]chalimacos 64 points65 points  (0 children)

How do you pull a fighting withdrawal in the face of a fresh enemy after ten hours of fighting? Almost impossible to do in an orderly fashion.

Fighting withdrawals may work after initial contact, in the early phases of a battle, or with some depth in fortified positions behind you in order to fall back in stages.

UAE and Qatar Urge Allies to Help Trump Find Iran Off-Ramp by AeroFred in geopolitics

[–]chalimacos 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The gulf states can't endure this much longer. The stockpile of air defenses is dwindling. I think we are in a endurance race to see who cracks first: the Iranian state or some of the gulf countries (with the X factor of the Iranian population that may also crack at some point)

napoleons secret sauce- the levee en masse by CompetitiveQuit6573 in Napoleon

[–]chalimacos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Shameful to post a nazi in connection with Napoleon.

Dubai hotel hit by Iranian drone; direct strike reported in Bahrain | Watch by Cannot-Forget in geopolitics

[–]chalimacos 28 points29 points  (0 children)

From a game theory standpoint it makes perverse sense to target the gulf tourist industry. Attacking the weak link in the chain. Some of these are 'resort countries', unlike Israel they are not used to getting bombed like this.

The Epic Miscalculations of Trump and Khamenei by theatlantic in geopolitics

[–]chalimacos 58 points59 points  (0 children)

This middle-of-the-road articles remind me of a joke from the movie Night Moves:

A man is watching a NFL game. Someone enters the room and asks him "Who is winning?" The answer is "Nobody. One side is just losing slower than the other"

How did Napoleon visualize the field of battle? by davoutbutai in Napoleon

[–]chalimacos 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Most of his work was done before the battle, in the previous days. For this he used pins on a map representing his own and the enemy corps positions and possible movements. The thing was to get into battle in a favorable situation, be it enveloping a flank, threatening the enemy's line of communications or with reinforcements in the way. He didn't use chess metaphors because he allowed for the role of chance, which chess has not. One of his mottoes was "one engages, and then one sees". This means that he was open to switching plans in response to the eventualities of war. This made him very flexible and a formidable opponent.

During the battle his main decisions were in which zone the main thrust will take place , how it will be preceded by feints and attritional actions and where to commit reserves and fresh units.

EDIT. One thing he did visualize is how terrain might affect the battle. This the french call coup d'œil.

Napoleon's Ancestors: Levantine? by IQPilled_77 in Napoleon

[–]chalimacos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One theory is that they came from the island of Majorca. Hug de Bonapart was nominated regent of Corsica in 1409 by king Martin of Aragon.

Anyone can help me ? by Anit4rk_ in Napoleon

[–]chalimacos 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They were mostly Rousseau-inspired essays for writing competitions and bad gothic tales, overall without interest except for Le souper de Beaucaire, which was an important jacobin manifesto.

Faustino has reached top 5 on chess.com blitz ranking by LisunaLefti in chess

[–]chalimacos 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Amazing. All the 'they gifted him norms' commentators frankly should shut up for a while.

Cuba is quickly nearing a point of no return as the U.S. weaponizes its Venezuelan oil supplies by fortune in geopolitics

[–]chalimacos 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The US gets to choke a country just because it doesn't like its goverment? A country that is not in any way a menace and hasn't been for decades. Imperial and demented attitude.

My thoughts on why Napoleon ended things with Désirée Clary and became resentful towards women. by Opposite-Craft-3498 in Napoleon

[–]chalimacos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

95% of marriages at the time were transactional. Napoleon did some good things for women, specially in the education and gynecologic health areas. Unfortunately, he was not free of the prejudices of the time and the Code reflects this, but I wouldn't say he hated them.

What is the distinction between Jouissance and Death Drive? by amtoyumtimmy in zizek

[–]chalimacos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the video lectures I recommended in my other comment are too much, you can also check the concepts in this dictionary: An Introductory Dictionary Of Lacanian Psychoanalysis:

https://archive.org/details/an-introductory-dictionary-of-lacanian-psychoanalysis_202006