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Does this apply to Napoleon?
Cause he was an absolute chad!
Our modern life wouldn’t have been like this without the Napoleonic code.
Edit: thought people would catch the slight sarcasm cause I used the absolute chad meme, but just in case: there are no good conquerors.
Napoleon was not a "chad". He was a horrible warmonger that helped destabilize nearly all of Europe for decades, even centuries in some parts
Oh yeah, for sure.
What I meant was that there are cooler warmongers out there that did some good instead of being straight up evil.
And he also was actually good at winning battles, which imo can’t be said about the Austrian guy.
Was he a warmonger though? It seems like Europe just really didn't like him.
Anciens Regimes propaganda still going strong 200 years later 😔
Plus, in the US we get a lot of our European history via England.
You realized that he never started any of the wars. It was always the rest of europe wanting to crush this democracy thing.
Neither Napoleon's consulate nor his empire were democratic. Even the directory that he overthrew only stayed in power by nullifying electoral results that they didn't like.
Lol his empire was just him appointing his dumbass relatives (and his somewhat less dumbass friends) as kings. It couldn't have been less democratic if he'd tried.
Don't forget he also reinstated slavery throughout the French empire, which had been banned by the Republic he toppled. He also led thousands upon thousands to their death and caused massive loss of life in Europe. He did some good, but his legacy is definitely mixed to say the least
He's cool and all but some of the other guys of that time period where insane.
I would LOVE to see a movie about Bernadotte or the Duke of Brunswick.