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by Danox 18 days ago
He the Kaiser wanted to be Bismarck and failed spectacularly, just like the Czar of Russia, his cousin and his other cousin, the king of England three incompetent spoiled, entitled aristocrats, who had no clue their only real contribution thru failure was ushering in the era of a professional standing Army first popularize by Cromwell and Matthias Corvinus (who became king at 14) in earlier centuries where actual talent briefly became more important than being born into the aristocracy and therefore being allowed to command and run the military irregardless of your actual ability.

The last Russian Czar and his dad were spectacular in their failure, his dad losing to the Japanese in the far east, and the son losing everything World War I, his family and his crown basically a trifecta…

Hey, wait that sounds like modern America, where a would be dictator/king wants to run the military with his corrupt drunken henchman what could go wrong?

What happened to Hungary? Well the aristocracy disbanded, the professional military, and Hungary paid the price in the coming centuries. being conquered and partitioned many times, the Hungarian-aristocracy was more concerned about lording it over their estates than doing anything for the good of the country some things just never change.