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Part One: Phrenology: The Bastard Science of Racism

Behind the Bastards

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The Moral Compass Is Dependent on the Time of War

Morality is to an extent dependent upon the time like you look at um World War two. Both sides were willing to consider civilians an Acceptable target in warfare which is not a thing that we think is okay today. It's tougher when we go further back in time and you know You talk about like the Roman Empire where it was just accepted that like oh no when you sack a cityYou burn that city to the ground The women are going to get raped, young men are going to be killed That's just how we do war right then you run into a guy like Spartacus He's one of these clear examples because he's leading the slave revolt against the Roman Empire. And yet as

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