Thanks wikipedia! (But seriously though wtf is up with this article)
I mean… if you had a child with a debilitating illness, wouldn’t you do everything in your power to immiserate the peasantry?
“Well intentioned”, sure. Vague enough that it’s hard to argue with that. Hardworking? Absolutely not. Disinterested at best, complete goober at worst.
I’m sure those three citations are bountifully well sourced 🙄
Nicholas was
reviled by Soviet historians and state propaganda asa callous tyrant who persecuted his own people and sent countless soldiers to their deaths in pointless conflicts.More recent assessmentsRevisionist monarchist bootlickers have characterized him as a well-intentioned, hardworking ruler who nonetheless proved unable to handle the challenges facing his nation.
There is actually a kernel of truth in that, but it just shows how monstrous Jefferson was: he was opposed to the continued importation of slaves because he bred them. “I consider the labor of a breeding woman as no object, and that a child raised every two years is of more profit than the crop of the best laboring man.”
