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		nradov 54 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Clausewitzian lens on modern urban warfare The Mongols were a mixed bag. Cruel in certain ways but surprisingly enlightened and pragmatic in others. Many of the conquered peoples lived better under the Mongols than under their previous overlords. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/187628/genghis-khan...

korse 54 days ago [–]

>Cruel in certain ways but surprisingly enlightened and pragmatic in others.

Sounds like western imperialism then?

kevin_thibedeau 54 days ago | [–]

Imperial Japan improved living conditions in their co-prosperity sphere.

vkou 54 days ago | | [–]

It also murdered ~20 million people in China, but, you know, you give and you take, right?

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