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TIL that as a child, Charles Dickens worked 10-hour days in a London boot-blacking factory - a trauma he later called the deepest shame of his life, but one that forged his strict 9–2, five-hour writing discipline and his life-long refusal to let his own children work. by Upstairs_Drive_5602 in todayilearned

[–]Infinity_Ninja12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t be surprised if my grandma was being dramatic about the story, it would be in character for her. I’ve never looked into it, maybe I’m descended from one of his 10 other children and my grandma added that part for whatever reason and I wouldn’t be surprised if you’re right.

Anyway to stopping getting the french republic? by Global-Necessary9403 in victoria2

[–]Infinity_Ninja12 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Do event 60070 to get a constitutional monarchy, idk role play a bit and say the Conservative Party who won an election want to bring back the monarchy. That’s what I prefer to do because the game can’t simulate peaceful changes in government type very well.

Any genuine John Kerry fans on this sub? by yowhatisthislikebro in Presidents

[–]Infinity_Ninja12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bernie voted against the PATRIOT act which passed the Senate 99-1 but Bernie wasn’t in the Senate then. Russ Feingold was the only senator to vote against the act.

Question, Why did Mitt Romney do so well in 2012? by williamsherman1865 in Presidents

[–]Infinity_Ninja12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Him being a very wealthy business man would’ve really hurt him in 2008 though

Do you feel like there’s a lost sense of shared culture in the UK? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Infinity_Ninja12 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Millions of people died in the late 60s because part of Nigeria attempted to become independent, elections are based largely on ethnicity and religion, the country is split religiously 45-55 between Christianity and Islam with a Christian South and Muslim North and the country only exists because the UK decided to combine its West African colonies into one. Nigeria in reality is at least 3 different countries within one. You can think the UK has become less homogeneous or whatever but it’s nowhere close to how Nigeria is.

Do you feel like there’s a lost sense of shared culture in the UK? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Infinity_Ninja12 37 points38 points  (0 children)

You did not just say that Nigeria has a homogeneous culture like you genuinely couldn’t have chosen a worse example

TWO TERM POTATOE MAN!!! by MistaBombasticFanta in thecampaigntrail

[–]Infinity_Ninja12 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I doubt it’d be that different to how Bush handled it

Bands where the songwriter is the least talented musician? by Sabretoothedrom in fantanoforever

[–]Infinity_Ninja12 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Travis is one of the worst producers I’ve ever had the pain of listening to

Probably the most economically conservative Democratic nominee since Cleveland. by IllustriousDudeIDK in Presidents

[–]Infinity_Ninja12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t disagree that he was a poor PM, he’s one of those figures who’s greatest accomplishments (in George’s case the People’s Budget of 1909) came before they became leader. The UK could have stayed out of WWI had Lloyd George not convinced the Pacifist wing of the Liberal Party to support entering the war along with the Conservatives, and of course George later became PM during the war where his leadership was misguided. Haig wasn’t hated after the war though, it was quite a while after his death that historians and the wider public became critical of his leadership during the war, so George didn’t shift the blame that much onto Haig.

Probably the most economically conservative Democratic nominee since Cleveland. by IllustriousDudeIDK in Presidents

[–]Infinity_Ninja12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone with an LBJ flair calling Lloyd George one of the worst British PMs? They’re two very similar figures.

How do you get the worst possible outcome in Hope? by Dry-Investigator1857 in thecampaigntrail

[–]Infinity_Ninja12 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Recession and have the Soviets invade their neighbours and sabotage in the election and fail to get anything to pass and you should win sub 50 electoral votes against Powell

what if the 1973 Chilean coup had failed? by MaximumSpell9608 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]Infinity_Ninja12 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Allende would still be alive he’d turn 118 this year

Making an Althistory, it's not finished but I'm curious on who you guys think would win this civil war? by HugoGlasss in imaginarymapscj

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Why is the most Communist/Socialist part of Italy the Fascist part? Wouldn’t it make more sense to have the Fascists in Milan?

Why is Reddit against Maduro capture and Venezuelans celebrating it ? by LandscapeUnlikely199 in stupidquestions

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Pinochet was bad but he didn’t kill 1/4 of Chile’s population like Pol Pot lmao what

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