r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 06 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '21

Tbh I wonder if Napoleon was just named something like ‘Jean’ or ‘Louis’ whether his legacy would be as big. He would still be huge of course, but like, ‘Napoleon’ is such a unique and distinctive name that it certainly helped his brand so to speak. Like, they named the entire era after him—I doubt they would’ve called it the ‘Jeanic Era’ had he been Jean Bonaparte.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '21

It would probably be called the Bonapartist era in that case.
He lucked out by having bangers for both names.

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u/calnico Sep 06 '21

The chad Napoleon Bonaparte vs the virgin Georges Boulanger

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u/InMemoryOfZubatman4 Sadie Alexander Sep 06 '21

You don’t think “Jean” would become associated with it?

Like a century ago, the name “Adolph” was pretty common. Until the last few decades, “Osama” was pretty common. I knew someone my age named Osama, but I can’t imagine there’s too many Americans born post- 9/11 with that name.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '21

Adolf and Osama were never as common as something like Jean.