Comment by Chimpville on 10/03/2025 at 12:32 UTC

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View submission: De Gaulle watching the current situation

Being right 80 years early is the same as being wrong.

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Comment by OldandBlue at 10/03/2025 at 13:31 UTC

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Then there's Giacomo Leopardi who's been right two centuries early (predicted the end of the modern world for 2015 from the fall of Napoleon in 1815).

Comment by Crispy__Chicken at 10/03/2025 at 15:18 UTC

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That's the point, he was already right 80 years ago and still is today

Comment by 0hran- at 10/03/2025 at 18:04 UTC

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Not if you need decades to build a significantly strong military

Comment by Hyrikul at 10/03/2025 at 16:22 UTC

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Being against this right thing and joking about it for 80years is even more wrong, Barry.