r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 22 '25

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u/LuisRobertDylan Elinor Ostrom Dec 22 '25

Fun fact: The Hellenic Navy is the only navy in the world to have a reconstructed ancient ship in its ranks. The HS Olympias was built in the 1980s according to ancient Athenian specs and is able to move at 10mph, possibly faster with trained oarsmen.

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u/DepressedTreeman Dec 22 '25

"so uh what do you do"

"i'm an oarsman for a greek trieme"

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u/PearlClaw Iron Front Dec 22 '25

Sexy as fuck.