| 1909 really wasn't the hight of its power, the golden age before its downfall maybe. Its real power came between the war against Napoleon and the Crimean War.
And Lawrence of Arabia is waayy more famous than Philip of Macedon (alex's dad right before I stick my foot in my mouth?). He is famous for also being the one of the first people in modernity to use guerilla warfare and build new rules around it. He worked alongside Faisel in his campaigns, who would become King Faisel of Iraq after WWI. He was screwed by the British, after all his work freeing the middle east of ottaman rule Britain and France divided it between themselves.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill |