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Which is straight out of Macchiavelli's playbook. The first thing you do after conquering the throne is to bundle up all your pending atrocities in one and eli
by bostik 3y ago
Which is straight out of Macchiavelli's playbook.
The first thing you do after conquering the throne is to bundle up all your pending atrocities in one and eliminate competition. The second thing you do is slaughter the mercenaries you had hired to win your war of ascension.
No reason to leave them around and let the next usurper hire them to dethrone you.
- JumpCrisscross 3y agoIn practice, it typically happens across administrations, i.e. the effect is accidental. (We forget what an asset having a fresh executive every decade makes.)