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Is there an element of truth to this idea that Roman history is partially an invention of Italian humanists? Have the originals discovered by early renaissance humanists ever been carbon dated?
https://www.unz.com/article/how-fake-is-roman-antiquity/
I didn’t want to click through to unz, so I wrote up this whole thing about the Portland vase. It was the first thing in the British Museum’s Roman collection, but glass also can’t be carbon dated. Since I lost my draft, though, here’s the short version.
Even if the main critic was right and that vase is a fake, I don’t think much changes. We still have other historical records corroborating the existence of the alleged last Roman owner. We’ve got a few dozen other samples of glass using the same technique. And we have a broader picture of Roman history anchored by radiocarbon of charcoal and such from towns, military camps, and so on.
It’s pretty implausible that Gibbon et al. were writing massive shared-universe fan fiction.
What is wrong with Unz. Even if his politics suck, it's not like you are enriching him by clicking like you would the Wasingtonpost
I wasn’t sure of that ahead of time. I actually couldn’t remember the political lean, either, since that other response was playing the thesis up as anti-white. Yeah, I figured it out pretty quick.
But for me, it’s more about legitimacy. Somewhere, a view counter has ticked up, and an author gets to use me to convince others that he’s a worthy read. I’ll freely admit it’s not particularly rational.
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Nothing is wrong with Ron Unz, just like nothing is wrong with Alex Jones, both are doing their work.
Shitcoating 101 for Alex, 201-301 for Ron.
What is shitcoating? Recipe is simple.
Pick well researched and well documented truth that would shock normies to the core of their souls.
Add pile of unfounded speculation and wild fantasy.
Add bigger pile of delusionary nonsense.
Add really big pile of brown shit. Must be 100% authentic proud sieg heiling Nazi shit, accept no substitutes.
Stir vigorously, serve hot and steaming.
Works every time.
I get where you’re coming from with Unz being a Nazi, but how is Jones one? I mean, I’m sure he’s not exactly a philosemite- few conspiracy theorists are- but he seems like a libertarian with some culturally conservative ideas when he’s consistent.
It can happen. When you keep going how nothing happened to the Jews during WW2 and they deserved it all, how Hitler was a hero who saved European civilization, how Jews drink blood of Christian children etc..., some people might mistake you for Nazi.
But I do not believe that libertarian Californian Jew suddenly got a revelation that Hitler was the greatest man that ever lived and turned his life around. I believe that Ron Unz, just like Alex Jones (and Andrew Anglin, one of stars of his site) are professionals doing their job and doing it well.
I described Unz's method, for Jones, replace Nazism with generic illuminati/lizardman gutter conspiracy content.
The same thing, only for sub 100 IQ audience. Ron's audience is higher grade, people who love to read 10,000 word articles and argue in 1000 comment threads.
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