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Morgoth and Endeavour's Classic Movies #14: 55 Days at Peking

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Morgoth
Feb 26, 2022
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This month’s classic movie allows myself and Endeavour to dig into some issues regarding:

*China’s painful transition into the modern world

*Western Imperialism and the culture of guilt

*Tradition vs Modernity

*Fascism as a way Traditionalism can survive industrialization

*The Darwinian nature of technological competition

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