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eppur_se_muova

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4. The Arc de Triomphe was commissioned by the bloodthirsty conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte, who was forced into exile ...
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:32 PM
16 hrs ago

after igniting years of warfare that cost millions of European lives and drained the coffers of the French Republic. If Trmp's arch gets him similarly exiled, I'm all for it.

Triumphal arches are for egotists and fascists. Trmp sits right in the middle of that Venn diagram.

BTW, Mexico's Monumento_a_la_Revolución is the tallest memorial arch in the world, even without a statue. It was originally a statue honoring the dictator Porfirio Diaz, who was turned out of office after the Revolution. His successor continued the project but was murdered. The design was then altered to commemorate a revolution in favor of democracy. Not exactly good omens for Trmp.

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