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EPISODE #15: The 47 Ronin Story, Discussion of WW1/WW2 and World History
We start by talking about benchmarking countries performance metrics like good businessmen and women do for companies. Tim suggests that all Americans should be required to spend 1 year living abroad teaching English or something similar to learn about other cultures and America's place in the world.
We discuss some of the empires in world history and how many countries had their time in the sun but now may be a shadow of their former selves (Greece and Portugal were a couple mentioned. )We also discussed the Spanish Empire, Chinese History, and Mongolian history, especially the Yuan Dynasty when the Mongolians ruled China. We discuss how the USA has only been around for a little over 200 years and that is a drop in the bucket in the span of world history. We talk about how the USA really capitalized on the aftermath of WWII to cement our place in the world space. We discuss how France had over 5 million casualties in WW1 (4 million wounded and 1.4 million deaths) and how they had have have demoralized them when a mere 20 years later Germany invaded France to start WW2. It is our opinion that France does not deserve the reputation of just being good at waving the white flag; any country after losing such a high percentage of their population in a horrible war fought mainly on their soil would not have been ready to fight a mere 20 years later. France lost 5% of their population to military deaths during WW1.
We also talk about the common view in the USA that America won both WW1 and WW2. We discuss possible alternative outcomes to WW2: if Hitler had been able to take the UK; If Hitler had allied with the Soviet Union instead of attacking them; if Japan had attacked Russia from the eastern side.
Tim then tells the story of the 47 Ronin which is a true story that happened in 1701 in Edo period Japan when Japan was an isolated country for 300 years. We talk about the Samurai Code and how honorable Samurai would commit ceremonial suicide (Seppuku).
We talk about the origins of our respective states (Indiana and South Dakota). We discuss the Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota and Custer's Last Stand. We end with a brief discussion of the situation around the Covid 19 Pandemic.
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By Wolfcreek LLCWe start by talking about benchmarking countries performance metrics like good businessmen and women do for companies. Tim suggests that all Americans should be required to spend 1 year living abroad teaching English or something similar to learn about other cultures and America's place in the world.
We discuss some of the empires in world history and how many countries had their time in the sun but now may be a shadow of their former selves (Greece and Portugal were a couple mentioned. )We also discussed the Spanish Empire, Chinese History, and Mongolian history, especially the Yuan Dynasty when the Mongolians ruled China. We discuss how the USA has only been around for a little over 200 years and that is a drop in the bucket in the span of world history. We talk about how the USA really capitalized on the aftermath of WWII to cement our place in the world space. We discuss how France had over 5 million casualties in WW1 (4 million wounded and 1.4 million deaths) and how they had have have demoralized them when a mere 20 years later Germany invaded France to start WW2. It is our opinion that France does not deserve the reputation of just being good at waving the white flag; any country after losing such a high percentage of their population in a horrible war fought mainly on their soil would not have been ready to fight a mere 20 years later. France lost 5% of their population to military deaths during WW1.
We also talk about the common view in the USA that America won both WW1 and WW2. We discuss possible alternative outcomes to WW2: if Hitler had been able to take the UK; If Hitler had allied with the Soviet Union instead of attacking them; if Japan had attacked Russia from the eastern side.
Tim then tells the story of the 47 Ronin which is a true story that happened in 1701 in Edo period Japan when Japan was an isolated country for 300 years. We talk about the Samurai Code and how honorable Samurai would commit ceremonial suicide (Seppuku).
We talk about the origins of our respective states (Indiana and South Dakota). We discuss the Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota and Custer's Last Stand. We end with a brief discussion of the situation around the Covid 19 Pandemic.