Spatel

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Spatel

Spatel

@Rjrasva

Every great thing perishes if its heirs are petty. - Oswald Spengler

http://bharatvani.org/books.html Beigetreten Ekim 2011
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Spatel@Rjrasva·
Here is the new bookshelf (the old 1 went defunct for some reason). I haven't added all goodreads.com/review/list/56… Will add more as I remember
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u said northern hemisphere nation with freezing winters, Japan is entirely in northern hemisphere & has freezing winters, don't shift goal posts x.com/jaganmsna/stat… its ok to admit u have a cartoonish idea of past where all humans lived in misery before AC or some other tech
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Devil's Advocate IN@jaganmsna

@Rjrasva Was asking about Canada and Norway but fine lets move on having agreed with your pov on walkable cities ,rest is noise!

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x.com/jaganmsna/stat… As it happens, in many parts of Japan no centralized heating, go back 40 yrs to final yrs of Showa era & peak yrs of Japan panic in US, it was far more the case Presumably 30 yrs from now we will be even less miserable, think of what tech there will be!
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Devil's Advocate IN@jaganmsna

@Rjrasva Can you show one Northern Hemisphere nation with freezing winters that doesn't have room heating ?

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x.com/jaganmsna/stat… Public transportation is built on walkability because trains & buses can't pick u up from your front door, Tokyo's public transit is great because its also a very walkable city not just because it has a lot of trains so 1st solve that
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@Rjrasva Public transportation is a basic need and yes possible to live w o cars But AC ? Can developed world live a winter without centralized heating and frozen water pipes?. Till 19th century humanity lived That way in Europe , North America and tell us if it was comfortable

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x.com/jaganmsna/stat… My childhood no AC & long power cuts, it was not miserable. This silly view means every tech advance is making us less "miserable", how can u imagine life without internet? must be so miserable What a silly view, rightly ridiculed by Ishikawa Eisuke
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Devil's Advocate IN@jaganmsna

@Rjrasva Public transportation is a basic need and yes possible to live w o cars But AC ? Can developed world live a winter without centralized heating and frozen water pipes?. Till 19th century humanity lived That way in Europe , North America and tell us if it was comfortable

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Peasants Into Frenchmen The Modernization of Rural France, 1870-1914 By Eugen Weber · 1976 So rare was commercial meat indeed that in Lower Brittany a special traditional song was called for when it was served x.com/Rjrasva/status…
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The Subterranean Forest: Energy Systems and the Industrial Revolution by Rolf Peter Sieferle When population density grows in a solar energy system, it can be expected that meat consumption will decline in favour of vegetarian food x.com/Rjrasva/status…

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The Subterranean Forest: Energy Systems and the Industrial Revolution by Rolf Peter Sieferle When population density grows in a solar energy system, it can be expected that meat consumption will decline in favour of vegetarian food x.com/Rjrasva/status…
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x.com/VirtudMental/s… Ya that's not how it worked, meat consumption was always low even pre-Buddhism High pop density (which Japan had at 30 million on 3 islands at end of Edo era) is incompatible with high meat consumption unless fossil fuels r involved, true of Europe too

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x.com/VirtudMental/s… Ya that's not how it worked, meat consumption was always low even pre-Buddhism High pop density (which Japan had at 30 million on 3 islands at end of Edo era) is incompatible with high meat consumption unless fossil fuels r involved, true of Europe too
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675 d.C., Japón. El emperador Tenmu prohíbe el consumo de carne. No por salud. No por religión inicialmente. Por control. La prohibición dura 1.200 años. Doce siglos de proteína animal restringida en una nación que había estado comiendo jabalí, ciervo y aves acuáticas durante milenios. La justificación oficial evolucionó: El budismo prohíbe matar. La carne es impura. El consumo de animales de cuatro patas ofende a los dioses. La razón real era más simple: el acceso a la proteína crea independencia. Cazar no requiere casero. Un campesino con acceso a caza silvestre no responde a nadie. Un campesino dependiente del arroz responde a quien controle los arrozales. El shogunato Tokugawa perfeccionó este sistema. El arroz se convirtió en la moneda del control. Los samuráis recibían estipendios de arroz. Los campesinos pagaban impuestos en arroz. Toda la economía funcionaba con un grano que requería infraestructura, irrigación y propiedad de la tierra para producirse. No puedes cultivar arroz solo. Necesitas al colectivo. Necesitas el sistema. Necesitas permiso. Puedes cazar ciervos solo. Ese era el problema. Los registros históricos muestran que la población japonesa se volvió más baja durante el período de la prohibición de la carne. El campesino promedio en 1800 medía 1,55 m. Significativamente más pequeño que sus ancestros comedores de carne del siglo VII. Cuando el comodoro estadounidense Perry llegó en 1853, los japoneses quedaron atónitos por el tamaño físico de los marineros estadounidenses. Los estadounidenses promediaban 1,73 m. Los estadounidenses comían carne. Los japoneses habían estado prohibidos de ella durante 1.200 años. La Restauración Meiji en 1868 levantó la prohibición. El gobierno alentó explícitamente el consumo de carne para "fortalecer la raza" y competir con las potencias occidentales. En dos generaciones, la altura promedio aumentó 5 cm. En cuatro generaciones, los hombres japoneses promediaban 1,70 m. No genética. Nutrición. La prohibición de la carne funcionó exactamente como se diseñó: Mantenía a la población pequeña, débil y dependiente de un suministro de alimentos que requería permiso para acceder. El momento en que se revocó ese permiso, la población creció en altura. Casi como si los humanos necesitaran proteína animal y 1.200 años de conocimiento institucional no pudieran cambiar la biología.

