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I had an almost-argument with a guy back in the 90s who was touting how awesome samurai were. He pointed out that samurai not only were great warriors, skilled with bow and sword, but that they also learned other talents, like playing the flute and calligraphy. I told him flat-out that medieval knights were great warriors, skilled with sword and lance, and that they, too, were expected to learn other talents. Poetry, courtly language, music and more. He had no idea. He just thought knights were thugs. In his defense, he was just ignorant, not hostile. I also pointed out that knights stopped being a thing in wartime sometime in the 1400s, whereas samurai, by a fluke of politics, remained valid until the late 1860s. So a lot of the martial arts learned by the knights have been lost, whereas we still have schools teaching kendo. But if you read actual accounts from the times, those old-time knights were doing some pretty effective moves in their battles. I'm not going to start a fight about "who would win" but it would for sure not be a pushover for the samurai. Probably it would come down to who was more experienced. (Personally I think the knight has an edge, based on better quality metal.)

Then how can they be relied upon for anything else? This is a serious question. I'm not tearing off into the woods with someone who can't be bothered to get themselves straight before hand. Its a massive disconnect, and a big part of it is the cartoon world version of revolution and its counter.

The same traits --- individualism, trust in strangers, adherence to impersonal rules, institutions based on universal norms rather than personal relationships, and low in-group favoritism --- that made White societies the most successful are now destroying them. Why? These traits, which worked wonderfully only among Whites, inclined them to believe all humans, regardless of race or culture, can behave similarly. Believing only Whites were wired for these behaviors was deemed the highest moral crime: "You are a racist." Identity politics is horrible, as Tucker Carlson says; Whites should never think in terms of their unique in-group identity. All humans should be treated as individuals with the same natural rights and propensities for trust, fairness, and objectivity. But non-Whites lack these traits. Among Muslims, Africans, Indians, and others, cousin marriages, polygamy, kin-based networks, bias thinking, and clans prevail. Obligations to favor family or clan --- behaviors Whites call nepotism or corruption --- are seen as moral duties. Somalia has intense clan-based kinship and high cousin marriage rates. It ranks among the most corrupt nations, with clans influencing politics, business, and resources. These traits are wired psychologically. This explains why Minnesota, home to the largest U.S. Somali population, has seen large-scale frauds while Whites stayed silent for fear of being called racist.

Literally zero men in this pic were named Vivek Ramaswamy