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[–] Aielman15@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

When I read of historical conquerors and dictators, I always wonder where the heck do they get their drive to do all that.

Like, I struggle to wake up on mondays, spend wednesdays hoping that the weekend comes soon, and on saturday I lay on the sofa and do nothing for 24 hours straight.

This guy invaded a foreign land he didn't need just because he felt barely offended by the words of its inhabitants. He should've appreciated the humour and moved on imo, but maybe that's just me.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, they don't really deserve the idolization they get even beyond the movies. Sparta was a rather brutal slaver society after all, the reason for their famous military training was mostly to deal with rebellion by their slave population which greatly outnumbered them. If they still existed as they did then, they'd probably be viewed with the same kind of contempt we view places like North Korea.

[–] DPRK_Official@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

People view North Korea with contempt? Who would do such a thing?

No, seriously, we'd love to know so we can ~~send them to a reeducation camp~~ change their mind.