• LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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    5 days ago

    It can change things but does it make anything better? I can’t really think of many examples.

    Killing Franz Ferdinand didn’t really do much good for anyone.

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      Depends. How comes there are no monarchies in Austria an Germany anymore and Czechia, Slowakia, Serbia, Slovenia and so on are independent countries not ruled by a decadent vienese Empire

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        4 days ago

        Tbh reformists like Maria Theresia and Joseph II did quite a bit to advance our society to the standards of Western Europe. Franz Joseph I caused stagnation again.

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      Pretty much every European monarchy fell, even if they still have figureheads. It was the beginning of the end for the British Empire which subjugated half the planet.