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Good story, but from the looks of it, they incited an insurrection, which ultimately ended with their assassination by their own men?
Also does the Q stand for Qin?
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Good story, but from the looks of it, they incited an insurrection, which ultimately ended with their assassination by their own men?
...and which caused vast collateral damage and ultimately brought down an empire. It's hardly fair to say that they incited an insurrection, when what they did was the logical response to being faced with the ultimate punishment for the lesser of two crimes.
ffm
Yup, that's the natural response to your assertion that there's literally no ideological diversity among 74 million Americans. I mean I really don't know what to do with your belief that there's nothing to be gained from any attempt at engagement with any of them. It's just absurd and so counterproductive not to at least try to shift their mindset slightly before the next election. Are you familiar with this story?
Chen Sheng was an officer serving the Qin Dynasty, famous for their draconian punishments. He was supposed to lead his army to a rendezvous point, but he got delayed by heavy rains and it became clear he was going to arrive late.
Chen turns to his friend Wu Guang and asks “What’s the penalty for being late?”
“Death,” says Wu.
“And what’s the penalty for rebellion?”
“Death,” says Wu.
“Well then…” says Chen Sheng.
And thus began the famous Dazexiang Uprising, which caused thousands of deaths and helped usher in a period of instability and chaos that resulted in the fall of the Qin Dynasty three years later.