Roots of American/English Culture?

[Wolfeye]

Hey everyone. This is somewhat similar to previous questions I've asked about the origins of American bullshit (apparently, Edward Bernays & Puritanical bullshit are both major roots to things being the way they are now). I was wondering where the annexing/controlling mindset comes from? I was just watching something about the Celts & it seems that a lot of things came from the Romans. Their ways were installed into what would be England & this seems to have lead from one thing to the next.

I've also heard something about "The White Man's Burden." Something that came up much later where the Brits thought "Make the world England- you're helping." I remember a reference to a poem by someone that struck a huge spark with the English going & trying to take shit over all the time- maybe that was it & maybe it wasn't. I definitely notice a HUGE belief that someone can get around the issue of doing something to someone that they don't want to have happen, as long as they label it as "assistance." Doesn't have to be anything more than affirming an intention & sometimes the people doing it don't even have to say anything- other people will do it for them. Maybe that's where this stems from? I know it can also be simple camouflage on one end & it having an effect on another, as well as people coming up with preferable stories as a counterphobic reaction.

Listen, I'm asking this literally. I've heard probably all there is about Jews, blacks, illegal immigrants, etc... . I don't figure it's really because of that, but if someone does think that's where it comes from- please actually connect the dots. I'm talking about intellectual backgrounds, not who gets what welfare check.

[Ghost]

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[Winston]

American and English culture came from the Romans and evolved to mix with others as well. Are we talking about culture or the white race? The white race is a mystery. There is a theory that Aryans came from Mars and were war like and loved to conquer, so maybe the white race came from Mars or was a hybrid of Martians and original humans?

Here are some YouTube videos about the origin of the white race:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... white+race

[MrMan]

I hope Winston is being silly about Aryans coming from Mars. That sure would have been a long walk for them to get here. Is the connection supposed to be that Mars was the name of the god of war, and that the planet is named Mars, and whites are warlike, so the white ancestors, the Aryans, must have come from Mars? I could probably point out some problems if that is the line of reasoning. But I suspect you are just stating an interesting theory without endorsing it.

I had a friend who had a theory that hairy peoples had more testosterone and liked to fight more. He said the Japanese are pretty hairy for Asians. Arabs are hairy. Whites are hairy. But of course there have historically been a lot of warring tribes in the Americas and Africa, too. Are the Mongols hairy? I don't think the theory holds true.

Rome had an influence on western culture, but there were also other tribes like Celts and Germanic tribes. Their culture probably influenced these different cultures in other ways besides Roman cultures, whose influenced died down a lot about 1700 years ago in a lot of ways. England was a Celtic culture from the larger Celtic group. But Celts had their own cultures and languages. Anyway, at least parts of England were Romanized, and there were some in London who actually spoke and carried on business in Latin. Then the Romans pulled out of the extremities of their empire, including England, and Christianity spread with the empire. The English hired some Anglo-Saxons from the mainland to defend them against other tribes. The Anglo-Saxons were pagans, with a religion similar to Old Norse religion and the same gods. Some of them had served as mercenaries for Rome. And when the saw the land in England, a lot of them came over to take it over. Then they set up kingdoms while the Celtic kingdom went off to Whales. England was re-Christianized from Christianity coming back down from Ireland and Scotland since Patrick had gone to Ireland to evangelize back during the Celtic era.

Then, some time later, the Norse invented shallow boats and navigation techniques that could take them across oceans and up river to attack. So the pagan Germanic tribes invaded again, and they invaded France and all of Europe. Then Europe developed feudalism. Local strongmen hired warriors to fight for them (knights) and took over the surrounding villages, making local farmers into surfs, probably.

So it wasn't just Rome. There were other tribes and other influences on England.