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“the misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all” -- Joan Robinson
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“the misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all” -- Joan Robinson
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last one.Attached Files“the misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all” -- Joan Robinson
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i didn't know there were already biplanes in use by that time! didn't the wright brothers just fly a year or two prior??There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."- Isaac Asimov
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Two points jump out at me, both typical of the propagandists hand: The civilians, especially the large number of women and children, waving small Japanese flags, their faces rapturous at their liberation by the IJA. And the aircraft - the style shown is representative of the state of the art around 1910-1912. Some Wright-style forward stabilizers, which make pitch incredibly twitchy (not naturally stable), and which were abandoned after maybe 1912, at the latest. If these drawings were of the 1904-05 war, I'd say it is impossible for these aircraft to exist in this context. The Wright Brothers visited Europe in '08, I believe, and while European powers had some limited flying going on, the Wright's wing-warping and overall control made a big impression on Europe. Japan certainly did not have this capability in 1904. No one did.
If the drawings are 1918-1921, then the Japanese aircraft state of the art might be accurately represented; available as scouts, observers, and perhaps a bit of bomb dropping, but definitely behind post WW1 Europe .
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chogy, skywatcher,
seems you're right. although it IS rather stylized-- sword cavalry charges in the 1918-1921 intervention?There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."- Isaac Asimov
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I agree, it has to be the intervention era. However, I am somewhat perplexed by the poster that is fourth from the top. It says that Japanese troops attacked a Austrian-German force and took the bridge enemy was retreating on.
Did these forces ever fight Japanese forces in Russia? Or could this have been a depiction from the Japanese invasion of the German imperial territory in China during WWI?
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