Certainly long before the Louisiana purchase, and other westward expansion. Russia is less of a prison of nations that the US is.

  • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Wait, which citations needed episode was that now? I feel like I've heard every episode 3 times now but I don't remember that one

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      About "their own people". It's definitely done multiple times. But I think Episode 137: Thought-Terminating Enemy Epithets (Part I) (and part II) are the main ones. Mostly centering the language used for formal enemies of the US, primarily Iran, since some of the other big bads had taken a back seat for a few years. My reference was about using that cliche.

        • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I don't think there was. Wonder if there's a good podcast on that. It seems like it would be an interesting topics, because in my experience it's a topic that people outside of Rome and the north seem to care deeply about.

          • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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            2 years ago

            I'm currently in the last days of the Republic in the History of Rome podcast. Maybe a few hundred episodes down the line they might get there