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Cake day: February 17th, 2024

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  • Until the revolutions of 1848, absolutism was the form of government for hundreds of years. A perfect example would be the Austrian Empire. The reason why modern Austria has such an absurdly rich collection of cultural artifacts is because the emperor used tax money to fund his hobbies. Only after the revolution in Austria of 1848, there was a separation of power, where the emperor was removed as the operative head of state. Before that, yes, there were ministers, but all of them were under the direct command of the Emperor. The Spanish inheritance war is a very good example, which essentially was a pissing contest of different houses, because they all wanted that big beautiful blotch on the map.

    Because this is what happens if dumb, uneducated cunts who have not learned from history, get their hands on power.



  • Ireland and Austria are using their “neutrality” to weasel out of responsibility. It’s politically practical. The Austrian chancellor has already said that if an EU country is attacked, they will do the absolute minimum by giving logistical and humanitarian aid and nothing else, which they are forced to do thanks to EU law. Theres neutrality and there’s bootlicking an aggressor, appeasement does not work. Standing up to an aggressor, who is attacking proactively IS NEUTRAL.


  • Y tho? Isn’t capacity way more important than speed for freight? And also, 500km is nothing, why dedicate that to a few parcels moving really fast, instead of people? People profit way more than freight from very short travel times. That’s why in the EU freight trains are long as hell and they only go 120 because they need to get to their destination within a day which they can accomplish with way less wear and tear to the infrastructure.