I’m sorry to everyone not in the US. The coming years will have American influence exercised in the worst possible ways. I wish I had more to give. Please stay strong, and preserve your own democracies while you can.

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
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    15 days ago

    On one hand, Napoleon was a narcissist who was more than happy to rig elections and rule as an autocrat.

    On the other hand, he was genuinely more liberal than the anciens regimes he conquered, and was a dedicated supporter of the French Revolution when he was a common officer.

    Power corrupts - and corrupts arrogant men more than most, I think.

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      14 days ago

      That’s true. He was very much like Augustus in that respect (a comparison he probably would have appreciated)