https://www.cesatiecesati.com/un-raro-picchiotto-ispanico/

“Polish… or Russian?”

Explanation: The Roman Emperor Vespasian came to power after a civil war, the first of the Principate, and was very careful to formally respect the power of the Senate (though he was not entirely above abusing his autocratic power, exiling and eventually executing one of his most recalcitrant enemies in the Senate). He died of natural causes. Vespasian’s favorite son and heir, Titus, went even further, and, during his reign as Emperor, abused no Senators and always treated them with the utmost respect.

Vespasian’s second son, Domitian, who came to power after Titus died suddenly either of illness or of poison, gleefully flaunted his power, executing dozens of Senators, insisting on being called “God and Master”, demanded unearned titulature honors, regularly threatened Senators for the fun of it, and had the gall after all of that to whinge about how horrible it was to have to fear for his life as Emperor.

Domitian was eventually assassinated with the cooperation of his own household.

Explanation: The Emperor Vespasian came to power after a civil war, the first of the Principate, and was very careful to formally respect the power of the Senate (though he was not entirely above abusing his autocratic power, exiling and eventually executing one of his most recalcitrant enemies in the Senate). He died of natural causes. Vespasian’s favorite son and heir, Titus, went even further, and, during his reign as Emperor, abused no Senators and always treated them with the utmost respect.

Vespasian’s second son, Domitian, who came to power after Titus died suddenly either of illness or of poison, gleefully flaunted his power, executing dozens of Senators, insisting on being called “God and Master”, demanded unearned titulature honors, regularly threatened Senators for the fun of it, and had the gall after all of that to whinge about how horrible it was to have to fear for his life as Emperor.

Domitian was eventually assassinated with the cooperation of his own household.

Fascinating!

Two Dakotas. And two Carolinas. And two Virginias.

We need them because we’re dumb and our system is dumb and if we didn’t have those duplicates the Liberals™ might dominate national politics.

I mean, yes, intervention. Of all the shitty things we’ve done to Latin America, it’s one of the more justified (if less successful) major actions taken.

What if I opt to never sober up?

‘Barbarian’ is a term for all non-Romans, sometimes (but not always) exempting Greeks. It’s not a ‘friendly’ term, no.

“Right-wing pedophile apologists who elected a pedophile to the highest office in the land continue to apologize for pedophiles.”

I need to take up drinking.

But i dont compare myself to Americans to prove that i am better.

The American mentality of 'Yeah its bad, but it could be worse" or “Yeah this sucks but at least or sucks more for someone else”

It solves nothing, as long as there are people doing worse than you. Maybe this is why they are trying so hard to mess up the lives of people who already are messed up

Oh they can! It’s just not good to do. The question is not if it can be done or not. It’s more if it is a good thing and if it is culturally acceptable

… you say as you make relative estimations about Americans.

Is it fortunate or unfortunate that strategic bombing was a really shit strategy?

I suppose we just file it all under “bad” and try not to think about it until someone suggests trying the same thing again.

In which case no comparisons are acceptable, and no relative estimations can ever be made.

“It could be worse” in this sense is not a downward comparison with relevance to individualism, personal success, or meritocracy. What’s being said is not “We’re SUPERIOR INDIVIDUALS unlike those NASTY POORS from the PAST”, it’s “Fuck, things might be bad, but it’s good to keep our own circumstances in perspective.”

Also, mandatory fuck LLMs as a replacement for thought.

Not sure about the details, unfortunately, my knowledge of traditional Chinese weaponry is pretty slim.

Explanation: In the 1960s, the US involvement in Vietnam ramped up, and to avoid calling up the reserves, which was considered to be a politically unpopular move, conscription of young men was initiated instead.

This definitely did not scar a generation of American kids, in order to murder a generation of Vietnamese, all over a failed attempt to prop up an unpopular military junta in South Vietnam which failed anyway. No sir. It did… something positive. We swear.

https://www.runjeetsingh.com/inventory/274/sword_breaker

Out of all the many negative cultural affectations of Americans, trying to pin the extremely common across cultures of “It could be worse” as uniquely or exceptionally American is fucking bizarre.

If we find and stake King Capitalist through his rotten heart, all his Capitalist Spawn will have their bank accounts empty and be returned to proletariat again 🙏