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well that’s cause the author is a silly anarchist but those relations are still mediated by classes
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i haven’t read that book yet, but everything i’ve read about it is that it’s both a very interesting pop synthesis of a lot of recent research which has further undermined the traditional “progress” gloss on the creation of complex states, and also that it reaches a lot in order to paint an idyllic view of non-state societies and their food sources
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rjmccall posted:i haven’t read that book yet, but everything i’ve read about it is that it’s both a very interesting pop synthesis of a lot of recent research which has further undermined the traditional “progress” gloss on the creation of complex states, and also that it reaches a lot in order to paint an idyllic view of non-state societies and their food sources i mean there's no real artifacts so it's all implication and guesswork. It makes a strong circumstantial case for the idea that early states were far worse places than nonstate societies, however bad those may have been.
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indigi posted:but those relations are still mediated by classes what relations
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infernal machines posted:
they also have a very distinctive (and terrible) editorial line
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rotor, other than being deeply bummed out by it, what do you think of Against The Grain? once i get done with my current reading (great gatsby, the prince, a bunch of terrible witcher novels) i am thinking of giving Seeing Like A State by the same author a spin if you are still interested in reading another history book that kind of knocked me on my rear end i recommend After Tamerlane by john darwin
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FMguru posted:rotor, other than being deeply bummed out by it, what do you think of Against The Grain? i'm halfway though and i'm not sure Im gonna make it. It's well written its just i dont really like the conclusions. I typically love this sort of thing but ever since the "after the success of domesticating animals, we tried it on humans and that was even more successful" its just been a real downer. I'll check out After Tamerlane, sounds interesting edit: the writing is good, the scholarship seems fine. He makes a clear point of what is just guesswork, what has supporting evidence and what is widely accepted fact, and how long its been accepted for. I would recommend it, but be prepared to think of yourself as livestock for a while. rotor fucked around with this message at 07:53 on Jun 2, 2021 |
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rjmccall posted:i haven’t read that book yet, but everything i’ve read about it is that it’s both a very interesting pop synthesis of a lot of recent research which has further undermined the traditional “progress” gloss on the creation of complex states, and also that it reaches a lot in order to paint an idyllic view of non-state societies and their food sources man BAEN have gotten a lot deeper since I last looked
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finished out the planet of the apes reboots tonight with War. Ape, i tell ya, that's a drat good movie. tbh i think Dawn was my favorite of the three.
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NoneMoreNegative posted:man BAEN have gotten a lot deeper since I last looked lots of posters quote previous posts for context, and they’re all cowards
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Jonny 290 posted:finished out the planet of the apes reboots tonight with War. Ape, i tell ya, that's a drat good movie. yeah theyre real solid
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NoneMoreNegative posted:man BAEN have gotten a lot deeper since I last looked i too was surprised by that response rjmccall posted:lots of posters quote previous posts for context, and they’re all cowards it's much funnier this way
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rotor posted:what relations economic and power relations between people within states and people “without” them. capitalist and proletariat aren’t the only two classes and in fact neither existed until the last two and a half centuries!
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infernal machines posted:
for some reason, this reminds me of the cheetahmen series of games
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Carthag Tuek posted:yeah theyre real solid
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planet of the apes ranking: original escape rise -- great movies end here -- conquest dawn war -- good movies end here -- tim burton beneath battle
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I saw tim burton planet of the apes in theater and the only good part was marky mark looking at the monkey lincoln
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Jun 2, 2021 16:13
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that asinine ending was actually the ending of the original book. the author readily agreed that the movie's ending was much better, though i will admit that the ape makeup in the tim burton one is really good
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Jun 2, 2021 16:22
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timb why did you cut the marky mark ape sex scene
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https://youtu.be/8xdUEknQSMM I did not realize this was a video game movie until after I saw the trailer
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Jun 2, 2021 20:37
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the bo burnham special on netflix is good. the "white woman on instagram" song is loving hilarious
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SmokaDustbowl posted:the bo burnham special on netflix is good. the "white woman on instagram" song is loving hilarious to put it in a little context the final screen is a number for the suicide hotline
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Bhodi posted:its brutal it's funny as hell
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Bhodi posted:its brutal good that someone puts that in when it's a topic. lots of shows have started to slack on providing information if they have a character contemplate suicide as part of a story
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Jun 2, 2021 21:41
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what if John wick but women https://youtu.be/YLMT5uXjFLY looks fun
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The Fool posted:what if John wick but women always nice when they just give you the entire plot up front like that
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Jun 2, 2021 22:18
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tbf the plot is pretty inconsequential for a movie like this
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gunpowder milkshake amazingly bad name
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Jun 2, 2021 22:35
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bump_fn posted:gunpowder
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bump_fn posted:gunpowder
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infernal machines posted:
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that is some of the lamest star wars poo poo I've ever seen in my life, and I know somebody who has a stick figure family decal on their car's rear window where they're all star wars people
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During the beginning of the pandemic I realized I had never read any Discworld. I feel like some wires got crossed in my brain and it got filed away with the likes of Piers Anthony for some reason. Anyway, I set myself to reading them and correcting this mistake, because it turns out they are extremely "my jam". Just burned through Reaper Man tonight. Hopefully starting on Witches Abroad in the next week or so. Man, I was dumb in my 20s.
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MrQueasy posted:During the beginning of the pandemic I realized I had never read any Discworld. I feel like some wires got crossed in my brain and it got filed away with the likes of Piers Anthony for some reason. they’re basically all excellent, and perfect books to read in between bigger more challenging ones.
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same, but i confused it with ringworld lol monstrous regiment is the tipping point from great to ‘beloved series revival’ where the world and characters you love are still there but it isn’t at the level it used to be still worth reading but not great
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