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Anon learns about history (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 days ago by Sv443@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wasn't there at least one other time where "failure means death" turned into "guess we might as well just try to take over"?

Time I'm thinking about was when an emperor had summoned some warlords to be there by x date or die and one group realized they weren't going to make it by the date, so since they had their armies with them anyways, they just pivoted from answering summons to invading/conquering. Not sure that one worked out though.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

Yes! I clearly remember reading about that one, but it was Japan. Something about being summoned and if you ain't on time, well, clearly you are a traitor and it means death. They get late so they decide to just go with the flow. I looked it up but no luck :/