Why are they like this - eviltoast
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    10 months ago

    Eh, military unpreparedness, to compare, leads to becoming a victim.

    And (some) democracy, (relative) equality and all that (including trade and peaceful life being perceived as something more honorable than conquest) in Europe were historically spearheaded by United Provinces, Hanseatic cities and all those guys who were militarily prepared.