Certainly long before the Louisiana purchase, and other westward expansion. Russia is less of a prison of nations that the US is.
Certainly long before the Louisiana purchase, and other westward expansion. Russia is less of a prison of nations that the US is.
Oh boy, wait til they find out about Germany.
The Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.
:downbear: it's authority came from the pope, making it holy and Roman, and it was composed of several conquered territories, making it an empire. Stop quoting Voltaire and grow up.
take this up with Voltaire
Lmao ok, I guess holding the same office as Alexander VI makes one holy
"Holy" in the sense that the US is a "democracy." Formal religion decides what is and isn't holy, and stares decide what to call their style of government.
It was a fucking joke about Germany loser stop taking shit at face value. :pigpoop:
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"I just put up a quote many people take seriously and believe with no indication that I didn't mean it. Do better."
nothing in the post indicates this was a joke and I don't know you. Also, what's the relevance of the joke? That Germany was mentioned?
there really was no reason to for the reddit bro energy either tbh, you jumped straight to being an asshole based on what exactly? Their post also indicates nothing more than at worst that theyd fallen for a common misconception that is often repeated without attribution to voltaire, its a pretty big leap of logic to ascribe anything malicious in it that would warrant being a jerk about it. Also lots of "jokes" on the internet esp are literally just "this is a thing that exists, remember?" Just off top i remember it being quoted as referential joke on QI once if memory serves
Didn't get too mad in my initial response, just explained why the joke was wrong. Only got aggressive after the other poster started name-calling and said I didn't get the joke.
You’re very first comment to them was childishly obnoxious and not comradely behavior for a completely innocuous comment.
Fucking debatebro shit right here. This isn't reddit, I don't even read fucking reddit enough to keep track of the shit they say. I was honestly thinking about gamers(paradox shit) and territory when that came to my mind.
Gee you could have made your point about the problem with it without trying to be smartass and being personal. But hey I guess I apparently need to do better next time I pick a random quote from historical figures on a thread everyone is making jokes about countries.
As for the relevance I suggest you open a map next time.
Yeah actually, do better than picking a random quote. And what map are you looking at with HRE on it?
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Spanish royal house wasn't coronated by the pope, Charlemagne was.
Let's pretend the reformation never happened
HRE starts with Charlemagne, gets its name when the pope declared him emperor.
Sure let’s just ignore the last 400 years of its history because some Frankish larper wanted to be called Caesar
It's name originated with him and the pope, and they didn't do a renaming after the fact so that's still why it was called that.
Pffft, everyone knows the real Holy Roman Empire was the Byzantines. The HRE was just a bunch of German Papists larping as Romans.
The real Holy Roman Empire was the friends we made along the way, nerd.
Reddit :cringe:
It was definitely an empire