Status Updates From Topyekun Harp

Nothing anymore but pedantic technical information, much of which is wrong, misleading or outdated.

Lots of technical information no one asked for.

"To decide the battle is to decise the war"
No it isn't, Ludendorff of all people should've known better. You can consistently lose every important engagement and still win the war, see: Vietnam.

Overall, Ludendorff doesn't strike me as a very smart person.

Ludendorff confirmed by Ludendorff to be the smartest man on the planet.

The gold standard is bad because you cannot pay with the money that is not "in circulation". So Ludendorff had no understandinh of monetary economics.

To clarify: Under a genuine gold standard, gold is traded in every transaction, as every bill is backed by a certain amount of gold.

It's primitive. That's how I'd describe it in a word. Strangely enlightening.

Totalitarian, as I expected. He talks a lot about what's essentially social engineering, despite his claims of being an essentialist. Not that he ever uses that word. In fact, his vocabulary is quite limited in general.

Turns out that Ludendorff had a mostly healthy view of women. Mostly because he is, after all, a collectivist.

Cannot wait to put this down. It's not only without valuable substance but also stylistically bad