Explanation: Alexander the Great, known for his great sense of humility, named or renamed numerous cities after himself (“Alexandria”) in the course of his conquests.

Just a little light mining work, hardens the boy up for the REAL world!

It’s more than just academic. The question is not whether aristocracy or plutocracy acts in a fundamentally better or worse way than the other, which you seem to be focused on, but whether they act in a different way from the other, which they very much do. The basis of their power comes from different roots, and because of that, they have different interests, different goals, different avenues of action, different preferences in compromise with wider society. Failing to understand that will result in failing to understand the reasoning for political maneuvering by one or the other.

As anyone who has ever tried to hold a plutocrat accountable in court can tell you, their equality under the law is more theoretical than how the world really works.

That’s not the point being made by the legal distinction. The point is not that a plutocracy is vulnerable to the rule of law while an aristocracy is not - the question of the strength of rule of law is separate from the question of aristocracy or plutocracy. The point is that the basis of aristocratic power comes (in part) from a position of extraordinary legal privilege, not simply being able to escape consequences for crimes.

The cults of personality, the careful reputational management, the nepotism and cronyism, dynastic rule and insularity, it’s all there, it’s just got a different window dressing.

What you’re complaining about ere can be applied to any elite.

Fascism is what you get when Aristocracy gets a business degree. The difference between a feudal lord and a CEO is non-farm income.

Far, far from it. Despite the casual use (including by me!) of aristocracy for any entrenched elite, there is a non-negligible difference between actual aristocrats and plutocrats. Long story short, aristocrats are dependent on social capital and extraordinary legal privileges; plutocrats are dependent on financial capital. The tension between these competing sources of elite power has fueled many pre-modern conflicts. The two can blend, and there’s rarely a ‘pure’ example of either, but they’re aren’t quite equivalent either. A majority-owner of a modern farming conglomerate does not base his power on the same foundation as a feudal lord, and vice-versa.

Yes and no. Aristocracy can exist independent from fascism, and should be considered entirely separately. However, if they can’t maintain power with a purely conservative/reactionary coalition, aristocrats will almost always side with fascists over liberals, much less socialists. As such, in the modern day, aristocracies are aligned with fascists, despite fascism erasing aristocracy as it ‘succeeds’ and aristocrats being generally aware that fascists do not have their aristocratic interests in mind.

I mean, that’s more the definition of… well, aristocracy.

Fascism is largely a creation of the modern age and mass politics.

Cavecat

Honestly? I’m ready to let them have a shot at it. We ain’t done so hot, what’s the worst that could happen?

Title Explanation: Germany has a history of naming its tanks after ‘big cats’. Panther, Tiger, Leopard, etc. This here’s a little cat tank.

Apparently there’s a symbol on the head.

Genius

Fucking mood

Like kids balancing on railings

Precious!

My password is ‘friend’, should I change it? I feel like it keeps all the nasty visitors out while letting the good folk inside.

I once saw a video of a soldier coming home to his cat. The cat leapt right up into his arms. Sweetest thing I’d seen all month.

I think your cat has acne

https://www.vintag.es/2022/05/cat-eating-corn-on-cob.html

I suspect the specific biomechanics of it change, but the general principle helps to get a starting point for figuring out human-applicable techniques. It was a very cutting-edge field at the time, after all; any advantage or pre-existing applicable work was welcome!