Tapping the sign again...

The answer is simple: the personal qualities of present-day professors are such that we may find among them even exceptionally stupid people like Tugan. But the social status of professors in bourgeois society is such that only those are allowed to hold such posts who sell science to serve the interests of capital, and agree to utter the most fatuous nonsense, the most unscrupulous drivel and twaddle against the socialists. The bourgeoisie will forgive the professors all this as long as they go on “abolishing” socialism.

it's actually oxidized bronze, not that that supports a beheading usecase, it'd still suck for that.

looking up the viability of jade weaponry was kind of interesting though, they've found some axes & knifes, it's supposed to be a very hard rock---so you probably could make an execution tool out of it.

How can anyone look at any ornamental weapon and assume it's used for anything other than looking nice? The only ceremonial weapons that I know about that were used as killing implements were sometimes frou-frou fancy boys would have elaborately engraved flintlock pistols.

Beheading the locals with a butter knife

why bother working or caring about intellectual honesty when you can just parrot the latest state department line and fail upwards? Nation of grifters and thieves

If you're an anthropologist and you want to get a job that pays out of college your options are becoming a mercenary for empire or bank robbery. There's a lot of scum in the profession.

Because it has probably been literal decades since they did any actual research outside of stewing themselves in newspaper articles.

Fuck being a professor, how can you have even the most superficial idea of how an axe works and think this thing was actually used to chop things?

anthropology and Asian studies professor

You mean professional blood libeler.