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LаngLаngС
LаngLаngС
10:41
Was pointed to "A Brief History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore" and kept wondering why we haven't had a question about that topic yet? The above link is satisfied with newspaper clips going back to 1894. Have a hurried hunch of finding this trope on clay tablets as well…
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The Historian
The Historian
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Q: Did the Battle of Red Cliffs take place on the border between Cao Cao and Liu Bei's territories?

Rebecca J. StonesIn the YouTube video Three Kingdoms - OverSimplified, we have this depiction of the Battle of Red Cliffs: The video suggests the Battle of Red Cliffs (赤壁之战) takes place on the border between Cao Cao and Liu Bei's territories, with Cao Cao invading Liu Bei's territory. I was discussing this to...

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T.E.D.
T.E.D.
12:49
@LаngLаngС Interestingly, in 1881-1896 there was a cholera pandemic. Coincidence?
 
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The Historian
The Historian
16:16
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Q: Annexation vs. Colonization: Korea under Japanese Rule

user13229973My impression is that annexation is the process of incorporation whereas colonization is the process of settlement. Would this be correct? If so, how would one refer to the Japanese rule in Korea from 1910 to 1945? My understanding is that Korea was officially annexed, but would it still be corre...

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LаngLаngС
LаngLаngС
20:25
@T.E.D. Not sure what you mean exactly, but it would ring true if compared to any 'labour shortage' after a big crisis (post black death as 'good' as 'post-big-war')? That of course would mean: workers do continue to work, quite willingly, just not for those wages the other side offered, and thus the constant of complaints in that regard… ;) (Would be nice to inquire more systematically how often the 'F off, we're too lazy now for that' featured in such outlets)
T.E.D.
T.E.D.
20:49
That is kind of what I'm wondering. What I'm seeing right now in economic terms is that a lot of people dropped out of the labor force, which caused a labor supply shock. To an employer, that ends up looking like the labor market in aggregate is less enthused about getting their jobs in particular than it used to be.
So it makes me wonder, if such complaints aren't new, how many of them can be traced back to similarly strong labor markets.
The Historian
The Historian
21:39
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Q: Russian Safe Haven City for Politicians and Scientists

John BrayI'm by no means a history buff so please excuse my ignorance, but I remember learning about a Russian city where, during the cold war, top politicians and scientists and their families would be evacuated to. I've tried searching but I can't seem to find anything that supports this. Does anyone kn...

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LаngLаngС
LаngLаngС
22:18
I suspect a few can be traced back to these actual market situations. Let's call them close to actual. But also: that this is a constant complain with little actual substance to variance, but permanent cost squeezing in it s background, plus pretty protestant morals to show off. My bet is that translated to costs, we see Roman slave owners utter the same?
For the recent "dropped out of the market": the entire market (? if talking cholera: you mean: 'died'/'disabled')? That would surprise me if corroboratable with actual numbers. I see much more people in health care driven out by low wages, stressful conditions and counterproductive regulations & mandates of all kinds than really 'removed'… (the bug calls its victims in a highly age-stratified manner (average & median age above retirement).
Even the US labour market (with really bad numbers for 'the problem' in comparison to a lot of other regions) should be minimally affected by that? (But I currently lack hard numbers for that. Is that your impression/estimate — or already reported in some news?) Thanks to 'measures' and out of buiness/closures, such numbers should by now have swollen quite abit?

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