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 alright, imma stop right here like
p a u s e 
 no one who lived thru the great war thought it was a gift from heaven 
 this just isnt good history storytelling im sorry 
 far far far too overcompressed

you cant be like "the bayonetting of his daughters" as if this shit hadn't happened before to royal families 
 like.. the rich didnt like .. learn that with this as if they didnt know little marie antoinette 

people had a lot of time back then

they werent as fragmented or dissociated

this doc is like .. telling the story as if they were like us now

& like lol

not even close

in aggregate we are way sicker & way smaller 
 so, ok, i'll press play again, but the amount of side eye rn is real