They call it the Carolingian Empire these days on account of it never being called the HRE in Charlemagne's day. That was just some propaganda on the HRE's and Papacy's part to boost perceived legitimacy in the way all European noble trash traditionally feels it must, claiming descent from Charlie The Magnificent.
Anyways, the EU doesn't put three things in its name that it isn't so that's a better start but at the same time the HRE was the superpower of its day while the EU is letting itself get pushed around by Russia of all things.
I don't know how much you know about the HRE but if there's one thing they were good at it's not letting some backwards serf abusers push them around.
Now, flamboyant peasant abusers, yeah that was a problem for them on occasion.
Yeah, that makes sense about Charlemagne. It was more of a ye olde UN than any actual unified body, right? AFAIK it's members went to war with each other constantly.
So, who was the flamboyant peasant abuser, and who was the backwards serf abuser?
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Fleur_@aussie.zone · 27 pts · 61d
Holy Roman Empire 2 just dropped
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 61d
I'll go ahead and say the EU has already managed to be less of a joke. Unless we're counting Charlemagne and the early days.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 2 pts · 60d
They call it the Carolingian Empire these days on account of it never being called the HRE in Charlemagne's day. That was just some propaganda on the HRE's and Papacy's part to boost perceived legitimacy in the way all European noble trash traditionally feels it must, claiming descent from Charlie The Magnificent.
Anyways, the EU doesn't put three things in its name that it isn't so that's a better start but at the same time the HRE was the superpower of its day while the EU is letting itself get pushed around by Russia of all things.
I don't know how much you know about the HRE but if there's one thing they were good at it's not letting some backwards serf abusers push them around.
Now, flamboyant peasant abusers, yeah that was a problem for them on occasion.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 60d
Yeah, that makes sense about Charlemagne. It was more of a ye olde UN than any actual unified body, right? AFAIK it's members went to war with each other constantly.
So, who was the flamboyant peasant abuser, and who was the backwards serf abuser?
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 2 pts · 59d
France and Russia
Shipgirlboy@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 61d
In 2020 his name was still Francis, so this is obviously a fake.
Doesn't mean I don't agree with it, though.
thesdev@feddit.org · 4 pts · 61d
@grok is this real
EatingOnions@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 61d
He said it if that's what you're asking
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr9zmGgkt-0&t=924s&pp=2AGcB5ACAQ%3D%3D
thesdev@feddit.org · 14 pts · 61d
Thanks for the link. So I suppose while he has said something like that (in Spanish, yesterday), the tweet (English, Apr 2020) is fabricated.
EatingOnions@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 61d
Yeah the image is taken from other meme and only text inside tweet changed for what Pope said in Spain
Slein4273@feddit.org · 2 pts · 61d
Holy Union of European States!
Deus Vult!
Time for another crusade?
Edit: /s
Shipgirlboy@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 61d
Crusade to where?
Asinus@feddit.org · 6 pts · 61d
Yes!
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 58d
Tesco
rockmeat@feddit.org · 1 pts · 60d
Crusade against what?
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 1 pts · 60d
Those goddamn splitters in the Orthodoxy
leftascenter@jlai.lu · 1 pts · 58d
Yes!