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Stupid people can't create an empire that lasts and neither can cruel ones.
Eventually they hurt replaced or make one to many mistakes.
Usually in a war time is on the side of the intelligent side, because Nazis will backstab each other while Britain got more and more united
In modernity, yes, kindness denotes stability and opportunity for experimentation, but is that historically the case? Sincere question, I only remember the funny parts of history.
I mean, even in modernity cruelty is still a common feature in world leaders.
Since we're talking about the personality traits of an individual, "lasts" can only mean until their lifetime is over.
And there are a LOT of despots that ruled for their entire lives.
They can, the real issue in ww2 was mostly that the US appeared. During the entire war, their economy was bigger than everyone else’s combined, so whatever their course of action was it would be defining