• lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    To answer this, one would have to define what “lasts” means. None of them exists as an empire any more. So if lasts=forever it was historycally the case they couldn’t do it.

    • Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      Since we’re talking about the personality traits of an individual, “lasts” can only mean until their lifetime is over.

      And there are a LOT of despots that ruled for their entire lives.