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Big Serge โ˜ฆ๏ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

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Orthodox Christian. Posting about military history.

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The Finns fought very bravely and the initial Soviet assault was entirely incompetent, and yet the Soviets ended up winning and taking more territory than they had initially asked for. History isnโ€™t as cut and dry as Luke Skywalker blowing up the Death Star.

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This is intimately tied to a particularly Germanic notion of doomed heroism - at the end of all things, the gods fight against destroying titans in a war that they are fated to lose. The valorous dead fight with them, justifying themselves despite knowing that defeat is certain.

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King Theoden a very important character for men in these latter days of the west - exemplifies the nobility of consciously moving forward in manful duty rather than giving way to despair. Doom may be inevitable, but lethargy and surrender are a choice.

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Itโ€™s funny the way people try to roast Hitler for using stimulants when like 75% of young people are on some combination of SSRIs and Adderall. His pharmaceutical use was mild by the standards of the contemporary American college student.

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The White House trotting out an elderly Luke Skywalker to talk about how pleased he is with the CPI reminds me of when Iran said that they canโ€™t kill American heroes because they are all fictional.

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BREAKING: Reuters reports that 'Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting U.S. troops' after the West African country asked Washington to withdraw its military personnel from the country.

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Even as a kid, I always felt that Pontius Pilate was a sympathetic character. 2000 years later the poor guy is still getting scapegoated for Deicide.

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