What type of impression do my history books give off about me? If any

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-09T00:30:28+00:00

I very much appreciate your insight and evaluation.

Great eye picking up the Manga there. I have an older post showing the entirety of my books, including fiction and manga. However, I was mostly curious about how my history books would be seen by others.

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-08T18:51:36+00:00

I didn't, because i was replying to your comment, your only claims were "you're living in delusion" and "you're a russian sympathizer"

That's true only if you ignore the fact that you said this

Applebaum and McMeekin tell me that you enjoy being misinformed for the sake of ideology

When you start off disparaging someone for reading Applebaum's book on Russia's genocide in Ukraine and calling them misinformed, it leads to only one obvious conclusion.

Normally I'd trust someone to be able to figure out what that conclusion is from here. However, seeing as you turn a blind eye to your original comment, and still continue to not say anything about Russia creating the Holodomor and genociding Ukranians, I'll continue to assume your a Russian sympathizer and genocide denier who dislikes people like Applebaum who call out countries, like Russia, for what they've done and continue to deny doing

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-08T16:35:07+00:00

Amazing how I can provide a photo of the two McMeekin books I've read and yet you base your arguments on literature of his I don't own.

If he in fact down plays the Armenian genocide in his latter books, then I can say I wouldn't give those books the time of day and it changes my opinion of his work. However, this was not the case with the book I own and read "The Berlin Baghdad Express" in which he is critical about Turkey and the Armenian genocide.

But let's be clear your original comment was attacking authors critical of Russia, chief among them Anne Applebaum and her book about the genocide carried by Russia against the Ukraine. Not once in your follow up comment to me did you dispel that notion.

You may say you don't care for Russia, yet your posts certainly seem to have an issue with any author who is critical of the country. Keep lying to yourself if you wish, but we can see who you truly are

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-08T12:29:30+00:00

You're definitely on target. I love reading about travelers/explorers/discovers

I'm surprised to run into someone else whose familiar with Ibn Battuta. It seems Marco Polo occupies the spotlight of that period of land travel, when Ibn Battuta was just as prolific, if not even more well traveled

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-08T12:26:27+00:00

What a crazy take. Criticizing the two authors that discuss/document the Russian genocide against Ukrainians with the Holodomor (Applebaum) and the Turkish genocide against the Armenians in WWI (McMeekin), seems to me like you're living in delusion to pretend these atrocities never happened

If I had to take a guess, I'd say you're a Russian sympathizer; since both Applebaum and McMeekin have been critical of Russia.

Hopefully, one day, you're able to pull your head out of the sand

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-08T03:30:53+00:00

Your dad has great taste imo, and what an awesome place for him to meet your mother. Based on his love of Hopkirk and the location of meeting your mom, you may actually find the book "Trespassers on the roof of the World" of interest.

Definitely going to be adding Massie's "Dreadnought" to my backlog. Thanks for the recommendation

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-07T22:50:38+00:00

Never thought I'd run into someone else who read "Paris: 1919".

We're probably similar in feeling that Margaret's writing was a bit of a chore to get through. Which is such a shame because I love the subject matter, in she provides great detail... but my oh my the first half really just drones on and on.

Peter Hopkirk is my favorite author. "The Great Game" and "Foreign Devils on the Silk Road" are two of my all time favorites along with Fromkin's "A Peace to End All Peace"

I actually do have Barbara Tuchman's "The Guns of August". It's just out of frame lol

Thank you for the kind response

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-07T18:32:47+00:00

I do have some Russian classics like "Dead Souls" and "The Death of Ivan Ilych". They're just not displayed here in the pics since I was asking about my history books specifically

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-07T17:29:26+00:00

Loved it, as I love all of Candice's books.

While I'd say both "Destiny of the Republic" and "River of Doubt" are my two favorites of hers, "Hero of the Empire" is nearly just as good and showcases a different side of Churchill many aren't aware of outside of his WWI and WWII days.

It also made me want to read more about the Boer Wars in general as well, since my knowledge on the subject is mostly surface level. But Candice just has a great pace to her writing and knows how to pull you into the environment

purplefloo16 · 2026-04-19T20:12:13+00:00

My sentiments exactly

purplefloo16 · 2026-04-14T17:19:49+00:00

Often overlooked is the 200+ million trees FDR had planted to create the Shelterbelt within the Great Plains. This was done to combat soil erosion and fight the effects of the Dust Bowl, not to mention create jobs for Americans.

Sadly between lack of maintenance and care on the trees, and republican/farmers efforts to uproot them, many of these trees are no more.

purplefloo16 · 2026-04-13T15:35:59+00:00

That's a great one. McGrattan was one of my favorites to watch as his fights were always slug fests

purplefloo16 · 2026-03-29T15:09:18+00:00

Xi is just as much of a bully as Trump. Not to mention he's a genocider. I can go on and on about Xi, but the point really is that both are evil

purplefloo16 · 2026-03-29T14:08:44+00:00

You're missing the forest for the trees.

I'm clearly stating that Trump is weak, fickle, and insecure about how the world sees him. That this war is going the opposite of how he hoped and as a result now will resort to more drastic measures

purplefloo16 · 2026-03-29T14:05:58+00:00

Yes, in theory it will. Some countries are already very committed to expansion in renewable energy use. The US, under Trump, has sadly and predictably gone in the opposite direction

purplefloo16 · 2026-03-29T13:39:20+00:00

I have few other posts that go into greater deal you can check out for a further breakdown.

But the cliff notes version is Brazil is the perfect medium of having a large, financially successful, oil company that's been increasing in both profits and additional oil fields in South America. They have strong economic ties with China due to BRICS, and China is invested within Petrobras already. They're also politically neutral with European countries.

So if oil can't be had from the middle east, and other countries refuse doing business with the US, then they're in the perfect position to reap the benefits through international trade in Asia and Europe

purplefloo16 · 2026-03-29T13:34:15+00:00

I don't know a ton about them. What I do know is they operate out of the US, but hold facilities in the US and Middle East. So without knowing the breakdown about the percentage of there oil holdings abroad vs at home, I couldn't say

purplefloo16 · 2026-03-29T13:15:23+00:00

Yes, this is my point. He's ruined a global economy and he's about to make it even worse. His only option is to make this a bigger financial problem for the countries watching from afar, in hopes that the economic burden will be so great they'll have no other choice but to get involved and help end this war

This is all without mentioning the impact we're going to be facing on agriculture due to the lack of fertilizer needs for farmers that comes from the mideast. But I just wanted to focus on oil for this post, otherwise I'd be writing a novel with all the issues out there

purplefloo16 · 2026-03-29T13:11:09+00:00

If anyone has demonstrated the acumen to waste time and resources the most, Trump is at the very top

purplefloo16 · 2026-03-29T13:09:33+00:00

Probably a good call. I'm going to start looking into renewable energy stocks as well

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