this post was submitted on 14 Sep 2023
137 points (99.3% liked)
GenZedong
4251 readers
6 users here now
This is a Dengist community in favor of Bashar al-Assad with no information that can lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton, our fellow liberal and queen. This community is not ironic. We are Marxists-Leninists.
This community is for posts about Marxism and geopolitics (including shitposts to some extent). Serious posts can be posted here or in /c/GenZhou. Reactionary or ultra-leftist cringe posts belong in /c/shitreactionariessay or /c/shitultrassay respectively.
We have a Matrix homeserver and a Matrix space. See this thread for more information. If you believe the server may be down, check the status on status.elara.ws.
Rules:
- No bigotry, anti-communism, pro-imperialism or ultra-leftism (anti-AES)
- We support indigenous liberation as the primary contradiction in settler colonies like the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Israel
- If you post an archived link (excluding archive.org), include the URL of the original article as well
- Unless it's an obvious shitpost, include relevant sources
- For articles behind paywalls, try to include the text in the post
- Mark all posts containing NSFW images as NSFW (including things like Nazi imagery)
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I'd say they've been sort of a running gag since 1815.
I'd say 1849. Napoleon III was just a parody of Napoleon.
Napoleon: Frenchman with an italian accent
Napoleon III: Frenchman with a swiss accent
Napoleon: Leads 50,000 professional soldiers to Egypt, many of whom die to attrition and assaults cities, then quietly sails back to France.
Napoleon III: Leads 50 dudes to France, whom immediately surrender upon meeting actual soldiers, then quietly walks back to Switzerland.
Napoleon: Returns from exile on a desolate rock, entire army defects to him
Napoleon III: Returns from exile in England. Is arrested by customs agents at Boulogne.
Napoleon: News of his return causes all of europe to band together to stop him.
Napoleon III: News of his return is widely mocked.
Napoleon: Leads coup with popular support
Napoleon III: Gets elected because people see "Napoleon" on the ballot.
Napoleon: Makes brother king of Spanish America. Independence movements ensue.
Napoleon III: Makes some german guy king of Mexico. Leaves, guy is immediately executed.
Napoleon: Wins 5 coalition wars, abolishes the Holy Roman Empire.
Napoleon III: Gets wrecked by Germany.
Napoleon III, His disastrous life is a comedy, I don't know why no one has ever made a film for the masses.