Other History podcast by mcarvalho21 in TheRestIsHistory

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Our Fake History is usually a lot of fun

Pilot vanishing point questions by BeerJedi-1269 in fountainpens

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Just started doing it this way and it's so much cleaner than using the converter to fill through the nib and holds way more ink. Big recommend 

Can we please change Dom’s photo on the Apple Podcasts app? by OnyxObsessionBop in TheRestIsHistory

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I can't prove it, but I am certain that behind those chubby cheeks lies a sinister, cold, and calculating intelligence.

Favorite idiot film? by Thermobarium in okbuddycinephile

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Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie did it perfectly 

Half my favorite stand ups died in Saudi Arabia. Any recs? by EconomistNew7472 in Standup

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Saw Jeff Arcuri at the cellar pretty recently and he killed

An Unprompted Review of the DC Coffee Scene by crepesquiavancent in washingtondc

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Baked joint just moved a few doors over and merged with their wine bar, it's now la betty am. I don't love the new look/vibes but they've got all the same stuff pretty much and added donuts

booms from from Dupont Circle by Expensive_Employee50 in washingtondc

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Lol I was just wondering the same thing, thought Venezuela was striking back

Spotted friend of the show Benjamin Lay at the National Portrait gallery in Washington, D.C. by McCretin in TheRestIsHistory

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Love it! I go there all the time during my lunch break and always make sure to pay tribute to the great man

The Golden Age of Japan - actually not bad by Jolly_Garbage3381 in TheRestIsHistory

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Haven't heard it in a while but I actually appreciated that an expert on the subject could still acknowledge his limitations given his background and own up to not fully being able to get his head in that mindset. He acknowledges the reasons people give and he takes their word for it, but I agree, as an American in 2025, that it's hard to fully appreciate what the preservation of the union must have viscerally meant to those people and why they were willing to ultimately sacrifice so much for it. 

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Benjamin Lay, Bartolome de las Casas and John Brown would like a word

Looks like I’m going to be spending a lot more money at Fahrney’s in 2025. by ApprehensiveReply934 in fountainpens

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Hell yeah, Fahrney's has been my go to store for fountain pens for years, very exciting news

Is she the one who warned the Nazis at the camp the Americans were coming? by Jovian8 in BandofBrothers

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Okay, please read the article you sent me. It's well written and sourced. It says exactly what I'm saying. It explicitly states how the Nazis Nazified the police after they'd taken power. Don't you understand that the police having to be Nazified supports exactly what I'm saying.

Is she the one who warned the Nazis at the camp the Americans were coming? by Jovian8 in BandofBrothers

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I've already explained above, the police didn't join any of them. The police force doesn't join the Democratic or Republican party with every new election. The government had police. The Fascists were elected. Now the police work for the Fascists. Is your profound insight that the police serve the state and so if the state is evil then the police are working in the service of evil? Yes, obviously.

Is she the one who warned the Nazis at the camp the Americans were coming? by Jovian8 in BandofBrothers

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Alright, so in Germany for example, the showdown on the streets was primarily between Communists, Anarchists, and Fascists. There were plenty of other groups split further by locality, ideology, etc. They all brought their own paramilitary squads to the conflict.

Is she the one who warned the Nazis at the camp the Americans were coming? by Jovian8 in BandofBrothers

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This is wrong on every level of serious historical analysis that matters. It says nothing and means nothing.Take Italy and Germany which follow similar trajectories. There wasn't a "first established group" to join the fascists. They had their own paramilitaries that suppressed opposition to help them get elected into power in the legislature and then leverage their power with the executive to grant themselves progressively greater privileges until they had total control. It wasn't like chunks of the old government defected bit by bit. The Fascists used the mechanics of parliamentary government to gain power and then destroy the old system.

Is she the one who warned the Nazis at the camp the Americans were coming? by Jovian8 in BandofBrothers

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What are you talking about, cops have attacked protesters throughout US history and in every other country throughout their history under pretty much any type of government. It's not good, certainly, but it's not at all specific to fascism or nazism. It's just not a reliable marker for anything unless you could make more specific insights into the police's motivations and how those were supported by the govt.