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Just need a little dust-up with France to give it legitimacy... (infosec.pub)
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[–] Acinonyx@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Otto von Bismarck, whose power, de facto if not de jure, often exceeded that of the Prussian monarch.

well, he wasn't able to stop Wilhelm from doing a litte fucky wucky in 1914

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, Bismarck was a little dead by that point. But the headstrong Wilhelm II clashing with Bismarck was what led Bismarck to retire.

Bismarck predicted it, though - the next great European war, he said, would come of some damn foolish thing in the Balkans!

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

Napoleon III surrounds himself with yes-men before the Franco-Prussian War. Result: defeat.

Wilhelm II surrounds himself with yes-men before the Great War. Result: defeat.

Current US President surrounds himself with yes-men. [YOU ARE HERE].