Message from @diversity_is_racism
Discord ID: 297844667007893514
events *
He left all major monarchies intact
In fact, he created some more, like Italy
Napoleon wanted for himself dominant spot in Europe and he wasn't the first or last European to try to do so
Napoleonic wars were mostly defensive, but the consequence was the spread of 1789's ideas
I don't really believe that Napoleon was agent of these ideas
Nor helped their proliferation
he was not, he stopped the mess in France, but he had some of it
His position towards revolution itself was entirely cynical
Funny thing is, while Stalin commited many great errors in his domestic rule
the human's rights was one of his prime ideas
He was way more serious in his foreign policy
Which was recognized by Hitler, who considered Stalin (he didnt directly say it) his greatest opponent
Not only due to the immediacy of their conflict
STALIN DID NOT SMOKE ROYAL YACHT
Americans were more powrful
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
STALIN SMOKED "HERZEGOVINA FLOR"
AND NEVER CLEANED HIS PIPES
But because he understood that Stalin "owed nothing to demagogy" (Hitler's words)
DEMAGOGY => DEMOTISM
Stalin surely did make mistakes in his strategic thinking
But more importantly
He never forgave mistakes
That's why he was Hitler's ultimate enemy
And Britain's saving grace
Studying all of medicine for a big test son
soon
I wonder, was the removal of the Turks in the Balkans a positive consequence of 1789 ideas or was it the result of something else?
KIM PHILBY = STALIN'S REVENGE ON UK
Removal of Turks was imminent
In fact, it's miraculous how Turks persisted for so long
Mostly thanks to British support
And Austrian caution towards Russia
But otherwise, Ottoman position was incredibly fragile and perilous
They pesisted only thanks to cunning in diplomacy, in their good fashion
The fact that it was defeated by Balkan League,and alliance of conscripted peasant armies, displayed how completely sub-standard was Ottoman force
It's society, the Muslim population, was weakened, soft, dwelled in towns, markets and dealed solely with trade and craft
It's officer corps drafted from that population, corrupt, ambitious, selfish and unpatriotic