Lex Fridman: belief

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…Conquest is not just good, you know, in itself. I mean, this is… I know that some rulers in history are called the Great simply because they conquered something. But that’s, no, that’s not enough. I mean, I know that rulers do this, but if we’re to compare them to each other, we should at least expect that they have a plan or that it works out well in the end, let’s say, and I don’t think that many of these did. I should say that as far as historians go, I think you don’t give too many points on the conquest front. Personally, I?…

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