Comments on: Napoleon stooped to conquer

By: L. C. Rees

L. C. Rees — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 23:22:41 +0000

The Corsican Ogre was a Corsican blueblood, descended from a cadet branch of Tuscan nobility stretching back to the 900s. Papa pere, lawyer Carlo Charles Buonaparte, was a champion Quisling turned lobbyist. He betrayed the Corsican independence, went over to the French, and spent the rest of his life campaigning to have the French government 1) recognize his family as French nobility 2) paying out the benefits given to nobles (like Carlo's government jobs). A fitting role model for today's yuggins.

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 13:01:26 +0000

While Napoleon certainly wasn't born into a poor family, he was born into a Corsican family, in Corsica, a backwater that had only recently been transferred to France. He spoke with an embarrassing accent, and he was the first Corsican to graduate from the École Militaire.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 05:57:46 +0000

‘How a poor young man from Corsica… who had no connections to the rich and powerful’

Napoleon’s brother was a leader in the French parliament who led a powerful and desperate group of other members. Their goal was ‘not get killed’; by mobs, by Robespierre, by anyone. They invited Napoleon to take over and keep them from being killed. If he wanted power over France or the world, fine. Their plan worked. They died in bed, decades later. Died rich, mostly.

This guy doesn’t teach history well, but it sounds like a fun easy A.

By: Lucklucky

Lucklucky — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 22:37:14 +0000

What is he smoking? Democracy Legitimacy from Napoleon? Not even going how he overstate his influence or how he hides that Napoleon was a disaster for Europe and how many people despise him here… Repugnant article.

By: Faze

Faze — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 21:56:32 +0000

In Abe Lincoln’s generation, they all wanted to be Napoleon. My father’s generation all wanted to be Rockefeller, LIndbergh or Babe Ruth. I can recall being a very young child and noting the seeming power and adulation going to Elvis, and thinking, “I want that”. Later, my generation all wanted to be the Beatles. The power we want today is not the power to rule nations, but the power to tell the world to “f*** off.”