Interesting.
What about military history.
Has that ever been useful to anyone.
For exmaple, if the folks at the Pentagon, at the outsest of Vietnam
had known.
1.) Vietnam has always been divided between the mountian people and the coastal people, and
2.) The Vietnamese have never fought in trenches, they fought the French using guerilla tactics and that is how they fought the Japanese before them and the Chinese before them/
Would knowing either of those things have made a differnece?
Did you learn that by… Studying history, sir?
Maybe women should decide if women feel fed a line of horse manure. Or maybe you should explain it to womenfolk so they understand it.
Not every teacher, occasionally you still get a good one.
But it’s been decades since the eduction system shifted from teaching kids how to think, to teaching them what to think.
We will continue to have book smart idiots until we correct that system.
If he explained it,
he’d be teaching history, wouldn’t he?
Bureau of Labor Statistics industry analysis of the Current Population survey. Of course industry analysis isn’t the perfect measure here but it might / might not be more reflective of real-world activity than an anonymized Skillit survey.
They did know. It didn’t make a difference.
The government. A prime promoter of the feminist BS.
Take a lineman crew. Who’s one the ground and who’s climbing?
Everybody thinks they can do construction until it’s time to do construction stuff.
Yes, if there’s one thing economists (especially BLS ones) are known for it’s promoting feminist BS! No misogyny in economics. No history of that. No sir, not a drop of it.
Plot lost.
As an illustation,
I asked Grok a hypthotical question about some subset of history that I will never need to know, but might illustate why knoweldge of history can sometimes be useful.
To effectively enlist support in one region of Colombia to oppose a pro-Cuba insurgency popular in another, a U.S. Green Beret would need to understand key aspects of Colombia’s history, social dynamics, and regional divides. Here are three critical areas of knowledge:
1.) Historical Context of Regionalism and Insurgencies: Colombia’s history is marked by deep regionalism and prolonged internal conflict. The country’s rugged geography—Andes mountains, Amazon rainforests, and coastal plains—has fostered distinct regional identities, economies, and political leanings.
For example, the Andean highlands (e.g., Bogotá, Medellín) historically held centralized power, while peripheral regions like the Caribbean coast or eastern Llanos often felt neglected, fueling distrust in the state. This dynamic contributed to the rise of insurgencies like FARC and ELN, which exploited rural grievances.
Understanding how past insurgencies gained traction in specific regions (e.g., FARC’s roots in southern and eastern rural areas) and how government responses (often heavy-handed) alienated locals is crucial. The Green Beret would need to know which regions historically supported or opposed leftist movements and why, to gauge potential receptiveness to an anti-Cuba insurgency campaign. . . .
My argument centers on the use of the word build. One can build electronic parts, software, businesses, etc… It doesn’t have to mean the use of physical labor.
Something else to keep in mind. There is no reason a woman couldn’t be a welder, a pipe fitter, a plumber or an electrician. Those are traditionally male roles, but there is nothing that would prevent a woman from taking one of those trade positions.
I think it is a mistake to make a blanket statement regarding what a woman can or can’t do. Obviously, there will be more physical limitations for females than males in some trades.
What I find to be fascinating is that in today’s society we do have traditional gender roles, but there are always exceptions. Nursing, for example, is a traditionally female profession. Yet we are seeing males in increasing numbers.
A “green beret” is a hat.
Much of that “information” is wrong.
“Insurgencies” are now economic, mostly drugs.
Nice try though.
I’m an engineer. I both design and build.
Huh? You might be responding to the wrong post.
Oh, and you think any high school in the US is teaching Colombian history or even know what “green beret” is?
You think I have a PhD from a college in “Colombia”?
That about sums up liberalism.
That would be fine if men didn’t have to keep paying for it.
No ,
but I think at one point you, and other like you learned history, and found it very useful.
Yo may not have had a formal class in the subject,
but you learned history, from a group of people who studied history,
who learned history from a group of people who studied history.
Out methods may leave a lot to be desired but the field itself is valuable and contains many lessons.
(one more below)
It’s not valuable. What is valuable is:
You are also attempting to compare Special Forces soldiers with the gen pop.
Area studies are part of the job description for the former. No value to the latter.
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