Reply #33: I would beg to differ

[Chulanowa]

History is for those that love seeing the outcome of completely random events happening in close proximity to each other. Genghis Khan? Biggest empire on earth, ever. Subjugated the greatest powers of the time. Would have marched straight to the coast of portugal, except for one thing. He fell off his damn horse and broke his head. Completely random thing, the most powerful man on earth, defeated by basic gravity.

World War 2? Decided utterly and completely by Hitler, out of nowhere, deciding to betray the Soviets. it was the action of a man who obviously worked with one can of leaded paint too many. "I'll open a second front against the Russians, who have never been beaten (except by that one guy who fell off his horse) yeah that'll work!"

The election of 2000? Decided by people, for some reason, thinking Nader could win. Oh, sure it was stolen, but without these ninnies, it wouldn't have been possible. this is literally one of those big, pivotal moments in history that hinges entirely on random chance or unthinkable stupidity.

History is for lovers of chaos, because it's a big messy ghoulash made of equal parts schadenfreude and epic movie.

Economics is mostly for people who like to pretend chaos doesn't exist, since that's the only way economics could possibly be called a science, thus justifying all the time economists spent studying what is, in reality, a load of nonsense that hinges on random people doing crazy things.