this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2025
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[–] OldSageRick@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] cjoll4@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

LMAO that quote is from Warhammer 40K, not George Washington.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Next you'll tell me Washington didn't wake up from hundreds of years of stasis to drop a sick burn on the current state of affairs

[–] cjoll4@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Washington was a vocal critic of factionalism and sectionalism, and expressed fear of the country being torn apart by partisan loyalties. I thought the quote sounded like something he might have plausibly said in his old age. But then I thought he wouldn't have used the term Empire to describe the U.S., which is what prompted me to look it up

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

George Washington?

You mean Greg Was hear town?

[–] OldSageRick@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

And gul du lac of the 13 appollians

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago