Wednesday, January 25, 2012

fearandwar:

After several centuries of constant expansion and being the pre-eminent empire throughout the world, the Ottomans learned the harsh lesson that eventually confronts all empires: no empire can rule forever.

Opening line of my lecture. I write like an arrogant asshole, which fits my personality well.

You: “no empire can rule forever.”

America: “Challenge accepted”

Posted at 11:54 PM 39 notes Reblogged from fearandwar Tags: history

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  1. hobokenhobo reblogged this from anticapitalist
  2. machinegunpreacher reblogged this from nowusingthemutebutton and added:
    I mean no offense or anything but at least America isn’t ravaged with other countries carpet bombing the hell out of us....
  3. nowusingthemutebutton reblogged this from machinegunpreacher and added:
    Iliveinacountrythatissafe. We’ve broken it down to a science. War every 6 years or so, awesomeness in between, travel in...
  4. glitchthemachine reblogged this from anticapitalist
  5. stellabluesbeads reblogged this from anticapitalist and added:
    WIKILEAKS: Oh,REALLY ?
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  7. anticapitalist reblogged this from fearandwar and added:
    You: “no empire can rule forever.” “Challenge accepted”
  8. thedismembermentflan reblogged this from anticapitalist
  9. mohandasgandhi said: Be my friend.
  10. voicesofearth said: Maybe you could throw a line in there in reference to what the rest of the industrializing world called the Ottoman Empire by the late 19th c. & pre-WWI 20th, “The sick man of Europe.” I love the image that comes to mind when I think about that haha
  11. hookedonsemiotics said: come hang out with me
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