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This quote from WW2 holds true today. (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] mech@feddit.org 7 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

The German Kaiser and Russian Czar were cousins, and called each other "Willy" and "Nicky" in their telegrams.
Then they sent millions of their subjects to kill each other.

[โ€“] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Tsar and kaiser were more distantly related, their common ancestor was Paul I of Russia.

Also British king, kaiser and tsar's wife were first cousins, having queen Victoria as grandmother.