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Who would have thought the guy who took a year to gush over the Japanese Imperial army, was a chud?

Its history.
It's hardcore.
It's really mean of the Palestinians to fight back.

![paulie-point](https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/83ec375d-b9d2-4827-ba99-d2460edd448b.png "emoji paulie-point") What the Japanese did when they suicide bombed American naval carriers was an act of immense bravery, fueled by dire circumstances that pushed the warriors to make the greatest of sacrifices. Palestinians fighting back is different, because I don't think they're cool or based.

Edit: Should probably make it clear I in no way think the Palestinians fighting against Israel is comparable to what the japanese did in WWII. I just think it's kinda telling that a guy who has spent 20+ hours glamorizing the japanese for fighting a "lost cause", somehow thinks it's wrong for the palestinians to fight a fight he thinks they have no chance of winning.

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[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I liked his WW1 series, but everything after that has made me start to question the legitimacy of that series.

[–] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He's not the actual worst, but he's the perfect example of skeptically approaching politics without a material lens. He's got the right idea but the exact wrong approach that leads to wildly incoherent conclusions that, since they're not the accepted mainstream dogma, must be correct.

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just thought it was near how he focused on the horror of warfare in WW1. Something that was usually overshadowed in American highschool education because WW2 was the big topic.

He simultaneously flip-flopped between "was is hell and terrible" to "hey isn't this weapon system cool?"

[–] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He had probably just read The Face of Battle by John Keegan and riffed from there.

I think he did mention that at some point, but I listened to it like 7 years ago and don't feel like relistening to a 17 hour podcast

[–] Smeagolicious@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He’s not the actual worst

He’s pretty close to the bottom of the barrel though, he had Elon Musk on his other podcast which is devoted entirely to liberal civility politics. Same show went on hiatus when trump was elected because he got too weepy about “how divided our country is now” to continue

[–] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The barrel goes way deeper than that my friend

[–] Smeagolicious@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh for sure, he’s just got my personal loathing among podcasters I’ve listened to lol

[–] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah that's exactly where he's at. The greatest possible amount of annoying from a podcaster that I'll ever listen to.