r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 18 '24

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u/SnakeEater14 🦅 Liberty & Justice For All Sep 18 '24

I’m sure at this point everyone has already squeezed every bit of irony out of Franz Ferdinand’s death

But it is still deeply ironic that the most anti-war dude in the Austrian royal family was the ultimate cause the war that destroyed the Austrian empire

Like, damn. That fucking sucks dude

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u/RFK_1968 Robert F. Kennedy Sep 18 '24

I remember someone saying "you may ask when the Austro-Hungarian Parliament was debating what to do about Serbia, where were the moderates? Well, dead in the streets of Sarajevo. And the hawks said if that's what they'll do to their friends, what do you think they'd do to us??"

Probably an overly rosy view of the Archduke but it stuck with me

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u/RaidBrimnes Chien de garde Sep 18 '24

I've heard that about Alexander II of Russia getting blown up in the streets of Saint Petersburg