• BigFig@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Napoleon was not a “chad”. He was a horrible warmonger that helped destabilize nearly all of Europe for decades, even centuries in some parts

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      14 days ago

      Oh yeah, for sure.

      What I meant was that there are cooler warmongers out there that did some good instead of being straight up evil.

      And he also was actually good at winning battles, which imo can’t be said about the Austrian guy.

    • SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works
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      14 days ago

      You realized that he never started any of the wars. It was always the rest of europe wanting to crush this democracy thing.

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        14 days ago

        Neither Napoleon’s consulate nor his empire were democratic. Even the directory that he overthrew only stayed in power by nullifying electoral results that they didn’t like.

        • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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          Lol his empire was just him appointing his dumbass relatives (and his somewhat less dumbass friends) as kings. It couldn’t have been less democratic if he’d tried.