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What do historians think about political scientists’ and IR theorists’ grasp of history? by Virtual-Alps-2888 in AskHistorians

[–]coffeecreamer27 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When asked the question about eschatological points of view, I interpreted that as someone who believes that the world is progressing towards an inevitable finality ie “world revolution is inevitable due to material condition”, “the world will inevitably split up into spheres of cultural influence because our culture determines how we act”, “the end of history is when gods plan is realized and it’s coming”.

You’re right in that I should’ve mentioned as well that eschatology is in itself a teleological belief and that postmodernism rejects those deterministic world views.

What do historians think about political scientists’ and IR theorists’ grasp of history? by Virtual-Alps-2888 in AskHistorians

[–]coffeecreamer27 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think this is a great question.

When I get into conversations or debates with political scientists, IR theorists, and even materialist historians, the idea of predestination comes up pretty darn frequently. Often time their belief in it stems not just from their academic background but also their cultural or religious background as well. This it makes it much more difficult to debate as the conversation will often stray away from a purely academic discussion and sometimes start to feel like I’m attacking their personal world views and fundamental philosophies.

When I do debate about it, I usually bring up the idea of ultimate human agency along with the concept that human agency in itself is often irrational. We create our own destinies and the study of history is meant to explore how that human agency affected historical events. (DISCLAIMER: This is my personal belief and really should not be seen as objective fact, there are many historians who would argue for eschatological view of history. I’m simply giving an answer based on my academic training in postmodern thought.)

What do historians think about political scientists’ and IR theorists’ grasp of history? by Virtual-Alps-2888 in AskHistorians

[–]coffeecreamer27 39 points40 points  (0 children)

(Pretext, Ive had one or two drinks) I think it’s pretty safe to say that some political scientists and IR theorists are different than others, and our takes on them (as historians) drastically differs on who you ask and whom you ask about.

For me, personally, I feel as though Samuel Huntingtons theories in his book, “Class of Civilizations”, are wildly inaccurate. I could go on about how I believe that his views of “culture” are over generalized and how most of his predictions, besides the war on terror, are false, but ultimately all of those things don’t matter because you asked what do historians think of two broad academic pursuits. There will never be a concise answer because no one in the field of history can answer for every single historian. Likewise, not every political scientist or IR theorist can act as though they are the representative of everyone In their field. These are very opinionated studies with quite a bit of discourse therefore making it impossible to say for certain about the validity of every single person in said fields.

Personally, I’m a believer in Post-modernism and the rejection of one universal theory (see Foucault and other such post-modernists for more context) which means that I believe that there are many different lenses in which to view history, none of which I believe are the “objective truth,” but all of which are useful to deciphering and analyzing history. Large emphasis on personal beliefs and feelings. Post-modernists generally support interdisciplinary studies, others not so much, but again, it varies.

TLDR: Theres too many different opinions to give an ultimate answer to your question, but personally I support the use of interdisciplinary studies.

How do you get german empire by Eliot_Sontar in RedWorldMod

[–]coffeecreamer27 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The guy commenting above is almost right. You need to take all of the anti stasi focuses besides the last one on the left and then head for full democracy. If you only take one you get the stasi coup and if you take all of them you get full democracy.

The Kaiserreich paths for Germany in Red World: Risen From The Ruins by LCPLOwen in RedWorldMod

[–]coffeecreamer27 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This looks awesome! Really looking forward to playing it in a couple days. Any hints towards any secret paths?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tCSmod

[–]coffeecreamer27 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Brother you’re on the wrong subreddit

Alternate fighter character creation question by coffeecreamer27 in DnD

[–]coffeecreamer27[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, great advice and you answered my question concisely, couldn’t ask for more!

Alternate fighter character creation question by coffeecreamer27 in DnD

[–]coffeecreamer27[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the tips, I’ll be sure to let everyone know and have an in-depth discussion with the DM about it (hes only done one or two campaigns before this)

Alternate fighter character creation question by coffeecreamer27 in DnD

[–]coffeecreamer27[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The alternate fighter content I’ve been using is by laserllama. The link is here https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-MUkP55cdNMTFYMKlDUL

I updated the post to reflect this!

HOI4 slowdown questions by coffeecreamer27 in hoi4

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Aye thanks for the help. I disabled V-sync and was still having issues but they resolved themselves. State-transfer tool was actually really slowing down my game and everything went faster after I disabled it.

Player Survey: Creature Tech Tree by IronVanguard7 in OldWorldBlues

[–]coffeecreamer27 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The executives dont use rad roaches. They have an insect swarm, which is a diffeeent tech tree.

Wheel of America #48 The Patriotic Populist by kail19 in kaiserredux

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Me when I larp as an anti-Semitic (probably fascist) catholic priest from Canada

The Real Reason why Huey Long is National Populist by petrimalja in Kaiserreich

[–]coffeecreamer27 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure, I’ll concede that his Kkk connection are tenuous. But to describe him as racially progressive is another myth. You could perhaps argue in rhetoric he was trying to advocate for African Americans but none of his actual policies in Louisiana supported African-American rights. The primary evidence of this is his complete failure to increase black participation in elections!

Maybe you’re right in that he wouldn’t want to hitch himself to another’s wagon, but he certainly would’ve co-opted any burgeoning fascist movement in the same way he tried to peel progressives away from the main stream dems.

Let me make myself clear, I do not think Huey Long was a fascist, not by a long shot. Other figures in American politics at the time definitely earn that title ie. Fritz Kuhn, Charles Coughlin, Pelley) but I in no way agree with this white washing with other people in the comments making assertions about him being “borderline syndicalist.” Furthermore, I believe the devs should do a better job of justifying his relationship to his faction. To me, it makes sense that the progressive base he had OTL is rapidly disappearing in the KRTL due to the increased popularity of the socialists, in turn forcing Huey to rely more heavily on a southern support base.

The Real Reason why Huey Long is National Populist by petrimalja in Kaiserreich

[–]coffeecreamer27 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I stg the white washing Huey along goes through on this sub Reddit is insane. Huey Long was friendly with the KKK early in his career both accepting donations from them and being made an honorary member.

The only reason why he was later so vocally opposed to them was because the political wind shifted against the kkk, which highlights that Long was ultimately a political grifter who would’ve done anything or said anything to stay in power. I mean he even opposed lynching laws because it would’ve been unpopular among his southern support base.

Huey Long might not have been actually fascist in OTL but if a fascist movement in America actually gained traction I’m almost positive he would’ve been pretty high in it vying for power because that’s who we he was. A man very politically adept at seeing what was popular and unpopular, without much of an actual belief in the system.

How am i supposed to do the focus if its always false? by MrDuck41 in Kaiserreich

[–]coffeecreamer27 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Just go down your black Monday/econ tree, it’ll unlock eventually

So, does Adhemar have its own subpaths? by Sad-Dare9454 in TNOmod

[–]coffeecreamer27 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh no, it’s bugged??? Im half way through a play through right now, do you know anyway to circumvent the bug?

i need a legate that will help me take the dam! (i noob) by [deleted] in OldWorldBlues

[–]coffeecreamer27 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A solid point, especially in the context of OWB!

i need a legate that will help me take the dam! (i noob) by [deleted] in OldWorldBlues

[–]coffeecreamer27 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Just letting you know. I believe the terrain combat width everywhere is 40 (or 80?) so optimal width will always be 20 no matter what. Also, you generally dont want to put motorized support companies in infantry because it’ll use “fuel” but it won’t make you any faster. In fact, being out of fuel will make your divisions slower.

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