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[โ€“] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

i came to post the memri meme, but can't, because this story is too wholesome. Someone gave it their all and tried to do the best he could for the people he was in charge of EDIT even at the expense of the people that gave him the power to begin with.

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

The danger of long-tenure imperial appointees - they might end up sympathizing more with the locals than the empire!