Sun Tzu, the Art of War

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• JokeDeity@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I heard for 35 years about how great this is and how it’s this masterpiece of strategical knowledge.

  It’s the most basic possible shit. You could summarize that entire book as “big army win, small army lose”. Every single piece of advice offered is just the only logical option that common sense would give any reasonable person, there’s no complex nuance to it at all.

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  • Phineaz@feddit.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s very basic and common knowledge by modern standards, because it also set a standrad. If you had someone prosecute a war with 0 strategic experience, I would argue for it be a good guide.

    Aside from that, most pieces of advise are something you might have to remind yourself of constantly. Break the enemy without fighting is solid and logical advice, but more than often enough it isn’t followed. Do not assault certain positions at all costs is quite obvious, yet we saw absolutely baffling assaults during WW1 or the US Civil War against well entrenched positions across open ground.

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    • idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, I felt bad about not thinking Monty python was the funniest thing ever when I was in high school, but I grew up listening to comedians who were standing on their shoulders, so to speak.

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  • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Common selbst had been in short supply throughout human history. The guy wrote this book because he observed people doing lots of dumb shit.

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  • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It is literally Warfare for Dummies, as in the basic level information for someone who might be new to warfare or who needs reminders not to do dumb shit that commanders frequently did.

    Seriously, a ton of advice in the book boils down to not overextending yourself or shooting yourself in the foot with basic mistakes that military commanders do all the time.

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• YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Do not interrupt your enemy when they are making you nut.

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• MohamedMoney@feddit.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The only thing about this meme I can’t stand is that comma.

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  • OpenStars@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Shatner style: The only thing, about this meme, I can’t stand: is that comma.

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• Broadfern@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Peanut butter jelly time

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• Zier@fedia.io ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Edible & healthy.

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