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I don't believe in the principle of the government taking money from the workers, and I feel that in a completely socialist society everyone may well be equal, but only equal in mediocrity, similar to North Korea now.

Except North Korea maintains one of the most unequal societies on the planet.
The privileged upper clique maintain this unsustainable status quo to the detriment of the regular citizens, because it is to their material benefit.
There is no noble "equal in mediocrity" ideal in North Korea - most people are poor because the country is corrupt and unequal. I can't emphasis enough just how corrupt North Korea is - at this point, although I believe it is improving, bribery is the oil of the economy. It is an expectation, rather than an exception - and it is present in almost all facets of society. In essence, you get things by being selfish. It didn't used to be, granted, but both exogenous and endogenous circumstances from the 1970s to its climax in the 1990s eliminated any socialist ideals in North Korea.

As for me, my favourite periods include:
- Imperial and Modern China
- Joseon Korea
- North Korea
- Tokugawa to Imperial to Modern Japan

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LiveToSki

The Tudors.. Annoys me when "The Tudors" tv show changes it to make it more interesting when it is interesting enough and they try to "sex it up" and have Jonathan Rhys Myers as Henry VIII

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Einheri

The Viking Age, followed by the Anglo-Saxon Period, followed by the Völkerwanderung/Germanic Migration period, then lastly Late Antiquity and the so-called Barbarian Invasions. The Middle Ages proper is also interesting at times - especially the 12th and 13th centuries in Iceland and Norway.

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saachi

Original post by LiveToSki

The Tudors.. Annoys me when "The Tudors" tv show changes it to make it more interesting when it is interesting enough and they try to "sex it up" and have Jonathan Rhys Myers as Henry VIII

Hahaha! Same, I think the Tudor era was fascinating. :smile:

To be fair though, Henry VIII was supposed to be really fit before syphilis and before he got wounded!

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DylanLJG

The Renaissance easily, the art, the music, the inventions, the ideas, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Machiavelli...

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NoSpeakNewSpeak

I simply can not choose one!

Ancient Greece
Tudor Period
Victorian Age
World Wars
The fifties, sixties and eighties!

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brokenlogic18

13.7 billion years ago.

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SilverArch

Roman Empire for me, specifically the early emperors. I find them so fascinating especially the psychotic ones. It would be impossible to find any other rulers like them! I also love Greek and Roman myths.

Also very interested in the 20th century history - The Soviet Union, Hitler and attitudes about women especially

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bilidowcar

The age of the Prince's in Wales, but thats the romantic in me coming out...

Otherwise it's probably the cold war, Spanish civil war, and the America Revolution. And maybe the Celts. ww and th age of enlightenment of course. And the American Colonial period..... oh i cant choose it all so fascinating!

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Alex17595

I found wwII very interesting.

But the roman were awsome, they invented so many things and so advanced for their time

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That Bearded Man

Got a lend of a textbook about the French revolution - everything pre-Napoleon is also pretty interesting

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cl_steele

British history from the rise to the fall of empire a fascinating period so much change and inovation that changed the face of the world for ever :smile:

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Wave

Now.

Because I'm alive now, The latest medicine to keep me alive, and the latest technology to make my life easier and entertained. We tend to look through rose tinted glasses at the past. Not having a mobile phone, computer, internet or penicillin would seriously suck.