/lit/ - Literature

>>9137532

No, philosophy belongs in /lit/.

>>8955432

>Implying I know her number

>>8896047

Neither.

#Kalevala

>>8827852

I went from a manic state (extreme highs/lows) to a sort of deadening zombie-like neutrality. This was in many ways worse.

I also experienced considerable weight gain and it's pretty much killed my dick. At the very least I have erectile dysfunction now.

Since coming off it 2-3 years ago I've lost the weight at least. I'm also "back to normal" now - but if someone asked me what I thought of antidepressants, I wouldn't recommend them. Or rather, I at least wouldn't recommend the stuff I was on.

>>8713068

>A king and a Tzar, both of which were unable (clearly) to keep their population in check.

A population rabble-roused my Marx/Lenin/etc, to the point where keeping them under control would have meant serious repression. The Tzar actually pulled his punches in this regard, but it was a lose-lose for him in any case. Your blame is misplaced.

>The Russian Tzar being the result of inbred mixing, which is why their son died the way he did.

Burke would have probably favoured the phasing-out of royal inbreeding, particularly given his scientific inclinations as evidenced in his scientific interest.

Again, you can throw out the bathwater without the baby.

>Which policies then do you think would have been prosperous to the country?

It's too late now. Above all else though, Russia probably should've formed/reformed good ties with Western Europe in terms of trade - particularly where food was concerned. The famines/etc were mostly to blame for the population being suckered into Marxism/Communism.

I personally blame Alexander III for his retarded insistence upon Slavonic self-sufficiency (i.e. Cutting ties, cultural and otherwise, with Western Europe).

>Or do you mean to say that the only importance a goverment, king, tzar or emporer should have is to keep the upper classes well-fed?

We're getting into the territory of ressentiment here. What I will say is that a ruler has a duty, not least to himself, to keep the masses placated.

If they are overindulged it is to everyone's peril, however.