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What are some books that explain why did humanity chimp out so much in the 20th century? Preferably, books that have theories other than "muh economics" and similar shit, because these are the obvious reasons, but i also feel like there's something deeper in that century that led to so much suffering.

>> No.13134810

>>13134754
Technology is a big one too. Wars and mass murders became a lot less personal.

>> No.13134815

So that we could be born in the time just after a great struggle
It set the stage for the plots and developments of our lives

>> No.13134975
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>>13134754
Start here:
https://youtu.be/gOPBYt3LMrc

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>>13134754
Also good:
https://youtu.be/ebkVj0WsRWM

>> No.13135000

>>13134991
An awtist wethpecks the siwence that sewves the foundation fo’ cweativity!
I wawked BOB DYWAN up on stage, WHO THE FUCK AWE YOU?

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Try pic related or any book about the history of China

>> No.13135046

>>13134754
We realized we wouldn’t be able to count the centuries that had passed on our fingers much longer and had to invent computers to do it for us

>> No.13135054

>>13134754
Was WW1/WW2 really that bad of a chimpout compared to, say, the 30 years war?

>> No.13135076

>>13135054
Also there were a ton of deaths in, for example, the An Lushan or Taiping Rebellions. Chinese history is full of chimpouts.

>> No.13135084

>>13134754
It's only an increase in scale and development of more efficient ways of killing. So I wouldn't call 20th century a chimp out desu. As a species we still haven't figured a way for perfect co-existence and the world is getting smaller everyday.

>> No.13135099

>>13135084
will we ever chimpout again?

>> No.13135108

>>13135099
It's coming soon, i think.

>> No.13135110

>>13135099
Most certainly

>> No.13135112

Keegan's A History of Warfare
Keeley's War Before Civilization
D Waal's Chimpanzee Politics

We're descended from mean monkeys.

>> No.13135113

The Jews instigated WWII, obviously, but I think most people would say that the Nazis still responded inappropriately.

>> No.13135114

>>13135099
United States, 21st Century.

>> No.13135185

>>13135054
Well, 80,000,000 died in a war that involved most of the planet in some way or another. WW2 is by a long shot the worst war we’ve had in terms of casualties and scope. So, to answer your question, yeah, it really was that bad. We’ve had destructive wars in the past but none that equaled it.