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In general also see some other factual problems with his history backdrop arguments as well, besides PC and the arguably simplified popular history version narrative in the retelling of the Galileo Affair.

In fact, Copernicus was a canon of a cathedral, and dedicated his book to the pope. And published it just before his death. So was Galileo himself deeply embedded in christianity trying to resolve the conflicts within the system. He didn't see himself as heretic, that was a label applied to him by others. The pope actually asked him to pursue his research on heliocentrism on a hypothetical level.

The Ludendorff reference seems overblown at least, as some picked up tidbits by a 3rd party retelling of history. Maybe he mixed it up with the so called Stab-in-the-back myth that happened after the war. The 1917 Reichstag Peace Resolution was never popular with the already quasi-dictatorial OHL, so it never needed a purge in that sense. The events in Russia led people to believe an annexation victory Siegfrieden was possible at some point so the resolution got obsolete at some point.

The Dutch seem to live their lives up to their necks in rules and regulations. Huh? So seem Americans if seen from Europe.

Stalin and Hitler (who else of all people not name-dropped yet) are singlehandedly responsible for the claimed demise of representational art, not the advent of photography and film (aren't those two representational by the choice of medium already)? Maybe it simply got boring for artists for a while?