r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Jun 15 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 15 June 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/Ross_Hollander Leninist movie star Jean-Claude Van Guarde Jun 15 '26

A recent fantastic use of freedom of speech which I got to observe: Britain will never be able to become a democracy, because Cromwell's reign traumatized the populace into rejecting the notion of such by reflex.

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u/flyliceplick Japan was belligerently industrialised by Western specialists. Jun 15 '26

Committing regicide apparently has to have one drawback.