After 200 years
05/05/21
He was a bloody dictator. His wars caused 12 years of pan-European terror with 4,300,000 soldiers dead plus about 2-2,500,000 civilians, about the same as Hitler but in a Europe with much less inhabitants. He destroyed a significant share of human heritage plundering Italy, Spain and Egypt. His imperialist propaganda is still resonating with the idea of ‘exporting freedom’ with armies and authoritarian regimes. We won’t miss you.
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