I can't think of a single country that I have visited which wasn't feudal at some point, except where I live.

there you go

in norway, you can observe how the further away from copenhagen you come, the more outspoken people are.

400 years under danish rule taught them to shut up.

I didn't know Denmark ever ruled Norway. For real. Lol

A colony for 400 years.

https://twitter.com/DeptofDefense/status/1329106240765628417

The whole shebang. Prima Nocte and all resources stolen.

was this discussed already?

Atta boy. Control the information. Stay tuned for key firings of military generals too.

yeah

@Doc prima nocte sounds pretty sweet , if you're on the right end of it.

Speaking stricktly as a primate, I agree.

Resource confiscation as well, for that matter.

indeed, but my ethics seems to point me to the unpleasant realization that having people under you damages you more than having them above you.

@Spears All we'll need then is a Capitol Building fire and then we'll need him more than ever to save us from the Bolsheviks.

@Doc By stress or pitchforks? 😂

By a feedback loop of data that constitutes consciousness.

Note how most oligarchs end up useless spenthrifts?

That is this loop.

Or dead.

eventually, yes.

Specifically thinking Alexander II.

Yeah but at least you have some good times in the interim. Idk man.

THAT is true. The level of hedonism must be...Caligulian.

We can only aspire to such a high bar. Hail.

Just kidding.

Kinda

kinda, yeah. 😄

One might be kidding, but when you sit down in your new DB9, you can feel something happening to your brain.

Alexander the 2nd is quite the interesting bit of history full of ridiculous levels of not knowing what you're doing and shooting yourself in the foot enough times it turns into a stump.

😄

That's why I want to literally sell this country to China, however that would work. It comports with the Caligulian aspiration.

Sounds fun. I will have to check tha out, @Maw

He failed almost spectacularly at everything he tried to do.

@Zuluzeit well, like I told a friend who wanted to look into organ import from china: "take care so you dont end up on the donor list yourself"

To be fair, I didn't know I wanted this country to be sold to China until I was informed of it, recently.

I'd recommend Oversimplified if you want the comedic version which is true, and leaves out a lot of the less important stuff. I take it you'd much rather delve into the minutia though.

well, you didnt know you needed an electric nosehair remover before you walked into the appliances shop, either. @Zuluzeit

Is Alexander II the Russian guy? Russian monarchy had an impressive span of self-inflicted damage.

Yes.