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Which 4 historical figures would you want to have dinner with? General or meta (lemmy.wtf)
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I'd like to be a fly on the wall when Hannibal Barca, Alexander the Great, Genghis Kahn, and Bai Qi discussed war and empire building.

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[–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

And why are they all dudes.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Thousands of years of patriarchy means there are more dudes, both in-power and remembered, who are major figures. The selection pool, unfortunately, is not equal by the biases of historical societies and the records they left behind.

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