• StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml
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      2 months ago

      Depending on how you count Rome lasts roughly 2000, 800 years is "West Rome" and the Byzantine (who referred to themselves as Romans) last for another 977

      • huf [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        lol no, the real successor is finland

        • edge [he/him]
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          2 months ago

          Nah, that’s based entirely on “communism bad”. If we take the Russian Empire to be the successor (as a joke ofc), then its successor would be the Soviet Union, whose primary successor is the Russian Federation.

          Basically, Stalin was the Roman emperor and now Putin is.

          • huf [he/him]
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            2 months ago

            yes, but all discussions of the roman empire's succession must be conducted under the banner of "communism bad", even by communists. otherwise it's just absolutely silly :D

            • edge [he/him]
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              2 months ago

              It is indeed silly. It got silly when the Russian Empire claimed to be the "Third Rome".

              Also to get sillier, Kazakhstan was the last to officially leave the Soviet Union, making them the proper successor actually.