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Does anything truly get better than moving soldiers around on a little map? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/whitepeopletwitter

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It was. There are no good empires.

Of course, instead of the Republic reforming you got a thousand years of warlords calling themselves kings, but that's how it goes when people listen to Popes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah, though I'm learning about Japan's history and, as much as I don't like how things went in European history, it could have been much worse.

Like one big moment for me was when I realized that the whole seppuku ritual thing was actually rational and intended to prevent an even worse outcome.

A European King (or church) could only kill so many people even with trials before unrest would start up. A Japanese Lord could just politely request subordinates kill themselves at their earliest convenience.