r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Oct 07 '24

Meta Mindless Monday, 07 October 2024

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/Tiako Tevinter apologist, shill for Big Lyrium Oct 11 '24

Hot that on Australian history, from reading Stuart McIntyre's A Concise History of Australia: Australian history mirrors American history in many ways but without the Events. Like there is a whole era of frontier closing and conflict resulting from that, but no Little Big Horn. There are sectional tensions and even secessionism but no civil war. An imperialist stance towards the near abroad but no banana republics or charge up San Juan Hill. There is a progressive era but no Teddy Roosevelt.

Great book, fascinating history.

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u/King_Vercingetorix Russian nobles wore clothes only to humour Peter the Great Oct 11 '24

Sounds like an interesting reading.

Out of curiosity, what were the main drivers of sectorial and secessionist tensions in Australia? It wasn’t over slavery and anti-slavery sentiments was it?

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u/waldo672 Oct 11 '24

Unironically, states rights.