Annomaander_Rake

Annomaander_Rake t1_j16sqr4 wrote

Reply to comment by torgoboi in How do countries that lack long, ancient histories and myths (or feel they lack it), or have lost all records of them, compensate for this loss or absence? Can these invented ancient myths become as "legitimate" as the truly old histories/myths of countries that have them? by raori921

I think you’re essentially correct. Being that we are a mongrel nation that has no clear ancestry beyond the 1600s, our long term mythology has to be borrow from the old world. I’m sure there are villiges in Romania with stories that go back millennia. Since people have been living there so damn long lol

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Annomaander_Rake t1_j16s7z6 wrote

Reply to comment by TreeMcBean in How do countries that lack long, ancient histories and myths (or feel they lack it), or have lost all records of them, compensate for this loss or absence? Can these invented ancient myths become as "legitimate" as the truly old histories/myths of countries that have them? by raori921

With how impactful and influential Tolkiens work has become, I bet middle earth will end up having a greater impact on society in the long run, than the impact Shakespeare has had over the last 300 years or so. I could be wrong but I don’t think it’s a far fetched guess. Tolkiens influence will continue to expand again and again with every subsequent generation of storytellers that draws on Tolkien’s influence.

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Annomaander_Rake t1_j16rpus wrote

Reply to comment by assholetoall in Hurricanes Reveal 19th-Century Shipwreck Hidden Beneath Florida Beach by That-Situation-4262

We live in a world of technology worship, as I’m sure you know better than I do, being that you are part of IT. So whenever a problem can be solved by something hi tech, I think everyone collectively gets a hard on. Especially news outlets. They love reporting about a hi tech solution to something that could have been solved the old fashioned way.

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Annomaander_Rake t1_j16r81a wrote

Reply to comment by Future_Huckleberry71 in "Imperialism" Before ~16th century? by ImperatorScientia

Good point. I think it’s easy for people to forget that ancient empires also count as imperialists. The Roman’s were probably better at expansion than most other imperialist empires of the more modern times, because the Roman’s were all about assimilation and bringing stability to the regions they conquered (which is very arguable of course, but still). Whereas more modern imperial regimes tended to be parasites that only ever took from the countries they preyed upon.

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