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So many choices, and they choose the worst (lemmy.world)
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[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Napoleon was not a "chad". He was a horrible warmonger that helped destabilize nearly all of Europe for decades, even centuries in some parts

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Was he a warmonger though? It seems like Europe just really didn't like him.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Anciens Regimes propaganda still going strong 200 years later 😔

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 4 points 11 months ago

Plus, in the US we get a lot of our European history via England.

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You realized that he never started any of the wars. It was always the rest of europe wanting to crush this democracy thing.

[–] CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

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.