Saw The Zone of interest yesterday.

Not by me originally, only translated from German (Lemmy post), originally posted on Bluesky (only accessible with an account)

A parody of "The Treachery of Images" by Rene Magritte, but with Nixon.

"White death" by Sabaton

I heard they took down the original video of this song because the pictures had the rifle with a scope. Simo never used one I guess.

Watership Down.🐰🐇😳

Recently stumbled on an anime (though if it's anime can be debated) which are essentially just history shitposts on ancient greece. Each episode ends in a song, this being one of my favorites.

Edit: it seems some episodes are on youtube https://youtu.be/LF0ufQp_nmY?si=q3Ncev1Rj5KzE3ph

Source: Part 1 and Part 2

Tl;dw - Unlike China and Japan, medieval Korea followed an extreme school of Confucianism that emphasized hierarchy and age over practicality. After WW2, the South Korean dictatorship government used this tradition to cement their own power. The video argues that these have made South Korea an extremely hierarchical, and in particular, sexist, society. A video game's refusal to sexualize a female character for their (mostly male) audience was thus seen as an attack on the system. A female artist at the studio was accused of being a 'radical feminist', and either fired or resigned to appease fans.

Ancient China suffered from raids from the Xiongnu Confederation of modern-day Mongolia. At first, the Chinese tried defensive tactics such as building the Great Wall and paying tribute donating gifts. But the raids continued, so in 119 BCE the Han Dynasty sent an army into Mongolia. The Chinese army was much smaller, but better trained and much better supplied. In three battles they pretty much annihilated the Xiongnu army, with the survivors splitting into smaller groups (and some even becoming Han vassals).

Some Xiongnu tribes retreated north and west into modern-day Siberia and south Russia, pushing the residents westward. They, in turn, moved into eastern Europe and Germany. This pushed the Visigoths of Germany southwards, where they sacked Rome in 410 CE. While Rome was no longer the capital of the Roman Empire, it was still a major cultural and economic centre, and its fall sent shockwaves across Europe.

The migrations also caused the collapse of the Burgundian Kingdom (in modern-day Rhineland, not modern-day Burgundy) at the hands of the Huns (and their Roman allies), which forms the backdrop of the German epic the Nibelungenlied (not to be confused with Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung, which, despite sharing most characters, borrows heavily from the Norse version of the legend and Wagner's political (socialist) and religious (Buddhist) beliefs).