
223 – Going Back to the Classics
The Bayesian Conspiracy
The British Empire Is the Epitome of Evil
Any historical transgression whatsoever, or anything that happened in ancient times is now ground for current and contemporary resentment. The british mpire, because it was the most successful empire, can be painted in that manner and painted with that brush. This didn't all happen in 18 52 or 17 52. Do you really want to sit there and get pisked off about rubes and diamonds that were take, that were transferred or taken from one society to the other in ten forty two? That would seem to be absurd and just also ill spirited on its face. So what's driving this? What drives this desire to drag historical items from, once again, times where, 500 years before
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