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by macintux 217 days ago
In terms of his impact on Europe and beyond, it's hard to find more influential people. There's a running joke on the History Matters Youtube channel: if you ask a question about European history post-Napoleon, there's a pretty good chance the answer starts with him.
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He has a lot of impact it's true. But is he a figure to be inspired of ? I don't think so, his hubris kill more than 400k men (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Russia).

One can argue that Hitler or Mao were also impactful people, but do we want to learn from them ?