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@Acht_Timberlake Location showing "South Asia" means its likely a Pakistani or a Bangladeshi tweeting while pretending to be Indian Ignore
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x.com/jaganmsna/stat… Point is that the primary reason people don't have active mobility isn't "India hot saar" but lack of basic urban amenities It is rather telling that u believe all of humanity lived in "misery" for last 250-300K yrs before cars & AC/centralized heating
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@Rjrasva Am very much for public transportation and city planning but if u want Indians to return to misery of 1970s and 1980s its not happening.

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x.com/antesignanvs/s… Whiny uncles have a Victorian colonial British lady who just arrived in colony sense of heat “My, what an oppressively warm day it is—no less than 28 degrees centigrade, if you can imagine! The air feels quite stifling, as though one were wrapped in an..
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@Rjrasva Some of my Chinese co-workers melt when weather hits higher than 20 degrees because as kids they never got told to play outside. Meanwhile my grandfather grows tomatoes in 30 degrees wearing pants. Solidifies ny view that air conditioning is for the weak and degenerate.

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Camicia Azzurra@antesignanvs·
@Rjrasva Some of my Chinese co-workers melt when weather hits higher than 20 degrees because as kids they never got told to play outside. Meanwhile my grandfather grows tomatoes in 30 degrees wearing pants. Solidifies ny view that air conditioning is for the weak and degenerate.
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saar India hot saar, saar Nainital too cold saar Yet 40-50 yrs ago barely any1 had even 2 motorized 2 wheelers, u either walked or took a bicycle Stop using heat as excuse u fat f*ck & fix the basic urban planning of cities to promote active mobility x.com/jaganmsna/stat…
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@Deshpacito661 Do u even know that it goes close to 0 degrees C in winters in Florida? India heat + humidity thru summer + monsoon months is exceptional

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幕末外交|日本容易ナラズ(全12巻)
3/3 明治政府成立後、最大の課題は「自作の偽金」の処理でした。真相を追及しようとした役人が暗殺されるなど隠蔽工作が続いたと言われています。 自分たちの犯罪を闇に葬りながら近代化を進めた新政府最大のタブー 派手な改革がクローズアップされますが、維新の皮肉な裏面史も知っておきたいです。
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幕末外交|日本容易ナラズ(全12巻)
2/3 倒幕の軍資金を作るため、薩摩藩などは領内で「二分金」を組織的に偽造 銀に金メッキを施した粗悪な偽金を市場に大量流出させました。 江戸の物価は爆上がりし庶民の生活は破壊されましたが、その浮いた利益が最新兵器の購入資金になったという皮肉な現実があります。 #薩摩藩 #インフレ #幕末史
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1/3 幕末の裏側で日本経済を崩壊寸前に追い込んだ「国家規模の犯罪」をご存知ですか? 当時の噂では「薩摩や長州が偽金を作っている」と言われましたが、それは単なる噂ではなく、維新の成功を支えた極秘の資金源だったのです。 語り継がれる歴史の闇の真相、スレッドへ👇 #幕末 #歴史の闇
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JapaneseBullFighter@bull_japanese·
@Rjrasva His description is accurate. It is what I repeatedly saw in Japan during my first stay here 1971-1974. By the early 80s Japan had completely changed at least in cities. Now it's mostly pets. Signs saying "don't let your dog crap or piss here" are quite common.
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