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Does anything truly get better than moving soldiers around on a little map? (lemmy.world)
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[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 3 months ago

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.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 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.

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