Threadly Reminder that the mainstream narrative on #Thanksgiving is completely false.

The Pilgrims were first attacked by the Indians; not the other way around. The Pilgrims always sought to maintain peace.

Let's look at this story through the life of Myles Standish. Standish was an English mercenary hired by the Pilgrims to be their military advisor. He was not a Puritan himself.

He was a landowner in England who had fought in the Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War.

The Pilgrims originally wanted John Smith, but he was too expensive

Scythia Thread 🧵

If you're like me, you've probably been perplexed by the many depictions of the Parthians and Scythians in modern media which show them to be swarthy middle-easterners.

Let me tell you about bout the blond, blue-eyed, tattooed warlords of the ancient steppe. If you're not like me, you're probably wondering "wtf is he talking about?"

You might be surprised to learn that ancient sources universally describe the Iranian people who ruled modern-day Ukraine, Russia, and Iran as having blond/red hair and blue/green eyes.

On the incontrovertible benefits of monarchy over democracy: 🧵

1) The country’s long-term well-being is the leader’s priority, as no term limit or retirement will save him from disaster.

2) Government failures are borne and blamed on one man, instead of a miasma of bureaucrats In hereditary monarchies:

3) Future leaders are trained all of their lives *to become future leaders* rather than bankers, lawyers, and celebrities wandering into the halls of power

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰 of the death of Arthur I shall sing.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 to the island, Avalon, he sailed.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠. 🧵 By mountain and by winter sea
Roared the din of shield and sword.
'Till Arthur's Table, man by man,
All fell about their lord.

During the inter-war period, a Tsarist cavalry officer conquered Mongolia, made himself king, fought the Bolsheviks, and was declared by the 13th Dalai Lama to be the earthly incarnation of the Buddhist God of War.

The Mad Baron.

Roman Feodorovich von Ungern-Sternberg. The Mad Monarchist puts it best. "Truth is stranger than fiction" doesn't begin to cover Ungern. He's Colonel Kurtz with the official endorsement of the Pope and a division of Swiss Guard sent to serve him.

Yet he began his life as the scion of a minor noble family in Austria.