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.

  • @[email protected]
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    91 day ago

    I like the sentiment, but picking Napoleon is a bit ironic given that he was very much on the wrong side of history.

    • @PugJesusOP
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      71 day ago

      He actually wrote that during his final exile in St. Helena. A lot of reflection. Funny what people see when they’re no longer in power.

      Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.

      • @dustyData
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        31 day ago

        Still bold things to say from someone who declared himself emperor of the world a la Roman style and opposed most of revolutionary ideas of freedom and democracy…twice.

        • @PugJesusOP
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          31 day 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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            217 hours ago

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

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    Emperor Napoleon is your source for anti-imperialism message? No wonder Trump won in the US lol