• Something_Complex@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Stupid people can’t create an empire that lasts and neither can cruel ones.

    Eventually they hurt replaced or make one to many mistakes.

    Usually in a war time is on the side of the intelligent side, because Nazis will backstab each other while Britain got more and more united

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      7 months ago

      neither can cruel ones

      In modernity, yes, kindness denotes stability and opportunity for experimentation, but is that historically the case? Sincere question, I only remember the funny parts of history.

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        7 months ago

        To answer this, one would have to define what “lasts” means. None of them exists as an empire any more. So if lasts=forever it was historycally the case they couldn’t do it.

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          Since we’re talking about the personality traits of an individual, “lasts” can only mean until their lifetime is over.

          And there are a LOT of despots that ruled for their entire lives.