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there are genuine “the Mongols didn’t actually invade anybody” truthers on this FREE website that’s entertainment no LLM could generate

Faine Greenwood

@faineg.com

27 July

I guess I can see why you wouldn’t think Russia was waging a brutal colonialist war in Ukraine if you also put scare quotes around the word “colonialist” in reference to the literal Mongols, lol

Faine Greenwood

@faineg.com

27 July

I’m actually a big fan of Mongol history and find them to be fascinating but like, I’m pretty sure they themselves were very clear on the whole “yup, we’re 100% conquering you guys by the sword and the horse” thing

Joseph Morris

@morris.cloud

I kinda got the sense from "The greatest happiness is to scatter your enemy, to drive him before you, to see his cities reduced to ashes, to see those who love him shrouded in tears, and to gather into your bosom his wives and daughters." that the resources were secondary to a joy in domination

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Joseph Morris

@morris.cloud

27 July

(The quote written down by a historian a century after Genghis Khan died, but there's no reason to think that it doesn't accurately capture the ethos)